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Samuel Steele, Jr.
b.Bef 1791
Facts and Events
Samuel Steele was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia
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Records in Augusta County, VA
From Chalkley's:
- Vol. 2 - Steele vs. Koontz--O. S. 258; N. S. 90--Bill, 24th September, 1812. Complainants are, viz: Robert, John, Samuel, William Steel; William Patterson and David Buchanan (who married daughters of Samuel Steele, deceased; Saml. Grimes and Elizabeth, late Steele; William Baird and Polly, late Steele; all heirs, representatives and legatees of Samuel Steele, deceased, of Rockbridge, who died, testate. Involves lot in Brownsburg. Will of Samuel Steele of Rockbridge. Sons, Robert, Samuel, William; daughters, Polly Baird, Betsy Steel, land in Kentucky; sons-in-law, Patterson and Buchanan, lands in West Tennessee; son, John (long absent and uncertain of return), lands in Washington County; 8 children. Dated 29th December, 1807.
- Vol. 2 - Samuel Steele vs. McChesney---O. S. 259; N. S. 91---Bill. Orator lived in Rockbridge, but moved to Ohio. His wife sued him in Rockbridge for alimony. William Willis deposes in Montgomery County, Ohio, 1813, that he went to Ohio with Saml. Steele. Samuel Steel files answer to wife Sally's suit in April, 1814. They were married 24th October, 1812. [Note: Virginia Marriage records have the marriage date of Samuel Steele and Sally Guinn on 24 October 1811].
Records in Washington County, VA
- Indenture dated 24 June 1817 in which Sarah Steele of the County of Highland, State of Ohio sells to Robert McChesney of the County of Rockbridge, State of Virginia - for $500.00 - "All my right, title and interest claim in my dower and property claim in a tract of land in Washington County, Virginia" which tract of land my husband, Samuel Steele sold to the said Robert McChesney, etc. Witnesses: George Shinn, Hugh Rogers (both justices of Highland County, Ohio) - Recorded: Washington County, Virginia, 22nd April 1818. [Source: Washington County, Virginia, Deed Book 6, Page 479, listed in "They Went Thataway, Volumes 1-3, by Charles Hughes Hamlin, pg. 24-25]
- Indenture dated 31 March 1814 in which Samuel Steele, late of the County of Rockbridge, State of Virginia but now of the County of Montgomery in the State of Ohio sells to Robert McChesney of the County of Rockbridge, Virginia - for the sum of $100.00 - a certain tract of land lying and situated in the County of Washington, Virginia - containing 360 acres of land lying by the Will of Samuel Steele, dec'd., to his three sons, Robert, Samuel, and William Steele to be divided equally between them and the said Samuel Steele (Junior) doth confirm to the said Robert McChesney all his right, title, and interest in his said third part, etc. Witnesses: John B. Whiteside, James McChesney, Zachariah McChesney. Acknowledged at Rockbridge County Courthouse April 4, 1814. Recorded: Washington County Courthouse 18th August 1814. [Source: Washington County, Virginia, Deed Book 6, Page 479, listed in "They Went Thataway, Volumes 1-3, by Charles Hughes Hamlin, pg. 25]
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