Person:Samuel Steele (51)

Samuel Steele, Sr. was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia

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Disambiguation

• NOT to be confused with Samuel Steele (1730-1795) of Augusta County, VA. Some researchers have confused the two Samuel Steele's and have placed some of this Samuel's children with the other Samuel Steele. Chalkley's records listed below help to correctly place this Samuel Steele's children.

Early Land Acquisition in Virginia

• Samuel Steele, Sr. acquired a tract of 360 acres in Brownsburg, Washington County, Virginia, [as listed in the records below]:

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.

Records in Washington County, VA

• 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]