Mary Steadman

Mary married Andrew Jackson Raney 23 Dec 1838, ____, Lawrence Co., AR. Andrew (son of Samuel Raney and Margaret Fortenberry) was born 11 Jan 1815, ____, New Madrid, Missouri Territory; died 25 Oct 1861, Smithville, Lawrence Co., AR; was buried Aft 25 Oct 1861, Raney Cemetery - Lynn, Lawrence Co., AR. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Married:
Arkansas Marriages to 1850
Spouse 1: Raney, Andrew J.
Spouse 2: Stedman, Mary
Marriage Date: 23 Dec 1838
Marriage Location: Arkansas, Lawrence County

1. William F. Raney was born Abt 1840, Smithville, Lawrence Co., AR; died Unknown.
2. Margaret Jane Raney was born 16 Oct 1842, Smithville, Lawrence Co., AR; died 21 Oct 1933, Walnut Ridge, Lawrence Co., AR.
3. James M. Raney was born 20 Oct 1844, ____, ____, AR; died 22 Jul 1861; was buried Aft 22 Jul 1861, Raney Cemetery - Lynn, Lawrence Co., AR.
4. Andrew Jackson Raney, Jr. was born Abt 1849, Smithville, Lawrence Co., AR; died Unknown.

Other Events:

• Name: James A. Steadman
• Tax List: 1815, ____, Lawrence Co., AR
• 1830 Census: 1830, ____, Lawrence Co., AR

Notes:

His parentage is speculative.
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Lawrence County Historical Society
Spring 1983,  Volume 6    Number 2

The Steadman Family

James Steadman was of English descent and is thought to have come to the Strawberry River Valley from South Carolina in 1815. He is listed on the Territorial Tax List of 1815, thought to be the first year a tax list was compiled in Lawrence County. At that time it was a part of New Madrid County, Missouri. He acquired 280 acres of land one quarter mile south of what was later the town of Smithville, adjoining the Nathaniel McCarroll farm. James was listed in the Territorial Census of 1829 in Strawberry Township (along with the various Raney,  McCarroll,  Fortenberry,  Wayland,  and  other  families).  In  his household of 1829 are listed one male over 21 and two males under 21, one female over 14 and four females under 14; and 4 slaves. The census of 1830 lists James,  but the census of 1840 does not, so he probably died between 1830 and 1840. His wife's name was Elizabeth, born in Kentucky in 1805. There is much evidence but no proof that she  was the daughter of Nathaniel  McCARROLL who  came  to  the Strawberry River Valley in 1808. By 1850 the census listed names of members of the household, not just sex and age as had been done previously. The children of James and Elizabeth were:

1. John, born about 1820, who married Lucy Finley on October 3, 1839. Died on or about March 25, 1853, and Elizabeth was appointed administratrix  of  his  estate.  On  December  8,  1853  Thomas  G. Steadman was appointed guardian of his son, James H. a minor under the age of 14. James served in the Civil War, married Mary Raney, a daughter of  Morgan Raney,  on December 17,  1865. They had 5 children, John, Nancy, Lucy, Maggie and Willie. James died about 1878.

2. Margaret, born about 1821, who married John Williams on June 7,1845.

3. Nathaniel G. born about 1821. Apparently he never married. He was Clerk of Lawrence County from 1850 until his death August 31, 1853.

4. Martha, born about 1824, married Francis Wayland in February, 1846.

5. Mary (I do not have birth date for her) married Andrew Jackson Raney. We also do not have date of marriage or death for her but believe that she died prior to 1850, as the Census of 1850 lists Margaret Raney age 10 (she married James Sloan and later to Colonel Baber and lived until the 1930's). Andrew Raney, age 7 and Jackson Raney, age l, as being part of the household of Elizabeth Steadman.

6. Thomas C. born May 2, 1829, died October 1870. More about him below.

7. William Henry, born 1833. He died before January 22, 1867, as Thomas C. was appointed administrator of Lucilla Steadman, daughter of Wm. H. Steadman deceased. Henry's wife is listed in the Census of 1860 as Sarah C.

Elizabeth Steadman died in 1853, and her son Thomas C. was appointed administrator of her estate. Her mark in lieu of signature was usually included on legal documents, and it is assumed that she could not write. But she left a detailed will and a considerable estate and had bought and sold property after her husband's death. In 1845 she sold to her son Nathaniel for the sum of $800 (a lot of money in those days) "1 yellow boy named Orange about 23 years and 1 girl named Soap about  15 years". On October 28, 1845 Elizabeth and James McCarroll and John McCarroll sold land from the estate of Thomas  McCarroll,  deceased.  Elizabeth  had  been  named administrator, along with James McCarroll, of The estate of Thomas McCarroll after his death in 1844. (Evidence that Elizabeth was the daughter of Nathaniel McCarroll, but no proof).

After his mother's death Thomas C. came into possession of the family farm. In 1854 he married Eunissa Peebles, daughter of Jesse Burgess Peebles, who owned an adjoining farm. To them were born: James Lacy (1855-1868) and Thomas C. Hindman (1856-1857). Eunissa died in 1856. Thomas C. then married Mary Elizabeth West on January 2, 1861. She was a native of Alabama and the daughter of Dr. Thomas West and  Nancy  Jones  West.  Their  son  William  Nathaniel  was · born December 26, 1861 and was about seven months old when his father enlisted in the Confederate Army in Smithville on July l2, 1862 and was sworn in by Colonel Baber.  He served in the 38th Arkansas Calvary for the duration of the war. Family tradition says that his death on October 18, 1870 was caused by a wound he received in the war, which never healed. Other children were Thomas West (1863- 1873), Ida Elizabeth (1865-1960), Elvira (1866-1925), Lillie (1868-1951), Henry Carroll (1869-1918) and Mary M. 1871-1958).

After the death of his father, William Nathaniel at the age of 9 worked the family farm with the aid of a few slaves who remained with the family. The slaves probably left in a few years, as W.A. Sloan gave 40 acres of land, located 5 miles south of Lynn, to each former slave family in the county and a Steadman family accepted the acreage. Slaves usually took the name of the family who owned them. But Tom  Lusk, a  man without a  family, was hired  to work on the Steadman farm and later made his home with them. When the family moved to their new house in town several years before the 1900's, a room was reserved for Tom at the farm when the house was rented. "Will" as he was called was the only one of the children to attend school in the Old Soloman log school house. In 1872 Jasper N. Hillhouse continued to teach subscription school in the new large one room frame building, and later Dr. John W. Townsend taught for some time. In order to have the advantages offered in La Cross County, Will  and many other young men in the Smithville area followed the Hillhouse family to LaCross where he taught in La Cross Collegiate Institute, presided over by M. Shelby Kennard, one of Arkansas'  greatest  educators. Will  married Gertrude  Stuart on September 30, 1894. They had one daughter, Adelaidie Lucile, born  December 11, 1895, who  married  Richard  C. Waldron. Will  was Lawrence County Clerk from 1894 to 1896. He lived for a time at Powhatan and Batesville but spent most of his life in Black Rock. He owned a farm on Black River near Powhatan, and he managed the Smithville farm after the death of his brother, Henry, in 1918. He died in 1945 and is buried with his wife and others of the Stuart family in Powhatan Cemetery.

Ida attended the Smithville school which continued to improve due to the very capable teachers. She passed the teachers' examination and taught at Walnut Ridge, Portia, and Black Rock. She taught a few years in St. Louis but came home in 1906 and married James "Jim" Fortenberry. They had one child who was born dead. His work took him from Smithville to Batesville and Imboden.

Elvira called "Vida" married Quint Janes who was a successful dealer in livestock in Imboden, where they spent their lives. Miss Mary is thought to have taught her first school at a nearby rural  school  called Anchor. She also taught  primary grades at Smithville and Portia before going to Imboden where she taught until she retired and lived with her widowed sister, Vida Janes. With some of the first money she made she purchased factory built pews for the Methodist Church in the early 1890's which continue to be used in the Smithville Community Building.

Miss Lilly continued to manage the home for her elderly mother and brother, Henry, who worked and managed the near by farm. Miss Lilly was very devoted to her Methodist Church. She rang the church bell twice each Sunday to remind people of Sunday School and Church service. She was the first to arrive at every meeting to be sure all was in order as planned. Henry died at the age of 49 in 1918 from the killer disease of that day, pneumonia. After her mother's death in 1920 Miss Lilly went to Imboden to live with her sisters, Vida and Mary.

Thomas C. Steadman, his wife Mary Elizabeth, their son, Thomas West, Mary Elizabeth's mother, Nancy Jones West, and Thomas' sons by his first wife are all buried in the Hillhouse Cemetery. Henry is buried in the Smithville Cemetery with his trusted friend, Tom Lusk.  Ida, Vida, Lilly and Mary are buried in Hope Cemetery at Imboden.

Thomas Steadman's widow Mary Elizabeth and her family were successful in business, and she must have stressed the importance of the church and education. The home in Smithville has been replaced. A magnolia tree that was planted in the yard soon after the family moved there appears about the same as 70 years ago. It is now in the street south of the intersection of Highways 115 and 117 in Smithville.

The children of Adelaide Lucile  and  Richard  C. Waldron  are Camille Ellis (Mrs. Clyde T.), Inez Riggs (Mrs. Orval E.) and Thomas Steadman Waldron of Walnut Ridge, who is the only descendent living in Lawrence County.

Charles McVey is the present owner of the greater part of  the Steadman farm. He is the fourth owner in 167 years.

Tax List:
listed as James Studman (or Steedman).

1830 Census:
Lawrence Co., Arkansas Territory, p. 9
James A Steedman   111 000 100 0000 - 112 001 000 0000
Male     40-50 : James A. Steedman, b. 1780/90
Female 30-40 : Elizabeth McCarroll, b. 1799
Male     10-15 : John K. Steadman, b. abt 1819
Female 10-15 : Margaret Steadman, b. abt 1820
Male       5-10 : Nathaniel C. Steadman, b. abt 1822
Female 10-15 : Mary Steadman, b. abt 1823
Female   5-10 : Martha Steadman, b. abt 1824
Female      < 5 : Elizabeth Steadman, b. abt 1826
Male          < 5 : Thomas C. Steadman, b. abt 1829

James married Elizabeth McCarroll Abt 1817. Elizabeth (daughter of Nathaniel McCarroll and Martha [--?--]) was born 1799, ____, ____, KY; died 3 Aug 1853, Smithville, Lawrence Co., AR. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Alt. Birth: 1799, ____, Spartanburg Co., SC
• 1850 Census: 5 Nov 1850, Strawberry, Lawrence Co., AR
• Will: 24 Jul 1853, ____, Lawrence Co., AR
• Probate: 1 Nov 1853, ____, Lawrence Co., AR

Notes:

1850 Census:
Strawberry Twp., p. 221
Elizabeth Stedman       45 F                $1440     KY     Can't Read/Write
Nathaniel C    "             28 M   Clerk                    Ark
John K Stedman           32 M   Farmer                  "
Thomas    "                  21 M       "                         "
Henry       "                  17 M       "                         "      school
John McCaroll              24 M       "                         "
Margaret Raney           10 F                                  "          "
James H Stedman          7 M                                 "          "
Andrew Raney              7 M                                 "
Jackson   "                     1 M                                  "
...
Andrew J Raney           36 M  Farmer      $1200   MO
William F     "                  10 M                                Ark   school
James M     "                   6 M                                  "

Will:
STEADMAN, Elizabeth
Died: 1853
Will: Dated 24 July 1853. Proved 1 Nov. 1853
Exec'r: Thomas C. Steadman Appt'd on 16 Nov. 1853.
Daughter: Margaret Williams.
Sons: Nathaniel C., Thomas C., and William H. Steadman.
Mentioned: John Steadman; and William F., Margaret, James, and Andrew J. Raney; and James H. Steadman; and Andrew T. Raney.

The Will is incomplete. Only one page is present in this folder. In folder are the following receipts concerning various heirs, to wit:
16 Jan. 1856, John Williams as gdn. for Thomas J., Mary Jane, and Sarah Ellen Williams;
16 Oct. 1857, A.J. Raney as gdn. of Wlliam F. Raney "and others";
16 Oct. 1857, A.J. Raney as gdn. for Andrew Thomas Raney;
16 Oct. 1857, H.N. Finley as gdn. of James H. Steadman.

Notes:

They were the parents of at least 8 children.  Only known name of son is listed below.

James — Miss [--?--]. Miss died Unknown. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Married:
According to IGI, based on church records (1713-1940) of St. Philip's Protestant Episcopal Church (Charleston, South Carolina) , James Stedman and Elizabeth Sarah McLean were married at St. Philip's, Charleston on 30 December 1779.

Notes:

He was living in Spartanburg County, SC. in 1781 and remained until after the war in 1807 when he moved his family to Caldwell County, Kentucky.

In 1815, he moved his family to Missouri Territory and settled in that area that later became Lawerence County, Arkansas. The first Arkansas Tax list of 1819 to 1829 names Nathaniel McCarroll as property owner at that time. They settled on Cooper's Creek about 2 miles south of Smithville, Arkansas, on what was later know as the J. N. Hillhouse Place.

Arkansas Gazette dated 4/6/1835, "Nathaniel McCarroll and his wife, both of Advanced age, died recently."
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A John McCarroll died in Spartanbury County, North Carolina on March 5, 1800. His Will contained the names of three sons: Nathaniel, John, and Thomas; and two daughters: Genrot and Ruth. It also appears that this John was the son of Nathaniel McCarroll who died in Surry County, North Carolina in 1779. His Will shows a wife Elizabeth; two sons, Thomas and John; and one daughter, Mary.

Nathaniel McCarroll was born in Surry County, North Carolina on September 27, 1765, and died in Lawrence County, Arkansas in early 1835. He was married in Spartenburg County, South Carolina in the mid-1790s to Martha who was born in South Carolina in about 1765. Both died prior to April 6, 1835. Nathaniel was called to served in the Revoluntary War in 1781 while living in Spartanburg County, South Carolina. After the war, he remained there until 1807 when he moved his family to Caldwell County, Kentucky. He remained in Kentucky until 1815, before coming to Arkansas.

The first Arkansas Tax List of 1819 to 1829 names Nathaniel McCarroll as a property owner on Cooper's Creek about two miles south of Smithville, Arkansas on what was later known as the J. N. Hillhouse place. Nathaniel's farm was about three miles north of the famed "Old Taylor Mill" which was built on the Strawberry River about five miles south of Smithville. Nathaniel and Martha McCarroll are thought to be buried in the Hillhouse Cemetery.

Nathaniel's children were: Thomas born 1795 South Carolina died 1844 Arkansas; James born 1797 South Carolina died 1872 Arkansas; Elizabeth born 1799 South Carolina died 1853 Arkansas; John born 1800 South Carolina died 1825 Arkansas; Martha born 1812 Kentucky died 1890 Arkansas.

John McCarroll was born in Surry County, North Carolina in about 1770, and died in Lawrence County in Arkansas Territory between July 29, 1833, and the end of that year. He was married in Spartanburg County, South Carolina in the early 1790s and had three young sons when his wife died in Spartanbury County or in Caldwell County, Kentucky between 1800 and 1815. He married again in Spartanburg County, North Carolina or Caldwell County, Kentucky before 1817 to Nancy, born in South Carolina in 1793. John and Nancy moved to Lawrence County in Arkansas Territory between 1818 and 1820, settling in the Spring River area, north of where Nathaniel had settled a few years earlier. This part of Lawrence County later became Randolph County.

John's children were: William born 1791 South Carolina; Nathaniel W. born 1793 South Carolina died 1843 Arkansas ; John M born 1795 South Carolina died 1844 Arkansas; James born 1817 Kentucky died 1877 Arkansas; Martha born 1821 Arkansas died before 1860 Arkansas; Mariah born 1823 Arkansas died 1857 Arkansas; Jane born 1825 Arkansas died before 1860 Arkansas; Esther born 1827 Arkansas; Margaret born 1829 Arkansas.

More information can be found in "The Descendants of Nathaniel and John McCarroll" written by the late John Richard McCarroll of Waco, Texas.

Nathaniel married Martha [--?--] Bef 1797. Martha died Abt 1835. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Occupation: Weaver, Planter, Tanner
• Census: 1779
• 1790 Census: 1790, ____, Orangeburgh District, SC
• Alt. Death: 1795, Batesburg, Aiken Co., SC

Notes:

Participated in the Battle of Culloden fought on Apr. 16, 1746.  The Highlanders were defeated by the English and he escaped to northern Ireland.  Moved from Charleston, SC. to Fairfield Co., SC. about 1769. Presbyterian.

Census:
____, Ninety-Six District, SC, as John Steadman

1790 Census:
p. 94
Zachariah Stedum    1-2-3-0-0
...
John Stedum             1-0-1-0-0
...
George Stedum        1-0-3-0-0

John married Miss [--?--] Abt 1742, ____, ____, Scotland, UK. Miss was born 1717; died Between 1759 and 1760. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Elizabeth Barton

Notes:

One source gives her name as Elizabeth Barton.