James A. Steedman

1790 - 1834  (~ 54 years)

• Name	James A. Steedman
  Born	Between 1780 and 1790
  Gender	Male
  Name	James A. Steadman
  Tax List	1815	____, Lawrence Co., AR
  	listed as James Studman (or Steedman).
  1830 Census	1830	____, Lawrence Co., AR
  	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
  Died	1834	Smithville, Lawrence Co., AR
  Notes	His parentage is speculative. ______________________________ http://home.earthlink.net/~jerifultz/steadman.html 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.
  Person ID	I50992	Stedman/Steadman/Steedman Families of the New World
  Last Modified	6 Jul 2009

  
  

  Father	James Steedman,   b. Abt 1743, ____, ____, Scotland, UK ,   d. Abt 1790, ____, Chester Co., SC  (Age ~ 47 years)
  Mother	Miss [--?--],   d. Unknown
  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.
  Family ID	F16341	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth McCarroll,   b. 1799, ____, ____, KY ,   d. 3 Aug 1853, Smithville, Lawrence Co., AR  (Age 54 years)
  Married	Abt 1817
  Children	1. John K. Steadman,   b. Abt 1819, Smithville, Lawrence Co., AR ,   d. 25 Mar 1853, Smithville, Lawrence Co., AR  (Age ~ 34 years)   2. Margaret Steadman,   b. 1820, Smithville, Lawrence Co., AR ,   d. Between 1853 and 1864  (Age 33 years)   3. Nathaniel C. Steadman,   b. 1822, ____, ____, AR ,   d. 3 Aug 1853  (Age 31 years)   4. Mary Steadman,   b. 1823, Smithville, Lawrence Co., AR ,   d. 1849, Smithville, Lawrence Co., AR  (Age 26 years)   5. Martha Steadman,   b. 1824,   d. 1847  (Age 23 years)   6. Elizabeth S. Steadman,   b. 1826, Smithville, Lawrence Co., AR ,   d. 1848  (Age 22 years)   7. Thomas C. Steadman,   b. 2 May 1829, Smithville, Lawrence Co., AR ,   d. 18 Oct 1870, ____, Lawrence Co., AR  (Age 41 years)   8. William Henry Steadman,   b. 1833, ____, ____, AR ,   d. Bef Aug 1864  (Age 31 years)
  Last Modified	7 Jan 2006
  Family ID	F18787	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart