John W. Stedman: Stedman Family Genealogies

Generation: 1

John W. Stedman was born 10 May 1875, ____, ____, MS (son of George P. Stedman and Sarrah H. "Sallie" Ricks); died 29 May 1906, ____, Choctaw Co., MS; was buried Aft 29 May 1906, Spring Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, Reform, Choctaw Co., MS.

Other Events:

1880 Census: 8 Jun 1880, ____, Choctaw Co., MS
1900 Census: 2 Jun 1900, ____, Choctaw Co., MS
Alt. Death: 20 Mar 1906

Notes:

The Joseph Earle Steadman book puts him as a son as Rufus S. Stedman. Family data indicates that he was actually a son of his brother George Stedman.

1880 Census:
ED 38, p. 38
Stedman, Sarah    W F 35   Head Wd   Keeping House   AL   MO KY
---, Mary                    W F 13   Dau    S                                      MS MS AL
---, George              W M 10   Son     S      Works on Farm   MS MS AL
---, Jimmie              W M    8   Son     S                                      MS MS AL
---, Robert               W M     7   Son     S                                      MS MS AL
---, John                   W M    5   Son     S                                      MS MS AL
---, Lula                    W   F    2   Dau    S                                      MS MS AL

1900 Census:
Beat 2, ED 27, sheet 1A
Steadman, Sarah R      Head W F   Nov   1843 56 Wd 33 6 3   AL   MO KY   Farmer
---, John W.                      Son    W M May    1875 25   S                     MS MS AL   Dry Goods Merchant
---, Lou Ann                      Dau   W   F June 1878 22   S                     MS MS AL
... 2 Boarders

John married Miss [--?--] Aft 1900. Miss died Unknown. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Married:
They had children.

Generation: 2

George P. Stedman was born 30 Oct 1840, ____, Carroll Co., MS (son of James Hardman Stedman and Nancy Caroline Busby); died 1 Nov 1878, ____, Choctaw Co., MS; was buried Aft 1 Nov 1878, Spring Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, Reform, Choctaw Co., MS.

Other Events:

1860 Census: 27 Jul 1860, ____, Choctaw Co., MS
1870 Census: 10 Jun 1870, ____, Choctaw Co., MS
Alt. Burial: Aft 1 Nov 1878, Presbyterian Cemetery - Sturgis, Oktibbeha Co., MS
Alt. Death: 7 Nov 1878, Sturgis, Oktibbeha Co., MS

Notes:

George served in the 2nd Miss. Cavalry during the Civil War.

The 1870 federal census shows Caroline Stedman living with George and family in the Dido Community of Choctaw Co., MS.

1860 Census:
Dido PO - Township 18, Choctaw Co., MS, p. 265
James Steadman    62 M Farmer   $400 $900 Kentucky
Caroline   "              60 F household mistress   NC
Thomas H   "           20 M farm laborer              MS
Hardman    "            19 M farm laborer              MS
George      "            18 M farm laborer              MS
Edwin        "            17 M farm laborer              MS
Mary          "             15 F spinster                      MS
Sabra        "             13 F                                    MS
Nancy       "              12 F                                     MS

1870 Census:
Dido PO, Township 18, Range 11, p. 459
Stedman, Hardy    31 M W   Farmer $175 $200   Miss.                Can't RW Citizen
---, Mahala              21   F W   Keeping House          MIss
---, Emma                  3 F W                                          Miss
Cook, Margaret      24 F B    Farmer                          Miss                 Can't RW
---, Lobe                     1 M B                                          Miss
...
Stedman, George    29 M W Farmer $300 $300    MIss             Can't RW    Citizen
---, Sarah                   25   F W   Keeping House          Ala
---, Mary E                     3 F W                                         Miss
---, George           10/12 M W                                         Miss     Aug
Stedman, Caroline 63 F   W                                        NC                   Can't RW

George married Sarrah H. "Sallie" Ricks Abt 1866. Sarrah (daughter of John W. Ricks and Nancy E. Sellars) was born 13 Nov 1844, ____, ____, AL; died 16 Sep 1925, ____, Choctaw Co., MS; was buried Aft 16 Sep 1925, Spring Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, Reform, Choctaw Co., MS. [Group Sheet]

Sarrah H. "Sallie" Ricks was born 13 Nov 1844, ____, ____, AL (daughter of John W. Ricks and Nancy E. Sellars); died 16 Sep 1925, ____, Choctaw Co., MS; was buried Aft 16 Sep 1925, Spring Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, Reform, Choctaw Co., MS.

Other Events:

1870 Census: 10 Jun 1870, ____, Choctaw Co., MS
1880 Census: 8 Jun 1880, ____, Choctaw Co., MS
1900 Census: 2 Jun 1900, ____, Choctaw Co., MS

Notes:

Mother Nancy was widowed by 1880 and was enumerated in her daughter's household during the census.

1870 Census:
Dido PO, Township 18, Range 11, p. 459
Stedman, Hardy    31 M W   Farmer $175 $200   Miss.                Can't RW Citizen
---, Mahala              21   F W   Keeping House          MIss
---, Emma                  3 F W                                          Miss
Cook, Margaret      24 F B    Farmer                          Miss                 Can't RW
---, Lobe                     1 M B                                          Miss
...
Stedman, George    29 M W Farmer $300 $300    MIss             Can't RW    Citizen
---, Sarah                   25   F W   Keeping House          Ala
---, Mary E                     3 F W                                         Miss
---, George           10/12 M W                                         Miss     Aug
Stedman, Caroline 63 F   W                                        NC                   Can't RW

1880 Census:
ED 38, p. 38
Stedman, Sarah    W F 35   Head Wd   Keeping House   AL   MO KY
---, Mary                    W F 13   Dau    S                                      MS MS AL
---, George              W M 10   Son     S      Works on Farm   MS MS AL
---, Jimmie              W M    8   Son     S                                      MS MS AL
---, Robert               W M     7   Son     S                                      MS MS AL
---, John                   W M    5   Son     S                                      MS MS AL
---, Lula                    W   F    2   Dau    S                                      MS MS AL

1900 Census:
Beat 2, ED 27, sheet 1A
Steadman, Sarah R      Head W F   Nov   1843 56 Wd 33 6 3   AL   MO KY   Farmer
---, John W.                      Son    W M May    1875 25   S                     MS MS AL   Dry Goods Merchant
---, Lou Ann                      Dau   W   F June 1878 22   S                     MS MS AL
... 2 Boarders

Children:

Mary Ellen Stedman was born 29 Jun 1867, ____, Choctaw Co., MS; died 13 Jul 1937; was buried Aft 13 Jul 1937, Spring Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, Reform, Choctaw Co., MS.
George Yancy Stedman was born 2 Aug 1869, ____, Choctaw Co., MS; died 12 Oct 1880, ____, Choctaw Co., MS; was buried Aft 12 Oct 1880, Spring Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, Reform, Choctaw Co., MS.
Jimmie E. Stedman was born 25 Mar 1871, ____, Choctaw Co., MS; died 12 May 1899, ____, Choctaw Co., MS; was buried Aft 12 May 1899, Spring Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, Reform, Choctaw Co., MS.
Robert Franklin Stedman was born 12 May 1873, ____, ____, MS; died 6 Apr 1884, ____, Choctaw Co., MS; was buried Aft 6 Apr 1884, Spring Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, Reform, Choctaw Co., MS.
1. John W. Stedman was born 10 May 1875, ____, ____, MS; died 29 May 1906, ____, Choctaw Co., MS; was buried Aft 29 May 1906, Spring Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, Reform, Choctaw Co., MS.
Lula "Lou Ann" Stedman was born Jan 1878, ____, ____, MS; died Unknown.

Generation: 3

James Hardman Stedman was born 23 Feb 1805, ____, Newberry Co., SC (son of Eli Stedman, Jr. and Nancy Hardman); died 10 Jul 1865, ____, Choctaw Co., MS.

Other Events:

Name: James Hardy Stedman
Occupation: Farmer
1830 Census: 1830
1840 Census: 1840
1860 Census: 27 Jul 1860, ____, Choctaw Co., MS

Notes:

James and Caroline Stedman were first located in Madison Co., MS, in 1830 with one son (Rufus).

Two land transactions were found in Book A of Madison Co. On July 12, 1830, James sold the W 1/2 of the NE 1/4 of Section 33, Township 9, Range 4 East for $150.00 (Page 703).

On Aug. 3, 1833, he sold the N 1/2 of the W 1/2 of NE Section 1, Township 8, Range 2 East (40 acres) for $175.00 (Page 853).

In both cases, Caroline affixed her mark (X) atesting to the fact that this was her voluntary act without fear, threats, or compulsion from her husband. This statement is a dower's release. It is interesting to note that STIDMAN was used on all legal documents.

James and Caroline Stedman moved to Carroll Co., MS, about 1836 with other members of James's family. The 1840 census of Carroll Co., MS. shows them with 5 sons and a daughter.

By 1850, they had moved to Choctaw Co., MS. where they remained until they died. In 1870, Caroline was listed with son George's household in the Dido Community.

Their burial place is unknown but believed to be Spring Hill Cemetery as there are numerous graves marked only with native stone.

1830 Census:
____, Madison Co., MS, p. 103, as James Steadman, 100 010 000 0000 - 000 010 000 0000

1840 Census:
____, Carroll Co., MS, p. 46, as James Stedman, 221 001 000 0000 - 010 010 000 0000

1860 Census:
Dido PO - Township 18, Choctaw Co., MS, p. 265
James Steadman    62 M Farmer   $400 $900 Kentucky
Caroline   "              60 F household mistress   NC
Thomas H   "           20 M farm laborer              MS
Hardman    "            19 M farm laborer              MS
George      "            18 M farm laborer              MS
Edwin        "            17 M farm laborer              MS
Mary          "             15 F spinster                      MS
Sabra        "             13 F                                    MS
Nancy       "              12 F                                     MS

James married Nancy Caroline Busby 28 Nov 1828. Nancy was born 25 Dec 1807, ____, ____, NC; died 24 Oct 1878, ____, Choctaw Co., MS. [Group Sheet]

Nancy Caroline Busby was born 25 Dec 1807, ____, ____, NC; died 24 Oct 1878, ____, Choctaw Co., MS.

Other Events:

Name: Caroline Busby
1860 Census: 27 Jul 1860, ____, Choctaw Co., MS
1870 Census: 10 Jun 1870, ____, Choctaw Co., MS

Notes:

1860 Census:
Dido PO - Township 18, Choctaw Co., MS, p. 265
James Steadman    62 M Farmer   $400 $900 Kentucky
Caroline   "              60 F household mistress   NC
Thomas H   "           20 M farm laborer              MS
Hardman    "            19 M farm laborer              MS
George      "            18 M farm laborer              MS
Edwin        "            17 M farm laborer              MS
Mary          "             15 F spinster                      MS
Sabra        "             13 F                                    MS
Nancy       "              12 F                                     MS

1870 Census:
Dido PO, Township 18, Range 11, p. 459
Stedman, Hardy    31 M W   Farmer $175 $200   Miss.                Can't RW Citizen
---, Mahala              21   F W   Keeping House          MIss
---, Emma                  3 F W                                          Miss
Cook, Margaret      24 F B    Farmer                          Miss                 Can't RW
---, Lobe                     1 M B                                          Miss
...
Stedman, George    29 M W Farmer $300 $300    MIss             Can't RW    Citizen
---, Sarah                   25   F W   Keeping House          Ala
---, Mary E                     3 F W                                         Miss
---, George           10/12 M W                                         Miss     Aug
Stedman, Caroline 63 F   W                                        NC                   Can't RW

Children:

Rufus S. Stedman was born 15 Jan 1830, ____, Madison Co., MS; died 24 Sep 1885, ____, Choctaw Co., MS; was buried Aft 24 Sep 1885, Spring Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, Reform, Choctaw Co., MS.
Mary Elizabeth Stedman was born 20 Aug 1832, ____, Madison Co., MS; died 20 Jan 1914, ____, Choctaw Co., MS; was buried Aft 20 Jan 1914, Spring Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, Reform, Choctaw Co., MS.
John Stedman was born 14 Jan 1834, ____, Madison Co., MS; died 1868.
Bluford Stedman was born 2 Oct 1835, ____, Carroll Co., MS; died 1 Aug 1862.
Thomas N. Stedman was born 18 Jan 1837, ____, Carroll Co., MS; died 18 Dec 1863.
Hardman "Hardy" Stedman was born 28 Apr 1838, ____, Carroll Co., MS; died Between 1875 and 1880, ____, ____, MS.
2. George P. Stedman was born 30 Oct 1840, ____, Carroll Co., MS; died 1 Nov 1878, ____, Choctaw Co., MS; was buried Aft 1 Nov 1878, Spring Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, Reform, Choctaw Co., MS.
Edwin B. "Ebb" Stedman was born 17 Jun 1842, ____, ____, MS; died 3 Oct 1878, ____, Choctaw Co., MS; was buried Aft 3 Oct 1878, Spring Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, Reform, Choctaw Co., MS.
Mary Ann Stedman was born 25 Mar 1844, ____, ____, MS; died 15 Aug 1925, Reform, Choctaw Co., MS; was buried Aft 15 Aug 1925, Antioch Methodist Cemetery, Choctaw Co., MS.
Sarah Caroline "Sabra" Stedman was born 9 May 1846, ____, ____, MS; died Oct 1871.
Nancy Stedman was born 15 May 1848, ____, ____, MS; died 25 Mar 1928, Reform, Choctaw Co., MS; was buried Aft 25 Mar 1928, Antioch Methodist Cemetery, Choctaw Co., MS.

6. John W. Ricks was born , ____, ____, MO; died Bef 1880.
John — Nancy E. Sellars. Nancy was born 25 May 1819, ____, ____, KY; died Aft 1880. [Group Sheet]

Nancy E. Sellars was born 25 May 1819, ____, ____, KY; died Aft 1880.

Notes:

Nancy E. Sellars was born in KY. She was widowed by 1880 and was enumerated in her daughter's house hold during the census. Nancy Sellars' father was born in NY; her mother in KY.

Children:

William H. "Willie" Ricks was born 18 May 1857, ____, ____, AL; died 12 Jan 1894, ____, Choctaw Co., MS; was buried Aft 12 Jan 1894, Spring Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, Reform, Choctaw Co., MS.
3. Sarrah H. "Sallie" Ricks was born 13 Nov 1844, ____, ____, AL; died 16 Sep 1925, ____, Choctaw Co., MS; was buried Aft 16 Sep 1925, Spring Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, Reform, Choctaw Co., MS.

Generation: 4

Eli Stedman, Jr. was born Abt 1777, ____, Newberry Co., SC (son of Elias "Eli" Stedman and Miss Pemberton); died Aft 1850, ____, Carroll Co., MS.

Other Events:

1800 Census: 1800
1810 Census: 1810
1820 Census: 1820
1830 Census: 1830
1840 Census: 1840
1850 Census: 2 Sep 1850

Notes:

Eli Stedman was born in the present day Newberry County, SC, about 1777 (based on being age 73, born SC in the 1850 Census).

Eli Stedman was witness to the will of Mathew Brooks in Newberry Co., SC. on 26 Sep 1794. (Will proven 9 Jul 1796, Book B, Page 47.) At present, no other SC records have been found for him.

According to LDS records, he married Nancy Hardman (1779 - after 1828), daughter of Uriah Hardman and Frances Chandler, about 1800. Joseph Earle Steadman speculated that she may have been related to Sarah Pemberton (wife of George Pemberton, Sr.), but there is no evidence of that in the known family of Uriah Hardman.

Georgia Wills Oglethorpe

Page 103   HARDEMAN, URIAH. April 14, 1800; Feb. 3, 1801.
To wife Fanny Hardeman all estate except the houses which will go to my sons Samuel and Isaiah. To dau. Nancy Stedman, wife of Eli Steadman, the land on Clouds Creek. At death of wife, residue to be divided among sons Samuel, Isaiah, dau. Stedman. My sons Lethey Allen, John, William and dau. Elizabeth Hardeman. Exrs: Wife and son Samuel. Wit: Jesse Willingham, James Cadenhead, William Hardeman.

He has not been identified on a census for 1800.

He moved to Kentucky and on 31 August 1807 in Livingston county he was granted 200 acres of land on Dry Fork of Eddy Creek, south of Green River. (see Willard Rouse Jellson, Kentucky Land Grants, p. 408).

He has not been identified on a census for 1810.

At some time before 1812 he disposed of this land and returned to Newberry County, SC.

He has not been identified on a census for 1820.

He later moved to Tuscalosa Co., AL, where he acquired other land that on 24 January 1828, he and Nancy conveyed to Donald O. Brooks. (Alabama Records, Vol. 7, p. 41).

He seems to have been recorded in the 1830 Census for Madison Co., MS

He was recorded in the 1840 Census for Carroll Co., MS, on p. 40.

On the 1850 federal census of Carroll Co., MS, Eli was shown living with Henry D. and Alice (Stedman) Smith. (Southern Division on 5 Sep 1850, Page 196, House 32, Family 40, Age 73, born SC)

Based on the 1850 Census, the approximate birth years and places for his children were:

James Hardman Steadman    age 49, born SC? (about 1801) (however, 1860 census is age 62, born KY and reading is clear)
George P. Steadman              age 45, born KY     (about 1805)
Jesse B. Steadman                age 41, born KY    (about 1809)
Sabra (Steadman) Jones        age 37, born KY    (about 1813)
Bluford Steadman                   age 36, born KY    (about 1814)
Mary (Steadman) Cotton         age 32, born AL     (about 1818)
Alice (Steadman) Smith           age ? , born ?   (unreadable - but another reading was -age 31, born NC)
Samuel Steadman - not located (1801, SC?)
Joshuay Steadman - not located (1812, SC?) - ? Forsythe Co., GA, p. 187?

Based on the births of the children, it would seem that Eli was in Kentucky for a longer time than otherwise expected.

He died intestate sometime after 1850; therefore children listed cannot be "proven" but all research indicates that he is the father of the children listed above.
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Helen Tice of Memphis has shared (January 2009):

About 1807, Eli and Nancy moved from SC to Livingston Co. Ky where on 31 Aug 1807, he was granted 22 A. of land on Dry Fork of Eddy Creek, south of the Green River (Willard Rouse Jellson's "Ky Land Grants", p. 400).

Sometime before 1812, Eli disposed of this land and returned to Newberry.

They later moved to Tuscaloosa Co., AL, where he acquired other land, which on 24 Jan 1818, he and Nancy conveyed to Daniel O. Brooks (AL Records, Vol. 7, p. 41).

At the time of the 1850 MS census (page 197, house 32) his wife being dead, he was living with his daugher Alice and her husband, Henry D. Smith. ( I have a problem with Alice being his dau., there is some relation, but I'm not sure what it is.) BUT, in "Letters from Forest Place", a plantation family's correspondence, 1846-1881 (a collection of letters over a period of 35 years by members of the Thos. A. Watkins family of Carroll Co., MS), p. 217, from a letter dated 12 April 1861: "There has been much sickness and some fatility in the county this spring and past winter. Mr. Turner & Mrs. Young have both died this year - ALSO, OLD MRS. STEADMAN." The appendex says 14 April 1861. Probably speaking of Marcy Mills Steadman, widow of Jesse B. Steadman, as Marcy died Nov. 1861.

According to the late Mrs. Gayden B. Poteet of Greenwood, Ms. a well known genealogist, Eli Steadman and probably Nancy, are buried at Old Bluff Springs Cemetery, located between Vaiden, MS and Carrollton, MS. The cemetery is very overgrown, and gravestones are almost impossible to see. Some time back, the county ran a road thru the old cemetery, covering quite a few graves, including my GGGGrandfather John Read, and his son, my GGGrandfather, Jesse Read. I have a signed and notarized from Roby Read declaring that he had seen the graves and that they had been covered by a County road. ALSO, FULL OF TICKS - TRUST ME ON THAT ONE!

1800 Census:
Not located.

1810 Census:
Not located.

1820 Census:
Not located.

1830 Census:
____, Madison Co., MS, p. 96, as Eli Steadman, 001 110 010 0000 - 000 110 010 0000

1840 Census:
____, Carroll Co., MS, p. 40, as Eli Stedman, 000 010 001 0000 - 000 010 000 0000

1850 Census:
Southern Division, Carroll Co., MS, p. 197, w/Henry D. Smith, age 73, b. SC, as Eli Steadman

Eli married Nancy Hardman Abt 1800. Nancy (daughter of Uriah Hardman and Frances Chandler) was born 17 Dec 1779, ____, ____, SC; died Between 1830 and 1840. [Group Sheet]

Nancy Hardman was born 17 Dec 1779, ____, ____, SC (daughter of Uriah Hardman and Frances Chandler); died Between 1830 and 1840.

Children:

Samuel Stedman was born 1801, ____, Newberry Co., SC; died Aft 1834.
4. James Hardman Stedman was born 23 Feb 1805, ____, Newberry Co., SC; died 10 Jul 1865, ____, Choctaw Co., MS.
George Pemberton Steadman was born Abt 1805, ____, ____, KY; died Aft 1860.
Joshua "Joshuay" Stedman was born Abt 1805, ____, ____, NC; died Aft 1870, Nathan, Pike Co., AR; was buried Unknown, Academy Cemetery - Nathan, Pike Co., AR.
Jesse B. Stedman was born 1809, ____, ____, KY; died Bef 2 May 1855, ____, Carroll Co., MS.
Sabra B. Stedman was born 1813, ____, ____, KY; died Unknown.
Bluford Stedman was born 1814, ____, Newberry Co., SC; died Aft 1850.
Mary Stedman was born 1816, ____, Newberry Co., SC; died Unknown.
Alice Stedman was born Abt 1819, ____, ____, NC; died Unknown.