Joshua Cushon Steelman
1789 - 1858 (69 years)-
Name Joshua Cushon Steelman Birth 1789 Surry County, North Carolina, USA Gender Male Death 21 Jun 1858 Pettis, Missouri, USA Burial Aft 21 Jun 1858 Pettis, Missouri, USA Person ID I55170 Clan Montgomery Society Last Modified 12 May 2024
Father Steelman Relationship natural Marriage 1782 [1] Family ID F22418 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Mary Neely (Polly) Holeman, b. 18 Jan 1794, Rowan, North Carolina, USA d. 20 Mar 1883, Pettis, Missouri, USA (Age 89 years) Marriage 4 Nov 1811 Rowan, North Carolina, USA [1] Children 1. Lucy Steelman, b. 1812, North Carolina, USA d. Calhoun County, Arkansas, USA [Father: natural] 2. Malinda Steelman, b. 1814, North Carolina, USA [Father: natural] 3. Emily Steelman, b. 4 May 1814, North Carolina, USA d. 9 Sep 1894 (Age 80 years) [Father: natural] 4. Isaac H Steelman, b. 1816, North Carolina, USA d. Calhoun County, Arkansas, USA [Father: natural] 5. James Steelman, b. 1818, North Carolina, USA [Father: natural] 6. William Cook Steelman, b. 25 Apr 1820 d. 5 Aug 1887, , Madison, AL (Age 67 years) [Father: natural] 7. Nathan Steelman, b. 30 May 1823, Lawrence County, Alabama, USA d. 6 Jan 1879, Dallas County, Arkansas, USA (Age 55 years) [Father: natural] 8. Harriet Jane Steelman, b. 1825, Lawrence County, Alabama, USA d. 1867 (Age 42 years) [Father: natural] 9. Allison T (Tony Hill) Steelman, b. 1826, Lawrence County, Alabama, USA [Father: natural] 10. Montique Allen Steelman, b. 18 Jan 1829, Lawrence County, Alabama, USA d. 15 Jul 1890, Calhoun County, Arkansas, USA (Age 61 years) [Father: natural] 11. Joshua Cushon Steelman, b. 20 Mar 1831, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA d. 30 Oct 1931 (Age 100 years) [Father: natural] 12. Benjamin Franklin Steelman, b. 22 Aug 1833, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA d. 9 Jan 1919, Near Beaman, Pettis, Missouri (Age 85 years) [Father: natural] 13. Mary Magdalene Steelman, b. 31 Oct 1834, Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, USA d. 30 Jul 1927, Medford, Grant, Oklahoma, USA (Age 92 years) [Father: natural] 14. Melinda Steelman, b. 1837, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA [Father: natural] 15. Martha Steelman, b. 4 Jan 1838, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA d. 10 May 1888, Pettis, Missouri, USA (Age 50 years) [Father: natural] Family ID F18358 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 12 May 2024
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Event Map Birth - 1789 - Surry County, North Carolina, USA Marriage - 4 Nov 1811 - Rowan, North Carolina, USA Death - 21 Jun 1858 - Pettis, Missouri, USA Burial - Aft 21 Jun 1858 - Pettis, Missouri, USA = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - UPDATE: 1994-01-08 Watie Delfa Wright Ellis book.
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!BIRTH: Jennings Harvel Flathers, "WHITE WILLIAM JENNINGS, HIS ANCESTORS AND
DESCENDANTS", individual publication, copy held by this submitter.
!MARRIAGE: Copy of marriage license.
"MARRIAGES OF ROWAN CO., NC." by Holcomb, p382.
George Steelman was the bondsman and Jn. March Sr., witness.
!DEATH: Letter written by Joshua's son William, to his brother Nathan, on 7 Dec. 1858 in which he states "Montieve (another brother) had wrote a letter to father (Joshua Sr.) the 21 day of June the very day he died.
!CONFLICT: burial (Providence ceme.) "DESCENDANTS OF MATHIAS AND RUTH STEELMAN", by Harold Steelman, p79.
(Beaman ceme., near Sedalia) Roy R. Holman family group sheet.
!CENSUS:
1840 TN, Shelby Co., Western District, p232, line 1.
Joshua Steelman males 5-10=2 10-15=2 15-20=1 20-30=2 40-50=1 females <5=2 10-15=1 40-50=1
Has (2) females 0-5 yrs. Mary Steelman would be 5 until Oct.
10 children total.
!1850 (TN=0)
Occupation: Farmer
BIOGRAPHY:
"Wanda Colvin letter with "Family Tree, Steelman-Holeman" Nov 1990."
Joshua Steelman was employed by James Holeman to oversee his slaves.
Joshua married a daughter against the fathers wishes. Family coldness
caused Joshua to leave there and go to Tennessee where he had a brother, James.
Watie Delfa Wright Ellis
ANCESTRY OF WILLIAM HENRY WRIGHT AND WIFE POLLY ANN ROYAL AND THEIR
DESCENDANTS p280, pub. by Alpine Systems, San Jose, CA, 1991.
Joshua moved to AL in 1821, then to Shelby County, TN and then to
Pettis County, MO.
IGI: 1988 TN. Have copy of sheets.
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- UPDATE: 1994-01-08 Watie Delfa Wright Ellis book.
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