Kentuckian in New Mexico – William Loftus Lightburne Jr

 

Kentuckian in New Mexico – William Loftus Lightburne Jr

Jean M. Hoffman, CG

 

Researching the life of my second-great-grandmother, Eliza Jane (Tarlton) Lightburne (1828–1864), required looking for details from her children hoping they left traces of their parents. Eliza Jane’s last surviving child was William Loftus Lightburne Jr. who lived to 1932. He differed from others in the family as he lived his last 20 plus years far from Kentucky—in New Mexico.

 William Loftus Lightburne Jr was born on 25 Oct 1857 in Scott County, Kentucky, the ninth child and second surviving son of Eliza Jane and William Sr.[i] He appeared on the census of 7 August 1860 in the household of William Loftus Lightburne Sr. in Scott County, Kentucky, as Wm. L., age two.[ii] His mother and two older sisters died in 1864.[iii] Two years later his father married widow Martha Francis “Fannie” (Triplett) Smith.[iv] Will appeared on the census of 15 July 1870 in the household of Wm. Lightburn and his second wife in Stamping Ground, Scott County, Kentucky, as Will Lightburn, age twelve and attending school.[v] He appeared on the census of 15 June 1880 in Georgetown Precinct West, Scott County, Kentucky, as a farm laborer boarding in the household of Y. E. Duncan.[vi] Will’s father died 10 March 1890 and was buried in the Georgetown Cemetery.[vii] He apparently left no will.[viii]

1900 U.S. census, W. L. Lightburn household in Scott County, Kentucky

 William married Emma Nutter on 31 March 1892 at Newtown, Scott County, Kentucky. He appeared on the census of 7 June 1900 in the Powder House Precinct, Scott County, Kentucky.[ix] Will was listed as the head of household, a farmer, but the rest of the family was related to his wife: her mother, siblings Keene, Leah, Nannie, and James with his wife Hannah plus niece Edna Parker. Along with the two servants he was certainly outnumbered. Emma and William were still in Scott County on 5 September 1904 when they conveyed her interest in land of her late father in Fayette County to her sister Maggie Nutter Smith.[x]

 By 1907 the couple lived in Kansas City, Missouri. Emma went back to Kentucky before her mother died from pneumonia on 12 March 1907. Emma, suffering from tuberculosis, died three days later on 15 March 1907 at the home of her sister, Mrs. William (Leah) Harp, on Newtown Pike in Scott County.[xi] Emma was buried in Georgetown Cemetery with a gravestone that left room for her husband’s inscription.[xii]

 Venturing west from Missouri, Will lived in Santa Rosa, New Mexico, for over 20 years before his death.[xiii] Will married Ida Augusta (Fuller) Clark circa 1909.[xiv] Ida was born in Missouri and married in 1889 in Potter County, Texas.[xv] In 1900 she was a widow with two Texas-born children in Baird, Callahan County, Texas.[xvi] How did Will and Ida meet? Santa Rosa is between Tucumcari and Albuquerque, New Mexico. It is on I-40 and in 1926 was on the newly named U.S. Route 66. Earlier it was the junction of two railroad lines.[xvii] Potter County, Texas, includes Amarillo which is on the route to Tucumcari, but Callahan County is far to the southeast of there. A possible connection is Will’s first wife’s brother, Keene Nutter, who moved to Hereford, Deaf Smith County, Texas, southwest of Amarillo in May 1909.[xviii] Will and Ida were together on the census of 29 April 1910 in Santa Rosa, Guadalupe County, New Mexico. He was a house carpenter living with his wife and two children from her first marriage. She was a dressmaker and they had been married one year.[xix] They appeared on the census of 21 January 1920 running a boarding house in Santa Rosa, Guadalupe County, New Mexico.[xx] His wife Ida died 19 March 1928.[xxi] William appeared on the census of 14 April 1930 in Santa Rosa widowed with one lodger but no occupation listed.[xxii] He died on 10 November 1932 in Santa Rosa, Guadalupe County, New Mexico, at age 75.[xxiii] He was probably buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Santa Rosa, Guadalupe County, New Mexico, where his wife Ida has a gravestone.[xxiv] Sadly, his death certificate has no information on his parents, the information provided by the attending physician.

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[i] “New Mexico Deaths, 1889-1945,” FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9T2-Z3KV-F?i=609 : viewed 21 July 2024), image group number (IGN) 4229717, image 610 of 2496, William L. Lightburn Certificate of Death no. 4913 (1932), informant R. J. Thompson (the doctor).

 [ii] 1860 U.S. census, Scott County, Kentucky, population schedule, District No. 1, sheet 992, dwelling 825, family 828, W L Light Burn household; imaged, "1860 United States Federal Census," Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7667/images/4231205_00404 : viewed 25 July 2024).

 [iii] “Died . . . The Mother,” undated clipping, soon after 20 August 1864 from unidentified newspaper; McClintock Family Papers, privately held by descendant, Georgetown, Kentucky, 2011. Inherited in 1991 from his grandmother, Elizabeth (McClintock) Nickell.

 [iv] “Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954,” FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9BY-VQBR-V : viewed 14 April 2024), digital film 007731872, image 33, Scott County Marriage Register (1863-83), unpaginated, W. L. Lightburne and M. Fannie Smith, 1866.

 [v] 1870 U.S. census, Scott County, Kentucky, population schedule, Stamping Ground Post Office, sheet 331A, dwelling 241, family 250, Thos [Wm] Lightburn household; imaged, "1870 United States Federal Census," Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7163/images/4269357_00667 : viewed 25 July 2024).

 [vi] 1880 U.S. census, Scott County, Kentucky, population schedule, Georgetown Precinct West, ED 168, sheet 49C, dwelling/family 225, W. L. Lightburn household; imaged, "1880 United States Federal Census," Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/6742/images/4241278-00404 : viewed 22 July 2024).

 [vii] Find a Grave, database with images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/132646045 : viewed 30 July 2024), “William Loftus Lightburne” (1820–1890), memorial with tombstone image by “Sue P.”; citing Georgetown Cemetery, Georgetown, Scott County, Kentucky.

 [viii] "Kentucky, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989," Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/9066/ : viewed 30 July 2024) > Scott > Administrator Bonds, 1856-1891 > image 688 of 726, Scott County Administrator's Bond no. 166, estate of Wm. L. Lightburne, 1890. A. L. Coleman was appointed administrator with S. B. Triplett as surety to the bond.

 [ix] 1900 U.S. census, Scott County, Kentucky, population schedule, Powder House Precinct, ED 58, sheet 7A, dwelling/family 124, W L Lightburne household, enumerator was Moses E. Nichols, his brother-in-law; imaged, "1900 United States Federal Census," Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/21789565:7602 : viewed 22 July 2024).

 [x] Fayette County, Kentucky, Deed Book 136: 180, Emma Lightburn and husband to Maggie Nutter, now Smith, 5 September 1904; imaged, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/search/film/008337036?i=474&cat=436712 : viewed 27 July 2024), IGN 8337036, image 475 of 706; citing clerk of county court.

 [xi] Death and Funerals, The Lexington Herald, Lexington, Kentucky, 16 March 1907, p. 6, col. 2.

 [xii] Find a Grave, database with images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/101670409 : viewed 22 July 2024), “Emma W. Lightburn” (1862–1907), memorial with tombstone image by “laribel”; citing Georgetown Cemetery, Georgetown, Scott County, Kentucky, dates are years only.

 [xiii] Deaths-Funerals, Mrs. Mattie L. Nichols, Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington, Kentucky, 14 March 1911, p. 10, col. 3, survived by her brother Will Lightburn in New Mexico. ^“New Mexico Deaths, 1889-1945,” FamilySearch, IGN 4229717, image 610 of 2496.

 [xiv] 1910 U.S. census, Guadalupe County, New Mexico, population schedule, Santa Rosa, ED 97, sheet 7B, dwelling 121, family 123, W L Lightburn household; imaged, "1910 United States Federal Census," Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/16867204:7884 : viewed 22 July 2024).

 [xv] “Texas, U.S., Marriage Index, 1824-2019,” database, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/293874:8795 : viewed 29 July 2024), Potter County, J. S. Clark and Ida Fuller, 1889.

 [xvi] 1900 U.S. census, Callahan County, Texas, population schedule, Baird, ED 15, sheet 11, dwelling 209, family 218, Mrs. J S Clark household; imaged, “1900 United States Federal Census,” Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/70304120:7602 : viewed 29 July 2024).

 [xvii] Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Rosa,_New_Mexico), “Santa Rosa, New Mexico,” revised 12:46, 26 July 2024.

 [xviii] “More Kentuckians,” The Hereford Brand, Hereford, Texas, 14 May 1909, p. 1, col.3, B. K. Nutter family arrived from Kentucky to live.

 [xix] 1910 U.S. census, Guadalupe County, New Mexico, pop. sch., Santa Rosa, ED 97, sheet 7B, dwelling 121, family 123, W L Lightburn household.

 [xx] 1920 U.S. census, Guadalupe County, New Mexico, population schedule, Santa Rosa, ED 77, sheet 7B, dwelling 132, family 149, William L Lightburn household; imaged, "1920 United States Federal Census," Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/78797530:6061 : viewed 22 July 2024).

[xxi] Find a Grave, database with images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/132091396 : viewed 22 July 2024), “Ida A Lightburn” (1876–1928), memorial with tombstone image by “Ladybug”; citing Evergreen Cemetery, Santa Rosa, Guadalupe County, New Mexico.

 [xxii] 1930 U.S. census, Guadalupe County, New Mexico, population schedule, Santa Rosa, ED 10-8, sheet 8A, dwelling 171, family 184, William L Lightburn household; imaged, "1930 United States Federal Census," Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/108098333:6224 : viewed 22 July 2024).

 [xxiii] ^“New Mexico Deaths, 1889-1945,” FamilySearch, digital film 004229717, image 610 of 2496, no parent info.

[xxiv] Find a Grave, imaged gravestone for “Ida A Lightburn” (1876–1928). Will’s entry may be (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/104481833 : viewed 21 July 2024), “Will L. “Chad” Lightburn” (no dates), memorial created by “henry osborne,” with no tombstone image; citing Evergreen Cemetery, Santa Rosa, Guadalupe County, New Mexico.

Alcey Annet Reynolds Henry: A Name Puzzle

Alcey Annet Reynolds Henry: A Name Puzzle

Jean M. Hoffman, CG

Alcey Annet Reynolds was born 12 Feb 1833, seventh of the nine children of James Reynolds and Elizabeth Guy of the Kyger area in Cheshire Township, Gallia County, Ohio. [1] She left few records with her name and those few vary. The names of children in the family in birth order were: Sarah, Mary, John, Nancy, Robert Franklin, Margaret, Alcey Annet, Elizabeth Jane, and David Lasley. All the other names are common given names for the area. John was the first son and that was the name of both his grandfathers. Mary was the second daughter and that common name was shared by her maternal grandmother. The unusual Alcey could be the name of her paternal grandmother. [2]

1850 U.S. census for James Reynolds family

The main difference in the records is whether the first name begins with an A or an E. Annet is likely her second name. Six records provide examples, four of them created in her lifetime. Her death apparently came between the birth of a son in 1863 and her husband’s remarriage in 1865 but no death record or burial is currently known.

Spelling her name depends on the record used. Elsie wasn’t used in this family at this time but could be what was meant. Elsie could be a nickname for Alice, so another possibility.[3] This is an example of the challenges in knowing what name and what spelling is right to use to remember our family members.

1. Elsy Garnet Reynolds        Family history (note 1)

           2. Alcy Reynolds               1850 census with father[4]
3. Alrey Anet Reynolds (indexed as Abey) probably incorrect copy of Alcey                                                                       1852 marriage to James M. Henry[5]
4. E. A. Henry                   gravestone of daughter, Mary E. Henry, 1854 (photo Oct. 2000)                                                engraved: “Baby of J.M. & E.A. Henry”[6]
5. Elzy A. Henry              1860 census with husband[7]
6. Annet Henry late Annet Reynolds                                                                                                                                      probate of her father's estate, PoA of sons Perry and James regarding her share, 1882[8]

*          Alcey Reese Reynolds—name of her grandmother as told by granddaughters of James Reynolds (this Alcey's nieces) according to their nephew, Oliver G. Lyle. The name is included in a Reynolds family history from 1948, possibly based on this information.[9]

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[1] James Reynolds Family History Manuscripts, data probably collected by H. Bion Bradbury (1897–1944) husband of Luella Rupe, a great granddaughter of James and Elizabeth (Guy) Reynolds, was inherited. The information was shared with the author on 29 April 2009, Collection of Jinx Ann Farley (Gallipolis, Ohio).

 [2] Mrs. H. H. Horner (Mildred) (Chicago, Illinois) to Major Oliver G. Lyle, letter, 1 September 1933; Hoffman Family Papers, privately held by Jean M. Hoffman, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE,] (Cleveland Heights, Ohio), 2024. This letter in its envelope was passed by Oliver Guy Lyle (1882–1957) to his daughter Virginia B. Lyle McClintock (1910–1992) from whom the current owner inherited it

 [3] Christine Rose, Nicknames, Past and Present, 5th Edition Expanded (San Jose, California: CR Publications, 2007).

 [4] 1850 U.S. census, Gallia County, Ohio, population schedule, Cheshire Township, Gallia, Ohio, sheet 454A, dwelling 949, family 959, James Rennolds household; imaged, “1850 United States Federal Census,” Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/8054/images/4204439_00371: viewed 25 June 2024).

 [5] ”Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016,” FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRMD-S2R8?i=363&cc=1614804&cat=265736 : viewed 19 June 2024), digital film 004016313, image 364 of 493, Gallia County Marriage Record 2: 212, James Maddison Henry and Alrey Anet Reynolds, 1852.

 [6] Find a Grave, database with images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/48980895  : viewed 24 June 2024), memorial 48980895, Mary E Henry (1853–1854), Van Zant Cemetery, Cheshire Township, Gallia County, Ohio; gravestone photo by Jean Hoffman.

 [7] 1860 U.S. census, Gallia County, Ohio, population schedule, Morgan Township, Kyger post office, sheet 166, dwelling 1207, family 1138, James M. Henry household; imaged, “1860 United States Federal Census,”, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7667/images/4282511_00170 : viewed 19 June 2024).

 [8] Gallia County, Ohio, Gallia Probate Case File 197, James Reynolds, Power of Attorney of Perry B. Henry and James A. Henry of Carroll County, Missouri, 14 February 1882; imaged ”Ohio, Gallia County, probate case files, 1803-1943,” FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS2Q-GQSJ-Y?i=484&cat=2827731 : viewed 25 June 2024), digital film 103741784 > images 485–87 of 2055.

 [9] Stephen Frederick Tillman, The Rennolds, Reynolds Family of England and Virginia, 1530–1948 (Washington, DC: Stephen Frederick Tillman, 1948), 165, para. 1537; imaged, “The Rennolds, Reynolds Family of England and Virginia, 1530–1948,” Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/12542/?name=alcey_reese&name_x=1 : viewed 30 June 2024).

Two Grandsons of James Lyle Died in the American Civil War

 

Two Grandsons of James Lyle Died in the American Civil War

Jean M. Hoffman, CG

 Many grandsons and husbands of granddaughters of James Lyle served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Two grandsons never returned home.[1]

Joseph R. Lyle was the son of Charles Lyle (3^rd son of James) and Sarah Johnson. He was born about 1842 in Jefferson County, Indiana.[2] The family moved to Wapello County, Iowa, by 1848.[3] Joseph was enlisted for three years at age 20 by Capt. W. V. Lucas on 15 August 1862 in Waverly, Iowa. He was described as five feet ten inches tall, of dark complexion with blue eyes and black hair at enlistment. He mustered in on 26 November 1862 in Davenport, Scott County, Iowa, as a private in Company B, 14th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry. He was marked present on all company muster rolls through February of 1864.[4]

Joseph R. Lyle was killed in action on 9 April 1864 at the Battle of Pleasant Hill, Louisiana, during the Red River Campaign at age 21 or 22. There was no inventory of his effects as all were lost on the battlefield where he fell. Capt. Lucas did present an account which stated that Joseph had last been paid 31 Dec 1863, received $23.83 in clothing and still owed the sutler $2.[5]

Wilmer Magarvy Lyle was born on 9 November 1843 in Republican Township, Jefferson County, Indiana, son of William Lyle (5th son of James) and Matilda Ritchey.[6] This family moved to Schuyler County, Illinois, and then to Sullivan County, Missouri, by 1859.[7] Wilmer enlisted on 18 February 1862 in Macon City, Missouri, in the 11th Regiment, Missouri State Militia Cavalry that was organized in Missouri at large from 1 Jan to 20 Apr 1862. They were assigned to duty in the District of North Missouri under the Union Army with various detachments engaging in action until they were consolidated with the 2nd Regiment Missouri State Militia Cavalry. He was mustered in on 27 March 1862 in Macon City, Missouri, by Capt. P. P. Cook as a private in Company G. Wilmer was described as six feet, one inch tall with sandy hair and complexion and blue eyes at age 18.[8] His unit from 2 September 1862 was Company G, 2nd Missouri State Militia Cavalry in which he was marked present on all muster rolls, including a special one on 10 Apr 1863. He used his own horse and equipments between 30 April 1863 and 31 August 1863 but had them furnished by the army before and after that time. He was assessed $1.00 by the army for a canteen, haversack and waist belt in February 1864. Wilmer's cavalry unit engaged in skirmishes and scouting expeditions and detachments from it chased after or confronted Confederate units in Missouri and Arkansas and he undoubtedly was involved in some of these actions.

Wilmer died on 6 July 1864 in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, at age 20 at the post hospital of gunshot wounds received on July 4th while on guard duty. He was one of only eighteen enlisted men in his regiment to be killed or mortally wounded in the war. His effects were not inventoried but were in the hands of his parent and legal representative, William Lyle, by 25 September 1864 as indicated by the company commander, Capt. Asahel Jones. Wilmer had last been paid through 29 Feb 1864 and had been advanced clothing valued at $28.33 which left him overdrawn by $13.68. He was buried at Cape Girardeau, Missouri, until a major relocation project in 1869 when his remains were moved to section 24, no. 5436 of the Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri.[9]

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[1] See Lyle Family website, https://sites.rootsweb.com/~jeangene/Lyle/ . James lived in Pennsylvania and died by 1839 in Allegheny County. He and his wife, Hannah Crawford, had six sons and one daughter who mostly moved west.

[2] 1850 U.S. census, Wapello County, Iowa, population schedule, District 13, Wapello, Iowa, USA, sheet 406b, dwelling 90, family 90, Charles Lyle household; imaged, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/2649386:8054 : viewed 27 May 2024).

 [3] 1856 Iowa state census, Wapello County, population schedule, Charles Lyle household, Washington Township, page 593 (written 31); imaged, “Iowa, U.S., State Census Collection, 1836-1925,” Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/5011187:1084 : viewed 27 May 2024); lived in Iowa for nine years.

 [4] Joseph R. Lyle, Co. B, 14th Iowa Infantry, compiled military service record, Records of the Adjutant General's Office, RG 94, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

 [5] Joseph R. Lyle (Pvt., Co. B, 14th Iowa Inf., Civil War) minor sister’s pension application no. 132,902 (never granted); Civil War and Later Pension Files; Record Group 15: Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs; National Archives, Washington, D.C.

 [6] 1850 U.S. census, Schuyler County, Illinois, population schedule, Bainbridge Township, sheet 415A, dwelling 182, family 188, William Lyle household; imaged, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/16583500:80546 : viewed 27 May 2024).

 [7] 1860 U.S. census, Sullivan County, Missouri, population schedule, post office Greencastle, page 777, dwelling/family 1077, William Lyle household; imaged, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/40931250:7667 : viewed 27 May 2024).

 [8] Wilmer M. Lyle, Co. G, 2nd Missouri State Militia Cavalry, compiled military service record, Records of the Adjutant General's Office, RG 94, National Archives, Washington, D.C.

 [9] Wilmer M. Lyle Record of Service Card, Civil War, 1861-1865; Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City, Missouri; imaged, “Soldiers Database: War of 1812 - World War I,” Missouri Digital Heritage (https://s1.sos.mo.gov/records/archives/archivesdb/soldiers/Detail.aspx?id=S201902&conflict=Civil%20War : viewed 27 May 2024).

Located: Eleanor Steele, Daughter of Alexander Adams (ca. 1719–1805)

 

Located: Eleanor Steele, Daughter of Alexander Adams (ca. 1719–1805)

Jean M. Hoffman, CG

In his will Alexander Adams named a daughter, Eleanor Steele. While I found deeds of his other heirs selling their shares in his property, I did not find hers. Steele is a common name in Fayette County, Kentucky, where Alexander lived, and I didn’t know the first name of Eleanor’s husband. Now with the Full Text Search at FamilySearch Labs, the deed was easily found by searching on Eleanor’s name.[1]

William and Eleanor Steele of Butler County, Ohio, sold their interest in the estate of her late father Alexander Adams to John W. Hunt in Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, on 01 Dec 1815 for $500. The deed specified that Alexander Adams was a citizen of the town of Lexington when he wrote his will on 23 December 1799. In the will he left his house, furniture, two cows, two out lots, the Meadow and one adjoining it, and 5 pounds yearly to his widow, Ann Adams, until her marriage or death. He later died and the widow was noted to be still living. After her death or marriage, the estate was to go to his several children among whom was “Eleanor Steele, late Eleanor Adams,” who had married her current husband, William Steele, before her father's death. Both William and Eleanor signed and sealed the deed.[2]

Deed of 1815, Steele to Hunt (the beginning)

Only one William Steele appears in Butler County records at this time. He purchased a quarter section in Milford Township from the General Land Office in Cincinnati, his patent dated 3 May 1815. The land was the southwest quarter of Section 26, Township 5 North, Range 2 East.[3] Prior to the patent, a William Steele was in the Butler County tax rolls in 1807.[4] In 1820 William Steel was head of household in Milford Township. The household members were a man over 45 years old, a man 26 but under 45, a woman 15 but under 26, and a girl under age 10. Two were engaged in agriculture. There was no older woman, so Eleanor might have died between 1815 and 1820.[5]

William sold 53 acres in the northern part of his land to a Joseph Steele on 19 April 1820. No wife is party to the deed, further evidence that Eleanor had died by 1820.[6] William died about 1824 when his executor, Richard Scott, sold the remainder of the land on 27 August 1824.[7] Most likely the executor was the Richard Scott who married Ann Steele 28 December 1814 in Butler County.[8] Another probable child of William and Eleanor was Alexander Steele who married Maria Reed on 5 September 1811.[9] Eleanor’s father was Alexander and his wife (possibly Eleanor’s mother) was named Ann making those likely names for her children.

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[1] See previous articles on Eason Heirs and Alexander Adams.

 [2] Fayette County (Kentucky) Deeds, 1794-1954, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSTF-M9Y9-8 : viewed 23 April 2024), digital film 008336988, image 531 of 832, Fayette County Deed Book M: 402-3, William & Eleanor Steele to John W. Hunt (estate of Alexander Adams), 1815.

 [3] Bureau of Land Management, “Land Patent Search,” digital images, General Land Office Records (https://glorecords.blm.gov/ : viewed 24 April 2024), William Steel, 1815, Ohio, patent no. CV-0024-386 under authority: June 28, 1934: Exchange-Private-Taylor Act (48 Stat. 1269).

 [4] "Ohio, U.S., Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890," William Steel, Butler County tax list, 1807; database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/24003048:3567 : viewed 27 April 2024).

 [5] 1820 U.S. census, Athens County, Ohio, population schedule, Milford Township, p. 142, line 26, Wm Steel; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/1500946:7734 : viewed 26 April 2024); from NARA M33, roll 87. Note that this page is unindexed at FamilySearch so he cannot be found with a search.

 [6] Butler County (Ohio) Deed records, 1803-1876, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4V-V3H1 : viewed 26 April 2024), digital film 007897632, image 296 of 508, Butler County Deed Book H: 197-98, William Steele to Joseph Steele, 1820.

 [7] Butler County (Ohio) Deed records, 1803-1876, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4T-Q77M : viewed 26 April 2024), digital film 007900770, image 504 of 564, Butler County Deed Book K: 502-3, Richard Scott, Executor of the estate of William Steele, to Clement Lippincott, 1824.

 [8] "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016," FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939K-BJ93-KJ?i=39 : viewed 27 April 2024) digital folder 004260299, image 40 of 727, Butler County Marriage Record 1: 65, Richard Scott and Ann Steele, 1814.

 [9] "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016," FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939K-BJ9Q-9M?i=25 : viewed 27 April 2024) digital folder 004260299, image 26 of 727, Butler County Marriage Record 1: 37, Alexander Steel and Maria Reed, 1811.