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From: "Donna Nichols" <>
Subject: Re: [S-I] Scotch-Irish stuff
Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2011 17:04:11 -0400
References: <50DB2ADBA45D47E7AE3544F644AA7CB9@Donna><2CA37E36035041F19B94771E8A3B7A51@SarahPC>


We can compare notes. I have a lot of info and I do know some of them went
wandering off somewhere...I finally found my GG grandfather William Steele
(became an Episcopal priest) in TN and then TX..and have his records from
there. I really thought he was a Presbyterian minister; see what those
Scotch-Irish can do to your thought processes! His father was Capt. John
Steele, who fought with the VA regiments in the Revolutionary War.
There was another Steele family in Carlisle also, and I have some of the
info on them, too.
Donna
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From: "Sarah" <>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, April 04, 2011 4:09 PM
Subject: Re: [S-I] Scotch-Irish stuff


>
> Hey Donna,
> Your email is interesting as there was a STEELE family with my group of
> Psbyterians who went down from PA. and fought in Rev.War. from NC. Then
> were
> settled in York CO. SC. at Bethesda and established the Bethesda
> Presbyterian church there.
> Many names are on the list from the cemetary list of this list. shurch
> still
> standing.
> Sarah
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Donna Nichols" <>
> To: "Scotch-Irish list" <>
> Sent: Monday, April 04, 2011 12:21 PM
> Subject: [S-I] Scotch-Irish stuff
>
>
>> Had to copy this of your, Linda..couldn't resist! Unlike my grandfather,
>> I do not have red h air, but I did inherit the very bad temper. If I had
>> a
>> sword, I'd have removed a few heads myself, but the angels or fairies
>> arranged that I would not have a sword and so many lives were spared
>>
>> Several friends right now are glad I didn't have a sword over the last
>> couple of weeks! That is the Scotch-Irish part of me...along with the
>> Scots! I know I sure don't have any royalty for a lot of generations
>> back...and I do know where the Rev. John Steele came from and through to
>> arrive in Cumberland Co. Carlisle, PA by 1743.. He came from Londonderry,
>> and had a bit of a reputation..as being a tad hardnosed. I also have
>> read descriptions of him as the "Fighting Parson" which he was, and have
>> pictures of Ft. Steele. Then I lived in the mountains of East Tennessee
>> in pure Appalachia; that in itself was quite an experience. My husband's
>> family back to the 1700's settled there, and considered themselves
>> Scotch-Irish. They were all also Presbyterians, farmers, fighters, and
>> whiskey runners! Oh, and yes, I have tried possum (too greasy), raccoon,
>> whistle pig, along with good venison and bear.
>> If you want some interesting reading try this book for size...I learned a
>> whole lot about my 4th great grandfather!!! It also will explain about
>> the development of PA including the frontier areas. My family really
>> gets
>> started in Chapter 2..Sentence1 and 2.
>> http://chronicles.dickinson.edu/histories/sellers/
>>
>> Donna
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