Edward Steadham

1790 - 1869  (79 years)

• Name	Edward Steadham
  Nickname	Ned
  Born	16 Sep 1790	Spanish West Florida (Baldwin County, Alabama)
  Gender	Male
  Military	30 Aug 1813	Fort Mims, Baldwin, Alabama
  	Survivor of the Ft. Mims massacre. Lost a finger on his left hand. "Martin Rigdon, Samuel Smith, Joseph Perry, ___ Mourrice and Jessee Steadham escaped through the picketing together. The latter was shot through the thigh early in the action, and Mourrice in the shoulder. Leaping the fence in front of the bastion, over the heads of the squatting Indians, they reached the swamp, where they remained three days, when, finding an old canoe below the Boat Yard, they made their escape to Mount Vernon. Edward Steadham, who was wounded in the hand while flying from the bastion, entered the swamp, swam the Alabama above the Cut-Off, and arrived at Mount Vernon four days after the massacre." [1] Edward served in the company raised by Thomas H Boyles for service during the Redstick uprising. Members included George Stiggins, related to Boyles by marriage, and the Adcock brothers, John, Lewis and Reuben, whose parents had been slain at Mims.
  		Fort Mims Massacre 30 August 1813
  Occupation	1860	Baldwin County, Alabama   [2]
  	Planter. 59 slaves.
  Probate	11 Sep 1869	Tensaw, Baldwin, Alabama
  	Subscription of will at Montgomery Hill.
  	Children: Elizabeth L. Blake, Virginia M. Bryant, John V. Steadham, Edward Steadham, Jr., Richard E. Steadham, Alexander T. Steadham, James B. Steadham. Property mentioned: T3N, R3E, S8, N 1/2 of NW 1/4; T3N, R3E, S23, E 1/2 of SW 1/4; T3N, R3E, S23, W 1/2 of SE 1/4. Executors: Richard E. Steadham and Ausphera Bryant. Witnesses: O. S. Holmes, R. H. Moore and James McConnell.
  		Last Will and Testament of Edward Steadham "Alabama Probate Records, 1809-1985," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1971-25319-24541-32?cc=1925446&wc=M6DK-WNL:220032901,220305801 : accessed 30 August 2015), Baldwin > Wills 1809-1934 vol A-C > image 142 of 718; county courthouses, Alabama.
  		Edward Steadham Will properties: T3N, R3E, S8, N 1/2 of NW 1/4; T3N, R3E, S23, E 1/2 of SW 1/4; T3N, R3E, S23, W 1/2 of SE 1/4
  Died	24 Oct 1869	Blacksher, Baldwin, Alabama
  Probate	18 Sep 1880	Baldwin County, Alabama
  	Proof and recording of will.
  Person ID	I9031	Dickinson
  Last Modified	30 Aug 2015

  
  

  Father	Moses Steadham,   b. 1748, Beaufort, South Carolina ,   d. 30 Aug 1813, Fort Mims, Baldwin, Alabama  (Age 65 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Winifred Eppinger,   b. 1753, South Carolina ,   d. 30 Aug 1813, Fort Mims, Baldwin, Alabama  (Age 60 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F2437	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Nancy Earle,   b. 11 May 1802, Latham, Baldwin, Alabama ,   d. 15 May 1855, Blacksher, Baldwin, Alabama  (Age 53 years)
  Children	+ 1. James Benjamin Stedham,   b. Abt 1822, Tensaw, Baldwin, Alabama ,   d. 15 Sep 1899, Dallas, Dallas, Texas  (Age ~ 77 years) + 2. Edward Steadham,   b. Sep 1824, Tensaw, Baldwin, Alabama ,   d. 21 Jul 1900, Deer Park, Washington, Alabama  (Age ~ 75 years)  [Birth] + 3. Elizabeth Louise Steadham,   b. 27 Jul 1827, Tensaw, Baldwin, Alabama ,   d. 15 Dec 1907, Hintonville, Perry, Mississippi  (Age 80 years) + 4. John Victor Steadham,   b. 20 Apr 1830, Alabama ,   d. 06 Nov 1905, Alabama  (Age 75 years) + 5. Virginia Mary Steadham,   b. 26 Sep 1833, Montgomery Hill, Baldwin, Alabama ,   d. 17 Jan 1897, Stockton, Baldwin, Alabama  (Age 63 years)  [Birth]   6. Richard E Steadham,   b. Abt 1838, Tensaw, Baldwin, Alabama ,   d. Mar 1872, Baldwin County, Alabama  (Age ~ 34 years)   7. Frances A Steadham,   b. Abt 1840, Tensaw, Baldwin, Alabama + 8. Alexander Tate Steadham,   b. Nov 1845, Tensaw, Baldwin, Alabama ,   d. 5 Nov 1910, Mobile, Mobile, Alabama  (Age ~ 64 years)  [Birth]
  Last Modified	25 Nov 2012
  Family ID	F2436	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Military - 30 Aug 1813 - Fort Mims, Baldwin, Alabama Occupation - Planter. 59 slaves. - 1860 - Baldwin County, Alabama Probate - Subscription of will at Montgomery Hill. - 11 Sep 1869 - Tensaw, Baldwin, Alabama Died - 24 Oct 1869 - Blacksher, Baldwin, Alabama Probate - Proof and recording of will. - 18 Sep 1880 - Baldwin County, Alabama  = Link to Google Earth
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• Documents » Slide Show		Steadham, Edward Will
  		Steadham, Edward Will
  		Steadham, Edward Estate Papers
  		Steadham, Edward Estate Papers
  		Steadham, Edward Estate Papers

  
  

• Sources

  [S336314] History of Alabama and Incidentally of Georgia and Mississippi, Albert James Pickett, (Sheffield, Alabama: Robert C. Randolph, 1896), 538. [S014528] 1860 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules, Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004).