Nancy Agnes Lusk Steen was the daughter of Robert Lusk and Mary Vance. Nancy married William Steen about 1772. This couple had 10 children: John, Sias, James, Nathaniel, Robert (My relative), William, Sarah, Mary Jane and Silas. William steen served in the Revolutionary War, and was wounded in the Battle of Kings Mountain 7 October 1780. When William was wounded his wife Nancy and three of their children were in a fort or safety, sixty miles away. One of the children had just died and lay as a corpse. As soon as Nancy heard of her husbands imprisonment, she procured a horse, and leaving her dead child with friends, proceded in great hast to her husband. It was late in the afternoon and she traveled all alone and did not reach his side till after day light the next day.
Early in 1820 William Steen and his wife Nancy Agnes began a journey to settle in the new state of Mississippi. With this couple were at least 4 sons William Elias Robert and Silas. They made their way through Tennessee, where they spent a year making a crop in order to have a food supply. William discovered one of his mules was missing, so he went looking for the animal and was never seen again. According to legend, an Indian war party was seen in a nearby camp with a fine mule. Agnes and the boys continued on the journey to Mississippi and settled in Rankin County, near the present site of Florence. Because they were among the first settlers, the coummunity was known a Steen Creek.
Her grandson Issac Enoch remembers his Grandmother Agnes Steen and his mother Sarah Steen with their domestic work. Hearing his grandmothers quaint Gaelic expressions and brogue, as she recounted her history. She told of the trans Atlantic history of her uncles and great uncles and aunts. She said the Steen and Lusk families were pure Orange Irish and Presbyterian. While the Hays Family cousins were Welch. Her husband William was wealthy when he married her. He gave her a little trunk or strong box covered with Ox hide. In the box was filled with English Guineas. After William died his wealth was reduced to one Negro woman, Milly which he had purchased in Grandmother Agnes name.
Her great grandson Estus Barnes Steen talks about a old rocking chair in an interview done in 1934. The chair which belonged to her, was in his possession at that time
Nancy Agnes Lusk was born in 1753 in Union County, South Carolina, one of ten children born to Robert Lusk and Mary Vance of Augusta County, Virginia. The Lusk family moved to South Carolina in the 1750’s. They owned a plantation and a ferry on the Broad River. Robert and Mary Vance Lusk moved to Kentucky in the 1790’s are buried in the Carrsville Cemetery in Carrsville, Kentucky. Mississippi Reconstruction Governor James Lusk Alcorn is a great-grandson of Robert and Mary Lusk and Nancy Agnes Lusk is his great-aunt.
Nancy married William Steen in 1772 in Union County. He was born in 1749 in Chester County, Pennsylvania the son of John Steen and Jane Moore. William served in the Revolutionary War. He was wounded in the Battle of King’s Mountain in 1780, taken prisoner by the British, and subsequently rescued by his friend Jacob Neely who is also an early settler of Rankin County, Mississippi. William’s brother, Col. James Steen, was stabbed to death in the summer of 1781 while endeavoring to arrest a Tory.
Nancy and William Steen had eleven children:
1.John Steen - (1774-1847 m. Margaret Vance)
2.Mary Steen (died in infancy)
3.Elias Steen (1779-1847 m. Elizabeth Smith)
4.James Steen (1781-1843 m. Sarah Collins)
5.William Steen (1783-1846 m. Mary Enochs)
6.Nathaniel Steen (1786-1827 m. Mary Collins)
7.Robert Steen (1787-1837 m. Malony Hollingsworth)
8.Sarah Steen (1790-1859 m. Thomas Enochs)
9.Mary "Polly" Steen (1794-1848 m. Judge John Rumley Enochs)
10.Jane Steen (c.1795-c.1858 m. Levi Noble)
11.Silas Steen (1804-1858 m. Hannah Myers)
About 1810, the Steen family began their move from South Carolina to Mississippi. They stopped for a time in what was Indian Territory (now Carroll County, Tennessee) where William Steen was possibly killed by Indians or died from sickness. After his death, the Steen family, with the exception of John Steen, moved to Mississippi Territory (now Lawrence County, Mississippi), where they resided in 1814.
After the death of his father, John Steen returned to Union County, South Carolina where he was a planter and died in 1847 at “Steen City”. After the division of his estate, his children settled in Lafayette, Tippah, and Yalobusha Counties, Mississippi in the late 1840’s and early 1850’s. John and Margaret Steen are buried in the Jefferies Family Cemetery near Gaffney, South Carolina.
Nancy Steen and most of her children moved to Rankin County in 1820. The area was named “Steen’s Creek”, later renamed Florence. Elias, William, Nathaniel, Robert, and Silas Steen were among the early settlers and influential citizens of Rankin County. All were planters and brought up large families. Elias, Robert, Silas, their wives, and many descendants are buried in Steen’s Creek Cemetery, now known as the Florence City Cemetery. William Steen, Jr. moved to Texas in 1846, after the death of his wife, Mary Enochs, but was taken sick on the way and died in Nacogdoches at his sister, Jane Noble’s, residence. He is buried in the old North Churchyard near Nacogdoches. James Steen stayed in the Lawrence County area and is buried at Fair River Baptist Church. The Nathaniel Steen family moved to Madison County.
Sarah and Thomas Enochs moved to Carroll County, Tennessee and are buried in the Barr Springs Cemetery. Mary and John Enochs resided at “Steen’s Creek”. John Enochs was a Probate Judge and elected twice to the state legislature. Mary and John Enochs are buried in the Enochs Family Cemetery in Rankin County. Jane and Levi Noble moved to Nacogdoches, Texas and they are buried in the Noble Family Cemetery in Kaufman, Texas.
Nancy Agnes (Lusk) Steen died on May 29, 1841 at “Steen’s Creek”. She is buried in Florence City Cemetery.
Early in 1820 William Steen and his wife Nancy Agnes began a journey to settle in the new state of Mississippi. With this couple were at least 4 sons William Elias Robert and Silas. They made their way through Tennessee, where they spent a year making a crop in order to have a food supply. William discovered one of his mules was missing, so he went looking for the animal and was never seen again. According to legend, an Indian war party was seen in a nearby camp with a fine mule. Agnes and the boys continued on the journey to Mississippi and settled in Rankin County, near the present site of Florence. Because they were among the first settlers, the coummunity was known a Steen Creek.
Her grandson Issac Enoch remembers his Grandmother Agnes Steen and his mother Sarah Steen with their domestic work. Hearing his grandmothers quaint Gaelic expressions and brogue, as she recounted her history. She told of the trans Atlantic history of her uncles and great uncles and aunts. She said the Steen and Lusk families were pure Orange Irish and Presbyterian. While the Hays Family cousins were Welch. Her husband William was wealthy when he married her. He gave her a little trunk or strong box covered with Ox hide. In the box was filled with English Guineas. After William died his wealth was reduced to one Negro woman, Milly which he had purchased in Grandmother Agnes name.
Her great grandson Estus Barnes Steen talks about a old rocking chair in an interview done in 1934. The chair which belonged to her, was in his possession at that time
Nancy Agnes Lusk was born in 1753 in Union County, South Carolina, one of ten children born to Robert Lusk and Mary Vance of Augusta County, Virginia. The Lusk family moved to South Carolina in the 1750’s. They owned a plantation and a ferry on the Broad River. Robert and Mary Vance Lusk moved to Kentucky in the 1790’s are buried in the Carrsville Cemetery in Carrsville, Kentucky. Mississippi Reconstruction Governor James Lusk Alcorn is a great-grandson of Robert and Mary Lusk and Nancy Agnes Lusk is his great-aunt.
Nancy married William Steen in 1772 in Union County. He was born in 1749 in Chester County, Pennsylvania the son of John Steen and Jane Moore. William served in the Revolutionary War. He was wounded in the Battle of King’s Mountain in 1780, taken prisoner by the British, and subsequently rescued by his friend Jacob Neely who is also an early settler of Rankin County, Mississippi. William’s brother, Col. James Steen, was stabbed to death in the summer of 1781 while endeavoring to arrest a Tory.
Nancy and William Steen had eleven children:
1.John Steen - (1774-1847 m. Margaret Vance)
2.Mary Steen (died in infancy)
3.Elias Steen (1779-1847 m. Elizabeth Smith)
4.James Steen (1781-1843 m. Sarah Collins)
5.William Steen (1783-1846 m. Mary Enochs)
6.Nathaniel Steen (1786-1827 m. Mary Collins)
7.Robert Steen (1787-1837 m. Malony Hollingsworth)
8.Sarah Steen (1790-1859 m. Thomas Enochs)
9.Mary "Polly" Steen (1794-1848 m. Judge John Rumley Enochs)
10.Jane Steen (c.1795-c.1858 m. Levi Noble)
11.Silas Steen (1804-1858 m. Hannah Myers)
About 1810, the Steen family began their move from South Carolina to Mississippi. They stopped for a time in what was Indian Territory (now Carroll County, Tennessee) where William Steen was possibly killed by Indians or died from sickness. After his death, the Steen family, with the exception of John Steen, moved to Mississippi Territory (now Lawrence County, Mississippi), where they resided in 1814.
After the death of his father, John Steen returned to Union County, South Carolina where he was a planter and died in 1847 at “Steen City”. After the division of his estate, his children settled in Lafayette, Tippah, and Yalobusha Counties, Mississippi in the late 1840’s and early 1850’s. John and Margaret Steen are buried in the Jefferies Family Cemetery near Gaffney, South Carolina.
Nancy Steen and most of her children moved to Rankin County in 1820. The area was named “Steen’s Creek”, later renamed Florence. Elias, William, Nathaniel, Robert, and Silas Steen were among the early settlers and influential citizens of Rankin County. All were planters and brought up large families. Elias, Robert, Silas, their wives, and many descendants are buried in Steen’s Creek Cemetery, now known as the Florence City Cemetery. William Steen, Jr. moved to Texas in 1846, after the death of his wife, Mary Enochs, but was taken sick on the way and died in Nacogdoches at his sister, Jane Noble’s, residence. He is buried in the old North Churchyard near Nacogdoches. James Steen stayed in the Lawrence County area and is buried at Fair River Baptist Church. The Nathaniel Steen family moved to Madison County.
Sarah and Thomas Enochs moved to Carroll County, Tennessee and are buried in the Barr Springs Cemetery. Mary and John Enochs resided at “Steen’s Creek”. John Enochs was a Probate Judge and elected twice to the state legislature. Mary and John Enochs are buried in the Enochs Family Cemetery in Rankin County. Jane and Levi Noble moved to Nacogdoches, Texas and they are buried in the Noble Family Cemetery in Kaufman, Texas.
Nancy Agnes (Lusk) Steen died on May 29, 1841 at “Steen’s Creek”. She is buried in Florence City Cemetery.
Nancy Agnes Lusk Steen was the daughter of Robert Lusk and Mary Vance. Nancy married William Steen about 1772. This couple had 10 children: John, Sias, James, Nathaniel, Robert (My relative), William, Sarah, Mary Jane and Silas. William steen served in the Revolutionary War, and was wounded in the Battle of Kings Mountain 7 October 1780. When William was wounded his wife Nancy and three of their children were in a fort or safety, sixty miles away. One of the children had just died and lay as a corpse. As soon as Nancy heard of her husbands imprisonment, she procured a horse, and leaving her dead child with friends, proceded in great hast to her husband. It was late in the afternoon and she traveled all alone and did not reach his side till after day light the next day.
Early in 1820 William Steen and his wife Nancy Agnes began a journey to settle in the new state of Mississippi. With this couple were at least 4 sons William Elias Robert and Silas. They made their way through Tennessee, where they spent a year making a crop in order to have a food supply. William discovered one of his mules was missing, so he went looking for the animal and was never seen again. According to legend, an Indian war party was seen in a nearby camp with a fine mule. Agnes and the boys continued on the journey to Mississippi and settled in Rankin County, near the present site of Florence. Because they were among the first settlers, the coummunity was known a Steen Creek.
Her grandson Issac Enoch remembers his Grandmother Agnes Steen and his mother Sarah Steen with their domestic work. Hearing his grandmothers quaint Gaelic expressions and brogue, as she recounted her history. She told of the trans Atlantic history of her uncles and great uncles and aunts. She said the Steen and Lusk families were pure Orange Irish and Presbyterian. While the Hays Family cousins were Welch. Her husband William was wealthy when he married her. He gave her a little trunk or strong box covered with Ox hide. In the box was filled with English Guineas. After William died his wealth was reduced to one Negro woman, Milly which he had purchased in Grandmother Agnes name.
Her great grandson Estus Barnes Steen talks about a old rocking chair in an interview done in 1934. The chair which belonged to her, was in his possession at that time
Nancy Agnes Lusk was born in 1753 in Union County, South Carolina, one of ten children born to Robert Lusk and Mary Vance of Augusta County, Virginia. The Lusk family moved to South Carolina in the 1750’s. They owned a plantation and a ferry on the Broad River. Robert and Mary Vance Lusk moved to Kentucky in the 1790’s are buried in the Carrsville Cemetery in Carrsville, Kentucky. Mississippi Reconstruction Governor James Lusk Alcorn is a great-grandson of Robert and Mary Lusk and Nancy Agnes Lusk is his great-aunt.
Nancy married William Steen in 1772 in Union County. He was born in 1749 in Chester County, Pennsylvania the son of John Steen and Jane Moore. William served in the Revolutionary War. He was wounded in the Battle of King’s Mountain in 1780, taken prisoner by the British, and subsequently rescued by his friend Jacob Neely who is also an early settler of Rankin County, Mississippi. William’s brother, Col. James Steen, was stabbed to death in the summer of 1781 while endeavoring to arrest a Tory.
Nancy and William Steen had eleven children:
1.John Steen - (1774-1847 m. Margaret Vance)
2.Mary Steen (died in infancy)
3.Elias Steen (1779-1847 m. Elizabeth Smith)
4.James Steen (1781-1843 m. Sarah Collins)
5.William Steen (1783-1846 m. Mary Enochs)
6.Nathaniel Steen (1786-1827 m. Mary Collins)
7.Robert Steen (1787-1837 m. Malony Hollingsworth)
8.Sarah Steen (1790-1859 m. Thomas Enochs)
9.Mary "Polly" Steen (1794-1848 m. Judge John Rumley Enochs)
10.Jane Steen (c.1795-c.1858 m. Levi Noble)
11.Silas Steen (1804-1858 m. Hannah Myers)
About 1810, the Steen family began their move from South Carolina to Mississippi. They stopped for a time in what was Indian Territory (now Carroll County, Tennessee) where William Steen was possibly killed by Indians or died from sickness. After his death, the Steen family, with the exception of John Steen, moved to Mississippi Territory (now Lawrence County, Mississippi), where they resided in 1814.
After the death of his father, John Steen returned to Union County, South Carolina where he was a planter and died in 1847 at “Steen City”. After the division of his estate, his children settled in Lafayette, Tippah, and Yalobusha Counties, Mississippi in the late 1840’s and early 1850’s. John and Margaret Steen are buried in the Jefferies Family Cemetery near Gaffney, South Carolina.
Nancy Steen and most of her children moved to Rankin County in 1820. The area was named “Steen’s Creek”, later renamed Florence. Elias, William, Nathaniel, Robert, and Silas Steen were among the early settlers and influential citizens of Rankin County. All were planters and brought up large families. Elias, Robert, Silas, their wives, and many descendants are buried in Steen’s Creek Cemetery, now known as the Florence City Cemetery. William Steen, Jr. moved to Texas in 1846, after the death of his wife, Mary Enochs, but was taken sick on the way and died in Nacogdoches at his sister, Jane Noble’s, residence. He is buried in the old North Churchyard near Nacogdoches. James Steen stayed in the Lawrence County area and is buried at Fair River Baptist Church. The Nathaniel Steen family moved to Madison County.
Sarah and Thomas Enochs moved to Carroll County, Tennessee and are buried in the Barr Springs Cemetery. Mary and John Enochs resided at “Steen’s Creek”. John Enochs was a Probate Judge and elected twice to the state legislature. Mary and John Enochs are buried in the Enochs Family Cemetery in Rankin County. Jane and Levi Noble moved to Nacogdoches, Texas and they are buried in the Noble Family Cemetery in Kaufman, Texas.
Nancy Agnes (Lusk) Steen died on May 29, 1841 at “Steen’s Creek”. She is buried in Florence City Cemetery.
Early in 1820 William Steen and his wife Nancy Agnes began a journey to settle in the new state of Mississippi. With this couple were at least 4 sons William Elias Robert and Silas. They made their way through Tennessee, where they spent a year making a crop in order to have a food supply. William discovered one of his mules was missing, so he went looking for the animal and was never seen again. According to legend, an Indian war party was seen in a nearby camp with a fine mule. Agnes and the boys continued on the journey to Mississippi and settled in Rankin County, near the present site of Florence. Because they were among the first settlers, the coummunity was known a Steen Creek.
Her grandson Issac Enoch remembers his Grandmother Agnes Steen and his mother Sarah Steen with their domestic work. Hearing his grandmothers quaint Gaelic expressions and brogue, as she recounted her history. She told of the trans Atlantic history of her uncles and great uncles and aunts. She said the Steen and Lusk families were pure Orange Irish and Presbyterian. While the Hays Family cousins were Welch. Her husband William was wealthy when he married her. He gave her a little trunk or strong box covered with Ox hide. In the box was filled with English Guineas. After William died his wealth was reduced to one Negro woman, Milly which he had purchased in Grandmother Agnes name.
Her great grandson Estus Barnes Steen talks about a old rocking chair in an interview done in 1934. The chair which belonged to her, was in his possession at that time
Nancy Agnes Lusk was born in 1753 in Union County, South Carolina, one of ten children born to Robert Lusk and Mary Vance of Augusta County, Virginia. The Lusk family moved to South Carolina in the 1750’s. They owned a plantation and a ferry on the Broad River. Robert and Mary Vance Lusk moved to Kentucky in the 1790’s are buried in the Carrsville Cemetery in Carrsville, Kentucky. Mississippi Reconstruction Governor James Lusk Alcorn is a great-grandson of Robert and Mary Lusk and Nancy Agnes Lusk is his great-aunt.
Nancy married William Steen in 1772 in Union County. He was born in 1749 in Chester County, Pennsylvania the son of John Steen and Jane Moore. William served in the Revolutionary War. He was wounded in the Battle of King’s Mountain in 1780, taken prisoner by the British, and subsequently rescued by his friend Jacob Neely who is also an early settler of Rankin County, Mississippi. William’s brother, Col. James Steen, was stabbed to death in the summer of 1781 while endeavoring to arrest a Tory.
Nancy and William Steen had eleven children:
1.John Steen - (1774-1847 m. Margaret Vance)
2.Mary Steen (died in infancy)
3.Elias Steen (1779-1847 m. Elizabeth Smith)
4.James Steen (1781-1843 m. Sarah Collins)
5.William Steen (1783-1846 m. Mary Enochs)
6.Nathaniel Steen (1786-1827 m. Mary Collins)
7.Robert Steen (1787-1837 m. Malony Hollingsworth)
8.Sarah Steen (1790-1859 m. Thomas Enochs)
9.Mary "Polly" Steen (1794-1848 m. Judge John Rumley Enochs)
10.Jane Steen (c.1795-c.1858 m. Levi Noble)
11.Silas Steen (1804-1858 m. Hannah Myers)
About 1810, the Steen family began their move from South Carolina to Mississippi. They stopped for a time in what was Indian Territory (now Carroll County, Tennessee) where William Steen was possibly killed by Indians or died from sickness. After his death, the Steen family, with the exception of John Steen, moved to Mississippi Territory (now Lawrence County, Mississippi), where they resided in 1814.
After the death of his father, John Steen returned to Union County, South Carolina where he was a planter and died in 1847 at “Steen City”. After the division of his estate, his children settled in Lafayette, Tippah, and Yalobusha Counties, Mississippi in the late 1840’s and early 1850’s. John and Margaret Steen are buried in the Jefferies Family Cemetery near Gaffney, South Carolina.
Nancy Steen and most of her children moved to Rankin County in 1820. The area was named “Steen’s Creek”, later renamed Florence. Elias, William, Nathaniel, Robert, and Silas Steen were among the early settlers and influential citizens of Rankin County. All were planters and brought up large families. Elias, Robert, Silas, their wives, and many descendants are buried in Steen’s Creek Cemetery, now known as the Florence City Cemetery. William Steen, Jr. moved to Texas in 1846, after the death of his wife, Mary Enochs, but was taken sick on the way and died in Nacogdoches at his sister, Jane Noble’s, residence. He is buried in the old North Churchyard near Nacogdoches. James Steen stayed in the Lawrence County area and is buried at Fair River Baptist Church. The Nathaniel Steen family moved to Madison County.
Sarah and Thomas Enochs moved to Carroll County, Tennessee and are buried in the Barr Springs Cemetery. Mary and John Enochs resided at “Steen’s Creek”. John Enochs was a Probate Judge and elected twice to the state legislature. Mary and John Enochs are buried in the Enochs Family Cemetery in Rankin County. Jane and Levi Noble moved to Nacogdoches, Texas and they are buried in the Noble Family Cemetery in Kaufman, Texas.
Nancy Agnes (Lusk) Steen died on May 29, 1841 at “Steen’s Creek”. She is buried in Florence City Cemetery.
