Part VII--Abstracts of Steptoe Wills & Deeds recorded in Pittsylvania County, 
1861-1862

DATE:  16 April 1861
PARTIES:  E. J. DILLARD and George WEST
DOCUMENT TYPE:  
SOURCE:  Pittsylvania County Courthouse, Chatham VA, Deed Book 60, p84
SLAVES NAMED IN DOCUMENT:  none  
COMMENTS:  Dillard grants to West 77 acres of land along Beech Tree 
Creek, to be held in trust to secure a debt of $75 to Patrick Dillon STEPTOE.  
Patrick Dillon Steptoe was the son of Dr. William Steptoe and wife Mary 
Dillon, of Lynchburg, and the grandson of James Steptoe Sr. and wife Frances 
Calloway.  

DATE:  23 April 1861
PARTIES:  Patrick Dillon STEPTOE and Lucy C. his wife, of the first part; 
James P. LEWIS of the second part
DOCUMENT TYPE:  Deed of Trust
SOURCE:  Pittsylvania County Courthouse, Chatham VA, Deed Book 60, p106
SLAVES NAMED IN DOCUMENT:    none
COMMENTS:  Steptoe and wife grant to Lewis the 796 acres of land "on 
which the said P. D. Steptoe now resides, and adjoining the lands of A. D. 
WORSHAM, Sarah I. C. JOHNSON, and others," to be held in trust to secure a 
debt of $1127.85 to John DAVIDSON.  

DATE:  22 Aug 1861
PARTIES:  Patrick D. STEPTOE of the first part; Sterling J. MONROE of the 
second part; Lucy C. STEPTOE of the third part
DOCUMENT TYPE:  Deed of Trust
SOURCE:  Pittsylvania County Courthouse, Chatham VA, Deed Book 60, p150
SLAVES NAMED IN DOCUMENT:    Robin, Mary and her children Amanda 
& Elizabeth David & lame Mary
COMMENTS:  Patrick Dillon Steptoe was the son of Dr. William Steptoe and 
wife Mary Dillon, of Lynchburg, and the grandson of James Steptoe Sr. and 
wife Frances Calloway.  In this deed, Steptoe conveys slaves and land in trust to 
Monroe, to be held "for the sole & separate use and benefit of the aforesaid 
Lucy C. Steptoe in the same manner as tho she were an unmarried woman."  
Deed further specifies that land may be sold and money reinvested in other 
land.  By this deed, Steptoe evidently arranged for the management of 
his affairs and the support of his wife while he was at war.

DATE:  26 May 1862
PARTIES:  Patrick Dillon STEPTOE and heirs (dgtr Lucy Anna and wife Lucy 
CLEMENT)
DOCUMENT TYPE:  Will
SOURCE:  Pittsylvania County Courthouse, Chatham VA, Will Book 2, p410
SLAVES NAMED IN DOCUMENT:    none named.  Steptoe names his 
brother William administrator of estate and writes, "My Negroes I wish him to 
hire out and always get for them good homes & when sick secure for them good 
medical attention & the hire of the Negroes I wish him to dispose of as he may 
think best for the child [Lucy Anna].  In the event my Administrator thinks best 
to sell one or more of my Negroes from any cause then I give him the right to 
do so."
COMMENTS:  an interesting document, full of attitude about both the War and 
his in-laws, the Clement family:  "I want under no circumstances a single 
Dollar of my Estate to go back to my wife's family beyond her bodily heirs."   


File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Michele Stepto 
stepto@pantheon.yale.edu
USGENWEB NOTICE:  In keeping with our policy of providing free 
information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial 
entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These 
electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other 
presentation.