My Andrew STEELE was b. NC ca 1831 he m. Rebecca BLOUNT b.NC ca 1832 they had two children that I know of. James William STEELE b. 1855 Knoxville, TN. d 1931 York Co. SC. and Dempsey b. ca 1859 SC. Andrew Freeland ( or A.F in one census ) was killed in Civil War. James William STEELE m Sarah Jane WRIGHT b 1852 NC/SC? d. 1938 d York Co. SC Their children Dempsey Mack, William J. Martha M., Ursula R., Avalona, James Sanford b. 1895 (my gf) and Lucy. James Sanford m. Myrtle YARBROUGH my father James was b. NC in 1925. The whole STEELE clan seemed to circulate between Mecklenburg Co. NC and York/Union Co. SC except for that brief road trip in TN. to marry Rebecca and have James William then back into the 1860 Union Co. SC. census. He enlisted in NC inf. for civil war. >From Seattle, Thanks Y'all Rick Steele