Overview

Location

Steele Creek Community, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina

Date Constructed/ Founded

not determined

Associated Surnames

Alexander, Spratt, Bingham, Neel

Historical notes

none

Associated Slave Workplaces

Alexander Greer Farm (Madison Co., TN)

Associated Free Persons

• Thomas Grier (1744-1828)
• Hannah Alexander Grier (1761- 1788) 1st wife of Thomas
• Susannah Spratt Grier (1770 - 1853) 2nd wife of Thomas
• James Grier (1738 - 1808) Brother of Thomas Grier
• Mary Grier Bingham (1754 - 1795) wife of Col. John Bingham (1740-1792), sister of Thomas and James Grier
• Margaret Grier Neel, wife of Samuel Neel.

Associated Enslaved Persons

Thomas Grier's Will (d.1828) found in Mecklenburg County,NC Abstracts of Wills, 1791-1868;Tax Lists-1797-99,1806,1807, Compiler: Herman Ferguson

To Thomas' wife, Susanna:

• Ben
• Rhody
• Silvy
• Julie
• Esther
• Eliza

"..said Negroes at her death to be disposed of among our children as she may think proper." Susannah died after Emancipation, so the whereabouts of the people mentioned above are undocumented in any will she may have left.

To daughter Margaret Neele, wife of Samuel Neele.

• woman Ross

To son James:

• Jack
• Sally

To Son Thomas J.

• "...Negro man Jack"

To son Alexander:

• Solomon
• Jean

Alexander migrated west to Madison Co. TN ca. 1820. It is possible Solomon and Jean went as well. Solomon is mentioned in Alexander Grier's will of 1858 but there is no mention of Jean.

n.b. "My two slaves Solomon and Rachael are at liberty to choose whoever they wish to live with, and whoever they choose, are to take them and take care of them." Unknown if this is the same Solomon.

To son Andrew:

• Stephen
• Bill

To son William McKee Grier:

• Sandra
• Jean

To son Zenas:

• Frank
• Leah
• Minda

To daughter Catherine M.S.:

• Phillis
• James
• Adam
• Bob
• Lilly
• Rachel
• Albert

To daughter Susannah

• Reuben
• Polly
• Nelson
• George
• Edmond
• Cleary

"the old slaves such as Old Willis, Peggy and Ned remain under the care of my wife." This was stipulated at such time that the Thomas Grier family "... ceases to be a family."

Research Leads and Plantation Records

• none

Miscellaneous Information

• The Grier family in Mecklenburg Co. NC was very large and predominantly stayed in that county. There were other plantations which can be researched through wills and deeds.
• William Grier House - William Grier was the son of Thomas Grier; Location: Steele Creek Rd. in southern portion of the County. Description of house and family at URL: see http://www.cmhpf.org/surveys&rgrierwilliam.htm
• Neel House - built by Samuel Neel, son in law of Thomas Grier. Samuel married Margaret Grier. Location of house: Shopton Rd. Mecklenburg Co NC. See URL: http://www.cmhpf.org/surveys&rneelhse.htm for history of house and family.

References

• Mecklenburg County,NC Abstracts of Wills, 1791-1868;Tax Lists-1797-99,1806,1807, Compiler: Herman Ferguson
• History of Steele Creek by Linda Blackwelder
• Charlotte-Mecklenburg Historic Landmarks Commission viewed at URL:http://www.cmhpf.org/index.html

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