Winship Stedman (1767 - 1828)

Born 29 Sep 1767 in Ashford Township, Windham, Connecticut, British Colonial America

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret (Ferguson) Stedman — married about 1795 in Chatham, North Carolina, United States [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 4 Mar 1828 at age 60 in Pittsboro, Chatham County, North Carolina, USA

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Notability

Winship Stedman is Notable.

☆ was a successful businessman in Pittsboro, North Carolina

☆ represented Chatham County in the North Carolina Senate - 1806

☆ served as Postmaster for Pittsboro

☆ was a Chatham County delegate to the 1823 Constitutional Convention

Biography

Winship Stedman was born ^[1] 29 Sep 1767 in Ashford Township, Windham, Connecticut, British Colonial America. He is the son of Nathan Stedman and Prudence Hurlbut.

Winship was a successful merchant in Pittsboro, North Carolina for many years. He represented Chatham County in the North Carolina Senate in 1806.^[2]- He served as Postmaster for Pittsboro and was a convention delegate for Chatham County to the 1823 Constitutional Convention.

He passed away in 1828 and left his estate to his wife and all his children. He was buried in the Stedman family cemetery in Pittsboro.

From Chatham County Historical Association Website

Stedman Family Cemetery

Location - Town of Pittsboro, Center Township. Behind commercial building at 20 or 22 Sanford Rd. Just east of small building behind Pittsboro United Methodist Church. Cemetery area is paved and is now a parking lot.

Coordinates: 35d 43m 10.9s N; 79d 10m 42.1s W Click here for Google maps

Harvey Gunter, who lived nearby as a child says that he does not remember a cemetery in that location, but that there could have been one as the area was wooded.

Owner: Justice Motor Company, LLC. Legal Description: Parcel 89255 split off from Parcel 8175 in 2012 by tax office. Parcel 89255 consists of the 25 x 37' cemetery shown on earlier plats. Parcel 8175. Deed book 1307/574, John P. and Mary G. Justice, Trustees of Jack P. Justice Living Trust, to Justice Motor Co., 20 Dec 2006. "Part of lands conveyed to Jack P. Justice by his father Fred Justice." References 1231/1013. Cemetery mentioned in numerous deeds and shown on plat 1-44. Earliest mention of the 25' square later referred to as graveyard is in 1840. Topo Quadrant: Pittsboro, Code K. Family owned: Yes. Abandoned: Yes. Size of cemetery: 25' x 40' on plat. Number of graves: Unknown. White: Yes. Restricted access: Yes, private property. Identifiable as a burial site: No. Mentioned in several deeds and shown on plat 1-44. Enclosed: No. Markers present: No. Date earliest known burial: Before 1840. Markers damaged: Yes. Area has been leveled for parking lot. Hazards to cemetery: Yes. Not recognizable as cemetery. Should be explored and graves removed if any ground-disturbing activity is undertaken. Listed: No.

Historical significance: Nathan Stedman and Winship Stedman migrated to NC in 1784. According to the Pittsboro paper, The Communicator, Nathan died on 13 Nov 1847. The obituary mentions his Revolutionary War service. He represented Chatham Co. in the NC House of Representatives in 1827 and in the senate in 1832-33 and was a judge in the county. Stedman was a member of St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church. Winship Stedman also owned property adjoining the cemetery. This may be an early Stedman family cemetery.

Miscellaneous information: Property mentioning the graveyard belongs in earlier years to H.H. Burk, William Foushee, Annie Chapin, Stephen Cotton, Thomas Womble, Daniel McLeod, Nathan A. Stedman, Winship Stedman, and Alexander Kinchen. This is lots 73 and 88 from the original Pittsboro town plat. Mary Phillips from the tax office called on 2 Jul 2010 to note that plat 1-44 shows cemetery. Jim and Bev Wiggins located and looked at the site on 2 Jul 2010. Title trail in CCHA records.

Last canvassed by: Jim & Bev Wiggins on 2 Jul 2010.

Winship Stedman 4 Mar 1828. Pittsboro, Chatham County, North Carolina, USA. ^[3] File File: Media Format: jpg. Winship Stedman.

File File: Media Format: jpg. Winship Stedman. File: Media Format: jpg. Winship Stedman.

Sources

1. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F747-LNB : 3 December 2014), Nathan Stedman in entry for Winship Stedman, 29 Sep 1767; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
2. ↑ NORTH CAROLINA GOVERNMENT, 1585-1974, NORTH CAROLINA GOVERNMENT, 1585-1974, North Carolina Department of the Secretary of State, Ed. John L. Cheney, Jr., 1975, ppg 251, 1087
3. ↑ Source: #S952836960 Winship Stedman 4 Mar 1828 Note: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/132881729/winship-stedman File File: Media Format: jpg Winship Stedman

• Find A Grave: Memorial #132881729 Winship Stedman
• Winshep Stroomar in the 1810 United States Federal Census, Year: 1810; Census Place: Chatham, North Carolina; Roll: 39; Page: 202; Image: 00375; Family History Library Film: 0337912, Ancestry Record 7613 #358531
• "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHL7-KK9 : accessed 23 October 2021), Winship Stedman, Chatham, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 231, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 82; FHL microfilm 162,798.
• "North Carolina Estate Files, 1663-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V659-MG9 : 8 March 2021), Winship Stedman, 1828; citing Chatham, North Carolina, United States, State Archives, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,737,801.
• Winship Stedman in Chatham County Deed Book F, CDB F/135 Elisha Stedman & Winship Stedman to Nathan Stedman, 20 Mar 1792, three tracts, first tract, 225 acres adj William Marsh; second tract, 30 acres adj road, Blackston [Braxton?], James Massey, Robert Marsh - part of Granville to John Stewart; third tract, 100 acres on waters of Haw River, adj their own land.
• Winship Stedman in Chatham County Deed Book K, CDB K/84 Patrick St Lawrence by Sheriff to Winship Stedman, 25 Sep 1798, lot 5 in Pittsboro.
• Winship Stedman in Chatham County Deed Book L, CDB L/20 Winship Stedman to William Warden, 10 Feb 1800, lot 68 in Pittsboro - Sheriff to Winship Stedman.
• Winship Stedman in Chatham County Deed Book L, CDB L/189 William Lucas to George Lucas & Winship Stedman & William Esquire trustees & Ann Pope & Winifred Clark beneficiaries, 9 Feb 1801, slaves Sarah & Rose for benefit of Ann Pope, Jean and Phillis for benefit of Winifred Clark, all four slaves now in possession of William Lucas and retained for his life.
• Winship Stedman in Chatham County Deed Book L, CDB L/241 Elisha Stedman to Winship Stedman, 1 Jul 1801, part of lot 51 in Pittsboro, with store house thereon.
• https://chathamncrod.org/DocumentView.asp Winship Stedman in Chatham County Deed Book N], CDB N/461 Ephraim Knight to Winship Stedman, 7 Oct 1803, 300 acres on SW side of Haw River, adj William Moutrey, Sivel?, mouth of a branch.
• Winship Stedman in Chatham County Deed Book M, CDB M/555 Robert Bright to Winship Stedman, 2 Mar 1805, 178 acres on a branch of Haw River, adj Richard Straughan formerly Petty, Ward formerly Poe, branch, Stephen Straughan, spring branch.
• Sale of Winship Stedman's estate, Nathan A. Stedman, Executor, Weekly Raleigh Register (Raleigh, North Carolina), 01 May 1829, Fri, Page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87674401/weekly-raleigh-register/
• Winship Stedman Offers Reward For Runaway Slave, The North-Carolina Journal (Halifax, North Carolina), 04 Jul 1796, Mon, Page 4
• Winship Stedman Chatham County Delegate To Constitutional Convention, Western Carolinian (Salisbury, North Carolina), 14 Oct 1823, Tue, Page 3
• Winship Stedman Was Postmaster of Pittsboro, The Raleigh Register (Raleigh, North Carolina), 29 Sep 1826, Fri., Page 2

See also

Stedman family cemetery free space profile

Acknowledgments

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