John Steele – When John Steele came to the site of Steeleville and settled in 1807, he brought with him several sons. One of Steele‘s sons, George, built a gristmill powered by oxen. Georgetown, Steele‘s Mills, or as it was later known, Steeleville, came to be an important place on the Shawnee town-Kaskaskia road. During the Indian unrest of 1811-13, the blockhouse at Steele‘s Mills or Georgetown was a place of safety for near-by settlers and for travelers
Capt John Steele was my Great Great Grandfather. He was born in England in 1737. His Great Granddaughter was my Grandmother on my father’s side of family.