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John Hansson Steelman Monument

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The monument is located on Steelman Marker Road in southern Adams County, Pennsylvania, near the Maryland State Line.

The original monument was erected in 1924. A second monument was made in 1977 following the theft of the original four years earlier.

1924 Inscription

INSCRIPTION ON ORIGINAL MONUMENT TO 
CAPTAIN JOHN HANSON STEELMAN

Dedicated on November 29, 1924

CAPTAIN

JOHN HANSON STEELMAN

1655-1749

INDIAN TRADER AND INTERPRETER

OF MARYLAND

AND PENNSYLVANIA

FIRST PERMANENT WHITE SETTLER

IN PENNSYLVANIA

WEST OF SUSQUEHANNA RIVER

LIVED IN THIS VALLEY

ON PAXTON INDIAN TRAIL OR ROAD

LEADING FROM PRESENT HARRISBURG

BORN OF SWEDISH PARENTS

AT WHAT IS NOW GRAY’S FERRY BRIDGE

IN THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA

LARGEST CONTRIBUTOR TOWARD

ERECTION OF OLD SWEDES LUTHERAN CHURCH

WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, 1698

GUEST AND CORRESPONDENT

OF

WILLIAM PENN

DEPONENT IN CHANCERY SUIT

OF THE PENN HEIRS

VERSUS LORD BALTIMORE, 1740

MARKED BY

THE PENNSYLVANIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION

THE SWEDISH COLONIAL SOCIETY

AND CITIZENS OF ADAMS COUNTY

1924

1977 Inscription

INSCRIPTION OF SECOND MARKER ERECTED TO 
JOHN HANSON STEELMAN


JOHN HANSON "HANCE"

STEELMAN

1655-1749

INDIAN TRADER AND INTERPRETER

OF MARYLAND AND PENNSYLVANIA

FIRST SETTLER IN

THIS VALLEY

BORN OF SWEDISH PARENTS

ALONG THE DELAWARE

THIS TABLET ERECTED

BY

LIBERTY TOWNSHIP AND FAIRFIELD

AREA BICENTENNIAL COMMITTEE

FIRST MARKER PLACED IN 1924

BY PENNSYLVANIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION

1977



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