John Hansson Steelman Monument
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 InscriptionINSCRIPTION 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 InscriptionINSCRIPTION 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 |