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Gen. John Steele

Gen. John Steele

Male 1764 - 1815  (50 years)

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  • Name John Steele 
    Prefix Gen. 
    Born 17 Nov 1764  Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    1800 Census 1800  Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • p. 291
      John Steele Esqr.    00110 - 11110 - 00
    1810 Census 1810  Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Borough of Salisbury, p. 340
      John Steel    00001 - 01101 - 0
    Died 14 Aug 1815  Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I30063  DNA Family 1 Genealogies
    Last Modified 28 Nov 2009 

    Father William Steele,   b. Abt 1734, Northern Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Nov 1773, Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 39 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Maxwell,   b. 1733, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Nov 1790, Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 57 years) 
    Married Bef 1764 
    Family ID F9064  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Margaret Nessfield,   b. Abt 1765, Cross Creek, Fayetteville, Cumberland County, NC Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Aug 1843  (Age ~ 78 years) 
    Married 9 Feb 1783 
    Children 
     1. Ann M. Steele,   b. 1784, Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Oct 1804, Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 20 years)
     2. Margaret Gillespie Steele,   b. 1790, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 May 1824  (Age 34 years)
     3. Eliza Steele,   b. 1795, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Nov 1834, Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 39 years)
    Last Modified 28 Nov 2009 
    Family ID F9068  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • STEELE, John, a Representative from North Carolina; born in Salisbury, N.C., November 16, 1764; attended Clio's Nursery, near Statesville, N.C., and the English School, Salisbury, N.C.; farmer; assessor in 1784; town commissioner in 1787; member of the State house of commons in 1787, 1788, 1794, 1795, 1806, and 1811-1813; delegate to the Hillsborough convention in 1788; special commissioner from North Carolina to treat with the Cherokee and Chickasaw Indians from 1788 to 1790; delegate to ratification convention in Fayetteville, 1789; elected to the First and Second Congresses and served from April 19, 1790, until March 3, 1793; appointed Comptroller of the Treasury July 1, 1796; reappointed by both President John Adams and President Jefferson and served until December 15, 1802, when he resigned; member of the board of commissioners to determine the boundary line between North Carolina and Georgia 1805-1814; died August 14, 1815, in Salisbury, N.C., having been on the same day again elected to the State house of commons; interment in Chestnut Hill Cemetery.