Mcqueen, John
soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born in 1808 in Robinson county, N. C. During the nullification times of 1833 he was elected a colonel of the state militia; in 1834 a brigadier-general, and in 1835 a major-general, which last position he held for ten years, and then resigned. He was elected a representative in congress from South Carolina in 1849, and was a member down to the thirty-sixth congress, serving on leading committees, and was re-elected to the thirty-seventh congress. He withdrew in 1860 and joined the rebellion. He died Sept. 13, 1867, in Society Hill, S. C.