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Abraham was a man born in a time that didn't favor him. As such, he did the best he knew how.
Above is his death record in Gulf County, Florida. He had grown up working in the turpentine industry and had relocated to Florida doing what he knew how, working in the turpentine industry. This is his story.
Abraham McQueen was born March 28, 1864 near the present town of Candor, in Montgomery County, North Carolina. He is seen in the above census record of 1870, as 6 year old Abram. 71 year old Alexander Marcus McQueen, the head of household, was his father. 55 year old Sarah McQueen was A. M. McQueen's wife, but not Abraham's mother. That would be 30 year old Lends, otherwise seen as Linda or Lindy. 21 year old Neil McQueen was the son of Alexander and Sarah, and 7 year old Sarah was their granddaughter. The other children shown after "Lends" name were also her children and also the children of Alexander McQueen.
Neil McQueen, Abe's half-brother and the youngest son of Alexander M. McQueen with his wife, Sarah, would keep a Family Bible that is still in family hands, and would record, not only the family history of his father's arrival to North Carolina from Scotland as a 3 year old, but also the births of his 8 older siblings. But unlike most Family Bibles from the Reconstruction Era, the Bible of Neil McQueen also recorded the birthdates of his half-siblings. Neil not only made note of the births and deaths of his father's white children with his legal wife, but also of the 12 mixed-race children that Alexander had sired with 3 different women who at one time had been his slaves. Abe had been born at the end of the Civil War, but his full-siblings, Betsy, Bud (Alexander) and Cranford, who would be born in 1871, arrived after emancipation, when their mother was a free woman, but still living in the household of their father and his wife.
Ten years later, in the 1880 census, Abe is living with Lea McQueen, in a separate household, but right next door to his half-brother, Neil McQueen. In the decade that passed, their father Alexander M. McQueen had passed away, making Neil administer of the estate. Neil recieved the Lion's share of the estate, with the 4 daughters of his deceased son, Neil's oldest brother, James Batten McQueen, being mentioned, along with James's wife, Nancy Britt McQueen. In his final words, Alexander had left something to, and had mentioned, the remainder of his nine children with his legal wife, Sarah Batten McQueen, who passed away one year before he did. He had not mentioned Abe, or any of his children born outside of wedlock.
Abe was counted as 19 in the 1880 census, but he was really about 16. He may have looked older. He is described in a later newspaper article as being a "bright mulatto", meaning a light-skinned person of mixed ancestry, further described as the color of ginger cake, or a golden -brown, with green eyes. He was slender built, described as "spare", 140 lbs and 5 foot 8 inches tall, and of 'pleasant features', meaning Abe was a good-looking young man.
Also living in the home was his sister Betsy and his baby brother, Cranford McQueen. On the other side of them was his older sister, Hannah, who had married Alexander Butler. So it was an area of family living near to each other. Neil probably ran the same farm his father did and Abe and his siblings were probably laborers there, as laborers were what their profession was listed as at this time.
If there is one thing, besides sandhills and peach trees, that the east side of Montgomery County, and its bordering neighbors, Richmond and Moore are known for, its pine trees. And in the mid to late 1800's, that meant turpentine.
By 1889, Abe had found work at a turpentine distillery owned by James Tompkins. There, he had a violent encounter with one William McPherson, whom I believe came from Richmond County. A warrant for Abe's arrest was issued, as McPherson's injury appeared serious. As Abe was described as 19 in the 1880 census when he was really 16, he was described as 23 in 1889, when he was really 25. Age was fluid.
Troy, North Carolina12 Sep 1889, Thu • Page 3
Abe, knowing he was a wanted man, apparently went into hiding. It's unknown where he hid, possibly with relatives, or he possibly took to the hills and went hiding deep in the Uwharrie Mountains on the western end of the county. William McPherson died, and the Governor issued a warrant for his arrest.
Troy, North Carolina31 Oct 1889, Thu • Page 3
A $200 reward was offered for the capture of Abe McQueen, about $5700 in todays funds. The proclaimation claimed that he had either left the state, or had hidden himself very well. He was charged with murder.
In addition to describing Abe as a gingercake mulatto with pleasant features, a number of scars, from previous fights, apparently, with knives, were also described. He bore a major scar from his nose across his left cheek, and another on his forehead near his hairline. He also had a knife cut scar across his shoulder. Abe had survived multiple fights it appears.Alchohol was most likely involved. Many problems described in the newspapers of the day began with drunkeness, and these continuous issues are probably what led to the coming era of prohibition.
Troy, North Carolina21 Nov 1889, Thu • Page 3So, what became of Abe? His freedom was temporary, as I found that two years later, his case came before the jury.
As the assualt occured in October of 1889, and Abe was discovered in Georgia in October of 1890, it appears he remained on the lam for a full year. The below article states that Sheriff Saunders of Montgomery County, left Raleigh for Dalton, Georgia, as Abe had been captured. It is possible he came under the attention of the police there, and afterwards, it was discovered he had a warrant.
Dalton is in North Georgia, in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Abe may have headed for the safety of the Blue Ridge in North Carolina, before following them south into Georgia. He looks to have not been there, only seen there, when Sheriff Saunders set out to find him.
Atlanta, Georgia25 Oct 1890, Sat • Page 3Talapoosa, Georgia, where Abe was actually picked up, is a little further south than Dalton, in Haralson County. It's located on the Georgia/Alabama border. Abe may have met a girl there, or a group of friends, as you will see later.
The Wilmington Morning Star
Wilmington, North Carolina12 Nov 1890, Wed • Page 3
Abe was jailed in Salisbury, in Rowan County, until his trial. It may have been that the Rowan County jail was more secure, and further away from people who might seek to help break him out. At this point, he was considered a murderer.
Troy, North Carolina09 Apr 1891, Thu • Page 3
When Abe's case finally made it to trial, it all seemed rather anticlimatic. He was granted the right of self-defense and the jury rendered a judgement of 'justifiable homocide". Abe was released, a free man. But he did not stay in North Carolina, he returned to Georgia.
I do not know exactly where Abe met Maggie, but she was born in South Carolina, and their oldest son, Lonnie James McQueen, was born in Georgia in 1897. They were married in 1895, and probably in Georgia. Maggies family was clearly from South Carolina, and 2 year old "James", was her only child. At the turn of the century, the young family is found in the now Ghost Town of Arran, in Wakulla County, Florida. Wakulla is on the Gulf side of Florida in the "Big Bend" stretch at Appalachee Bay. Located south of Tallahassee, it remains a very isolated place, very rural and moderately populated.
The couple would have another son, and possibly a daughter as well.
Maggie McQueen would pass away between 1902, when Marion was born, and 1910. The 1910 census shows that Abe is working in what he knows - turpentine- as a Laborer. No, he was not doing the laundry, that's a transcription error. The census tells us that he has worked 12 full months and that he is a widower, meaning his wife, Maggie, is deceased. His boys Lonnie James and Marion live with him and an amazing thing to see is that he owns his home free and clear, no mortgage. Abe has progresssed a long way since his birth in Montgomery County, NC.
They are now living in Santa Rosa County, Florida. Santa Rosa County, in Florida is located in the Panhandle, still on the Gulf side of Florida. They had moved a little north.
The next decade would prove to be an eventful one for Abe and his sons.
In 1915, Abe would remarry to a younger woman named Beulah May.
Beulah had a daughter named Bertha, who would adopt the McQueen surname and list Abe as her stepfather on her documents, and marriage to a William J. Tasker.
Both of his sons would marry, Lonnie to Mirella "Ella" Dougal (or McDougal), and Marion first to a Nancy Banks and second, to Elnora Brown.
In 1920, Abe's sons have moved to Southport, in Bay County, Florida and have followed their father into the turpentine industry. Marion is boarding with his brother Lonnie and his young family with wife Ella, and oldest daugther, Thelma. Southport is just a little ways down the coast from where they were in 1910.
1920 finds Abe and Beualah, in Jackson County, Florida. There are two little girls living with them, Eunice and Ilena Byrd, who are listed as their adopted daughters. These may have been grandchildren of Beulah, as I haven't found much about her.
Abe has given up working in turpentine, now that he is in his 50's and has bought a farm, now owned free and clear.
Descendants of Abraham McQueen, their half-Scottish, half-African ancestor, who was born into slavery, later became a fugitive, was cleared due to self-defense and moved to Florida to start a familly and ended up becoming a land owner in his own right, should be very proud of this man and the long, hard journey he had made. He bought his farm in Jackson County in 1918, free and clear, no mortgage.
Jackson County is still in the Florida Panhandle, but not on the Gulf. It's surrounded by land. Abe had moved quite frequently, but all within a connected area. I found the below record that shows he may have also had a daughter.
Above is his death record in Gulf County, Florida. He had grown up working in the turpentine industry and had relocated to Florida doing what he knew how, working in the turpentine industry. This is his story.
| Name: | Abram McQueen | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Age in 1870: | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Birth Year: | abt 1864 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Birthplace: | North Carolina | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Dwelling Number: | 114 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Home in 1870: | Troy, Montgomery, North Carolina | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Race: | Black | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Gender: | Male | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Post Office: | Troy | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Abraham McQueen was born March 28, 1864 near the present town of Candor, in Montgomery County, North Carolina. He is seen in the above census record of 1870, as 6 year old Abram. 71 year old Alexander Marcus McQueen, the head of household, was his father. 55 year old Sarah McQueen was A. M. McQueen's wife, but not Abraham's mother. That would be 30 year old Lends, otherwise seen as Linda or Lindy. 21 year old Neil McQueen was the son of Alexander and Sarah, and 7 year old Sarah was their granddaughter. The other children shown after "Lends" name were also her children and also the children of Alexander McQueen.
Neil McQueen, Abe's half-brother and the youngest son of Alexander M. McQueen with his wife, Sarah, would keep a Family Bible that is still in family hands, and would record, not only the family history of his father's arrival to North Carolina from Scotland as a 3 year old, but also the births of his 8 older siblings. But unlike most Family Bibles from the Reconstruction Era, the Bible of Neil McQueen also recorded the birthdates of his half-siblings. Neil not only made note of the births and deaths of his father's white children with his legal wife, but also of the 12 mixed-race children that Alexander had sired with 3 different women who at one time had been his slaves. Abe had been born at the end of the Civil War, but his full-siblings, Betsy, Bud (Alexander) and Cranford, who would be born in 1871, arrived after emancipation, when their mother was a free woman, but still living in the household of their father and his wife.
| Name: | Abe Mcquean | ||||||||||
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| Age: | 19 | ||||||||||
| Birth Date: | Abt 1861 | ||||||||||
| Birthplace: | North Carolina | ||||||||||
| Home in 1880: | Troy, Montgomery, North Carolina, USA | ||||||||||
| Dwelling Number: | 81 | ||||||||||
| Race: | Black | ||||||||||
| Gender: | Male | ||||||||||
| Relation to Head of House: | Son | ||||||||||
| Marital status: | Single | ||||||||||
| Father's Birthplace: | North Carolina | ||||||||||
| Mother's name: | Lea Mcquean | ||||||||||
| Mother's Birthplace: | North Carolina | ||||||||||
| Cannot Read: | Yes | ||||||||||
| Cannot Write: | Yes | ||||||||||
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Ten years later, in the 1880 census, Abe is living with Lea McQueen, in a separate household, but right next door to his half-brother, Neil McQueen. In the decade that passed, their father Alexander M. McQueen had passed away, making Neil administer of the estate. Neil recieved the Lion's share of the estate, with the 4 daughters of his deceased son, Neil's oldest brother, James Batten McQueen, being mentioned, along with James's wife, Nancy Britt McQueen. In his final words, Alexander had left something to, and had mentioned, the remainder of his nine children with his legal wife, Sarah Batten McQueen, who passed away one year before he did. He had not mentioned Abe, or any of his children born outside of wedlock.
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Abe was counted as 19 in the 1880 census, but he was really about 16. He may have looked older. He is described in a later newspaper article as being a "bright mulatto", meaning a light-skinned person of mixed ancestry, further described as the color of ginger cake, or a golden -brown, with green eyes. He was slender built, described as "spare", 140 lbs and 5 foot 8 inches tall, and of 'pleasant features', meaning Abe was a good-looking young man.
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Also living in the home was his sister Betsy and his baby brother, Cranford McQueen. On the other side of them was his older sister, Hannah, who had married Alexander Butler. So it was an area of family living near to each other. Neil probably ran the same farm his father did and Abe and his siblings were probably laborers there, as laborers were what their profession was listed as at this time.
If there is one thing, besides sandhills and peach trees, that the east side of Montgomery County, and its bordering neighbors, Richmond and Moore are known for, its pine trees. And in the mid to late 1800's, that meant turpentine.
By 1889, Abe had found work at a turpentine distillery owned by James Tompkins. There, he had a violent encounter with one William McPherson, whom I believe came from Richmond County. A warrant for Abe's arrest was issued, as McPherson's injury appeared serious. As Abe was described as 19 in the 1880 census when he was really 16, he was described as 23 in 1889, when he was really 25. Age was fluid.
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The Montgomery VidetteTroy, North Carolina12 Sep 1889, Thu • Page 3
Abe, knowing he was a wanted man, apparently went into hiding. It's unknown where he hid, possibly with relatives, or he possibly took to the hills and went hiding deep in the Uwharrie Mountains on the western end of the county. William McPherson died, and the Governor issued a warrant for his arrest.
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The Montgomery VidetteTroy, North Carolina31 Oct 1889, Thu • Page 3
A $200 reward was offered for the capture of Abe McQueen, about $5700 in todays funds. The proclaimation claimed that he had either left the state, or had hidden himself very well. He was charged with murder.
In addition to describing Abe as a gingercake mulatto with pleasant features, a number of scars, from previous fights, apparently, with knives, were also described. He bore a major scar from his nose across his left cheek, and another on his forehead near his hairline. He also had a knife cut scar across his shoulder. Abe had survived multiple fights it appears.Alchohol was most likely involved. Many problems described in the newspapers of the day began with drunkeness, and these continuous issues are probably what led to the coming era of prohibition.
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The Montgomery VidetteTroy, North Carolina21 Nov 1889, Thu • Page 3So, what became of Abe? His freedom was temporary, as I found that two years later, his case came before the jury.
As the assualt occured in October of 1889, and Abe was discovered in Georgia in October of 1890, it appears he remained on the lam for a full year. The below article states that Sheriff Saunders of Montgomery County, left Raleigh for Dalton, Georgia, as Abe had been captured. It is possible he came under the attention of the police there, and afterwards, it was discovered he had a warrant.
Dalton is in North Georgia, in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Abe may have headed for the safety of the Blue Ridge in North Carolina, before following them south into Georgia. He looks to have not been there, only seen there, when Sheriff Saunders set out to find him.
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The Atlanta ConstitutionAtlanta, Georgia25 Oct 1890, Sat • Page 3Talapoosa, Georgia, where Abe was actually picked up, is a little further south than Dalton, in Haralson County. It's located on the Georgia/Alabama border. Abe may have met a girl there, or a group of friends, as you will see later.
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The Wilmington Morning Star
Wilmington, North Carolina12 Nov 1890, Wed • Page 3
Abe was jailed in Salisbury, in Rowan County, until his trial. It may have been that the Rowan County jail was more secure, and further away from people who might seek to help break him out. At this point, he was considered a murderer.
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The Montgomery VidetteTroy, North Carolina09 Apr 1891, Thu • Page 3
When Abe's case finally made it to trial, it all seemed rather anticlimatic. He was granted the right of self-defense and the jury rendered a judgement of 'justifiable homocide". Abe was released, a free man. But he did not stay in North Carolina, he returned to Georgia.
| Name: | Maggie Mcqueen | ||||||||
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| Age: | 22 | ||||||||
| Birth Date: | Jan 1878 | ||||||||
| Birthplace: | South Carolina, USA | ||||||||
| Home in 1900: | Arran, Wakulla, Florida | ||||||||
| House Number: | 241 | ||||||||
| Sheet Number: | 12 | ||||||||
| Number of Dwelling in Order of Visitation: | 248 | ||||||||
| Family Number: | 248 | ||||||||
| Race: | Black | ||||||||
| Gender: | Female | ||||||||
| Relation to Head of House: | Wife | ||||||||
| Marital status: | Married | ||||||||
| Spouse's name: | Abe Mcqueen | ||||||||
| Marriage Year: | 1895 | ||||||||
| Years Married: | 5 | ||||||||
| Father's Birthplace: | South Carolina, USA | ||||||||
| Mother's Birthplace: | South Carolina, USA | ||||||||
| Mother: Number of Living Children: | 1 | ||||||||
| Mother: How Many Children: | 1 | ||||||||
| Can Read: | No | ||||||||
| Can Write: | No | ||||||||
| Can Speak English: | Yes | ||||||||
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I do not know exactly where Abe met Maggie, but she was born in South Carolina, and their oldest son, Lonnie James McQueen, was born in Georgia in 1897. They were married in 1895, and probably in Georgia. Maggies family was clearly from South Carolina, and 2 year old "James", was her only child. At the turn of the century, the young family is found in the now Ghost Town of Arran, in Wakulla County, Florida. Wakulla is on the Gulf side of Florida in the "Big Bend" stretch at Appalachee Bay. Located south of Tallahassee, it remains a very isolated place, very rural and moderately populated.
The couple would have another son, and possibly a daughter as well.
| Name: | Abraham Mcqueen [Abaham Mclaren] | ||||||||
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| Age in 1910: | 40 | ||||||||
| Birth Year: | abt 1870 | ||||||||
| Birthplace: | North Carolina | ||||||||
| Home in 1910: | Precinct 9, Santa Rosa, Florida | ||||||||
| Race: | Mulatto | ||||||||
| Gender: | Male | ||||||||
| Relation to Head of House: | Head | ||||||||
| Marital status: | Widowed | ||||||||
| Father's Birthplace: | North Carolina | ||||||||
| Mother's Birthplace: | North Carolina | ||||||||
| Native Tongue: | English | ||||||||
| Occupation: | Turp Farm | ||||||||
| Industry: | Laundry | ||||||||
| Employer, Employee or Other: | Wage Earner | ||||||||
| Home Owned or Rented: | Own | ||||||||
| Home Free or Mortgaged: | Free | ||||||||
| Farm or House: | House | ||||||||
| Able to Read: | Yes | ||||||||
| Able to Write: | Yes | ||||||||
| Out of Work: | Y | ||||||||
| Number of weeks out of work: | 0 | ||||||||
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Maggie McQueen would pass away between 1902, when Marion was born, and 1910. The 1910 census shows that Abe is working in what he knows - turpentine- as a Laborer. No, he was not doing the laundry, that's a transcription error. The census tells us that he has worked 12 full months and that he is a widower, meaning his wife, Maggie, is deceased. His boys Lonnie James and Marion live with him and an amazing thing to see is that he owns his home free and clear, no mortgage. Abe has progresssed a long way since his birth in Montgomery County, NC.
They are now living in Santa Rosa County, Florida. Santa Rosa County, in Florida is located in the Panhandle, still on the Gulf side of Florida. They had moved a little north.
The next decade would prove to be an eventful one for Abe and his sons.
| Name: | A L Mcqueen |
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| Gender: | Male |
| Marriage Date: | 14 Nov 1915 |
| Marriage Place: | Bay, Florida, USA |
| Spouse: | Bulah May |
| Film Number: | 000988462 |
In 1915, Abe would remarry to a younger woman named Beulah May.
Beulah had a daughter named Bertha, who would adopt the McQueen surname and list Abe as her stepfather on her documents, and marriage to a William J. Tasker.
Both of his sons would marry, Lonnie to Mirella "Ella" Dougal (or McDougal), and Marion first to a Nancy Banks and second, to Elnora Brown.
| Name: | Marion McQueen |
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| Gender: | Male |
| Marriage Date: | 29 Mar 1924 |
| Marriage Place: | Franklin, Florida, USA |
| Spouse: | Nancy Banks |
| Film Number: | 000988312 |
In 1920, Abe's sons have moved to Southport, in Bay County, Florida and have followed their father into the turpentine industry. Marion is boarding with his brother Lonnie and his young family with wife Ella, and oldest daugther, Thelma. Southport is just a little ways down the coast from where they were in 1910.
| Name: | Marion Mcqueen | ||||||||||
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| Age: | 19 | ||||||||||
| Birth Year: | abt 1901 | ||||||||||
| Birthplace: | Georgia | ||||||||||
| Home in 1920: | Southport, Bay, Florida | ||||||||||
| Residence Date: | 1920 | ||||||||||
| Race: | Mulatto | ||||||||||
| Gender: | Male | ||||||||||
| Relation to Head of House: | Boarder | ||||||||||
| Marital status: | Single | ||||||||||
| Father's Birthplace: | North Carolina | ||||||||||
| Mother's Birthplace: | North Carolina | ||||||||||
| Able to Speak English: | Yes | ||||||||||
| Occupation: | Chipper | ||||||||||
| Industry: | Turpentine Co | ||||||||||
| Employment Field: | Wage or Salary | ||||||||||
| Able to Read: | Yes | ||||||||||
| Able to Write: | Yes | ||||||||||
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1920 finds Abe and Beualah, in Jackson County, Florida. There are two little girls living with them, Eunice and Ilena Byrd, who are listed as their adopted daughters. These may have been grandchildren of Beulah, as I haven't found much about her.
| Name: | Abe Mcqueen | ||||||||||
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| Age: | 55 | ||||||||||
| Birth Year: | abt 1865 | ||||||||||
| Birthplace: | North Carolina | ||||||||||
| Home in 1920: | Compass Lake, Jackson, Florida | ||||||||||
| House Number: | X | ||||||||||
| Residence Date: | 1920 | ||||||||||
| Race: | Mulatto | ||||||||||
| Gender: | Male | ||||||||||
| Relation to Head of House: | Head | ||||||||||
| Marital status: | Married | ||||||||||
| Spouse's name: | Beulah Mcqueen | ||||||||||
| Father's Birthplace: | North Carolina | ||||||||||
| Mother's Birthplace: | North Carolina | ||||||||||
| Able to Speak English: | Yes | ||||||||||
| Occupation: | Farmer | ||||||||||
| Industry: | Genl Farm | ||||||||||
| Home Owned or Rented: | Owned | ||||||||||
| Home Free or Mortgaged: | Free | ||||||||||
| Able to Write: | No | ||||||||||
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| Name: | Abe McQueen |
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| Issue Date: | 22 Aug 1918 |
| Place: | Jackson, Florida, USA |
| Meridian: | Tallahassee |
| Township: | 002n |
| Range: | 011W |
| Aliquots: | E½SE¼ |
| Section: | 6 |
| Accession Number: | 645631 |
| Document Number: | 010736 |
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Descendants of Abraham McQueen, their half-Scottish, half-African ancestor, who was born into slavery, later became a fugitive, was cleared due to self-defense and moved to Florida to start a familly and ended up becoming a land owner in his own right, should be very proud of this man and the long, hard journey he had made. He bought his farm in Jackson County in 1918, free and clear, no mortgage.
Jackson County is still in the Florida Panhandle, but not on the Gulf. It's surrounded by land. Abe had moved quite frequently, but all within a connected area. I found the below record that shows he may have also had a daughter.
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I can't locate Abe and Beulah in the 1930 census, but both were still alive. Abe would pass the next year, in 1931, in Gulf County, Florida, in a rather informal death record. He may have been there on business, or purchasing things for his farm, because Beualah outlived him and I don't believe they had moved.
| Name: | Abe Mcqueen |
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| Gender: | Male |
| Race: | Black |
| Death Date: | 1931 |
| Death Place: | Gulf, Florida, United States |
By 1935, Abe's widow, Beulah, was living in Palm Beach.
| Name: | Beulah McQueen | ||||
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| Age: | 48 | ||||
| Gender: | Female | ||||
| Race: | Colored (Black) | ||||
| Birth Place: | North Carolina | ||||
| Est. Birth Year: | abt 1887 | ||||
| Marital status: | Single | ||||
| Census Year: | 1935 | ||||
| Locality: | Precinct 10 | ||||
| County: | Palm Beach | ||||
| Page: | 26 | ||||
| Line: | 45 | ||||
| Archive Series #: | S5, Roll 22 | ||||
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Abe McQueen made a long journey during his 68 years of life. He was born into slavery, but never knew it as his family was free the next year. His mother, a slave of African ancestry, had raised him in the home of his father, a Scottish immigrant, in Montgomery County, North Carolina. He began working in the turpentine industry, where he would continue to make a living for most of his working career. As a young man, he got into an altercation with another man he worked with that had came to blows. The man ended up dying from his injuries and Abe attempted to flee justice, uncertain of his future, and had fled to Georgia. During the year he spent in Georigia, he may have made some acquaintances and friends. His year as a fugitive would end and he was arrested and returned to North Carolina for trial. It was found justifiable, as he had acted in self-defencshere, he married Maggie, a girl from Georgia and had at least two sons, Lonnie James and Marion. One of his half-brothers in North Carolina had an older son named Lonnie James, so this may be where the name came from.
By the turn of the century, Abe and family were in Florida, where he would remain. Despite moving around quite a bit, he would stay in the Gulf/Panhandle region. By 1910, he owned his own home, free and clear. In 1918, he purchased a farm in Jackson County, Florida without a mortgage.
Widowed, he would marry a woman named Beulah May who had a daughter named Bertha. In middle age, they would adopt two little girls, Eunice and Ilena Byrd. Abe created a good foundation for his two sons and step-daughter.
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| Panama City, Florida |
Lonnie James McQueen (1897 - 1971) would raise his family in Bay County, Florida, first in Southport and then for the remainder of his life, in Panama City. He married Mirella "Ella" McDougal by 1914, and together they had 9 children: Thelma May, Retha, Lonnie Jr., Jenny, John L., Mozell, Osceola, Eldie W. and Ruby M. McQueen. The couple was married for 53 years until Ella's death in 1967. Lonnie worked in lumber and for the International Paper Company, according to City Directories.
Marion McQueen (1901-1970) lived in Gulf County, Florida before settling in Miami. He had 4 sons with his second wife, Elnora Brown McQueen: Harrell, Bonnie, Ezell "Bud", and Marion, Jr.
Marion made a career in the military and worked in his later years in a military store. Both sons had served their country in WWI and WWII.
