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 as a Pro-Administration candidate 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.
(Source: Biographical Directory of the United States 1774-present.)
STEELE, JOHN; agriculturist, state legislator, congressman, was born Nov. 16, 1764, in Salisbury, N. C. He served a number of years in the North Carolina state legislature, part of the time as speaker, and was a representative in congress from North Carolina from 1790 to 1793. In 1806 he was a commissioner to adjust the boundaries between the states of North and South Carolina. He was a general of the militia; held the office of first comptroller of the treasury under Presidents Washington and Adams, and in 1814 was again elected to the legislature. He died Aug. 14, 1815, in Salisbury, N. C.
[Herringshaw's encyclopedia of American biography of the nineteenth century; Edited by Thomas William Herringshaw; Publ. 1901; Donated and Transcribed by Andrea Stawski Pack.]
