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    1. Don Juan McQueen
    2. Don Juan McQueen John McQueen had inherited thousands of acres of rich timberland stretching from South Carolina ( now Ga. Savannah between Tybee Island ) down the to the Spanish border, but his ambition exceeded his judgment after Revolutionary War postwar expansionism, fraught with danger and the greed of men and natios, forced him to reverse every allegiance he had held dear. Every allegiance except his deep, constant love for his wife Anne. Anna trapped by her religious and patriotic heritage, her concern for her children could not bring herself to leave Georgia and to East Florida. John McQueen the trusted friend of Washington, Jefferson, and Lafayette became overnight Don Juan McQueen a loyal Spanish subject and initimate friend and advisor to East Florida's young Spanish governor. His peacemaking efforts along the violent Georgia-Florida border were to be rewarded with enormous Spanish land grants. I went down Savannah and Tybee Island about five years ago to check on John or Don Juan. Also there is a very good book if you can find one about him by Eugenia Price copyright 1974 name of the is Don Juan McQueen Ihope this will help someone Henry McQueen

    01/15/2005 12:17:32