BIRTH NAME: James Muir

BIRTH:      1727 10 23 Dorcehster Co MD

FATHER:     Adam Muir
MOTHER:     Ann Ballard

SIBLINGS:   Charles Muir
            Ann Muir m. John Riddle 1791 Dorchester MD

MARRIAGE:   1749 Dorcehster Co MD
SPOUSE:     Sarah Nevett b.abt 1733
                F = Thomas Nevett  M = Sarah Rider/Darnall

CHILDREN:       Adam Muir II                 b.1750 Dorchester Co MD m. Ann Thomas
                Thomas Nevett Muir           b.1752 Dorchester Co MD 
                John Muir "Jacky"            b.1754 Dorchester Co MD m. Catherine Steele
                James Muir, Jr.              b.1756 Dorchester Co MD m. Cahrity Shaw
                Jean Muir                    b.1759 Dorchester Co MD m. Samuel Chew Hepburn
                Charles Muir                 b.1760 Dorchester Co MD
                Sarah Nevett Muir "Sallie" - b.1760 Dorchester Co MD m. Thomas Bayly
                Robert Muir                  b.1763 Dorchester Co MD m. Anny Stevens Keene
                Henry Muir                   b.1769 Dorchester Co MD

VOCATION:	Landowner
MILITARY:	unknown
RELIGION:	uncertain
DEATH:		1794 December

James Muir found in
Colonial America, 1607-1789 Census Index
State:   MD     
County:  Dorchester Co.     
Page #:  162     
Census/Enumeration year:  1761     
Census type code:  Petition List     

Everton's Computerized "Roots" Cellar, 1640-1990 Family Queries
Event:         Born     
Date:          1727     
Locality:      Dorchester     
State/Country: Maryland
        
Contact the following researcher for more information:
Researcher:  Fredric W. Muir     
818 Meade Ave.     
Sumner WA 98390   

Hanson's Laws of Maryland 1763-1784	 Volume 203, Page 146-151
F  R  I  D  A  Y,    November 8, 1776.
The CONSTITUTION and FORM of GOVERNMENT, agreed to by the DELEGATES of MARYLAND 
in free and full CONVENTION assembled.
........
    That Henry Hooper, Q. S. Bartholomew Ennalls, and James Muir, Esquires, 
or any two or one of them, be judge of and hold the elections for Dorchester county. 



MARYLAND INDEXES (Assessment of 1783, Index)
1783
Dorchester County
MSA S 1437 

James Muir. 900 acres. DO Upper District Hundred, p. 13. MSA S 1161-5-6    1/4/5/48 

James Muir. Copartnership, 505 acres. DO Upper District Hundred, p. 42. MSA S 1161-5-6    1/4/5/48 

James Muir. Support, 45 acres. DO Upper District Hundred, p. 42. MSA S 1161-5-6    1/4/5/48 

James Muir. Hope, 50 acres. DO Upper District Hundred, p. 42. MSA S 1161-5-6    1/4/5/48 

James Muir. Discovery, 300 acres. DO Upper District Hundred, p. 42. MSA S 1161-5-6    1/4/5/48 

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  2 Maryland Marriages, 1655-1850  
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  1 Settlers of Maryland, 1679-1783. Consolidated Edition  

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  6 Washington Post, The (Washington, D.C.)  [all after 1900]
  3 Denton Journal (Denton, Maryland)        [all after 1900]
  2 Daily Republican (Decatur, Illinois)     [all after 1890]
  1 Oakland Tribune (Oakland, California)    [1933]
  1 The Frederick Post (Frederick, Maryland) [1971]

Stories, Memories & Histories

  1 Across the Years in Prince George's County [Maryland]  
  1 History of Western Maryland Vol. II  [na]
  1 Annapolis  [na] - The ancient city : a history of Annapolis, in Maryland : 1649-1887

Family Trees

  16 Public Member Trees  [1 of 16 for our James]
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  Ancestry World Tree entries for James Muir 

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James Muir
Birth:  20 Oct 1727 - Cambridge, Dorchester, MD (Maryland)
Death:  13 Sept1789 - MD (Maryland)
Spouse:  Sarah Nevitt    
F:  Adam Muir  
M:  Ann Ballard