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State of Service: MD
Qualifying Service: Civil Service / Patriotic Service
Samuel Magruder b. 1708 d. 1786 COLUMBIA COUNTY, GEORGIA
He served as a Captain in the Maryland Militia and was a member of the Observation for Frederick County, Maryland. In 1778, he took the Patriot's Oath in Montgomery County, Maryland.
See: (1) Roster of Revolutionary Soldiers in Georgia, v. 3, p. 147.
Source: Georgia Revolutionary Soldiers & Sailors, Patriots & Pioneers; Volume 1, by Ross Arnold & Hank Burnham with additions and corrections by: Mary Jane Galer, Dr. Julian Kelly, Jr., and Ryan Groenke. Edited by: Ryan Groenke.
A Georgia County-by-County compilation of Revolutionary War Patriots who made Georgia their permanent home and died here, including information on service history, birth dates, death dates and places of burial with an index.
Published by the Georgia Society Sons of the American Revolution, 2001.
Printed in the United States of America
New Papyrus Co., Inc.
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Athens, GA 30605-3408
Author: John R. Hundley III
Samuel Magruder was born 24 Feb 1708 in Prince George's County, Maryland. He married Margaret Jackson in Prince George's County, Maryland in 1729. His daughter Elizabeth married William Offutt, Jr.
He served as a member of the Frederick County, Maryland Committee on Observation in 1776. He signed an Oath of Fidelity and Support in Montgomery County, Maryland in 1778. He provided wheat for use of the military in 1780 and 1781. He held the office of Justice of the Peace in Montgomery County, Maryland 1781-1783.
He died in June, 1786 in Montgomery County, Maryland.
Additional biography, descendant Robert Lee Knott Jr, SAR # 161712, Omaha Chapt. Nebraska Society: Samuel Magruder III was born 24 Feb, 1708 in Queen Anne’s Parish, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland and died 13 July, 1786 in Montgomery Co., Maryland. His wife Margaret Jackson was born in 1711, Prince Georges Co., Maryland and died 24 Feb 1801 in Montgomery Co., Maryland. They were married in 1729 in Prince Georges Co., Maryland. They had eight children: Ninian Beal; Ann; Margaret; Joseph; Samuel Brewer; Elizabeth Jackson; Ruth and Sarah. Samuel III, was a member of the First General Convention which voted to uphold the non-importation resolutions of the Continental Congress. He was also a Justice of the Peace of Montgomery Co., MD, from 1781 to 1783, and a member of the Committee of Observation. In 1778, took the patriot's oath along with sons Ninian Beall, Samuel Brewer and Joseph. Samuel Magruder III was on the Worshipful Richard Thompson's returns
Abstracts of Wills Montgomery Co., MD 1776-1825 p. 92
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