George Baxter (1751)

Born 31 Jan 1751 in Baltimore County, Maryland

Ancestors

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Biography

George's birth is recorded in the St Thomas PE Parish Register. ^[1]

His wife was named Elizabeth. They were living in Frederick County, Maryland in 1781 when they sold land (part of Batson's Forest) to Henry Brown. ^{[2] [3]}

While it can not be proven since there could very easily be more than one George Baxter I believe George (b1751) may have already moved west by the time he sold his land in MD possibly onto the VA/PA border in Yohogania or Monongalia Co, VA. Speculatively I base this on these early references which may or may not refer to him:

Records of Augusta County Virginia Court Order Books

21 May 1767, p. 82 George Baxter is Appointed Surveyor of the Highway in the room of John Thomas and It is Ordered that with the hands that usually worked under the said John Thomas he Clear and keep the same in Repair According to Law.

22 June 1769, p. 227 George Baxter is Appointed Surveyor of the Road in the room of John Thomas and It is Ordered that he with the Tithables that usually worked under him he Clear & keep the same in repair According to Law ^[4]

HOMESTEADS IN MONONGALIA COUNTY George Baxter is entitled to 400 acres of land in Monongalia county on Barrett's run, adjoining lands of William Lowther, including his settlement made thereon in 1772.George Baxter is entitled to 1,000 acres of land in Monongalia county in the right of preemption, adjoining the lands of William Lowther, including his settlement made in 1772. ^[5]

George Baxter received a bounty payment for wolf scalps in 1777 Augusta County, Virginia. ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ St Thomas P.E. Parish Register, Baltimore County, Maryland, p 39
2. ↑ Baltimore County Maryland Deed Book WG#F, f. 293.
3. ↑ NOTE: Family Search shows the name of George Baxter's wife was Mary Elizabeth Brown (1756 – 2 August 1826--- LCB7-4N9) and that they married about 1775 in Maryland. Mary is shown being born about 1756 in Frederick Co., MD and dying in 1826 Huntingdon Co., PA. No source is listed for this information and the ancestry of Mary Elizabeth Brown (Parents John Brown and Alice Webb) is unsourced. Further research is needed[1]
4. ↑ AUGUSTA COUNTY ROAD ORDERS 1745-1769 by Nathaniel Mason Pawlett; Ann Brush Miller; Kenneth Madison Clark; Thomas Llewellyn Samuel, Jr.. Virginia Transportation Research Council, Charlottesville, Virginia; June 1998; Revised July 2003 p 131, 153
5. ↑ History of Monongalia County (1900) by Hu Maxwell
6. ↑ Augusta Co., VA Selected Court Records, Order Books and Wills----Order Book No. XXII. List of wolf scalps, 1777, December 16,