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A Biographical Dictionary of the Maryland Legislature 1635-1789 by Edward C. Papenfuse, et. al.
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BIOGRAPHIES BUC

County, 1st, 1774 (appointed, but did not attend),
4th, 1775 (elected, but did not attend); Senate,
Western Shore, Term of 1776-1781: 1779 (elected
on July 21, 1779, to fill a vacancy in the 1778-
1779 Assembly; declined to serve on July 24,
1779). LOCAL OFFICES: St. Paul's Parish Vestry,
Baltimore Town, in office 1762-1765, 1767-1770;
commissioner, Baltimore Town, 1768-1781; jus-
tice, Baltimore County, 1769-1786 (quorum,
1772-1786); one of several citizens who purchased
land to build a public market house in Baltimore
Town, in office 1771; justice, Court of Oyer and
Terminer and Gaol Delivery, Baltimore County,
commissioned 1772; Committee of Observation,
Baltimore Town, elected 1774; trustee for the
poor, Baltimore County, in office 1775; county
lieutenant, Baltimore County, appointed 1777;
commissioner of tax, Baltimore County, 1777-at
least 1783; justice, Orphans' Court, Baltimore
County, 1777-1786; subscription officer, Conti-
nental Loan Office, Baltimore County, appointed
1779. MILITARY SERVICE, brigadier general, Mary-
land Militia, 1776. WEALTH DURING LIFETIME.
PERSONAL PROPERTY: inherited 1 slave from his
father, 1750; inherited 2 slaves from his father-in-
law, 1761; assessed value £1,422.12.0, including 29
slaves and 90 oz. plate, 1783. LAND AT FIRST
ELECTION: 1,297 acres in Baltimore County (378
acres inherited from his father, 1750; 100 acres
through his marriage), plus ca. 9 lots in Baltimore

Town. SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN LAND BETWEEN
FIRST ELECTION AND DEATH: speculated On lots

in Baltimore Town by buying lots and then leasing
them whole or in smaller parcels, retaining the
ground rents. WEALTH AT DEATH, DIED: on
March 12, 1786, in Baltimore County. PERSONAL
PROPERTY: included a warehouse and store in
Baltimore Town; requested that no appraisal of
his estate be made. LAND: at least 1,194 acres in
Baltimore County and ca. 8 lots in Baltimore
Town, with houses on at least 3 of them.

BUCHANAN, GEORGE (ca. 1697-1750). BORN:
ca. 1697, probably in Scotland. IMMIGRATED: ca.
1723 from Scotland. RESIDED: in Baltimore
County. MARRIED by 1726 Eleanor (?-1758),
daughter of Nicholas Rogers (?-1720) and wife
Eleanor, who subsequently married (first name
unknown) Harris. Her brothers were William;
Nicholas (?-1758), a merchant. Her sisters were
Sarah; Mary; Elizabeth (1715-1777); and Cather-
ine. CHILDREN. SONS: Lloyd Buchanan (1729-ca.
1762); Andrew Buchanan (ca. 1733-1786); Archi-
bald (1736-1785), a merchant, who married Sarah
Brooke Lee (?-1811), sister of Thomas Sim Lee

(1745-1819); George (1739-?); James (1744-1783);
and William (1748-?). DAUGHTERS: Eleanor
(1732-?), who married Richard Croxall; Elizabeth
(1742-?), who married James Gittings (1735-ca.

1823). PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCATION literate. RE-
LIGIOUS AFFLILIATION: Protestant. SOCIAL STA-
TUS AND ACTIVITIES: Gent., 1726. OCCUPATIONAL
PROFILE, physician; probably owned a small store
in Baltimore Town at the time of his death. PUB-
LIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE. Lower House,

Baltimore County, 1745 (Accounts), 1745/46-
1748 (Accounts Cv 1, 1-3, 4), 1749 (Accounts Cv,
1; died before the 2nd session). LOCAL OFFICES:
commissioner, Baltimore County, appointed to
purchase the land upon which Baltimore Town
was to be built, 1729; commissioner, Baltimore
Town, 1745-1750; justice, Baltimore County,
1732-at least 1749 (quorum, 1741-at least 1749);
justice, Court of Oyer and Terminer and Gaol De-
livery, Baltimore County, appointed 1746 and

1748. WEALTH DURING LIFETIME. LAND AT
FIRST ELECTION: ca. 2,000 acres in Baltimore
County (200 acres through marriage). SIGNIFI-
CANT CHANGES IN LAND BETWEEN FIRST ELEC-
TION AND DEATH, purchased 78 acres in
Baltimore County, plus 1 lot in Baltimore Town,
1745-1746; gave 150 acres in Baltimore County to
his son Lloyd Buchanan (1729-ca. 1762), 1749.
WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED: On April 25, 1750, in

Baltimore County; buried in Druid Hill Cemetery.
PERSONAL PROPERTY: TEV, £4,490.1.10 current
money (including 18 slaves, 2 servants, and
books); FB, £3,935.2.0. LAND: ca. 1,900 acres in
Baltimore County, plus 1 lot in Baltimore Town.

BUCHANAN, LLOYD (1729-ca. 1762). BORN: in
1729 in Baltimore County; eldest son. NATIVE:
second generation. RESIDED: in Baltimore County.

FAMILY BACKGROUND. FATHER Dr. George Bu-

chanan (ca. 1697-1750). MOTHER: Eleanor Rogers
(?-1758). BROTHERS: Andrew Buchanan (ca. 1733-
1786); Archibald (1736-1785); George (1739-?);
James (1744-1783); and William (1748-?). SIS-
TERS: Eleanor (1732-?); Elizabeth (1742-?), who
married James Gittings ( 1735-ca. 1823). MARRIED
Rebecca (?-1759, died in childbirth), daughter of
Alexander Lawson (?-1760), a merchant, and wife
Dorothy Smith. Her brother was Alexander (?-
1798), who married in 1763 Elizabeth Brown. Her
sisters were Isabella (?-ca. 1822), who married
Robert Alexander (1740-1805); Mary (Polly), who
married Robert Christie, Jr.; Susanna (1743-
1798), who married Andrew Buchanan (ca. 1733-
1786); Dorothy (?-1752); Elizabeth (?-1752); and
Margaret (?-1752). Dorothy, Elizabeth, and Mar-
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