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blacksmith to purchase a mill on the Magothy
River in Anne Arundel County. They enlarged
the property to 144 acres by a patent in 1794.
Wallace sold his share of the land and millworks
in 1797 for £2,500.0.0 current money. PUBLIC CA-
REER. STATE OFFICE: member, Executive Council,
1783-1784 (elected on December 26, 1783), 1784-
1785. LOCAL OFFICES: common councilman, An-
napolis, 1757-1765; alderman, Annapolis, 1767;
churchwarden, St. Anne's Parish, Anne Arundel
County, 1757-1758, 1788-1789; manager of lot-
tery to build dock, Annapolis, 1772; chairman,
Committee of Observation, Anne Arundel County,
1775; member, committee to make a chart of the
Annapolis harbor and prepare fortifications for
the city, 1776; commissioner of the tax, Anne
Arundel County, appointed 1778, 1779, 1781, 1782,
1783; judge, Court of Appeals for Tax Assess-
ments, Anne Arundel County, appointed 1786;
St. Anne's Parish Vestry, Anne Arundel County,
1789-1792, 1800-1802; manager of lottery to
complete St. Anne's Church, Annapolis, 1790.
MILITARY SERVICE: paymaster for Maryland troops,
1776-1780. WEALTH DURING LIFETIME. PERSONAL
PROPERTY: assessed value £971.6.8, including 19
slaves, 1783. LAND AT FIRST ELECTION: ca. 600
acres Anne Arundel and Frederick counties, plus
lots in Annapolis on Church Street and in the
Cornhill/Fleet Street area, the latter being the
area which he had developed and where at least
37 lots were leased out for 99 years (all land and
lots by personal acquisition). SIGNIFICANT
CHANGES IN LAND BETWEEN FIRST ELECTION AND
DEATH: sold his 100-acre tract in Frederick
County, 1784; all remaining transactions deal with
Anne Arundel County land or lots in Annapolis;
continued his dealings in Annapolis lots, selling
at least 15 lots, leasing out at least 4, renting at
least 1, and purchasing at least 3.5. On one of
the last lots was the old Tasker-Dulany mansion,
which Wallace purchased with its gardens in 1793
as confiscated British property. Wallace bought
a three-eights interest in a mill seat on the Ma-
gothy River in 1785, which he and his partners
repatented into 144 acres in 1794; sold his interest
in 1797; sold ca. 320 acres of his county land in
1792, but purchased ca. 1,300 acres in the county,
1797-1801; purchased ca. 30 acres near Annap-
olis on the main road to Baltimore, 1806, 1807;
sold 1,067 acres of the county land 1811. The
above transactions do not include the property of
Wallace, Davidson & Johnson or Wallace, John-
son & and Muir. WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED: on Feb-
ruary 13, 1812. at his house near South River,
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Anne Arundel County, then occupied by Leon-
ard Sellman, Wallace's stepson-in-law. PERSONAL
PROPERTY. TEV, at least $33,228.14 (including
166 oz. plate, 6 slaves, a house and warehouse in
Annapolis on leased land, and stock in the Farm-
ers Bank, Bank of Columbia, and Susquehanna
Canal). His estimated debts included $6,000.00
still due on the British debt, ca. $14,000.00 due
John Muir, and Mary Wallace's settlement as per
her marriage agreement. Suits in the Chancery
Court forced the sale of some of Wallace's real
property to cover his debts and legacies. His es-
tate was not settled until 1831. LAND: at least 4.5
lots in Annapolis, plus fee simple title to lots on
Cornhill and Fleet streets; probably ca. 450 acres
in Anne Arundel County; land in Virginia. AN-
NUAL INCOME: ground rents on 27 lots in Annap-
olis yielded ca. £320.0.0 current money per year.
Wallace's principal heirs were his wife and the
children of his nieces.
WALLACE, JOHN (?-1776). RESIDED: in Queen
Anne's County. FAMILY BACKGROUND. Little is
known about Wallace's family. Sarah Wallace,
Sr., and Edward Wallace were listed as kin when
his estate was probated, and Thomas Wallace, of
New Castle County, Delaware, was administrator
of the estate. MARRIED Jane. OCCUPATIONAL PRO-
FILE: physician. PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE
SERVICE. 5th Convention, Queen Anne's County,
1775. WEALTH DURING LIFETIME. LAND AT FIRST
ELECTION: no evidence of land ownership, WEALTH
AT DEATH. DIED: administration bond dated Oc-
tober 18, 1776, in Queen Anne's County. PER-
SONAL PROPERTY: TEV, at least £880.2.3 conti-
nental currency (including 1 slave, 21 oz. silver,
and a library); FB, £511.12.2. LAND: none.
WALLACE, MICHAEL (1749-1794). BORN: on
June 20, 1749, probably in Cecil County. NATIVE:
at least second generation. RESIDED: in Prince
George's County, where he practiced medicine,
1774 to 1786; in East Nottingham Hundred, Cecil
County, 1786 until death. FAMILY BACKGROUND.
FATHER: Michael Wallace (?-1773) of Cecil
County. MOTHER: Sarah. BROTHERS: Thomas, of
Cecil County, a miller, who married Esther; John;
and David (?-1783) of Cecil County, who mar-
ried in 1782 Eleanor Alexander. SISTERS. Rachel,
who married (first name unknown) Couden;
Catherine, who married (first name unknown)
Boyd; Mary; Sarah; and Elizabeth. MARRIED on
August 18, 1780, Eleanor Lee (1758-1787),
daughter of Thomas Contee (ca. 1729-1811) and
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