I am African American and have traced my family name to a slave owner named James Magruder (maybe the origin of the my Magruder name). My ggfathers name was Grayson and lived in Carroll and Frederick County in 1880. Born abt. 1853. First wife named Pricilla. He was listed on the census as a mulatto. Can anyone connect to this side of the Magruder name.

Thanks for help.

I am a Magruder,and supose to have Indian blood.On Indian Tribe site,thought I read Indian and white blood would be listed as mullato on census. Found in one Census a family listed as mullato and 10 years later the same family was listed as black. So I am having trouble,so guess you will have same problem.One way you might find some help,is to read wills,you were consider property and were listed in their wills when they gave their daughter or sons some of their slaves. Which I found so horrifying.But if you find a specific Magruder line,check their wills for some of your people,might help you. Lots of luck looking,Iam 76 years old so tend to forget where I find stuff,usually by accident. Not as swift as I use to be.

Thanks you for your info. I do know about the name for us as mulatto. I love getting this connection. I have traced this family name to Maryland and may have come thru from Virginia where I believe the plantation owners name was Magruder. What state are you from? I am here in Maryland where most connections came from that I was able to find. I am 69 and have 7 other b&s. We are planning a family reunion next year but are having a large picnic this Aug. to get intouch w/all we can. Please send me more info if you care to about you. Thanks again!

My father was Walter B. Magruder,Lewis Magruder was his father.The Gregor Clan Society had looked my father up and we went back to Alexander Magruder who was the first Magruder to be sent here to Maryland.They were all here in Maryland. John Magruder of Dunblane had a home on Westphila Rd in Forestville have a picture of the home but there was a fire and it burned to the ground. Sure they all had slaves. Like I said there was alot of info on some of the slaves because the Magruder children inherited certain slaves from their parents in their wills. So do not know if any of these names would help you.
On my husband's side of the family two have suddenly made their sites private,so I can'te get any help from thhose sites and I am wondering if it is because they saw I was working on our line. I have a mullatto grandson. Who is wonderful and a terrific son-in-law. All the white boys treated my daughter terrible,and they were either drunks or dope fools. My son-in-law does neither and comes from a good family and we are close. iF THEY CLOSE THEM BECAUSE OF US,THEY ARE THE FOOLS. Who knows we may be related. You can contact me at chaospup@comcast.net. The slave census if I recall correctly only show numbers of slaves,not any names. I am 76 and all this hunting is driving my blood pressure sky high,my daughter wants me to stop. Have stacks of research I have printed for which ever grandchild decides to follow up on this family tree. Good luck with your search.

Hello junkgismo!
I got your messag. from 4/16. I do understand about those who do not wish to be connected to this Slave side of the Magruder. Shades of Thomas Jefferson continueum. Oh well it is their lost. I thank you for your connection. Have you found alot of info? If so I would like to share/exchange what I have with you if that can be possible. My web name is jeanfre@aol.com if you do not want to go thru Ancestry.
Talk to you soon. Jean

Sorry for not responding right away,BP was too high,so had to lay off off this for awhile and then my oldest granddaughter just got married yesterday,which ended up
being a twelve hour day,which was much too long.
Still have 5 stacks of papers 7 inches or so high. All which I have still to sort into 3 different groups. Glanced at some of the data I had downloaded and found I didn't download the entire wills that I c ame across,because I only looking for the names of the [Magruders children to see which one of the Magruders I thought we belong to.
So would be glad to talk with you about this but want to get my stuff in order first.I live in Charles County Maryland,are we near each other at all?