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Clan Munro USA
Genealogy Pages
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 Abt 1704 - Yes, date unknown
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| Name |
William Munro [1] |
| Born |
Abt 1704 |
- Estimate: This birth date is an estimate based on the birth dates of nearest relatives or contemporaries, or based on other clues such as christening date, marriage date, birth order, etc.
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| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
Yes, date unknown |
| Person ID |
I4830 |
Munro |
| Last Modified |
4 Sep 2009 |
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| Notes |
- From "The Golden Isles of Georgia" by Caroline Couper Lovell:
As early as Jan 1739 ... a petition from the citizens of New Inverness ... signed by eighteen men of New Inverness, headed by their chief, John Morh McIntosh ... this was the first protest in all history against the employment of slaves ...
A copy of the full petition is in the Clan Munro files.
Ref: Clan Munro files - Elder, Charlotte
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The following is a transcription of RW Munro's genealogy notes:
[Alexander Munro] «i»along with William Munro, was one of the Highlanders settled in Darien, Georgia under Gen. Ogelthorpe who signed a petition (against the inroduction of slavery) in favour of the Georgia Trustees, dated New Inverness, 3 Jan 1739. ?Same as Alexander Monroe who arrived at Darien in Georgia 1736 with wife & child, & after many hardships left 1740 (acc. to his declaration printed in Georgia Hist. Colln'.) See Wm (fl 1739).
J.P. MacLean, Highlanders in America, pp. 156-7, 158-9, 166 (from Georgia Hist. Coll vol.II, pp. 115 etc.); A.M. Mackintosh, Mackintoshes & Clan Chattan (1903), p. 385 note; 'Eagle Flyer' (winter 1998) p. 2; RWM memo to U.S. genealogist Charlotte Elder, 31 August 1979; Clan Munro Magazine ix 4; [G. Donaldson, Scots Overseas, p. 61]; I.C.C. Graham, Colonists From Scotland, p. 138 re petition.
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Compiled and edited by Allen Alger, Genealogist, Clan Munro Association, USA [1]
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- [S668] RW Munro's Genealogy Database, Robert William Munro, (The collected genealogy notes of RW Munro, Hon. Historian of Clan Munro (Association) edited by Dr. Jean Munro, transcribed by Charles C. Munroe, III and others. Transcription completed Jan 2009. Original card file is kept at the "Storehouse of Foulis" near Foulis Castle in Scotland.), card 186 (Reliability: 3).
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