1954 - Special Collections

ss YEAR BOOK AMERICA N CLAN GREGOIl SOCIETY
H01IES OF YESTERYEAR
"THE MAGRUDER
PLACE"
Th is comfortable home was built in 1840, is in Grovetown, Columbia County,
Georgia, and called "The Magruder Pl ace". It was the home of George Milton
Magrud er and his wife , Matilda E. Lamar, who probably built it. They were
the grandparents of the present owner, George Milton Magruder who now lives
there.
George Milton Magruder I was the son of George Magruder, who was born
in Montgomer y County, Maryland, son of Ninian Offutt Magruder and Mary
Harris, who took his family to Columbia County, Georgia.
"THE FOREST"
"The Forest," in Prince Georges County, Md., was patented as "Donald's
Grove" by Col. Henry Darnall. It came into the Magruder family by inheritance,
thr ough the marriage of Isaac Magrud er to Sophia Baldwin ( Year Book, 1919,
p. 80) .
The above house is not the original one, but it is said that it was built by
Th omas Baldwin Magruder, son of Isaac, before he moved to Mississippi to make
his home. Th e house came into the possession of Nich olas Stale y Magruder, brother
of Thomas Baldwin , and in 1870, Caleb Clarke Magruder I, another brother,
bought out all interested heirs and made it his home. The property remained in
his family until about ten years ago when it was sold to the present owner, Mr .
Shatenstein. The only change made in the exterior has been the replacement of
the wooden columns and wooden railing with the brick and white columns, at the
front porch .