[4CJ]

Neither John Merryman nor Roger Taney are enumerated in the 1850 Baltimore City census. Neither John Merryman nor Roger Taney are enumerated in the 1860 Baltimore City census. Roger Taney is not enumerated in the 1860 Baltimore County census. In other words, Roger B. Taney, Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court, did not reside in either the city of Baltimore nor in Baltimore County.

In 1850, Merryman lived almost 15 miles from Baltimore, near Cockeysville, MD. In 1860, Merryman STILL lived near Cockeysville, MD.

[GOPcapitalist]

In 1850, Merryman lived almost 15 miles from Baltimore, near Cockeysville, MD. In 1860, Merryman STILL lived near Cockeysville, MD.

I just came across that as well.

I found another reference that says when Taney was in Baltimore he stayed at the house of his son-in-law and daughter named Campbell. Taney's memoir, as completed by Samuel Tyler in 1872, states very clearly that Taney was residing with Campbell the morning in 1861 that he left for the Masonic Hall where the courtroom was to hear Merryman's case.

In short, Roger Taney and John Merryman were NOT neighbors and could not have been neighbors by any reasonable definition of the word as 15-20 miles separated their Baltimore County residences from each other. Once again Capitan and the New York Times lied.