[capitan_refugio]

"No, stupid, Baltimore was not "home" to Chief Justice Taney."

1823 - 1855 Taney was a Baltimore resident. You are beginning to sound (and act) like James Carville.

[GOPcapitalist]

1823 - 1855 Taney was a Baltimore resident

And Merryman was a resident of Cockeysville some 20+ miles away, ergo Taney and Merryman were NOT neighbors as you have dishonestly asserted.

[nolu chan]

[capitan_kerryfugio} 1823 - 1855 Taney was a Baltimore resident. You are beginning to sound (and act) like James Carville.

The Merryman case happened in 1861.

We know that Merryman was not Taney's neighbor in 1823, because Merryman had not been born yet. One assumes the purported friendship had to wait at least until Merryman was out of diapers.

We know that at the time of the Merryman proceedings, Taney lived in Washington, D.C. at 23 Blagden's Row.

We know that he only stayed in his daughter's house in Maryland on occasion.

Baltimore was not "home" to Taney. When he died, he was taken to Frederick, the services were held there, and he was buried there.

Taney's daughter lived on Franklin Street in Baltimore City. The Official Record documents that the Merryman in this case was arrested in his home near Cockeysville and taken by train to Baltimore City. Microsoft Streets and Maps calculates the distance from Franklin Street in Baltimore to Cockeysville as 23 MILES. The Official Record documents that the Merryman in this case was arrested in his home near Cockeysville and taken by train to Baltimore City.

You need to keep in mind that Chief Justice Taney lived in Washington, D.C. and he and Merryman were not neighbors. You need to keep in mind that when Taney was in Maryland he stayed at the Campbell's on Franklin Street. You need to keep in mind that the Official Record documents that the Merryman in this case was arrested in his home near Cockeysville and taken by train to Baltimore City. You need to keep in mind that it is 23 MILES from Franklin Street in Baltimore to Cockeysville. You need to keep in mind that Taney and Merryman were not neighbors, even if you do cite that there were dead people with the same last name buried in a Baltimore cemetery.

[4CJ]

1823 - 1855 Taney was a Baltimore resident. You are beginning to sound (and act) like James Carville.

There is NO Roger Taney, R. Taney, R. B. Taney in the 1850 Baltimore CITY census (or in Baltimore COUNTY for that matter). There are NO Taneys in the Baltimore City 1860 census.

There is ONE Merryman in the 1850 Baltimore CITY census, and it's not John. There are only 3 Merrymans in the 1860 Baltimore CITY census, none of them John. There are numerous Merrymans in the Baltimore COUNTY censuses.

John Merryman would be less than HALF Taney's age in 1861.