Hi Susan, I just happened to be reading the Maryland Genealogical Society Bulletin, Volume 48, Number 3, Summer 2007. On pages 253-266 there is an article titled, "William Mears Of Lyons Creek, Anne Arundel County, MD" by Donna Valley Russell, CG, FASG. His wife, children, and other descendants are given along with locations of land they owned.There is land mentioned in the southwestern corner of Anne Arundel County. Also there is a tract of land mentioned near Rockville and Darnestown in present day Montgomery County, MD, which used to be in Frederick County and before that, in Prince George's County. Sometimes the name was spelled Meers and also, Meares. I did a search on Google for Mairs Mill and found hundreds of hits in Carroll County, MD, for gas stations, stores, etc. but no history. It also appears to be called Taneytown. Considering how the counties were formed, with a new county breaking off from a parent county, and with land from one county being added to an adjacent county, you may want to read the above article for clues to how these people could be related to the people who had Mairs Mill. I checked Ancestry.com and you can get a copy of the article at PERSI. Also, possibly the Maryland Genealogical Society has back issues of the Bulletin for sale or can provide a copy of the article. If you want more detail about PERSI, let me know. Valerie Gibbs On 03/10/13, Susan Tompkins<[1][email protected]> wrote: Can someone tell me the history of Mairs Mill. Was it a mill and who built it when? I'm interested because it is on the land owned by my 5th great grandfather, Jacob Sheets (abt 1725-1806). Jacob owned land on both sides of the Monocacy River. Thanks for any information, Susan Visit [2]www.MidMdRoots.com for Old Court Records, Tombstone Inscriptions, Old Newspaper items, etc ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [3][email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message References 1. mailto:[email protected] 2. http://www.MidMdRoots.com/ 3. mailto:[email protected]