MacLeod, Normand, approximately 1731-1796

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Norman McLeod was born at the Island of Skye, Scotland. He served the crown from 1747 - 1764 in Holland, Brabant and North America. He was an officer for the Indian Department for a time but by 1776 he was established as a trader in Detroit. In 1777 he was appointed town major of Detroit but some difficulty arose over his appointment and in 1780 he declined to accept pay for the job. He was a member of the Hamilton expedition to recapture Fort Vincennes from the Americans in 1778 and 1779 but returned to Detroit early in 1779 before the Americans returned and recaptured the fort from the British, taking Hamilton prisoner. In July 1782 McLeod was in Detroit and in December 1782 he was in Mackinac. McLeod became a partner in a firm with John Gregory in 1783. This firm, called Gregory, McLeod and Co., was absorbed by the Northwest Company in 1787 and McLeod sold his stock in the Company in 1790. McLeod married Cecile Robert, probably in Detroit, and they didn't have any children. He died in Montreal in 1798. (from Documents relating to the Northwest Company, p. 481-2) (blue index cards)

From the description of Normand MacLeod journal, 1778-1779 (Detroit Public Library). WorldCat record id: 401272179

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Birth 1731

Death 1796

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