Thomas MUIR

1792 -

• Name	Thomas MUIR  [1, 2]
  Birth	1792	St Quivox, Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Military Enlistment	14 Feb 1813	Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland   [2]
  	759, Private, Royal Sappers and Miners
  	https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=GBM%2FWO97%2F1151%2F887830
  1841 Survey Company	1841	Waterford & Preston   [1]
  	Sergeant, 14th Company, Royal Sappers & Miners
  Military Discharge	8 Apr 1845	Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland   [2]
  	759, Sergeant, Royal Sappers and Miners, Carpenter
  	https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=GBM%2FWO97%2F1151%2F887830
  Person ID	I8527	Ordnance Survey People
  Last Modified	2 May 2026

  
  

• Sources

  [S306] Survey Company. FindmyPast provides access to a transcription of the British Army, Worldwide Index for 1841, 1851, 1861, and 1871. Within the records for the Royal Sappers and Miners (1841 and 1851, and Royal Engineers (1861 and 1871) are transcriptions for the Survey Companies; 13, 14 and 16 Companies. These Companies were established specifically for duties in support of the Ordnance Survey. There are 1043 individuals identified in these transcriptions. The transcriptions include the following information; Year, Name, Rank, Army Number, Company, Station, and Comments. [S27] Ancestry.com, UK, Royal Hospital Chelsea Pensioner Registers of Soldiers Who Served in Canada, 1743-1882, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2013;). Record for Thomas Muir https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=3255&h=308385&indiv=try