[2] At the time of his first election he was recorded to have owned 3,291 acres of land in Prince George's County.
[1] In 1765 when protests over the Stamp Act resulted in calling a Congress of the several colonies in New York City, the Maryland Assembly sent Murdock as one of its delegates.
[7][8] Delegates from the Stamp Act Congress later produced the Declaration of Rights and Grievances.
Murdock died on October 17, 1769, at his home, Padsworth Farm, in Prince George's County, Maryland.
His property holdings included at least 5,263 acres in Prince George's and Frederick counties, as well as lots in Annapolis.