Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16988, for David Musick, North Carolina
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(3-1776)
SERVICE
N.C.
Musick, David
NUMBER
S. 16988
Captain War of 1812
carded
CONTENTS
[blank]
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16.190
Missouri
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David Musick
of St. Louis Co. in the State of Missouri
who was a private in the company commanded by Captain [faded] in the Reg't commanded by Col. Price in the N. Carolina 
line for 
15  Mos P $33.33
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Inscribed on the Roll of Wisconsin 
at the rate of 33 Dollars 33 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 28th day of March and sent to [illegible] W. H. Ashley HR
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Arrears to the 4th of Sept. '34  190.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept. 31.66 =
$221.66
{Revolutionary Claim,}
{Act June 7, 1832.]
Recorded by J. T. Sprague Clerk
Book E Vol. 8 Page 85

Dead
Paid at the Treasury under the act of the 6 April  1838 from 4 March to 19. Nov.'r 1837. The day of his death Agt. notified 25 Jan'y 1839
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No.
David Musick
Missouri


Adm'd
1 yr 7 Months

40
20
3.3 =
63

Hon. W. N. Ashley
H.R.
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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,


Sir:

The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. the notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: } ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your
claim.

A Statement, shewing the Service of David Musick

[Headings]

Period when the service was rendered. | Duration of the claimant's service. | Names and rank of the Field officer under who he served. | Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. | Proof by which the declaration is supported.

1779 | 3 mos. | Pri. | Col. Price Col. Miller | 70 N.C.| Traditionaory & witnesses

1780 | 2 mos. | Pri. | Cap. Watspm Col. McDowell | [blank] |Witness not certified to be credible as required by the regulations. They should also state how they became acquainted with the applicants service particularly his engagement for 1 year. see note;

1780 | 2 mos. | Pri | Capt Merrick Col Killgore |  [blank] |  [blank] |

1780 |1 yr |  [blank] | Capt. McLane Lt. Munich Col. MIller |  [blank] |  [blank] |

I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,

J. L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers, all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
1. The Regular Troops.
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.
3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.
4. Indian Spies.
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, mucicians [musicians] or privates, will, in the first
instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State Territory, or District of }
County of  } ss.
On this     day of     personally appeared (a) before    A. B. a resident (b) of    
in the county of     and State, Territory or District of    aged (c)     years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d)    , with
and      served in the     (e) regiment of the
     line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged,
and the country through which he marched. [hand pointing right] This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.   A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.  I     of the Court of
do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of
the application of    for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this
day of     & c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the    and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with    , 
subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be
years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary
Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the
and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I,    Clerk of the Court of
do hereby certify that the foregoing
contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of     
for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this   day of    & c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his
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alleged service, as they are known in the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his Case. The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia. 1. Where and in what year were you born? 2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it? 3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live? 4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom? 5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services 6. {To a Soldier. {Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? {To an Officer. {Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what Office has become of it? 7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant. The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons--one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates. The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject. Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court. Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature. No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure , taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter. 
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which the low the rule laid down for his guidance. [b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should not do so, he must answers of conforming to the rule. [c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned. [d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served. [e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of he Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case  where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: " Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A.B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but , according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:  - For -----year -----months, and -----days, I served as a -----, For ----- months and -----days, I served as a -----; and for such service I claim a pension." It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served with a embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit. 
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable. [g] The opinion of the court is always required. [h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case. [i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers. 
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
{ [j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.}
[hand pointed right] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule is note [j] applies to continental troops only. [k] This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases. [l]  If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact. [m] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Second Comptroller's Office,
January 16th, 1839.

Sir:

Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States”, the Widow of David Musick, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Missouri Agency, at the rate of sixty three Dollars and thirty three Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June, 1832 has been paid at this Department from the 4th of March, 1837, to the 19th November, 1837, the day of his death.

Respectfully yours,
[Signature]
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present
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David Musick - In 1834 in St. Louis Co. MIss'i. was born 3 miles from Charlottville in Albemar Co. Va. March 13. 1763 - his grandfather's name was David Lewis - When he enlisted in Rev'y war was living in Rutherford Co., N. C. where he resided 8 or 9 years after the war; removing in 1791 to Fayette Co. Ky & lived one year with Richard HIckman; then to Bourbon Co. Ky to live with his Brother Jedediah Musick & in 1794 he removed to the Northwestern Territory now Whitehead's Station in Illinois - On the 27 of Oct. 1795 he crossed the Mississippi river into what was then called upper Lousiana & settled on a farm in St. Louis County which was located 14 miles northwest of the city of St. Louis - His father Abraham Musick removed when he wa 13 years old to Rutherford Co. N.C.  When 16 years old he volunteered for 3 months in 1779 as a private under Capt. Price in Col. James Miller's regiment of Vols. from Rutherford Co. & joined Gen'l Sumter at Blackstock Mills in S. C. & was in the battle fought at that place - Returning home he proceeded with Capt. Price against the Indians on the frontier of S. C. in Spartanburg Co. & was discharged the latter part of the summer. In the Spring of 1780 he volunteered under Capt. Watson & started for the residence of his father in Rutherford Co. about May 1st - The the reg't. of Col. Joseph McDowell which started from Burke Co. in a campaign against the Cherokee Indians in the eastern part of Tennessee for about two months & then marched back to Rutherford Co.  & placed to guard the frontier at Col. John Yearl's Station remaining until the fall of 1780 about Oct. 1. when he volunteered again under his brother Capt. Lewis Musick who commanded a Co. of Vol's from Rutherford Co. which marched to S. C. joining Col. Kilgore's reg't. of S. C. Militia at "Hight's Old field" at that time in the Indian lands within the boundary of S. C. In this tour Col. Kilgore broke up the Indian towns on the east side of the mountain - among which were Easta-Toway, Stockings & two others - although there was no regular battle yet they were almost daily engaged in skirmishes & in the border warfare
(over)
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peculiar to Indians - about No. 1 he returned to his father's.
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Declaration

In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.

State of Missouri}
County of Saint Louis} SS.

On this twenty first day of February in the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and thirty four, personally appeared in open court, before the County Court of Saint-Louis County, now sitting David Musick, a resident of the county of Saint Louis, and State of Missouri, aged seventy years old the thirteenth day of March 1833, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832: That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named officers, and served as hereinafter stated; that is to say, he was born in Albemarle County in the State of Virginia, about three miles from Charlottsville, on the 13th day of March in the year 1763, when his father Abraham Musick removed to Rutherford County, in the State of North Carolina, and took this deponent with him, where he resided with his father until he arrived at the age of sixteen years, when he volunteered to serve as a private soldier, under Capt. Price, who was attached to Col. James Milller's regiment, of volunteers from the county of Rutherford, in said state, which marched into the state of South Carolina, and joined General Sumpter, at Blackstock's Mills, in said state of South Carolina and this deponent was actually in the engagement which took place at said mills between the British and the American - General Sumpter of South Carolina, commanding the American troops, and Col. James MIller and Capt. Price the Regiment and company to which this deponent was attached and belonged. This tour of duty was undertaken and performed in the year 1779, in which this deponent - served three months, in the following manner, that is to say, he returned home, to Rutherford County, North Carolina, in company with & under the command of Capt. Price, after the affair with the British as aforesaid, when Capt. Price, proceeded with his company against the Indians into and upon the frontier of South Carolina, in that part of said state, in which is  at present included in Spartanburg County, from whence he returned, after being discharged from service & arrived
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at home, about the last end of summer of said year.
In the spring of the following (1780) this deponent volunteered to serve a tour of duty under Capt. Watson, and started from the residence of his father, in Rutherford County, North Carolina, about the first of May, in said year, under command of said Watson who was attached to Col. Joseph McDowell's regiment, from Burk County N. Carolina, in a campaign against the Cherokee Indians in that part of the state of Tennessee, which adjoins the state of North Carolina. In this tour he served two months, when he was marched back to Rutherford County North Carolina, but was not discharged from duty, but was placed to guard the frontier at Col. John Yearl's station, where he remained until the fall of the same year, say about the first of October when he again volunteered as a private, to serve a tour under Capt. Lewis Musick, (the brother of this deponent) who commanded a company of volunteers, from Rutherford County, N. Carolina, which was marched into the state of South Carolina, and joined Col.. Kilgore's regiment, of South Carolina Militia at, "Hight's Old Field" at that time on the Indian Lands within the boundary of South Carolina, Ths declarant states that in this tour, Col. Kilgore broke up the Indian Towns on the East side of the mountain amongst which were the towns of Easta-Loway, & Stockings -Town and two other Indian villages the names of which is not now recollected by him - the Americans had no regular battles but was almost daily engaged in skirmishes & a kind of border warfare peculiar to the Indians. This declarant was engaged in this campaign, till the first of November, when he returned to the residence of his father, in Rutherford County, N. Carolina in the same year, when he was discharged in this time he served two months, at least.
Shortly after the period above mentioned, say the first day of December of the same year, this declarant enlisted for one year, under Cap. John McLane, who commanded a company of North Carolina Rangers, as they were then called, from the County of Rutherford in the State aforesaid - when the time for marching out on the frontier arrived, which was about the time this declarant enlisted, Capt. McLane from some cause unknown to this declarant, did not go out with the company; & the command devolved on his Lieut. Lewis Musick, (the brother of this declarant) under whom he had served a tour as aforesaid - who marched his company out to John Cummins fort, on the
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frontier which was kept until some time in January of the year 1781, (when Lieut.) then Capt. Lewis Musick marched his company to join Col. James Miller's regiment, of N. Carolina Militia, at Rutherfords Court House, in Rutherford County, Col. James Miller, then marched his regiment, to & joined General Andrew McDowell of the North Carolina militia, on the South Fork of Catawba River, from thence General Andrew McDowel marched his troops to Guilford Court House N. Carolina, where he arrived on the seventh day of March 1781. - This declarant was detailed to serve under Major Daniel Singleton, who commanded a detachment of about one hundred & fifty men on the night of the seventh of March 1781, to march to some mills about nine miles distant from Guilford Court House, whee it was expected, to fall in with a part of the British troops. This declarant, at the time, understood that this detachment had been sent out, under the express order of General Green, who was then in command of the Americans at Guilford, Court House, and in consequence of being detailed as of said, he was not in the Battle which was fought on the 8th March 1781, Guilford Court House, between the British and the Americans. After the Battle at Guilford Court House, this declarant was marched by his Captain Lewis Musick to the frontiers of the state of N. Carolina, where he was stationed at the various forts of John Cummins, James Green and William Mills until the summer of 1781, when he was marched into the state of South Carolina, against a band of tories                   commanded by a man named Cunningham, who had killed some eighteen men, about eighteen miles form Yearly's fort, in North Carolina. he was with the party that pursued Cunningham, the Tory, as far as a place called ninety six in South Carolina, from thence this declarant returned back, to the forts on the frontier of North Carolina as above named, where he remained until September 1781 when Capt. l. Musick marched this declarant with his company to join Col. James Miller's regiment of North Carolina militia, at Mill's station on Green River, in Rutherford County North Carolina, from thence they marched to Hommany Creek, on the French Broad river, where they joined general McDowell of the North Carolina Miltia, from thence he was marched in company with General McDowell
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to what was called the middle settlements in the Cherokee nation of Indians. In the first Skirmish which took place, between the Americans and Indians after their arrival in the Indian country Capt. Lewis Musick, this declarants Captain & brother, was killed dead by the Indians. This declarnt, continued with General McDowell, who was continually destroying and breaking up the Indian towns & village of the Cherokee nation of Indians as far as a place called "Big Shumate", from whence he was marched back to the posts of the frontiers of North Carolina, above mentioned, where he continued until he was discharged at the expriation of the year for which he had enlisted as aforesaid.
This declarant, remained after his discharge in Rutherford County, North Carolina, until the year of 1791, when he removed to the state of Kentucky, and lived the first year of his arrival in Kentucky, with Richard Hicksman in Fayette County, and the next year with his brother Jehdidiah Musick in Bourbon County, Kentucky, where he remained until the year 1794 when he removed to the then Northwestern Territory new state of Illinois, at Whiteside's station, where he remained until the 27th day of October 1795, when he removed across the Mississippi, into what was then called Upper Louisiana, and settled on a farm in St. Louis County, fourteen miles northwest of the City of Saint Lewis, where he has resided ever since, and where he now resides.
This deponent hereby relinquishes every claim whatever, to a pension or annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any Agency in any state.
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[Signatures]
David Musick
Henry Chouteau Clerk

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, that the above named applicant, was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I Henry Chouteau, clerk of the County Court of Saint Louis County, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of David Musick, for a pension
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this twenty first day of February in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty-four.
[Signature]
Henry Chouteau Clerk
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We, Alexander McAllister - a clergyman, residing in the County of Saint Louis, and David Barton residing in the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with David Musick who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy years of age; that he is reputed and believed in this neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolutionand that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesiad.
[Signatures]
A. M. Alister
D. Barton
Henry Chouteau Clerk

And the Saint Louis County Court, being now here in Session, for the February Term of said Court, for the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty-four, propounded the following interrogatories to David Musick an applicant for a pension, aon account of services as a soldier in the Revolution as stated in the foregoing declaration.
Interrogatories propounded to     an applicant for a pension on account of Revolutionary services. 

1st Where & in what year were you born? 
Answer - I was born in Albemarle  County in the state of Virgina, near Charlottsville, on the 13th day of March 1763.

2nd Have you any record of your age and if so where is it? 
Answer - I have a record of my age, which is the entry made of my birth by my Grand-Father Daivd Lewis, in a book called "Backsters Call" which book is now in teh possession of Un Musick, in the County of Saint Lewis, and state of Missouri.

3rd Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary War, & where do you now live?
Answer - I lived when called into service, in Rutherford County North Carolina, and I removed there about eight or nine years after the Revolutionaory war, two years, immediately after that in the state of Kentucky, one year, in the state of Illinois and the residue of the time on my farm in St. Louis County in this state where I now live, and all of which facts are fully stated in the foregoing declaration.

4th How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute for whom?
Answer - I always olunteered - never was drafted and never was a substitute, as is fully set formth in my declaration above.

5th State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops when you served, such continental & militia regiments as you can recollect, & the general circumstances of your service.
Answer - This is as fully done in my declaration as I can state them, & to do again, would but be a repetition of the same facts.
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6- Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so by whom was it given & what has become of it?
Answer, I always received my discharges from the service, from my Captains, I believe, but it has been so long ago, that I can not state what has become of them, for I do not believe I have seen them for fifty years - I took no care of them and have long ago lost or mislaid them.

7th State the names of persons, to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood and who can testify as to your character for veracity & their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution.
Answer. I am known, I believe, to every man, in my neigborhood, who has lived there any time, for I have lived thirty eight years on the same place I now reside in this county, and when my farm, was the first that was opened in the county of St. Louis - to all of whom, I refer this honorable court, for my character for veracity and to the character I have established as a man and a citizen, and I am as fully and as intimately known to all the three Judges of this honorable Court, as to any other persons in the county with all of whom, I have been intimately acquainted for more than twenty years.

Sworn to & subscribed in open
court this twenty first day of 
February in the year eighteen
hundred and thirty four
[Signatures]
David Musick
Henry Chouteau Clerk

State of Missouri}
County of St. Louis} SS.
And the county court within and for said county, now sitting at the city of St. Louis do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the court further certify, that it appears to them that Alexander McAlister who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the city of St. Louis, county aforesaid, and that David Barton, who
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has also signed the same is a resident in the said City of St. Louis and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit -

I, Henry Chouteau, Clerk of the County Court  within and for the county of St. Louis in the sTae of Missouri, do hereby certify that the foregoing  contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of David Musick for a pension -
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal of said court, at the city of St. Louis this twenty first day of February in the eyar of our Lord, eighteen hundred and thirty four.
[Signature]
Henry Chouteau Clerk
[Seal]
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Col. David Musick
Papers.

James C. Musick J. Peace
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State of Missouri} Personally appeared before  
County of St. Louis} SS. the undersigned a Justice of the Peace within and for the county of St. Louis aforesaid, on the seventeenth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three Sarah Williams of lawful age and on her oath deposeth and saith that she has known David Musick since the year 1763, and that he said David Musick served the following Tours of duty (to wit) one Tour as a Volunteer on the frontier of South Carolina under Captain Price in the Spring of 1780, the lengths of the Tour not recollected and that the said David Musick after he returned with Captain Price, served a Tour under Captains Watson of Rutherford County North Carolina, in the Summer of the same year against the Cherokee Indians, on the Tuckasege River - and that in the fall of the same year that the said David Musick served a second Tour to the Cherokee Nation on the East side of the mountains, under Captain Lewis Musick, the party commanded by Col. Kilgore of South Carolina - and that the said David Musick was under Captain Lewis Musick and joined Gen'l Green of Col. Millers Reg't of Militia at Gilford North Carolina in the spring of 1781, amd that said David Musick served a third Tour to the Indian Towns on the Tennessee river under Capt. Lewis Musick of Col. Millers Reg't of Militia commanded by  Gen'l McDowell of Burke County North Carolina in the fall of 1781 - and the deponent further deposeth and saith that she knows that what time the said David Musick was not out on the Tours of duty as above stated, that he was in service and stationed at the different stations on the frontier of North Carolina and was in service from the spring of 1780 until the fall of 1781 - and further this deponent saith not - 
Sworn and subscribed to before me
the day and date aforesaid
[Signatures]
Sarah Williams
James C Musick J. Peace
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State of Missouri} Personally appeared before 
County of St. Louis} SS. the undersigned a Justice of the Peace within and for the county of St. Louis aforesaid, on the seventeenth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three, Susannah Sullens of lawful age and on her oath deposeth and saith that she has known David Musick since the year 1774 - and that she the said Susannah Sullens living with the Father of David Musick and knows that the said David Musick was out in the service on the frontier in the year of 1780 and 1781 but does not recollect under whose command but the Tour to the Indian Town on the Tennessee river under Captain Lewis Musick of Col. Miller's Reg't of Militia commanded by Gen'l McDowell of Burk County North Carolina in the fall of 1781 - and further this deponent saith not -
[Signatures]
Susanna Sullens

Sworn and subscribed to before}
me the day and date aforesaid}

James C. Musick J. Peace
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State of Missouri} Personally appeared before
County of St. Louis} SS. the undersigned a Justice of the Peace within and for the county of St. Louis aforesaid, on the seventeenth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three, Susannah Sullens of lawful age and on her oath deposeth and saith that she has known David Musick since the year 1774 - and that she the said Susannah Sullens living with the Father of David Musick and knows that the said David Musick was out in the service on the frontier in the year of 1780 and 1781 but does not recollect under whose command but the Tour to the Indian Town on the Tennessee river under Captain Lewis Musick of Col. Miller's Reg't of Militia commanded by Gen'l McDowell of Burk County North Carolina in the fall of 1781 - and further this deponent saith not -
[Signatures]
Susanna Sullens

Sworn and subscribed to before}
me the day and date aforesaid}

James C. Musick J. Peace
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STATE OF MISSOURI,} SS.
COUNTY OF ST. LOUIS,}

I HENRY CHOUTEAU,

Clerk of the County Court, within and for the County of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri,
Do hereby certify, That James C Musick
whose name is subscribed to the annexed affidavits of Susanna Sullins and Sarah Williams, as the magistrate before whom the same were sworn to was at the time of signing the same, and now is a justice of the peace within and for the county aforesaid, duly commissioned and qualified, and acting as such; and that full faith and credit are due to his acts as such.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court, at the City of St. Louis, this twenty first day of February
in the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and thirty four.
[Signature]
Henry Chouteau, CLERK.
[Seal]
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No


22 months
Hon. W. H. Ashley
HR
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Rev. & 1812
Wars Section
AWF/MLB

June 2, 1930

Mr. J. A. Hanley
1461 Girard Street
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:

I advise you from the papers in Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 16988, it appears that David Musick was born March 13, 1763 in Albemarle County, Virginia, about three miles from Charlottesville, where he lived until he was about thirteen years old, when he moved with his father, Abraham Musick, to Rutherford County, North Carolina. He stated that his birth was recorded by his grandfather, David Lewis, in a book called " Backster's Call", which book was in the possession of Uri Musick of St. Louis County, Missouri, in 1834.
David Musick, while residing in Rutherford County, North Carolina, served three months as a private in Captain Price's Company, Colonel James Miller's North Carolina Regiment and was in the battle of Black Stocks Mills. He served two months in Captain Watson's Company, Colonel Joseph McDowell's North Carolina Regiment and was in the campaign against the Cherokee Indians,
after which he was stationed at Colonel John Yearl's to guard the frontier. He served about one month in Captain Lewis Musick's (soldier's brother) Company and was in several skirmishes with the Indians. He then continued to serve in his brother's company in Colonel James Miller's Regiment and marched to Guilford Court House, arriving there March 7, 1781 and was detailed to serve under Major Daniel Singleton. After the battle of Guilford, he was stationed at various forts on the frontier, until the summer of 1781 when
they marched against a band of Tories and pursued them as far as Ninety Six in South Carolina; then returned to the forts on the frontier where he remained until September, 1781, then marched under Captain Musick in Colonel James Miller's Regiment against the Cherokee Indians. They had a skirmish with the
Indians, in which his brother, Captain Lewis Musick was killed. His services in all amounting to about one year and seven months. In 1791, he moved to Fayette County, Kentucky and was there one year when he moved to Bourbon County, Kentucky and lived with his brother, Jedediah Musick until in 1794, when he moved to Whiteside's Station, Illinois.
In October, 1795, he moved across the Mississippi, into what was then called Upper Louisiana and settled on a farm in St. Louis County, fourteen miles north west of the City of St. Louis, where he was living when he was allowed pension on his application executed February 21, 1834.

[note - Mrs. [faded] - resident of [faded] and dictated it - awf]
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In 1834 the soldier is referred to as Colonel Musick, no explanation given as to this title.
It is also stated at this time that he served during the late War with Great Britain as a Captain in the regular service of the United States.
The soldier died November 19, 1837, leaving a widow, whose name is not given. There is no reference to children.
Very truly yours

E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner

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J. L. Edwards
Comm'r of Pensions
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Washington March 24th 1834

Sir,

In addition to the declaration of gentlemen of high standing in the state of Missouri in reference to the characters  standing &c of Col. David Musick, who claims a pension under the Act of Congress of 1832, I beg leave to state that I have been intimately acquainted with Col. Musick for twenty five years or thereabouts during which time he has  resided in the county of St. Louis Mo. and has repputed an unblemished character. He served during the late war with Great Britain a Capt. in the regular service of the U. States, and there is no question in my mind of his haing served according to his statement, in the war of the Revolution.
Very respectfully
your obt. sevt.
[Signature]
W. H. Ashley

J. L. Edwards Esq'r.
Pesion Comm'r.
Washington
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1930 - June 2 - Hist. to J .a. Hanley awf

16988
INVALID.
___________
File No. 16,988
David Musick
Pri. Rev. War
_____________
Act June 7th 1832
Index:-Vol. 1, Page 269
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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J. A. HANLEY
1461 Gerard St.
Washington D. C. 
3/26/30

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington D. C.
Dear Sir:-

I wrote the war Dept. sometime ago in reference to certain ancestors of mine who fought in the Revolutionary war and while they gave me certain information referred me to you and would appreciate it very much if you can give me what is in your files in reference to the following.
Alexander and Samuel Hanley or Handley from Botetourt Va. Samuel was wounded in one battle, and any other Hanley's from that district.
Abraham Musick for seven years a spy but who also with his wife fought at the battle of Cow-Pens. also his brother Col. David Musick. Col. Wm. Walton who went through the whole war 
The Musicks & the Walton settled in St. Louis Co., Mo. around 1800.

Thanking you,
Respectfully yours
[Signature]
J. A. Hanley

[note - "more" above Col. Wm. Walton]