Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16987, for Thomas R Musick, North Carolina

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
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Musick, Thomas R.
S. 16987
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CONTENTS
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29.987 Missouri
Thomas R. Musick of St Louis Mo in the State of Missouri who was a private in the company comman by Captain Capt Craig of the regt * command by Col ————— in the Penn s mil for six months from 1776.
* Va. N.C. & S.C. F.M. Aug. 28, '09.
Inscribed on the Roll of Missouri at the rate of 20 Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 day of July 1835 ————— and sent to D. H. S. F. Darby. St Louis.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1835 $ 80 — Semi-ann. allowance ending 11 Sep 35 10 —
$ 90 —
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Wm Allison Clerk Book 8. 2 Vol. 9 Page 40
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 th June 1838 from 4. March to 4. Sep 1840. Agt notified by July 1841.
Date of death not on A. B.

22. 801.
Jan 21.
Thomas R. Musick
Missouri
1776
20.
Return
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For W. A. Ashley Ho of Rep

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
19 th March, 1884.
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 Thomas R. Music
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     1776. 1778. Cont. 4. prio Capt. Cragg 74 years.   1778. Cont. 1. Cav Capt. Neville Hollisylvania County Traditionary   2 Capt. Parson Four  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
JAMES L. EDWARDS,
Commissioner of Pensions.

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, 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 } ss. County of }  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. 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)                      , who has hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with                      , who has 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

alleged service, as they are known at 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 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 traditional 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 inquiry 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 case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not 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 the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his 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; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an 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 may 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.
[k] 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 in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 th June 1832.
State of Missouri County of St. Louis ss.
On this eleventh day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty four personally appeared before the County court of the County of St. Louis in the State of Missouri Thomas R. Musick a resident of the Township of St. Ferdinand in the county and State of said aged seventy six years on the 28 th day of October 1833. who being first duly sworn in open court, 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 7 th 1832. That he entered the service of the United States and served under different officers and served at different periods in the years 1775. or 1776. and in the years 1778 & 1779. as hereinafter stated. That as to say he first entered the said service in the county of Spottsylvania in the State of Virginia, in what was then called the minute service under Captain John Cragg, and was marched through Fredericksburg down the Rappahannock river, and there continued to serve, the object being to prevent the enemy from ascending the River. That a number of the men under the command of Capt. Cragg, there enlisted in the regular service, and the residue of whom the applicant was one were placed under the command of Captain Oliver Totes. After remaining some time under his command the applicant and others were discharged with orders to be in readiness for service at a moments warning but he the applicant was not again called into service on account of this engagement. he further says that he entered as served as a private as above stated, but by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot state positively as to the precise length of his said service; but according to the best of his recollection he served as a private under Captains Cragg and Totes as above said for a

period not less than four months.
The said Thomas R. Musick further in his oath states, that in the beginning of the year 1778, he went to Rutherford county in the State of North Carolina and volunteered as a private in a light horse company under the command of Captain William Neville and served in that company one year (being the period of his engagement) that after the expiration of this period of service, in the 1779, he the applicant took the place of one Hardin, and again served as a private in the same company under the same commander for a further period of three months. That the company commanded by Capt. Neville was employed during the whole period of the applicant's service as aforesaid in the protection of the frontier against the inroads of Indians.
The said Thomas R. Musick in his oath further states that after the last mentioned service, he again served the United States under Captain Parsons of South Carolina, in pursuit of Tories in that State, but by reason of his old age and consequent loss of memory he cannot state positively the precise length of this service but according to the best of his recollection he served under Captain Parsons as aforesaid for a period not less than sixty days as a private. From the same cause he cannot state with certainty what field officers commanded the regiments or battalions to which the different companies in which he served belonged. That according to the best of his recollection, the companies of Capt. Brazz and Tice in which the applicant served his first term were a part of the command of Major Richard Johnson of Rutherford county. That Capt. Neville's company was part of the regiment in command of Col. Miller and the company of Capt. Parsons a part of the command of Col. Pickens.
The said Thomas R. Musick further states that he has no papers or documentary evidence to prove the foregoing services, and knows of no person

whom can prove any of them, except that he believes that Col. David Munsick of Ohio county could testify to the service or a loan against the Tories, last mentioned in this declaration.
And the said Thomas R. Munsick hereby re- linquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an an- nuity except the present and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency in any state.
Sworn to & subscribed } in open court the day } + year afore said } Henry Chouteau clerk
Thos R Munsick
We Thomas Henrly a clergyman residing in the county of Ohio State of Missouri, and Henry Walton a citizen of the same county and State.
hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Thomas R. Munsick who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be seventy six years of age; that he is respected and beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion.
Thos C Henrly Henry Walton
Sworn to and subscribed in open court the day and year first aforesaid.
Henry Chouteau clerk

And the said Thomas R. Musick the applicant for a pension, being here present before the county court of the County of St. Louis in open court, the said court propounded to him the following interrogatories prescribed by the War department to wit -
 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 of a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some Regular Officers who were with the troops when you served; such continental and militia regiments as you can recollect and the general circumstances of your services  6. Did you receive a discharge from the service and if so by whom was it given and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the revolution - 
To which several interrogatories the said Thomas R. Musick on his oath aforesaid made the following answers. to wit -
 1. That he was born in the county of Spottsylvania State of Virginia on the twenty sixth day of October in the year 1757.  2. That his age is recorded in his father's bible, and is transcribed by the father of the applicant in his the applicant's bible which is now in possession of the applicant at his residence  3. That when he was called into the service he resided in the county of Spottsylvania Virginia - whence he removed with his father into Augusta county in the same state, in 1776. after the 

termination of the first period of service mentioned in the foregoing declaration. He then went into North Carolina where he entered the service again under Capt. Neville. He married in Rutherford County North Carolina, where he continued to reside until the year 1798, when he removed to Lincoln county Kentucky, resided there two years then removed to Barren county in the same state, where he resided until 1803 when he removed to the then province of Louisiana and settled in the immediate neighborhood of his present residence, which is near the village of St. Martinville, Louisiana of St. Martin county of the State of Missouri where he has ever since resided -
4. That he was not drafted into the service at any time, but entered as a volunteer. That he did not serve as a substitute at any time other than for three months in Capt. Neville's company when he served as the substitute of one Harder as stated in the foregoing declaration -
5. That he does not know or remember that there was any regular officer with the troops where he served, but he understood that Capt. Bragg (after he served under him about two months) was commissioned in the regular service, and knows that he enlisted men for that service. That he the applicant was not in any regular battle, but during the period of his service under Capt. Neville was in some skirmishes with Indians and also while under Capt. Parras had some skirmishes with Tories. The residue of this interrogatory is answered as far as the applicant has any recollection in the application -
6. That he received no written discharge from the service -
7. The applicant states that he is personally known to the three judges of this court, to the

Reverend Thomas Henrly and Henry Walton — who have subscribed and sworn to a certificate as aforesaid to Col d David Muesick, Major in Richard Graham, and to all the inhabitants of his neighborhood and to the inhabitants of St. Louis county generally — who can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a Soldier of the Revolution — though he does not know of any one except David Muesick who has any personal knowledge of his services, and he could only testify to the town against the town in 1779.
Thos. Muesick
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year first aforesaid in open court.
Henry Chouteau Clerk
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 ap- plicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and survived as he states. And the court further certifies that it appears to them that Thomas Henrly who signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the county aforesaid and that Henry Walton who also signed the same is a resident of the same court, and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I Henry Chouteau, Clerk of the county Court of the county of St. Louis State of Missouri, do certify that the foregoing (six pages) contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the appli- cation of Thomas R. Muesick for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office this day of February 1834.

October 27, 1936
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Mrs. Margaret R. Teague 1725 East Third Dayton, Ohio
THOMAS R. MUSICK S. 16987 BA-J/MLB
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of James Nevills who served in the New Jersey militia and Thomas R. Musick, of Virginia.
There is no claim for pension or bounty land on file based upon service in the Revolutionary War of a James Nevill or Nevills from New Jersey. Such claims are the source of Revolutionary War data furnished by this office. You are furnished herein the record of Thomas R. Musick as found in the papers on file in pension claim, S. 16987, based upon his service in the Revolution.
Thomas R. Musick was born October 26, 1757, in Spotsylvania County, Virginia. The names of his parents are not given.
While a resident of Spotsylvania County, Virginia, he volunteered and served at different times in the years 1775 and 1776, amounting to not less than four months as private under Captains John Craig and Oliver Towles under Major Richard Johnson in the Virginia troops. After the expiration of this tour in 1776, he moved to Albemarle County, Virginia, and early in 1778 he moved to Rutherford County, North Carolina, where he volunteered and served as private in Captain William Neville's company of light horse in Colonel Miller's North Carolina regiment, was in some skirmishes with the Indians and served on this tour one year. He served three months in 1779, again under Captain William Neville in the North Carolina troops engaged in protecting the frontiers against invasion by Indians. He next served a tour of sixty days as private in Captain Parsons' company, Colonel Pickens' South Carolina regiment in pursuit of Tories in South Carolina and was in some skirmishes with them.
The soldier married while residing in Rutherford County, North Carolina, but the date of his marriage and name of wife were not given.

Thomas R. Musick remained in Rutherford County, North Carolina, until the year 1798, when he moved to Lincoln County, Kentucky, where he lived two years, thence to Barren County, in the same state, and remained there until 1803, then moved to what was then the Province of Louisiana and settled near the Village of Saint Ferdinand, in the Township of Saint Ferdinand, Saint Louis County, which was later in Missouri.
The soldier was allowed pension on his application executed February 11, 1834, while a resident of the Township Saint Ferdinand, Saint Louis County, Missouri.
No reference was made in the claim to children.
In 1834, reference was made to Colonel David Musick, of Saint Louis County, Missouri, but his relationship to Thomas R. Musick, was not shown.
In order to obtain date of last payment of pension, the name of person paid and possibly the date of death of Thomas R. Musick, you should apply to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
Thomas R. Musick Certificate #29987 Issued July 9, 1835 Rate, $20 per annum Commenced March 4, 1831 Act June 7, 1832 Missouri Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

War Department Pension Office January 26. 1835
Sir,
The papers in the case of Thomas R. Musick have been examined and they are herewith returned. He alleges that he served under one engagement in Capt. Neville's Company of Cavalry for one year. If Captain Neville was a militia officer, the applicant could not have performed a continuous service under him for the length of time alleged. If the company was raised to serve for one year by special act, it should be so made to appear. The applicant states merely that during said term he was in service against the Indians. Such a statement is unsatisfactory. He also sets forth several other tours. A pension can be allowed for his first tour of four months, and his last tour of two months, without further amendment of the enclosed papers.
I have the honor to be
Very respectfully
Your Obet. Servt.
J L Edwards
Hon. W. H. Ashley House of Representatives

Joice Howdershell appeared in open Court, being duly sworn, says that she is the daughter of Captain William Neill of Rutherford County North Carolina, who commanded a company of light horse in the revolutionary war, and that Thomas R. Musick was a private in her father's Company, and served as such for one year. And afterwards, when the said Musick was discharged, he again entered the same Company, as a substi- tute for one for Harding, and three months more. And afterwards, when that service was over, the said Musick joined a company commanded by one Captain Pavson, and went on an expedition into South Carolina, against the Indians. How long he was employed in that service she does not know but thinks it was from forty to sixty days. During all that time the witness was a resident of Rutherford County North Carolina, and is now a resident

of Louis Barny Mifroni, and the wife of John Houdardhell
Sworn to & subscribed before me, in open court, this twelfth day of November 1834
Japheth Houdardhell
Henry Chouteau clerk
M. P. Brown G. Bawls H. Patton
Justices of the county court of St. Louis County Missouri

16987 INVALID.
File No. 16987
Married to Miss
1911 April 18
Act: 1911 April 18
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 262
[Arrangement of 1870.]
1911 April 18. Hist. to Mrs. Harry Wood. 1913 June 10. also to Mrs. Julia E. Winseott L. 1921 Feb. 1st. to Margaret Clark. 1936 Oct. 27. Hist. to Mrs. Margaret P. Seague — M.H.B.

Dayton, Sept 28
The Veterans' Administration, Washington, D.C.
The Veterans Administration:
The
Adjutant General in Washington advised me to write you for additional information relative to one James Neville, rank not stated, who served in the Revolutionary War in Captain John Sebring's company of Somerset militia, Colonel Frehlinghuysen's Battalion of New Jersey militia stationed at Elizabethtown. His name appears only on the pay roll from November, 19 to December, 13, 1777. Neither the date of his entry into service, nor the date of his separation therefrom has been found, nor any record relative to his family.

As more references and information are required relative to his rank and family than when my cousin (Mrs. Helene Musick Bennett) was accepted into the D.A.R. in 1922, on the above record of James Nevills, I am anxious for further information.
The D.A.R. Ancestry books in the Dayton Library have records of a Colonel James Nevills of Virginia, born in 1728, the same year as the James Nevills who served in the New Jersey militia, and father-in-law of Thomas Musick of Va., one of my ancestors. Have you any record of a James Nevills transferring from Captain John Sebring's company of New Jersey to a Va. company?
As my cousin wrote to the War Department in Washington, and used

2. James Nevills records found there for entrance into the D. A. R. Society, I am trying to enter with the same ancestor, altho there are records of Thomas R musick, serving in Virginia. He is my great, great grand father, and any records you have of Thomas R Musick or James Nevills will be greatly appreciated.
Very Truly Yours Mrs. Margaret R. Teague
1725 East Third Dayton, Ohio.

2¢ Postage, Stamp Recd. F.H.S.
Ret'd
2150 South Josephine St. January 30, 1921 Denver, Colorado.
The Pensioner Office, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
Have you any record of the pension or bounty of Thomas Roy Musick who served in the Revolutionary War. If so, will you kindly give me the data or tell where I can find the same.
Kindly let me know what the fee will be.
Yours truly,
Margaret Clark.

W Pension Dept. Washington, D. C.
Was a pension issued for the service of Jonathan Musick or a Thos. Musick during the Revolution? and to whom?
Respectfully Mrs Lulu E. Witscott 804 W. Monroe St. Mexico, Missouri.

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Commissioner of Pensions, Washington D.C.
ROLLA, Mo., April 11 1916.
Dear Sir:-
Being informed that the following men served in the Revolution & for their services drew a pension, please send me a copy of their pensions as I wish to use same in proving eligibility to D.R.R. and if their widows draw pensions please send me copies of same, as these men are father & son:-
Ephraim Muesick of Va.
Thomas Muesick (some times written Thos. R. Muesick) 16987
of Va. or N.C.
Thomas Muesick was born in Va, moved to N.C., from there removed to Ky, & some time in or near the year 1801 removed to Mo-
And oblige Very respectfully.
(Mrs.) Henry Wood
(Per) M.S.R.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C., _____, 190__
In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Thomas R. Mucit a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau. S. 16,987
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     1775 or 1776 12 mos. Pvt. John Craig John Bowles (Col) Richard Henry Lee Va.   Early in 1778 15 mos. Pvt. William Morris Miller Pa.   1779 60 days " Putnam Pickens S.C.  
Battles engaged in, Shamian's Creek, Brandywine and Red Bank Residence of soldier at enlistment, Spotsylvania Co., Va. Date of application for pension, Feb 11 1834 Residence at date of application, St. Ferdinand, St. Louis Co., Mo. Age at date of application, Spotsylvania Co., Va. Oct. 26, 1757 Remarks: No family data
Very respectfully,

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
June 28 th 1841.
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," Thomas B. Musick, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Missouri Agency, at the rate of Twenty Dollars and  Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March, to the 4 th Sept. 1840.
Respectfully yours,
William B. Harris
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

St. Louis, Missouri.
24 th June 1835.
Sir:
Herewith I hand you the pension papers of Thomas R. Musick, accompanied by your letter to the Hon. William H. Ashley of January 26 th 1835. - Mr. Musick has not been able to procure the additional evidence required, by your letter. He has, therefore, consented to accept of a pension for his first tour of four months, and his last tour of two months, which you say can be granted by the enclosed papers. - Be so good as to enclose to me his certificate accordingly.
I have the honor to be Very Respectfully Your obedt servt.
John F. Darby
J. L. Edwards Esqr.
Commissioner of Pensions Washington City.