Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 9211, for Samuel Musgrave, Pennsylvania

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn.
Musgrave, Samuel Elizabeth
N 9211
CONTENTS

23203
Indiana
Samuel Musgrave of Warick Co in the State of Indiana who was a private in the comd commanded by Captain Jacks of the regt commanded by _____ in the Pennsylvania line for 8 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Indiana at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 9 day of Decr 1833 and Heen R Boon RE
Arrears to the 14th of Sept 66.67 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 March 13.33 $80.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Dan Boyd Clerk. Book 8 Vol. 7 Page 121
Deads
See letts. to Pugh and John Douglass Apr 6. 1836.

Reps 19 - a/p
Date of death not on AB
Indiana — 3871.
Elizabeth (Musgrave) widow of Samuel (Musgrave) Perr who died on the 2 d September, 1831 — of Warrick co in the State of Indiana who was a private — in the co — commanded by Captain Jack — of the — commanded by — in the Pennsylvania line for 8 months, —
Inscribed on the Roll of Madison at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 3 rd day of March September 1834. —
Certificate of Pension issued the 18 th day of April 1843 and sent to J. W. B. Moore, Brownville, Indiana —
Arrears to the 4 th of Mar: '43. — $213. 28
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept: . /3. 33
$226. 61 —
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3 d — }
Recorded by W. M. Stewart Clerk, Book C. Vol. 3 — Page 200 —

Memorandum of ages
A.

Abraham Musgrave Was Born the tenth of June 1768 Hope Musgrave Was Born the eighth of July 1770 Mary Musgrave Was Born the twenty second of June 1772 Samuel Patrick Musgrave Was Born the 22 nd of March 1775 David Musgrave was Born the 25 th of November 1776 James Musgrave was Born the 14 th of March 1779 Elizabeth Musgrave was Born the 24 th of July 1781 Sarah Musgrave was Born the 21 st of November 1783 Jane Musgrave was Born the 19 th of February 1785 William Musgrave was Born the 17 th of May 1788 Margaret M c Hugh was Born the 17 th of June 1790 Ann Musgrave Was born the 18 th of December 1790

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 State of Indiana Warren County p.
On this fourteenth day of Novem- ber in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty three Samuel Musgrave a resident of Madison Township in the County of Warwick and State of Indiana aged eighty six years personally appeared before the Honorable Joel H. B. Moore the Judge of the Warwick County Probate Court at his residence in said Madison Township and the said Samuel Musgrave being first duly sworn by said Judge according to law doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 that in July 1776 whilst living in what was called by some Cumberland by others Westmoreland County in the State of Pennsylvania this Declarant was drafted into the Militia service for three months under Captain Patrick Jack Lieutenant George Crossford ensign Thomas Campbell no field officers as he recollects Marched 1 st day to the Captain's house then to Shippensburg then to Carlisle then on the Susquehanna went over to Lancaster County where we remained a few days took the main road down into Chester County towards Philadelphia crossed the Schuylkill on the floating bridge then marched into Philadelphia where we were received and taken to the Barracks were there about ten days were from thence taken aboard a ship on the Delaware to Trenton from thence to Princeton then to about time of battle at Long Island then to Brunswick from thence to Amboy where part of company under Thomas Campbell made up a flying camp to march out to Stony Point the residue of company marched back the same route to Philadelphia where this Applicant was discharged after a delay there of a few days - Received no discharge - Served out his full tour of three months during which time he was engaged in the Military service of the United States as a private - That in or about July 1777 whilst living in the same place was drafted a second time under Captain George Crossford Lieutenant William Duffie John Cunningham (he thinks) the ensign William Duffie The Field officers were Colonel James M c Coy others not recollected for a tour of three months in the Militia service marched to Shippensburg to Carlisle thence to Susquehanna then to Lancaster to Downes Town on Brandy wine then to Marcus Hook where there stationed while Gen. Washington moved his Army back of New Port we then recrossed Brandy wine at the three miles where we joined a small

Battalion of Riflemen under Colonel Irvine and was there but a short time before this applicant was sent out to view and ascertain the British force and position on Iron Hill. The English had moved there tents since our pilot had seen them and the first we knew of our vicinity to them they were nearly upon us we got into a swift & made off the English light horse was after us about 7 miles to Newark and at Cooch's bridge met a scouting party where there was some guns fired & took 2 prisoners & deserted & came to us we delivered them to Col. Irvine & he turned them over to Gen. Washington there was about 70 or 90 and this applicant's Captain was cut & cropped Brandywine & were marched in the rear of the Engleers up to Shady Ford on the Brandywine where the Regiment or Battalion of Irvine was placed on the right of the Army during the Battle - our Battalion did not fire gun returned to Chester from thence to Philadelphia there this applicant took sick and was furloughed and this applicant went to his Sisters about ten miles above Shady Ford and was there about two weeks when the Company came on past and joined them but was not able to keep up with them being two feeble was dismissed after serving three months in the Military service of the United States as a private except the time he was furloughed was sick & unable to do duty during which said time he was employed in no civil pursuit or employment. That in the year 1782 a short time after Hannah's Town was burned by the Indians this applicant then living in Fayette County Pennsylvania near Red Stone Creek was drafted for a two months tour as an Indian Spy under Lieutenant Robert Pitcairn the Captain Sick M c Camble being sick cropped the Youghiogany River got to Hannah's Town where we posted in the Stockade half who were posted they again would divide into smaller parties of five or six & then was upon the two Swabblers and Turtle Creek and Sile Hannah found the Trail of the Indians they cropped the Alleghany Port where the said Col. Irvine was a Brigadier General from thence was dismissed by Irvine who told me the company was dismissed at Hannah's or rather the Capt I belonged to received no discharge from Service at the said two months during which period he was in the Military Service of the United States as a private in a company of Indian Spies that he has no documentary evidence of his service and that he knows of no person who can testify as to this Declarant's Service.

He hereby Relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an- nuity except the present and Declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the Agency of any State
Sworn to & Subscribed before me Samuel  Stearge the day & year aforesaid J. M. Moore Probate Judge Warrick County State of Indiana Warrick County
And the said Samuel Mur- grave being by the said Probate Judge duly examined in accordance with the instructions of the War Department upon his Oath states the following Replies to the several interrogatories prescribed by the War Department to wit
"I was born in Lancaster County Pennsylvania in the Year 1747" "I have my Age in my bible put down in my hand write as given in my bible" "When called into service I lived in Canoeba Creek settlement and in Fayette County both in Pennsylvania from thence after war removed to Monongahela County Virginia from thence 28 years ago moved to Muhlenberg County in Kentucky from thence 19 years ago to this where I now live which is now Warrick County"
"I was Drafted each time the first time being closed & served in turn"
"The first tour was marched as described in the States of Pennsylvania and New Jersey served three months as a private under Captain Jack no field officers nor Continental or Militia Regiments or officers recalled Services were performed wholly as is his present impression under his Captain during the summer of 1776 — The second tour was marched in Pennsylvania served three months except the time he was sick under Captain Crawford and Brown as described Recollects no other Continental or Militia Regiments except his own & he thinks the Delaware Blues He Recollects Gen. Washington Lafayette Morgan and Wayne Services rendered during summer 1777 — The third tour he performed as described two months in the summer of 1782 as an Indian Spy under Lieut. Robert Ritchie no regular troops or officers were there as he thinks"
"I never did receive any other than a verbal discharge"
"I am Acquainted with the Rev. Joseph Donald and John A. Brackendge who are present but was I able to stir about could procure any of my Bush house who"

would unite with those names in support of my character for veracity and their belief of my services as a soldier of the Revolution
Sworn to & subscribed before me the day and year aforesaid
Samuel his Musgrave mark
W.T. Moore Probate Judge Warwick County
We Joseph Arnold a clergyman residing in the county of Warwick and State of Indiana and John A. Brackendge residing in the same county do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Samuel Musgrave who has subscribed and sworn to the above and foregoing declaration that we believe him to be eighty six years of age and 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 to & subscribed before me the day and year aforesaid
Joseph Arnold
W.T. Moore
Probate Judge
John A. Brackendge " "
State of Indiana Warwick County ss
And the said probate Judge does hereby declare his opinion after the investigation of the matter and after finding the interrogatories presented by the War Department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier & served as he states and the said Judge further certifies that the said applicant was and still is unable to attend in court for the purpose of making his declaration by reason of his age and infirmities and that in the opinion of said Judge said applicant never will be able to attend any court of record and the said Judge further certifies that it appears to him that Joseph Arnold who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in Warwick county & state of Indiana and that John A. Brackendge who has also signed the same is likewise a resident of Warwick County in said state and that they are credible persons and that said proof is entitled to credit
W.T. Moore
Probate Judge
State of Indiana Warwick County ss John A. Graham clerk of the

5791
Declaration of Elizabeth Musgrave
July 4. 1836.
m 68. d 34
adm.
8 mo pri
26 Oct
Husband died 2 Sept. 34 Pen: Com: 3 Sept. 34 same day
J. W. B. Moore
Boonville Indiana

State of Indiana Clarkick County ss.
On this Tenth day of December January in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and forty three persons, appeared before me Zachariah Skelton Judge of the Probate Court in and for the County of Clarkick in the State of Indiana Elizabeth Musgrave, a resident of the County and State aforesaid, aged Ninety three years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following Declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 4 th , 1834. That she is the widow of Samuel Musgrave who was a private in the Army, during the War of the Revolution and a pensioner under the act of the 7 th June, 1832, on the Indiana Pension Roll at the rate of Twenty five dollars and sixty six Cents per annum. She refers to the original Decla- ration of the said Samuel Musgrave on file at the War Office, of the United States, for the particulars in relation to his services.
She further declares, that she was married to the said Samuel Musgrave in the state of Pennsylvania, on the tenth day of September in the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and sixty seven. That her husband the aforesaid Samuel Mus- grave died in Clarkick County, Indiana, on the Second day of September in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and thirty four; And that she has remained a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference to the proofs hereto annexed.
Witness Kell Graham
Elizabeth her Musgrave mark
Sworn to, and subscribed, on this day and year above written before {Zachariah Skelton sign me
Judge of the Probate Court in Clarkick County, Indiana

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State of Indiana Warwick County ss I, Zachariah Shelton, Judge of the Probate Court in and for the County of Warwick in the State of Indiana do certify that on this thirtieth day of February November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty three Elizabeth Musgrave (within named) was by me duly sworn to, and in my presence subscribed (after it was read to her in my presence) the fore- going Declaration. I further certify, that said Elizabeth Musgrave, the foregoing affiant is a person of credibility, and that her statements are entitled to respect. I further certify, that said Elizabeth Musgrave is unable from bodily infirmity to attend said Court at its usual place of sitting.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day and year above written
Zachariah Shelton Judge Probate Court.
State of Indiana Warwick County ss I, J. W. B. Moore, Clerk of the Pro- bate Court in and for said County and State do certify that Zachariah Shelton, Supr Judge of the Probate Court in and for said County of Warwick, in the State of Indiana duly Commissioned and Qualified, And that the fore- going signatures purporting to be his are genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office at Boonville this fifteenth day of February A.D. 1843
J. W. B. Moore Clerk
Probate Court Seal Warwick County

Ann Youngblood
Deposition

State of Indiana Warrick County 3 p.
Be it remembered that that on the 30 th  January day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty two, before me Zacha- riah Skelton Judge of the Probate Court in and for the County of Warrick, in the State of Indiana personally appeared Mrs Youngblood a resident of said County and State who being by me duly sworn according to law doth upon her oath state that she is fifty two years of age, accor- ding to the records kept by her parents, and that to her knowledge Samuel Musgrave departed this life in Warrick County, in the State of Indiana on the second day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty four, and that the said Elizabeth Musgrave is still the widow of the said Samuel Musgrave, having never married since his death , and has not intermarried since the death of her said husband. Mrs Youngblood
Subscribed and sworn to before me on the day and year above written
Zachariah Skelton Judge
State of Indiana Warrick County 3 p.
I Zachariah Skelton Judge of the Probate Court in and for said County and State do certify that Mrs Youngblood who has this day subscri- bed and sworn to the foregoing deposition is a credible Witness whose statements are entitled to full faith and credit.
Zachariah Skelton Judge of Probate Court

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State of Indiana Warwick County ss
I Joel H. B. Moore Clerk of the Probate Court in and for the County of Warwick in the State of Indiana (aforesaid) do hereby certify that Zachariah Station Esq. is Judge of the Probate Court in and for the County and State aforesaid duly commissioned and qualified and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his are genuine
Probate Court Seal Warwick County
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office at Boonville this fifteenth day of February A.D. 1843 J. H. B. Moore Clerk
John Young Spectator

Mar 30.
Sam C. Mungume Inverness
Free
J. J. Edwards Esq. War Department Pension Office Washington D. C.

J. L. Edwards Esq.
Evansville 18 th March 1836
Sir
Agreeably to your instructions, contained in your letter of 23 rd July 1835, I enclose Papers claiming the Pension due to the deceased Samuel Musgrave, by his Widow Elizabeth Musgrave, from the 4 th March 1834 to the 2 nd September 1834, the latter being the day on which he died. I also enclose his Certificate, and request your early attention to the case.
I remain Your mo: ob st Serv t . John Douglass

J. M. Youngblood Disposition

State of Indiana Warrick County
John W. Youngblood of Warrick County Indiana Personally appeared before me Zachariah Skelton Probate Judge of the County of Warrick & State of Indiana and after being by me duly sworn deposeth and says that he is the husband of Ann Musgrave the daughter of Samuel Musgrave & Elizabeth Musgrave That the said Samuel Musgrave departed this life in Warrick County in the State of Indiana on the second day of September in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred thirty four and that Elizabeth Musgrave is still the widow of the said Samuel Musgrave and has not intermarried since the death of her said husband That the said Samuel Musgrave & Elizabeth Musgrave had been under my care for some twelve years previous to his death and that the said Elizabeth Musgrave widow of said Samuel Musgrave has resided with me ever since the death of the said Samuel Musgrave and that I have been intimate in the family of the said Samuel Musgrave for some twenty five or thirty years and I do further depose and say that the paper marked A is the original record of the births of the children of the said Samuel Musgrave & Elizabeth Musgrave and I do further say that the record of the age of the said Samuel Musgrave has been unintentionally destroyed or lost I have frequently seen said record but am not able from memory to state certainly the age of said Samuel Musgrave & further saith not
John W. Youngblood
Sworn to and subscribed on the fourteenth day of February in the Year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred forty three before me Zachariah Skelton Judge Probate Court Warrick County Indiana

No 28, 600
Samuel Musgrave Warwick Co. Indiana
from 1776 private 8 months.
$26. \frac{66}{100}
Hon. R. Boon H. R.

Warwick Circuit Court certify that Joel M B Moore whose signature is affixed to the foregoing Declaration of Samuel Musgrave was on the 14 th day of Nov. 1833 Pro- bate Judge of said County.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of said County this 17 th day of November 1833
John A. Graham clk

$26-66 Samuel Elmsgrave Ind; act June '32 to what time last pd?
14 th April '43.
June 1 st Sept 1834 Died 2 d Sept 1834, Price to death. B/B.
[Handwritten signature]

House of Rep. Decr 6 th 1833
Sir,
I have the honor to inclose herewith two Sets of pension papers. Very respectfully &c. Boon
J. L. Edwards Esqr.
21 days
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