Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 9583, for Samuel Musgrove, Virginia

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Musgrove, Samuel Elizabeth
H 9583
CONTENTS

3047
Indiana Madison Elizabeth Mulgrove widow of Samuel do Va Maryland who served in the Revolutionary war; as a Private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 40 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 day of Jan'y 1849, and sent to
Wight M c Gough Rockville Ind a
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 330 Vol. 3.
Reported Jan'y 15/49
Note of death not in 43

22.232 Indiana
Samuel Mousgrace of Parkersburg in the State of Ind a who was a private in the com d commanded by Captain West of the reg t commanded by Col. Rankin in the Va a line for 61 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Indiana at the rate of 40 Dollars & Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 day of Oct 1833 and Joseph A Wright Rockville
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 100.00 Semi-ant. allowance ending 18 Mar 20.00
$120.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Dan Boyd Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 7 Page 21

20544
Samuel Musgrave
Application
for 3 War & A Pension

State of Indiana
Porter County SS 3
On this 13 th day of November in the year 1832 personally appeared in open court before Joseph Dotts. Probate Judge in and for the county of Porter and State of Indiana. the said court being a court of the said name sitting. Samuel Musgrave. a resident of Sugar Creek Township county of Porter - said. Aged seventy two years four months and seventeen days. who being duly sworn according to law. doth on his oath make the following declaration. in order to obtain the benefit of an act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 = That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated "to wit" That some time in the month of May in the year 1776 at the county of Loudoun State of Virginia. near the Town of Leesburg: he enlisted as a soldier under Captain Thomas West. William George first Lieutenant. and Thomas Mann second Lieutenant. and Thomas Smith Ensign. His Major name was Williams. It was either the third or seventh regiment of the Virginia Line. His Col. name was Rawlings. started on the said Expedition from the Town of Leesburg. thence to Fredericks Town a distance of twelve miles. from the Potomac. which is twelve miles from Leesburg. in all twenty four miles distant from Leesburg. there were drums and Rifles. thence to Lancaster Pa. from thence to Philadelphia: stayed in Philadelphia two or three weeks. in the Bonnets; from thence to Trenton. from thence to Fort Lee, on the North River. and from thence to Fort Washington, on the opposite side of the River from Fort Lee. sometime in the month of November in the Fall of 1776 at the Battle of

Fort Washington, he was taken Prisoner together with 2500 hundred soldiers, by General Howe; was a prisoner six or eight months - and was then paroled home. got home in the month of March or April 1777. In the month of May or June in the year 1777. went to see a Brother he had living in Bathurst County Pa - when he understood that all the Prisoners taken at Fort Washington were regularly exchanged and were at perfect liberty to enter the Field again - sometime in the fall of 1777. at the County of Bathurst state of Pa volunteered in a campaign against the Indians under Captain Joshua Wilson. Lieutenant Joshua Morton, Ensign Daniel Diggins - started from Bathurst from there to Roanoke River - from there to Allegheny Mountain - was engaged in the said campaign two months. was engaged in the first campaign about two months: in the said first campaign was drafted. He hereby relinquishes any claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present - and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the Agency of any state that he knows of - if any on the state of Virginia 3 Ramey
Sworn to and subscribed to the day and year aforesaid William McGehee For Wallace W. Clerk
He made the following answers to the questions proposed to him by the court - That he was born in the county of Loudoun state of Va on the 27 th day of June 1760. Has no record of his age except the Bible kept by his Father in Loudoun City Pa who is now dead and that he lived in the county of Loudoun Pa when called into service - and from there moved to Tennessee in the year 1802 - from there to the state of Alabama and from there to the state of Indiana where he now resides

Deed Enlisted into the service of the United States in the first Company of Artillery of in his Declaration - and that he cannot state the name of any other officers than those spoken mentioned by him - Except that his superior Genl. Commander in the time from Landing by the M. until he was taken a Prisoner at Fort Washington was Genl. Washington - particularly at the time time he was taken prisoner - However he left Fort Washington on the morning of the day that he was taken prisoner. Crossed over to Fort Lee - he never did receive any discharge.
The names of the persons to whom he is known in his neighborhood are Richardson, H. Gatwood & James Montgomery
Deed Richardson & Gatwood & James Montgomery residing in the neighborhood of the said Samuel Musgrave and in the Township of Sugar Creek County of North of James Plainly certify that we are well acquainted with the said Samuel Musgrave, who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration. That we believe him to be of the age of seventy two years. That he is deputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Richardson H. Gatwood { James Montgomery
sworn and subscribed the day and year above written William Wiggins For Wallace Rea, Clerk, And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogations presented by the War Department. That the above named applicant was a

Revolutionary Soldier, and Second as per states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that the said Richardson & Gatwood and James Montgomery who has signed the foregoing certificate reside in the Neighborhood of the said Samuel Musgrave, and in the Tenancy of Sugar Creek of said, and that they are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit
November 13 th 1832 Joseph Potts
I certify that the said For the Probate Court do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the Application of the said Samuel Musgrave for a pension. In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the seal of the office of said Court this 13 th day of November 1832 Wallace Rea, Clerk
20544 Samuel Musgrave Application for Pension for Revolutionary War

FAMILY RECORD.
BIRTHS.
DEATHS.
James Mills Junior was Born in the year of our Lord 1800 August the 9 this 28 of October the 1821 anniversary
William Hays Died the 7 of within four loved
Benjamin Musgrove dec. October the 28 th 1821 Aged 20 Years 9 Months 2 15 days
Polly Gathers dec. on the night of our Pa 1821

FAMILY RECORD.
DEATHS.
DEATHS.
unlaul Hugrove decd 24 th of July 1831 Leah Gray James Hugrove wife 1831 decd 12 th of July
Benjamin Hugrove was found dead the 24 th of April year 1829 Jackson Hugrove was found dead the 18 th of July

FAMILY RECORD.
MARRIAGES.
S.
Samuel Muggrove and Elizabeth Muggrove the 20th day of May in the year of our Lord 1790
William Nicholson and Elizabeth Muggrove were married the 15th in the year 1810
James White and Elizabeth Muggrove was married the 20th of Feb in the year of our Lord 1826
Richardson Knapp Gatwood was born June the 6th 1791
And was married the 4th of April 1821
William

FAMILY RECORD.
BIRTHS.
BIRTHS.
Samuel Muffgrove was born June 27 th in the year of our Lord 1760
Elizabeth Muffgrove was born January 11 th in the year of our Lord 1771
Polly Muffgrove was born the 22 nd day of December 1784
James Muffgrove was born November in the year of
Benjamin Thompson was born January 13 th in the year 1806
Elizabeth Muffgrove was born May the 20 th 1807
Abdin Lewis Muffgrove was born 18 th of October 1811
Peggy Muffgrove was born November 15 th 1815

20,544.
Samuel Musgrave, of Parke County, Indiana.
from 1776 prints year 1776 $40.
as there is the name of Robert Musgrave and Joseph A. Wright and the cert should be sent to the cert date to the Rockville Joseph A. Wright, Agent Parke County, Indiana. Rockville

BRIEF in the case of Sam l Mesgrace  of Parke County in the State of Indiana.  (Act 7th June, 1839.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? A Court.  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 72 years.  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days. As a Gen.     Enlisted Drafted In 1776. About 10. pr. Col. Rawlings, Col. Rankins,   Col. 1777. About 2. " Capt. Th. West. Capt. Joshua Wilson.  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Fort Washington.  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? London County, Pa.  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional.  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct. 
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
W. A. Turner, Examining Clerk.

State of Indiana
County of Parke
On this the 14 th day of September A D 1849, personally appeared before the Hon John Marshall Marshall Judge in and for the county of Parke and State of Indiana (the same being a court of Record, Elizabeth Musgrave a resident of Parke county aforesaid and who has resided in the same for seventeen years last past aged Seventy six years the 11 th day of January A D 1847, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to attain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed July 4. 1836: That she is the widow of Samuel Musgrave (Spence Musgrave in his pension application) who was a private in the army of the Revolution (and she refers to the application of her husband on file in the War- Department, upon which his pension application was granted Oct 18 th 1833 for a description of his services); she further declares that she was married to the said Samuel Musgrave on the (20 th ) Twenty day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & ninety (1790) in the now county of Hawkins State of Tennessee then a territory, that her husband Samuel Musgrave aforesaid, died on the 3 rd day of April 1847 in the county of Parke aforesaid, and that she has remained a widow ever since that period or since more fully appearing by reference to the proofs hereto annexed Elizabeth his Musgrave Mother Sworn & subscribed on the day and year above mentioned before John G. Davis, Clerk.

on the same day personally appeared in open court. John Musgrove aged fifty years on the 10 th of October 1846, who declares upon his oath, that the paper attached to this record has to his knowledge been kept in his Father Family for twenty eight years last past as the Family record of Mornings Births, deaths, &c, that he is the third child by the marriage of his Father & Mother and that from his first recollection, his Father Samuel Musgrove who was a junior of forty dollars a year, and his Mother Elizabeth who was now married for a junior, lived together as man & wife and raised a family of six children, that his Father Samuel Musgrove departed this life on the 30 th day of April 1847, and that Elizabeth Musgrove has remained a widow ever since, and that he has no doubt from his knowledge of the age of himself and brothers & sisters that his Father & Mother were married in the year 1790
John Musgrove
Simon & Associates in open court September 14 th 1847 John G. Davis, Clerk.

On the same day personally appeared in open court Samuel Musgrove aged forty seven years on the 6 th day of July 1847, who being duly sworn deposes & states, that he is the fourth child by the marriage of Samuel & Elizabeth Musgrove, that from his knowledge of the papers attached to this application, the same has been kept in his father's family for twenty five years as he believes, or the family records of marriages deaths, &c., and that he never knew of any other record being kept for that period in his father's family, and that from his first recollection his father & mother, Samuel Musgrove and Elizabeth (who now appears for the first time has lived together as man & wife, and have raised a family of ten children, that his father died on the 3 rd day of April 1847. That Elizabeth has remained a widow ever since, and that he has no doubts but what his father & mother were married in the year 1790, from the ages of his brothers & sisters
Samuel Musgrove
Sworn & subscribed in open court, September 14 th 1847
John G. Davis, Clerk.

I John Marshall Probate Judge in and for the county aforesaid, before whom the within proceedings have been had for a pension by Elizabeth Mansgore widow of Samuel Mansgore, do hereby certify that John & Samuel Mansgore who have made and signed the within affidavits, are men of good standing in community, that their statements are entitled to credence, and that he is satisfied that Samuel Mansgore died on the 3 rd day of April 1867, and that Elizabeth Mansgore who has signed the within application is the widow of the deceased, & that the said Judge is satisfied from the proof before him that the Elizabeth & Samuel were married before the 1 st day of January 1894, and that the Elizabeth has remained a widow since the death of her husband on the 3 rd day of April 1867-
John Marshall (Signature) Probate Judge
I John G Davis Clerk of the Probate Court, do hereby certify that the above contains the full application of Elizabeth Mansgore for a pension, as made before the Probate Court together with the proof made before the court, given under my hand & seal of office this 14 th day of September A D 1897 John G Davis, Clerk.

Rev. War Section.
Oct 2 October 3, 1923.
Honorable Walter F. Lineberger, 36 American Ave., Long Beach, Calif.
My dear Mr. Lineberger;
I have the honor to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W. 9583, it appears that Samuel Musgrove was born June 27, 1760 in Loudoun County, Virginia and while residing there enlisted May 1776 and served as a private in Captain Thomas West's company, Colonel Rawlings' regiment. He was captured at the surrender of Fort Washington and paroled after six or eight weeks.
The fall of 1777, he enlisted and served two months under Captain Joshua Wilson in a campaign against the Indians.
He was allowed pension on his application executed November 13, 1832, while a resident of Sugar Creek Township, Parke County, Indiana. He died in Parke County, Indiana, April 3, 1847.

Soldier married in what was later called Hawkins County, Tennessee, May 30, 1790, Elizabeth, maiden name not stated, who was born January 11, 1771, she was allowed pension on her application executed September 14, 1847, while living in Parke County, Indiana.
They had children- John, Born October 16, 1796, stated that he was the third child; Samuel, born July 6, 180 D , stated that he was the fourth child.
Sincerely,
Commissioner.
Did not use family record as it was no mutual debt - relationship too vague and by an

State of Indiana } County of Parke } ss
on this 16 th day of September A.D. 1848 personally appeared before the undersigned Justice of the peace in and for the county of Parke, Elizabeth Musgrove a resident of Sugar Creek Township in the county of Parke & State of Indiana aged seventy eight years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed on the 2 nd February 1848 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War; that she is the widow of Samuel Musgrove who was a pensioner of the United States under the act of Congress of 1832, and who drew $40.00 per annum, and continued to draw the same until the time of his death, which took place in April 1847, that she drew a pension under an act of Congress of the 17 th of June 1844 of $40.00 per annum. The rank in which her husband served in the Revolution was that of a private, the No of the Regiment he served in she does not know, but that he served in the Army during the Revolution in the State of Virginia, and that he was pensioned in the name of Samuel Musgrove, that she further declares that she is still a widow. Her Husband's Wife Elizabeth his Musgrove Scott N. Noll mother
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me
Scott Noll Justice of the peace

State of Indiana, Parke County, Set.
I, John G. Davis, Clerk of the Parke County Circuit Court do certify that Scott Norl, Esquire whose name is subscribed to the within affidavit is a magistrate in and for said County, duly elected Commissioned and qualified and full faith and Credence are due to all such his official acts.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said Court at Rockville this 16th day of September 1848. John G. Davis, Clerk

Madison 436 Indiana
Reported
Elizabeth Musgrove widow of Samuel Musgrove or Musgrace who was a Private in the Revolution
Went to court 3 April 1847
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 40 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1844.
3rd April, 1847
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 day of Oct. 1847. and sent to
Joseph A. Albright Rockville Indiana
[Act of JUNE 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book
A
Vol. 2
Page
219

22232
Payments to be made at Corydon Indiana by Thomas P. Rossy Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of Indiana
66 59 24 66
Recorded in the Pension Of-
fice in Book E Vol. 7
h 5 21 99 Page 12 by Dan Boyd 01 56 18 Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, Samuel Musgrave of the State of Indiana who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution is entitled to receive Forty " " dollars and cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 18 th day of Oct r one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three
John P. Kirtland Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. {
E. Wm Crump
E. Schuyler Commissioner of Pensions.

Samuel Prusgrove

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Samuel Musgrave , which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? V. * Has he mentioned 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? No. VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?

XI. Has the Applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? No. Two citizens.
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No.
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. 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 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 shewn 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.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
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 claimants 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.
‡QUERE XVI. 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 paper 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.
☞ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, 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.
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Rockyville Indiana Sept 17 1848
James I Edwards De Sir
We enclose you an application of James Williams the Father of Marmos Williams for Bounty land, you will please permit us the amount (if any is due, from the time he began his pay, up to the time of his death, which took place on the 11 th day of April 1848, together with the necessary instructions & form by which the Father can draw the same,
We likewise send you the application of Elizabeth Musgrove for a pension. She has been receiving a pension, and is now under the law, the intended application will entitle her to receive the same pension until her death.
Yours faithfully Wright & Magargy

No. 13461
ad 44 p. 825-
Elizabeth Musgrave widow of Samuel Musgrave (alias, Musgrave)
Ind
act 7 May 1838
Rejected mustard and 3 April 1847
adw act 17 June 1844
12mo per
$40 00 per annum
from 3 April 1847
Joseph A. Wright Rockville Ind.

No 13461
Elizabeth Musgrave mo of Saml.
mo
act 7 July 1838
Married 1790
Repted husband and
3 April 1847
Mrs. Jane ...

Rockville, Md. Sept 14 th 1849
Dear Sir,
I send you enclosed an application for a pension for Elizabeth Musgrove, I know the woman as her family, she is a more worthy & truly applicant you have but seldom, I hope you will find no difficulty in making her a pension certificate. That the said woman may receive the pension soon, for unless it comes soon it will be of no use to her. I am more acquainted with her history & needs and the proper pension when she draws a pension. I shall be pleased to have attached to it soon as convenient.
Yours Respectfully Joseph S. Wright

Samuel Musgrave No 3 Amended Declaration for Pension

State of Indiana
Parker County 55
Personally appeared before me the undersigned, a justice of the peace in and for the county aforesaid, Samuel Musgrave, who being duly sworn, deposes 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 services, but according to the best of his recollections he served not less than the periods mentioned below and in the following order. For 1776 and 1777 in the first campaign spoken of in my Declaration, ten months, I served as a private. For 1777 in the second campaign spoken of in my Declaration, two months, I served as a private; and for such service I claim a pension.
Samuel Musgrave
Sworn to and subscribed this 12 th day of August 1833.
Matthew Nael J.P. Justice of the peace
State of Indiana
Parker County 55
Parker Probate Court
August Term. 1833
On this 12 th day of August 1833. Personally appeared in open court, before me Daniel M. Morris Probate Judge in and for the county aforesaid, Samuel Musgrave who being duly sworn deposes and saith that there is no Clergyman residing in the county of Parker that he is acquainted with him, that he resides in Sugar Creek Township in said county, nor is there any Minister of the Gospel in this part of the State that knows him, and further saith that
Samuel Musgrave
Sworn and subscribed to this 12 th August 1833
John G. David Clerk

I Daniel M. Morris do hereby certify the above statement of Samuel Musgrave was made in open court sworn and subscribed to, and that it is my opinion that there is no Minister of the Gospel in said county that has any acquaintance with the said Musgrave. Sign this 12 th August 1833
D. M. Morris Probate Judge
State of Indiana County of Parke town
I John G. Davis Clerk of the circuit court in and for the county aforesaid do certify that Matthew Neil Esquire whose name is subscribed to the foregoing affidavit is now and was on the day of the date of subscribing his name to the foregoing an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly elected commissioned and qualified and acting under the authority of said state and that his name thereto subscribed is his genuine signature, and I further certify the foregoing affidavit is the original amended declaration of Samuel Musgrave for the purpose of obtaining a pension
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of our said court at Rockville the 13 th day of August AD 1833
J. G. Davis Clerk

1918 Dec. 20. Hist. to Mrs. N. W. Harris. Letter in S. 40190 William Musgrove. f
1923 Oct. 2. Hist. to Hon Walter F. Lindberg
1936 March 12. List to Mrs. H. G. Hancock
Sperry  WIDOW, & Co.
File No. 9583
Elizabeth Musgrove Wid. of Samuel Musgrove Post. Rev. War
Act: Feb. 24/48
Index: — Vol. 16 , Page 71
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Samuel Musgrave, by Act 7 June 1832 for 400 per share
To what time was he last paid 5/
66 2/3
Pension Office Oct 13/847
Paid to 4 th Mar. 1847.
B. B.

WALTER F. LINEBERGER
9TH DISTRICT CALIFORNIA
COMMITTEE: RIVERS AND HARBORS
ETHEL D. BARKER
SECRETARY
Congress of the United States House of Representatives Washington, D. C.
Please address reply to
36 American Avenue , Long Beach, California
September 27, 1923.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington D. C.
Dear Sir:
Can you give me any data concerning the service rendered by Samuel Musgrove during the Revolutionary War? He was later a pensioner of Park County, Indiana, and any information concerning him or his family will be greatly appreciated.
very truly yours,
Walter F. Lineberger.

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Samuel Musgrove a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
W. 9.583
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     May 1776 16 mos. Private Thomas West soldier - captured at Fort M'Intosh and paroled for 6 or 8 weeks Rawlings X   Feb. 1777 2 mos. Joshua Wilson ✓  
Battles engaged in, Fort M'Intosh
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Loudoun Co., Virginia.
Date of application for pension, Nov. 13, 1832. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Sugar Creek Twp., Parke Co., Indiana.
Age at date of application, born June 27, 1760 in Loudoun Co., Virginia.
Remarks: soldier married in what was later called Hawkins Co. Tenn. Elizabeth (by or leg) to in Sept. 11, 1771. He died Oct. 3, 1847 in Parke Co., Ind. & she was allowed pension on her appln. exec. Sept. 14, 1847 while a resident of Parke Co., Ind.
Supplemental family data herewith.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

PARKE CIRCUIT COURT SIXTY-EIGHTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT - INDIANA HOWARD L. HANCOCK, JUDGE ROCKVILLE, INDIANA
Veterans Administration Washington D. P.
Dear Sir:
Please send me the Revolutionary War record of Samuel Musgrove who is buried in Parke County.
I would deeply appreciate any information you can give me in regard to a Revolutionary veteran. I know Lezeuly he fought in the Battle of Saratoga and Saratoga Springs - was born July 1757 - died in Palestine, Ohio 1835 - he enlisted from Mt. Pelier, Vermont. Whatever dates or data you have in regard to this man - please send me. as we're trying to prove his line for a new prospectus D. A. R. member. Thanking you.
Sincerely
Wm. H. L. Hancock
Regent, Estabrook Chapter D. A. R.

March 22, 1936
Samuel Musgrove-W.9583 BA-J/AWF
Mrs. H. L. Hancock Rockville Indiana
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Samuel Musgrove, who is buried in Parke County, Indiana, and the Revolutionary War record of Thomas Leazenby, who was born in July, 1751, served from Vermont, and died in Palestine, Ohio in 1835.
Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims for pension and bounty land which have been made to the United States, based upon service in that war. A search of the records fails to show such claims on file on account of the Revolutionary War service of Thomas Leazenby, surname searched under similar spellings.
As a possible means of securing data in regard to the military record of Thomas Leazenby, it is suggested that you apply to The Adjutant General, War Department, this city.
The Revolutionary War record of Samuel Musgrove which follows was obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, W. 9583, based upon his service in that war.
Samuel Musgrove was born June 27, 1760 in Loudoun County, Virginia, names of his parents not stated.
While residing in Loudoun County, near Leesburg, Samuel Musgrove enlisted sometime in May, 1776 and

served as a private in Captain Thomas West's company, Colonel Rawlings' Virginia regiment; he was taken prisoner at the capture of Fort Washington, held a prisoner six or eight weeks, when paroled and returned home in the spring of 1777.
Samuel Musgrove went in May or June, 1777 to visit his brother (name not stated) living in Botetourt County, Virginia, and volunteered in the fall of 1777 and served two months as a private in Captain Joshua Wilson's company in a campaign against the Indians.
He moved in 1802 from Loudoun County, Virginia to Tennessee, from there to Alabama, and thence to Indiana.
He was allowed pension on his application executed November 13, 1832, then living in Sugar Creek Township, Parke County, Indiana. He died in Parke County, April 3, 1847.
Samuel Musgrove married in Hawkins County, Tennessee, May 20, 1790, Elizabeth, her maiden name not shown. She was born January 11, 1771, place not stated.
She was allowed pension on her application executed September 14, 1847, then living in Parke County, Indiana.
Reference was made to several children; the following were the only names designated: John, their third child, born October 16, 1797, and Samuel, their fourth child, born July 6, 1800. They were both living in 1847 in Parke County, Indiana.
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G. H. SWEET Acting Executive Assistant to the Administrator