Saludy Mustain

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• Residence: 1820, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1830, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1833, , , Virginia, USA

Notes:

The grave is on a farm that was once owned by the Poole Family. It is on Rockford School Road between Route 40 and Ray Mill Road, on the right about 300 yards if you turn left off of Ray Mill Road from Route 40. There is an old tobacco barn in far left hand side of field near woods. The grave yard is located at edge of woods behind barn.

Pension Application of Avery Mustain: W7488
State of Virginia}
County of Pittsylvania} Sct
On this 22 . day of August 1832 personally appeared in open Court before David H. nd Clark, Wm S. Pannill, Coleman D. Bennett & John A. Clark the Court of Pittsylvania County now sitting Avery Mustain a resident of Camden Parish in the County of Pittsylvania and State of
Virginia aged 76 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 act of Congress passed June 7 1832. That he was born 26 February 1756 near where he now lives, about 1 June 1776 he th st volunteered under Thomas Dilliard [Dillard] Capt., John Heard Lieut, Robert Dalton Ensign and marched to Guyns [sic: Gwynn] Island Va near the mouth of the Peanketank [sic: Piankatank] River and assisted in driving off Lord Dunmore, the then Governor of Va [11 July 1776]. There was no officer of higher grade than Capt. on the side of the River he was stationed. While there an express arrived and he marched with his Company to the Tennessee River in the [now] state of Tennessee against the Cherokee nation of Indians. in this expedition Heard was Capt. (Capt. Dilliard having thrown up) Dalton was Lieut. & Turly [sic: Tully] Choice Ensign. After arriving at
New London Va. [in present Campbell County] they were attached to the command of Colo. Charles Lewis of Albemarle Va. He forgets his Maj’r. Capt. [Joseph] Martin (afterwards Gen’l. Martin of Henry Cty Va.) commanded a company in the expedition. After arriving on the Holston
River, Colo Wm Christian being the oldest officer was first in command. after arriving in the Indian Territory (the enemy having deserted their homes) they burnt up their Houses and Corn and Eat their Potatoes. all of his Company returned thence home. No discharges were given and all returned with their Captain a few days before Christmass 1776. About the first of May 1780 he was drafted to go to the South. Isaac Clement Capt (forgets the name of Lieut. and Ensign) he marched by Peter Perkins on Dan River Va where he met several companys, by Hilsboro [sic: Hillsborough] N.C. where he met with manny troops and the following officers, General [Edward]
Stevens who was the Commander, Colonels Richerson [sic: Holt Richardson] & [Ralph] Faulkner and Maj’r Henry Conway. thence he marched towards Camden S.C. crossing the Big & Little Peedee [sic: Pee Dee] and a few miles this side of Camden he met with General’s [Horatio] Gates, DeKalb and [William] Smallwood and next day was in the Battle in which the Americans were defeated [Battle of Camden, 16 Aug 1780]. He then returned home about the last of August 1780 and received a discharge. In February 1781 he volunteered under Gabriel Shelton Capt., James Waid Lieut. & Vincent Shelton Ensign. Capt Shelton left his company and he was then commanded by Capt Thomas Smith, crossed Dan River at Boyds Ferry, crossed Haw river in North Carolina & after marching to & fro for a while returned home after being absent 4 or 5 weeks & was not in the Battle of Guilford [15 March 1781]. In August 1781 he was drafted to go to the siege of York Town Va [28 Sep - 19 Oct 1781]. William Dix Capt., David Hurt Lieut, Clem McDaniel Ensign. after arriving at York Town, Capt Dix was succeeded by Capt. Charles Willliams. He assisted in raising breast works & Batterys; after the surrender of Lord Cornwallis, he was detailed and marched to Nolands Ferry on the Potowmac [sic: Potomac] river with the Prisoners and at Leesburg he received a discharge about the last of November 1781 which he has lost. He hereby relinquishes every 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 – Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid – Avery Mustain
NOTE: On 18 Mar 1839 Mary Mustain, 74, applied for a pension stating that she married Avery Mustain in March 1783, and he died 31 Aug 1833. A typed summary states that her maiden name was Mary Barber. With her application is a family record with the names and dates of birth of their children and apparently some grandchildren.


List of Birth Dates for Avery Mustain’s Children from his 1801 Bible
Background – This record was written on the inside cover of Avery Mustain's 1801 bible and submitted as part of his Revolutionary War pension application. It helped establish that he was married to Mary and that as his widow she would be eligible for a pension payment.

The record lists (1) his children and (2) his grandchildren through his oldest daughter, Saludy. It is assumed that Clark H. Moore is the grandson mentioned in Avery's will as Clark Mustain. Based on Clark’s birth in 1807 and Saludy's age, she is the only one of Avery’s children who could be the mother. Saludy didn't marry Samuel Dalton until 1809, two years after Clark was born. Clark's father is unknown as is whether he married Saludy (or died soon after conceiving Clark).

Transcription:
Register of the names of the sons and daughters of Avery Mustain and Mary, his wife.
Drury Mustain was born March the 17th day, 1783.
Joel Mustain was born February 6th day, 1785.
Saludy Mustain was born March 31st day, 1787.
Haley Mustain was born May 6th, 1789.
Shadrack Mustain was born July the 11th, 1792.
Molley Avery Mustain was born August 21st, 1794.
Sherwood Mustain was born September 27th, 1796.
Thomas Mustain was born December 29th, 1798.
Elizabeth Mustain was born March 7th, 1801.
Clark H. Moore was born in the year the year of our Lord 1807.
Clark H. Moore was born February the 7 day in the year of Lord 1807.
Polly Dalton, daughter to Samuel Dalton and Saludy his wife, was born Feb. 12th, 1810.
Avery Dalton was born Dec. 9th, 1811.
Elizabeth Dalton was born July 25th, 1813.

Avery married Mary"Polly" Barber Shelton on 17 Mar 1780 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA. Mary"Polly" was born on 29 Dec 1765 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died on 6 Jul 1846 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Mary Shelton Barber

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• Residence: 1753, , Lunenburg, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1782, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
• Will: 6 Nov 1791, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA
• Event-Misc: 21 Nov 1791, , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA

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Will of Thomas Mustain, 1791 - Pittsylvania Co. VA

Last Will and Testament of Thomas Mustain weak in body.
Dead Book 9, pg 119-120, written 6 November 1791, probated 16 July1792.
To my beloved wife Mary Mustain, a sufficient maintenance suitable toher surcomstance, free and undesturbed during her life or widowhood.
To my son Jesse, 200 acres to be taken off the upper end of the tractwhere I now live. The rest of this tract to be sold.
To daughter, Rebeckah and Molly, twenty shillings each from the sale of the above land.
To daughters Mary Ann and Sally, ten pounds each.
To son Avery Mustain and Daughters Anna Buckner, Milley Keese, Tabetha Bruce, Winney Lewis and Siludey Shelton one equal part of the moneyfrom the sale of the land.
To Thomas Mustain, son of Jesse Mustain and his wife Jenney, has promised to live with me and my wife during our lives for which I give and bequeath unto the said Thomas Mustain a tract of land on both sidesof Nixes Creek, 170 acres. The balance of my moveable property to bedivided among my last six named children. Appoint son Jesse Mustain and Joel Shelton executors.

Thoams (X) Mustain
Witnesses: Francis (X) Ivy, Nathaniel Faris, Griffith Dickinson,
Vincent Shelton and Charles Lewis, Jr. security for executors.

(Submitter note: In the Will of Thomas Mustain when he said ' My son
Avery Mustain and daughters...' the daughters he lists are Thomas's daughters, NOT Avery's.)

Submitted by E. S. Rick McDaniel

Will of Thomas Mustain, 1791 - Pittsylvania Co. VA
Last Will and Testament of Thomas Mustain weak in body.
Dead Book 9, pg 119-120, written 6 November 1791, probated 16 July 1792.
To my beloved wife Mary Mustain, a sufficient maintenance suitable to
her surcomstance, free and undesturbed during her life or widowhood.
To my son Jesse, 200 acres to be taken off the upper end of the tract
where I now live. The rest of this tract to be sold.
To daughter, Rebeckah and Molly, twenty shillings each from the sale
of the above land.
To daughters Mary Ann and Sally, ten pounds each.
To son Avery Mustain and Daughters Anna Buckner, Milley Keese, Tabeth
a Bruce, Winney Lewis and Siludey Shelton one equal part of the money from the sale of the land.
To Thomas Mustain, son of Jesse Mustain and his wife Jenney, has
promised to live with me and my wife during our lives for which I
give and bequeath unto the said Thomas Mustain a tract of land on both sides of Nixes Creek, 170 acres. The balance of my moveable property to be divided among my last six named children.
Appoint son Jesse Mustain and Joel Shelton executors.

Thoams (X) Mustain
Witnesses: Francis (X) Ivy, Nathaniel Faris, Griffith Dickinson,
Vincent
Shelton and Charles Lewis, Jr. security for executors.


Mustain family researchers and local history buffs believe that Jesse's house was built by his father, Thomas Mustain. In her book Tracks Along the Staunton, Diane Popek states: "Around 1750 Thomas Mustain, on the original grant by King George II of England, built a rock-wall house, a landmark of Pittsylvania County ." We believe that this rock-wall house built in 1750 was the first floor of our home. Thomas went on to built a larger home (timber frame with an English basement that is on his original land grant and on what is now Telegraph Road) and that his son, Jesse, went on to add the other two floors in the 1770's when he came of age, married, and began his family.

Thomas Mustain was listed among the local tithables of 1750. At a Court held for Halifax County, May 1752, it was ordered that Thomas Mustain, Joseph Ironmonger, George Whiffon and Daniel Smith do appraise the estate of Isaac Cloud, deceased. His land grant was signed by Royal Governor Dinwiddie and drawn up on the 29th day of November 1756. This was an original crown Grant made by King George II in the thirtieth year of his reign for 400 acres for the tidy sum of forty shillings. In 1767 Thomas appears on the list of tithables taken by John Donelson in Pittsylvania County's first tax list. In 1769 the vestry of Camden Parish planned to build a church "near Thomas Mustain's."

Thomas Mustain was born about 1725 in VA and died 1791 in Pittsylvania County, VA. He married Mary (probable maiden name Haley) about 1748. He and Mary had the following children:

Jesse - born @1749 Pittsylvania County, VA; married Jenny @1776 and married #2 Polly Brewis, daughter of Robert Brewis, on June 11, 1793 in Pittsylvania County, VA; died 1794 Pittsylvania County, VA
Rebecca -
Molly - married John Paterson on June 30, 1794
Mary Ann -
Sally - born @1767; married Price Skinner on June 30, 1794
Avery - born February 26, 1756; married Mary "Polly" Shelton Barber on March 17, 1780; died August 31, 1833 in Pittsylvania County, VA.
Anna - Married William Buckner @1768 and married #2 Jeremiah Buckner on September 9, 1782 in Pittsylvania County, VA; died in Kentucky
Milly - Born @1755; married Jesse Keesee; died August 1838 in VA
Tabitha - married James Bruce on February 13, 1782 in Halifax County, VA.
Winifred - married Zachariah Lewis
Saludy - born 1772 in Pittsylvania County, VA; married Claiborn Shelton on May 16, 1785; died 1812 at Chimney Rock, OH

Jesse Mustain had the following children:
Thomas - born @1777; married Martha Irby on November 19, 1801; died October 29, 1814 in Charles County, VA
Priscilla - born January 6, 1778; married William Shelton in December 1798
Jesse - married Tabitha Hicks
John - born September 6, 1782; married Elizabeth Legrand Glenn on January 11, 1829; died March 1, 1869 in Blandinsville, IL
Susanna - born @1785; married Walker Goodwin
James W - born @1787; married Sarah Shelton; died June 18, 1850
Winifred - never married and served as overseer of the poor of Camden Parish
Tabitha - married Meredith Jennings on Dec 14, 1807

In 1777, Thomas Mustain and both of his sons, Jesse and Avery Mustain, are listed as having taken the Oath of Allegiance while serving in Captain Crispin Shelton's Company in the defense of Virginia during the revolution.

Pittsylvania Country courts records mention Jesse more than once. On September 21, 1779 he was recorded as being severely in debt to the Commonwealth of Virginia. In October of 1782 a case was dismissed in which he was accused of misconduct.

Prior to 1782 Jesse had already set up housekeeping with his (already large family) separate from his father. Jesse is listed on the 1782 Heads of Households with 8 white souls. His father, Thomas, is listed with 7 white souls. The first census of the United States taken in 1785 lists Jesse Mustain with 9 white souls, 1 dwelling, and 3 other buildings. Thomas is listed with 4 white souls, 1 dwelling, and 4 other buildings. Jesse's younger brother, Avery, is listed with 4 white souls, no dwelling and no other buildings. (Avery built his home in 1788 - date is on north cornice of house - on Whitethorn Creek.)

On November 6, 1791, Thomas Mustain, "being weak in body," wrote his will:
To my beloved wife Mary Mustain, a sufficient maintenance suitable to her circumstance, as long as she remains a widow; To my son Jesse, 200 acres to be taken off the upper end of the tract that I now live on: Beginning at the upper N corner and running down the N line onto the S line, making his complement; The balance of the tract of land I live on to be sold to the highest bidder giving 18 months credit; To daughters, Rebecca and Molly, twenty shillings each; To daughters Mary Ann and Sally, ten pounds each;
To son Avery Mustain and daughters Anna Buckner, Milly Keesee, Tabetha Bruce, Winney Lewis, and Saludy Shelton one equal part of the money from the sale of the land; To Thomas Mustain, son of Jesse Mustain and his wife Jenny, has promised to live with me and my wife during our lives for which I give and bequeath unto the said Thomas Mustain a tract of land on both sides of Mayes Creek, 170 acres, and 1/3 of my moveable property; The balance of my moveable property to be divided among my last six named children. I appoint son, Jesse Mustain, and Joel Shelton executors.

Signed by Thomas Mustain (with his X). Witnessed by Frances Irby, Nathaniel Farris, and Griffith Dickinson. Vincent Shelton and Charles Lewis, Jr. gave security for the executors. This will was entered into court on November 21, 1791.

Unfortunately, it was not long before Jesse died. Family lore says he fell from his horse while intoxicated. On June 1, 1795, Polly Mustain, widow of Jesse, mortgaged her dower of 66 2/3 acres to Samuel and David Pannill for thirty pounds. On August 21, 1797, Jesse's son Thomas was made legal guardian to Jesse's minor children. Also in 1797, the whole plantation, including Polly's dower, was sold to Benjamin Gosney and passed out of the Mustain family.

In 1817, Gosney sold the property to Richard Whitehead for $2,840. When Whitehead bought roughly the other half of the Mustain tract in 1811, he had, in effect, the land to which Thomas Mustain was given patent by George II. Around 1836, Richard Whitehead made structural changes to the house: moving the south and north doors (front and back) on the 2nd floor, as well as adding a wall to make a center hallway corresponding to the new placement of doors. Richard and his wife, Pency, were buried together near the house, but in 1934 they were removed to Chatham, VA.

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Type: Will Proven

Thomas married Mary Haley in 1748 in , Halifax, Virginia, USA. Mary was born in 1722 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA; died in 1791 in , Pittsylvania, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Mary Mustain