G2-Abraham

Abraham Musick, b. Abt. 1722 in St. George’s Parish in Spotsylvania County, Virginia; d. 1800 near Florissant, Missouri in present-day St. Louis County, Missouri. (EX-G2)

A family tombstone with three Revolutionary War soldiers located in the Fee Fee Cemetery in Bridgeton, Missouri

Source: Waymarking.com; RN4Vetrerans

My comments are in [ ]. ~Julie Musick

This is [monument marks] the grave of David [AB-G3-20], Abraham [AB-G2], and Abraham Musick [EP-G3-31].

Col. David Musick [AB-G3-20] was born March 13, 1763, near Charlottesville, Virginia. He served in both the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812. During the Revolutionary War, he was in the North Carolina Militia and fought in the Battle of Cowpens. He led a wagon train of 100 people from North Carolina to Illinois in 1794. He crossed the Mississippi to Spanish Louisiana (now Missouri) in 1795. He died in St Louis County on November 19, 1837. [David was the son of Abraham (AB-G2) and Sarah Lewis Musick.]

Abraham Musick [AB-G2] was born in about 1722 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia. He was the father of David [AB-G3-20]. During the Revolutionary War, he was a spy in the frontier areas of North Carolina. He accompanied his son to present-day Missouri in 1795. He died in 1800 in St Louis County.

Abraham Musick [EP-G3-31] was born in 1746 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia [to parents Ephraim (EP-G2) and Isabella Roy Musick.] He is the cousin of David and nephew of the other listed Abraham. He is the brother of Thomas Roy Musick [EP-G3-33] who is also buried in this cemetery. He served in the Revolutionary War in the North Carolina Militia and was also noted as serving as a bugler in the Battle of Kings Mountain in South Carolina. He died in St Louis County in 1832. [This Abraham was not only a nephew to the older Abraham but also his son-in-law. He married Terrell Musick [AB-G3-15], the daughter of Abraham [AB-G2].

Written by Anthony Music, 2012 [ ]=Julie Musick’s comments

Abraham Musick (1722-1800) [AB-G2] married Sarah (Sally) Lewis about the year 1745 in Albemarle County, Virginia. Abraham Musick was born in Spotsylvania County, Virginia to George and Ann Musick. George was born in Wales in 1664 and came to America at a young age. [Not proven.] George Musick had 8 children including Electious[Elexious](b. circa 1718), Abraham (1722-1800), and Ephraim (1724-1806). Abraham and Sarah Musick together had 11 children. Their first-born child, Terrell Musick [female] (1748-1832) married her first cousin Abraham Musick (1745-1820), son of Electious. Many members of the Musick family became battle-hardened as they were forced to fight with the Cherokee and the Shawnee tribes on the frontiers of Virginia and North Carolina.


Abraham and Sarah Musick emigrated from Virginia to the South and then to North Carolina between 1766 and 1773. In this area incorporating the Southern end of the Appalachian Mountain Chain, the Musick family was confronted by the Cherokee; the most numerous and well-armed tribe loyal to Great Britain. During the Revolutionary War, the Cherokee attacked frontier settlements of the Americans forcing the Americans to fight not only the British but the Cherokee as well.

Abraham Musick, according to family descendants, served as a spy on the frontier of North Carolina during the Revolutionary War. The soldiers on the frontier, including Abraham and his sons, fought the Cherokee, attacking and burning their towns until the Americans forced the surrender of the Cherokee in 1777. However, the fighting between the Cherokee and the American settlers continued. Unfortunately, during an encounter with the Cherokee, Abraham Musick lost one of his sons, Lewis Musick [AB-G3-16] (1750-1782), who was accidentally killed by one of his own men during a battle with the Cherokee.


As Abraham and his sons fought the Cherokee on the frontier of North Carolina, another Musick was battling the Shawnee of Virginia. David Musick [EX-G3-28] (1752-1792), son of Elexious Musick [EX-G2] and brother of Abraham Musick {EX-G3-27} (1745-1820), was living on the frontier in Russell County, Virginia with his family late in the eighteenth century. The Shawnee was the dominant tribe in the Ohio Valley and a threat to the early settlers. In 1792, the Shawnee [killed and scalped David Musick and captured his family as hostages.] The settlers of Russell County banded together and rescued the family.


The military service of Cyrene Clemens Walton’s ancestors continued as the family migrated westward. David Musick [AB-G3-20] (1763-1837), son of Abraham [AB-G2} and Sarah [Lewis] Musick, fought the Cherokee on the North Carolina frontier. In 1794, David moved with the Musick family to Illinois where he married Prudence Whiteside in Rutherford County. The Musick family then moved again in 1795 to St. Louis County. During the War of 1812, David Musick served as a captain and several members of his family served under him including his nephew Uri Musick [AB-G4-49], son of Abraham [EP-G3-31] and Terrell Musick [AB-G3-15].


In addition to the impressive military service of Cyrene’s ancestors, the Musick pioneers were among the first to bring the Baptist faith west of the Mississippi. In fact, Abraham Musick[EP-G3-31], husband of Terrell [AB-G3-15], sought special permission from Spanish Lieutenant Governor Zenon Trudeau to hold meetings in his house with his Baptist neighbors. The Spanish ordinances forbade the celebration of any religion other than Catholicism and those of the Baptist faith were unable to build a church dedicated to their religion. Trudeau, however, gave his permission for Abraham Musick to meet with his fellow Baptists for prayer as long as they refrained from hanging a bell on their house and calling it a church.


In the years following the Musick settlement in the St. Louis area, the Reverend Thomas Musick [EP-G3-33], then living in Kentucky, paid a visit to his relatives and preached the Baptist faith to all the religious families in the province. Reverend Thomas Musick (1756-1842), son of Ephraim Musick (1724-1806) [EP-G2] and cousin to Abraham and Terrell Musick, converted to the Baptism at the age of 17 and began to preach the Baptist faith. Impressed by his visit to the region, Reverend Thomas desired to return with his own family and settle in the area but only when he could be free to preach his Baptist faith without the fear of persecution from the Spanish government.

Upon receiving the news of the cession of the land to the United States, Reverend Musick set up permanent residence in the St. Louis area and became the first preacher of the gospel in that part of the country. Following the Louisiana Purchase, several members of the Musick family, led by Reverend Thomas, formed the Baptist Society and constructed the Old Fee Fee Church. A monument to Reverend Thomas is today located at his internment in the Fee Fee Cemetery. In addition, several members of the Musick, Walton, and Hanley families are laid to rest within the Fee Fee cemetery.


The strength of religion within the family is made evident in a surviving letter from Isabella Musick Walton [AM-G4-51] (1792-1861) addressed to her granddaughters in the last year of her life. She writes that she would like to share a “few word(s) of Scripture”. Isabella continues “may the young remember that they are now in the spring of life and that this spring once gone returns no more”. Isabella Walton, influenced by her Baptist upbringing, shared her reflections as she entered the last stage of her life.