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- Per Jean Mayo (Musco Wright Researcher)
He was in the 10th Virginia Regiment during the Revolutionary War along with Moses, John, and Richard Wright.
He deserted at Valley Forge and joined the British as a Loyalist in Philadelphia, PA. He fought at the Battle of
Monmouth in New Jersey, with the British and went to Pensacola, Florida and was said to have been a prisoner
of war. In 1783, he went to Carleton County, New Brunswick, Canada, where he married Mary ( maiden name
unknown ) and had children named: Caleb, Joseph Henry, Martin, and Ann.
To the Honourable the House of Assembly for the Province of New Brunswick The Petition of Musco Wright,
of the parish of Southampton Wakefield, County of York Carleton, an old infirm & indigent Soldier of the
Revolutionary war Humbly Sheweth
That your petitioner is Eighty seven years of age and resides in the parish of Southampton County York & Province
of New Brunswick
That he belonged to the corps, called the Pennsylvania Loyalists; commanded by Col. William Allen; that his Captain's
name was Joseph Swift
That he was in the Battle of Monmouth, the battle of Mobile, at a battle with the French & Spanish at West Florida
and also in Several Skirmishes
That he was a Corporal and was regularly discharged at the conclusion of the war
That he is very poor & indigent, being dependent on one of his sons who is also very poor
That he formerly received two hundred acres of land for his Services
Your Petitioner humbly prays that now being old, infirm, poor and entirely dependent, this Honorable House
will be graciously pleased to take his case into consideration and grant him such relief as in their wisdom they
may think just and proper, and your petitioner as in duty bound will ever pray
his Musco X Wright mark
Musco Wright swore to the truth of the petition on 10 July, 1837, before D. B. Shelton, Esq., a Justice of the Peace.
He was awarded a pension of £10 per annum, which he continued to receive until at least 1844.
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Abt 1757 - Abt 1844 (87 years)
