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- On Route 792 in Mount Airy, Pittsylvania County, Virginia, stands thelovely old home of Jesse Mustain. Presumably, he built it on the 200 acres he inherited in 1792 from his father, Thomas. Although there have been several additions, particularly that of the right wing, the old house is obviously of eigthteenth century construction. The first floor is built of eighteen-inch stone walls and has two great end chimneys. The timbers are pegged together, the wainscoting and floors are of heart pine, and the mantels have been hand-carved. On the first floor two curving corner stairways lead to the two rooms on the second floor. Two small windows flank the chimneys from a third floor plasteredroom.
Notes from Virginia's Descendants Web Site:
Thomas Mustain, father of Jesse, was born about 1725 and is first recorded in Halifax County in 1750, when he appeared on the tax list of William Caldwell and was living on 'the Little Roanoke River up the Fork.' In 1752 he was one of four men to appraise the estate of Isaac Cloud. On Feb 5, 1753, Thomas Mustain received his first grant of land from King George II of England, signed by Robert Dinwiddie. It consistedof 400 acres on Poplar Branch of Mill Creek, in Halifax County, Virginia, which became part of Pittsylvania County when the latter was created in 1767. The land he left to his son, Jesse, was not part of this grant, however, as Thomas sold this 400 acres to William Payne on September 12, 1782 for 30 pounds of then current money. But, Thomas had received another grant of land from King George II, again signed by Robert Dinwiddie, on November 26, 1756. This grant was again for 400 acresin Halifax County, but was located on both sides of Stinking River. For this land grant Thomas paid 40 shillings. And it was from this grant of land he bequest 'To my son Jesse, 200 acres to be taken off the upper end of the tract where I now live.'
Thomas and his wife, Mary, had nine daughters: Anna, who married William Buckner; Mildred, who married Jesse Keesee; Tabitha, who married James Bruce; Winifred, who married Zachariah Lewis; Seluda, who marriedClaiborne Shelton; Rebecca; Mary, who married Jeremiah Barker; Polly,who married John Patterson; Sarah, who married Price Skinner. The couple had only two sons: Jesse, who married Jane, the mother of his ninechildren, and shortly before his death, Mary Bruce; and Avery, who married Mary Barber Shelton.
Jesse, the oldest son of Thomas and Mary, was born in 1749. He married his first wife, Jane, about 1776. Jane was the mother of his five daughters and four sons: Susannah, married Walker Goodwin; Tabitha, married Meredith Jennings; Winifred, who never married, and served as overseer of the poor of Camden Parish; Priscilla, married William Shelton; Saluda; John, who married Elizabeth LeGrande Glenn; James W, who married Sarah H Shelton; Thomas, who married Martha Irby; and Jesse, Jr,who married Tabitha Hicks.
Jesse must have been a character, as we find in the Pittsylvania Court records at least two cases in which he is reprimanded for misbehavior as follows:
On September 21, 1779: 'Jesse Mustain with John Oliver & Richard Toddhis securites...acknowledged themselves severally indebted to the Commonwealth of VA...Jesse Mustain in the sum of 500 lbs....on condition that the said Jesse Mustain shall be of good behaviour and keep the peace towards all citizens of this Commonwealth 1 whole year and a day'.And in October of 1782: 'Thomas Doss and Salley, his wife, against Jesse Mustain. In Trespass, assault and battery. The parties having agreed..dismissed.'
Jesse remarried on June 11, 1793, to Mary Brewis [Bruce], but the marriage was short lived as he died the following June. The children, still minors, were left to the care and guardianship of their uncle, Avery Mustain, and their lovely new home was sold to settle their father's estate. Benjamin Gosney purchased a tract, including the dower of Mary Mustain, Jesse's widow. And in 1803, he purchased the property from Avery Mustain, the guardian of the minors, for 114 pounds and 11 shillings. This Benjamin Gosney was later to become the father-in-law ofAvery's son, Joel Mustain. Joel married his daughter, Mary Gosney, ten years later. In all likelihood, Benjamin's wife, Mary 'Elizabeth' Haden, whom he married on December 26, 1786 in Campbell County, was thesister of Jane, first wife of Jesse. Elizabeth was the daughter of John Haden, and the granddaughter of Anthony Haden of Campbell County, Virginia, and John had a daughter, Jane, as well.
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