Battaile Muse (1750–1803)
In December 1794 Bushrod Washington wrote Muse regarding an "execution [against] Wales"—perhaps a tenant on a Washington property.
Battaile Muse was born on 30 April 1750 in what is now Charles Town, West Virginia. He was the son of Virginia militia officer George Muse, who resigned following accusations of cowardice in the capitulation of Fort Necessity in 1754. Battaile briefly served in the Revolutionary War before his October 1777 discharge on account of poor health.
Jane Rissler, "Battaile Muse: George Washington’s Shenandoah Valley Land Agent," Magazine of the Jefferson County Historical Society, Volume 76 (December 2010), 39–47.
Battaile Muse Papers, 1726–1891, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina.
"To George Washington from Battaile Muse, 1 November 1788," Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-01-02-0065. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Presidential Series, vol. 1, 24 September 1788 – 31 March 1789, ed. Dorothy Twohig. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1987, pp. 86–87.]
"To George Washington from Battaile Muse, 6 April 1797," Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/06-01-02-0058. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Retirement Series, vol. 1, 4 March 1797 – 30 December 1797, ed. W. W. Abbot. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1998, pp. 78–79.]
"To George Washington from Battaile Muse, 16 August 1785," Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/04-03-02-0170. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Confederation Series, vol. 3, 19 May 1785 – 31 March 1786, ed. W. W. Abbot. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1994, pp. 184–185.]
Battaile Muse at Find a Grave.
Battaile Muse at FamilySearch.