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John Mushat

John Mushat

Male Bef 1778 - 1844  (~ 65 years)

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  • Name John Mushat 
    Alt. Birth Between 1775 and 1780  New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Alt. Birth 1778  Schaghticoke, Rensselaer County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Born Bef 22 Aug 1778  Cambridge, Washington County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christened 22 Aug 1778  Dutch Reformed Church - Schaghticoke, Rensselaer County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    1810 Census 1810  Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • p. 302
      John Mushet   00610 - 00010
    1820 Census 1820  Fairfield County, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • p. 153, 010001-21001, as John Mushatt
    1830 Census 1830  Fairfield County, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • p. 368, 002 000 010 0000 - 001 100 100 0000, as John Machet
    1840 Census 1840  Fairfield County, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • p. 181, 000 020 001 0000 - 000 020 010 0000, as John Matchet
    Died 5 Mar 1844  Winnsboro, Fairfield County, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Aft 5 Mar 1844  Sion Presbyterian Church Cemetery - Winnsboro, Fairfield County, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Obituary 3 Aug 1844  Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Charleston Observer 
    • Marriage and Death Notices from The Charleston Observer, 1827-1845
      Issue of August 3, 1844
      page 202
      Marriages & Deaths, Charleston Observer, 1827-1845, p.202
      Died at his residence in Fairfield Dist., near Winnsboro', on the 5th of March, John Mushatt, in the 66th year of his age... a native of Cambridge, New York, but removed to Charleston, S. C., and resided at that place for many years.
    Person ID I23237  DNA Family 1 Genealogies
    Last Modified 22 Jan 2009 

    Father David Mushat,   d. Unknown 
    Mother Christine Stewart,   d. Unknown 
    Family ID F436  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Margaret Fleming,   b. Cal 1785, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Jan 1867  (Age ~ 82 years) 
    Married Bef 1810 
    Children 
     1. John Mushat,   b. Abt 1811, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Unknown
    Last Modified 22 Jan 2009 
    Family ID F8174  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsAlt. Birth - Between 1775 and 1780 - New York Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBorn - Bef 22 Aug 1778 - Cambridge, Washington County, New York Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google Maps1810 Census - 1810 - Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 5 Mar 1844 - Winnsboro, Fairfield County, South Carolina Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - Aft 5 Mar 1844 - Sion Presbyterian Church Cemetery - Winnsboro, Fairfield County, South Carolina Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsObituary - Charleston Observer - 3 Aug 1844 - Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • 1790 Cambridge, Albany Co., NY, p. 19
      Wm Muschet   2-3-3-0-0 (p. 313)
      John Mushett 1-2-2-0-0 (p. 315)

      1800 Cambridge, Washington Co., NY, p. 369
      William Mushet  11101-10010
      John Mushet     02001-21010

      1810 Cambridge, Washington Co., NY, p. 478
      William Mushett  00101-00101-20
      John Mushett     00201-11001-10

      1810, Ward 8 - New York, New York Co., NY, p. 233,
      John Mishett     10100-00010

      1820 Cambridge, Washington Co., NY, p. 176
      William L. Mushett 000010-01001-01

      Fairfield Co., SC,
      1820 : p. 153, 010001-21001, as John Mushatt
      1830 : p. 368, 002 000 010 0000 - 001 100 100 0000, as John Machet
      1840 : p. 181, 000 020 001 0000 - 000 020 010 0000, as John Matchet
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      In a continuing effort to put these pieces together, I did locate John Mushat (as John Mushatt) in the 1820 Iredell Census.  Now it does make sense that he could have married Mary Davidson, d/o George Lee Davidson. I also discovered that he was supposed to have died in 1843 and that she died in 1869.  Although I cannot find an 1850 or 1860 census listing for her in Lowndes County, AL, there is an index listing for a Mrs. Mary Mushat for the 1855 state census.  I also cannot locate an 1840 listing for John Mushat.  All of this suggests that if there was a Catherine Mushat who married George Lee Davidson, there are no obvious clues to her existence and it is just as likely that his spouse Catherine Lee Davidson was the Catherine Davidson who died in 1847.

      There are LDS records indicating that John Mushat was born in 1778 in Rennselaer Co., NY, to a David Mushat and Christine Stewart.  There is no obvious 1790 census listing for David.

      None of this changes the basic conclusion that the mother of George Lee Davidson's children was Catherine Lee Davidson, d/o Col. George Davidson and Catherine Reese.
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      John Mushat is now becoming a real mystery!

      I thought I had found everything and then something new pops up:



      Iredell Co., NC
      1820 : p. 244, 160010-10100-02, as John Mushatt
      1830 : p. 37, 111 001 100 0000 - 021 000 100 0000, as John Mushat

      Do we have 2 John Mushat's from New York going to the Carolinas?

      On the issue of Mary Lee Davidson.  I did now find her 1860 census record:

      1860 Federal Census -
      Hayneville PO - Northern Division, Lowndes Co., AL,
      p. 562, as M. L. Mushatt : 8 October 1860

      697 633 M. L. Mushatt 63 F               1800 17455  NC
              J. M.   "     22 M Depty Sheriff             AL

      So, where does this leave us?

      We know from the newspaper report that the John Mushat in SC is originally from New York.

      If we assume that the John Patrick Mushat born in Iredell County in 1830 was a son of John Mushat and Mary Lee Davidson, then the John Mushat in Iredell County is from New York.

      The family groups are enough different for these to be two different John Mushats.

      The John Mushat who died in 1844 in SC seems to be the John Mushat who was born in 1778 in Renssalaer Co., NY, s/o David Mushat & Christian Stewart.  However, census records indicate that there was no David Mushat living in upstate New York in 1790 and beyond, and the Mushats from Cambridge, NY were John and William who seem to be gone after 1820.

      Let me speculate:

      The John Mushat in Fairfield Co., SC is the s/o David; and the one in Iredell County is either a cousin or a nephew, about 5-10 years younger, maybe a s/o John or William, maybe the John Mishett from NYC in 1810 (who may be part of family), or maybe someone completely different.

      There is no data to link the Mushats in Alabama to South Carolina.  In fact, the son "J. M." with Mary Lee (Davidson) Mushat in 1860 census puts her in Alabama as early as 1838.

      References give the death date for the NC John Mushat as 1843 and the newspaper give the death date for the SC as 1844.  I wonder if the references confused these individuals or if they both did die with a short period of time.

      I believe I have exhausted on-line and on-hand resources on this family. It would be useful if someone with Lowndes County, AL, references, such as cemetery lists, etc. could review for more answers and questions.