Robert Mush (ca. 1758-1837)

Robert Mush (ca. 1758-1837) is a Virginia historical marker in King William County, dedicated 2019.

King William County · dedicated 2019 · US 360, about 900 feet northeast of intersection with Route 618

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Robert Mush (or Mursh), a Pamunkey Indian, was a Revolutionary War soldier. After attending the Brafferton Indian School at the College of William and Mary, he enlisted as a private in the 15th Virginia Regiment in 1776. He fought in the Battles of Brandywine and Germantown in Pennsylvania in 1777 and was taken prisoner of war in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1780. Exchanged after about 14 months, he marched to Georgia with a Virginia battalion and served in the Southern Campaign until the end of the war. Mush later served as a member of the Pamunkey Tribal Government and became a Baptist minister. He eventually moved to South Carolina, where his family settled among the Catawba Indians.

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