Display Patriot - P-242903 - George MUTER

George MUTER

SAR Patriot #: P-242903

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State of Service: VA      Qualifying Service: Colonel / Civil Service / Patriotic Service

Birth: abt 1737 / Orange / VA
Death: 30 Sep 1811 / Woodford / KY

Qualifying Service Description:
  1. Captain of the Hero Galley; appointed 16 March 1776; oath 19 July 1776; resigned 02 July 1777.
  2. Paid for recruiting seamen, April 1776.
  3. Colonel of Militia; received pay and supplies in 1779.
  4. Commissioner of the War Office, resigned 22 March 1781.
  5. Member of board of field officers, 6 February 1782.
  6. Colonel of Virginia State Garrison Regiment on supernumerary list, 13 April 1782, commissioned 01 April 1781.
  7. Land-Office Military Warrant, No. 41, awarded 6,666 acres, for services as a Colonel for three years in the State Garrison Regiment.

Additional References:
  1. Gwathmey, John H, Historical Register of Virginians in the Revolution: Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, 1775-1783, Virginia. Richmond: Dietz Press, 1938, pg 576, 862.
  2. Kentucky Secretary of State, Administration, Land Office Index, Virginia Revolutionary War Warrants; Warrant No. 41.

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Burial:
Frankfort Cemetery (C-0070424)
Location:
Frankfort / Franklin / KY / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
169757
Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
38.192236 / -84.865175
Find A Grave Memorial #:
19819143
Marker Type:

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Comments:
  • Modern stone
  • Photo used with permission of Compatriot Mitchell Anderson, 229001, KYSSAR


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Author: Mitchell Brandon Anderson

George Muter was born about 1737 in Orange County, Virginia.1


He served in various roles throughout the Revolutionary War. George’s contributions were:

  • Captain of the Hero Galley; appointed 16 March 1776; oath 19 July 1776; resigned 02 July 1777.
  • Paid for recruiting seamen, April 1776.
  • Colonel of the Militia received pay and supplies in 1779.
  • Commissioner of the War Office resigned on 22 March 1781.
  • Member of the board of field officers, 6 February 1782.
  • Colonel of Virginia State Garrison Regiment on supernumerary list, 13 April 1782, commissioned 01 April 1781.2
  • 12 December 1782: Land-Office Military Warrant, No. 41, awarded 6,666 acres for services as a Colonel for three years in the State Garrison Regiment.3

George became Chief Justice in Kentucky’s District Court at the formation of The Political Club in 1783 when the Virginia Legislature formed Kentucky into a district.4 He also became a judge until Kentucky’s Statehood in 1792, and afterward, became the Judge of the Court of Appeals for eleven years. In 1785, George and Judge Harry Innes (SAR Patriot #: P-189772) were tasked with petitioning the Virginia Legislature to make Kentucky a state. The convention that shaped Kentucky’s constitution in 1792 included George.5

In 1803, he left the bench as a judge, old and poor. He was granted a pension of $300 annually for his faithful public service and his civil and military services, but that pension was later repealed due to fears that it would destroy the Commonwealth's fabric.5

George’s last will was recorded in the Woodford County, Kentucky Will Book C, giving all of his possessions to Thomas Todd (SAR Patriot #: P-305765). However, he did make some exceptions: an enslaved man named Hezekiah, which he emancipates and leaves “wearing apparel, together with all the stock furniture and family utensils with which I furnished him when he went to Frankfort.” Additionally, he emancipates an enslaved woman named Letty and leaves her “articles of kitchen furniture.” He also leaves several other bequests to various friends. His will does not mention a wife or any children. The inventory and appraisement of his estate mentions that he died on 30 September 1811.6

 

Sources:

  1. Leadingham, Christopher, Forging a Bluegrass Commonwealth: The Kentucky Statehood Movement and the Politics of the Trans-Appalachian West, 1783-1792. Theses, Dissertations, and Capstones, 2017, page 85.
  2. Gwathmey, John H, Historical Register of Virginians in the Revolution: Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, 1775-1783, Virginia. Richmond: Dietz Press, 1938, page 576, 862.
  3. Kentucky Secretary of State, Administration, Land Office Index, Revolutionary War Warrants; Warrant No. 41.
  4. Speed, Thomas, The Political Club. Louisville: John P. Morton and Company, 1894, pages 26-27. 
  5. Speed, Thomas, The Political Club. Louisville: John P. Morton and Company, 1894, pages 47-50.
  6. Woodford County, Kentucky Wills Book C, 1806 to 1812. George’s Will- pages 342-345, Inventory and appraisement- page 378-380.

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