A history of the Baptists in Missouri : embracing an account of the organization and growth of Baptist churches and associations : biographical sketches of ministers of the gospel and other prominent members of the denomination : the founding of Baptist institutions, periodicals, etc. . s of Welsh descent; born in Spottsyl-vania County, Virginia, Oct. 17, 1756. The origin of the name-^^^^^=^- Musick is quite in- teresting. Morethan a century anda half ago a smallboy was found wan-dering alone inthe province ofWales. lie couldtell nothing of hisdestination or of hisancestry. He couldonly tell t
A history of the Baptists in Missouri : embracing an account of the organization and growth of Baptist churches and associations : biographical sketches of ministers of the gospel and other prominent members of the denomination : the founding of Baptist institutions, periodicals, etc. . s of Welsh descent; born in Spottsyl-vania County, Virginia, Oct. 17, 1756. The origin of the name-^^^^^=^- Musick is quite in- teresting. Morethan a century anda half ago a smallboy was found wan-dering alone inthe province ofWales. lie couldtell nothing of hisdestination or of hisancestry. He couldonly tell them hisname was he developedinto manhood heshowed a fondnessfor music and be-came an excellentsinger. As ho lack-ed a surname, andshowed an unusualKEv. THOMAS K. MUSICK. attachment for mu- sic, his protector conceived the idea of naming him Musick (themanner of spelling the word then), and hence he was calledGeorge Musick. Such is the tradition now in the family, andthere is no doubt of its correctness. Many years ago GeorgeMusick came to America, and settled in what is now called Vir-ginia, where he raised a family consisting of five sons and sev-eral daughters. Ephraim was the fourth son of George Musick,and the father of Thomas R. Musick, the subject of this sketchi. EARLY BAPTISTS OF MISSOURI. 61 Ephraim Musick was a member of the Church of England, andwhen his son Thomas, at the age of 17, was converted to God andproposed to join the Baptists, he met with violent oppositionfrom the father. Thomas, however, was not to be deterred fromhis duty to God. His convictions were strong that the Baptistsheld the truth in greater purity than any other people. He unitedwith them in his native state, and soon after this began preach-ing. When a young man he moved to North Carolina and mar-ried Miss Mary Nevil, who proved to be to him a helpmeettruly. As to when he was ordained, we have no account. At thetime of his first visit to Missouri, in 1801, he was a resident of theGre
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