An entry for Robert Muse in the Muse family Bible is largely illegible, but clearly gives the year of birth as 1868. [Muse family Bible record, Library of Virginia Archives/Manuscripts Call Number 28056]

1870 U.S. Census, Essex County, Virginia
Millers Tavern Post Office
Page 145
Muse, Samuel W. Y., 50, male, white, farmer, value of real estate $1,700, value of personal estate $200, born in Virginia
Muse, Sarah J., 31, female, white, keeping house, born in Virginia
Muse, Thomas, 13, male, white, farm laborer, born in Virginia
Muse, John R., 11, male, white, farm labrorer, born in Virginia, born in Virginia
Muse, Charles H., 9, male, white, at home, born in Virginia
Muse, Lucelia A., 7, female, white, at home, born in Virginia
Muse, Willis Y., 4, male, white, at home, born in Virginia
Muse, Robert W. F., 2, male, white, at home, born in Virginia
Brockenbrough, Lucy, 16, female, mulatto, domestic servant, born in Virginia, cannot read or write

“Robt WF[?] Muse & Pauline Hogg were married Aug 30th[?] 1912 Bethlehem M. E. Church by the Rev. Charles H. Holiday[?] Gloucester Co. Va” [Muse family Bible record, Library of Virginia Archives/Manuscripts Call Number 28056]