Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 3,357, Enoch Enochs, Penn. Va. Also Served In 1774,1792 & 1793 & 1794
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(3-1776).                                               NUMBER

Penn.               Enoch’s, Enoch          R. 3,357

Va.                   ————————.         —————-

Also served in 1774, 1792 & 1793 & 1794
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State of Ohio
Monroe County

On this 28th day of November 1834 personally appeared before me, Jerimiah Hollister, one of the associate judges of the county aforesaid Enoch Enochs, a resident of said county in the state aforesaid of the age 84 years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.

That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated;

That he entered the service under Captain Henry Enochs, Lieutenant David Owens and himself Ensign and he joined said company on the lst day of June 1774 and continued to serve as an ensign i said company for the space of 4 months and that he left said company on the lst of Oct; that he served this tour on Ten Mile Creek in the western part of Pennsylvania and belonged to no regular regiment;

And that afterward to wit in the (illegible) of the lst of April 1775 he entered the service as captain of a volunteer company to march to Pittsburg, Pennsylvania with Ellis Bean, a lieutenant and Benjamin Price, ensign in the regiment commanded by Col. Dorsey Penticost; that he returned from Pittsburgh the same summer to Enoch's Fort, where he served as captain under Col. Henry Enochs until the lst
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June 1777 being two years and two months in the command of this company, being a volunteer company to guard the frontiers in active and actual service; that he resigned his commission June 1777 and he moved to Virginia(?) where he  was drafted and (illegible) a substitute by the name of Abram Hathaway.  This being the summer of 1778; that he gave said Hathaway a horse, saddle and bridle (illegible) for taking his place for six months; that he was afterward to wit, in the summer of 1783, drafted to guard the surveying to run the line between Pennsylvania and (illegible) and served at least three months as a private under Capt. Geo Bell and Col. Nevel;

that afterwards in the year 1792 he served 9 months as armorer under Capt. Paul; that the next year 1793 he enlisted as an armorer under Col. Crawford and served 9 months; and the next year 9 months more under Capt. Seals; 

that he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state.

Question 1:  Where and in what year were you born?
Ans:  In Hampshire County, Virginia on the 29th of Sept. 1750.

Question 2:  Have you any record of your age and if so, where is it?
Ans:  I have a record of my age in a Bible which I gave to my daughter, Amy Gray.

Question 3:  Where were you living when called into service and where have you lived since the Revolutionary War and where do you now live?
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Ans:  In Washington County, Penn. in Enoch (illegible). Since the war I lived on Fish Creek 18 miles from the Ohio and I now live in Union Township, Monroe County, Ohio.

Question: 4:  How were you called into service, were you drafted, did you volunteer or were you a substitute and if a substitute, for whom?
Ans:  As a volunteer and (illegible) an ensign, 2nd a volunteer and (illegible) myself by the governor of Pennsylvania and 3rd drafted.

Question 5:  State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops where you served or such of the Continental and Militia regiments as you can recollect and general circumstances of your service. 
Ans:  Col. Crawford, Capt. Cunningham, Col. Gressep, Col. Nebel, Capt. Wiggins, Brodhead and Mcintosh.  The circumstances are that he commanded to guard the frontiers of Pennsylvania from place to place, from post to post, against the Indians. 

Question 6:  Did you ever receive a commission and if (illegible) by whom was it signed and what has become of it?
Ans:  I received a commission signed by the governor of Pennsylvania but have forgot his name and the commission has been lost or worn out long ago.  

Question 7:  State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present 
neighborhood and who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief if your service as a soldier of the Revolution.  
Ans:  Martin Crow, Issac Morris, Thomas Forshey, Bazil Morris, Elisha Enochs.

Signed : Enoch (illegible)
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We John Bevan -- a Clergyman residing in the neighborhood of Enoch Enochs and in the County of Monroe and State of Ohio and Isaac Morris residing in the same hereby Certify that we are well acquainted with Enoch Enochs who has Subscribed and Sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be Eighty four years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion
               John Bevan Minister of the Gospel
               Isaac Morris
Sworn and Subscribed to this 29th day of Nov. 1834               Jer. Hollister
                        Associate Judge

and I the Said Jeremiah Hollister Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for Said County do hereby declare my opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War department that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and Served as he States and I do hereby further Certify that John Bevan - who has Signed the preceding Certificate is a Clergyman resident in the neighborhood of the applicant and that Isaac Morris who has also Signed the Same is a resident in the neighborhood of the applicant and is a credible person and that their Statement is entitled to Credit
and I further Certify that the applicant Cannot from bodily infirmity attend the Court for Hollister associate Judge

State of Ohio Monroe County ss
I Robert F Taylor Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County Do Certify that Jeremiah Hollister Esq is an acting associate Judge of said Court and duly Commissioned & qualified according to law and that the foregoing Signatures purporting to be his are Genuine - In Testimony Whereof I have hereunto Set my hand & affixed the Seal of said Court at Woodsfield the 8th Day of December A. D. 1834
                     Robert F Taylor Clerk
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                                               September 12, 1939


Mr. J. F. Patterson.                 BA-J/AWF
1477 East 115th Street.          Enoch Enoch’s
Cleveland, Ohio.                     R. 3357
                                                              Our

Dear Sir:

      Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Colonel Henry Enochs, and of his son, Captain Enoch Enoch’s.  They were both of Virginia during the Revolution.

      The Revolutionary War records of the office have been searched and no claim for pension or bounty land found based upon service of Henry Enochs under any spelling of the name.  As a possible means of securing information relative to the military record of Henry Enochs, it is suggested that you apply to The Adjutant General, War Department, this city.

      The record of Enoch Enochs follows as found in papers on file in claim for pension, R. 3357, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War. This is the record of the only Enoch Enochs found in the Revolutionary War pension records of this office.  The surname was searched under similar spellings.

       Enoch Enochs was born September 29, 1750, in Hampshire County, Virginia.  The names of his parents are not given.

       He alleged that while living at Enochs’ Garrison, Washington County, Pennsylvania, he enlisted June 1, 1774, served four months as ensign in Captain Henry

(In handwriting below the typed form:)

At Mrs. French’s request I copied miss DeYoung’s letter of March 29 - 1937. Miss DeYoung on annual 4 or an illegible too light this letter lead to gs. Call
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Enochs’ company, on Ten Mile Creek, Western Pennsylvania.  On April 1, 1775, he became captain of a volunteer company, under Colonel Dorsey Pentecost and said company went to Pittsburgh.  He returned that summer and then served as captain under Colonel Henry Enochs at Enochs’ Fort until June, 1777, was engaged in guarding the frontiers.  Having moved to Virginia, he served three months as private in the summer of 1783, under Captain George Bell and Colonel Nevil, was engaged in guarding surveyors on the line between Virginia and Pennsylvania.  In 1792 he was an armorer for two months under Captain Paul and in 1793 he was an armorer for nine months under Colonel Crawford, and in 1794 for nine months under Captain Saul’s.
      Enoch Enochs applied for pension November 28 1834, while living in Union Township, Monroe County, Ohio, but his claim was not allowed as word was x’d out rendered in guarding the frontiers during the Revolution did not come within the provisions of the pension laws, nor did the services rendered before and after the Revolution give him a pensionable status.

     In 1834 he was living with his son-in-law, Joseph Archer, whose wife’s name is not given, nor is the name of soldier’s wife given. 

                          Very truly yours

                          A.D. HILLER
                          Executive Assistant
                          To the Administrator
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  Woodsfield Ohio                                          Free
This is an envelope style addressed to James L Edward’s Commissioner of Pensions, Washington City

It also has several areas of writing that are vertically on the page as follows: 

Left side:  Ohio Dec 17, 32,423 Enoch Enochs

Middle:  Rejected, did not serve in a voluntary capacity illegible written over address.

Right side:  J Hollster Woodsfield Ohio
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Woodsfield Dec 8th 1834
Sir
Enclosed is the Declaration of Enoch Enochs an applicant for a pension I have been careful in the examination and I have here corroborating Statements from Several persons not named in the Declaration or affidavit if any further testimony is nessary {sic} he States that Lieut Ellis Bean is living near Enochses fort in Virginia.  I have never taken a particular interest in any case of an application for a pension except the case of Charles Atkinson.  But I do think Enoch Enochs Should have a hanson {handsome?} pension being once a man of welth and now reduced to want his ambition and Spirrit forbid his makeing an earlier application he now lives with his Son in Law Joseph Archer, his wife is living and as helpless as an infant of Six month old and Enoch Enochs has to be led by the arm, when he walks and is Blind I placed the pen in his hand and then held his hand to the paper and he Signed his name.
his daughter the wife of J Archer States to me that her father Enoch Enochs hired men to guard Enochs's fort one Summer and paid them out of his own funds for which he never Solicited any renumeration and from Every Circumstance I think the government will not bestow unworthily upon Enoch Enochs he has one Son living who is highly respected in our County
                Respectfully yours
                 Jer. Hollister
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J Hollister

Rejected

Illegible three words, too dark and paper has disintegrated very dark background

J Hollister

7. Illegible 1836 

33J
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Affidavit
Of 
Thomas Forshey
Bazil Morris
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State of Ohio Monroe County ss
Be it known that on this 1st day of December 1834 personally appeared before me the Subscriber one of the associate Judges for the County aforesaid Thomas Forshey of the age of 84 years who on his oath makes the following Statement that he has been well acquainted with Enoch Enochs for at least 60 years that he knows that the Said Enoch Enochs served as Ensign under Capt Henry Enochs for one Summer in 1774 and that he further knows the Said Enochs Served as Captain of a volunteer Company at Enochs'es fort and other places to guard the frontier for the Space of two years and upwards in 1775 and 1776 and in 1777.
that he knows that Said Capt Enochs hired men himself and paid them himself to guard the fort he knows that Said Enochs to have been armour for a Long time has often Seen him preparing guns and Capt Enochs was always Concidered a good and Brave man and that he Served his Country well and faithfully - and that he knows of his Service in the indian war afterwards until 1794 he Continued to Serve and guard to west of Virginia             Thomas Forshey
Sworn and Subscribed the day and year first above written
                   Jer Hollister
                   Associate Judge
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The State of Ohio Monroe County ss
On this 8th day of December 1834
Personally appeared before me Jeremiah Hollister one of the associate judges of the County aforesaid Bazil Morris aged 74 years who on his oath declares that he is well acquainted with Enoch Enochs that he believes said Enoch to be 84 years of age and further that said Enochs drafted or engaged said Bazil Morris to serve a tour to march to Pittsburgh that said Enochs was then Captain and he the said Bazil Morris served the said tour
Illegible
Reuben Yoles.          Brazil Morris (X his mark)

Jeremiah Hollister
Associate Judge

State of Ohio Monroe County SS
     I Robert F Naylor Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County hereby Certify that Jeremiah Hollister Esquires is an acting Associate Judge of said County duly Commissioned and qualified and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his an genuine -
     In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at Woodsfield the 8th day of Dec 1834
Robert F. Naylor Clerk.   (The seal is to the left of this paragraph, circular in style, but illegible)

     I hereby certify that Thomas Forshey and Bazil Morris are credible persons and men to be believed.
                     Jeremiah Hollister
                     Associate Judge
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                                                    March 29, 1937
                                                   Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Mr. Donald S. Flagg.                 BA-J/ady
6616 Lydia Street.                    Enoch Enochs
Kansas City, Missouri.              R.3357

Dear Sir:
     Reference is made to your letter relative to soldiers of the Revolutionary War.
     Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained from claims made to the United States for pension and bounty land based upon military service of soldiers in that war.
      A careful search of the records fail to show such a claim on file on account of the services of David Enochs as described by you or Henry Enochs, Abraham Enochs, John Enochs or Elisha Enochs, all spellings of the names searched.
     The record of Enoch Enochs is furnished you herein as found in the papers on file in the Revolutionary War claim for pension, R.3357, based upon his military service in that war.
     He alleged that while living at Enochs’ Garrison, Washington County, Pennsylvania, he enlisted June 1, 1774, and served four months as ensign in Captain Henry Enochs’ Company, on Ten Mile Creek, Western Pennsylvania.  On April 1, 1775, he became captain of a volunteer company under Colonel Dorsey Pentecost and said company went to Pittsburgh.  He returned that summer and then served as captain under Colonel Henry Enochs at Enochs’ Fort until Jun, 1777, was engaged in guarding the frontiers.  Having moved to Virginia, he served three months as private in the summer of 1783, under Captain George Bell and Colonel Nevil, was engaged in guarding surveyors on the line between Virginia and Pennsylvania. In 1792 he was an armorer for two months under captain Paul and in 1793 he was an armorer for nine
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Months under Colonel Crawford, and in 1794 for nine months under Captain Saul’s.

     Enoch Enochs applied for pension November 28, 1834,  while living in Union Townnship, Monroe County, Ohio, but his claim was not allowed as service rendered in guarding the frontiers during the Revolution did to come within the provisions of the pension laws, nor did the services rendered before and after the Revolution give him a pensionable status.

     In 1834 he was living with his son-in-law,  Joseph Archer, whose wife’s name is not given, nor is the name of the soldier’s wife given.

                           Very truly yours

                           A. D. HILLER
                          Executive Assistant
                          To the Administrator
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                                                  March 16, 1931

Hon. C. Ellis Moore.  
House of Representatives.      Rev. & 1812 Wars
                                                 Section.  MCS:MLB

My dear Mr. Moore:

     Reference is made to your letter of March 11, requesting the Revolutionary War records of two soldiers.

     You are advised that it appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, R. 3357, that Enoch Enochs was born September 29, 750 in Hampshire County, Virginia, names of parents not given.

     He alleged that while living at Enochs’ Garrison, Washington County, Pennsylvania, he enlisted June 1, 1774 and served four months as ensign in Captain Henry Enochs’ company, on Ten Mile Creek, Western Pennsylvania.  On April 1, 1775 he became captain of a volunteer company under Colonel Dorsey Pentecost and said company went to Pittsburgh.  He returned that summer and then served as captain under Colonel Henry Enochs at Enochs’ Fort until June, 1777, was engaged in guarding the frontiers.  Having moved to Virginia, he served three months as private in the summer of 1783, under Captain George Bell and Colonel Nevil, was engaged in guarding surveyors on the line between Virginia and Pennsylvania.  In 1792 he was an armorer for two months under Captain Paul and in 1793 he was an armorer for nine months under Colonel Crawford and in 1794 for nine months under Captain Sauls. 

     He applied for pension November 28, 1834, while living in Union Township, Monroe County, Ohio, but his claim was not allowed as service rendered in guarding the frontiers during the Revolution did not come within the provisions of the  (end of page)
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Pension laws, nor did the services rendered before and after the Revolution give him a pensionable status.

In 1834 he was living with his son-in-law, Joseph Archer, whose wife’s name is not given, nor is the name of the soldier’s wife given.

The Revolutionary War records of this bureau fail to afford any information is regarded as to Mathew Bell.

Very truly yours

E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner
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[Top righthand corner  -handwritten:] A.D.Y.

Rev.&1812 Wars Section.
January 16, 1929.

F. A. Clearwaters,
Box 236,
Crawfordsville, Indiana.

Sir:

I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War
pension claim, R. 3357, it appears that Enoch Enochs
was born September 29, 1750 in Hampshire County, Virginia,
names of parents not given.

He alleged that while living at Enochs' Garrison,
Washington County, Pennsylvania, he enlisted June 1, 1774
and served four months as Ensign in Captain Henry Enoch's
Company, on Ten Mile Creek, Western Pennsylvania, on
April 1, 1775, he became Captain of a volunteer company
under Colonel Dorsey Penticost and said company went to
Pittsburgh. He returned that summer and then served as
Captain under Colonel Henry Enochs' at Enochs' Fort until
June 1777, was engaged in guarding the frontiers. Having
moved to Virginia he served three months as private in the
summer of 1783, under Captain George Bell and Colonel Nevil,
was engaged in guarding surveyors on the line between Virginia
and Pennsylvania. In 1792 he was an armorer for two
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months under Captain Paul and in 1793 he was an armorer
for nine months under Colonel Crawford and in 1794 for
nine months under Captain Sauls.

He applied for pension November 28, 1834, while
living in Union Township, Monroe County, Ohio, but his
claim was not allowed as service rendered in guarding the
frontiers during the Revolution did not come within the
provisions of the pension laws, nor did the services
rendered before and after the Revolution give him a pensionable status.

In 1834 he was living with his son-in-law, Joseph
Archer, whose wife's name is not given nor is the name of
the soldier's wife given.

Respectfully,

WINFIELD SCOTT,
Commissioner.
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Rev. & 1812 Wars Section 

February 8, 1928. 

Walter H. Williams
125 S. Leavitt St., 
Chicago, Illinois

Sir:

     I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, R.3357, it appears that ENOCH ENOCHS was born September 29, 1750, in Hampshire County, Virginia, names of parents not given.

     He alleged that while living at Enochs’ Garrison, Washington County, Pennsylvania, he enlisted June 1, 1774, and served four months as Ensign in Captain Henry Enoch’s Company, on Ten Mile Creek, Western Pennsylvania.  On April 1, 1775, he became Captain of a volunteer company under Colonel Dorsey Pentecost and said company went to Pittsburgh.  He returned that summer and then served as Captain under Colonel Henry Enoch’s as Enochs’ Fort until June 1777, was engaged in guarding the frontiers.  Having moved to Virginia he served three months as private in the summer of 1783, under Captain George Bell and Colonel Nevil, was engaged in guarding surveyors on the line between Virginia and Pennsylvania.  In 1792 he was an (end of page)

Handwritten in upper right corner the following:
“Lois man asked for history of Henry and reply sent. Apr. 11 see neg files.” WS   Mar 11-28
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Armorer for two months under Captain Paul and in 1793 he was an armorer for nine months under Colonel Crawford and in 1794 for nine months under Captain Sauls. 

He applied for pension November 28, 1834, while living in Union Township Monroe County, Ohio, but his claim was not allowed as service rendered in guarding the frontiers during the Revolution did to come within the provisions of the pensions laws, nor did the services rendered before and after the Revolution give him a pensionable status.

In 1834 he was living with his son-in-law, Joseph archer, whose wife’s name is not given nor is the name of the soldier’s wife given.

Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner.,
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v. & 1812 Wars Section

October 30, 1925

Mrs. J. R. Harvey
215 W. Washington St.
Athens, Ohio

Madam:

I have to advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War
pension claim, R. 3357, it appears that ENOCH ENOCHS was born September 29, 1750, in Hampshire County, Virginia,
He alleged that while living at Enoch's Garrison, Washington
County, Pennsylvania, he enlisted June 1, 1774, and served four months as Ensign in Captain Henry Enochs' Company, on Ten Mile Creek, Western Pennsylvania. On April 1, 1775, he became Captain of a volunteer company under Colonel Dorsey Penticost and said company went to Pittsburgh. He returned that summer and then served as Captain under Colonel Henry Enochs at Enochs' Fort until June, 1777, was engaged in guarding the frontiers. Having moved to Virginia he served three months as private in the summer of 1783, under Captain George Bell and Colonel Nevil, was engaged in guarding surveyors on the line between Virginia and Pennsylvania. In 1792 he was an armorer for two months under Captain Paul and in 1793 he was an armorer for nine months under Colonel Crawford and in 1794 for nine months under Captain Sauls,
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Rev. War Captian

He applied for pension November 28, 1834, while living in Union Township, Monroe County, Ohio, but his claim was not allowed as service rendered in guarding the frontiers during the Revolution did not come within the provisions of the pension laws, nor did the services rendered before and after the Revolution give him a pension  able status.
In 1834 he was living with his son-in-law, Joseph Archer, whose wife's name is not given nor is the name of the soldier's wife given.

Respectfully,

WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner
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Jan. 8, 1923.
Mrs. H. R. Wiles,
55 Hollywood Ave.
East Orange, N. J.
Madam:
In response to your letter of the 15th ultimo, you are advised that from the papers in the pension claim, R. 3357, it appears that Enoch Enochs was born in Hampshire County, Va. Sept. 29, 1750, and applied for pension Nov. 28, 1834, while living in Union Township, Monroe County, Ohio, and stated that while living at Enochs' Garrison in Washington Co. Penn. in June 1, 1774, he served as Ensign for four months, in Capt. Henry Enochs' Company on Ten Mile Creek, Western Penn.  On April 1, 1775, he became captain of a volunteer company, under Colonel Dorsey Pentecost, which went to Pittsburgh and returning thence in that summer he served as a captain at Enochs' Fort under Col. Henry Enochs until 1 June 1777, guarding the frontiers, after which he moved to Virginia.

In the summer of 1783, he was under Capt. George Bell and Col. Nevil guarding surveyors on the line between Virginia and Pennsylvania for three months.
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In 1793 he was an armourer for two months under Capt. Paul, and in 1793, he was an armourer for nine months under Colonel Crawford and in 1794, for nine months under Capt. Sauls.
His claim was not allowed, as service rendered in guarding frontiers, as performed by him during the Revolution, did not come it in the provision of the pension laws, nor did the service rendered before and after the Revolution, give him a pension dole status.
In 1874, he was living with his son-in-law Joseph Archer, the name of whose wife and that of soldier are not on record.

Very respectfully,
H. M. Vandervort

Acting Commissioner.
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In 1792 he was an armourer for two months under Capt. Paul, and in 1793, he was an armourer for nine months under Colonel Crawford and in 1794, for nine months under Capt. Sauls.

His claim was not allowed, as service rendered in guarding frontiers, as performed by him, during the Revolution, did not come within the provisions of the pension laws; nor did the services rendered before and after the Revolution, give him a pensionable status.

In 1834, he was living with his son-in-law Joseph Archer, the name of whose wife and that of soldier are not on record.
                  Very respectfully,
                  H. W. Vandervort
                  Acting Commissioner.
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Chicago, Illinois,
February, 5, 1928.

Bureau of Pensions,
Department of the Interior,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sirs,
Kindly inform me if you have in file at your office any information concerning the Revolutionary War Record, parentage, or descendants of the following soldier:
Enoch Enochs, who served in the Monongahela (W. Va.) Rangers, Capt. Jhon (illegible) Company, Col. Daniel McFarland's Brigade.
                Respectfully yours,
                Walter H. Williams.

Walter H. Williams, 
125 S. Leavitt St.,
Chicago, Illinois

{postmark}. U. S. Pension Office Feb 7 1928
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C. ELLIS MOORE.                      E.A. DRAKE
19th DIST. OHIO.                       SECRETARY

            CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES
COMMITTEE ON 
THE JUDICIARY
                      House of Representatives
                      Washington, D.C.  March 11,  1931.


Deputy Commissioner,
Bureau of Pensions, 
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:

      Will you kindly advise if your records give any information concerning the Revolutionary War service of Mathew Ball who is thought to have entered the service from the State of Maryland, and also Enoch Enochs who enlisted in the Revolutionary War from Virginia.

      Thanking you in advance for any information you may be able to give, I am

                           Very truly yours, 
                            C Ellis Moore


Oval shaped seal with DEPUTY COMMISSIONER ACROSS THE TOP AND BUREAU OF PENSIONS ALONG THE BOTTOM.
MAR 12 1931 IN THE MIDDLE. LOCATED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE
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{postmark on postcard)  Athens Ohio Sep 30    2 PM 1925

This side of card is for address

Commissioners of Pensions
Washington D. C.
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Athens Ohio
Sept 30 - 1925

Dear Sir - :
Enoch Enochs was a Revo. Soldier in Capt John Abetzel's Copmany as a private Westmoreland Co Militia Pa. Served under Capt Wm Crawford for the protection of Wash. Co Pa part of the year 1793 On pay roll of Wash Co. under Capt John Campbell Was capt of a Militia to protect the early settlers from the Indians in Marshall Co Va. In a battle on the Ohio side known as the Battle of Captina. Came to Ohio in 1804 - married Rebecca Morris in Pa. Will you give me the date of Birth, Marriage + death of he + his wife. 
Resp. 
Mrs. J. R. Harvey
215 Orest Washs. St. 
Athens Ohio
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Ex. A W        3-049.     Div. Rev. War Section
Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Pensions.
Washington, D. C., Dec 8, 1922

The attached letter is respectfully returned with the information that the data furnished is not sufficient to enable this Bureau to make intelligent answer to the queries therein contained.
Please fill out such of the blank spaces below as the information in your possession will permit, and return to this Bureau.
First name of widow ...........
Name of soldier Enoch Enochs
P. O. address of claimant, at enlistment & after service
Company of Rangers of Monongahela
Regiment ..............
State where enlisted Pa.
Date of birth ...............
Date of death .............
If unable to furnish company and regiment give names of commanding officers.
Col. Daniel McFarland
Capt John Whelstes
Return attached letter with reply.
              Washington Gardner
              Commissioner.
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{top corner of page is covered}
Nov. 22, 1922
D. C.

Will you please inform me if your Revolutionary records and the records of War of 1812 show if a pension was applied for a Enoch Enochs either or both states of Pennsylvania or Va.  also a James Archer of either state. {noted:  nothing further sent as to James Archer}
Kindly give this your prompt attention & oblige.
         Mrs. H. R. Wiles;
         55 Hollywood Av
         E. Orange, N J.

If pension was applied for please give me data in full as to families.
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This is a journal type style document with writing on both left and right sides as follows:

Left side:
1923 Jan 8 Hist to Mrs. H.r. Wiles and
1925 Oct 30 Hist to Mrs. J.R. Harvey MCS
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1928 Feb 8 Hist to Walter H. Williams MCS
1929 Jan 16 Hist to F. A. Clearwaters A.D.Y.
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1951. Mar 16 Hist to Hon. C. Ellis Moore. MCS
1935 - Feb - 1 - Hist to Mrs. Ross G. Moore Sec has letter in Benj Bell, R.718. MK (last letter lost in the fold of the paper)
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1937 Mar. 29. Hist to Donald S. Flagg.
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1939 - September 12 - Hist to J.F. Patterson
Copie 4 Mrs De Youn’s letter
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Right side:

Stamped along the right hand top corner REJECTED

                               3357
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P.O. ——————————————————————
     —————-Enoch Enoch’s—————————-
Enlisted:—————————————————,18.  .
Discharged:———————————————, 18.  .
Application filed:————————————-, 18.  .
Allegence:(lined through) The printed list of 1852 gives cause of rejection:
Re-enlisted: (lined through) “Not military service during the Revolution”

Attorney:———————————————————-
P.O. ——————————————————————
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—————Recognized.   ———————Contract.
——Cert. of Dis.  Searched for ——————-,18. .
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February 1, 1935

Mrs. Ross G. Moore.        Benjamin Bell, R. 718
Broken Bow                  Enoch Enochs, R. 3357
Nebraska
                                          BA-J/MMHF: MLB
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you refer to Revolutionary War pension claim, R. 718, based upon service of Benjamin Bell, in that war, to know whether the date of his birth given as the year 1762, in a report you have, is correct, whether his brother, Nathaniel, stated he was an older brother, whether this office has a record of a Benjamin Bell who served in the War of 1812, or a Nathaniel Bell, Senior, father of above-named Benjamin, also, the record of any soldier with surname Enoch of Pennsylvania.

Benjamin Bell in his claim for pension, R. 718, stated that he was born in 1762.  Nathaniel Bell made an affidavit in 1843 in support of his (Benjamin's) claim for pension and stated that he was a brother of Benjamin Bell and was "some years older than said Benjamin".  Nathaniel gave his own age in 1843, as eighty-six years.

There is no claim for pension of file based upon service of a Nathaniel Bell, in the Revolutionary War, who could have been the father of Benjamin Bell, R. 718.  The War of 1812 records have been searched and no record found of a Benjamin Bell who served in the Ohio Troops.  The Revolutionary War record of one soldier only, with surname Enochs, of Pennsylvania, has been found; it is that of Enoch Enochs.  His record is given herein as found in pension claim, R. 3357, based upon service in that war.

Enoch Enochs was born September 29, 1750, in Hampshire County, Virginia, names of parents not given.

He alleged that while living at Enochs' Garrison, Washington County, Pennsylvania, he enlisted June 1, 1774, and served four months as ensign in Captain Henry Enochs' company, on Ten Mile Creek, Western Pennsylvania.  On April 1, 1775, he became captain of a volunteer company under Colonel Dorsey Pentecost and said company
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went to Pittsburgh.  He returned that summer and then served as captain under Colonel Henry Enochs at Enochs' Fort until June, 1777, was engaged in guarding the frontiers.  Having moved to Virginia, he served three months as private in the summer of 1783, under Captain George Bell and Colonel Nevil, was engaged in guarding surveyors on the line between Virginia and Pennsylvania.  In 1792 he was an armorer for two months under Captain Paul and in 1793 he was an armorer for nine months under Colonel Crawford, and in 1794 for nine months under Captain Sauls.

Enoch Enochs applied for pension November 28, 1834, while living in Union Township, Monroe County, Ohio, but his claim was not allowed as service rendered in guarding the frontiers during the Revolution did not come within the provisions of the pension laws, nor did the services rendered before and after the Revolution give him a pensionable status.

In 1834 he was living with his son-in-law, Joseph Archer, whose wife's name is not given, nor is the name of the soldier's wife given.
                  Very truly yours
                  A. D. Hiller
          Executive Assistant to the Administrator
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27 Decr. 1834
O.C.




Record. Vol. 26. p. 272
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War Dept. Pen. Office
Dec 27. 1834
Sir
The declaration of Enoch Enochs has been ex{amined} He alleges that he served a tour in 1774 and another in the spring of 1775 on the Indian frontier in the state of Pennsylvania.  He also claims for two years service as a captain in Enochs' fort, terminating in June 1777.  Also for services in 1783 and subsequent years.  The applicant resided on the frontier, the inhabitants of which associated themselves for their mutual protection against incursions of the Indians and were liable to be called out for their mutual protection.  Such associations were proper, but the services performed under such circumstances form no claim for military service.  The revolutionary war terminated early in 1783.  The act of June 7 1832 provides for men who did not serve in a military capacity, in a regularly organized corps, called into service by competent authority.   The claim cannot therefore be allowed.  The papers will be placed on file in this office.
    J. Hollister Esq
    Woodsfield, Ohio.              Dec 17.
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                                           (Handwritten “Back of here” right top corner)
 
                          1477 East 115th Street
                          Cleveland, Ohio, August 18, 1939

Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Sirs:
     The writer is a descendant of Colonel Henry Enoch’s (underlined) and his son, Captain Enoch Enoch’s, and desires data relative to the Revolutionary record of these two soldiers, and the War of 1812 record (if any) of the latter, Enoch Enoch’s.

     An official publication coming from the office of the Adjutant General of Ohio, Frank Henderson, in 1929, listing th names of Revolutionary Soldiers buried in Ohio says:

              “Enochs, Enoch - Capt. (Noble Co.)”
     “Enlisted, June 1, 1774, served 4 months as Ensign in Capt. Henry Enochs’ Company on Ten Mile Creek, Pa. April 1, 1177 (writer error on the number) was captain under Col. Henry Enoch’s June 7, 1777.  Born in Hampshire County, Virginia, September 29, 1750.  Parents. Henry Enoch’s. Married Rebecca Morris.  Children: Phoebe, Henry, Elisha, Enoch, Jr., Jess, Rachel, Anna, Lydia, Elizabeth, Sally and Rohada. Died 1835, Harrietsville, Noble County, Ohio. Buried, Harrietsville, Noble County, Ohio.” ************

     The Virginia State Library Annual Report 8-13, under heading of Revolutionary Soldiers of Virginia, Page 207, refers to “Enochs, Henry  (Capt. m) Rev. Upper O)” *********************
     
     History of Monongalia - Page 70: “Enochs, Enoch (Monongalia m)”************************

     Virginia in the Revolution — Page 256–“Captain Henry Enochs—Captain MMonongalia troops detailed for expedition into Tennessee under Col. Shepherd of Ohio County in 1777.”***

     The items above are mentioned to identify the persons concerning whose Revolutionary military activity I desire official information.
     
      I shall certainly appreciate very much any data you can give me relative to Henry Enochs and his son, Enoch Enochs—-especially the latter, as he is my nearest ancestor who took part in the Revolution. 

       There are reasons why it will be greatly appreciated if I may have the data available for very early use. 

       May I thank you in advance for your courtesy. 

                        Very truly yours
                        (His signature)
                        I.F. Patterson
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                           DONALD S. FLAGG
                           6616 LYDIA STREET
                       KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI
(Seal stamped in the middle is a circular stamp with the clock numbers around the outside. And arrow is pointing to 3:30 and RECEIVED MAR 12 1937 MAIL SUB-DIV. READER 14 VETS ADM.)

Veterans Administration,               March 9, 1937.
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:
                Will you be so kind as to furnish me with a copy of the application for a pension for Revolutionary war services by Captain Enoch, Enoch, or Enochs, Ennix, Enocks.  At the outbreak of the war this family was living at Ten Mile Creek, Washington Co. Pennsylvania, having recently removed from Hampshire Co. Virginia.

                 Also desire the records of any others of his family including Col. Henry Enochs, Abraham Enochs, David Enochs, John Enochs, and Elisha  Enochs.   All had Pennsylvania militia records. 

                   Captain Enoch Enoch was born about 1750 and died 1835, at Harrietsville, Noble, rather Monroe Co. Ohio.  I am particularly interested in any family reference that may be in these records.

          
                            Yours truly,

                          Donald S. Flagg
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Crawfordsville  Indiana
November 3, 1928. } Box 236

Pension Office
Bureau of the Interior:
     Will you please tell me what you may have on file about a Revolutionary Soldier named Enoch Enochs.  He applied for a pension for services during the Revolution mostly against the Indians in 74 75 77 and 83.  For some reason the pension was not granted, but a record of the application is said to be on file.

             Thanking you. I am
             Respectfully yours
             F.A. Clearwaters

Circular stamp with the date of NOV 7 1928, U.S. and Pension Office
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1477 East 115th street
Cleveland, Ohio
September 4, 1939. 

  Circular clock stamp with arrow pointing to 3:00, RECEIVED, Sept 6, 1939, Main illegible DIV, Vets ADM inside the stamp.

Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Sirs:
     Under date of August 18, 1939, I wrote you asking for information relative to the military activity of Colonel Henry Enoch’s and his son Captain Enoch Enochs.  Having received no reply I fear that for some reason my letter failed to reach you.
     The writer is a descendant of Colonel Henry Enoch’s and hi son, Captain Enoch Enoch’s, and I desire official confirmation of their services in the Revolutionary American period.
     An official publication coming from the office of the Adjutant General of Ohio, Frank Henderson, in 1929, listing the names of “Revolutionary Soldiers Buried in Ohio,” says:
             “Enoch’s, Enoch—-Capt. (Noble Co.)”
     “Enlisted, June 1, 1774, served 4 months as ensign in Capt. Henry Enochs’ Company on Ten Mile Creek, Pa.  April 1, 1777 was captain under Col. Henry Enoch’s June 7, 1777. Born Hampshire County, Virginia, September 29, 1750.  Parents Henry Enoch’s married Rebecca Morris.  Children:  Phoebe, Henry, Elisha, Enoch, Jr., Jess, Rachel Anna, Lydia, Elizabeth, Sally, and Rohan’s.  Died 1835, Harrietsville, Noble County, Ohio.  Buried, Harrietsville, Noble County, Ohio.”
       The Virginia State Library Annual Report 8-13, under heading of “Revolutionary Soldiers of Virginia”, Page 207, refers to *Enochs, Henry (Capt. m) rev. Upper O.”
       “History of Monongalia” Page 70 refers to “Enochs, Enoch (Monongalia. M)
       “Virginia in the Revolution”, Page 256, says: “Captain Henry Enochs—-Captain of Monongalia troops detailed into Tennessee under Col. Shepherd of Ohio County in 1777.”
       The items above are mentioned to help identify the persons concerning whose Revolutionary military activity I desire information.  I shall certainly appreciate very much any data you can give me relative Henry Enochs (sometimes spelled Enocks) and his son Enoch Enochs—especially the latter, as he is the nearest relative in my ancestral line who took part in the Revolution.
     There are reasons why it will be greatly appreciated if the data can be available for very early use.
     Thanking you in advance for the courtesy of a reply,
                          Very truly yours,
                         J.F. Patterson