Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16,581, Enoch Wingfield, Va.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Va.
Wingfield, Enoch
S 16,581
Carded
CONTENTS

5455,
Kentucky
Enoch Wingfield
of Woodford Co in the State of Kentucky who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Lucas of the regt - commanded by Col _____ in the Virginia Ma- tine for one year.
Date of death not on AB
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 40. Dollars - Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 day of Feb- ruary 1833 and sent to H. R. M. Johnson. H. R.
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 32, $ 60 - Semi-ant. allowance ending 4th Mch 33 20 -
$ 80. -
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Wm Allison Clerk Book S , Vol. 9 Page 66.

Enoch Wingfield Case for Pension
Todd
[Faint mirrored handwriting from the reverse side of the page, likely bleed-through from the original document.]

State of Kentucky, Woodford County set
On this 7 th day of January 1833 personally appeared in open Court, before the Justices of the County Court of Woodford County, now sitting Enoch Klingfield a resident of said County and State aforesaid, aged 73 Years on the 15 th day of March last, who being duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed 7 th June 1832.
That he entered the Service of the United States as a Volunteer in the fall of the Year 1777 under Captain Lucas for a six months tour, that we marched from Martinsburg Berkley County Virginia to Pittsburgh and there was joined to Genl. Broadheads Brigade or Regiment; That in the Year 1778. He again Volunteered for another term of six months, under Capt. Worthington at Martinsburg Virginia and again marched to Pittsburgh and was in General McIntosh's Campaign, and that he assisted in the erection of Fort Laurens on the Muskingham; That on this Campaign Lieut. Parks & Capt. Ross were killed by the Indians in our march from Fort McIntosh to Fort Laurens - That he has no documentary evidence, but refers to the accompanying affidavit of Col. Whaley as to proof of his Service; 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.
Sworn to and subscribed this day & Year aforesaid. Enoch Klingfield
Interrogatories propounded by the Court, and the answers thereto by Enoch Klingfield.
First. Where and in what Year were you born? Ans r I was born on the 15 th day of March 1759. in Frederick County state of Virginia - Second. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it? Ans r I have no record, & do not know at this time if such record ever existed or my Father could not write -

Third - when were you living when called into service, when have you lived since the Revolutionary War, and where do you now live? Ans d In Berkeley County Virginia, after the War I moved to Staunton Augusta County Virginia from Staunton I removed to Kentucky and for the last five years I have resided in Versailles Woodford County, my present place of residence. Fourth - How were you called into the service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? and if a substitute, for whom? Ans d I was a Volunteer.
Fifth - State the names of some of the Regular officers who were with the troops, when you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your service? To this question, I refer to the declaration for my answer.
Sixth - did you ever receive a discharge from the service and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? Ans d I have no recollection of ever receiving a discharge, if I ever did it has escaped my memory.
Seventh - State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighbourhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution? Ans d I would refer to Benj t W. Rhoton & John Buford.
We Benjamin W. Rhoton a clergyman residing in the County of Woodford, and John Buford residing in the same hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Enoch Brinsfield who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration that we believe him to be of the age of seventy three years of age; that he is respected and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed this day and year aforesaid.
B. W. Rhoton John Buford
And the said Comt. do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War department, and from the answers thereto, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he states.

And the Court further Certifies that it appears to them that Benjamin W. Rhoton who has signed the preceding Certificate is a clergyman resident in the County of Bradford and that John Buford who has also signed the same is also a resident in the County of Bradford, and is a Credible person and that their statement is entitled to Credit.
I John M c Kinney Esq r . Clerk of the County Court for the County of Bradford, do hereby Certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the second matter of application of Enoch Wilingfield for a pension - (The first having been returned from the War Department for further proof or explanation)
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office at Versailles, this 7 th day of January 1833. and in the 41 st Year of the Commonwealth.
John M c Kinney Esq r . Clerk

January 28, 1935
January 28, 1935
Ethel Horner 514 S. Main Street Hillsboro, Illinois
BA-J/ENL Samuel Thompson-W. 4605 - m68 Enoch Wingfield-S.16581
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the pension records of Samuel Thompson, of Orange County, North Carolina, and Enoch Wingfield, of Woodford County, Kentucky, soldiers of the Revolutionary War.
You are furnished herein the histories of Samuel Thompson and Enoch Wingfield, the data for which were obtained from the papers on file in pension claims W.4605 and S.16581, respectively, based upon their military service in the Revolutionary War.
Samuel Thompson W.4605
Samuel Thompson was born June 23, 1750, in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. When very young, he moved with his parents (names not given) to Orange County, North Carolina, and continued to reside there.
Samuel Thompson enlisted and served with the North Carolina Troops, as follows: in 1775, six months as private in Captain Alfred Moore's Company in Colonels Nash's and Moore's Regiments; in 1776, three months as ensign in Captain Hugh Tinnin's Company in Colonels Thackston's and Butler's Regiments; next served three months as lieutenant in Captain William Williams' Company in Colonels Tinnin's and Ramsey's Regiments; in the spring of 1781 he served three months as private in Captain Thomas Thompson's Company in Colonel Taylor's Regiment and was in the battle of Guilford Court House; he next served three months as private in Captain Thomas Thompson's Company in Colonel Benton's Regiment; also served not less than two months in short tours against the Tories, officers not named.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 1, 1832, at which time he was living in Orange County, North Carolina.

Samuel Thompson died October 24, 1837, in Eno, Orange County, North Carolina.
He married August 29, 1785, in Orange County, North Carolina, Elizabeth Debow or Debon.
She died January 10, 1841, and the pension due her as the widow of Samuel Thompson was allowed in 1842 for the benefit of the following children of Samuel and Elizabeth Thompson who survived the widow: Solomon, aged forty-four years in 1843 and a resident of Orange County; Rebecca Thompson, David, Rachel Thompson and Nancy Thompson.
In 1843, one John Thompson, Sr., aged seventy-two years and a resident of Orange County, stated that he was a relative of the soldier.
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Enoch Wingfield S.16581
Enoch Wingfield was born March 15, 1759, in Frederick County, Virginia. The names of his parents are not shown.
While residing in Berkeley County, Virginia(now West Virginia), Enoch Wingfield volunteered in the fall of 1777, for six months, served as a private in Captain Edw. Lucas' Virginia Company and marched from Martinsburg to Pittsburgh; he again volunteered in 1778 for another tour of six months, served as a private in Captain Ephraim Worthington's Virginia Company, marched to Pittsburgh and went on General McIntosh's Campaign, and assisted in building Fort Laurens.
After the Revolution, he moved to Staunton, Augusta County, Virginia, and from that county, moved to the state of Kentucky.
He was allowed pension on his application executed January 7, 1833, at which time he was a resident of Versailles, Woodford County, Kentucky, where he had resided for five years.
There are no data as to soldier's family.

In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Enoch Wingfield(S.16581), you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
Enoch Thompson. Certificate No.5455. Issued February 11, 1833. Rate, $40 per annum. Commenced March 4, 1831. Kentucky Agency.
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Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

16.581 INVALID.
1935-Jan-28. List To Ethel Horner. Letter in case Samuel Thompson W4605
File No. 16.581
Enoch Wingfield Pri Rev War
Act: June 7 th 32
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 413
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Enoch Wheeler Enoch Wingfield from 1777 private year about $40.
Na R. M. Johnson.

B R I E F objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Enoch Wingfield which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service ?
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it ?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had ?
XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? No.
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service ?
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct ?
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily ? And, if not, which of them is not so answered ?
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
† QUERE XIV.  Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
‡ QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
¶ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

State of Kentucky Bourbon County set
This day personally appeared Benjamin Whaley, before me, the undersigned one of the Commonwealth Justices of the peace in and for the County aforesaid, who being first duly sworn deposes and saith - That he is now acquainted with Mr. Enoch Klingfield. That in the year 1777 he marched in Company with said Klingfield from Danville to Pillsbury in Capt. Edw. Lucas' Company of which said Klingfield was a private in said Company.
That in the year 1778 he marched in Capt. Ephraim [?]'s Company with said Klingfield on Genl. McIntosh's Campaign to Pittsburgh & [?]
and further saith not Henry Fitzpatrick
State of Kentucky Bourbon County set
I Thos P. Smith Clerk of the Court for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that Henry Fitzpatrick before whom the foregoing affidavit of Benjamin Whaley was taken, is at this time an acting Justice of the peace in for said County and that he was at the time of taking said affidavit a justice of the peace for said County and that full faith & credit is due & ought to be given to all his official acts as such.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of my office this 22 nd day of August 1832
Thos P. Smith by Geo. W. Williams S.C.Ble

If Major Bary knows the within Whaley he will please certify his good Character.
W. N. Wood
PO He lives in Burleough St. Ky.
I am a gentleman to a certain extent. Benjamin Whaley of Rawdon County has testified he is esteemed a man of integrity & integrity.
W. D. Dancy 8th Feb 1833

May. Bury if necessary with Cullis or Col. (Indy's charact.)