Person:Enoch Galloway (1)

After his first marriage, Enoch and his wife, Micheal Clary, moved to Oxford Twp., Guernsey Co., OH, where they were residing in 1820. Enoch purchased 81.5 acres of land in Range 7, Township 9, Section 15 of Guernsey Co., OH, in 1825. He built a log cabin not far from where the family cemetery, God's Knob, is located. (He later purchased an additional 40 acres from Nathaniel Clary, uncle of his first wife.)

In 1841, Enoch and his second wife, Esther Coles, deeded a tract of land to the first Christian Church of Guernsey County. The family cemetery became the church cemetery where many of its charter members are buried. The church is built atop the highest point in Guernsey County, thus the name, God's Knob. While most of the charter members of the church, other than Enoch, are well marked with sandstone grave markers, most of Enoch's family members are in unmarked graves. Their existence was evidenced only by depressions in the ground and stories circulated by elderly family and church members. The following is taken from the Directory of the Central Christian Church in Quaker City, OH: "In 1817, a small group of spirited Christians, including Isaac Perego, J. W. Arnold, Jonathan Garrett, William Henderson, Washington Rose, Archie Carnal, Enoch Galloway, and Basil Johnson, organized an independent congregation at the Knob Meeting House, two miles north of Quaker City. The land had been given the group by Enoch Galloway and the building constructed was valued at $100."

He was a farmer all of his life, but in the 1830's he built a water-powered grist mill across the road from his cabin. This grist mill was one of the first such mills in Millwood Township and was known in later years as "Galloway's Mill." His son John would continue to operate the mill into the 1880's.

After the death of his daughter-in-law, Lucinda (Lowe) Galloway, his son James moved west to California and then on to Oregon. James left his two young children, Elizabeth Anne and William Henry, in Enoch's care in September 1858 in Millwood Twp., Guernsey Co., OH.

Enoch died intestate in Guernsey Co., OH. There was little to divide among his heirs other than mostly sentimental personal property and a few remaining acres of land. Samuel Carter & Isaac "Perrigo" were the administrators of Enoch's estate. (These gentlemen were co-members of the Christian Church at God's Knob. Isaac was the brother to Enoch's 3rd & 4th wives, Sarah & Mariah Perego.)

Enoch's original deed

Enoch's cabin, taken by grandson about 1920

1902 Reunion of Enoch's descendants

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} "Partial Record of the Family of William Galloway, Sr."
   1920.

   (MS, circa 1920; Jasper Co., IL); Erin L. Cooper, OH.

   Family Bible Record received by Harry Enoch Galloway in 1980 from R. Marie McWhorter, Odell, IL.

2. ↑ Probate Court Records
   1818.

   Marriage Records, Belmont County Courthouse, Main St., St. Clairsville, OH.

3.   Probate Court Records
   1828-1845.

   Marriage Records, Guernsey County Courthouse, E. 8th St., Cambridge, OH.

4.   God's Knob Cemetery Inscriptions
   1981.

   Headstone Engraving, OH, Guernsey Co, Millwood Twp; read by Erin L. Cooper.

5.   Enoch Galloway Land Grant
   1825.

   Volume 8; Page 470; Bureau of Land Management (Searchable Online Database), http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/

6.   Guernsey County Tax List
   1836-1843.

   Enoch Galloway, 1836-1843 Tax Duplicates, Guernsey County Courthouse, OH, Cambridge, E. 8th St, Cambridge; County Courthouse

7.   Galloway Church Deed
   1841.

   Deed between Enoch Galloway and Christian Church: deeded to The Christian Church, Guernsey County Courthouse, OH, Cambridge, E. 8th St., Recorder's Office.

8.   "Descendants of James & Mary Perego"
   1998.

   Compiled by Erin L. Cooper, personal collection

9.   Guardianship of Elizabeth Anne & William Henry Galloway
   1858.

   OH, Guernsey Co, County Courthouse, Probate Court, Guardianship Records.

10.   Ralph & Star Rowland, Clary Genealogy: Four Early American Lines and Related Families
    1982.

    Guernsey County District Public Library, The Finley Room, E. 8th St, Cambridge, Guernsey Co., OH 43725.

11.   US Federal Census
    1870.

    Ohio, Guernsey Co., Millwood Twp., Household of John Ward Ohio Historical Society Library.

12. ↑ ^12.0 12.1 Enoch Galloway Estate Record
    1864.

    Guernsey County Courthouse, OH, Cambridge, E. 8th St., Probate Court

13. ↑ ^13.0 13.1 US Federal Census
    1850.

    Ohio, Guernsey Co., Millwood Twp., Household of Enoch Galloway, Guernsey County District Public Library, The Finley Room, E. 8th St, Cambridge, Guernsey Co., OH 43725.

14. ↑ ^{14.0 14.1 14.2} US Federal Census
    1860.

    Ohio, Guernsey Co., Millwood Twp., Household of Enoch Galloway, Guernsey County District Public Library, The Finley Room, E. 8th St, Cambridge, Guernsey Co., OH 43725.