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Facts and Events
Enoch Wingfield was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia
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Military Service
- American Revolutionary War Veteran
Revolutionary War Pension Information
Information from “Virginia/West Virginia Genealogical Data from Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Records”, Vol. 6, pg. 180, compiled by Patrick G. Wardell, Lt. Col. U.S. Army Ret. :
Wingfield, Enoch - born 3/15/1759 in Frederick County, Virginia; entered service 1777 in Berkeley County, Virginia, where he resided, in Virginia company; moved after Revolutionary War to Staunton, Augusta County, Virginia, then to Kentucky, where granted Pension Woodford County in 1832, when residing there for 5 years; Benjamin Whaley made affidavit in Bourbon County, Kentucky, 1832 that he served in Revolutionary War with soldier from Berkeley County, Virginia, in 1777. F-S16581, R2615.
References
- Ancestry.com. Public Member Trees: (Note: not considered a reliable primary source).
- McAllister, Joseph Thompson. Virginia militia in the Revolutionary War : McAllister's data. (Hot Springs, Virginia: McAllister Publishing, c1913).
Name: Enoch Wingfield
Residence Place: Virginia, USA
Notes: Wingfield, Enoch Woodford Kentucky
Comments: VIRGINIA MILITIA IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR PART V Virginia's Share in the Military Movements of the Revolution
Page number: page 295
- United States. U.S., Revolutionary War Pensioners, 1801-1815, 1818-1872. (Ancestry.com [database online]).
Name: Enoch Wingfield
Year range: 1831-1848
Pension Office Place: Kentucky, USA
- The Pension Roll of 1835: Report from the Secretary of War, in Obedience to Resolutions of the Senate of the 5th and 30th of June, 1834, and the 3d of March, 1835, in Relation to the Pension Establishment of the United States. (Washington, District of Columbia: Duff Green, 1835).
Name: Enoch Wingfield
Rank: Private
Pension Enrollment Date: 4 Mar 1831
Residence Place: Woodford, Kentucky, USA
Service Description: Virginia militia
- United States. Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files. (Washington D.C.).
Name: Enoch Wingfield
Pension Year: 1833
Application State: Kentucky
Applicant Designation: Survivor's Pension Application File
Archive Publication Number: M804
Archive Roll Number: 2615
Total Pages in Packet: 19
- Graves, William T. Southern Campaign Revolutionary War Pension Statements & Rosters.
Pension application of Enoch Wingfield S16581 fn18VA
Transcribed by Will Graves 10/6/11
State of Kentucky, Woodford County Sct.
On this 7th day of January 1833 personally appeared in open Court, before the Justices of
the County Court of Woodford County, now sitting Enoch Wingfield a resident of said County
and State aforesaid, aged 73 Years on the 15th 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 of June 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States as a Volunteer in the fall of the year 1777
under Captain Lucas [probably either Edward or William Lucas] for a six months tour, That we
marched from Martinsburg Berkeley County Virginia to Pittsburgh and there was joined by
General Broadhead's Brigade or Regiment: That in the year 1778 he again volunteered for
another term of six months, under Captain Worthington [Ephraim Worthington] at Martinsburg
Virginia and again marched to Pittsburgh and was in General McIntosh's Campaign, and that he
assisted in the erection of a Fort Lawrence [Fort Laurens] on the Muskingham: That on this
Campaign Lieutenant Parks & Taff Ross were killed by the Indians in our march from Fort
McIntosh to Fort Lawrence – That he has no documentary evidence, but refers to the
accompanying affidavit of Colonel 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 the day & year aforesaid.
S/ Enoch Wingfield
Interrogatories propounded by the Court, and the answers thereto by Enoch Wingfield
First Where and in what year were you born?
Ansr. I was born on the 15th day of March 1759 in Frederick County State of Virginia
Second Have you any record of your age and if so where is it?
Ansr. I have no record, & do not know at this time if such record ever existed as my Father
could not write.
Third Where were you living when called into service: where have you lived since the
Revolutionary War and where do you now live?
Anrs. In Berkeley County Virginia after the War I moved to Staunton Augusta County Virginia
from Staunton I removed to Kentucky and for the last 5 years I have resided in Versailles
Woodford County, my present place of residence
Fourth How were you called into service; were you drafted; did you volunteer or were you a
substitute, and if in substitute, for whom?
Anrs. 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?
Anrs. 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 neighborhood and
who can testify as to your character for veracity and their belief in your services as a soldier in the revolution.
Anrs. I would refer to Benjamin W Rhoton & John you for
[[Benjamin W Rhoton, a clergyman, and John Beaufort gave the standard supporting affidavit.]
State of Kentucky Bourbon County Sct.
This day personally appeared Benjamin Whaley,1 before me, the undersigned one of the
Commonwealth Justices of the peace in and for the County aforesaid, who being first duly sworn deposeth and saith – That he is well acquainted with Mister Enoch Wingfield. That in the year 1777 he marched in company with said Wingfield from Berkeley [text obliterated by an ink blot] to Pittsburgh in Captain Edward Lucas's Company of [text obliterated by ink blot] Wingfield was a private in said company. [Text obliterated by ink blot in the year 1778 he marched in Captain Ephraim [text obliterated by ink blot] ington's Company on General McIntosh's Campaign to Pittsburgh &c and further saith not.
S/ Henry Timberlake
[attested August 22, 1832]
[Veteran was pensioned at the rate of $40 per annum commencing March 4th, 1831, full one-year service as a private in the Virginia militia.]
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1 Benjamin Whaley S31472
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