Person:John Chenowith (1)

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. X, compiled by Patrick G. Wardell, Lt. Col. U.S. Army Ret. :

Chenowith, John, entered service 1776 in Hampshire County, Virginia; born 11/15/1755 son of William; died 6/16/1831 in Randolph County, Virginia; married 1/7/1779 to Mary Pugh; widow born 1/29/1762 & granted Pension 1837 in Randolph County, Virginia; children's births: Ruth 7/8/1780, Robert 4/19/1782, William P. 2/2/1784, Mary 10/22/1785; Ann 3/21/1788, & John J. 2/13/1790; family bible marriage dates, all Chenowith: Robert 8/23/1802 & 4/10/1811; Mary 3/25/1803; William P. 1/25/1807, John J. 8/5/1810, Jehu 11/19/1813 to Nelly Skidmore, Gabriel 11/21/1815 to Elizabeth Currants, & Nelly 9/23/1819 to James Hart; John J. & Lemuel Chenoweth resided 1837 in Randolph County, Virginia; Michael Pugh 1837 Justice of the Peace, Hampshire County, Virginia; Samuel Pugh resided 1837 Wood County, Virginia; query letter in file states soldier's widow died in 1849; query letter in file data on John Chenoweth III, b. 1735, son of John II, died Hampshire County, Virginia, married (1) Eleanor, & (2) Mary, & his children's births: William 1761, Absalom 1763, John 1765, James 1768, Elias 1770, Elizabeth 1772, Eleanor 1774, Rachel 1777, & Mary 1779; query letter in file 1933 from descendant Mrs. Marsalone Springsteen, Spencer, West Virginia; query letter in file states soldier lived & died in Frederick County, Maryland, & his wife Mary Pugh moved from Randolph County, Virginia, to Kentucky & was granted Pension there as Mary Buskirk or Van Buskirk; query letter in file 1910 from Mrs. Eva Chenowith Robinson, Harrisville, West Virginia; query letter in file 1902 from great great granddaughter Miss M. V. Chenoweth, Ellicott City, Maryland; query letter in file 1898 from descendant W. F. Blackman, Hastings, Nebraska. R531.

Will Abstract

Randolph County, [W]VA Wills

Chenowith, John

Will Probate: 28 June 1831

Devisees: Wife Mary, son Robert, son William P., Mary Stalnaker, son John I., son Jehu, son Gabriel, daughter Nellie Hart.

Witnesses: A. Myers, S. Wyatt, Peter Buckey

Information on John Chenowith

From "A History of Randolph County, West Virginia from Its Earliest Exploration", by A.S. Bosworth, pg. 327:

THE CHENOWETH FAMILY. The Chenoweth Family. The Chenoweth family in America has descended from John Chenoweth, who came to this country from Isle of Wright in 1652 (??). lie settled in Maryland and married Mary Calvert, daughter of Lord Baltimore. William, a son of this marriage was a member of a colony that settled in Frederick County, Maryland, prior to 1750. John, a son of Willaim was born in 1755. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary War and drew a pension. He was in Pendleton in 1790 and entered 50 acres of land in that county in that year. The Pughs who were related to the Chenoweths and came to Randolph with them, also entered land in Hampshire in the year of 1790. John Chenoweth entered land in Randolph in 1792, but perhaps he had been a resident of the county a few years previous.

A monument was unveiled to the memory of John Chenoweth about three miles south of Elkins on the Job Daniels place October 16, 1915. On one side is the inscription: John Chenoweth, Born November 15, 1755, Died June 16, 1831. A Soldier of the Revolution. On another side is the inscription to his wife as follows: Mary Pugh, Wife of John Chenoweth, Born January 29, 1762, Died February 1, 1849. They were married on January 7, 1779.

On another side are the names of all the children as follows: Robert, William, Mary, John, Jehu, Gabriel, Nellie. John Chenoweth was captain of the militia in 1794; coroner in 1803; sheriff in 1810; justice of the peace in 1799. His son Robert was commissioner of the Revenue in 1816; sheriff in 1827. Z. T. Chenoweth was sheriff in 1884.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Ancestry.com. Public Member Trees: (Note: not considered a reliable primary source).

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