Henry Enochs (1710-1784)

1710 ~Frederick, VA

14 Jun 1784 ~ Cacapon Stream, Hampshire, West Virginia,

6x Great Grandfather

Henry Enoch and his family, along with other families, were the early settlers in Hampshire County, Virginia, which now also encompasses West Virginia as well. The Enochs were early frontiersman who were also involved the French and Indian Wars and the Revolutionary War.

American Revolutionary War

Name	Lt. Colonel Henry Enoch I
Birth Date	1700
Death Date	1782
SAR Membership	64924
Role	Ancestor
Application Date	9 Apr 1945

Revolutionary War Militia Organization: Washington County, PA

(A redistricting occurred sometime prior to 22 Mar 1782 affecting

only the 2^nd and 4^th Battalions)

1781 – 1^st Battalion Lt. Col. Henry Enoch

Morgan Township 1^st Company Capt. Andrew Ferley

Morgan Township 2^nd Company Capt. Benjamin Stites

Monongahela between Whitley 3^rd Company Capt. William Crawford

and Muddy Creek, probably Big

Whitely in Cumberland or Greene

Township 4^th Company Capt. (John) Huston

Cumberland Township 5^th Company Capt. James Archer

Green Township 6^th Company Capt. John Guthery

Cumberland Township 7^th Company Capt. Jesse Pigman

Amwell Township 8^th Company Capt. John Miller

Enoch Land Survey written by George Washington

23 Apr 1759

Survey Map by George Washington

At the fork of the Cacapon and North Rivers

23 Apr 1759

The 388-acre tract that Washington surveyed for Henry Enoch at the fork of the Cacapon and North rivers on 23 April 1750 became the site of Enoch’s fort during the French and Indian War.
Courtesy Princeton University, deCoppet Collection, W.W. Abbot, ed., The Papers of George Washington, Colonial Series, v.1, 1748-August 1755 (Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1983), 24.