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Shenandoah County Virginia
Brocks
George Brock
Born 1762 Shenandoah County, Virginia; Died
Washington County, Indiana
George Brock, Declaration
of Pension, Oct 14, 1834
Declaration of George Brock
in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of
Congress of the 7th of June 1832 -
State of Indiana
Washington county } Washington County
Probate Court
On this 14th day of October 1834 personally
appeared in open Court before the Judge
thereof now sitting it being a Court of
Record George Brock a resident of the said
County of Washington and State of Indiana
aged 72 years, who being first duly sworn
according to law doth on his oath make the
following declaration in order to obtain the
benefit of the pension of the Act of
Congress of the United States some time in
the summer of 1779 [1789 at Shenandoah county in
the State of Virginia when he then resided
as a drafted militia man that he was drafted
for the term of 2 months and served as a
private for said term of time in the company
of Capt George Rinker which belonged to the
Regiment commanded by Co. Jacob Rinker. That
afterwards and between that time and the
summer of 1782 he performed for other tours
of duty in the militia then of which were
for 2 months each and performed by him as a
private drafted militia man in the same
company of Capt. George Rinker and under
Col. Jacob Rinker that the other tour of
service he performed as a Volunteer which
was for three months and was rendered as a
private in the company of Capt Sharp
which was under the command of Col Booth -
Welch was Major - that his whole services
rendered
on him sated and within the time stated
amount to not less than 11 months - that he
marched to Richmond and traversed the
country between that place and the sea shore
& was stationed at different places on James
River and on the Chickahomine and marched
through a portion of North Carolina about
the sea shore was in many skirmishes and was
in the battle at Yorktown when Cornwallis
surrendered _ the last service which this
declarant performed consisted in assisting
to guard the prisoners taken on the
surrender of Cornwallis at the Carmack near
Winchester He further states that he has no
documentary evidence and that he knows of no
testimony person whose testimony he can
produce who can testify to his service. He
hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to
a pension or in annuity, except the
present and he declares that his name is not
on the pension roll of any Agency in any
State
Sworn to and subscribed the day the day &
year aforesaid
his
George X Brock
mark
The following was the interrogation
propounded by the Court to the said
Applicant as prescribed by the War
Department
with his answers thereto_
1 Where and in what year were you born?
A. I was born in Shenandoah County in the State of Virginia
in August 1762, or near as I can recollect
2 - Have you any Record of your age?
A. No
3 - Where were you living when called into
service, where have you lived since the
Revolutionary war and where so you now live?
A. In Shenandoah County Va when called into service; Since
the Revolutionary war I lived in the same
County for 7 years,
then moved into the waters of the Holstein
in Va (see notes) & lived there about 18
years, then moved to
Kentucky and lived there 3 or 4 years then
moved to this County where I have lived ever
since & still live _
4 - How were you called into service; were
you drafted did you volunteer or were you a
Substitute? And if a
substitute for whom
A. I was drafted at 4 different times for 2 months each time
and three months I served as a volunteer as
I have above
stated.
5th - 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 -
A. I recollect Genl Washington Lafayette and Genl Stephens,
but by reason of old age and the consequent
loss of memory I
cannot recollect the officers the
Continental and militia Regiments and the
general circumstances of my service more
particularly than I have stated above except
that during the time I was performing the
service as I have stated I was
frequently sent out with small detachments
and in scouting parties and in this way I
was under different Captains their
names I cannot now recollect _
6 - Did you ever receive a discharge from
the service, and if so by whom was it given
and what has become
of it?
A. According to my best recollection I rec'd discharge at the
end of my several tours of service from the
Captains under
whom I serve but I considered them of no
consequence and have long since lost, or
destroyed them _
7th - State the name of persons to whom you
are known in your present neighborhood and
who can testify
as to your character for veracity on and
then belief of your services as a Soldier of
the Revolution _
A. Nicholas Hubbard, Adam Barnett, Hugh W Rhuters, Eli W.
Malott Adam Camble Jonathan Lyon,
Christopher Harrison, John
Flienor _ & from this state that there is no
Clergyman in my neighborhood sufficiently
acquainted with me to testify as
to my age character for veracity & belief of
my services in the Revolution _
The Adam Barnett and Nicholas Hubbard
residing in the County of Washington and
State of Indiana do hereby certify, that we
are well acquainted with George Brock who
has subscribed and sworn to the above
declaration that we believe him to be 72
years of age; that he is reported and
believed in the neighborhood where he
resides to have been a Soldier of the
Revolution, and that we concur in that
opinion - Sworn and subscribed the day and
year aforesaid
Adam Barnett
Nicholas Hubbard
Application for Pension by
Barbara Barnett, daughter of George Brock,
taken July 16, 1853
Know all men by these present, That I,
Barbara Barnett formerly Brock and heir of
George Brock of the county of Washington,
and State of Indiana, do hereby
constitute and appoint Thomas S Donoho &
John W. Magill, of Washington D.C., jointly
or severally my true and lawful attorneys,
for me and in my behalf to prosecute my
claim for Pension for the service of George
Brock my deceased father in the
Revolutionary War and to receive such
certificate as may be issued, hereby
revoking any power of attorney which may
have been heretofore given and confirming
all things that my attorneys, the said
Donoho & Magill, or either of them, may
lawfully do in the premises.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this sixteenth day of July A.
D. 1853
Attest
her
John H. Booth
Barbara X Barnett [seal]
mark
Acknowledged before me the day and year last
above written
Daniel Knight J. P. [seal]
State of Indiana
County of Washington
I, Washington C. D Paven clerk of the court
of Common Pleas, within and for the county
and State aforesaid,
do hereby certify that Daniel Knight Esq.,
before whom the foregoing acknowledgment was
taken; was at the date thereof an acting
justice of the peace, duly commissioned and
sworn.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my
hand and affixed the seal of said court,
this sixteenth day of July, A. D. 1853
W. C. D Paven clerk
"A roster of Revolutionary
ancestors of the Indiana Daughters of the
American Revolution : commemoration of the
United States of America bicentennial, July
4, 1976"
page 77
Brock, George, Cont. phia, Pa., d. before
1824, Washington., Indiana. SERVICE: Brock,
George. Drafted as Militia man, Sept. 1779,
Soldier, Shenandoah Co., Va. for a term of 2
months and served as a soldier for said time
in the Company of Capt. George Rinker in the
Reg. commanded by Col. Jacob Rinker. Between
that time and the summer of 1782, he
performed 4 other tours of duty in the
Militia, 3 of which were for 2 months each
and performed by him as a private drafted
militia man in the same company of Capt.
George Rinker, Col. Jacob Rinker. That the
other tour of service he performed as a
volunteer for 3 months, as a private in the
Company of Capt. Sharp, under the command of
Col. Booth, Major. DAR No. 500086. Marched
to Richmond, traversed the country between
there and the seashore; stationed on the
James River and on the Chickahomine, marched
through a portion of North Carolina. Was in
many skirmishes; At Battle of Yorktown when
Cornwallis surrendered where his service
consisted in guarding prisoners taken on the
surrender of Cornwallis at the barracks near
Winchester. CHILDREN: George, Jr., m. Polly
?; Barbara, b. 1785, m. Adam Barnett;
Catherine, m. Frederick Nightever (or
Neideffer); Molly or Mary, m. Abraham
Lefevers; Susan, m. (1) John Ard, (2) Henry
Fitta, or Fultz; Elizabeth, m. John Tindall.
DESCEDNANT: Jarvis, Mildred Barnett (Mrs.
Albert E. Jarvis) No. 592062
Research Notes:
A George Brock assigned land
to a Henry Brock in Washington County
Virginia that was located on Holstein River.
The Washington County Surveyors Record
1781-1797, page 413; 1794 Nov 26, Henry Brock assignee of
George Brock - survey of 50
acres - Preemption warrant # 2385 dated Feb
11,
1783 - top of
Walkers mountain, waters of Beaver creek a
north branch
of Holstein river
1783 Tax List Shenandoah
County Virginia, page 65, George Brock; also
included on this list are Henry Brock, John
Brock & Randolph Brock
Henry Brock
Shenandoah County Virginia & Jefferson
County Kentucky
Shenandoah County VA - 1785
Heads of Families: Page 222 - John Brock-4,
Henry Brock-10, Roudolph Brock-6; Page 233 -
Henry Brock - 4; Source: "A History of
Shenandoah County, Virginia", by John W.
Wayland, Publisher: Shenandoah Pub. House,
1927
1810 United States Federal
Population Census, Jefferson Co., KY
1 male under 10; 1 male 10-15; 1 male 16-25;
1 male over 45;
2 females under 10;1 female 10-15; 2 females
16-25; 2 females 26-44; 1 female over 45
Listed above Henry is a James Brock
1 male 16-25; 1 female under 10; 1 female
16-25
1820 United States Federal
Population Census, Jefferson Co., KY,
Middletown Page 35
Henry Brock Sen
1 male to 10; 1 male 16-18; 4 males 16-26; 1
male 45 and over;
1 female to 10; 1 female 10-16; 2 females
16-26; 2 females 26-45; 1 female 45 and over
Publication Number: M246
Publication Title: Revolutionary War Rolls,
1775-1783 Publisher: NARA State: Virginia
Military Org: 8th Regiment;
A Muster Roll of Captain Jonathan Clark's
Company of the Eight Regiment of foot in the
Service of the United States Commanded by
Colonel Abraham Bowman
Henry Brock - Enlisted Feb 9, 1776;
Remarks: on guard
John Brock - Enlisted Feb 9 1776;
Remarks: Dead March 25th
The Pension Roll of 1835,
Vol. III, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.,
Originally published 1835; reprinted 1968 &
1992; Page 228
Henry Brock; Private; Annual
allowance: 96.00; Sums received: 139.79;
Description of service; Virginia line; When
placed on the pension roll: Jan 30, 1822;
Commencement of pension: Nov 10, 1821;
Remarks: Died Mar 24, 1822
Revolutionary War Pension
Application Note: The pension application for Henry
Brock was extremely hard to read.
File Jacket
Private in Regiment commanded by Colonel
Muhlenberg of the Virginia line, for the
term of 3 years
Transcribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the
rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on
the 10th of November 1821.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30th of
Jan 1822 and sent to Hon. J. D. Breckinridge
House of Representatives.
Position of Semi-anl. al'ce
ending 4 Mar? 1822 - $30.63
3 months - 24.00
4
1.03
31
30.63
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State of Kentucky
Fifth Judicial District
On this 10th day of November One thousand
eight hundred twenty one personally appeared
in open court,
to wit, the Jefferson Circuit Court in and
for the District aforesaid
being a superior Court of law and of record
with power to fine and
imprison but when proceedings are _____ and
signed Henry
Brock a resident of Jefferson County about
twelve miles from the town of
Louisville in said District aged about
seventy four years when ______ first
sworn according to law making his oath
declare that he served in the
Revolutionary War as follows that he
enlisted or engaged to serve as
a Soldier in a company of govt commanded by
Captain Jonathan Clark
for the period of; as well as he recollects,
eighteen months some time
in the year 1775 that after his engagement
as aforesaid he marched
Norfolk where he reissued? during the
________ operations in
that part of the State and was in the
section of the Long Bridge near the
____ _____ that by subsequent engagements
the limitation of his
service was for three years __ during the
war that in consequence
of sickness at the time the eighth Virginia
Regiment Commanded by
Colonel John? Muhlenberg marched to
Charlestown South Carolina &
in the spring of the year 1776? to where his
company was attached
he remained in Virginia and upon his
recovery was transferred or
ordered to ____ Captain William Croghan
company the same
Regiment, which had not joined the siege
_____ when it marched to
Charlestown. that he the said declarant
marched with the said
Croghans Company to the North ward which
which joined the army under
the Command of General Washington in the
State of New York was
in the action of the White Plains and after
the fall of Fort Wash-
inton ____ ___ he continued with the army on
its retreat through
the State of new Jersey - was in the ______
of Trenton and Prince
Town and was with the army at Middlebrook in
the State of
New Jersey in the Sprin of the year 1777
where he joined his
Company commanded by Col. Clark who had
returned from
the Southward with the eighth Virginia
Regiment _ The de-
clarant further states that that he
continued with the Army
during the military operations of that
Company and when in
the action of Brandywine. - And declarant
further states that
during his military service as aforesaid he
was in _______
skirmishes with the enemy and upon one
occasion captured
two of them himself, and that he continued
in the service
till some short time before the Captain of
Lord Cornwallis
when from bad health he obtained a furlow to
return to his
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friends in Shenandoah County in the State of
Virginia where he
first engaged as a soldier and that about
the close of the War he obtained
a register discharge from the service which
is lossed or misplaced.
And I do solemnly swear I was a resident
Citizen of the United
States on the 18th day of march 1818 and
that Have not since that
time by gift sale upon any other manner
disposed ____ ____
or any part thereof with intent thereby to
demand? ____
being myself with __ the provisions of an
act of Congress
"An Act to provide for Certain Services
engaged in the land and
Naval service of the United States in the
Revolutionary War
p____ed in the 18th day of march 1919 and
that I have not nor
has any person in trust for me any property
or securities, or
debts due to me, nor have I any income other
than what is
contained in the schedule hereto mentioned
by the subsribed
To wit, One Cow of the value of - - - - - -
- - - - - - $10.00
Two horse creatures ___ _____ & One of them
blind - - - $20.00
Two pair of harness or gear old & worn - - -
- - - - - $2.00
One hog $2_ One third part of and old wagon
$5 - - - - - $7.00
The declarant further states that he has no
debts due him -
owes debts to the amount of fifteen dollars
- has a wife very in-
firm and unable to ____ & having ____ three
daughters living
with him above the age of twenty one years,
one of whom is Sub-
ject to fits & therefore requires care and
attention _ has three
sons living with him, the youngest of which
is about eighteen
years old, and the eldest about twenty four
years old _
and the declarant age ___ ___ ____ are such
as
to render him incapable of procuring a
living by labor -
and he is by profession a farmer.
his
Henry X Brock
mark
State of Kentucky
At a Circuit Court held for the Jefferson
Circuit
in the State aforesaid at the Court house in
Louisville on the
tenth day of November eighteen hundred
twenty one
and in the thirteenth year of the
Commonwealth
Being a Superior Court of law and of record
with
Power to fine and imprison and whose
proceedings are
_____ and signed, The forgoing declaration
and Schedule
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were signed and Sworn to by the said Henry
Brock the
declarant and the same were ordered to be
recorded which
is done accordingly and the Court Valued the
property
Contained in the said schedule to thirty
nine dollars
and the Certificate hereto attached signed
by William
Croghan was proven to be in the hand writing
and
_____ written by the said Groghan, and that
he the
said Groghan is a resident of this County
and Circuit
which was ordered to be Certified - In
witness whereof
I Mordsn. Pope clerk of the said Court
has hereto set my hand and afixed
the seal of the said Circuit this
12th day of November 1821 and in
the 30th year of the Commonwealth
Mordsn Pope
I William Croghan formerly a Major of the
4th Virginia Regiment in
the Service of the United States do Certify
that Henry Brock served as
a Soldier in the 8th Virginia Regiment in
the Service of the United States
upwards of One Year during the years 1776 &
1777 W Croghan
"A History of Shenandoah
County, Virginia", by John W. Wayland,
Publisher: Shenandoah Pub. House, 1927
Chapter IV; Indians and Indian Raids; Page
72-73
"The Indians had come into the Valley and
the settlers were in imminent peril.
Many of them in the region designated had
gathered in Holman's Fort, which was
located, according to the tradition, on or
near Rude's Hill." "Among those who one
summer sought refuge with his family in
Holman's Fort, was a Mr. Jones, whose home
was on Mill Creek, about two miles above Mt.
Clifton. It was near harvest, and Mr. Jones,
an aged man, became restless in the fort and
decided to go to his home, distant about
eight miles, to look over his wheat field. A
friend accompanied him and they rode out to
Walnut Grove, Jones's farm, without seeing
any Indians; but while they were admiring
the fertile lands and the ripening grain old
Mr. Jones was shot and fell dead. His friend
got back to the fort and told the sad news.
Then old Mr. Jones's son, with several other
men, went out to avenge his father's death.
They searched around Walnut Grove, finding
neither the Indians nor the slain man's
body, but as they were returning in the dusk
of evening young Mr. Jones was shot from his
white horse by an enemy who was hidden in an
overhanging bluff. The next morning his body
was found near the spot where he was killed
and it was buried beside the creek."
"While in Holman's Fort, on this occasion,
young Mr. Jones's wife, Anna, gave birth to
a daughter, who was also named Anna. About
the same time, or shortly before, up in
Brock's Gap, some one found a boy baby,
whether lost in an Indian raid or otherwise
abandoned was never known. A Mr. Lokey, who
lived near Lacey Spring, brought him up and
when he was twenty-one gave him a horse,
saddle, and bridle. John Brock - this
was the name that Lokey had given him -
married Anna Jones, the girl who was born in
Holman's Fort. Brock lived to be more than
three score and ten (1753 - 1827) and became
very wealthy - a large landowner. Archibald
Brock of Lacey Spring was his son, and many
descendants of the family are now living in
Rockingham County. Mr. T. White Keezeltown
is also a descendant, and it is from him
that the story of the Joneses and John Brock
has been received."
Chapter IX; The Forest and
the Fort; By J.D. Wine, Forestville
Page 168
"By 1753 William McClain, John Wood, the
widow Coffman, and Henry Brock were
added to those who already had received
grants."
"The village of Forestville stands on a
portion of the land that was granted to
George Brock, February 29, 1749."
Page 171
The first settlers were evidently
Scotch-Irish, but it was only a few years
until the German clement began to pour in;
and they practically absorbed the earlier
settlers. Who the first settler was is not
definitely known. It is quite evident that
many of the early settlers were here years
before they secured legal titles, as is
shown in a grant to George Brock in
1749. In the premises of this grant it is
stated that the tract conveyed is the same
on which his father formerly lived.
Page 172
One of the oldest houses still standing is
owned by I.L. Whissler. From the date taken
from an old chimney that was torn out when
the house was remodeled half a century ago,
is known that this house was built about
1760. Tradition says that the Whissler
home was built by Andrew Sirele shortly
after he came to the Forest. It evidently
stands on the George Brock grant
which, as later deeds adjoining the same
show came into his possession at an early
date.
Chapter XIII; Heads of
Families in 1785;
Page 222; Heads of Families
in 1785, John Brock-4, Henry Brock-10,
Roudolph Brock-6
Page 233; Heads of Families
in 1785, Henry Brock - 4
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