Enoch Bates Furr (abt. 1752 - 1845)

Born about 1752 in Fauquier, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah Clawson — married 5 Mar 1787 in , Loudoun County, VA, USA

Descendants

Died 3 Aug 1845 at about age 93 in Bloomfield, Loudoun, Virginia, USA

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Biography

Enoch Furr was a Virginia colonist.

During the Revolution Enoch served as a Lieutenant in Virgina with 1) Captain JOHNSON and Colonel MIDFORD of the Loudoun County Militia, Pension Number: S*W11030 DAR Ancestor #: A042765

The following was written by Dennis Furr:

Served one year as a private in the Revolutionary War starting in November 1775 under Captain George Johnson and Colonel Spottswood, State of Virginia. Enlisted again in September of 1777 and served 3 months under Captain McMiken and Captain Read. Was a Lieutenant in General Washington's body guard. Engaged in battle at Great Ridge, Norfolk, Virginia.^[1]

Lieutenant Enoch Furr served with Loudoun County, Virginia Militia during the American Revolution.

The following was written by Rich Furr and Robert Furr:

He served two enlistments in the Revolution. The first (November 1775) was as a private in Captain George Johnsons Company under Colonel Spotswood’s Virginia Regiment. He fought in the Battle of Long Bridge and at the Burning of Norfolk by Lord Dunsmore in January 1776. After that he was a scout around Williamsburg until discharged a year later. He reenlisted in the place of his brother Moses in the middle of September 1777 and served 3 months as a private in Captain McMichen’s and Captain Reed’s Virginia Companies. He was appointed a Lieutenant in the Loudoun Militia in 1781 and received a pension in 1836 under file # W11030. There is little else about his life during this period.^[2]

Enoch and Sarah were married after the war and had nine children. He names seven of his children in his will. ^[3]

1. William Gilmore Furr
2. Hannah Furr the wife of John K. Littleton
3. Jeremiah Furr
4. Betsy Furr
5. Basheba Furr wife of Norman Urton
6. Tacey Furr Berkeley his dauthger
7. Edwin Furr

The two children not named in Enoch's will are Newton and Charity. ^[2]

Enoch is buried in the Ebenezer Baptist Church Cemetery Bluemont, Loudoun County, Virginia^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Dennis Furr's source: Will of Enoch FURR signed 30 Jul 1831 found in Loudoun Co., VA
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Furr, Rich and Furr, Robert. The First Furrs. Rootsweb [online database] Accessed 2 May 2019.
3. ↑ LOUDOUN COUNTY – WILL OF ENOCH FURR ~ 1931 Posted by Rich Furr 11 Feb 1999
4. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images: accessed 27 February 2020), memorial page for LT Enoch Furr (1752–3 Aug 1845), Find A Grave Memorial no. 19935504, citing Ebenezer Baptist Church Cemetery, Bluemont, Loudoun County, Virginia, USA ; Maintained by Keith W. Harmon (contributor 46900162).

• Richard Furr
• Dennis D. Furr
• "Public Member Trees", database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/108139328/person/262002190501/Gallery?_phsrc=cYt4921&_phstart=default&usePUBJs=true : accessed 4 March 2020), profile for Enoch Bates Furr.
• "Public Member Trees", database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/108139328/person/262002190501/facts : accessed 30 September 2018), profile for Enoch Bates Furr.