William Enoch Lockhart (1810 - 1854)

Born 19 Mar 1810 in Wirt County, Virginia (West Virginia), USA [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Louisa (Rochambaugh) Lockhart — married 11 Sep 1834 in Wood County, VA (WV), USA

Descendants

Died 18 Jun 1854 at age 44 in Wirt County, Virginia (West Virginia), USA

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Biography

1840 residence Wood County, VA (now WV); 1850 residence District 70, Wirt County, VA (now WV)

He taught school for some time; was one of the leaders in the formation of Wirt County, a Justice of the Peace for the new county and afterwards clerk of the circuit court.

He is buried in the Beauchamp-Newman Cemetery, Elizabeth, Wirt County, WV.

Occupation

Attorney/Lawyer/Esquire

Clerk of Circuit Court of Wirt County

Children

♂M L Lockhart 1836-Unknown

♂Franklin T Lockhart 1843-Unknown

1850 Census

Wirt county, Wirt, Virginia, United States

William E Lockhart

Event Type: Census Event Year: 1850 Event Place: Wirt county, Wirt, Virginia, United States

Gender: Male Age: 40 Race: White

Birth Year (Estimated): 1810 Birthplace: Virginia House Number: 498

Household Role Gender Age Birthplace

• William E Lockhart M 40 VA Carpenter, Property Value 400
• Louisa Lockhart F 38 VA
• Marques L Lockhart M 14 VA
• Frances E Lockhart F 10 VA^[1]

Obituary

Monongalia Mirror.
Morgantown, (Va.) Saturday, July 1, 1854.
Volume V.---Whole No. 254.
Page 2, Column 5
Wm. E. Lockart, Esq., Clerk of the Circuit court of Wirt County, died on the night of Sunday, the 18th inst. Mr. Lockhart was a very deserving and popular man, and the citizens of his county will find it difficult to fill the station made vacant by his death.

William and Louisa also had another daughter who died young and was buried in the Beauchamp Cemetery, Elizabeth, Wirt County, WV.

Find A Grave Memorial# 30805907

Birth: Mar. 19, 1810

Death: Jun. 19, 1854 West Virginia, USA

S/O John M (Sr) & Christeny Steed Lockhart

H/O Louisa Rockambaugh Lockhart

Family links: Parents: John Moore Lockhart (1766 - 1832) Christeny Steed Lockhart (1767 - 1836)

Burial: Beauchamp-Newman Cemetery Elizabeth Wirt County West Virginia, USA ^[2]

Sources

Lockhart Family Bible, printed by Sage and Clough, 1803

"The Memories and Writings of Harold David Somerville Volume II", Compiled by Pauline Somerville Smith and Lola Mae Smith, ©2000, page 86

William Lockert-Louisa Rockinbough marriage http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=10740571&Type=Marriage

U.S. census returns

• http://records.ancestry.com/William_Enoch_Lockhart_records.ashx?pid=5500190

Footnotes

1. ↑ Household ID: 498 , Line Number: 21 , Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) , Affiliate Publication Number: M432 , Affiliate Film Number: 981 , GS Film Number: 444971 , Digital Folder Number: 004206471 , Image Number: 00186 "United States Census, 1850," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M8DY-LJK : accessed 25 Nov 2014), William E Lockhart, Wirt county, Wirt, Virginia, United States; citing family 498, NARA microfilm publication M432, NARA microfilm publication M432, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
2. ↑ Created by: T M & M L Record added: Oct 23, 2008 Photo Added by: Marjorie http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=30805907

Research Notes

His surname and his wife's surname are spelled phonetically in the marriage record. His death record, his obituary and his tombstone all give his date of death as June 18, 1854.