Sixth Generation

80. ELIZABETH RATCLIFF was born in 1789 in North Carolina.^5,6 She died in 1876 at the age of 87 in Delaware County, Indiana.⁵

Elizabeth Garner, age 69, is in the 1860 Howard Co IN Census living with Rachel & Andrew Jackson Adamson.

War of 1812 Index Cards Widow's file #11713
Soldier: Enoch Garner
Widow: Elizabeth Garner
Service: Capt. Absalom Van Metre's Co, Ohio Militia

Elizabeth Garner, Harrison, Delaware Co, IN, Widow of Enoch Garner, Ohio Militia, Died at Delaware Co, IN January 4th, 1850.
Application filed, 18 Jan 1876.
Rejected Feb 29, 1876

13 Jan 1876 Delaware Co, IN
Elizabeth Garner, 84, widow of Enoch Garner, of Harrison, Delaware Co IN. Soldier was sometime at Sandusky. She has received a land warrant, number not remembered. She was married under the name of Elizabeth Ratcliffe to Enoch Garner on 11 March 1813 by John Meckley in Ohio. Her husband died at Delaware Co, IN on 4 Jan 1850 and she has not remarried.
Signed with her mark. Vincent R. Garner, Henry Love, and Edom Garner, witnesses.
Reply: Soldier enlisted July 29, 1813, was discharged Aug 18, 1813
Rejected by reason of insufficient service. 21 days.
In the file is a copy of certification of their marriage.
From Highland Co OH, Marriage Record No. 1, p.92. Enoch Gardner (d is struck through) to M. E. Betsy Ratcliff. March the 11th 1813. "I do certify that this day came personally before me a Justice of the Peace for Highland County, Enoch Gardner and Betsy Ratcliff and was joined together in Matrimony according to law -
Given under my hand, John Shockly, JP"

ELIZABETH RATCLIFF and ENOCH GARNER were married on 11 March 1813 in Hillsboro, Highland County, Ohio.^5,7 ENOCH GARNER^6,7,8,9, son of GARNER and [GARNER], was born on 10 June 1780 in North Carolina.^5,6 He served in the military in 1813 at Capt Absalom Van Metre's Company, Ohio Militia in War of 1812. He died on 4 January 1850 at the age of 69 in Delaware County, Indiana.^5,7

The connection is often made that a Henry Garner, whose wife was Nancy [perhaps Nancy Poole], was the father of Enoch, Vincent, Job, Nancy, etc. of Indiana. That may be, but he has artificially been placed with several Henry Garners whose wives were Nancy where he does not fit. Genealogies online regarding Henry Garner & Nancy Poole reveals that Henry was close to the same age as Enoch and could not have been his father. He seems to be the Henry Garner, with wife Nancy who died in 1848, Pickens Co, SC. What is curious is that there are many Vincents in this Henry's family. It is quite possible Enoch and siblings fit somewhere else and were cousins of Henry Garner & Nancy Poole of SC - they aren't children of Henry Garner & Nancy Poole.

One Henry Garner said to have lived in Hardin Co, TN, where he died about 1836 - he was born in North Carolina and applied for his Revolutionary pension which was rejected [see Fold3.com or Heritage Quest]. A court case in Hardin Co TN to sell his land for the benefit of his nine heirs in 1851, conclusively shows that particular Henry Garner was not the father of these Garners in Indiana.

War of 1812 Service
Delaware Co Historical Alliance in Muncie, IN, sent pamphlet of "Our Heroic Dead". Enoch Garner is listed as a veteran of the War of 1812.
Served in Capt Absalom Van Matre's Co, Ohio Militia. Widow, Elizabeth. Application filed 18 Jan 1876. Elizabeth Garner was age 84, living in Delaware Co, IN. She stated he served sometime at Sandusky, Ohio and she received a land warrant, number not reimbered. She was married as Elizabeth Ratcliffe, 11 Mary 1813 by John Shockley, in Ohio. Certification of the Marriage was included from Highland Co, Ohio. Enoch Garner died 4 Jan 1850, Delaware Co. Thomas P. Sample of Muncie, IN, appointed her attorney
Letter sent from the Pension Office, 18 Feb 186 requesting more evidence of service. Rejected 29 Feb 1876, by reason of insufficient service. The rolls of Capt Vanmater's Comp of Ohio Militia shows that Enoch Garner served only from July 29th to Aug 18th, 1813, 21 days. Submitted to Board of Appeal, 4 Mar 1976, Rejection Approved.

Enoch Garner was married by John Shockly, J.P. Recorded Marriage Book 1, p.92., Highland Co, Ohio

1820 Census. Wayne Co IN. Enoch, Henry, Job, an older widow Nancy, and Labam "Gardner" found. Henry, Nancy, and Job all near each other, p.265
Enoch on p.193: 2 males under 10, 1m age 26-45. 1 females under 10. No mark for an older female but the census spans a crease in the page about where a mark would have been made for a female age 26-45. By 1820, Enoch and Elizabeth had 4 children - two sons Edom & George, and two daughters, Rachel & Nancy.

20 Apr 1825. Land Patent, Certificate #5874.
Enoch Garner of Wayne Co, IN. The East half of the NW 1/4, Section 25, Township 18 N, Range 12 East. 80 acres.
Stamped Patent Record Imperfect. See New Patent, 1151762, 22 Apr 1955.

1830 Census. Wayne Co IN, Perry Twp. p.124
Enoch Garner. 1m -5 [Vincent], 1m 5-10, [Jacob] 1m 10-15 [Edom?], 1m 40-50 [Enoch]; 1f -5 [Lydia], 1f 5-10 [Sarah], 2f 10-15 Nancy & Rachel], 1f 30-40 [Elizabeth]
Enumerated next door was another Vincent Garner, age 30-40, likely Enoch's brother.

HISTORY OF DELAWARE CO INDIANA; Frank D. Haimbaugh; 1924; Vol. 1, p.112
"for several years the township [Harrison] settled slowly and as late as 1837 the arrival of new settlers was marked by as much interest as at an earlier date. Enoch Garner came with his family in that year, and it is said by his son Vincent that they were as much alone, to all appearance, as if they were the only settlers in the township." Job Garner [lived] three miles east. The Enoch Garners settled on the western edge of the township in the King's Chapel neighborhood.

HISTORY OF DELAWARE CO INDIANA; G. W. H. Kemper MD; 1908; Vol 1, p.326
Enoch Garner
Location of land was S13, T21, R8. Died at the age of 71 years, 6 months, 13 days [if this calculation was correct, he died on 23 Dec of 1851 instead of in Jan of 1852 - or they were figuring from a different birth date] States that his widow was living in the year 1875, drawing his War of 1812 pension. [Her application was at first rejected, see later.] On his tombstone in Jones Cemetery is "Being a member of the Christian Friends Church for the last ten years of his life". All the family records were destroyed when the home of his son Vincent burned.

HistoryGeo.com
Enoch Garner, patent in 1838, Section 13, almost the entire south half, as above. This section bordered Madison Co. His neighbors were George Emsley, Joseph Cook, George Turner, Adam C. Lewis, Miles & James Marshall, Jesse H. Healey, and George Emsley.
BLM-GLO records.
Enoch Garner was of Madison Co IN when he received the patent from the land office in Ft. Wayne. Certificate #18063 was for the south half of Section 13, 320 acres, dated 20 Aug 1838. However, there is a patent dated 1 Aug 1837 to George Emsley which included the SE 1/4 of the SE Quarter of Section 13, Township 21, 40 acres.

1840 Census, Delaware Co IN, p.310 Name spelled as Enoch Gararch, but probably an error as no other Enoch with any similar name is found in Delaware Co.
1m 10-15 [Vincent], 1m 15-20 [Jacob], 1m 50-60 [Enoch]; 1f -5, 1f 10-15 [Lydia], 1f 15-20 [Sarah], 1f 40-50, 1f 50-60
There's an extra lady in the household as well as a young child.

1850 Census in Harrison Twp, Delaware Co IN, p.386, Household 809. Enoch, Age 70, born in North Carolina. Elizabeth age 59, also born in NC. Vincent, age 23, still lives at home. Lydia had married Moses Adamson and lived next door with their 2 year old daughter Sarah.

From the War of 1812 Pension Files at NARA:
Wid #11713 Soldier: Enoch Garner Widow: Elizabeth Garner
Service: Capt Absalom Van Metre's Company, Ohio Militia
Application was filed 18 Jan 1876 but was rejected on 29 Feb by reason of insufficient service. Enoch had enlisted 29 Jul 1813, was discharged on 18 Aug 1813 - he had served only 21 days and 60 days service was required for the widow's pension. The papers give his date of death as 4 Jan 1850, and when Vincent R. Garner of Harrison, Delaware Co IN and Edom Garner of Richland Co Wisconsin testified that Elizabeth Garner was who she claimed to be, they wrote in that Enoch had died 4th Day, 1851. Elizabeth was 84 years old when she applied for the pension, living in the Harrison P.O. area of Delaware Co Indiana. Enoch had served under Capt. Absalom VanMetre in the Ohio Militia and was at the battle at Sandusky. Elizabeth stated she had received a land warrant. She was married as Elizabeth Ratcliffe on 11 Mar 1813 by John Shockley in Ohio. Certification of the marriage from Highland Co OH was included in the papers.

Fort Stephenson was a U.S. post on the Upper Sandusky River. It was attacked 2 Aug 1813 by the British and Indian forces. The fort was successfully defended by a small force under Maj. (later promoted to Col.) George Groghan, forcing the British retreat back across Lake Erie to Ontario. Groghan was a nephew of George Rogers & William Clark.

Buried Jones Cemetery, Mt Pleasant Twp, Delaware Co IN. Book compiled by Mary K. Jones of Muncie, IN, gives 1 Jan 1852 for date of death of Enoch. Enoch's widow's application for his War of 1812 Pension, gives 4 Jan 1850 in one place, 4 Jan 1851 in another. His grave marker appears to have 1 Jan 1850.

ELIZABETH RATCLIFF and ENOCH GARNER had the following children: