WAR OF 1812 SOLDIERS

JOHN EOFF - NJ

CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS

ALEN EOFF - MO CAV, FORD'S BATTN, CO. F
BARNES EOFF - MO 8TH INF. CO. A,B
D.B. EOFF - AR CAV., HARRELL'S BATTN CO. D PVT
EDWARD EOFF - MO 2ND CAV., CO. H SGT
EDWARD EOFF - MO 3RD BATTN ARTY LT
FRANCIS MARION EOFF - OH INF CO. I 22 PVT
GEORGE EOFF - AR 1ST CAV B IN CO C PVT STIRMAN'S CO
GEORGE W EOFF - MO 1ST CAV CO. H
GEORGE W EOFF - MO 3RD CAV BATTN CO. H
HIRAM EOFF - OH
ISAAC EOFF - AR 27TH INF CO. I PVT.
ISAAC EOFF - MO CAV FORD'S BATTN CO. F
J.A. EOFF - AR CAV HARRELL'S BATTN CO. D SGT
JAMES EOFF - AR 27TH INF CO. D PVT ADAM'S REGT
JASPER E. EOFF - MO INF CO. B 4TH REGT
J.J. EOFF - AR 2ND INF CO. D PV
ADAM'S REGT
J.J. EOFF - AR CAV CO. D 3RD LT HARRELL'S BATTN, ADAM'S REGT.
J.L. EOFF - AR 8TH CAV CO. F
J.S. EOFF - 8TH CAV CO. F PVT
J.W. EOFF - 8TH CAV CO F PVT
JOHN EOFF - AR 16TH INF CO. D PVT
JOHN T. EOFF - MO 1ST CAV CO. A
JOHN T. EOFF - MO 3RD CAV BATTN CO. H
JOSEPH EOFF - AR 1ST CAV CO. C PVT STIRMAN'S BATTN
JOSEPH EOFF - MO CAV CO. D FRISTOE'S REGT
R.M. EOFF - AR CAV CO D PVT HARRELL'S BATTN
R.M. EOFF - AR 27TH INF CO D PVT
S.A. EOFF - MO 11TH INF CO. D
STEPHEN EOFF - 2ND INF CO. I 3RD LT
W.C. EOFF - GEN & STAFF AQM
WILLIAM A. EOFF - AR 8TH CAV CO. F PVT
WILLIAM C. EOFF - AR 36TH BATTN AQM

REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIERS

ABRAHAM EOFF - PRIVATE, PA UNDER LT SPATZ

A revolutionary war veteran, Pvt in PA Berks County Patriots who received "Depreciation Pay" for service in the Continental Line during the Revolutionary War.

Following is an interpretation of a list of depreciation pay recipients included on pages 254 thru 270 in Volume IV of the Fifth Series of the Publications of the Pennsylvania Archives published 1906, many corrupted spellings remain.......

CORNELIUS EOFF - PRIVATE, NJ
JACOB EOFF - PRIVATE, PA
ISAAC EOFF - PRIVATE, SC

Isacc served in the Revolutionary War under Capt Pagen; served under Capt Mills in the SC Militia in Chester Co, SC June 1780; under Capt Cooper 4/22/1781; applied for pension 1832, Bedford Co, TN Rev Claim #3362 approved 4/16/1833; the DAR placed Rev War marker on his grave 3/12/1783 in Chester Co, SC. Married Margaret P Knox b 1763 Belfast, Ireland, died 9/1/1848 Carroll Co, KY, daughter of James Knox Sr and Evelyn Craig

A short time before he was 14 years of age Isaac Alexander Eoff went into the army in place of his father who was drafted in Chester County, South Carolina. The name of the Captain who commanded him in service was John Mills. Soon after he fought under a volunteer company under Alexander Fagin who fough at Black Stocks and Fish Dam Ford. The DAR has put a marker on his grave. He was in the Battle when Sumpter was defeated and Eutaw Springs. He was allowed a pension on August 7, 1832.


R3362

b. 1761, New Jersey

d. 2 October 1841

m. 13 March 1783

He served four months during 1780 under Gen Sumpter as a substitute for his father. He then served under Capt. Alexander Pagen of Sumpter's brigade and was in the battles at Sumter's Defeat, Fish Dam FFord, Blackstock's Plantation and Eutaw Springs. (moved to Tenn) A.A.2232 1\2, L326, M313

WILLIAM EOFF

A PLUCKEMIN STORE IN 1768 AND LATER: AS PER JAMES VOSSLLER'S DAY BOOK AND LEDGER, SOMERSET COUNTY HISTORICAL QUARTERLY, II 265FF (1913)

CENTENNIAL:THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF PLUCKEMIN, PLUCKEMIN, NEW JERSEY, 1851-1951, (LOCALLY PRINTED C 1951)

CHURCH RECORDS OF THE VILLAGES OF KRUMMHARDT (EVANGELICAL PARISH OF AICHELBERG, SCHANBACH DIVISION) AND GROSSHEPPACH (D9ACONATE OF WEIBLINGEN), DUCHY OF WURTEMBERG, GERMANY

DERN, JOHN P., LONDON CHURCHBOOKS AND THE GERMAN EMIGRATION OF 1709, (ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, 1966). OF INTEREST AS BACKGROUND

EOFF, JACOB, LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT, CIOY IN TRENTON WILLS, BOOK M, PG 91; ALSO CODICIL AND INVENTORY OF ESTATE

EOFF, ROBERT WOODS, PAMPHLETS: THE DESCENDANTS OF JOHN EOFF OF VIRGINIA, NO.1 (1901); THE EOFF FAMILY IN THE UNITED STATES; NO.S 2, 3 AND 4 (1902, 1905, 1906). ALL PRINTED IN THE CHICAGO ENVIRONS.

KNITTLE, WALTER ALLEN, EARLY EIGHTEENTH CENTURY PALATINE EMIGRATION, (BALTIMORE, 1970; ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED PHILADELPHIA 1937).

McDOWELL, A. W., "PLUCKEMIN ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO," OUR HOME: A MONTHLY DEVOTED TO LOCAL AND CENTRAL LITERATURE (1871)

MacWETHY, LOU D., THE BOOK OF NAMES, ESPECIALLY RELATING TO THE EARLY PALATINES AND THE FIRST SETTLERS IN THE MOHAWK VALLEY (BALTIMORE, 1960; FIRST PUBLISHED ST JOHNSVILLE, NEW YORK 1933)

MELLICK ANDREW D., THE OLD FARM (RUTGERS UNIVERSITY PRESS, NEW BRUNSWICK, NEW JERSEY, 1961; ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED AS THE STORY OF AN OLD FARM 1889, AND SUBSEQUENTLY AS LESSER CROSSROADS).

MEYERS, CAROL M., PALATINE COLONIAL RECORDS OF NEW YORK (SAUGUS, CALIFORNIA C. 1973)

NEW YORK GENEALOGICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD, XL (1909) AND XLI (1910), BOARD OF TRADE LISTS OF THE PALATINES IN LONDON. OF GENERAL INTEREST; THE NAME OFF DOES NOT APPEAR, BUT THE LISTS MADE POSSIBLE A VARIETY OF SPECULATIONS. VOLUMES XXIX AND XXX ARE OF INTEREST ALSO, AS CONTAINING RECORDS OF THE REFORMED DUTCH CHURCH OF NEW YORK.

O'CALLAGHAN, E.B.. A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF NEW YORK, III (ALBANY, 1850)

PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, CHANCERY LANE, LONDON; ORIGINAL SUBSISTANCE LISTS OF GOVERNOR HUNTER, 1710-12, AND RELATED DOCUMENTS; EMBARKATION LISTS FROM HOLLAND; BOARD OF TRADE LISTS. THE ONLY CERTAIN REFERENCE TO THE OFFS IN THE DOCUMENTS CONSULTED FOR THIS STUDY IS IN THE SUBSISTENCE LISTS.

REFORMED DUTCH CHURCH OF NEW YORK, 45 JOHN STREET, NEW YORK (CHURCH OFFICES); CHURCH RECORDS INCLUDE THE MARRIAGE OF MAGDELENA OFF TO JOHAN PETER CASTNER (JOAN PETER KASSENER), APRIL 2, 1711, AND CONTAIN OTHER ITEMS OF SPECIFIC OR GENERAL INTEREST.

RUPP, I. DANIEL, A COLLECTION OF THIRTY THOUSAND NAMES OF.....IMMIGRANTS IN PENNSYLVANIA (ETC.) (BALTIMORE, 1965; MANY INVESTIGATORS USED THE SECOND EDITION, 1876; ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN 1856).

SNELL, ADA L. F. PALATINES ALONG THE MOHAWK AND THEIR CHURCH IN THE WILDERNESS (SOUTH HADLEY, MASS, 1948). OF BACKGROUND INTEREST.

SNELL, JAMES P. HISTORY OF HUNTERDON AND SOMERSET COUNTIES (PHILADELPHIA, 1881)

SOMERVILLE (NEW JERSEY) PUBLIC LIBRARY: CLIPPING FILE. CONTAINS SOME SOLIDLY HISTORICAL AS WELL AS ANECDOTAL MATERIAL, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO JACOB AND ESPECIALLY HIS COLORFUL SON CHRISTIAN AS INNKEEPERS IN PLUCKEMIN. MORE THAN ONE INN WAS INVOLVED, THOUGH THE RECORD IS OBSCURE. JACOB EOFF'S ORIGINAL INN, DATING FROM 1750, APPARENTLY STOOD AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE CROSSROADS, WHERE A RATHER NEW SHOPPING CENTER STANDS TODAY. THE INN WAS A CENTER OF ACTIVITY DURING THE REVOLUTION. WASHINGTON UNDOUBTEDLY PATRONIZED IT THOUGH HE WAS QUARTERED AT A PRIVATE HOUSE IN PLUCKEMIN.

SOMERSET COUNTY HISTORICAL QUARTERLY, I-VIII (1912-19). BESIDES TWO ARTICLES ENTERED SEPARATELY IN THIS BIBLIOGRAPHY, THESE INDEXED VOLUMES CONTAIN MANY REFERENCES TO THE EOFFS, THE CASTNERS AND FAMILIES CONNECTED WITH THEM. EXTREMELY VALUABLE EVEN THOUGH SOME OF THE INFORMATION IS OUTDATED.

"THE EOFF FAMILY OF PLUCKEMIN", SOMERSET COUNTY HISTORICAL QUARTERLY VII, 284-93 (1918). THOUGH MORE THAN 60 YEARS OLD AND SOMETIMES IN ERROR, THIS ANONYMOUS ACCOUNT OF THE FAMILY'S EARLY HISTORY IN AND AROUND PLUCKEMIN IS DISTINCTLY VALUABLE.

WALTER, FREDERICK, THE TOWNSHIP OF BEDMINSTER, NEW JERSEY, TERCENTENARY (SOMERVILLE, 1964)

YOUNG, OWEN D., THE PALATINES OF NEW YORK STATE***1708-22 (PALATINE SOCIETY, INC., JOHNSTOWN, NEW YORK, 1955)

ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH, GERMANTOWN, NEW JERSEY, RECORDS, PRINTED IN THE GENEALOGICAL MAGAZINE OF NEW JERSEY, XXX (JANUARY, 1969).

GRAHAME, ROBERTA, THE EOFF FAMILY; FROM THE OLD WORLD TO THE NEW

SOUTH CAROLINA NATIONAL ARCHIVES - FILE 3362

ROSTER OF THE SOLDIERS AND PATRIOTS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION BURIED IN TENNESSEE

CONFEDERATE VETERANS - PAGES 347-8

TENNESSEE DAR YEARBOOK PAGE 99

DAR PATRIOT INDEX

TSDAR ROSTER TO REVOLUTIONARY ANCESTORS VOL II

LAIDLEY, ALEXANDER THOMAS, A GENEALOGICAL TABLE AND HISTORY OF THE QUARRIER FAMILY IN AMERICA.

GAR FAMILY HISTORY-TABULATION FO ANCESTORS OF JOHN GAR

GENEALOGIES OF WEST VIRGINIA FAMILIES, WEST VIRGINIA QUARTERLY, 1901-05

SHEPHERD, FRANKLIN, HISTORY, GENEALOGIES, BIOGRAPHIES OF THE SHEPHERD AND RELATED FAMILIES SINCE THEIR COMING TO AMERICA MORE THAN 280 YEARS AGO

ABSTRACTS OF REVOLUTIONARY WAR PENSION FILES PAGE 1124

PETERSON, LORENE, JAMES KNOX, SR AND ELIZABETH CRAIG KNOX AND THEIR DESCENDANTS

WAR OF 1812 PENSIONERS -PAGE 679

WAYNE COUNTY, TENNESSEE ABSTRACTS OF DEED RECORDS 1839-1853

BOOMERANG, VOL 4 PAGE 39 AND VOL ? PAGE 1 OCTOBER 12, 1901

PRE 1790 SOMERSET CO., NJ CENSUS

1778-1780 MORRIS CO., NJ CENSUS

1830 SOMERSET CO., NJ CENSUS

1832 RUTHERFORD COUNTY, TENNESSEE PENSIONERS

1840 CANNON CO., TN CENSUS

1840 COFFEE CO., TN CENSUS

1850 CONWAY CO., AR CENSUS

1850 WASHINGTON CO., AR CENSUS

1850 HARDIN CO., TN CENSUS

1850 BEDFORD CO., TN CENSUS

1850 OTTAWA CO., OH CENSUS CLAY TOWNSHIP

1850 CARROLL CO, AR ROLL 25 PAGES 165, 167, 168, 169

1850 PULASKI CO., AR CENSUS

1860 CARROLL CO., AR ROLL 38 PAGE 697

1860 CARROLL CO., AR ROLL 53 PAGE 87

1860 NEWTON CO., AR ROLL 46 PAGES 960-1, 963

1860 PULASKI CO., AR

1860 IZARD CO, AR

1870 PULASKI CO., AR

1870 BOONE CO., AR

1870 CONWAY CO., AR

1870 CARROLL CO., AR

1870 IZARD CO., AR

1870 NEWTON CO, AR PAGE 1

1870 HARDIN CO., TN CENSUS

1870 OHIO CO., WVA

1880 SEARCY CO., AR

1880 OTTAWA CO., OH

REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIERS

ABRAHAM EOFF PRIVATE, PA UNDER LT SPATZ A revolutionary war veteran, Pvt in PA
Berks County Patriots who received "Depreciation Pay"
for service in the Continental Line during the Revolutionary War.

Following is an interpretation of a list of depreciation pay
recipients included on pages 254 thru 270 in Volume IV of the
Fifth Series of the Publications of the Pennsylvania Archives
published 1906, many corrupted spellings remain.......
CORNELIUS EOFF PRIVATE, NJ
JACOB EOFF PRIVATE, PA
ISAAC EOFF PRIVATE, SC Isacc served in the Revolutionary War under Capt Pagen; served under Capt Mills in the SC Militia in Chester Co, SC June 1780; under Capt Cooper 4/22/1781; applied for pension 1832, Bedford Co, TN Rev Claim #3362 approved 4/16/1833; the DAR placed Rev War marker on his grave 3/12/1783 in Chester Co, SC. Married Margaret P Knox b 1763 Belfast, Ireland, died 9/1/1848 Carroll Co, KY, daughter of James Knox Sr and Evelyn Craig






A short time before he was 14 years of age Isaac Alexander Eoff went into the army in place of his father who was drafted in Chester County, South Carolina. The name of the Captain who commanded him in service was John Mills. Soon after he fought under a volunteer company under Alexander Fagin who fough at Black Stocks and Fish Dam Ford. The DAR has put a marker on his grave. He was in the Battle when Sumpter was defeated and Eutaw Springs. He was allowed a pension on August 7, 1832.


R3362

b. 1761, New Jersey

d. 2 October 1841

m. 13 March 1783

He served four months during 1780 under Gen Sumpter as a substitute for his father. He then served under Capt. Alexander Pagen of Sumpter's brigade and was in the battles at Sumter's Defeat, Fish Dam FFord, Blackstock's Plantation and Eutaw Springs. (moved to Tenn) A.A.2232 1\2, L326, M313

WILLIAM EOFF


WAR OF 1812 SOLDIERS

JOHN EOFF NJ



CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS


ALEN EOFF MO CAV, FORD'S BATTN, CO. F

BARNES EOFF MO 8TH INF. CO. A,B

D.B. EOFF AR CAV., HARRELL'S BATTN CO. D PVT

EDWARD EOFF MO 2ND CAV., CO. H SGT

EDWARD EOFF MO 3RD BATTN ARTY LT

FRANCIS MARION EOFF OH INF CO. I 22 PVT

GEORGE EOFF AR 1ST CAV B IN CO C PVT

STIRMAN'S CO

GEORGE W EOFF MO 1ST CAV CO. H

GEORGE W EOFF MO 3RD CAV BATTN CO. H

HIRAM EOFF OH

ISAAC EOFF AR 27TH INF CO. I PVT.

ISAAC EOFF MO CAV FORD'S BATTN CO. F

J.A. EOFF AR CAV HARRELL'S BATTN CO. D SGT

JAMES EOFF AR 27TH INF CO. D PVT

ADAM'S REGT

JASPER E. EOFF MO INF CO. B 4TH REGT

J.J. EOFF AR 2ND INF CO. D PVT

ADAM'S REGT

J.J. EOFF AR CAV CO. D 3RD LT

HARRELL'S BATTN, ADAM'S REGT

J.L. EOFF AR 8TH CAV CO. F

J.S. EOFF 8TH CAV CO. F PVT

J.W. EOFF 8TH CAV CO F PVT

JOHN EOFF AR 16TH INF CO. D PVT

JOHN T. EOFF MO 1ST CAV CO. A

JOHN T. EOFF MO 3RD CAV BATTN CO. H

JOSEPH EOFF AR 1ST CAV CO. C PVT

STIRMAN'S BATTN

JOSEPH EOFF MO CAV CO. D FRISTOE'S REGT

R.M. EOFF AR CAV CO D PVT

HARRELL'S BATTN

R.M. EOFF AR 27TH INF CO D PVT

S.A. EOFF MO 11TH INF CO. D

STEPHEN EOFF 2ND INF CO. I 3RD LT

W.C. EOFF GEN & STAFF AQM

WILLIAM A. EOFF AR 8TH CAV CO. F PVT

WILLIAM C. EOFF AR 36TH BATTN AQM