CHAPTER XXII, STOCK. ERECTION OF THE TOWNSHIP IN 1851 - ITS BOUNDARIES-EARLY SETTLEMENT ON THE EAST FORK-THE ENOCHS, CROWS, GRANDONS, MORRISES AND ARCHERS - THE CROW FAMILY AND THE INDIANS-THREE GIRLS KILLED ADVENTURES OF TENAH CROW OTHER EARLY PIONEERS - THE LAST INDIAN CAMP ON SAILOR'S RUN IN 1812-RELIGION OF THE PIONEERS LARGE FAMILIES RELICS OF THE ABORIGINES-EARLY MILLSFIRST BRICK HOUSES HUNTING ADVENTURE THE YANKEE SETTLERS FIRST ORCHARDS IN THE TOWNSHIP-HARDSHIPS OF THE YEAR 1816- EARLY TOWNSHIP ORGANIZATION TAXPAYERS OF 1833-ASA BARTON-PRACTICAL JOKES - EARLY SCHOOLS-GERMAN SETTLERS-VILLAGES- -CARLISLE EAST UNION CHURCHES. TH HE commissioners of Noble County, on the first of May, 1851, erected Stock Township, making its boundaries as follows: "Commencing on on the seventh range line at the southwest corner of section 32 in township number 6 of range No. 7; thence east along the section lines to the southeast corner of section 26 in said township number 6 of range 7; thence north along section lines to the northeast corner of section 30 in said township and range; thence west along the said township line to the seventh range line; thence south along the seventh range line to the northeast corner of section 25 in township 7, range 8; thence west along section lines to the northwest corner of section 27 in said township number 7 and range 8; thence south along section lines to the south west corner of section 3 in township number 6 and range 8; thence east to the northwest corner of section number 4 in said township number 6 of range 8; thence south along the section line to the southwest corner of section 14 in said township number 6 of range 8; thence east along the section line to the seventh range line; thence north along the seventh range line to the place of beginning— containing 23 sections." The first election in this township was held on the 12th of July, 1851, in obedience to an order of court, for the purpose of choosing one justice of the peace. Reuben Wood was elected, and on the 7th of August following he qualified and entered upon the duties of his office. March 7, 1854, on petition of fourteen persons, sections 25 and 31 of Elk Township were annexed to Stock Township, by order of the county commissioners. On the East Fork of Duck Creek, in the year 1806, was made one of the earliest settlements within the limits of Noble County, by families that had previously lived on Wheeling Creek, in Greene County, Pa., and in western Virginia, near Wheeling. These families were nearly all intimately related by marriages descent. Elisha, Henry, Enoch and Jesse Enochs were brothers. Their father's name was Enoch Enochs, and he also settled on Duck Creek after his sons had been here some years. He removed to the vicinity of Harriettsville and there died in 1835. He was in the Indian wars in West Virginia and eastern Ohio, and also a soldier of 1812. Enoch Enochs, Jr., married Margaret Tice, and lived near Harriettsville. In 1878 he removed to Tyler County, W. Va., where he died in 1886. Elisha Enochs and his brother Jesse lived in what is now Stock Township. There were several daughters of Enoch Enochs, Sr., who married before coming to Ohio, and nearly all settled in this vicmity. Hannah was the wife of Henry Grandon; Elizabeth married Isaac Morris; Rebecca became the wife of James Archer; Rachel, the wife of Frederick Crow; Sally married Jesse Davis; Lydia was the wife of Nathan Lincicum; Phebe married Joseph Archer and Amy married Matthew Gray.* Elisha Enochs was one of the most prominent pioneers. He settled on Duck Creek near where the village of Carlisle now stands, in the year 1806. The Enochs were of German *These particulars were obtained from Henry Archer, of East Union, a descendant of the Enochs family, and are doubtless correct. We have received statements from other parties, which vary from the above in some particulars.-ED. Elisha married Nancy Archer. At the time of their settlement, their nearest neighbors were fifteen miles distant. The Indians still occupied the country as a hunting-ground, and it abounded in game and fish of all kinds. Elisha Enochs manufactured powder in a small way, doing all the work by hand, and the settlers for miles around came to him to purchase it. On the morning after the family arrived in their new home they found themselves short of provisions, and Mr. Enochs shot a young bear on the ground where Carlisle now stands, to supply them with meat. The Enochs were veritable frontiersmen, and quite a number were killed or scalped by the Indians. Elisha and Nancy Enochs reared a large family which became scattered through Ohio and farther west. Their son Henry was born March 27, 1807, and is believed to have been the first white child born in the township. Like all frontiersmen, he early became accustomed to the use of the gun and lived almost entirely in the woods, doing very little farming. He married Jane Miller, and entered land on Middle Creek near Middleburg, where he remained until about 1848, when he removed to Lawrence County, Ohio, where he died April 2, 1886. He reared a large family. Five of his sons were in the late war, and the family was represented in almost every important campaign of the Rebellion. The sons who were in the service were John M., a captain; Elisha, corporal; W. H., brigadiergeneral; A. O., captain; and Clum, |