Mary Ann "Polly" Enoch Luna, daughter of Andrew Enoch(Caswell Co NC)

For any one who is a descendant of Peter Luna(d. 1851--Marshall Co. TN) thru his son Elisha Luna please note that the evidence to support the claim that Mary Ann "Polly",  Elisha's wife's surname of was Enoch and not Lenox/Lennox can be found in image 4 of the 62 images that are the contents of the Estate File of Andrew Enoch of Caswell County, North Carolina dated 1797. Andrew Enoch died about 1791 but the receipt is dated 7 Nov 1808 which is about 4 years after Elisha & Polly married.  The majority of these are receipt files.  I need to look further and see what is recorded in the books for this case. 

This had long been my hypothesis because I was continually seeing the Enoch named used by descendants of Elisha & Polly but never the Lenox/Lennox name.  I was not aware of, nor had I found any evidence to support that until seeing where another researcher had posted about it on the FamilySearch tree.  I began researching in 1990 and at that time there were transcriptions and indexing done that all had Elisha's wife's surname as Lenox or Lennox.  I believe that came from their Sumner Co TN marriage record and from there spread like wildfire. Now if only the correct surname with documentation would spread like wildfire.  

Below is my best shot at a transcription of the receipt from image 4

Rec'd 7th of November 1808 of John Yancy
Two Hundred and seventy seven dollars and
thirty cents It being in full of the legacy 
due from him to Elisha Loony in right
of his wife Polley one of the orphans of 
Andrew Enochs dec'd which I receive by virtue
of a power of attorney from said Loony
It being in full of the legacy due him
in right of his wife one of the heirs of
said dec'd
  
Samuel ( X )Coplinger
Test:
Alex Murphey

Source & Notes:
"North Carolina Estate Files, 1663-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V121-4Q6 : 8 March 2021), Andrew Enoch, 1797; citing Caswell, North Carolina, United States, State Archives, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,711,174. 

The surname of Peter Luna was originally Looney/Loony.  The majority of the Lunas who aren't of Mexican or Spanish descent in the SE USA are from the line of Peter Luna although there are a few who do use the old spelling.

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