Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 12219, John Bishop, Conn.
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Conn.
Bishop, John
S 12,219

carded
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31,839
Connecticut
John Bishop
of [illegible] co. in the state of Connt
who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Grant of the regt commanded
by Col Ely in the Connet
line for [illegible] months and [illegible] days.
Inscribed on the roll of Connecticut
at the rate of 20 dollars 22 cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20th day of March 
1841 and sent to The Patent Office.
Arrears for the 4th of March 1841 $202.20
Semi anl allowance ending 4 Sept 1841 $10.11
$212.31
{Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by D D Addison, Clerk
Book E2, Vol 3d Page 6

Letter to P. Agt & Rillott aplg 1841.
Oct 14 1890 Char B Bishop, history prior
1905 Oct 7 Auditor, Ind Dept for name of person or when last payment was made.  mbl
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WAR DEPARTMENT
Pension Office
June 13, 1833

Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will show what if necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: }). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.

A Statement, showing the Service of John Bishop, New Haven Co., Connecticut

Period when the service was rendered: Enlist 1776
Duration of the claimant's service: 4 months
Rank of claimant: privat.
Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served: Capt Grant
Names and Rank of the General and Field officers: Col Ely
Battles in which the applicant was engaged: Burgoyne's defeat
Country through which he marched: Norwich New London, Providence Rhode I., New York Albany, Long Island
Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period: 75 years, Guilford County of New Haven Connecticut
Evidence by which the declaration is supported: Traditionary & witnesses

Period when the service was rendered: Augt. 1777
Duration of the claimant's service: 2 months
Rank of the claimant: Capt.
Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served: Hill
Names and Rank of the General and Field officers: Genl Arnold

Period when the service was rendered: 1778
Duration of the claimant's service: 2 days
Rank of the claimant: "
Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served: Shipman
Names and Rank of the General and Field officers: Col Cook

Period when the service was rendered: Vol 1779
Duration of the claimant's service: 7 months
Rank of the claimant: "
Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served: Hand of Field
Names and Rank of the General and Field officers: Fowler

Period when the service was rendered: 81 
Duration of the claimant's service: 6 months
Rank of the claimant: guard
Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served: Wm Fields in 2 dec.

Period when service was rendered: 81-82-83
Duration of the claimant's service: 8 mos in each year und Capt Lee, Col Worthington

I am, respectfully, your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS
Commissioner of Pensions

Oliver Grant, attached to Col Ely's Regt was chd L 172 for his Co Dec 12, 1776 and in March '77 credited G chaph Co.. Ely
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Regulations under the act of June 7, 1832.

The following regulations have been adopted: This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia, and Volunteers." All persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service. Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law: 1. The Regular Troops. 2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers. 3. Persons employed in the Naval service. 4. Indian Spies. As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first in stance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record. REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832. of On this DECLARATION, In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832. Sate Terriory of County of day of A.B. a resident (b) of personally appeared (a) before in the county of and State, Territory or District years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provion made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) served in the (e) regiment of the with line, under the following named officers: and Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he enered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.] He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. And then will follow the certificate of the Court. A. B. And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of & c. If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out. Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz: (k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with and C.D. residing in (the same) subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be who has years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. (And then will follow the certificate of the Court. And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C.D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. I, Clerk of the Court of contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the applicacation of do hereby certify that the foregoing for a pension. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c. Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission ; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction. If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person The testimony of the witnesses informed to in applicant declaration should be produce
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declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832- State of Connecticut County of New Haven Probate District of Madison s.s. On this 15th day of March A.D. 1838 personally appeared in open Court before the Court of Probate for the Probate District of Madison now sitting John Bishop, a resident of Madison in said Probate District in the County of New Haven and State of Connecticut aged Eighty one years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 - - that he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated viz - that in the month of November 1776 he enlisted into the service of the United States at Gilford in said New Haven County in said State of Connection into a company commanded by Capt Oliver Grant of Harington in said State, in a Regiment commanded by Col. John Ely of Saybrook also in said State - that he enlisted into said Company and Regiment for four months as a private-- that he was marched through Killingworth Saybrook, Lyme - and New London in the State of Connecticut and on to Providence in the State of Rhode Island - where they were placed under the command of General Benedict Arnold that he continued stationed at said Providence until near the expiration of the four months for which he enlisted, when he marched with the company to which he belonged to New London, where the stationed at the Barracks at said New London for about a fortnight-- where he was verbally discharged from the service on the 10th day of  March 1777 - having served constantly in said Company during the four months for which he enlisted- That in the latter part of August 1777 - he was drafted from Capt Thursthy
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Hills “Alarm list” company at said Guilford for two months into a company commanded or Capt Edward Shipman of Saybrook in said State, in a Regiment commanded by Col Aaron Cook of Wallingford and in said State that he was marched through Wallingford -Cheshire Litchfield and Salisbury in the said State of Connecticut to Greenbush, Albany, Stillwater ,Saratoga in the State of New York having named the American Army under General Gates at said Stillwater-- that he was in the battle of the taking of Gen Bruguayne at Saratoga and that his muskets taken to pieces in said battle by that from the British - That he served in said Company and Regiment. the full time of Two months from the time of his being drafted, and at the expiration of said two months was marched to Hudson in the State of New York where he was verbally discharged from the service- that his ages for the the foregoing terms of service was Forty Shillings per month that as he believes in the year 1781- he volunteered to serve as a private in a company of Guards at said Guilford under Capt Timothy Hill of said Guilford in a Regiment commanded by Col Noah Fowler of said Gilford that he entered said company as a Volunteer sometime in the month of May of said 1781- and that he continued to serve in said Company for six months untill November of the said year 1781 when he was verbally discharged at said Guilford. and that for this guard Said he received no compensation. That he now knows of no persons living who can testify to his head first terms of service of six months - nor any person who can testify to his six months Guard service that in the year 1833 as be believes, he made his declaration and forwarded to the War Department with the testimony of credible witnesses to support his Claim which declaration having been withdrawn an said department and said before the Committee
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are persons and which he now understands has been lost or mislaid. He now regret to find that his former witnesses are dead, and that he has no documentary evidence to support his claim.- He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State- Questions by the Court where and in what year were you born? Answer - I was born at Guilford in Connecticut Sep 3 1756 Ques. 2nd Have you any record of your age and & where is it? Answer. My age I believe is recorded upon the Records of the Town of Guilford and also in my family Bible- Ques. 3rd Where were you living when called into the Service - were you drafted, did you volunteer were you a substitute- Answer enlisted for the just time of service of four months was called for the second period of service of two months and was a volunteer for the six months Guard Service and her formed all the service myself and for myself-- I was living in Guilford when called into service in all the cases and I have ever since resided where I was ten wit in Guilford a part of Guilford now constitute madison, and it is in Madison that I now reside- Ques 4th State the names of some of the regular officers who were with the troops where you served Ans. On my first time of service the offices were that stated in the declaration above of the second and third terment Ques. 5th Did you ever receive a discharge from the service - and if so have was it given Ans. I received verbal discharges only in all the case at the close of each term of service. Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid 
John Bishop

We Samuel N. Shepard a Clergyman residing in the town of Madison- County of New Haven and
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State of Connecticut, and Johnathan S. Wilcox ESq. residing in the same Town hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Bishop of Madison who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be Eighty one years of age that he is reputed and believed in the neighorhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution - and that we concur in that opinion sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid Samuel N. Shepard Pastor of the 1st Cong. Church 
Jon S. Wilcox Justice of the Peace for N Haven County State of Conn 
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Samuel N. Shepard, who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman resident in the Town of Madison and that Jonathan S. Wilcox Esqr. who has also signed the same, is a resident in the Town of Madison, and if a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. I, John R. Wilcox, Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Madison, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of John Bishop, of Madison, for a Pension.- In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and Seal of Office, this 15th day of March A.D. 1838.- John R. Wilcox, Clk.
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John Bishop Born Sept 3. 1756 in that of Guilford now Madison, New Haven Conn where he has always resided & was living when the applied for her pension in Aug 1832 latter part of by 1776 (the month not remembered) maybe march 1777 he enlisted for four months Groton Capt Oliver Grant of Groton Con in the regt com. by Col John Ely of Saybrook conn, Gen B. Arnold brigade marched to Providence RI from then towards Newport RI to repel the expected landing of the British & ditch in London In the latter part of August 1777 he drafted from Capt Tim Hill “Alarmist”  company to serve 2 months under Capt Ed Shipman of Saybrook of the reg Comt by Col Aaron Cook of Wallingford Con marched to Stillwater where stationed under Gen Gates in Gen Aronold Port Commr & was in the battle against Gen Burgoyne at Stillwater & taking of the Hessian at same place In May 1778 he joined a copy of "Minute men” in the Co of Danl Hand of Gilford, but was not called into actual service during that he had but 2 days In Spring 1779 he was a substitute for drafted brother service for  7 months a guard on Long Island Shore at Guilford under Capt Ten Field of Gulford in Col Noah Fowler of Guilford - Elias Bishop of Madison served at same time present  landing & Trading  at the battle at Stillwater his musket  was shattered in his hand  by a ball from the. While on shore guard duty an American Schooner was driven by the enemy on the shore loaded with provisions which the enemy barge That he captured in bringing a field piece to the shore & was in the right to defend the Schooner in which Capt Phineas Maigs of Guilford was killed
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opposite page 
rectangular stamp
OFFICE OF AUDITOR FOR
INTERIOR DEPT.
Oct 9 1905
Pension Division.

main page
3 -- 050.
O. W. and N. D.
On desk.
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Div. M. B.H. Ex'r.
_____________________________
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D.C. Oct. 7 1905
Respectfully returned to the
Auditor for the Interior Dept.
U. S. Treasury,
with the request that he will
state to whom last payment in
this claim was made.



Inv. F. 12,219
John Bishop
Rev. War

J.L. Davenport
Acting Commissioner.

Rectangular stamp
OFFICE AUDITOR INTERIOR  DEPT.
OCT 9 1905
A.M. 9   12    2    4 P.M.


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Form No. 480,
Indorsement.

Treasury Department,
OFFICE OF THE
AUDITOR FOR THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.
October 9, 1905.

Respectfully returned to
the Commissioner of Pensions
papers in the case of John
Bishop, act 1832, Rev. War,
Connecticut Agency.
Payment was made to William
H. Hoadley, attorney.
Pensioner signed by mark
and his signature was witnessed
by Walter S. Munger
and Walter P. Munger.

R.S. Person
H Auditor. 6


3 enc.

W

2-2820
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Jno Bishop
Conn
Act June 7 1832

Allow 6 mo 2 days
$20.20 per ann
Conn Militia Capt
Thos Grant

JW Hand Esq
Clief Clk Patent Office
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apl 9. 1841.



6+   free

Jno Bishop
[Illegible word]

J L Edwards Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington
D C
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Post Office Gilford Apl 7, 1841

Sir
Mr. John Bishop of Madison has rec'd a pension certificate dated March 20 1841 and has sent his papers to Hartford for payment, the agent for paying pensions there say he has not been notified that Mr. Bishop is a pensioner
Will you please send the notice and oblige you in behalf of Mr Bishop
R Elliott P. M.
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Washington March 4, 1841

Sir,
I beg leave respectfully to present to your consideration the papers enclosed, having reference to the application of John Bishop for a pension.
These papers were handed to me last Fall, and have been delayed in consequence of long sickness. Dr. Webb, whose letter explains this appearance of Reuben Hill's deposition at this late period, is a gentleman of great respectability, and his statement is entitled to entire credit.
The Mr Bishop was, in services ways, connected with the military defense of the country, during a considerable part of the Revolutionary war, yet the claims, on which he ever especially relied are limited 1st For service of five months at the capture of Burgoyne
2nd To additional services, two days
3rd To a service of four months in Rhode Island
The two first mentioned periods of service are admitted.
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In regard to the last I respectfully submit that it is private-1st By the testimony of two unimpeachable integrities, as to a single facts, about which they could not possibly be mistaken.
2nd By an unbroken account of Tradition, clean, and finally established in the belief of the entire populations of the Town, in which the claimant has always resided.
These witnesses were both well known to me. One of them was a man remarkable for vigour of mind and body. The other, the older, a man inform, retained his mental faculties to extreme old age.
They were both men of strict integrity and veracity; men whose testimony would have been unimpeachable in any Court of Law.
The declaration of Mr. Bishop himself would command confidence, whenever he was [unk].
During a long life, he has sustained a character of strict integrity. He is not, as [unk] his age might be supposed a man in his dotage. About the age of Mr. Gallenset whom you well know, his mind is as vigorous and his physical powers much greater; as he has, during the
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last [illegible], cultivated a field of corn [illegible]
with his own hands. He [concurs?], whether of the last
or the recent, with as much clearness and interest as any man
and in a strong, [illegible] to and [illegible], without the [illegible]
[illegible] of [illegible] I have known him [illegible]
childhood, and have often heard from his life the minute
details of incidents, and scenes belonging to the very
period of service now in question.
[illegible] it is impossible that the man should not
know, it is impossible that this respectable men, who
testify in his behalf, should not have perfectly known whether
he served the whole winter in Rhode Island, or only 60 days
Old men do not forget the things of youth; especially
do they not forget great episodes in their lives, the
stirring and eventful scenes of war, in which they
have [illegible].
It seems to have been informed that the
Bishop, living in the town of Guilford, must have served
in a Regiment raised in said town during the same year
for service of two months only. No idea can be more
erroneous. The facts are [illegible] those Guilford was a very large town
extending about 12 miles from East to West. Mr. Bishop lived
then as he does now, in the Eastern extremity of the town, and
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within half a mile of the line of Middlesex County
Col Ely, of Middlesex, in whose Regiment he served,
was well known in the eastern part of the town; having
relations there. It was therefore more natural even,
that Mr Bishop should enlist with Col Ely, than in ┃
a Regiment raised in his own town; he living quite
remote from its central and populous parts.
Will you pardon me if, in reference to 
Tradition, I state in supposition. Allow me, for example, to
suppose that you had known Mr [illegible] for forty years
and, during all that time, had known him to be a man
of strict integrity and veracity, that you, and
hundreds of others, had often heard him relate the history of
a very eventful period of his life, the history of one
whole winter, passed in camp, in a time of War and
[illegible] has left his fathers home just after x Thanksgiving &
returned early in the spring.
Let me further suppose that you know two other men
of equal integrity & veracity, his neighbors, who were
personally and intimately [illegible] of all the facts, and
that they had confirmed every statement of Mr G.
suppose that every one in his native town, believed, and
:x: This was the fact as to Mr Bishop.
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had always believed him. Could you, by any 
possibility, withhold your entire & unqualified 
evidence?
This is a case precisely parallel, in
all its points, to that of Mr Bishop.
It is not unworthy of notice also, that Mr
Bishop was an actor in one of the most splendid
and important achievements of the age and which was,
in effect, the great turning point of the War of
the Revolution. He was one of that hardy body of
native yeomanry, who first humbled our foes, and was
engaged in those hard-fought battles, which resulted
in the capture of Burgoyne, and his army.
In conclusion permit me to [illegible] my
strong conviction, that, if it be possible to establish
any fact by human testimony, then is the service
of Mr Bishop so proved, as to deserve the credence here
which elsewhere it has even commanded. I earnestly hope
it will be satisfactory to you.
He is proven very old- says he cannot expect to be
able to work for his support much longer, and asks
not the bounty, but the Justice of his country.
All which is respectfully submitted by
Your Obt. Servant
J. W. Hand
Hon J. L. Edwards
Comr of Pensions
[1 illegible word written vertically at the end of the above 2 lines]
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Jn Bishop appl. for Phebe Todd Dec 1840
Hart: Capt Col Worthington
stationed at Guilford
servd with Todd for 3 years as commery in 1787
from Spring to Winter
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J. L. Edwards Esq.
Commr of Pensions
Washington city

J. W. Hand Esq.
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Madison New Haven Co Ct. Oct. 17th 1840
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Sir- I have taken the liberty to address you upon the subject of a pension being allowed to Mr. John Bishop of this town.
In July 1833, the said John Bishop applied to me to assist him in obtaining a pension under the act of Congress of June 7, 1832. Accordingly I wrote this Declaration in which he stated most clearly & unequivocally that in November 1776 he enlisted for four months into a company commanded by Capt Grant of either [unk] or Groton Ct- the regiment to which said company belonged was commanded by Col John Ely of Say Brook & was marched to Providence R. I. where Gen. Benedict Arnold was in command. In April 1777 Mr. Bishop stated that he was marched with his company & Regiment to the barracks at New London Ct., where he was discharged after having served just four months, the period for which he had enlisted. In addition to Mr. Bishop's own statement as set forth and sworn to in his said Declaration, he procured the Depositions of 2 credible witnesses who served the said 4 months with him in the same company, who both testified
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as to the said 4 months service positively & clearly. These witnesses were Reuben Hill and John Scranton but who have since deceased.
The original declaration of Mr. Bishop and the accompanying depositions I am informed were done when his papers were withdrawn from the War Department for the purpose of presenting his claim to Congress. 
The Deposition of Reuben Hill was taken by myself as a Justice of the Peace in July 1833. Since the loss of his original papers and subsequently to the making of his second declaration I made an affidavit of what I recollected of the said Reuben Hill's Deposition which affidavit I suppose to be [unk] Mr Bishop's papers on file in your Office.
A few weeks since in looking over my papers I found a deposition of the said Hill taken by me July 27th 1833, which I believe is precisely like the one forwarded as in his original declaration in 1833, and the reason why this deposition was retained and a new one taken was on account of the erasure and interlineation which appear upon it.
That Mr Bisop actually performed the 4 mos service as claimed by him and as testified to by the witnesses above referred to, I have not the shadow of a doubt such is certainly the tradition among all the [unk] people of this Town, and such
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also is the universal opinion and belief among all classes here. I am well aware that the Deponent have hitherto supposed that the 4 mos tour claimed by Mr Bishop was only a tour of 2 mos, a supposition I concluded, drawn from the fact that during the summer of, fall of 1776 there actually was a Regiment raised in Guilford and its vicinity whose term of service was but 2 mos. Bit I am clearly of the opinion and such also is the opinion of all persons in this [unk] that the Regiment to which Mr Bishop and the two witnesses spoken of belonging was raised in the Southwestern part of the State of Connecticut and principally in Middlesex and New London Counties.
The 2 mos service at the taking Burgoyne in 1777 and 2 days service in 1778, I understand are not disputed. But for guard service in various years, which service I could never learn was day regular and for which his pay was allowed the case is not perhaps clear. Finally I do think that Mr Bishop actually performed 6 months and 2 days regular and hard service for which he is as justly entitled to a pension as any man now enjoying the bounty of his Government. This will be handed you by J. W. Hand Esq. who will also hand you the deposition of Reuben Hill, which was retained in my hands
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on account of the erasure and interlineation as stated above. Further the particulars & for proof of my veracity I beg leave to refer you to the said J. W. Hand Esq.
I am very respectfully your obt servant,
Reynold Webb

J. L. Edwards Esq.


J. W. Hand Esq.
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Mr Edwards
Will you have the goodness to re examine the application of Jno Bishop in [unk] with the papers were submitted by Hon Mr Stons and see of they justify any favorable action thereon?
I am respectfully 
J. W. Hand
Aug. 19, 1844

X of Connecticut
act '32
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Madison May 6th 1840
Hon. Wm. L. Stons
Dear Sir,
Enclosed is a certificate from Mr. Camptraller Kilbourne in relation to service performed by Mr. John Bishop in the Revolutionary War. Mr. Bishop has been trying to obtain a pension under the provisions of the act of Congress of 1831 but has as yet been unsuccessfull.
Mr. Joseph W. Hand Assistant Commt in the Patent Office has been lending his aid in this business and is now ready and willing to render any further assistance which may be required. I have to request of you therefore that you will see and converse with Mr. Hand upon the subject and also hand to him the enclosed certificate as he will know whether Mr. Bishop's application and papers are with the "Commr of Pensions" and whether they are in the hand of the "Committee of Pensions" of Congress.
Mr. Bishop is very worthy but poor old man and I have no doubt but he is justly entitled according to Law to receive a pension, and the only obstacle which has he thinks prevented him, has been sufficient proof. He claimed in his Declaration 4 months service from Dec 1776 to April 1777 under Capt Oliver Grant in Col John Ely's Regiment, he made oath to the 4 mos service himself and had also the depositions of 2 witnesses to the same effect, but the Deponent did not allow but 2 mos service, which under 2 other mos service made him only 4 mos- not sufficient to entitle him to receive a pension, when had they allowed the 4 mos claimed as one item, he would have
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been placed on the pension Lost 8 years ago. Mr Hand will explain to you how his case now stands, more fully and better than I can do by letter.
I therefore indulge the hope that you will not only call upon Mr Hand and converse with him upon the subject, but will also under what assistance you can to the poor old veteran of the revolution, to enable him to receive from the Government of his Country the several boon, which many other no better entitled to it than he is are annually receiving.
I remain Dear Sir your Friend & Servt
Reynold Webb
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Comptrollers Office
Hartford Apl 11 1840
Dear Sir
I have examined all the Pay Rolls remaining in this Office relating to the Revolutionary War from 1775 to 1780 particularly 1776-77 for the name of John Bishop, his name does not appear, we have no means of ascertaining the length of service of the private soldier unless by Pay Rolls.
I find by the Pay Table Book that Capt. Oliver Grant was attached to Colo John Ely's Regt in 1776 and was charged with L172 for the use of his Company Dec 12 1776 and credited in March 177 by charge to Col John Ely the same amount say L172 which amount ballanced the [unk] this is all that I find relating to this service.
Yours respectfully
Henry Kilbourn Compt
The usual charge for search & certificate is Two Dollars.
Yours
K

Reynold Webb Esq
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I John W. Hand of Washington City D.C. being
duly sworn depose and say that the original
Declaration of John Bishop, to which reference 
is made in the affidavit of Ruperts Webb, to which this is annexed, was in my possession, by me carefully examined and by my agency was referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions and that the said declaration was lost or mislaid, while in the
possession of said Committee

The service of said Bishop was fully
and clearly proved by Reuben Hill & John Scranton, as follows-- It was proved by the testimony of John Scranton that the said Bishop did serve, in the campaign against Burgoyne, for the term of two months it was further proved, by the testimony of Reuben Hill, that said Bishop did
also serve the further term of four months, chiefly in the State of Rhode Island as is set forth in his previous declaration - Deponent knew said witnesses
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well and were that they were each of them reputably and competent witnesses. They have since died.

Deponent has no doubt that the said Bishop
 did serve the full time set forth in his present
declaration.

In consequence of the loss of his original declaration Deponent advised the said Bishop
to make in his declaration which he has done.

Deponent has examined his new declaration
and were that the statement of facts, therein made corresponds truly and exactly with the statement and in his original declaration; and further sayeth not.

J. W. Hand [his signature]

Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 8 day of February AD. 1839.

C. H. Wetiberger
Justice of the Peace
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I Reynold Webb of Madison in the County of New Haven and State of Connecticut, aged Forty seven years, being duly sworn, depose and say, that in the years 1832 and 1833, I was a Justice of the Peace for said New Haven County, duly commissioned and sworn, and resided in said Town of Madison. That either during the fall of 1832 or 1833 ad my belief is that it was in 1832 I wrote a declaration for Mr. John Bishop of said Madison, setting for the his services in the War of the Revolution and claiming a pension therefor under the Act of Congress of June 7th AD 1832, and from recollection and from minutes now in mu possession which I took at the time of writing his said declaration, I am enabled to depose and say that the said Bishop then stated clearly and unequivocally that he served for four full months in Col. John Ely's Regiment, that the service was principally in the State of Rhode Island.
I also well recollect writing and taking the deposition of Reuben Hill of the said Madison who testified fully and clearly that the said Bishop did serve in said Col Ely's Regiment for four months as stated in the said Bishop's declaration, the said Hill having served the whole of said four months with him the said Bishop in the said Regiment- the said Reuben Hill died about two years since.
I also well recollect that the said Bishop in his said declaration stated that he served for two full months in Col Cook's Regiment, during which period he was in the battle at the taking of General Burgoyne and had his musket shattered to pieced in his hand by a shot from the British. I also well recollect that the said Bishop stated
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in his said Declaration, that he served at least six months at Guilford in the State of Connecticut in a company of Guards commanded by Captain Timothy Field of said Guilford, the business of said Guard being to watch the British vessels in Long Island Sound and to take those [unk] who were found trading with the enemy.
I also further depose and say that from the statements and depose and say that from the statements and oath of the said John Bishop and from the statements made to me by many aged persons in Madison of whose veracity there can be no questioning, I do verily and in truth believe that the said John Bishop did serve the full period of six months in the Revolutionary Army, and that he also served as a Volunteer in the said company of Guards at least six months, making in all one years service for which he is justly entitled to a pension from the Government of his Country. And further the deponent saith not. Sworn to and subscribed at said Madison this 4th day of October AD 1838.
Reynold Webb
State of Connecticut
New Haven County} ss. Madison October 4th AD 1838
Personally appeared before me Nathan W. Hopson a Justice of the Peace for said New Haven County and residing in said Madison, Reynold Webb, Webb of said Madison, well known to me to be a person of truth and veracity and made solemn oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed on the day and year last above written.
Before me Nathan W Hopson Justice of the Peace
The above is the signature of Walter W Hopson Esq who was on said 4 Oct. 1828 a Justice of the Peace in & for said County & State.
S. Neshem MC
Mch 12, 1889
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Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7th June 1832
State of Connecticut
District of Guilford} ss. Probate Court
On this 2d day of August AD 1832, personally appeared before the Court of Probate for said District of Guilford, John Bishop a resident of the Town of Madison, within the said District of Guilford, in the County of New Haven and State of Connecticut, aged seventy five years, who being duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832, that he was born in the Town of Guilford (in that part now called Madison) County of New Haven and State of Connecticut on the 3d day of September AD 1745, that his birth is recorded in his family bible, and he believes, also upon the Records of the said Town of Guilford and that he has always resided in said Town of Guilford (now Madison). That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein states. That sometime in the year 1776 the month he does not recollect, he enlisted for the term of Four months as a private into a company commanded by Capt Grant of Groton and in a Regiment commanded by Col John Ely of Say Brook. Genl. Benedict Arnold commanded the Brigade, that he marched through Killingworth, Saybrook, Lyme, Norwich and New London to Providence
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in the State of Rhode Island, where Col Elys Regiment was stationed, that the Regiment was once marched towards Newport in said Rhode Island for the purpose of repelling an expected incursion of the British, that he continued to serve in said Regiment till the expiration of the four months for which he enlisted, and was then discharged at the Barracks in New London in the State of Connecticut, that he had no written discharge, the Regiment having been only verbally dismissed, his wages was Forty shillings per month, that the only persons now living whom recollects to have been with him in this campaign are Samuel Marills of Killingworth and Reuben Hill & John Scranton of Madison, all of whom are so aged and infirm as to be unable to attend Court as witnesses.
That in the latter part of August 1777, he was drafted from Capt Timothy Hills, Alarm List Company so called, to serve for two months in a company commanded by Capt Edward Shipman of Saybrook, in a Regiment commanded by Col Aaron Cook of Wallingford, that he was marched to Albany in the State of New York, and from thence to Stillwater above Albany where he was stationed. Generals Gates, Arnold, and Poor were with and commanded the troops, that he was in the battle with General Burgoyne at Stillwater and was at the taking of the Hepians at the same place, that his wages was Forty shillings per month, that he served the full period of two months and was verbally discharged at Hudson, New York at the expiration of the term. Eber Hotchkiss of Guilford is the only person living whom he recollects to have been with him in this campaign.
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That in May 1778, as he believes, he enlisted into a company of "Minute Men" so called as a private, the company was commanded by Capt David Hand of Guilford, he enlisted for one year, and was well equipped and ready for service during the whole year, but was not called into actual service but two days, and at the expiration of the year he was verbally discharged, the name of the Col he does not recollect.
That in the Spring of 1779, as he believes, he volunteered to serve as a Guard upon the Shore of Long Island Sound at Guilford, Capt Timothy Field of Guilford commanded the company and Col Noah Fowler also of Guilford commanded the Regiment to which he belonged, that he served regularly on the said Guard, at the said Guilford for the term of seven months, that for this service he received no compensation, preferring to serve as guard near Sound, to being called away into the Army and marched out of the State, for ordinary soldiers wages, Timothy Grave, Reuben Hill, Abram Hill, Jonathan Crampton and Lias Bishop all of Madison  and now living were on guard with him. That he has no documentary evidence and that he knows of no persons other then those named above whose testimony he can procure. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present and he declares that his name is not on the pension Roll of any agency in any State.
John Bishop
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
Before me Reuben Elliott Judge
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We, Samuel N. Shepard a clergyman residing in the Town of Madison and Jesse Crampton residing in (the same) hereby certify that we are well acquainted with John Bishop who has subscribed the above declaration, that we believe him to be seventy five years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Samuel N. Shepard
Jesse Crampton
Sworn and subscribed the say and year aforesaid.
Before me Reuben Elliott, Judge

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Samuel N Shepard is a clergyman resident in Madison & that Jesse Crampton is who has also signed the same is a resident in Madison & is a credible person & that their statement is entitled to credit.
Reuben Elliott Judge

I George Griswold Clerk of the Probate Court of Guilford District do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Bishop for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office this 2d day of August 1832.
George Griswold Clerk
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State of Connecticut
District of Guilford} ss. Probate Court
On the 29 day of July 1833, personally appeared before me Reuben Elliott Judge of Probate for said Guilford District, John Bishop and in order to amen his Declaration to obtain the pension, states further that the service he performed as a guard on the shore of Long Island Sound was not constant, for the seven months for which he volunteered his service but that he served not less than six months, in that tour of Duty and for proof of said service he herewith forwards the Deposition of Reuben Hill & Lias Bishop. That his tour of duty to New London & Providence was constant, and that he was in service four months, that his northern campaign was two months and constant service, he further states that in his first declaration an error was made by the person who wrote it, saying that he enlisted, he now states that he served as a substitute for his brother who was drafted by orders from the Gov of the State and although he was not in constant service through the year yet he was liable by the Gov's order to be called into service at any time in the year and he now recollects that Noah Fowler was Col of the Regt to which they belonged that he does not remember any other officers more than he named in his first declaration and further that, he was not employed in any civil pursuit during the time of his services.
John Bishop
Sworn & subscribed the day and year aforesaid, before me
Reuben Elliott Judge
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I George Griswold Clerk of the Probate Court for Guilford District in New Haven County do hereby certify that the foregoing & the annexed contains the original & additional proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Bishop for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office this 29th day of July 1833.
George Griswold Clerk
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State of Connecticut
New Haven County} ss. Probate Court, District of Guilford
On this 28th day of October 1833 personally appeared in open Court before Reuben Elliott Esq. Judge of sd Court John Bishop who has made the foregoing declaration and further to amend the same in regard to his services as one of the Coast Guard & to show what part of his engagement in that service was actually on duty away from home, states & says that in the Spring of the year 1779 he voluntarily enlisted to serve in the coast guard for reasons [unk] in his first declaration & continued in that service more than two years, serving periodically under the officers therein named & that at the time of making his first application, he verily believed that he served seven months, in which opinion he was confirmed by the statement of other who were in the same service.
But that when he amended his first declaration resolving to keep on the safe side of the question & to silence all doubts in his own mind he declares that he served six months as one of the Guards & in proof of said service procure & sent the depositions of Lias Bishop & Reuben Hill
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He now further declares & says that he did serve as one of the said Guard under the officers before named at [unk] Island and in the beach and on the guard house near said Island in the Town of Guilford now Madison [smudge] is months and was there on guard when an American Schooner was drove on shore by a British armed vessel & boarded by a barge, the Schooner was loaded with Provisions. That he was one who assisted in getting down a field piece to the Shore & was in the skirmish defending the Schooner. That they killed one of the enemy while they were on board the Schooner & burned him near the beacxh & a little east of the [unk] house. The enemy also killed Capt. Phinehas Meigs of as Guilford.
He also declares & says that in all his campaigns he did serve as a private soldier at least one year and two days, and for such service claims a pension.
John Bishop
Sworn and subscribed the day & year aforesaid before me
Reuben Elliott Judge
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I George Griswold Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Guilford do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original additional proceedings of the application of John Bishop for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office this 28th day of October 1833.
George Griswold Clerk
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John Bishop for
a pension of Conn
Feb. 10, 1834
Refd to Commr Rev. pensions
June 17 1834 Commd directd to lie
Cole Ely Con


C31839
F12219


[unk] 20 Rev. Pens
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To the Honorable the Senate and
House of Representatives in Congress
assembled-
The Petition of John Bishop
the subscriber respectfully represents
that your Petitioner is Seventy Seven
years of age and now is and ever has
been an Inhabitant and resident of the
State of Connecticut-  That in
the month of November A.D. 1776 your
petitioner enlisted into the Service of
the United States at Guilford in the
County of New Haven and State of
Connecticut into a company 
commanded by one Capt Grant who
belonged either to Stonington on Groton
in said State of Connecticut-in a
Regiment commanded by Col. John
Ely of Saybrook also in said State 
of Connecticut. That he enlisted
into said company and Regiment for
four months as a private and that
he was marched to and Stationed at
Providence in the State of Rhode Island
where he was under the command of
General Benedict Arnold- that 
he remained stationed at said
Providence till near the expiration of
his term of enlistment. When he was
marched to the Barracks at New-
London in the State of Connecticut
where he was verbally dismissed from
the service on the 10th day of March
1777- having served constantly during 
the four months for which he enlisted.
-And your Petitioner would further
represent, that in the latter part
[the following is written vertically from top to bottom along the left edge of the page]
[illegible] from letter from Pension Office
[illegible] to this [illegible]
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of August 1777- he was drafted from
Capt Timothy Hills [alarm?] list company
at Guilford aforesaid for two months
into a company commanded by Capt
Edward Shipman of Saybrook in a
Regiment commanded by Col. Aaron
Clark of Wallingford- that he was
marched with said company and Regiment
to Albany, Stillwater and Saratoga
in the State of New York where they
joined the American Army under
General Gates. That he was in the
battle at the taking of General Burgoyne
and that his musket was shattered in
his hands in said battle by a shot from
the enemy. That he served in said
company and Regiment for the full
period of two months and at the 
expiration of the term was verbally 
discharged from the Service at Hudson
in said State of New York.
And your Petitioner would further state
that during the year A.D.
he volunteered to serve as a private in 
a company of Guards (as they were termed)
under Capt Timothy Field of Guilford
aforesaid - that he served the full term
of Six months during the
said year of A.D. as a private
in said company - that he was 
stationed upon the shore of Long Island Sound
at Said Guilford. and that the business
of Said Guard was to watch the British
boats and Vessels in Long Island Sound
and also to look out for and take
those Americans who were trading with
the British in the Sound and upon
Long Island. That he served in
said guard the full term of Six months
and as his service in said Guard was
voluntary he did not receive any compensation
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therefor-
And your Petitioner would
further state that he has made his
declaration on oath and forwarded
the same to the Department of War 
accompanied with all the proof of his
services which he was able to obtain
in order to obtain the benefit of the
provisions of the Act of Congress of June
7th 1832, but his said application
has been rejected by that Department
while the applications of many others
who performed no more service then your
petitioner performed have been allowed
and the applicants are now receiving
pensions from the Government-
Wherefore your Petitioner would now
respectfully and humbly pray Congress
to take his case into consideration
and upon the hearing thereof to extend
to him the benefit of the provisions
the Act of Congress passed June
7th 1832- That proof of his service in
the attainment of the Independence of
his Country your Petitioner begs leave to
refer congress to his application to the
War Department for the benefit of the
said Act of Congress of June 7th 1832
his said Application being on file in
the said War Department, and which
your Petitioner will cause to be withdrawn
from that Department and duly laid
before your Honorable body--
And your Petitioner as in duty bound
will every pray--
Dated at Madison in the
County of New Haven and Hale
of Connecticut this 2nd day                 
of January A.D. 1834
John Bishop
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Reuben Hill of Madison in the County of New Haven and State of Connecticut aged eighty seven years, testifies and says that in the latter part of the year 1776 he enlisted into and belonged to Capt Grants Company in a regiment commanded by Col. John Ely of Saybrook in the Line of the State of Connecticut, on the Continental establishment, that he enlisted into said company and Regiment for four months. That John Bishop then of Guilford but now of Madison did also enlist into the same company with him the deponent. That the deponent did serve in the said company for the full term of four months, and that the said John Bishop did also serve in said company with the deponent during the whole of those four months,
That the four months service of the deponent and of the said John Bishop were performed at Providence in Rhode Island, and that they were discharges as he believes at the New London Barracks sometime in March 1777. And that the deponent further says that according to his best knowledge and belief the said John Bishop did serve during one seaside as a guard upon the shore of Long Island Sound, at Guilford, in that part now called Madison, the particular year he does not remember but knows that it was during the Revolutionary War, and further the Deponent saith not.
Reuben Hill
Sworn to and subscribed by
(over)
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State of Connecticut
New Haven County} ss. Madison July 27th 1833
Personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County of New Haven and residing in said Town of Madison, Reuben Hill of said Madison well known to me to be a person of truth and veracity and made solemn oath to the truth of the within and foregoing Deposition by him subscribed.
Before me
Reynold Webb Justice of Peace


Reben Hill's
Deposition
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Reuben Hills of Madison in the County of New Haven and State of Connecticut aged eighty seven years, testifies and says that in the latter part of the year 1776 he enlisted for four months into a company commanded by Capt Grant in a Regiment commanded by Col. John Ely of Say Brook in the Line of the State of Connecticut in the Continental Establishment. That John Bishop then of Guilford but now of Madison did also enlist into the said company and said Regiment, at the same time with the Deponent for the said four months. That the said John Bishop did serve with the Deponent in said company and Regiment for the full term of four months. That the said four months service was performed by Deponent and by the said Bishop at Providence in Rhode Island, and that at the expiration of the said four months they were marched to the Barracks at New London in Connecticut, where they were discharged as deponent believes sometime in March AD 1777.
And the Deponent further testifies and says that according to his best knowledge and belief, the said John Bishop did serve during one session as a guard upon the shore of Long Island Sound at Guilford, in that part now called Madison, the particular year the Deponent does not remember but know that is was during the Revolutionary War and further the Deponent saith not.
Reuben Hill
(sworn to and subscribed by)
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State of Connecticut
New Haven County} ss. Madison July 31st AD 1833
Personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County of New Haven and residing in said Madison, Reuben Hill of said Madison, well known to me to be a person of truth and veracity and made solemn oath to the truth of the within and foregoing deposition by him subscribed. Before me
Reynold Webb Justice of Peace

I George Griswold Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Guilford, hereby certify that Reynolds Webb the subscribing authority to the foregoing deposition of Lias Bishop & Reuben Hill is a Justice of Peace for New Haven County duly appointed & acting under the authority of the State & legally authorized to administer oaths & that full faith & credit ought to be given to his acts & attestations done in that capacity & that the signatures are his genuine signatures.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office this 24th day of August 1833.
George Griswold Clerk
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Lias Bishop of Madison in the County of New Haven and State of Connecticut, testifies and says, that he well knows and recollects that during the Revolutionary War, John Bishop then of Guilford but now of Madison did serve as a guard upon the shore of Long Island Sound at Guilford in that part now called Madison during two or three summers.
That in the opinion of the Deponent the said John Bishop did serve as said guard at least six months during the Summers above referred to, that the deponent does not recollect the particular years in which the said John Bishop served, but knows that he served during the War of the Revolution. That the age of the Deponent is seventy three years, and further the Deponent saith not.
Lias Bishop
Sworn to and subscribed by

State of Connecticut
New Haven County} ss. Madison July 27th AD 1833
personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said New Haven County, and residing in said Madison Lias Bishop of said Madison, well known to me to be a person of truth and veracity and made solemn oath to the truth of the above deposition by him subscribed. Before me
Reynold Webb Justice of Peace
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Court of Probate Guilford District Augt. 2, 1832
Personally appeared in open Court, Eber Hotckiss well known to the Court to be a credible witness and being first sworn on his oath declares and says that John Bishop was at the Battle of Stillwater at the capture of Genl. Burgoyne and said Bishop was a soldier and did duty in Capt Edward Shipmans company and served therein about two months and further the deponent saith not.
Sworn in Court the day & date aforesaid.
Before me Reuben Elliott Judge of Probate
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I George Griswold Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Guilford in New Haven County do hereby certify that Reuben Elliott who has taken & signed the foregoing Deposition is a Judge of Probate Court for Guilford District duly appointed & legally qualified and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office this 2nd day of August 1832.
George Griswold Clerk
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Rev War
12219 
INVALID
File No. 12219
John Bishop
Priv: Rev War
Act: June 7, 1832
Index:- Vol. A, Page 33
[Arrangement of 1870]

May 3, 1905 History to Geo. A. Root, Topeka Hans
letter of inquiry in Rej: 860 Jared Bishop
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Charles Bishop   Conn
Augt 16 1898
John Bishop    Conn
Invalid} Ex'd
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E. B. COWLES, Secretary
A. CHAMBERLAIN, President
[the following is stylized letterhead at top center of page]
MERIDEN
INSURANCE
COMPANY.
[the following is a round stylized seal at left side of letterhead]
CITY OF MERIDEN
CHARTER
1
MDCCCLXVII
[the following is a stylized round seal at right side of letterhead]
QUI THANSTULIT [illegible]
MERIDEN, CONNECTICUT
Agency at Litchfield Ct. Aug. 16 1890
Pension Bureau
Washington D.C.
Gentlemen
[illegible] please 
[illegible] and date of Service and
Company and Regiment[illegible] and [illegible]
of my Grand Father John Bishop
whose name I think [illegible]
Armory the revolutionary Pensioner
under date of [illegible] 1845 Home at
Madison Connecticut
New Haven County
Ann [illegible] Wife
[illegible]
Chas. B. Bishop
Chas. B. Bishop
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Washington, Oct 3rd 1905

The Commissioner of Pensions,
Sir: In reply to your letter of 30th Sept in case of John Bishop Certificate Rev War Act 1832 Connecticut Agency,               Roll, you are informed that, according to the latest account rendered by the U. S. Pension Agent, the records of this office show last payment to have been made at $10.11 per 6 months to 4 September 1848 in Sept. 1848 Records do not show date of death.


Letter herewith returned.
Respectfully,
ROBERT S. PERSON
Auditor
By G O Dunham
Deputy Auditor
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3-397
(Old No. 3-399)
O. W. and N. Div. Division
M. B. H., Ex'r
Rev War No. Inv F. 12219
John Bishop
Department of the Interior,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS
Washington, D. C., Sept. 30, 1905

SIR:
For use in the above-entitled claim for pension, you are requested to furnish this Bureau with a report in the case of John Bishop Revolutionary War Pensioner, pensioned under the Act June 7, 1832 by certificate No. 31839, Connecticut Agency, showing Date of last payment and date of death.

Ct. issued March 20, 1841

Very respectfully,
V. Warner
Commissioner

THE AUDITOR FOR THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT,
Treasury Department