Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 21668, Benoni Bishop, R.I.
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SERVICE
R. I.

Bishop, Benoni
Elizabeth

NUMBER
W. 21668
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5828.
New York Roll
Benoni Bishop
R I Private
of the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York
at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on
the 15 of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26th of Jan, AD 1819
and sent to Will'm G. Parker, Whitehall
Washington City NY
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1818 4 m. & 20/30     37:33
Semi-anl, all'ce ending 4 March 1819            48:--
Augele  $ 85:33
(Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.)
R. I line
1777 - 3 yrs
Continued
Whitehall Washington

Let to Pen Agt Al 67
Drop from roll, Jan 7. 24, 1838.
Lett 15 Augt 50 No
W. T. Jackson to Pension
agent

Notification sent Nov 17th 1820 to Wm D. Ross
Essex, New York
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[illegible] Declaration
I Benoni Bishop of the Town of Whitehall in the County of
Washington and State of New York Do according to the act of
Congress of the United States of America entitled "an act to provide
for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval service of
the United States in the revolutionary wars" make the following
Declaration under oath. That is to say, I do Solemnly Declare
that I was on the eighteen day of March last and now am
a resident citizen of the United States, to wit in the Town
County and State aforesaid and that by reason of my
reduced circumstances in life I am in need of assistance from
my Country for support. I do further Declare that I was
a private soldier in the war of the Revolution and that I served
as such and also as a non commissioned officer in the war of the revolution against the Common
enemy until the end of the War & for the term of Six Years
& three months. during said war on the continental
establishment that I belonged to the Company commanded
by Capt Coggswell Oneyand afterwards by Capt
Macumber in the first Rhode Island Regiment commanded
by COl. Ezra Angel & Lieut. Col. Jeremiah Oney
and in the line of the Rhode Island Forces
And I do further Declare that I entered the said service on
or about the fifteenth day of March in the year of our
Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven and
left the said service on the fifteenth day of June in 
the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty
three having left the same by reason of the expiration of my
time of enlistment the Said War having ended, and was discharged
by Genl Geo. Washington from the said service by a writing
under his hand. And further that more than twenty years
ago I delivered my said discharge to my brother who soon
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after left this part of the Country and I have never since
been able to ascertain to what part of the world he went
or whether he is dead or alive and I do verily believe
that he took my discharge with him and that the same
is now lost or destroyed as I have had no intelligence
from it for more than twenty years. And I do further
Declare that I hereby relinquish all claim to every and
any pension allowed me by the Laws of the United States
[inserted] or any individual State
previous to the Eighteenth day of March last. Witness
my hand this fifteenth day of April in the year
one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Benoni Bishop
Witness
Jno Langdon
W H Parker

No. Q... Judges
State of New York }
Washington County } To wit
Be it Remembered that on the fifteenth day of April
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
eighteen at the Town of Whitehall in the County of
Washington and State of New York Before me Jonathan
Wood Esquire one of the Judges of the Court of Common
Pleas in and for the County of Washington in the said
State duly appointed qualified and sworn (the same
Court being one of the Courts of Record of the said State)
personally came and appeared the before named applicant
Benoni Bishop who resides in the Town County and
State mentioned in the above Declaration and in my
prsence subscribed the forgoing Declaration and also
before me then and there he was duly sworn to the truth
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before me then and there he was duly sworn to the truth
of the facts contained and set forth in the said Declaration
[underlined] And it appearing to my satisfaction as well
from the said Declaration under oath as from such
other evidence as was in the power of the said applicant
to procure that the said applicant served in the
Revolutionary War as aforesaid against the Common
enemy and that the Declaration aforesaid under oath of
the said applicant is in all other respects true. I do
therefore certify and transmit the testimony in the
case, consisting of the Declaration of the said applicant
under oath and [the] affidavit of Elisabeth
Bishop hereto annexed together with the
proceedings had thereon to the honorable the Secretary
of the Department of War [illegible] to the inquisitions
of the Act of Congress in that case made.
Given under my hand and seal at the Town of Whitehall
in the County of Washington and State of New York
the day and year first above mentioned in this
certificate
Jonathan Wood Judge
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State of New York
Washington County ss.
Elizabeth Bishop of the Town of
Whitehall in the County and State aforesaid being duly
sworn doth depose and say that she is acquainted with
Benoni Bishop who made and subscribed the foregoing
Declaration under oath and that the same was made
and subscribed by him in her presence and that she has
known him since the year seventeen hundred and eighty
three, that she was at that and has since been
credibly informed and believing that he the said Benoni
served in the War of the revolution as is set forth in
his said declaration, and further that immediately
after the close of the war aforesaid and at different
times for several years thereafter she this deponent said
in the said Benoni's possession a paper which she verily
believes was an honourable discharge from the said
service signed by Cap[?] Washington
her
Elisabeth x Bishop
mark
Sworn and subscribed
the 15th day of April
1818 Before Me
Jonathan Hood Judge

[marginal note] Clerks Certificate & Seal of Court

I Daniel Shepherd Clerk of the County of Washington
in the State of New York do hereby certify that Jonathan Wood by and before whom
the foregoing certificate and affidavit appear to have been made was on
the fifteenth day of April Instance a Judge of the Court of
Common Pleas in and for the County of Washington and State aforesaid
acting under the authority of this State and that the above is his signature
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and
affixed the seal of the said Court this 22d day of April 1818
D Shepherd Clerk
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State of New York
Essex County ss.
On this twenty sixth day of September
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and twenty personally appeared in open Court being the
Court of Common pleas for the County of Essex and a
Court of record for said County Benoni Bishop aged
sixty one years resident in the town of Wellsborough in the
said County who being first sworn according to law
doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary
war as follows to wit in Colonel Jeremiah Oneys
Regiment of the Rhode Island troops and in Captain Coggswell
Oneys company in the said Regiment and after
the promotion of Captain Oney was transfered to Captain
Daniel Dexters company in the same Regiment and
that he has received a pension and the date of his original
declaration
is the 15. of April 1818 and the number of his pension
certificate is five thousand eight hundred and twenty
eight and the date thereof is the twenty sixth day of
January in the year one thousand eight hundred and 
nineteen and I Benoni Bishop do solemnly swear that
I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th
day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen and
that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any
manner whatever disposed of my property or any part
thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring
my self within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled
"an act to provide for certain persons engaged in
the land and naval service of the United States in the
revolutionary war" passed on the eighteenth day of March
one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
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and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any
property or securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I
any income other than what is contained in the schedule
here to annexed and by me subscribed to wit one cow
two hogs one pale pul pot, one frying pan one spider one tea
kettle one earthen tea pot eight earthen plates six cups and saucers
one cream cup one salt cellar one decanter two tumblers
one pepper box two woodden bowls one woodden trunk one
musket one ax one pair butter rings one iron wedge twp
scythes one scythe snath and scythe tackling four knives and
four forks three table spoons one kitchen pine table one candle
stand one pine chest one meat barrel one razor & razor case
one lather box
Benoni Bishop
And I the said Benoni Bishop do further swear that
I have a wife aged fifty nine years and one son John
aged sixteen years that the occupation of myself and
that of my family is to labour on a farm that I myself
enjoy good health for a man of my age but my
wife and son are feeble and infirm
Benoni Bishop
Sworn & subscribed the 26th
day of September 1820 before
me Thos. Stourr Clerk

State of New York
Essex County ss.
I Ashley Pond Deputy Clerk of
the Court of Common Pleas for the County
aforesaid certify that the foregoing oath
& the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the
records of the said Court, and I further certify that
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the total amount in value of the property exhibited in
the aforesaid schedule is forty five dollars.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand
& affixed the seal of the said Court at Elisabethtown
this 17th day October 1820 (in the absence of Thos. Sturr Clk)
Ashley Pond Dep. Clerk
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State of New York
County of Clinton
On the Nineteenth day of February
1840 personally appeared before me William F
Haile first Judge of said County Courts, Elizabeth
Bishop a resident of Peru in said
County aged seventy five years on the 16th
day of August last who being first duly
sworn according to law doth on her oath
make the following declaration in order
to obtain the benefit of the provisions
made by the act of Congress passed July
4. 1836. That she is the widow of
Benoni Bishop who was a private
in a Rhode Island Regiment (think Col
Ona's Regt) from the commencement of
1777 to the end of the war in June
1783, when he recd an honorable discharge
which she supposes to be at the Bounty 
Land or Pension offices. Said Benoni
was a pensioner under the act of 1818
& recd his pension to 4th Sept 1837. Soon
after which time & in January 1838, he
was, as she was informed, struck from
the rolls. She further declares that
she was married to the said Benoni
Bishop on the seventeenth day of March 1781 at
Manchester Vermont by Samuel Strong a Justice
of the Peace. Her maiden name was Elizabeth
McIntyre. that the aforesaid Benoni Bishop
died at [illegible] in the County of [illegible] on the 25th of
February 1838. and that she has remained
a widow ever since that period. that she
has no record evidence of her marriage but
hopes to be able to prove the same
her
Elizabeth x Bishop
mark

Sworn and subscribed to before me
the day & year first above written &
I certify that applicant is unable by
reason of bodily infirmity to attend court is lame
& has difficulty to walk & is quite feeble, & has lost the use
of her right hand & cannot write her name & that her
statement is entitled to credit. The word "Peru" erased & replaced
[illegible] St Lawrence interlined before swearing
Wm F Haile First Judge 
of Clinton County Courts
First Judge of Clinton 
County Courts
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[marginal writing]
Widows Claim for a Pension
4989
Mrs Elizabeth Bishop
Act July 4. 1836

State of New York
County of Clinton ss.
I the Subscriber Clerk of said
Court certify that WIlliam F Haile before whom the
within affidavit of Mrs Elizabeth Biishop and Abner
Bishop were taken and sworn on the nineteenth
day of February 1840 was at said time first Judge
of said County Courts and his signature to the Jurat
of said affidavit is genuine. In witness whereof
I have fastened these papers together by a piece
of red silk braid the ends of which pass under
my official seal hereunto annexed
the twentieth day of March 1840
Smith Mead Clerk
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8873
New York
Elizabeth Bishop dcd
widow of Benoni Bishop
who was a Private
RD
in the Revolution
for two years
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
of 80 Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence
on the 4th day of March, 1843.
& end 19 Novr 1845, when she died
Certificate of Pension issued
the 14th day of Aug '50
and sent to
Hon. W. T. Jackson
House of Reps.
[Acts of March 3, 1843, & June
17, 1844.]
recorded in Book A
Vol. 2 Page [blank]
Payable to only surviving
children. See back of this file.

Reported
Surviving children
to wit
Job Bishop
Charles Bishop
John Bishop
Rebecca Minkler
Sophia Moore
&
Chloe Golding
Let Hon W. J. Jackson 13 Sept 1850
Letter to Arad Joy 7 Jany. 1851
Do " T. W. Alcott pension agt at Albany
7 January 1851 Let A. Joy May 5 / 51
No of Act 1878
5828
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State of New York
County of Tiaga ss.
Chloe Golding whom I certify
is a respectable person, after being sworn according to law
deposes & says that she is a daughter of Benoni Bishop late
a pensioner of the United States & who died on the 24th February
1838, leaving his widow Elisabeth Bishop this deponents
mother, and an applicant for a pension and who remained
his widow till her death, and that she died on the 19th day
of November 1845, that this deponent was born on the
19th day of June 1784 and was married December
13th 1799. This deponent further deposes & says that
the said Elisabeth Bishop left at her death the following
named children her surviving being her only children her
surviving and who still survive her & that each of them is
over the age of twenty one years - to wit - Job Bishop
Charles Bishop, John Bishop, Rebecca Minkler, Sophia
Moore & Chloe Golding.
That this deponent for an in behalf of all of the
six surviving children makes this supplemental
declaration under the law of the 7th July 1838 and asks
a pension to be granted to the surviving children under
that act, and with drawing all claim to a pension
under the act of the 4th of July 1836
Chloe Golding
Subscribed and sworn before
me this 19th day of April 1850
Joel Sawyer J P

State of New York
Tiaga Clounty
Clerks Office ss
I Moses Stevens clerk of said County do
certify that Joel Sawyer and Elias Richardson
Esquire before whom the foregoing declarations were
made was when the same above date Justices of the
peace of said County duly commissioned and sworn
and that their foregoing signatures by them subscribed
are genuine. Witness my hand and seal of office this
8th day of July 1850.
M. Stevens Clerk
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State of New York
County of Tiaga ss.
John O Golding whom I certify is a 
respectable person, after being duly sworn according to law
deposes and says that he was born in 1781, that he married
Chloe Bishop December 18th 1799, daughter of Benoni
Bishop late a pensioner, and daughter of his widow Elizabeth
Bishop an applicant for a pension, that the said Benoni
Bishop died in 1838 leaving his widow Elizabeth Bishop who
made application for a pension & who died in 1845 and died
a widow, leaving at her death the following named children
her surviving, being her only children her surviving, and
who still survive her, and each of whom is over the age
of twenty one years, to wit - Charles Bishop, Job Bishop
John Bishop, Chloe Golding, Rebecca Minkler, and Sophia
Moore.
John O Golding
Subscribed and sworn before me
this 19 day of April 1850
Joel Sawyer J P

State of New York
County of Tiaga ss.
William Golding whom I certify is
a respectable person, after being duly sworn according to law, deposes
and says, that Benoni Bishop late a pensioner was this
deponents Grand father, & that his widow Elizabeth Bishop
an applicant for a pension was this deponents Grand Mother
that Chloe Golding this deponents mother is a daughter of the
said Benoni Bishop the late pensioner & his widow the said
Elizabeth Bishop the said applicant for a pension, that this
deponent was born February 21. 1802 and that this deponent
was married in 1823, that the said Elizabeth Bishop at her decease
left the following named children her surviving being her only 
children her surviving & who still survive & are each over twenty one years of age
to wit Charles Bishop, Job Bishop, John Bishop, Chloe Golding,
Sophia Moore & Rebecca Minkler
William Golding
Subscribed & sworn before me this 31st
day of May 1850
Elias Richardson Justice
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
Oct. 5, 1853
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An
Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain
Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury
of the United States," and the third section of the Act of August
28, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their
tions from the Pension agents,
Job Bishop one of the 6 children of
Benoni Bishop, dec.
Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany
Agency, at the rate of Eight Dollars
[crossed out: and   Cents] per month under the law of the
18 March 1818 has been paid at this Department, from the
4" of March 1837 to the 24" Feb'y 1838.
Repectfully, yours,
J. M. Brodhead
Comptroller.

To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
Present.

10.959
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
Oct. 5, 1853.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled, "An
Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain
Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury
of the United States," and the third section of the Act of August
23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their
pensions from the Pension agents
Job Bishop one of the 6 children of
Benoni Bishop, dec.
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany
Agency, at the rate of Eight Dollars
[crossed out: and  Cents] per month under the law of the
18" March 1818 has been paid at this Department, from the
4" of March 1837 to the 24" Feb'y 1838
Respectfully, yoursm
J. M. Brodhead
Comptroller.

To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
Present.

10.959
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WIDOW, &c
No. 21.668
Elizabeth Bishop
widow of
Benoni Bishop
Pri Rev War
Act March 3d 43 & June 17th 44
Index: Vol. A, Page 64
[Arrangement of 1870.]

N. York
Elizabeth Bishop
let. to Hon A. C. Hand 17. April 1840
Rejected
same Jan 30. 1841
do to C. M. Watson Dec 2d 45
Hon E. Blackman
March 6, 49.
Act July 1836
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Col Jeremiah Orney
Regiment of Rhode Island [illegible]
Capt. Daniel S. Dexter.
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10959. A.
New York
Elizabeth Bishop decd
Widow of Benoni
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818
and who died on the 24 February 1838.
of Seneca in the State of New York
who was a private in the Company 
commanded by Captain [blank] of the
[blank] commanded by [blank] in
the [blank] line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany
at the rate of 80 Dollars --
Cents per annum, to commence on the 24th day of
Febry 1838, when he died
Certificate of Pension issued the 14th day of
August 1850 and Sent to
Hon W. T. Jackson, HR
Payable to surviving children
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by J P Chase Clerk,
Book D Vol. 1 Page 531

Letter to Hon W T Jackson Aug 16 / 50
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Town Clerks Certificate
that there is no record
of Bishops marriage
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State of Vermont
Bennington County
I William P. Black Town Clerk of the Town of Manchester
in the County of Bennington & State of Vermont, do hereby certify that I have examined
the Town Records of said town now in my custody. I cannot find any Record on entry
of the marriage of Benoni Bishop to Elizabeth McIntyre there recorded, nor of the
Births of any of their Children. And I do further certify that these appear to be lost
or missing several leaves out of the first Volume or Book of Records
in said town, in which Vol. is Book. there appears to have been many early
marriages & Births recorded.
W P Black Clerk
Sworn to & subscribed this 18th day of March 1840 before me
A. L. Miner
Justice of the peace in & for the
County of Bennington

I Himan Morse Town Clerk of the Town of Dorset in said County of Bennington
do hereby certify that I have examined the Town Records of said Town in my custody &
cannot find any Record or entry of the marriage of Benoni Bishop to Elizabeth MacIntyre
there recorded, nor of the Births of any of their childrey. As witness my hand this 18th day
of March 1840.
Himan Morse Town Clerk
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Will the Com please send me
the papers (copies) in his office in
case of John Grigsby of Ohio
Mary Hitchcock of N York &
Daniel McCarty supposed of N. York
Also Elizabeth Bishop N York
with the reasons for their rejection
if agreeable
Rspy
A C Harra
H of R Hab 1841
Col Edwards
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State of New York
County of St Lawrence ss.
I Martin Hutcher County Clerk of the County of St Lawrence
also clerk of the Courts of record directed to be held in said County do hereby certify
Alfred Colburn Esq whose name is subscribed to the Jurat of the within affidavit
of Anthony Miller was at the time of taking said affidavit a Justice of the Peace
in and for the county of St Lawrence duly sworn and duly authorized
by the laws of the state of New York to take the same, and further that
I am well acquainted with the handwriting of said Justice and verily
believe the signature to the Jurat of said affidavit
to be genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the seal of said County this
19 day of December AD. 1849
Martin Hutcher Clerk
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State of New York
St Lawrence County ss.
Anthony Willis, whom I certify
is a respectable person, after being duly sworn according
to law, deposes and says that he furnished the Coffin
for Benoni Bishop a pensioner, and that on referring
to his book he finds a memorandum made at the
time of his death, that he furnished the Coffin on the
25th day of February 1838, and that the said Benoni
Bishop the said pensioner died on the 24th January 1838
Anthony Willis
Subscribed and sworn before me
this 17 day of December 1849
A Colburn J.P.
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State of New York
County of Seneca ss.
I James K Richardson County
Judge, and Surrogate of said County at a Surrogate
Court holden at my office in Waterloo in said County
do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been
exhibted to said Surrogate, before said Court, that
Elizabeth Bishop an applicant for a pension as
the widow of Benoni Bishop late a pensioner,
died a widow on the 19th day of November 1845
leaving at her death the following named children
her surviving, being her only children her surviving
and that each of them are over the age of twenty one
years, and whom still survive her, to wit - Job
Bishop, Charles Bishop, John Bishop, Rebecca
Minkler, Sophia Moore, and Chloe Golding
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and affixed my seal
of office at Waterloo this 13th day of July 1850
J. K. Richardson
Surrogate.
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State of New York
County of Clinton ss.
I Abner Bishop of Plattsburgh
in said County being duly sworn say that
my Father Benoni Bishop was a pensioner
of the US under the act of 1818, and
drew his pension by virtue of the annexed
certificate to Sept 4. 1837. and died at
Massena N York on the 25th February 1838
leaving a widow now here present, whose
name is Elizabeth Bishop, & she has ever
since remained a widow. He has
always understood his Parents were married
when his father was in the army as a Soldier
in March 1781. She now resides in
Peru in said County.
Abner Bishop
Sworn and subscribed to before
me this 19th February 1840 &
I certify that Deponents statement
is entitled to full
credit.
Wm F. Haile First Judge
of Clinton County Courts
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15th April 1815
Benoni Bishop 
Pension claim
old cases
Admitted
Pension allowed by
Commissioner
Forwarded by Wm H Parker
of Whitehall Wash. Cy
N. York
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I Thomas Mitchell of Glocester State of Rhode Island
of lawfull age do testify and say that I was a Soldier
in the Continental Service in Col. Israel Angell's regiment
afterward commanded by Col. Jeremiah Olney
and while there was acquainted with Benoni Bishop
formerly of Rhode Island now residing at Whitehall
State of New York that he was a Soldier in
the same Regiment Inlisted during the war
and was honourably discharged at the close of the
war at Saratoga in the State of New York in the
year 1783
Thomas Mitchell

Providence Co Glocester November 25, 1818
Personally appeared the above named Thomas
Mitchell and mad solom oath to the truth above and within
Deposition before me.
Edmund Waldron Just Peace

I hereby certify the above named Thomas Mitchell
in general is esteemed a man of Good report and a
man of thruth and verasity.
Edmund T Waldren Just Peace
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I Hereby certify that the within named
Edmund T Waldren is a Justice of the peace in
the town of Glocester in the County of Providence
and State of Rhode Island and that he is now in office
November 26th Day AD 1818
James Olney J. C. C. pleas
for the County of Providence
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I Reuben Smith of Burrillville in the County
of Providence and State of Rhode Island ss.
Being of Lawfull age and Engaged according
to Law do testify and say
that I was a Soldier in the Continental Service
in Col Israel Angell's regiment afterwards
Commanded by Col Jeremiah Olney and while
there was acquainted with Benoni Bishop
formerly of Rhode Island that said Bishop
was a Soldier in said Regiment said Bishop
Listed for three years or during the war which
I can't say.
Reuben Smith

Providence ss in Burrillville November 26th Day
AD 1818. Personally appeared the above named
Reuben Smith and made solom oath to the
truth of the same which was Reduced to Writing
by me in the presence of the Deponent
the above and whithin Deposition taken
before me

James Olney J. C. C. pleas
for the County of Providence

I hereby certify the above named
Reuben Smith in general is esteemed a man
of good report and a man of thruth and
verasity
James Olney J. C. C. pleas
for the County of Providence
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It appears by the Regimental Book That Benoni Bishop, now
residing at White Hall on Lake Champlain on the thirteenth
day of January 1777 inlisted into the service of the United States,
a Private Soldier to serve during the war; That he served
as Private Soldier as aforesaid in the Regiment commanded
by Colonel Israel Augell and afterwards by Lieutenant Colonel
Commandant Jeremiah Olney from the time of his said inlistment
until the fifteenth day of June 1783 (excepting from the first day
of November 1779, until the 6th day of January 1783, during which
period he was absent from the Regiment without
permission) when he received a furlough granted in pursuance
of General Orders, which on the ratification of the definitive
Treaty of Peace became an absolute discharge from said
Regiment, at Saratoga in the State of New York.
Providence November 19th 18181
Jno S. Dexter Reg of
said Reg at the close of the War.
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State of New York
Washington County ss.
Certificate of Reduced circumstances
I Jonathan Wood Esquire Judge as aforesaid
do hereby further certify in addition the foregoing certificate
dated 15th April 1818 by me made. that it hath been
satisfactorally proved to me by the oaths of Daniel Earll & William K Baker
persons 
to me well known that Benoni Bishop the above named applicant was on
the fifteenth day of April last, and now is in reduced circumstances
and stands in need of the assistance of his country
for support. And that from my knowledge of the credibility
of the said witnesses and from other credible information I
believe the said Benoni Bishop does need the assistance
of his country for support. And the said Benoni Bishop
having produced to me an Affidavit of Reuben Smith taken
by James Olney J. C. C. Pleas for the County of Providence
also the Affidavit of Thomas Mitchell taken before Edmund
Walden Just Peace and the Certificate of Jno S Dexter Reg of
said Regiment at the Close of the War in support of the aforesaid
Declaration of the said Applicant. I hereby transmit the
same together with the above proceedings to the Hon
Secretary of the War Department.
Given under my hand this 17h day of December 1818
Jonathan Wood one of the Judges of
Washington Com. Pleas
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Ovid N. J. Jany 22d 1849
Dear Sir
Will you oblige me so much, as to address
a few lines to the Coms. of Pensions, as follows.
In his letter of April 17, 1840 in the case of Elizabeth
Bishop, a pension is refused, on the ground that her late
husband deserted & yet he appears in the Service as the Comp
admits 6th Jany 1783 and recd a furlough, which proved
or was a discharge of the rule I suppose to be, if a soldier
deserts, & after it re-joins, it attones for the desertion
& restores him to good standing & his claim is good.
From the above you can see what I am at,
I wish to have a re-view of the papers of Elizabeth Bishop
to the end that the Coms. will see the bearing of the
case, & possibly he may find that the Select man
restored Benoni Bishop, as I hvae known in some
cases. Please write in your own name.
Oblige
Most Respectfully
Arad Joy

Hon E. Blackman
M. C.
Page 34

Washington Jany 25th 1849
Please give the within letter the attention
you think it requires.
E. Blackman

E L Edwards Esq
Page 35

Will Comsr of
Pensions Pleas  Answer
me after an examination
Yours &c
W J Jackson
H of R

Washington 
July 20 / 50
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Ovid N. Y. Nov 3d 1849
Dear Sir
Will you please upon this page give me
a copy of the record of the marriage of Benoni Bishop
to Elizabeth McIntyre during the war of the
Revolution - also the record of the date of the birth of Jasper &
Chloe Bishop the eldest children. Please return this
sheet as it is, that it may contain your post mark
as well as ours, fold it inside out. Please Sir
answer soon.
Oblige a Vermonter
Most Respectfully
Arad Joy

Town Clerk
Manchester
Birmington Co
Vt
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Manchester Dec 4th 1849
There is no such Record in this Office
I have spent time sufficient to earn $2,00
in search for the same
I am yours in haste
John Cooke
they are known in this place & I think
their marriage can be proved by persons living
here
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State of New York
Essex County ss.
Liberty B. Branch of Chesterfield in said County being duly
sworn according to law, deposes & says that
he furnished the coffin for the widow Elizabeth
Bishop, widow of Benoni Bishop late
a pensioner, & that on referring to his book
he finds an entry made at the time of furnishing
the said coffin, that he furnished
the same on the 20th day of November 1845
that according to his memorandum the widow
died the 19th day of November 1845 and died
a widow.
L. B Branch
Subscribed & sworn before
me this 8th day of March 1850
John Tenant Justice Peace in & for
Essex County

I certify that I am personally acquainted
with Liberty B. Branch the individual
who subscribed & swore to the above affidavit
& that he is a respectable & reputable person.
Dated March 8th 1850
John Tenant
Justice Peace in & for
Essex County
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State of New York
ESSEX COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE. ss
I, GEORGE S. NICHOLSON, Clerk of the
County of Essex, do hereby certify that John Tenant
whose name is subscribed to the certificate of proof or acknowledgment of the annexed Jurat & clf, was, at the time of
taking such proof or acknowledgment, one of the Justices of the Peace of the County of Essex dwelling in said County;
duly authorized to take such proof or acknowledgment. And that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the
said John Tenant Justice Peace and verily
believe that his signature to the said certificate & Jurat is genuine, and that the said instrument is
executed and acknowledged according to the laws of the State of New York.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name, and affixed
the seal of said County this 12th
day of March A. D. 1850
G S Nicholson Clerk.
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State of New York
County of St Lawrence ss.
Rebecca Mnkler whom I
certify is a respectable person, after being duly sworn
according to law, deposes and says that Benoni Bishop
late a pensioner of the United States was her father, and
that he died in 1838 leaving his widow Elizabeth Bishop
an applicant for a pension, and who died in November
1845 leaving at her death the following named children
her surviving, being her only children her surviving &
who still survive her, and each of them is over the age of
twenty one years to wit. Job Bishop, Charles Bishop
John Bishop, Chloe Golding, Sophia Moore and
Rebecca Minkler, that the said Elizabeth Bishop died
a widow. That this deponent was born on the 16th day
of March 1790 and that she was married on the 18th day
of August 1810.
That this deponent for and in behalf of all of the
six surviving children makes the Supplemental
Declaration under the act of the 7th July 1838 and
withdraws any claim to a pension under the act
of July 4th 1836 now on file
Rebecca Minkler
Sworn & subscribed before me
this 13th day of May 1850
Henry R. Hubbard J. P.

State of New York
County of St Lawrence ss.
I George S Winslow Clerk of the
County of St Lawrence and also Clerk of the Courts of records
directed by Law to be held in and for the County of St Lawrence
do hereby certify that Henry R Hubbard before whom the
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foregoing affidavit was taken was at the time of taking such
affidavit a Justice of the Peace in and for the County
of St Lawrence elected & sworn and duly authorized to take the
same, and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing
of such Justice and verily believe the signature to the Jurat
of the same affidavit is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the seal of said
Courts & County this 21st day of
May A.D. 1850
Isaac R Tupper
Dep Clerk
Clk absent
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Ovid Feb 27th 1850
Sir
I have recd yours of the 20th asking a more
explicit statement of the case mentioned in mine
of the 7th.
In reply I have to say, that on the 7th
I wrote you relating to the case of Josephine Moffatt
in answer to yours of the 6th. I stated that her
father Joseph Moffatt, & her brother Enoch
Moffatt were both, as we suppose of the Kentucky
Regiment of Volunteers, probably Comp C
of the Mexican army. See my letter.
On the same day I wrote you relating
to the case of Elizabeth Bishop, widow of Benoni
Bishop, of New York, pensioned under law of 1838
supposing that in the issuing of her pension certf
an error had been committed, in not allowing
her pension to commence 4th March 1836 Since
we believe her application was made before the
30th April 1844 & her papers filed before Jany 28, 1845.
I find no note of other cases written to you
on the 7th
Most Respectfuly
Your Obt Servt
Arad Joy

Hon Jas E Heath
Coms. of Pensions
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Ovid June 6th 1851
Sir
On the 25th of April I forwarded to you some
papers & Mr Jenkins of Albany letter, his letter objecting to
pay the Elizabeth Bishop pension, which you 
had allowed. See Elizabeth Bishop widow of
Benoni, the pension was the ctd balance
due to her late husband, this you directed, or
informed should be paid, my letter of inquiry
was relating to Mr Jenkins of Albany declining
to pay upon the vouchers presented, I took the 
liberty respectfully to ask you, if right & proper
to please order them paid, or put me upon the
track to get such powers as would be paid
Will you please return the papers with
your directions, papers mailed to you April 25. '51.
Most Respectfully
Your Obt Servt
Arad joy

Hon Jas E Heath
Coms of Pens
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Pension Granted
Please direct
I ask no more
Only a short job

Ovid April 25th 1851
Sir
On presenting of the vouchers of the children
of Benoni & Elizabeth Bishop at the pay office in
Albany, I recd the inclosed letter, or refusal.
In yours of the 7th Jany 1851 you say "I have
this day notified the agent to pay the pension of
Benoni Bishop deceased from the 4th of March 1837"
You omit to state the date of Benoni Bishops
death, & the name of his children, all of which proof
you have with the papers in the case
Having procured the vouchers from the same
children, upon which I drew the pension of
Elizabeth Bishop, & this balance being a part
of the same pension, & due at the same time
& the same childen, will you not please direct
the pension to be paid from 4th March 1837 to the
24 Feby 1838 when he died, to the same children
issued the other pension
Oblige
Your obt servt
Arad Joy

Hon Jas E Heath
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14175 A
Elizabeth Bishop dcd
widow of Benoni,
New York
Seneca Co.
Admitted
Pr a yr $80 per
an. com. 24 Feb
1838, when he died
to 4 March 1841, from
4 March 1843 to 19th
Nov. 1845 when she 
died and payable
to children, Job 
Bishop, Charles Bishoop
John Bishop Rebecca
Minkler, Sophia Moore,
& Chloe Golding.
Acts of July 1838 4 March
1845 & 17 June 1844.
Hon. W. T. Jackson
H. R.
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Feb 8th 1857
Feb 8 / 57
Respecting Elizth
Bishop wid
of Benoni
Arad Joy
Present

Hon James E Heath
Coms. of Pensions
Washington
DC
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Washington Feb 7th '51
Sir
Elizabeth Bishop, widow of Benoni Bishop
both pensioners of New York, the widow made
an application (I believe) before April '44 and
filed it before Jany 23, '45 and she survived
the 23d Jany '45 as I feel quite confident,
& I beg leave to refer all to her papers on file,
she was allowed a pension from Feb 24, 1838
the day of her husbands death, and not from
4th March 1836, these I believe to be the
facts in the case, & if they are, is there not
due her under the Joint Revolution of Jany
23. 1845, 2 years & 8 or 10 days more pension.
Most Respectfully
Your Obt Servt
Arad Joy

Hon Jas E Heath
Coms of Pensions
Washington
DC
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Ovid N. Y Jany. 14. 1851
Sir
If I understand the pension law, and the 
right of Elizabeth Bishop a pensioner of New
York as the widow of Benoni Bishop, there is
still a pension due to her children from the
4th of March 1836 to the 24th Feb 1838, I
understand her Declaration to have been made
prior to the 30th of April 1844 and on file
before the 23d Jany 1845
I believe I am correct in the above
and if I am, I ask if there is not nearly 2
years pension due to her children
Most Respectfuly
Your Most Obt Serv
Arad Joy

Hon Jas. E Heath
Coms. of Pensions
Washington
DC

N.B. Please during this month to address all
my letters to me, City of Washington, as I am
to be there. Please have Mr Evens & Mr Cole
informed of this my request
Page 49

In the case of Benoni Bishop - no proof is provided as to when he
died, whether he left a widow or not & if no widow
how many children he left, their names & evidence.
If he left a widow, the children are not entitled. but
the blance due is payable when to her estate [illegible] ?
L Jenkins
Albany Agency
Ap. 22. 1851.
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House of Reps
Washington August 14 / 51
Hon J L Edwards
Coms Pensions
My Dr Sir
I have
no recollection of having charge of the
case of Elizabeth Bishop, widow of
Benoni Bishop. If you have any
letter of mine on the subject will you forward
it to me with the papers which I herewith
note for the correction if needed.
Respectfully yours &c
W T Jackson
Page 51

Treasury Department.
Second Comptroller's Office
January 2d. 1851.
Sir:
I have received the vouchers in
the pension case of Benoni Bishop,
transmitted with the letter of Mr. Arad
Joy, and referred by you to this office on the
3th ultimo.
There is no difficulty or complication
whatever in the case, except what has
been caused by Mr. Joy himself. The
pension of Bishop, under the Act of 18th
March 1818, having been suspended from
the 4th of March 1837, was restored in Aug.
1850 from the 4th of Sept 1837 to the date 
of his death, and a pension was also
granted to his widow at the same time
under the Act of 7th July 1838. This pension
under both certificates became due and
payable on the 4th of Sept. 1850, as the
instructions from this office under date
of
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of Sept 1. 1846, expressly state that,
"when a new pensioner is placed on the 
rolls, or an old pension is renewed, the
fourteen months [within which payment must
be claimed of the Agent under the Act of 23d Aug.
1842] commences running from the semi-annual
payment next after the date of his,
or her, pension certificate, and not from the 
commencement or renewal of the pension."
Application for payment was made to the
Albany Agency almost immediately after the
restoration of the pension and, of course,
the offices of the Treasury can have nothing
whatever to do with the papers unless they
come up as vouchers in the amount of the
Pension Agent.
It may be proper to say that,
it appears by the records of this office
that Benoni Bishoop was paid only
to the 4th March 1837; but as the Pension
Office saw fit to restore his pension from
the 4th of Sept. 1837 only, the payment of
his pension between those dates cannot
be
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be made without the proper additional
authority from the Pension Office.
The vouches sent are deficient in
several particulars; but an attention
on the part of Mr. Joy, or the claimants,
to the forms & instructions I now transmit
will enable him, or them, to obtain the
money due, without the slightest difficulty,
from the Pension Agent at Albany.
All the papers are herewith returned.
I am, very respectfully,
Yours,
Hiland Hall
Comptroller

Jas. E. Heath, Esq.
Commr of Pensions
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[almost illegible pencil note]
Post Kent
Nov 25
10

Dec 1. 45 
James L. Edwards Esqr
Commr Pension Office
Washington
D. C.

Benoni Bishop 
NY roll
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James L. Edwards Esq.
Comms. Pension Office
Sir,
The heirs of Benona Bishops
a Revolutionary Pensioner, have
requested me to address you for a
claim they hold for the widow during 
her life, after his death.
Bishop died Feby 1837
his widow died in 1844.
Benona Bishop drew a
pension during his life. but the widow
never received any thing.
Please instruct us what
documents will be required to establish
the claim.
Yours respectfully
C. M. Watson

Port Kent. Nov '24th 1844
on Lake Champlain

[note in pencil]
26 June '19