Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 3,381, Jacob Bishop, Continental (Md.)
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(3-1776)
Service
Continental.(Md.)
Bishop, Jacob
Mary
Number
W.3.381
B.L.Wt.15435-160-55
Contents
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Jos. Reed
Residing
The SUPREME EXECUTIVE COUNCIL of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
To any Protestant Minister.

WHEREAS Application has been made
to Us by Jacob Bishop & Mary Powel
to be joined together in holy Matrimony, and there appearing no lawful Let or Impediment, by Reason of Pre-Contract, Consanguinity, Affinity, or any just Cause whatsoever, to hinder the said Marriage: THESE are
therefore to (illegible)  and authorize you to join the said Jacob Bishop & Mary Powel
in the holy Bands of Matrimony,
and them to pronounce
MAN and WIFE.
GIVEN under the lesser Seal of the said Commonwealth, at Philadelphia, the 25th Day of December in the Year of our LORD One
Thousand Seven Hundred and eighty one.
Attest
J Mattack (illegible)
---
This doth certify all whom it may (illegible)
that the aforementioned persons were joined together in the (illegible) Bridge of Holy Matrimony in (illegible) of the above license, on the Day & Date aforesaid and  partook of the Jubilations thereof, by me, Joseph I. Powel
(illegible) Benefit pension (illegible) of the (illegible) (illegible) Robert Roh 
(illegible)
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Declaration
of Mrs Mary Bishop
of Bedford County
Pennsylvania
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State of Pennsylvania
Bedford County-(illegible)
On this thirtieth day of
January A.D. 1839 personally appeared in open Court
before the Honorable Peter Schell & Joseph S Morrison
Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said County
Mary Bishop a resident of Bethel Township in the
County of Bedford aforesaid aged seventy four years &
upwards, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth
on her oath, make the following declaration in order to
obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of
Congress, passed July 7th 1838, entitled "an act granting half
pay and pensions to certain widows"- That she is the
widow of Jacob Bishop who was a Private in a company
under the command of Captain William Heyser attached to a German Regiment commanded by Col Horsecre
(or Honsacre.) That said Jacob Bishop, as this applicant has understood, enlisted in the above company, some time during the summer of 1776, and that his enlistment 
was for the term of three years, which term, she understood and believes, he fully and honorably served out. That he enlisted at Hagerstown, in the State of Maryland, and had not yet arrived of age when
he enlisted. She cannot state the county through which her husband marched during his services, as this fact if she ever knew it, has entirely escaped her recollection-
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nor can she specify the different battles in which he was engaged, but she remembers having heard him speak
of the White Plains, - of the taking of the Hessians- of
Princeton- of Germantown, of Brandywine, of the battle of Monmouth-and of his having been at Wyoming, and also of his
having been wounded on one of his feet, the scar of which she has many times seen. She also recollects distinctly of his talking of the hardships, which he, with
others, endured during his services. of their making barefoot
over the frozen ground, and of the blood dropping from their feet- and of their wrapping cloths round their feet
for their protection. and of their suffering much from want of clothing-He also told his recollections of Gen. Washington, and she remembers his saying that he once
saw him, watching, through a spy Glass, from a position he had chosen, the movements of the enemy. She has no documentary testimony whatever of his services. but has
provided the testimony of two witnesses which is all she could obtain on the subject, which testimony is hereto annexed
It was on the 11th day of April A.D. 1813, said Jacob Bishop died.
applicant further declares that she was married
to said Jacob Bishop on the 25th day of December A.D. 1781. (seventeen hundred & eighty one and that her
husband the aforesaid Jacob Bishop died as aforesaid on the tenth day of April in the year eighteen hundred
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and thirteen, that she was not married to him
prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took
place previous to the first day of January seventeen
hundred and ninety four viz at the time before stated
she also states that she has never since been married
Sworn to & subscribed the day &
year before written, on open
Court before me
S Mason for Prothy
Mary her mark Bishop
We the undersigned, residing in Bethel Township Bedford
County, Pennsylvania, do certify, that we are well acquainted with the above named applicant. that we believe she is seventy four years of age, that she is a person of
unquestionable veracity & respectability -and that we believe her statement entitled to the fullest credit. We also certify, that she is still in her widowhood
having never been married since the death of her said husband Jacob Bishop.
Sworn & subscribed
the day & year above mentioned
Mason for Prothy
Joseph Bernhard
job morgret
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Pennsylvania
Bedford County (illegible)
I John G. Martin Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas in and for Bedford
County aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing contains
original proceedings in the matter of the application of Mary Bishop, for the benefit of the act of Congress of July
7th A.D. 1838 & also that Joseph Barnhart and
Job Morgert who subscribed the foregoing certificate are (illegible)tability and good characters for truth or otherwise.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the seal of said
Court at Bedford this 18th day of February
A.D. 1839.
John G. Martin
Prothonotary
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B.224 
June 4, 1839
Pension Office

Free
To the Honorable
J R Poinsett
Department of War
Washington City
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Bethel Township Bedford County, PA> 30th May 1839.
Dear Sir:
Enclosed is my certificate for a pension, I have recently became satisfied that there is an error in the date of my husbands death, it should have read the 10th of April 1813, and not 1814.  I have no particular record of the death of my husband, I have to speak from memory aided by circumstances i am now conscious that I should read 10th of April one thousand eight hundred and thirteen.  Believing so, I can no conscientiously now make the affidavits get (illegible)  to the pension office to obtain the pension.  All other particulars is correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Your Honourable sir, sir will have the consideration to correct that one particular referred to, to that I can conscientiously proceed and obtain my pension of which I greatly stand in need of and return it to the post office at Hancock, Washington County Md. Your compliance will confer a great favor on an aged and indigent widow.
Yours very Respectfully
Mary Bishop- her mark
My mother being aged and very feeble applied to me for advice in the above case, there being no legal advisor, manner thats (illegible) Quite 40 miles off, I thought best for her to proceed as above, this will account for the want of formality, probably required in cases of this kind, permit me to say that there is nothing dishonest (illegible) as the very nature of the case does most clearly show 
Most Respectfully 
Your Ob. Servant
Wm. Bishop
30 May 1839
Hon J R Pointsett
Secretary of War
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523.
Pennsyv. Phila.
Mary Bishop
widow of Jacob Bishop
who served in the Revolutionary war Md. as a private
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80 Dollars
Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension, issued the 27 day of June 1848 and sent to Hon Job Mason
H of R 
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 204 Vol. 2

Reported
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Dec 6/ 88 Let to Jos P Bishop, Hancock, Md.
(illegible) of the reference of his letter of (illegible) (without data) to the Land Office 
Vol B1-139-
Ret March 3
128827 May11/ 55
Mary Bishop widow of Jacob Bishop Pri. 
Mary Bishop widow Jacob Pri.
Col. Barron Arandt
Capt. Wm. Heyser
German Regt.
Rev. War
Contl Line
Md. Quoto
Pensioner 
copy dated June 27, 1848
AO: 1260A cm Feb 8/56
Boyton
John Mower
Bedford PA
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State of Pennsylvania
Fulton County
SS.
On this Forth day of May A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty five, personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace, duly authorized by law to administer oaths, in and for said County and State, Mrs. Mary Bishop, aged ninety years, a resident of Fulton County, in the State of Pennsylvania, aforesaid, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that she is the widow of Jacob Bishop deceased who was a private in the army of the Revolution, that according to her recollection her said husband enlisted for three years, but at what time she does not know and that he marched f rom Hagerstown, Maryland and engaged during said term in the battles of Trenton, Princeton, Brandywine, Germantown, White Plains and Monmouth and assisted in the capture of the Hessians, and in one of his engagements was wounded in the foot. She has heard him speak of his officers but has forgotten all but one name (illegible), but whether he was a captain or not she cannot tell.  After his said service he was honorably discharged.  She also saith that for these services a pension certificate was grated to her, which was (illegible) and the one she now holds is dated the 27th day of June AD 1848.
She further states that she was marred to the said Jacob Bishop in Bedford County Penna. on the 25th day of January AD 1781, by the Rev Joseph Powell, and that her name before he said marriage was Mary Powell and that her husband died on the 10th day of April AD 1813.
The proof of these facts she sent to Washington when she made her application for a pension and she respectfully refers to said proofs for evidence.
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She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty land to which she may be entitled under the "Act approved March 3, 1855
Witness 
George Garland 
Mary Bishop- her mark

We Jacob Garland and George H Sipes, residents of Fulton County in the State of Pennsylvania, upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged by Mary Bishop in our presence, and that we believe from the appearance and statement of the applicant she is the identical person she represents herself to be. 
Jacob Garlan
George H. Sipe

The foregoing declaration of affidavit were sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written; and I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons; that the claimant is the person she represents herself to be, and that I have no interest in this claim.
George Garland 
JB
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Jacob Bishop, W.3381
BAJ/MCS

Mr. Floyd G. Hoenstine
Registrar, Veterans Graves
Office of County Commissioners 
Hollidayburg, Pennsylvania

Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letters requesting information in regard to Revolutionary War soldiers, Harry or Henry Bennett, Jacob Bishop, William Laird and Daniel Moore.
The Revolutionary War records of this officed fail to afford any information to the Harry or Henry 
Band Daniel Moore described by you, or any Willard Laird.
The data which followed were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, W. 3381, based upon the Revolutionary War service of the only Jacob Bishop of Pennsylvania that is found in the Revolutionary War records of this office. 
The date and place of birth and names of parents of Jacob Bishop were not given.
He first enlisted when he was about sixteen or seventeen years of age but his friends obtained his release on account of his youth.  He enlisted in the summer of 1776, at Hagerstown, Maryland, as a private in Captain William Heyser's company in Colonel Haussegger's German Regiment and served three years, during which time he was in the battles of White Plains, Trenton, Princeton, Brandywine, Germantown and Monmouth and was wounded in the foot in one of the engagements.
Jacob Bishop married Deceber25, 1781, Mary Powel. The license for marriage was obtained at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and the ceremony was preformed by Joseph Powel, Minister of the Gospel.  It was not shown that the minister was related to Mary Powel.
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Jacob Bishop died April 10, 1813.  He was referred to as late of Bedford County, Pennsylvania.
As the widow of Jacob Bishop, Mary Bishop was allowed pension on her application executed January 30, 1839, at which time she was a resident of Bethel Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania.  In 18548 she was living in Belfast Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania.  In 1855 she was living in Fulton County, Pennsylvania.  
A son, William Bishop, was alive in 1839 is the only child referred to.
Very truly yours
A.D. Hiller
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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Left Side Page

Revy
WIDOW, etc.
File No 3381
Mary Bishop
widow
Jacob Bishop
Pri Rev War

Act Feb 2, 1848
Index Vol A Page 62
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Right Side Page

1919 may 15 - Hist to Hon Henry W. Temple 
1921 Oct 13 - Hist to H H Rose on circular
1932 Jany 18 - Hist to Frances Rose on circular
1937 Apr 13 - Hist to Mr. Floyd G Hoenstine

Bottom Page
15.435
[illegible]
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Left Side Page

2878
Pennsylvania (Philadelphia)
Mary Bishop
widow of Jacob Bishop 
who was a Private
in the Revolution

Inscribed on the roll at the rate of 80 dollars per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843

Certificate of Pension issued the 25th day of November 1843 and sent to John Mower
Bedford PA

[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A
Vol 1 Page 130
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2037
Pennsylvania
Mary Bishop
widow of Jacob Bishop dec'd
and who died on the 10th April 1814
of Bedford Co in the state of PA
who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Heyser of the Regt commanded by Col Housere in the MD line for 2 years

Inscribed on the roll of Penn at the rate of 80 dollars blank cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 11th day of March 1839 and sent John Mower Bedford PA

Arrears to the 4th Mar '39 $240.00
Semi-anual allowance ending 4 Mar '39 $40.00
$280.00
{Act July 7, 1838}

Recorded by: D D Addison Clerk
Book A Vol 24 Page 145
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2037
Pennsylvania
Mary Bishop
widow of Jacob Bishop Dec'd
who was a pension under the act of [blank] and who died on the 10th April 1813 of Bedford Co in the state of Pennsylvania who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Heyser of the Regiment commanded by Col Housere in the Maryland line for 2 years (New Certif issued)

Inscribed on the roll of Philadelphia at the rate of 80 dollars and blank cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.

Certificate of pension issued the 12th day of June 1839 and sent to herself care of Wm Bishop, Hancock, MD

Arrears to the 4th of Mar 1839 $240.00
Semi-annual allowance ending 4 Sept "39 $40.00
$280.00

{Act July 7, 1838}

Recorded by Wm Steward Clerk
Book A Vol 2 Page 145

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See let to agt 14th June 1838
see lets to 3rd [illegible] May 20, 1840
Do. John Mower same day

paid at the Treasury under the act of the 6th April 1838 from 4 March to 4 Sep 1839 agt notified 20 Aug 1840

Paid as above from 4 March 1840 to 4 March 1841 Agent notified 1 Dec 1841

See letter to John Maer June 15, 1843
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Washington City
June 24, 1848

Hon: J.L. Edwards

Dear Sir

I herewith send you the application of Mrs. Bishop who has been drawing a revolutionary pension per a renewal thereof which please have examined.

Very respectfully
Your Obt servt.

Job Mann
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
Nov 25th 1841
Sir:
Under the date 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," Mary Bishop -
a Pensioner on the Roll of the Philadelphia Agency, at
the rate of Eighty Dollars [lined out: and __ Cents]
per annum, under the law of the 7th July 1838, has
been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March 1840.
to the 4th March 1841.
Respectfully, yours,
Albion K. Parris
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.
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B. 224. 1839
Payment to be made
at Philadelphia Pa
by Joseph Solms Esq.
Agent for paying pensioners
in the Agency of
Pennsylvania
Payable on the 4th March
and 4th September in each
year. First payment to be
made 31st December, 1838.

Recorded in the Pension
Office, in Book A Vol. 2d
Page 145 by D. D. Addison
Clerk

[Written in margin:]
Your new
certificate and
state death 10 April 
1813.

Mrs Mary Bishop
care of Wm Bishop
Hancock
Washington City
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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Five years' Pension.
I certify that in conformity with the act of July 7, 1838, Mary Bishop widow of Jacob Bishop dec'd who was a private in the Revolution and died on the 10th day of April 1814 is entitled to receive five years pension at the rate of eighty dollars per annum commencing on the fourth day of March, 1836; and in case of the death or marriage of said widow before the expiration of said five years, the pension will cease on the day of marriage or death.
Give at the War Office of the United States this 11th day of March one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine.
J. R. Poinsett
Secretary of War.
Examined and countersigned. J L Edwards 
Commissioner of Pensions.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office 
July 29th, 1840.
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 oat the Treasury of the United States", Mary Bishop a Pensioner on the Roll of the Philadelphia Agency, at the rate of Eighty Dollars per annum, under the law of the 7th of July 1838, has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March, to the 4th Sept. 1839.
Respectfully yours,
Albion K Parris
TO the Commissioner of Pensions, Present
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State of Pennsylvania
Bedford County
⎬
On this sixteenth day of June
AD. 1848, personally appeared before the Subscriber a
Justice of the peace in & for said County, Mary Bishop
a resident of the Township of Belfast, in the County
of Bedford aforesaid, aged eighty four years, who being
first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath
make the following declaration, in order to obtain the
benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress
passed on the 2d February, 1848, granting pensions to
widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary War.  That she is the widow of Jacob Bishop, who
was a private in the army of the Revolution, and
who served as stated in her former declaration, now
on file in the Pension Office, and that on account
of the services of her said husband, and under the act
of 17th June, 1844, she has received a pension at the
rate of eighty dollars per annum.
She further declared that she is still a widow.

Sworn to & subscribed on
the day & year above written
Before Jacob Bernhard}
her
Mary Bishop
mark
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State of Pennsylvania
Bedford County SS.
I Joseph B Noble
[illegible Authenator?] of the Court of Common Pleas in & for
said County do hereby certify that Jacob Bernhard Esqr
is a Magistrate as a [foregoing?], and [that?] the foregoing
signatures purporting to be his are [illegible].
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto affixed the seal of said Court
subscribed my name this 22
day of June AD 1848.
Jos. B. Noble
Prot.
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Jany. 23 1939 State of Maryland Washington County
I David Troxell now in my 79th years of age and at this time a resident of Washington County Maryland personally appeared before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace for the sate of Maryland in and for said County, and made oath on the Holy Evangely of Almighty God, deposeth and saith that he was well acquainted with Jacob Bishop, and that he Jacob Bishop enlisted sometime in the month of June July or August 1776 in Hagerstown, Washington County Maryland, under Capt William Heyser, a common soldier for the term of three years, and that he served out the whole of said term.
Capt WIlliam Heyser was attached to the German Regiment
Sworn Before
Jacob Kausler
and of the same day appeared David Harry in the 79th year of his age and made oath on the Holy Evangely of Almighty God, and deposeth and saith, that he was well acquainted with Jacob Bishop, late of Bedford County did that he said Jacob Bishop enlisted under Capt William Heyser in the year 1776. attached to the German Regiment commanded by Col. Houseer, said Bishop enlisted for three years and that said BIshop did serve out the whole term of three years, this deponent saith that the enlistment took place in Hagerstown Washington County Maryland. 
Sworn before
Jacob Hausser
State of Maryland Washington County to wit
I hereby certify that Jacob Hausler Gentleman before whom the aforegoing affidavit was made and whose name appeared thereto was at the time of the taking thereof and is now a Justice of the Peace of the State of Maryland in and for Washington County duly commissioned and qualified and to all his as to assail full faith and credit is due as well in Court of Justice as (illegible)
In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the seal of Washington County Court this 23rd day of January 1829.
O H Williams Washington County Court
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I hereby certify that David Troxel and David Harry who have made the foregoing deposition are both men of undoubted veracity and of high standing in our community and can believed on oath.
Given under my hand and seal Jan. 23, 1839
J Kausler
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1225
Declaration of Mrs. Mary Bishop of Bedford County Pennsylvania
Act 3 March '43
act 3 March '43
annum $80
John Mower Esq. Bedford Pennsylvania
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State of Pennsylvania 
Bedford County 
I Joseph B Noble Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of Bedford County above named do certify that Jacob Bernhard, before whom the foregoing declaration was made is a magistrate in and for said COunty, and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of said court this 15th day of May AD 1843
J N Noble
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1225 May 19, 1843
(seal) BEDFORD Pa.May 15
Pa. 
May 5 1843 
Mary Bishop

J A Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions 
Washington City, D. C. 
FREE
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Bedford Pa. May 15th 1843
J S Edwards, Esq.
Dr. Sir,
If the enclosed paper by sufficient, please issue the certificate and forward to me at this place.
Very respectfully
Your obt. serv,
M. Mower
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State of Pennsylvania
Fulton County SS
I J. W. B McFadden prothonotary of the Court of Common Please of said County do certify that George Garland Esquire is a Magistrate as a foregoing and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine.  I also further certify that the commission of the said George Garland has not expired at the date of said application but is still in full force. 
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court this seventh day of May AD 1855
T W B McFadden Prob.
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State of Pennsylvania
Bedford County
On this fifth day of 
May AD. 1843 personally appeared before the subscriber
a Justice of the Peace in and for the County of
Bedford aforesaid Mary Bishop, a resident of Bethel
Township in the County aforesaid, aged seventy eight years
& upwards, who being first duly duly sworn, according to
law, doth, on her oath, make this following declaration
in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the
act of Congress passed on the 3d day of March AD
1843, granting pensions to widows of persons who served
during the Revolutionary War. That she is the widow
of Jacob Bishop who was a private in the army of
the Revolution. That her said husband as she learned
from him, enlisted twice, the first time when he was
about sixteen or seventeen years of age, but that his
friends obtained his release on account of his youth.
That he enlisted a second time, for the term of three
years, and marched from Hagerstown in Washington County
Maryland. That her said husband frequently spoke
of the officers under whom he served, but she has forgotten the names of all excepting one, Honsaise, who was
either a Captain or Colonel. She also states that her
said husband informed her, that he was in the
following engagements, viz; Battles of Trenton, Princeton,
Brandywine, Germantown, White Plains & Monmouth
and that he assisted in taking the Hessians. That
he also spoke of having marched at one time to
Wyoming. In one of his engagement he received
a wound in one of his feet, which she has often
seen and she has frequently heard him speak of
the great destitution of the Army; particularly at
one time, when they had no shoes, and were
compelled during the winter, to wrap their feet
in rags & old clothes, and that very often he
with others, left traces of blood from their feet
upon the frozen ground & snow.  She further states
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she has heard her said husband speak of his officers
and of many of the particulars of his services,
but that from her advanced age she is unable
to recollect them, as well as the dates & periods of service.
She also states that under the act of
Congress of July 7th 1838 she received a pension
of eighty dollars per annum. And she further
declares that she is still a widow.

her
Mary Bishop
mark

Sworn to & subscribed on
the day & year above written.
Before me
Jacob Bernhard⎬

I Jacob Bernhard above named do certify
that I am personally & well acquainted with
the above named Mary Bishop - that she is the same Mary Bishop who received a pension from the United States under the law of 1838, and that her statement is entitled to the fullest credit
Given under my hand this 26th June 1838
Jacob Bernhard
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4481 
Application
of Mrs Mary
Bishop of Bedford
County Penna [Pennsylvania] for
Pension.

admitted
Pr 3[ illegible] #80
died 10 April 1813

on  [illegible]

March 11
Jno Mower, Esq
Bedford Pa

Address
Jno. Mower Esq.
Bedford Pa

[written sideways:]
Left by Mr. Agle of Penna
Address John Mower Esq.
Bedford Penna
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Admitted

Hon
Job Mann
Ho[illegible]
J. Mann of Pa [Pennsylvania]
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H. W. TEMPLE
24TH DIST. PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
WASHINGTON

May 12, 1919.
Hon. G.M. Saltzgaber,
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:
I am in receipt of a letter from Miss Bird
Cook, 818 9th Ave., Beaver Falls, asking my assistance
in establishing the military record of her great-grandfather,
 Jacob Bishop, who, as far as she has been able
to find out, served as a private in the Revolutionary War, and was at that time a resident of Bedford County,
Pennsylvania, Miss Cook states that he afterwards drew
a pension, as did his wife after his death. She says
the Pennsylvania Archives give Jacob Bishop, Milita [Militia] Rolls, 1783.
If the records of the Pension Bureau give any information
concerning the military record of this soldier,
I would appreciate it if you would give it to me for transmission
to Miss Bird, who desires authentic information to
enable her to become a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Thanking you for the courtesy of looking into the
matter, I am

Yours very truly,
H. W. Temple
(T/B)

[circular stamp:]
U.S.
PENSION OFFICE G
MAY 14 1919
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1-Rev MH

HENSCHEL H. ROSE
W. KENNETH BARNES
LAW OFFICES
ROSE & BARNES
HOME SAVINGS BANK BUILDING
FAIRMONT, WEST VIRGINIA

September 24, 1921.
Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

Dear Sir:-
Will you kindly forward to me a statement
of the miltiary record of my great-grandfather
Jacob Bishop, a revolutionary soldier,
with such personal data as your office contains
.
From Maryland Archives XVIII, at page 191,
I find his name given as a member of the
"German Regiment", discharged July 26, 1779.
At page 264 of the same volume, he is listed
as a private in the muster roll of Capt. William
Heyser's Company of the "German Regiment"
(Maryland troops), under date of October 23,
1776.  At page 265 of the same volume, he is
given as a private for the months of July,
August, September and October, 1779, in the
pay roll of Lt. Col. Welton's Company of the
"German Regiment" of the Continental Forces of
the United States, commanded by Lt. Col. Ludwick Weltner, with the notation that he was
discharged July 26, 1779,

Jacob Bishop is supposed to have been born in
Hagerstown, or at least to have lived there at
the time of his enlistment.
He died during the year 1816, or prior thereto shortly, leaving a widow whose maiden name was Mary Church.

For this search and report I shall be glad to
pay your reasonable charges, and will send
check in advance, if advised as to the amount.

Very truly yours,
[signature] H H Rose
H. H. Rose,
HHR/RH

[circular stamp:]
U.S. PENSION OFFICE D
SEP 26 1921
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HERSCHEL H. ROSE
W. KENNETH BARNES
LAW OFFICES
ROSE & BARNES
HOME SAVINGS BANK BUILDING
FAIRMONT, WEST VIRGINIA

Bureau of Pensions,
Revolutionary War Records Section,
Washington, D. C.

Gentlemen:-
Kindly send me the military history and personal data
of JACOB BISHOP, a soldier of the Revolutionary War,
as shown by application for pension, and that of his
widow, Mary Bishop.

This soldier's anme [name] appears a member of Capt. William Heyser's Company of the German Regiment (Maryland Troops) under date of October 23, 1776; and as a private in Lt. Col. Weltner's Company in the Germany Regiment of the Continental forces of the United States, for the months of July, August, September and October, 1779.
This is from Maryland Archives, Vol. XVIII, pages 191
and 265.

He died about 1816, but his wife survied [survived] until about 1850.

Very truly yours,
[signature:] H H Rose
H. H. rose
HHR/RH

[partial circular stamp:]
[U.]S.
PENSION [OFFICE] D
OCT 10 1921
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Riverview Hotel
Pocatello Ida, [Idaho]
Dec. 29, 1921
Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen
Will you please send me the
Revolutionary War records of Jacob
Bishop, who enlisted as a private soldier
at Hagerstown Md. [Maryland] in Capt. Wm. [Captain Willaim] Heyser's
company of Col. Hausegger's "German
Regiment" during the summer of 1776
his name first appearing in a roll of
that company dated Oct. 26, 1776 and
served until he was discharged July
26, 1779. In the year 1779 he belonged
to "Lt. Co. Weltner's company in the
German Regiment of the Continental
Forces of the United States, commanded
by Lt. Col. Ludwick Weltner"
from which he was discharged. His
widow upon application dated Jan 30, 1839
was allowed a pension for his soldier's
service. At the time of application
his widow Mary Powell Barton
was residing in Bedford Co. Pa. [Pennsylvania]
Also please send me the record
of Peter Morgert. He enlisted as a private
soldier in the fall of 1777 in Capt Spar's
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company of Col George West's regiment of
Virginia militia and enlisted again
in the same company in Sept. 1781
serving this time as a sergeant. His
total active service was six months.
He was allowed a pension Feb. 9, 1831
in the amount of $25 a year for this
service. He was residing in Bedford
Co. Pa. at the time he obtained this
pension.
Thanking you in advance am
Very truly yours,
Frances Rose

[circular stamp:]
U.S.
PENSION OFFICE D
JAN 3 1922
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211.2.27.4000

COUNTY OF BLAIR
Office of
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
HOLLIDAYSBURG, PA.

JOHN F. ROYER . . . President
3rd Avenue and 6th Street, Lakemont
CLAIR C. FLECK . . .  Secretary
220 Franklin Street, Hollidaysburg
DANIEL S. BRUMBAUGH,  Vice President
3020 Broad Avenue, Altoona

CHESTER H. EDWARDS
Clerk
JOHN J. HABERSTROH
Solicitor

April 6, 1937
Veterans Administration
Pension Records Division,
Navy Building,
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen;
Kindly forward any information found in the pension
records for the following Revolutionary War veterans:

Harry or Henry Bennett, served with Lancaster County
Troops. Born 1753, died July 19, 1837 a resident of
Greenfield or St Clair Township. Bedford County now
Blair County, Penna. [Pennsylvania]

Jacob Bishop, a resident of Bedford County, Pa. at the
time of the 1840 census.

Very truly yours,
[signature:] Floyd G. Hoenstine
Floyd G. Hoenstine
Registrar, Veterans Graves

[handwritten note:]
Letters relative
to Daniel Moore
Wm. Laird returned
Apr. 13, 1937

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[outer rim numbered 1-12]
RECEIVED
APR 9 1937
MAIL BUE-DIV
[illegible] ADM READER #22
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Rev. War Section.
May 13, 1919.
Honorable Henry W. Temple,
House of Representatives.

My dear Mr. Temple:

In response to your letter dated the twelfth
instant, requesting information relative to Jacob Bishop, for
Miss Bird Cook of 818 Ninth Avenue, Beaver Falls, I have the
honor to advise you that in the papers in the claim of his widow
Mary Bishop T. File No. 3,331 Rev. War, his service is stated
as follows.

Jacob Bishop enlisted before he was of age,
at Hagerstown, Maryland in the Summer of 1776, as a Private in
Captain William Heyser's company of Colonel Haussegger's German
Regiment and served three years, during which time he was in the
battle of White Plains, [lined out: taking of the Hessians, battle of] Trenton,
[lined out: battles of] Princeton, Brandywine, Germantown and Monmouth; that
he marched to Wyoming, endured severest hardships, and was wounded
in the foot in one of the engagements.

[lined out: There is no application for pension on file
for the soldier; and his age is not stated.]

Jacob Bishop was married December 25, 1781 to Mary Powel [lined out: by Joseph Powel a Minister of the Gospel, no relationship stated.] Soldier died April 10, 1813, and his widow
Mary was allowed pension on her application executed January 20,
1839, at which time she was a resident of Bethel Township, Bedford
County, Pennsylvania, and seventy-four years of age.

Her son William Bishop, who was alive in
1839, is the only child referred to.

In 1855, Mary Bishop resided in Fulton Co. Pennsylvania, the date of her death is not shown.

Very truly yours,
[signature:] GM Saltzgaber
Commissioner.