Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 30,275, William Bishop, S.C.

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SERVICE
S.C.

Bishop, William

NUMBER
S 30,275

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See letter 30 March 35 to Pen Agent.
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 6 April 1838 from 4 March to 4 Sept 1837. Agt notified 1. Oct 1838.

Kentucky 29.739
[illegible] Bishop Committee for William Bishop of Hopkins Co in the State of Kentucky was a Private in the company commanded Captain McClure of the regt commanded Col Brattin in the S. Carolina mil for 13 months

Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 43 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 30 day of March 1835 and sent to Saml Woodson Madisonville Ken

Arrears to the 4th of Sep 34 - $151.66
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 March 35 - 21.66
$173.33
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by Wm L Allison Clerk, 
Book E2 Vol. 7 Page 4

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(5)
State of Kentucky
Hopkins County SS.
On the 8th day of December 1834 personally appeared in open Court before the Justices of the County Court for the County of Hopkins aforesaid now sitting Rhoda Caldwell of Butler County in the State aforesaid and Eli Bishop, William Bishop, Alexander Miller, Martha Fox, James Bishop and Hannah B. Witt residents of the County of Hopkins and State aforesaid who being first duly sworn according to law do on their oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June the 7th 1832.
That these Declarants are the children and Heirs at law of a certain William Bishop resident in the County of Hopkins aforesaid who has the misfortune to be a lunatic and who was found to be so by an Inquisition held under the direction of the Honorable Hopkins Circuit Court at its March

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Term in the year 1824 an attested Copy of which is hereunto attached marked A, and sealed apart of this Declaration
These Declarants state that from the last information they have been able to obtain their said Father is Seventy nine years of age having been born in the State of Pennsylvania in the year 1755 and resided in Chester District in South Carolina during the Revolutionary war.
That these Declarants have no personal knowledge of the services of their unfortunate parent in the war of the revolution but have ascertained to their entire satisfaction as well from their said Father prior to his mental indisposition as from others, that he (their sd. Father) served in the Snowy Campaign at an early period of the war nearly or quite one month, that he served a tour of at least three months under Lieutenant Cooper that he volunteered

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sometime before the British entered Charleston under Capt Whiteside in Colonel Brattons Regiment in or close to Orangeburgh, from thence to Charleston and afterwards to the Two Sisters ferry this tour was of three months duration
That he again volunteered under Capt McClure in Colo Brattons Regiment in which Michael Dixon was a Major for three months that he was in a skirmish with the Enemy at Rocky mount & was in the battle at Hanging Rock where he had an elder brother mortally wounded
That he served a tour of three months from July to October 1780 under Capt John McClure in Colo. Pattons Regiment
Also a tour of three months in 1781 in Capt Browns Company in Lacys Regiment and a tour of three months between November 1781 and

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March 1782 in Capt Adams' Company in Lacys Regiment  - making in all nineteen months service rendered to his Country by the unfortunate old Gentleman
These Declarants would further state that their said Father is an unmarried man their mother having died some years ago.
They request that should any thing be awarded them by the Government on account of the before recited services of their Father the same may be made payable to Eli Bishop as his Committee of lunacy to which Office the sd. Eli Bishop hath been duly appointed by the aforesaid Honorable Hopkins Circuit Court an attested copy of which appointment is hereto attached marked B, - These Declarants are induced to make this request believing that a compliance with

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it will prevent trouble and difficulty in drawing that money
These Declarants state that they have no documentary evidence of the services of their said Father other than the Depositions of Nicholas Bishop James Harbison General John Adair Samuel McCreary John Carter and John Harrin hereunto attached as a part of this Declaration marked C. D. E. F. G. & H. 
They hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declare that their names are not nor is that of their said Father on the pension Roll of the Agency of any State
They further state that owing to their belief that their case required Special legislation and the great difficulty and delay they have experienced in collecting their testimony

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they have deferred until this late period to present their claim to the Department It is true some of the appended Depositions were examined at the Department the last spring or summer having been presented there by the Honorable B Hardin to whom they were entrusted for Legislative action -
Rhoda Caldwell
Eli Bishop
William Bishop
Alex Miller
Martha Fox
Jas Bishop
H. B Witt
Sworn to & subscribed the day and year aforesaid

(6)
We Richard S Graham & Henry Miller residing in the County of Hopkins & State of Kentucky do hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Eli Bishop Rhoda Caldwell William Bishop Alexander Miller Martha Fox James Bishop & Hannah B Witt who have signed and sworn to the above Declaration as well as with

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William Bishop the lunatic named in said Declaration - that we believe the said lunatic is seventy nine 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
Richard S Graham
Henry Miller
Sworn & Subscribed the day & year aforesaid

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(C)
State of South Carolina
Anderson District
Before me personally appeared Nicholas Bishop of the state and district aforesaid, and made oath, that his brother William Bishop now of Hopkins County, Kentucky, served early in the revolutionary war, in what was called the "Snowy Campaign," he then living in Chester district in this state. This deponent having been at the time very young, does not remember the length of time, nor the officers, under whom his brother served during the tour - Some time after, the said William Bishop volunteered in the same district under Lieutenant Cooper, and served another tour, of, this deponent thinks, at least three months. - Afterwards, the said William Bishop, together with this deponent, volunteered, some time before the British entered Charleston, under Captain Whiteside of Colonel Bratton's Regiment. They marched to Orangeburgh, from thence to Charleston & afterwards to a place called the "two sisters ferry," from whence after having been out better than three months they got leave to return home. - Again after the British entered Charleston Gen Sumter came into the Country for vol-

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[volun]teers & this deponent, & the said William Bishop, again entered the service, under Captain McClure, in the Regiment of which Bratton was Colonel, and Michael Dickson was Major. They scoured the country and were engaged in a skirmish at Rocky Mount, and afterwards in the battle at Hanging Rock, where their elder brother Henry Bishop, who was a Captain was mortally wounded. This deponent is not positive as to the length of time his brother William, served at this period, but feels satisfied it was three months or more. Nicholas Bishop
Sworn to and Subscribed September 30th 1834 Before
Joseph N. Whitner
Not. Pub. & Qtr Ex off -

I certify that I have been intimately acquainted with Nicholas Bishop from my infancy. He has always sustained an irreproachable character and his declarations are entitled to the most implicit belief - Sept. 30th 1834 -
Joseph N. Whitner
Not. Pub. & Qtr. Ex. off

The State of South Carolina
Anderson District
I [illegible] A Tauton Clerk of the Superior & Common please for Anderson do hereby certify that Joseph n Whitner Esqr is an acting [illegible] Pub. & Ex off one of the Justices of the quorum for said district.

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& that full faith & credit is due & ought of right to be given to all his official acts as such
In testimony of which I have hereunto set my hand & seal of office at office this 30th Sept 1834 & in the fifty ninth year of American Independence
Fan A Lauton
C.C.

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Kentucky 29.739
Eli Bishop Committee for William Bishop of Hopkins Co. in the Stats of Kentucky who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain McClure of the Regt. commanded by Col. Battoriy in the N. Carolina line for 13 months

Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 43 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 11th day of Feb. 1835 and sent to Hon. C. Lyon H. R.

Arrears to the 4th of Sept. '34 151.66 2/3
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 March '35 21.66 2/3
$173.33
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by D. Brown Clerk,
Book E 2 Vol. 7 Page 4

[hand drawn x over entire page]

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30 275
Revy INVALID.
File No. 30,275
William Bishop
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7t" 32"
Index:-Vol. 2, Page 38
Arrangement of 1870.

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Payments to be made
at Lexington by the Prest. U. L. Br. Bk. V Agent for paying Pensioners, in the Agency of Kentucky

Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book E-2-Vol. 7 Page 4 by D. Brown Clerk.

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WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.

I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 7th June, 1832, James Bishop, Committee for William Bishop of the State of Kentucky who was a Private in the War of the Revolution -
[handwritten over text]Cancelld
is entitled to receive Forty three dollars and Thirty three cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March, and 4th of September in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this 11th day of February one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five
[signed] Lew Cass
Secretary of War.

Examined and Countersigned. 
[signed] J L Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

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free
Madisonville Ky
January 25th

Hon Chittenden Lyon
Washington City

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Madisonville Ky 21st Jan, 35

Dear Sir
I have received you letter of the 7th Instant accompanying the decision of the Commissioner of Pensions in the case of Wm Bishop and have submitted the same to the Committee of lunacy and one other of the sons of the old Gent - they say that 13 months does not in their opinion embrace all the services of their Father but as from the advanced age of the witnesses and the great distance they reside from this it will be difficult if not impossible to make the explanations required at the Department  - You will therefore please accept the certificate for the 13 months and forward it as soon as con

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[con]venient 
I have the honor to be
Very respectfully
Sam Woodson

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Treasury Department,
Second Comptroller's Office,
September 24 1838

Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authoriing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," The Guardian of William Bishop, a Lunatic & a Pensioner on the Roll of the Kentucky Agency, at the rate of forty three Dollars and thirty three Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832 has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of March 1837 to the 4th of September 1837 -

Respectfully, yours,
[signed]Albion K. Parris 
Comptroller.

To the Commissioner of Pensions, 
Present.

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(B)
Kentucky
Hopkins Circuit Ss. June Term 1834
Ordered that Eli Bishop be and he is [illegible] appointed a committee of lunacy for William Bishop of this Circuit for the ensuing Twelve months with full power to manage the whole of his estate and it is further ordered that the said Committee do in the [illegible] Office of this Court execute bond with Alexander Miller William Bishop and James Bishop or either of them his [illegible] in the penalty of four thousand dollars conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties [illegible] on him as Committee as aforesaid

I Samuel Woodson Clerk of the Court for the Circuit aforesaid do certify that the foregoing is a true [illegible] of and order of said County as the same now remaining of record in my Office
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed

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my hand and affixed my private seal (there being no public seal yet provided for said Court) the 5th day of December 1834.
Sam Woodson clk
Hopkins Circuit Ct

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(G)
Kentucky
Hopkins County } ss.
John Carter of the County & State aforesaid who was a soldier of the Revolution and aged Eighty years stated that he knows of his own knowledge that William Bishop a lunatic was a resident in said County and of whom Eli Bishop is the Committee appointed by the Hopkins Circuit Court in the State aforesaid is the identical William Bishop named in the affidavit of Samuel McCreary of Chester District South Carolina taken before Peter Wylie Esq. Judge of the Court of Ordinary in said District on the 3rd day of July 1832 and who is also named in the affidavit of James Harbison of said District and State taken before Geo Coleman Esq. Justice of the Quorum in for sd. District on

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the 16th day of Sept 1832 (which affidavits have this day been shown to me by the sd. Eli Bishop Committee as aforesaid)
John Carter
Subscribed & Sworn to before the undersigned as Justice of the peace in & for sd. County of Hopkins Ky. The undersigned further certifies that the applicant is a credible person & well known to the undersigned
J Olmes Edminston

Kentucky
Hopkins County ss
I Samuel Woodson clerk of the Court for the County aforesaid do certify that James Edminston Esq is a Justice as above stated and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his I believe to be genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal of Office the 25th day of December 1833 & in the 42nd year of the Commonwealth
Sam Woodson

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(A)
Kentucky
Hopkins Circuit } ss March Term 1824
This day John H. McHenry Esq. Attorney for the commonwealth [illegible] court produced & filed in Court his petition in the words and figures following, to wit, "To the Honble Judge of the Hopkins Circuit Court including now sitting John H. McHenry Attorney for the 14th Judicial District of the Circuit Court of Kentucky would respectfully represent, that William Bishop Senior of this Circuit and County as he is informed owing to some cause unknown to him has become deranged in his intellect and is now and has been for sometime laboring under the influence of insanity
He would suggest that he is informed and believing the said Bishop (who has quite a small family) has asufficiency of property to maintain himself and that family provided it were submitted to the care and management of some prudent person. He solicits this Court to cause a Jury to be summoned to ascertain the fact of insanity or derangement of intellect, and to make such

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[illegible] respecting said Bishop and his affairs by appointing a Commissioner as shall be agreeable to the Statute in that case [illegible] - and provided and as in duty bound
John H. McHenry Att for the Commonwealth"
Whereupon it is ordered that the Sheriff immediately empound a Jury of the by standers for the purpose mentioned in said petition and thereupon came a Jury, to wit, David, Kennedy John Moore, Thomas Cardwell, Mark Bone, George Hill, Solomon Bryant, Archibald Coleman, Bounds Ashley, Drury P Herrin, Daniel C. Cargile, Robert Rhea and James Armstrong who being tried and sworn will and truly to inquire whether the said William Bishop Senior is a person of unsound mind or [illegible] & upon this oath do say "We of the Jury is of opinion that the within named William Bishop is insane and not capable of transacting his business We are also of opinion that his estate is seventeen hundred dollars."
Whereupon it is ordered that James Bishop (son of said William) be and he is hereby appointed a Committee

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for the said William for the purpose of superintending and managing both him and his estate and that he the said James doth in the clerks officer of this Court without delay execute a bond in the penalty of three thousand four Hundred dollars with Travers N Hill and Richard S Graham his [illegible] conditioned for the faithful discharge of the trust aforesaid

I Samuel Woodson clerk of the Court for the Circuit aforesaid do certify that the foregoing is a true transcript of a proceeding had in said Court as the same now remains of record in my Office
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my private seal (there being no public seal yet provided for sd. Court) the 15th day of December 1834
Sam Woodson clk
Hopkins Circuit Court

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I Chittenden Lyon, do certify that Samuel Woodson whose Signature is appended to the foregoing proceedings of the Circuit Court for Hopkins County Kentucky is and was at the time [illegible] the same Clerk of the Circuit Court aforesaid and that his Signature is genuine
Chittn. Lyon
House of Reps
Dec 27th 1834

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(D)
South Carolina Chester District 
Personally came James Harbison Esq before me Peter Wylie Judge of the court of ordinary of said District in open court who upon being duly sworn saith upon oath that he was well acquainted with William Bishop during the Revolutionary War and served with him in the same company under Capt John McClure Col. Patton Regiment from July 1780 till october 1780 a three months Tour were then separated: The next Tour I served with him in the Revolution was in the year 1781 at the time Genl. Green was advancing on orangeburgh after his retreat from Ninety six: We then served in Lacey's Regiment he in Capt. John Brown's company & I in Samuel Adams company this tour we served three months the third Tour we served was in Laceys Regiment Capt. Samuel Adams' company this last tour was for three months commencing in November 1781 & ending in March 1782 We then parted I know he was in more service but do not know the Tour: he was a good Soldier and a credible man his Brother Henry Bishop was killed at the Battle of Hanging Rock
James Harbison
Sworn to & signed this 13 day of october 1834 in open Court before me
Peter Wylie JCOCD

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State of South Carolina Chester District
I Peter Wylie ^Clerk & Judge of the court of ordinary of said District certify that James Harbison Esqr within named who has qualified to the within or sworn thereto is a man of the first respectability in our District and his word and oath are entitled to due respect
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal of office this 13th day of October 1834
Peter Wylie
C.&.J.C.O.C.D

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(E)
Being called upon to state what I know of the Services of William Bishop of Chester County, South Carolina in the Revolutionary War - I can in justice certify, that I knew the said Bishop whilst in Service under the command of Colo. Edward Lacey, in Genl. Sumpters Corps - that I saw him often and at [illegible] times, and that he was estimated a faithful, honourable and brave Soldier - as to the length of time he served I have no means of

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I have no means of assertaining with any thing like certainty - But have not a doubt but he sirved at different period during the war the full length of time to entitle him to a pension -
Given under my hand 
Augt. 26th 1834
John Adair

Kentucky 
Mercer County } To wit
I George L Waugh a Justice of the Peace in and for the said County of Mercer do certify that the foregoing deposition was this day sworn to before me by (Genl.) John Adair of said County in due form. I further certify that the said witness is a ^highly credible person Given under my hand the 30th day of August 1834.
Geo. L. Waugh

Kentucky
Mercer County } Sct
I Thomas Allin clerk of the County Court for the County of Mercer aforesaid ^the same being a Court of record so constituted by law do certify that George L Waugh Esq. who has subscribed his name to the above and foregoing certificate is now and was then a Justice of the Peace for said County ^and Court duly comm

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[com]missioned and qualified and that full faith and credit is due and ought to be given to all his official acts as well in Courts of Justice as thereout I further certify that the signature of the said Waugh to said certificate is genuine
In Testimony of all of which I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of my office the 30th day of August 1834 and in the 43rd year of the Commonwealth
Tho. Allin

I do certify that the interlinations in my foregoing certificate of the words "the same being a Court of record as constituted by law" and "& Court" were made by myself this 30th August 1834
Tho. Allin clk

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House of Representatives
Washington Feb. 7th 1835

Col. J. L. Edwards

Sir
Yours of the 2nd of Jan in relation to the application of Wm Bishop a Lunatic for a pension was duly recd. and this being a peculiar case I did not feel myself at liberty to accept the pension for 13 months services without consulting his friends. Which I have done and now enclose a letter upon the subject and request you to Issue the certificate for 13 mo services agreeable to [illegible].
Very Respectfully
Your ob Sert
Chittn Lyon

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Washington Feb. 15th 1835

Dear Sir
Two days ago I enclosed the accompanying Certificate of pension in the same cover in which I recd. it from the pension office hand addressed to you and left it with my other mail to go to the post office, to my great surprise I found it among some loose papers on my table this morning as you now find it by some carelessness of the servants it reached the fire and the envelope was probably burned, I find on examination that the body of the certificate is uninjured so I send it with this appology for its appearance
Respectfully
Your obt servt
Chittn Lyon

Saml Woodson Esqr

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(H)
Kentucky Hopkins County } ss.
John Herrin of the County & State aforesaid aged 90 years and who was a Soldier of the Revolution and is now a pensioner of the United States - states that he was drafted in South Carolina and served under Capt Miles against Cuny a Tory Colonial at the fork of Saluda and Broad rivers in what was called the Snowy Campaign that he does not distinctly recollect the length of time he served or the duration of the Campaign but believes it was nearly if not quite a month & further saith not.
John Herrin his mark
Subscribed and Sworn to before the undersigned a Justice of the peace in & for Hopkins County aforesaid by John Herrin the affiant - the undersigned further certifies that the affiant is well known to him & is a credible person Dec 5th 1834 John B Laffoon JC

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Kentucky Hopkins County} ss.
I Samuel Woodson clerk of the Court for the County aforesaid do certify that John B Laffoon Esquire is a magistrate as above and the foregoing signature purporting to be his is genuine
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal of Office the 8th day of December 1834
Sam Woodson clk
Hopkins County Ct.

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31.254
Wm Bishop

suspended see letter 2 Jany 36 to Hon C. Lyon
can all for 13 mo.
$43.33
Eli Bishop
Committee for Wm. Bishop 
E
C. Lyon HR
Kentucky

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Kentucky Hopkins County } ss. December County Court 1833
This day it was proven to the satisfaction of this court by the oath of William Gordon of this County that Eli Bishop, Rhoda Caldwell wife of George Caldwell, William Bishop, Rebecca Miller wife of Alexander Miller, Martha Fox wife of Jeremiah Fox, James Bishop and Hannah B. Witt wife of Christopher R Witt are the children and Heirs at law of William Bishop a lunatic in this County which is ordered to be certified accordingly. 
I Samuel Woodson clerk of the court for the county of Hopkins aforesaid do certify that the foregoing is a true transcript of an entry in the minutes of said Court now of record in my Office In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal of Office the 15th day of December 1834
Sam Woodson clk
Hopkins County Ct
[seal of Office]

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Wm Bishop
Ky No. 29739
March 23 1833
Pension office
Answer

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Recd. 23 Mar
Madisonville Ky. 16th March '35

Sir
At the request of the parties concerned I herewith return to this Department a pension Cert issued for the revolutionary services of Wm. Bishop lately forwarded to me by Colo. Lyon and request that the name of the Committee of lunacy may be changed from "James" to "Eli" which the Declaration & other documents on file in the Department will show to be the true name of the Committee
I inclose the letter of Colo. Lyon which well accounts for the scorched condition of the cert.
Respectfully
Sam Woodson

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Kentucky Hopkins County} ss. December County Court 1834
Rhoda Caldwell, Eli Bishop, William Bishop, Alexander Miller, Martha Fox, James Bishop and Hannah B. Witt children and Heirs at law of William Bishop a lunatic - applicants for a pension this day produced in Court this Declaration under the Act of Congress passed 7th June 1832 and subscribed and made oath to the same and the certificate of Richard S Graham and Henry Miller thereunder written was also subscribed & sworn to in open Court whereupon the Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department so far as applicable to the case that the said Lunatic was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as stated in sd. Declaration and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that the said Richard S. Graham & Henry Miller who subscribed the certificate above named are residents in this County

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and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit

I Samuel Woodson clerk of the Court for the County of Hopkins aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of an entry in the minutes of the said Court as the same now remains of record in my Office 
I further certify that the papers hereunto attached marked 5 & 6 are the original Declaration and certificate thereunder written mentioned in said entry
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal of Office the 15th day of December in the year one thousand eight Hundred and Thirty Four
Sam Woodson clk
Hopkins County Ct
[seal of Office]

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(F)
State of South Carolina
Chester District
Personally appeared before me Peter Wiley Judge of the Court of ordinary for sd. District ^Saml. McCreary & being duely sworn saith that William Bishop who by the accompanying documents applied for a pension under the act of Congress passed 7 June 1832 & that as early as the year 1777 he wase personaly acquainted with sd. Bishop & that his acquaintance with his wase uninterupted until he removed to the State of Tennessee in the year 1785 & that while in South Carolina he served with him in Gen Sumpters brigade in year 1781 from the time troops were colected under Sumpter after the fall of Charlestown until the defate of sd. troops on the 18th of agust & that in 1781 he marchd. with sd. Bishop to Sumpters station at oringburg & wase mesmate with sd. Bishop during that campain until the late end of Feb. The campain wase a tow months touar
This deponant further sayith that when Gen Sumpter attacked the British station at Hanging Rock on the 7th of agust the brother of the applicant Capt Henary Bishop wase mortaly wounded & survived but a few days & that his father & youngest brother were made prisoners by the enemy & that on account of their attachment to their country, cause the [illegible] lost all their movable property

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The within Sworn to & Signed this 3rd day of July 1833 in open court
Peter Wylie J.C.O.C.D
Saml. McCreary

South Carolina Chester District } I Peter Wylie Judge and clerk of the court of ordinary of said District Do hereby Certify that the above and within named Samuel McCreary who has sworn to & subscribed this within is a respectable clergyman & entitled to all credit as a man of veracity 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal of office 2nd Sept 1833
Peter Wylie J.&.C.C.O.C.D