Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 20,719, Joshua Bishop, Continental (N. Y.)

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental (N.Y.) Bishop, Joshua Hannah
N. 20,719 B.L. N. 1342-100.
CONTENTS
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11,777 New York
Joshua Bishop 4
of New York in the state of New York who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Lamb of the New York line, for the term of 6 years 1777.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 17th of June 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 14th of June 1819 and sent to Peter A. Day Esq. Recorder of the City New York
Arrears to 4th of Mar: 1819. Sum 18 3/4 30/31 = $ 68.76 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sep: 1819
Continued
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
  Am't as Revy  68.76    " Ind.  40 67    amt. due  $28.09  

New York City
Hannah Bishop
widow of John Bishop who was a Pri of Little Falls, in the N. York line for 2 years,
Rept Oct 28
Date of widow's death not recd. B.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 100 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 28th day of Oct. 1843 and sent to
Charles Tice King's Ferry, N. York
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 1. Page 102.

Joshua Bishop Soldier
on Roll
Adm d

To the Hon. Richard Piker
Recorder of the City of New-York, and one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the City of New-York, which is a Court of Record of the State of New-York.
The Declaration under Oath of Joshua Bishop formerly a Soldier engaged in the Service of the United States during the Revolutionary War, now a Citizen of the United States and resident of Westchester  the City and  State County of New-York, respectfully sheweth,
THAT the said Joshua Bishop  Enlisted sometime in the Month of June 1777 for and during the war in Captain Graham  Mott's Company in Colonel John Lamb's Regiment of Artillery from the State of New-York under the Continental Establishment, and actually served my country against the common Enemy until the end of the War and was honorably discharged the 4 th day of June 1783 at West Point but my discharge is lost. I was in a Battle at Short Hills New Jersey and was at the Capture of Genl Lord Cornwallis, and was wounded while in service in the year 1780 in the vicinity of Morris Town, for which he received a pension as will appear by the annexed certificate. he is now about 87 years of age
And the declaration further sheweth, that the said Joshua Bishop is now a citizen of the United States, resides in the city of New-York, and is, by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, in need of assistance from his country for support
Therefore the said Joshua Bishop conceives himself entitled to the benefit of the Act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," approved 18th March, 1818, and requests your Honor will examine into the truth of the matter aforesaid, certify and transmit

the testimony in the case, and the proceedings had thereon, to the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War, to the end that such relief may be had in the premises, as is by law in such case made and provided. And in support of the facts above set forth, the said Joshua Bishop refers to his
Pension certificate which is the best testimony in my Power at Present to produce —
City and County of New-York, ss.
Joshua Bishop
of the City and County of New-York, being duly sworn, saith, that the matters by him set forth in the foregoing Declaration, are in all respects just and true.
Sworn before me this 17 th day of June 1818, }
R. R. [unintelligible]
Joshua Bishop
Recorder of the City of New York
City and County of New-York, ss.
The above name Joshua Bishop
of _____ being sworn, saith, that well acquainted with _____
doth hereby relinquish the pension to which he is now entitled by the foregoing certificate in lieu of that which is entitled to by the late act of Congress
Sworn before me this _____ day of _____ 1818 }
Joshua Bishop

City and State of NEW-YORK, ss.
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on this Seventeenth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen before me Richard Riker Recorder of the City of New-York, and one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the City of New-York, which is a Court of Record, personally appeared the aforesaid Joshua Bishop
who being by me duly sworn to the truth of the facts stated in the foregoing Declaration and the Pension certificate which is annexed
WHEREUPON I being satisfied that the said Joshua Bishop did serve in the Service of the United States under the continental Establishment in the Revolutionary War, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months and longer, to wit: for the term and the manner stated in the Declaration of the said applicant; and that the said applicant is fairly and justly entitled to the benefit of the Act aforesaid. THEREFORE I DO HEREBY CERTIFY and transmit the testimony in the case, and the proceedings had thereon, as before set forth, to the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War.
GIVEN under my Hand and Seal of the said Court, in the City of NEW-YORK, this Seventeenth day of June in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen
R Riker
City of New York Jr. Joshua Bishop above named being duly sworn with that he is in reduced & indigent Circumstances & needs the assistance of his Country -
sworn the 24 May 1819 Before me
Joshua Bishop
P. A. Jay
City of New York Jr. Samuel Hulin being duly sworn with that he hath known the above named Joshua Bishop for twenty years last past and knows him to be in indigent and reduced Circumstances & to need the assistance of his Country
sworn the 24 May 1819 Before me P. A. Jay
Samuel Hulin

I Peter Augustus Jay Recorder of the city of New York and one of the Judges of the court of Common pleas called the Mayor's court of the city of New York do certify that I am satisfied that the within named Joshua Bishop is in indigent and reduced circumstances & needs the assistance of his Country - Given under my hand this twenty seventh Day of May 1819
P. A. Jay

Sashua Bishop
No 32.
11777
Mount pleasant
Con
Sept 19

State of New York Westchester Common Pleas } In a Court of Common Pleas held at the Court house at Bedford in and for the County of Westchester before the Judges of the same Court of September Term in the year of our Lord one Thousand Eight Hundred and twenty —
Present the Honorable William Jay first Judge Jonathan Ferris } Judges Stephen B. Hoffman }
Westchester County ss. Be it Remembered that on the twenty fifth day of September in the year of Our Lord one Thousand Eight hundred and twenty personally appeared in the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Westchester in Open Court the said Court being a Court of record for the said Coun- ty of Westchester According to the Laws of the State of New York, Joshua Bishop of the town of Mountpleasant in the said County. Aged sixty seven years resident in the said Town of Mountpleasant in said County, who being first duly sworn, According to Law, doth on his Oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary war as follows — That he enlisted in year one Thousand seven hundred and seventy seven on the twenty first day of June under Captain Gershon Mott in Col: John Lamb's Regiment of Artillery That he served as a Soldier in the said Regiment until the seventh day of June in the year 1783 That he was at the Battle at the Short Hills in the State of New Jersey and was at the Siege of York town and Capture of Corn- wallis, That he was discharged from the said Regiment on the seventh day of June in the year of our Lord 1783 — And That his Original Declaration is dated the seven- teenth day of June, one Thousand eight hundred and Nineteen and that his Pension Certificate is No 11.777

And I do Solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any Manner disposed of any Property or any part thereof with Intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself 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 18 th day of March one Thousand eight hundred and eighteen, 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 any Income Other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed. (to wit)
No real Estate of any kind or description whatever nor hath he any debts due to him,
Nor hath he any other personal estate except the following Articles of Wearing Apparel, to wit, two pair of Pantaloons, three Shirts, two coats, two Vests, three pair Stockings, one pair shoes one handkerchief and one hat.
Sworn in open Court. Signed Joshua Bishop, The 25 th day of Sept r . 1820.
Wm. H. C. Smith

I William Regua Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Winchester — Do hereby certify that the foregoing deposition and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said Court: And I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is Nothing —
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this fifth day of October 1820
Wm Regua Clerk

V327 In the matter of the application of 1861 Hannah Bishop for a pension under act of July 7. 1838

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the seventh July 1838 entitled "an act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows."
State of New York County of Westchester
On this third day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight personally appeared before me the undersigned Albert Lockwood a Supreme Court Commissioner in and for said County authorized and required to perform all the duties and to execute every act power and trust which a Justice of the Supreme Court of said State may perform and execute out of court &c; Hannah Bishop a resident of the town of Mount Pleasant in said County aged seventy eight years 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 Joshua Bishop who was a private or orderly sergeant (the declarant is not certain which but for greater certainty in that respect she refers to the records in the War Department) in the war of the Revolution in the Regiment of Artillery of the New York line commanded by Colonel

Deponent as the deponent has always understood and verily believes. The further declares that the said Estlin Bishop was a revolutionary prisoner of the United States at the time of his death and had been for some time previous thereto and the deponent believes that the proofs upon which said prisoner was granted war file in the War Department and to it she would refer the deponent.
She further declares that she was married to the said Estlin Bishop on the first day of July in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty four at the town of Canfield in the County of Northampton before said by the Reverend Mr. Bradley then a clergyman. That she then resided in Northampton and that to the said Bradley to be married at the time of her marriage that her husband the aforesaid Estlin Bishop died on the eighteenth day of August in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty two at the town of Mount Pleasant in said County. That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took place previous to the first of January when he was wounded and ninety four days at the time above stated.
Sworn to and subscribed to by her this third day of August 1838 before me Hannah X Bishop mark Albert Lockwood Supreme Court Commissioner

The words "that she has no record of her marriage nor does she know of any record thereof" interlined in the above declaration before it was sworn to
Albert Lockwood Supreme Court Commissioner
State of New York County of Westchester ss.
I do hereby certify that Hannah Bishop who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration cannot from bodily infirmity attend the courts of record in the said County to make her declaration in open court - Data July 24 th 1885
Albert Lockwood Supreme Court Commissioner

State of New York County of Westchester ss Rachel Hilliker of the town of Mount Pleasant in said county being duly sworn on her oath saith that she is well acquainted with Hannah Bishop widow of Joshua Bishop deceased who was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States that she was present and saw the said Joshua Bishop and the said Hannah married to each other by the rev- erend Mr. Bradley then a clergyman at the town of Mount Pleasant in the county of Westchester aforesaid on the first day of July in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty four that she was present in person and saw the said marriage at the time above specified that she was then and hath ever since been well acquainted with the said Hannah, and was well acquainted with the said Joshua at up to the time of his death and further the deponent saith not
Sworn to and subscribed Rachel Hilliker this second day of August mark 1838 before me
Albert Lockwood
Supreme Court Commissioner
I certify that I am acquainted with the Rachel Hilliker the above deponent and that she is a credible witness. Dated August 2 nd 1838
Albert Lockwood Supreme Court Commissioner

State of New York County of Westchester ss to John Reynolds of the town of Mount Pleasant in said County being duly sworn depose and say that he is now thirty seven years of age that he was well acquainted with Joshua Bishop late of said town now deceased who was a revolutionary pensioner of the United States: That the said Joshua Bishop died on the sixteenth day of August in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty two at Mount Pleasant aforesaid: That this Deponent was at his funeral and knows of his own knowledge that he died at the time above specified. And the Deponent further saith that the said Joshua Bishop left him surviving his widow Hannah Bishop who is still living and has remained a widow ever since the death of her husband the said Joshua Bishop and further deponent saith not
Sworn to and subscribed this 3 d day of August John Reynolds 1838 before me
Albert Lockwood Supreme Court Commission
I certify that I am well acquainted with the above named John Reynolds and that he is a credible witness and entitled to credit August 3 d 1838
Albert Lockwood Supreme Court Commission

State of New York County of Westchester ss Elizabeth Smith of the town of Mount Pleasant in said County being duly sworn on her oath saith that she is now seventy seven years of age that she is well acquainted with Hannah Bishop widow of Joshua Bishop deceased who was a revolutionary pensioner of the United States, : That she this deponent was at the wedding or celebration of the marriage of the said Hannah to the said Joshua Bishop some time in the summer of the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty four (she cannot now recollect the day or month) but recollects distinctly that it was in the summer of the year seventeen hun- dred and eighty four as this deponent was married the same year. That this deponent was not present at the marriage of the said Hannah and Joshua as they went from the dwelling house of the father of the said Hannah to a clergyman in Cortlandt town in said County, to be married and were married as this deponent then understood, and returned the same day to the dwelling house of the father of the said Hannah in the town of Mount Pleasant aforesaid and celebrated on the same day at his house the said marriage at the time above stated. That this depo- nent lived in the same neighborhood with the said Hannah and has always

been well acquainted with her and has no doubt that her said marriage took place in the summer of the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty four at the time her marriage was celebrated as herein before stated. And the deponent further saith that the said Joshua Bishop died upwards of ten years ago in Mount Pleasant aforesaid and that the said Hannah has remained a widow ever since the his death and further the deponent saith not
Sworn to and subscribed her Elizabeth X Smith this 3 rd day of August mark 1888 before me
Albert Lockwood Supreme Court Commissioner
I certify that I am acquainted with Elizabeth Smith the above deponent and that she is a lady of good character and a credible witness Albert Lockwood Supreme Court Commissioner

State of New York
County of West Chester ss, I John H. Smith Clerk of the said County, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County -
Do hereby certify, That Albert Lockwood before whom the foregoing and annexed affidavits purport to have been taken was on the day of the date of taking the same a Supreme Court Commissioner residing in the said County Commissioned and sworn, and duly authorized to take the same. And further that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Albert Lockwood and truly believe the foregoing signature purporting to be his signed to the Surats and Certifi- cates of Character of Hannah Bishop. Rachael Billi- ker John Reynolds and Elizabeth Smith are genuine.
I further certify that there are no records of Marriages in the office of the Clerk of the said County of West-Chester.
In testimony Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the said County This 9 th day of August 1858,
John H. Smith Clk

N o 1342
Levi Bishop son of Joshua Bishop
priv
N. York
dtl to Jos: Watson D. C.

State of New York } ss County of New York }
I Levi Bishop Son and only Heir at Law of Joshua Bishop deceased late of the County of Westchester and State of New York do upon Oath, testify and declare, that to the best of my knowledge and belief, the said Joshua Bishop was a Major in the second Regiment of Artillery belonging to the New York line on the Continental Establishment, during the Revolutionary war. I do further testify and declare, that I have never received a warrant from the United States for the quantity of land due the said deceased from the United States ; nor do I believe that he ever received it or transferred his right to it in any manner during his life time.
Therefore Know All Men by these presents That I Levi Bishop of the City County and State as aforesaid do hereby constitute and appoint Col o Joseph Watson my true and lawful attorney, for me in my name to demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States , for the time being a warrant for the quantity of land due in right of said deceased. And my said attorney I do hereby fully authorise and empower to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes or attorneys under him, for the special purpose herein expressed and the same to revoke at will.
In Witness Whereof I have hereunto to set my hand and seal this 23 rd day of July in the year 1828.
In presence of Joseph Nelson Smith A. B. Barrmore
Levi Bishop
Finally appeared before me the subscriber in and for the City and County and State aforesaid Wm H. Morris and Daniel DeFaram both credible and disinterested persons who being sworn did depose and say that they verily believe that Joshua Bishop named in the within declaration signed by Levi Bishop served in the New York line during the Revolutionary war that they have understood that he died about six years since viz on or about the 5 th of August 1822 at Mount Pleasant in the County of Westchester leaving a widow and that Levi Bishop is the reputed and heir at law of him the said Joshua Bishop.

Personally appeared before me the subscriber a Commissioner to take depositions, in and for the above named County, the above named Levi Bishop - Signer and sealer to the foregoing declaration and power of Attorney, and made oath in due form of Law to the one, and acknowledged the other, as his voluntary act and seal for the purposes therein named.
Sworn, subscribed and acknowledged before me this 23 d day of July In the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Twenty eight
Levi Bishop
Joseph H Goldsmith Commissioner
State of New York City and County of New York } ss.
Personally appeared before me the subscriber a Commissioner to take depositions in and for the City and County of New York and State aforesaid William W Morris and Daniel DeLavan both credible and disinterested witnesses who being duly sworn did depose and say that they verily believe that Joshua Bishop named in the within declaration signed by Levi Bishop served in the New York line during the Revolutionary war that they have understood that he died about six years since viz on or about the 5 th of August 1828 at Mount pleasant in the County of Westchester in the State of New York leaving a widow and that Levi Bishop is the reputed heir at Law of him the said Joshua Bishop.
Wm W Morris
Daniel DeLavan
Sworn and subscribed before me, this 23 d day of July 1828.
Joseph H Goldsmith Commissioner

State of New-York, } ss. CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK, }
I, NICHOLAS DEAN, Clerk of the City and County of New-York, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said City and County, Do hereby Certify,
THAT
Joseph H Goldsmith Esq before whom the annexed depositions were made, was on the day when the same were so made, a Commissioner duly appointed and sworn and by law author- ized to administer Oaths and take Affidavits to be read in all courts of record within the State of New York
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of the said Court and County, this
24
day of
July
1828
N Dean

June 18, 1936
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Mrs. G. W. McIver The Cordova Washington, D. C.
JOSHUA BISHOP W. 20719 BA-J/MLB
Dear Madam:
You are furnished herein the record of Joshua Bishop as found in the papers on file in pension claim, W. 20719, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War, and upon disability incurred during that service.
Joshua Bishop was born July 4, 1753; the place of soldier's birth and names of his parents are not shown.
Joshua Bishop enlisted June 21 or 22, 1777, place not given, served as matross in Captain Gershom Mott's company, Colonel John Lamb's 2 d Regiment of Artillery, was in the battle at Short Hills in New Jersey, and while serving in the vicinity of Morristown in 1780, received a wound in his right breast by a fall on the stump of a tree, was also at the siege of Yorktown and the surrender of Lord Cornwallis and was discharged June 7, 1783.
On account of disability resulting from the above-noted injury, Joshua Bishop was pensioned from November 4, 1785, at which time he was residing in Cortland Manor, Westchester County, New York, where he had been living more than three years. In 1820, he was living in the Town of Mount Pleasant, Westchester County, New York, and died there August 15 or 16, 1822.
Joshua Bishop married July 1, 1785, in Cortland, Westchester County, New York, Hannah _____ (maiden name not given) who was a resident of Mount Pleasant, New York; the date and place of her birth and names of parents were not given.
Joshua Bishop's widow, Hannah, was allowed pension on her application executed August 3, 1833, at which time she was aged seventy-eight years and residing in Mount Pleasant, New York. In 1843, she was living in the Village of Sing Sing, in the Town of Mount Pleasant, Westchester County, New York.

It was stated that Joshua Bishop and his wife, Hannah, had several children, but the only child whose name was designated was a son, Levi Bishop, who in 1888 was residing in New York City, New York.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

New York 1861
Hannah Bishop
widow of Joshua Bishop
who was a pensioner under the Act of 18. March 1818 and who died on the 16. August 1822 of West Chester Co. in the State of N. York who was a Pvt. Artillery in the Company commanded by Captain _____ of the Reg't, commanded by Col. Lamb in the N. York line for 2 years
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 100 Dollars _____ Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 th day of Feb. 1839 and delivered to Hon. A. Ward, Present
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. '38 250.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4. '39. 50.00
$300.00
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by D. Braun Clerk, Book A. Vol. 2 Page 67

Hannah
widow of Joshua Bishop - act '38
$100 per am
Hand cut: to Hon.
A. Ward, present
York New-York City Agency
State of New-York, } ss. I, BENJAMIN FERRIS, Clerk of City and County of New-York, } the City and County of New-York, and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the said City and County, Do hereby Certify, That PETER AUGUSTUS JAY , Esquire, before whom the annexed affidavits were made, and who hath subscribed his name to the Certificate also hereto annexed, was on the day when the said Affidavit, were made, and the said Certificate signed, Recorder of the City of New-York, and a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the City of New-York, and duly commissioned and sworn. And further, that the said Court is a Court of Record; that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said Peter Augustus Jay, and verily believe that the signature of P A Jay — subscribed to the said Certificate, is the proper hand writing of the said Peter Augustus Jay.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, this thirty first day
of May — 1819
Benjamin Ferris Clerk

State of New-York.
CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW-YORK, ss.
I, BENJAMIN FERRIS , Clerk of the City and County of New-York and Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the said City and County,
Do hereby certify, That Richard Riker, Esq.
before whom the annexed affidavits were made, and who hath subscribed his name to the Certificate also hereto annexed, was on the day when the said Affidavits were made, and the said Certificate signed, Recorder of the City of New-York, and a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, called the Mayor's Court of the City of New-York, and duly commissioned and sworn. And further that the said Court is a Court of Record of the State of New-York; and that the signature of R. RIKER subscribed to the said Certificate is the proper hand writing of the said Richard Riker.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand
and affixed the seal of the said Court, this Seventeenth
day of July 1818.
Benj. Ferris Clerk

Westchester County ss } Personally before me
Esquire one of the Justices Assigned to keep the peace in and the said County of Westchester and State of New York came Joshua Bishop and made Oath That he is the same Joshua Bishop to whom the original certificate in his possession was given of which the following is a copy
Richard Vanrick and Richard Platt, of the City of New York Esquires.
This is to certify that in pursuance of the Act of the State of New York Making provision for Officers Soldiers and Seamen who have been disabled in the Service of the United States, Passed the 22 d Day of April 1786. We have exam- ined Joshua Bishop of Cortlandt Manor in the County of Westchester Carpenter And find that on the Twenty second day of June one Thousand seven hundred and Seventy Seven He enlisted and served during the War as a Matross in Capt. Graham Motts Company in the Second New York Regiment of Artillery in the Service of the United States commanded by Col. John Samb. That whilst on duty in Service in the Company and Regim- ent aforesaid In the Year one Thousand seven hundred and Eighty in the Vicinity of Morristown, He received a wound in his right Breast, by a fall on a stump of a Tree by means whereof he is rendered incapable of Obtaining his Livelihood by Labour That on the fourth day of July Last he was Thirty Years of age.
Wherefor in pursuance of the Law aforesaid We do Further certify That according to the principles of the Act of Congress of the Seventh day of June 1785. The said Joshua Bishop is In- titled from The Treasury of this State a Yearly Pension of Thirty Six Dollars from the fourth day of November in the Year of our Lord one Thousand seven hundred and eighty Three, if not before Paid,
Richard Vanrick Richard Platt
That he served in Col. Samb's Regiment at the Time he was disabled and That he now resides in the County of Westchester and in the State New York and has Resided There for the Last Three Years, Previous to Which he resided in the same Place
Sworn and Subscribed this day of one Thousand eight Hundred and before me

I certify that I am well acquainted with Mrs Bishop the widow of Joshua Bishop deceased and have been from my youth up, she has always resided and still resides in the town where I reside, I further certify that I know her husband, who was a soldier of the Revolution and a pensioner, & that they had a family of several children and were known to be man & wife, I further certify that I have caused inquiry to be made for the residence of the clergymen by whom they were married and have not been enabled to obtain any satisfactory evidence respecting it, all who were to need him concur in opinion that he was not a settled minister & no information can be obtained where he moved to nor whether he her left any family in case he be dead.
February 19 th 1839.
A. Ward. Late
Member of Congreg. from N.Y.

Meat, Jan 14.
NY Hannah
Michael G Edwards
Commissary of Prison
Working the D G-
free
January 14th

Spring Spring Jan. 9. 39
Dear Sir
I transmitted further proof to your Department in the case of Mrs. Hannah Bishop the widow of Joshua Bishop some time ago & as I considered it satisfactory did expect that you would have forwarded her certificate before this. Will you be pleased to give it your attention
I am very respectfully.
A. Ward
Hon. J. L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions

June 17, 1936.
Mrs. George W. McIver The Cordova Washington, D. C.
BA-J/ILL Q Joshua Bishop W. 30719
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of John Reynolds of Westchester County, New York, who died about 1778, survived by a widow, Zipporah, and Joshua Bishop, pension claim, W. 30719.
There is no claim for pension or bounty land on file based upon service in the Revolutionary War of the above noted John Reynolds, under any spelling of that surname. The record of Joshua Bishop is furnished herewith, as requested.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

February 8, 1936
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Mrs. C. F. Severson Fort Clayton C/o Colonel C. F. Severson Canal Zone, Panama
JOSHUA BISHOP W. 20719 BA-J/MLB
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Joshua Bishop who was born in Yorktown, Westchester County, New York, received an invalid pension and died leaving a widow, Hannah.
The record of Joshua Bishop follows as found in the papers on file in pension claim, W. 20719, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War and upon disability incurred during that service.
Joshua Bishop was born July 4, 1753; the place of soldier's birth and names of his parents are not given.
Joshua Bishop enlisted June 21 or 22, 1777, place not shown, served as matross in Captain Gershom Mott's company, Colonel John Lamb's 2 nd Regiment of Artillery, was in the battle at Short Hills, in New Jersey, and while serving in the vicinity of Morristown in 1780, received a wound in his right breast by a fall on the stump of a tree, was also at the siege of Yorktown and the surrender of Lord Cornwallis and was discharged June 7, 1783.
On account of disability resulting from the above-noted injury, Joshua Bishop was pensioned from November 4, 1783, at which time he was residing in Cortland Manor, Westchester County, New York, where he had been living more than three years. In 1820, he was living in the Town of Mount Pleasant, Westchester County, New York, and died there August 15 or 16, 1822.
Joshua Bishop married July 1, 1784, in Cortland, Westchester County, New York, Hannah _____ (maiden name not given) who was a resident of Mount Pleasant, New York; the date and place of her birth and names of parents were not given.

Joshua Bishop's widow, Hannah, was allowed pension on her application executed August 3, 1838, at which time she was aged seventy-eight years and residing in Mount Pleasant, New York. In 1843, she was living in the Village of Sing Sing, in the Town of Mount Pleasant, Westchester County, New York.
It was stated that Joshua Bishop and his wife, Hannah, had several children, but the only child whose name was designated was a son, Levi Bishop, who in 1828 was residing in New York City, New York.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

June 1, 1936.
Mrs. BRIG. GEN. GEORGE WILLCOX MCIVER THE CORDOVA WASHINGTON, D. C.
The Veterans Bureau
Dear Sirs
Will you kindly give me what is on the jacket of the pension of Joshua Bishop W.20719 and also tell when the last pension was paid to his wife Hannah. Have you any record of a pension paid to Zipporah Reynolds of Westchester Co.N.Y.widow of John Reynolds who died about 1778 in a British prison in New York City.Thanking you for any information,I am
Very truly,
Helee H. McIver

January 27, 1936
Bureau of Pensions Wash. D.C.
Gentlemen:- Will you kindly give me any information you have relative to one Joshua Bishop born at Yorktown, Westchester County N.Y. and died about 1827. He received a Revolutionary invalid pension. I should like very much to know the name of his wife which I believe to have been Hannah Davis and the names of his children. Also name of his parents if given.
Thanking you in advance for your kindness,
I am sincerely Antonette E. Peterson (Mrs. C. 7)
Fort Clayton Canal Zone. Panama G. Col. C. 7. Peterson

July 23, 1905 History to W. W. Cole Brandsville, Mo. letter of inquiry in W. file 25, 246 Gabriel Bishop
1936, Feb 7 - Aff. to Mrs C. J. W. L. B. Percyson
1936 June 18 - Aff. to Mrs G. M. W. L. B. McDyer
Rep
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 2 0719
Thannah Bishop
wid of
Joshua Bishop
Prio Rev. m
Act March 3 rd  1/43
Index: Vol. 84 , Page 64
[Arrangement of 1870.]

3298 West Chester Co NY.
Charles Yoe transmits declaration of Hannah Bishop for a pension
N. 15
18 July 1843 Pension Office
NY March 9/43
July 7, 1838.
Han. Bishop, $100 per an
Ch. Yoe, Sing Sing N. York

free
The Hon. James M. Porter
Secretary of War Washington City

State of New York, County of Westchester, } ss. I , CHARLES A. PURDY, Clerk of the County aforesaid, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That Charles Gre Eng whose name is subscribed to the Certificate of the proof or acknowledgment of the annexed Instrument and thereon written, was, on the day of the date of the said Certificate, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said county, residing in the said County, and sworn and duly au- thorized to take the same. And further, that I am well acquainted with the handwrit- ing of the said Justice and verily believe that the signature to the said Certificate is genuine.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said County, the 14 day of July 1843
Charles A. Purdy, Clk.

State of New York Westchester County } ss
on this 14 Day of July 1843 Personally appeared before Charles Yoe a Justice of the Peace of the town of Mount Pleasant in Said County. Hannah Bishop, a Resident, of the Village of Sing Sing in the town of Mount Pleasant aforesaid and County aforesaid age Nearly 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 3 d of March 1843. granting Pensions to Widows of Persons who served during the Revolutionary war. That she is the widow of Joshua Bishop, who was, as this Deponent hath under Stood, & believes to be true, in a Regiment of Artillery commanded by Col Saml and that he was something besides a Private that the annual Amount of Pension which she received under the Act of July 7 th 1838 was one hundred Dollars and she further Declares that she still Remains a widow
Subscribed & Sworn to } on the 14 th Day of July } 1843 before me }
her Hannah X Bishop Mark
Charles Yoe Justice of the Peace
Westchester County ss I Do by these Presents hereby Certify that I am well acquainted with the above named Hannah Bishop, and have been for the nearly forty Years. That I saw her make her mark and affixed as a Reason that she could not write. That I have lived a near Neighbour to her a great part of the time, & I was well acquainted with her husband Joshua Bishop when living as witness my hand this 14 Day of July 1843
Charles Yoe Justice of the Peace

To the Honorable } The Secretary of War }
Sir Sir
I have sent at the Request of the Widow Hannah Bishop her oath to enable her to get the Day that will be coming to her. will you have the goodness to forward on to me the necessary Paper or Draft for that purpose, and direct the the same to my care at the Village of Sing Sing Westchester County State of New York and much oblige yours &c
Charles Yale Justice of the Peace