Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 45281, John Bishop, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
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Bishop, John
S. 45281
B.L.Wt. 1667-100
CONTENTS

7640 New York
John Bishop
of Putnam County in the state of New York who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Meigs of the Connecticut line, for the term of 5 Years
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 30 of March 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 of March 1819 and sent to Wm Nelson Esqr Pekskill New York
Arrears to 4th of March 1819. 11 mos \frac{6}{30} 89. 54
Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sep r 1819 48
$137.54
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Discontinued
Re-instituted, 3 May
1822
Exam d with orig. Rolls Aug. 1883. C.S.P
Stricken off under Act 1 May 1820, and notified by letter to Mr Nelson, P'keepsie N.Y. 20 June 1820
Re-instituted 3 May 1822, and notice endorsed to Bore: W. H. Van Dyke, H.R.

Pittsfield County ss Personally appeared before me Henry Garrison one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Pittsfield John Bishop age sixty two years January 18th 1810 Who being Duly Sworn and Swore that he entered the Service of the United States in December the 24th 1777 for and During the War in the Southern Connecticut Regiment Commanded by R. L. Meigs and in the Company of Capt. David Humphreys in till 1782 and was then transferred to the first Regiment Commanded by Col. Zebulon Butler and in the Company of Capt. Hudson and promoted to a Corporal in said Company and had as such title Honorably Discharged at West Point in June the 7th 1783 which Discharge is Now in my possession Signed by George Washing- ton Commander in Chief and by Johnathan Trumbull Secretary and by Sylvanus Sumner Adjt. and by Zebulon Butler Col. Com't — who has certified on said Discharge that the said John Bishop was Honored with a badge of Merit for six years faithful Service Sworn to before me this 30th day
of March 1810 Henry Garrison one of the Judges of Pittsfield County I do further certify that John Bishop is a Member in Indigent circumstances and comes fully within the provisions of the act of Congress for the relief of the officers and soldiers of the Revolutionary Army

I the bishop Do solemnly swear in the presence of almighty god that I am in Indigent Circumstances & Standard Need of Assistance from my Country
Sworn before me
John Bishop
Henry Garrison one of the Judges of Putnam County -
on oath before whom the foregoing taken is an attesting judge to whose for said County & to whose right to be given on witness The Seal of the Court office as Townsman for Clerk
9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

Putnam County } Clerks Office }
I Certify that Henry Garrison Esq before whom the within affidavit appears to have been taken is an acting Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in & for said County & to whose judicial acts full faith & credit ought to be given in witness whereof I subscribe my name and affix The Seal of the Court
James Townsend Jr Clerk
April 27 th 1818
Admitted.
John Bishop private Nov 25, 1799 Nov 1, 78. } mrs's 4 rep. connected here 30 March 1818
John Bishop Esq of Middlesex New Jersey Johnstown County New York New Jersey

Certified Copy of The Declaration of John Bishop
State of New York
Putnam County
Already on the Pension Roll
a man who owns a horse & has no family cannot be called a pauper
Not entitled no 7.640.
16 Mar: 1819.

State of New York } County of Putnam }
Be it remembered that on this 8 th day of June in the year 1820, in the court of Common Pleas held at the Court house in Carmel in and for said county before the Judges of the said Court, being a court expressly made a court of record by the statutes of the said state personally appeared in open court John Bishop aged sixty five years resident in Phillips Town in said County, who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows, that he enlisted as a private in a regiment commanded by Colonel R. J. Meigs of Connecticut in a company by Capt. Elijah Humphrey, Connecticut line and went to New Jersey and was engaged in a skirmish in Greensburg New York - at Springfield New Jersey and at the Connecticut farms, That on the 25 th of December 1777, he enlisted during the war and served under Captain Reed and was transferred to Capt. Hudson and served his time out under Col. Butler, Connecticut line That the date of his original declaration is the 30 th day of March 1818 and that the number of his pension certificate is 7640 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 my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provision 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 1818 and that I have not now nor has any person in trust for me any property -

property or securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed, That my occupation is that of a farmer but that I am unable to support myself by labour on account of the rheumatism, I have no family.
John Bishop
Schedule of Property
Real Estate None
Personal Estate - 1 horse
John Bishop.
I sworn to and subscribed in open Court before the Judges on this 8 th day of June 1820.
Attest, Rowland Bailey Clerk of said Court.
I Rowland Bailey Clerk of the court of Common pleas in and for the County of Putnam do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the record of the said Court and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in the value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is sixty dollars. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court on this 12 th day of June 1820.
Rowland Bailey Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Putnam County

John Bishop N o . 1667

State of New York County of Putnam ss
I, John Bishop aged Seventy four years, do, upon oath, testify and declare, that, in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven I enlisted for the term of " during the war ," and served in the regiment No. four under the command of Colonel Meigs of the Connecticut line; and that I continued in the service aforesaid until the close of the war, when I was regularly discharged from the first Connecticut regiment, commanded by Colonel J Butler
I further declare, that I have never received a warrant for the Bounty Land promised to me on the part of the United States; nor have I ever assigned or transferred my claim in any manner whatsoever: therefore,
KNOW all men by these presents, that I, John Bishop aforesaid, do hereby constitute and appoint Levi Wakely of Greenkill to be my true and lawful attorney, for me and in my name to demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States, a warrant for the quantity of Land due to me as aforesaid; and my said attorney is hereby fully authorised and empowered to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes or attorneys under him, for the special purposes above expressed. Witness my hand and seal
Attest,
John Bishop
I, John Andrews aged forty one years, do upon oath, declare that I have been long acquainted with John Bishop who has subscribed the above declaration in my presence, and well know that he is the identical person he therein represents himself to be; and further, I know, or do believe, that he did perform the military service therein stated.
Attest,
John Andrews
Before me, Cornelius Warren a Justice of the Peace personally appeared the above named John Bishop subscriber to the foregoing declaration, and in my presence acknowledged the power of attorney thereto subjoined, to be his free act and deed; and, likewise, personally appeared John Andrews who hath subscribed the above certificate of identity, both to me well known to be men of respectability and truth, and made solemn oath to the truth of the depositions by them respectively subscribed, this Sixteenth day of August 18 30
Cornelius Warren Justice of the Peace.
In testimony that the above written Cornelius Warren was a magistrate authorized to administer oaths, and take acknowledgments, &c., in the State of New York at the above date, and that his name there subscribed appears to me to be his usual signature, I have hereunto affixed the county seal, and subscribed my name and quality, at Carmel this 17 th day of August 18 30
J. H. Ritch Deputy C. Clerk, &c.

Trentville Greene Co N.Y. September 9th, 1830 }
Sir
I have received Land Warrant N o 1667 issued to John Bishop who was a Soldier in the Connecticut line of the Army of the American Rev- olution
Very Respectfully Yours &c
Simis Wakeley
To William Gordon Esq Bounty Land Office War Department Washington City

August 16, 1935
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John Bishop-S.45281 BA-J/AWF Am
Mr. Donald F. Clark Fort Montgomery New York
Dear Sir:
Phillipstown Putnam Co. N.Y.
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to John Bishop, soldier of the War of the Revolution, and if he applied for pension did he mention Harry Garrison.
The data furnished herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 45281, based upon the service of John Bishop in the Revolutionary War.
John Bishop was born January 10, 1756, place not shown, nor are the names of his parents given.
He enlisted, December 25, 1777, served as a private in Captain Humphreys' company, Colonel R. J. Meigs' Connecticut regiment, was in the battles of Connecticut Farms and Springfield, and in a skirmish at Greensburg, New York; he was transferred in 1782 to Captain Judson's company, Colonel Zebulon Butler's Connecticut regiment, also served in Captain Reed's company, Connecticut regiment, and was discharged at West Point, June 7, 1783. He stated that he served in all seven years and four months, no details of this additional service given.
He was allowed pension on his application executed March 30, 1818; this application was made in Putnam County, New York and was sworn to before Harry Garrison, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for that county.
John Bishop was residing in 1820 in Phillipstown,

Putnam County, New York, and Harry Garrison then stated that he had known the soldier, John Bishop, about twenty-five years, and in 1821 the soldier was living with Harry Garrison in Putnam County, New York.
In order to obtain information relative to the last payment of pension, name and address of person paid, and possibly the date of death of this pensioner, you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D.C., and cite the following:
John Bishop Certificate # 7640 Issued March 16, 1819 Rate $8.00 per month To commence March 30, 1818 Act of March 18, 1818 New York Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

45281
Rev INVALID.
File No. 45-281
John Bishop Prin Rev Year
Act: 18 th March 1818
Index: —Vol. 3 , Page 43
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Jan. 9. '08. Hist. to W. W. Cone.
1908 July 27 Hist. to Geo. A. Root P. S. M.
1916 July 24 Hist. to Madie T. Hall. Letter in W. F. 17303 John Bishop. 1916 Oct. 19. To Jessid B. Lavery. 4.
1935 Aug 16 - hist. to Donald F. Clark. awg

BISHOP, JOHN (CONN)
S 45-281
BISHOP, JOHN (CONN) S 45-281

See Vol. 121 p. 22
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New York
John Bishop, private placed on the Rev. Mr 16 March 1819. Draft Restored May 1822. letter to J. Lawrence, Esq. N. York Pension Agent, re tive to the payment of $576 to another man of the name of John Bishop, whose papers are here- with enclosed. Date of letter Dec. 9. 1826 - see letter to W. Pringle Sept. 22. 1828.

To The Honorable Secretary of War
The humble Petition of John Bishop State a Soldier of the Army of the Revolution Wear beg left to represent his case to you that he the said Petitioner was inscribed on the Pension list of the New York Agency at the Rate of eight Dollars Per Month and whereas by the Law of 1820 a shadow of the property of such pensioner was to be set four hundred to all the property I possess in this world is one old Mare that is worth from fifty or sixty Dollars Dollars I have as much as she would fetch I have been affected with the Rheumatism so Much as to draw my shoulder bone at least two Inches out of its place and by reason of which I am unable to labour to support myself at this time of life and considerable out of bodily health and finding my Name struck off the Pension Rolls by order of your Honor I have called on Judge Henry Harrison to state to you as you yourself said Sir I served my Country in the War of Rebellion seven years and four months I have an honorable Discharge to present to you signed by George Washington & Henry Harrison and Mary I am a victim of the list of Pensioners to be who a pension to serve them in the study of

The State of New York so it must be I therefore pray you to have pity on a poor deafed old Soldier and Make his last hours of this life comfortable if consistent with the laws of any country and your Mission as in Duty bound will ever I pray
Philip Turen
July 14th 1820

16th Philips Town Putnam County N.Y. July 10 1820
To the Honble Secretary of War
I John Bishop of this Town and one of the Survivors of the Revolution who has been placed on the Pension List of the United States under the Act of Congress of March 10th 1818 and who has since that time drawn his Pension has shown me a certificate from the War department N o . 640 signed J d Edwards that his name by your order was stricken of the list of the Pensioners of this state in consequence of his Insanity I would take the liberty to state to you that I have been acquainted with this man 25 years that he is quite infirm from the Rheumatism one of his shoulders seems to be out of Place and the shoulder bone considerably higher than the other which makes him same in one arm all the property that I ever could learn that he has is one Horse Mare and his only support is what he can earn from day to day and if taken sick has no means of supporting himself and is not that kind of man who has ever saved any property and from his advanced age I should recommend and think him one as coming within the meaning of the Act of Congress for the reason he

he has produced before me his Discharge of seven years and four Months Service with the - Badges of Merit of a good and faithful soldier in signed by George Washington and from my Long Acquaintance with this man and his character I am induced from the cause of Humanity to act here in being again placed in the position as an act of justice to one who I consider as highly Meritorious and really stands in need of that support contem- plated by the legislation of the General Government - all of which is humbly sub- mitted to your better judgement.
To the Court of Common Pleas of Putnam County  where were all unanimous of opinion that John Bishop would be continued on the pension roll - I remain with Great Respect your Obedient servant -
Henry Garrison Just Judge of Putnam County J. C. Calhoun Secretary of War -

W. Edwards Rec. 12 Sept. 1858 G. P. O. The Hon. the J. E. Calhoun Secy Secretary of War
W. Edwards

Philips Town August 26th 1821
Dr Sir
I am at this Moment solicited by J hon Bishop an old Soldier of the War of the Revolution to Adress a few Lines to you to know if there is No way for him to be reinstated on the Pension List as he has been striking by your order he had at the Time he was so stricken of one H and of the Value of Sixty Dollars he has Now No has as The one he then had has been sold by the officer to pay his Debts and has No Means of Subsistence only by the Charity of his friends as from age and Rheumatic Complaints he is unable to labour to gain a Subsistence his Discharge he still holds and has it now by your order for seven years & four Months his faithful Service all I can say on the subject I have known him this time over Twenty years and I know he has Disrespect and appears to me to be as Much Entitled to the provision of the Act of Congress of March 1810 as any other Man all of which is humbly Submitted to your Honors better judgement -

I some time ago was impertuned by this Man and Lieutenant Jenkins to state three cases to you I some have understood that Mr. Jenkins has been continued and not hearing any thing on the subject of Mr. Bishop he has again applied to me to inquire if there is any way by which he may be reinstated on the Pension List I told him that if Mr. Jenkins he would ought to sue for him General Grant knows him to be a honest deserving Man Col George Bonfield also knows him and all knows him as a poor old & deserving son of a soldier of Gray and Mason could save any property this is a true history of the Man with Great Respect I remain yours
Obedient Servt
Henry Garrison Smith
The Honble Secretary of War
Judge of Superior Court

West Point Decem r . 28 th 1821
Sir,
The case of Mr John Bishop living in this Neighbourhood, who was a Soldier during the whole revolutionary War, & was honorably discharged by the signature of Genl. Washington himself, which discharge he now has, must have been not understood by the War Department when he was struck from the list of Pensioners, on which he had been placed. Certainly as respects services, few, very few, can hold a comparison with Mr Bishop, who was a genuine, enlisted Soldier, during the whole War, & received a discharge only at its close, but it is understood that his pension has been withdrawn, on account of his owning a horse, supposed to be worth 50 l . I understand by Genl. Garrison, with whom this man lives, that the horse was one that he gave Bishop to relieve him from the fatigue, which, he (an Old man) encountered in travelling over the surrounding hills & Mountains; that he (Bishop) never owned any property, & actually was in debt to 3 times the amount of the Horse. Under these circumstances, & the certainty, that no one has ever served the Country more constantly & faithfully than this man, I cannot refrain from feeling a deep interest in his case, & am persuaded that Your Excellency will partake with the same feelings. It needs only to be understood to be rectified.
I have the honor to be,
Your Ob t Serv t .
Jared Mansfield

Revolutionary.
Brandsville Mo. Dec 18, 1907.
Commissioner of Pensions. Washington, D. C.
My dear Sir:—
Will you kindly give me the pension service of the following soldiers who served in the War of the Revolution from the State of Connecticut and oblige,
Yours Truly
W. W. Cone,
1. John Bishop who enlisted from Durham Conn. in Lexington Alarm 1775 5 under Capt Stephen Norton. Also, enlisted Dec 26. 1776 under Capt Elijah Humphrey. afterwards transferred to Capt. Ponds Co. 6. Conn Line Nov. 1. 1778. I think he afterwards enlisted in 4 th Conn. may have become Corporal 1781.
2. John Bishop enlisted Mar 26. 1777 for three years Capt. Samuel Camps Co. under Col. Noadiah Hooker 4 th 5 th Conn Line. Possibly died Jan 16. 1778. Possibly, served also in Company commanded by Capt Samuel Cornstock in 1781.
3. James Bishop enlisted from town of Durham Conn. previous to 1780 in Col. Canfields Militia. He afterwards resides in New Haven Co. but I believe he died in Middlesex County Conn.

Revolutionary. Branchville Mo. Dec 18, 1907.
Commissioner of Pensions. Washington, D. C.
My dear Sir:—
Will you kindly give me the pension service of the following soldiers who served in the War of the Revolution from the State of Connecticut and oblige,
Yours Truly W. W. Cone,
1. John Bishop who enlisted from Durham Conn. in Lexington Alarm 1775 5 under Capt Stephen Norton. Also, enlisted Dec 26. 1776 under Capt Elijah Humphrey. afterwards transferred to Capt. Ponds Co. 6. Conn Line Nov. 1, 1778. I think he afterwards enlisted in 4 th Conn. may have become Corporal 1781.
2. John Bishop. enlisted Mar 26. 1777 for three years Capt. Samuel Camps Co. under Col. Noahitch Hooker. 4 th Conn Line. Possibly died Jan 16. 1778. Possibly served also in Company commanded by Capt Samuel Comstock in 1781.
3. James Bishop enlisted from town of Durham Conn. previous to 1780 in Col. Canfields Militia. He afterwards resided in New Haven Co. but I believe he died in Middlesex County Conn.

Kansas State Historical Society,
AND DEPARTMENT OF ARCHIVES.
GEO. W. MARTIN, SECRETARY.
TOPEKA, KAN., July 20, 1908
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir,
Will you kindly give me the pension record of the following names: John Bishop, born Jan. 10, 1756; enlisted Lexington Alarm, 1775; was in Capt. Stephen Norton's Co., and was in Col. James Wadsworth's Regt.; from Durham, Conn. Enlisted for 3 yrs. Dec. 26, 1776; Capt. Elijah Humphrey. Transferred Nov. 1, 1778, to Capt. Chas. Pond's Co., 6 th Conn. Line.
Enlisted again (no date) was corporal, in 1781, in 4 th Reorganized Conn. Line.
Very truly yours, E. A. Root.

Fort Montgomery, N. Y. August 6, 1935.
Veterans Administration, Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen:
I would appreciate information as to whether there is on file in your office a pension application by John Bishop of Phillipstown, Putnam County, N. Y., for service in the Revolutionary War and, if so, whether the application includes details of the soldier's family and military record.
I would also be interested in knowing if the said John Bishop's pension application mentioned Harry Garrison in any capacity whatever.
Yours very truly,
Donald F. Clark. Donald F. Clark.

Record 4
3687 Kendall Ave Hyde Park Lin. Ohio
Bureau of Pensions.
Can you give me any information concerning a John Bishop of Conn? He was a corporal and his Colonel was Zebulon Butler . I am sure he drew a pen sion. Will you kindly tell me how the Revolution pensions were paid. Were they sent direct from Washington, or did the state in which the pensioner was living pay them? Should I be able to find when the last pension was paid the above John Bishop? I think it must have been about 184? —
Referred to Auditor for details.
Thanking you for your kindness
I am
Yours respt.
Jessie S. Larey.
Sept. 24. 1916.

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of John Bishop a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR , you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
8. 45,281
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Dec. 25, 1777 to 1782 Pvt Elijah Humphrey R. J. Meigs Conn.   1782 to June 7, 1783 Corpl. Judson } Reed } Zabulon Butler                                                          
Battles engaged in, Conn. Farms, Springfield, N.J.; skirmish at Greenbury, N.Y. Residence of soldier at enlistment, not stated Date of application for pension, Mar 30 1818  His claim was allowed Residence at date of application, Phillipstown Putnam Co. N.Y. Age at date of application, born Jan 10, 1756
Remarks: ✓
The Revolutionary War records on file in this Office fail to show any claim filed on acct. of the services of John Very respectfully, Bishop who enlisted Mch. 26, 1777, and served under Capt. Saml Camp and Col. Moadiah Hubber.  J. W. Cone