I am looking for a Frederick BISHOP born ABT 2880 who married Lena DANIEL ABT 1900. I haw pictures of them, as well as their son Freddy BISHOP, born ABT 1910. . John R. Clarke Thomasville, GA Descendant of Capt James DANIEL of Albemarle County, Virginia ----- Original Message ----- From: <yeibiche@juno.com> To: <GAGREENE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 3:13 PM Subject: [Greene] James Bishop and others > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Ic.2ADI/1758 > > Message Board Post: > > I am trying to find the ancestor's of Reuben Bishop, b. ca. 1792 in > Georgia. He married > Nancy Wooten in Alabama 1818 and returned to Dekalb Cty, GA before 1830. > I have had several > leads on his parentage, but nothing concrete. I have searched many > records in Georgia and > have decided to post what I know about Bishop's that may probably be > related to Reuben, in > the hopes that someone recognizes them. I would like the gedcoms, with > sources for anyone > who is listed here and in following posts. I am going by name and am not > saying that each > fact is for the same person, only that they all have the same name. > > James Bishop b. ca. 1741 d. abt. 1820, Clarke, AL. > m. Phoebe Simonson abt. 1765, Wilkes Cty. GA > ch: Mary, Steven, Reuben b.1787 Hall Cty, Sarah, John and unknown > (Don Bishop) > > James Bishop came from SC with his wife, 2 sons and 1 daughter, aged from > 7 years old to 3 months old. Granted > 100 A on a branch of Long Creek, about 1 mile below the lands of Stephen > Bishop and 2 miles above the trading path. > Nov. 8 1773 (Journal of Augusta Land Court) > > 08 Nov 1773 Same as above, but this source names the town > (Wrightsborough) and states the land is North of Stephen. > (History of Wilkes Cty. V.I) > > 1773 James & Stephen Bishop appointed appraisers of Folio 36 > (History of Wilkes Cty. V.I) > > 1781 Statement of claims for Indian Damage ($900.00) date of claim 23 Jul > 1822, James Bishop. (This claim may > be in CT, I cannot find my reference) > > 15 Mar 1784 James Bishop, GA_____, 250 A. Revolutionary War Bounty Land > Grants (Bockstruck) > > 6 Jun 1784, 10 Jun 1784 James Bishop 287.5A, Washington Cty., bounded by > Stephen Bishop on the west and on > Beaverdam Creek. pgs. 35 & 233 Surveys (library at GA. Archives) > > 1785 Tax List Capt. Bishop's District: James Bishop 1.5 poll, 2 slaves, > 438A Wilkes, 100A Richmond, 287.5A Washington. > Stephen Bishop and William Bishop are listed the same year, same district. > (History of Wilkes V. II) > > 1785 James & Phebe Bishop of Wilkes grant land to Pope of NC, 400A on the > Ogechee. Originally granted to James > on 2 Jul 1785. (History of Wilkes, V.I pg. 235) > > 12 Oct 1785 James Bishop witnesses an indenture for Stephen & Hannah > Bishop. (Greene Cty. Index to Deeds) > > 26 Dec 1785 James Bishop inventories estate of B. Fulson (History of > Wilkes V. II) > > 31 Dec 1785 James Bishop inventories estate of Thomas Shelton (History of > Wilkes V.II) > > 1786 James Bishop Justice of The Peace for Wilkes Cty. (History of Wilkes > V.I?) > > 1787 Jun 4 James Bishop witnesses a deed wherein Stephen & Hannah Bishop > of Wilkes Cty. sell land. > (Greene Cty. Deeds) > > 1788 James Bishop granted headrights in Greene Cty. at Folsom Creek. > Stephen & William Bishop also > are granted headrights at this time. (History of Greene Cty.) > > 1789 James Bishop of Wilkes sold land to Jesse Pope (see previous > reference to Pope) of Greene Cty. The land > had originally been granted to James 13 Dec 1788, by Governor Brantley. > (Greene Cty. Deeds p. 385, Ga. Archives) > > 1789 James Bishop, commissioner to view and markout road from Big Shoals > to Rock Landing on the Oconee. > (History of Wilkes cty) > > 29 Aug 1790 James Bishop of Wilkes Cty. sold land to Samuel Reed Sr. of > Greene Cty. 287.5A on 12 Mile Beaverdam granted > to James on 24 Sep 1784. Witn: John Anderson, James Bishop & Brice > Gartner (GA Gen Mag. #33, Jul 1969) > > 1790 South Carolina Camden Dist. Census: Bishops include: James, John, > Joseph, Luke & Patrick. > James household= 1M+16, 4M>16, 2F > > 1790 South Carolina Chester Dist. Census: Bishops include: James, Jno, > Nicholas & William. > James household= 1M+16, 1M<16, 2F, 1 slave > > 11 Jun 1792 James Bishop appraised the estate of M. Thomas (History of > Wilkes V.II) > > 1793 Hancock Cty. created from Green & Washington Cty., James Bishop is > among the first settlers. > > 1794 Tax List Hancock Cty: > James Bishop Adams Dist., James Bishop Ranes Dist. > Joshua Bishop Adams, Dist. Stephen Bishop Ranes Dist. > William Bishop Cook Dist. > (also listed as Bushup) > > 22 Dec 1795 James Bishop, wife Pheby, Stephen Bishop, wife Hannah, all in > Hancock Cty., sell their land bounded > by the Ogechee River to Vinson Johnson (Greene Cty. index to Deeds) > > 1796 Tax List Hancock Cty.: > James Bishop Adams Dist (2) James Bishop Ranes Dist. > Stephen Bishop Ranes Dist. > William Bishop Bankston Dist. > > 17 Jan 1797 James Bishop of Hancock Cty. purchases land from Nicholas > Long of Wilkes Cty. > (Hancock Index to Deeds, pg 41 Bk C) > > 1797 Tax List Hancock Cty: > James Bishop Adams Dist (2) James Bishop Ranes Dist. > > 1798 Tax List Hancock Cty. > James Bishop Adams Dist (2) James Bishop Ranes Dist. > > 23 Nov 1798 Thomas Bishop, ALSO NAMED JAMES, purchased 200A in Jackson > Cty. > (Morgan Cty. Archives, Deeds or tax list pg. 195-196) > > > 1799 Tax List Hancock Cty. > James Bishop Adams Dist (2) James Bishop Ranes Dist. James Bishop > Moore's Dist, Jackson Cty. > > 1800 South Carolina Chester Dist. Census: James Bishop 111_1311_1 > > 22 Dec 1800 James Bishop gives his beloved son, John a slave (the date > may be 1805 or 1806, I saw the original and > it was hard to tell) (Index Book A, Hancock) > > 4 Dec 1805 John Bishop, son & lawful heir of James Bishop, both of > Hancock Cty., relinquishes property rights. This > will(?) mentions Stephen Bishop, but I cannot tell the relationships. The > paper also mentions James Bishop's two sons- > in-law...Joseph B. Chambers and John Anderson. (please see 29 Aug. 1790 > for another ref. to Anderson) > (Index Book A, Hancock Cty, pg.123) > > 1805 James Bishop, et al. donate property to Franklin Univ. (Hancock Cty. > Deeds) > > 1807 thru 13 Mar 1810 Fairfield Cty, SC Bishop Land Sale File, records > the land transactons of James Bishop, deceased, > his wife, Sarah, Thomas Davis and Elizabeth, (his wife), Sarah Bishop, > James Bishop, Eli Bishop and William Bishop (named > as James'children). (deed Book T, pg. 63, Fairfield Cty, SC.) > > 17 Nov 1810 James Bishop of Hancock Cty. buys land from Thomas Davis, > landlot #13 in Morgan Cty. On 13 Jun 1816, > REUBEN Bishop sells this exact piece of land and another piece, also in > Morgan Cty. There is no record of a transfer > of this land from James to Reuben. This land is in the Mann Dist. and > abuts the ANDERSON property. (see will of James > Bishop in Morgan Cty., he mentions his daughter, Mary ANDERSON) Also, in > 1811, JOSHUA Bishop owned land very near LL#13, > (Morgan Cty Deeds) > > 1810 Hancock Cty., James & Reuben Bishop witness a will. > > Bef. 1812 Morgan Cty. Wills, The will of James Bishop names ONLY his > daughter, Mary ANDERSON. > > > 1812 Tax List Hancock Cty > James Bishop, John Bishop, Stephen Bishop, William Bishop > > 1820 Hall Cty, Capt. Reid's Dist. Census: > James Bishop 26>45 (making him born no earlier than 1775), 2m<10, > 1F<10, 1F16>24. This cannot be the > James mentioned at the beginning of this list, who had REUBEN b. in Hall > Cty, 1787. > > 15 Feb 1821 Greene Cty. James Bishop's children are mentioned in the > will of Stephen Bishop. The children > are: Wilson, Patsy, Tempy, Brice & Benel. Stephen does not list any of > his own children, if he had any. > > 1841 Dekalb Cty, James B. Bishop wills his estate to the children of > REUBEN Bishop. > > 19 Apr 1843 Newton Cty.GA, a deed in which Margaret Bishop, wife of James > Bishop (deceased) signs off on land. > > 1848 Newton Cty.GA, James Bishop marries, has a son Reuben b. in Cleburne > Cty, ALA. > > 1850 James B.Bishop b. in NJ age 52 in Div. 73, Richmond Cty, GA. (census) > A merchant, wife Mary 47 b. NJ, ch: > Mary A (20), James (17), Eugene (10) (all born in GA) > > 1860 Autauga AL census: > E. Bishop (possibly Enoch?) age approx 57 b. in Ga. > Ch: James 18 b. AL, John 16 b. AL, Ruben 14 b. AL, Sousana 12 b. AL, > Susan 10 b. AL > > 1870 Newton Cty, Miss., Census: > Joshua Bishop age 40, wife Mary A. age 33 (both b. in AL) ch: James, > John, Elizabeth, Joshua, Dora & Asa. > Enoch, age 80, lives > with them. > > > > > > > > ==== GAGREENE Mailing List ==== > Need some help getting started with irc (INTERNET RELAY CHAT)? > Try: http://home.flash.net/~gen4m/ > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >