George BISHOP

1764 - 1852  (88 years)

• Name	George BISHOP
  Born	17 Jan 1764	Hagerstown, Washington Co., MD   [1, 2]
  	Fran Daniels has his birth as 1765, Joyce Mertens has 17 Jan 1764.
  Gender	Male
  Died	27 May 1852	Jackson County, West Virginia, USA   [2]
  Notes	Maryland, Colonial Census, 1776 Name: George Bishop Parish: Elizabeth County: Fredrick State: Maryland Age: 12 Estimated birth year: 1764 Maryland, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1772-1890 Name: George Bishop State: MD County: Frederick County Township: Elizabeth Hundred Year: 1776 Database: MD Early Census Index Family Data Collection - Births Name: George Bishop Father: J Margaretha Hans Birth Date: 17 Jan 1764 City: Frederick State: MD Country: USA "History of Roane County", by Wm H Bishop pp 448-451 We can trace our ancestry no further back than to the country on the head waters of the Roanoke River, Virginia. There, in a section then Montgomery County, George Bishop married Miss Ann Boothe about the year 1776. George and Ann made their first home where married, later passed further westward and lived in what later was Russell Co, Virginia, in which place the younger ones of their children were born and reared. . . 1815 Russell County Tax Assessments Note: Words in square brackets [ ] were provided by the compiler, those in round brackets ( ) were alternate spellings in the document itself : GEORGE BISHOP, one farm on the North Fork of Ceder [Cedar] Creek, 227 acres having thereon one dwelling of wood, one story, 22 feet by 16 feet, one barn of wood, one loom house, valued at $120.
  Person ID	I743	WVPioneers
  Last Modified	18 Jul 2017

  
  

  Father	Hans Johannes BISCHOFF,   b. 1 Apr 1731, Oberhausen, Rhine, Pfalz, West Germany ,   d. 15 May 1775, Lincoln Co., TN  (Age 44 years)
  Mother	Margaretha OBERMEYER,   b. 1732, Germany ,   d. 1830, Westminster, Carroll Co, MD  (Age 98 years)
  Family ID	F2153	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Nancy Ann BOOTHE,   b. 11 Oct 1772, Westchester County, New York, USA ,   d. 17 Nov 1852, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA  (Age 80 years)
  Married	28 Jun 1790	Montgomery Co, VA on the head waters of the Roanoke River   [2]
  Notes	Virginia Historic Marriage Register Implied Marriages of Russell County, Virginia compiled by Mary D Fugate, CGRS; 975.5755 V2f (1) Bishop, ____, 26 Aug 1815; Anny, daughter of Stephen Boothe (R:WB3; 145 - Russell Co Will Book 3, page 145) (2) Bishop, George; 28 March 1822; Anny, daughter of Stephen Boothe (R:DB6:542 - Russell Co Deed Book 6, page 541) Virginia, Marriages, 1660-1800 Name: George Bishop Spouse: Nancy Booth Marriage Date: 28 Jun 1790 Marriage Location: Montgomery County, Virginia Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940 Name: Nancy Booth Gender: Female Marriage Date: 28 Jun 1790 Marriage Place: Montgomery County, Virginia Father: Stephen Booth Mother: Nancy Booth Spouse: George Bishop FHL Film Number: 32633 Reference ID: P 34 [does not give parents for George] 1810 Russell Co PP Tax list Bishop, David Bishop, George - 2 tithables 1830 Pike Co, KY George Bishop 1m 15-20 1m 30-40 1m 60-70 1f 10-15 1f 50-60 1850 Jackson County #91-95 Bishop George 85 M Farmer Md Bishop Anna 76 F N York Bishop David 60 M Va X Idiotic Bishop James 37 M Va X Idiotic [Caution: Ancestry transcription shows several more people living in the household, but this is all, and he is not at the bottom of the page so the household is not continued on the next page.] Kentucky, Land Grants, 1782-1924 Grantee: George Bishop Number of Acres: 50 Survey Date: 23 Mar 1831 County: Pike Watercourse: Louisa Fk Book Number: Z 1830 Pike, KY George Bishop 1m 15-20 1m 30-40 1m 60-70 1f 10-15 1f 50-60 Birth year based on probable age of 21 on 9-24-1782 when he purchased land in Montgomery Co., Va 1789-1801 on Personal property tax roll of Montgomery Co., Va 10-5-1801 George and Ann sold 200 acres from a grant in 1798 for $66.67. D.B. C page 457. Henry Bishop was a witness. 1819 George and Nancy were living in Russell Co., Va. Her parents had moved there also. George sold a parcel of land in Montgomery Co. Recorded in Russell co D.B. N page 206 and 207 Family Data Collection - Individual Records Name: George Bishop Spouse: A Bischoff Nancy Parents: J Margaretha Hans Birth Place: Frederick County, MD Birth Date: 17 Jan 1764 Marriage Date: 26 Jun 1790 Death Date: 27 May 1857 Millennium File Name: George Bishop Gender: Male Birth Date: 1764 Birth Place: Maryland, USA Marriage Date: 28 Jun 1790 Father: John Bishop Spouse: Ann Boothe Children: Rachel Bishop Spouse Father: Stephen Boothe Roane county WV deaths: David Bishop, son of George, age 84; 5/6/1873; b KY, informant Isaac Drake, B-in-law 1820 Russell Co, VA George Bishop ?? 1m 16-26 1f 0-10 1 f 16-26 1 in agriculture Stephen Bishop 2m 0-10 1m 26-45 1f 16-26 George Bishop 1m 16-26 2f 10-16 1f 26-45
  Children	1. David Bishop,   b. Abt 1790, VA or KY ,   d. 6 May 1873, Roane County, West Virginia, USA  (Age ~ 83 years)   2. Stephen Bishop,   b. 21 May 1791, Montgomery County, Virginia, USA ,   d. 7 Aug 1847, Pike County, Kentucky, USA  (Age 56 years)   3. Lydia Bishop,   b. 1792, Russell County, Virginia, USA ,   d. Feb 1880, Roane County, West Virginia, USA  (Age 88 years)   4. Margaret Pauline Bishop,   b. 1794, Elk Garden, Russell Co., VA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. John E Bishop,   b. Abt 1796, Virginia, USA ,   d. Between 1866 and 1868  (Age ~ 70 years)   6. Nancy Bishop,   b. Abt 1798, Russell County, Virginia, USA ,   d. 1876, Pike County, Kentucky, USA  (Age ~ 78 years)   7. Joseph Bishop,   b. 1799,   d. Yes, date unknown   8. Rachel BISHOP,   b. 23 Jun 1801, Pike County, Kentucky, USA ,   d. 27 Oct 1883, Roane County, West Virginia, USA  (Age 82 years)   9. Catherine Bishop,   b. 1806, Tazewell County, Virginia, USA ,   d. 1881, Lawrence County, Kentucky, USA  (Age 75 years)   10. William E Bishop, SR,   b. 15 Jun 1810, Elk Garden, Russell Co., VA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   11. James Bishop,   b. Abt 1813, Russell County, Virginia, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   12. Mary Pauline Bishop,   b. 1820, Russell County, Virginia, USA ,   d. Roane County, West Virginia, USA   13. Sarah Ann Bishop,   b. Jun 1827, Kentucky, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown   14. another daughter Bishop,   d. Yes, date unknown   15. Margaret Bishop,   b. Abt 1820, Kentucky, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F282	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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• Sources

  [S1205] Census, 1850 JC. [S89] Fran Green Daniels.