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Hans Jakob Bishop
(1704-1739)
Anna Catarina Rauch
(Abt 1705-)
Hans Johannes Bishop
(1731-Abt 1820)
Ruth Elkins
(Between 1742-)
David Bishop
(1772-1861)

 

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Spouses/Children:
Elizabeth Wolford

David Bishop 12

  • Born: 17 Nov 1772, Montgomery Co, Pennsylvania, USA
  • Marriage: Elizabeth Wolford on 20 Feb 1801 in Tazewell Co, VA
  • Died: 20 Dec 1861, Blaine, Lawrence, Kentucky, USA
  • Buried: Bishop/Lester Cemetery, Blaine, Lawrence, Kentucky, USA

  General Notes:

The author's 5th Great-Grandfather.

The family moved from Tazewell County, Virginia to Lawrence County, Kentucky in 1839.

Bishop/Lester Cemetery is on private property now owned b y Lawrence, Rhoda, and David Cordle. This is part of the original David Bishop farm, which he purchased in 1844.

CENSUS: 1850 Lawrence County, KY., Family Unit 877

Bible Records of Gatha Bishop and Elizabeth Swan Bishop

He moved with his son-in-law Harvey Lester from Tazewell Co unty, Virginia to Lawrence County.


David married Elizabeth Wolford, daughter of Unknown and Unknown, on 20 Feb 1801 in Tazewell Co, VA. (Elizabeth Wolford was born in 1783 in Montgomery Co, Pennsylvania, USA, died in Blaine, Lawrence, Kentucky, USA and was buried in Blaine, Lawrence, Kentucky, USA.)


  Marriage Notes:

(CD229: Marriage Records, Southern States, Volume 1, Autom ated Archives, Inc.)