Alford Bishop

Citations

1. [S271] 1850 U.S. census, Clay County, Kentucky, population schedule, Kentucky District, page 130A-130B, dwelling 449, family 449, Sarah Bishop; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 11 Apr 2011), citing National Archives microfilm publication M432_197. Household includes: Sarah Bishop 40 [If age 40 as enumerated in 1850, she would have been born in 1809-10 and age 7-8 when she married. It is unlikely that Sarah (Burns) Bishop married at such a young age. Age 50 is more likely.], real estate valued at $150; Samuel 30; Cassy 23; William 21; Alford 19; Perry 16; Mary 13; Robert 1; Cassy 4; all enumerated as b. KY. [According to S133, Sarah (Burns) Bishop was the mother of 7 children: Samuel, Andrew, Cassandra, William, Alford, Perry, and Mary. Thus, Robert age 1 and Cassy age 4 are not her children. Perhaps they're her grandchildren.]
2. [S278] 1860 U.S. census, Clay County, Kentucky, population schedule, Manchester, page 100, dwelling 632, family 632, Sarah Bishop; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 12 Nov 2011), citing National Archives microfilm publication M653_363. Household includes: Sarah Bishop 63, b. NC, farmer, real estate valued at $300, personal property of $100; Samuel 43, b. Clay Co., KY; Alford 28, b. Clay Co., KY; Casida 16, b. Clay Co., KY; Robert 11, b. Clay Co., KY. /[According to S133, Sarah (Burns) Bishop was the mother of 7 children: Samuel, Andrew, Cassandra, William, Alford, Perry, and Mary. In 1860 Cassandra, the daughter of Sarah (Burns) Bishop, is enumerated in the household of her husband Samuel Combs. Thus, Casida age 16 and Robert age 11 are not the children of Sarah (Burns) Bishop. Perhaps they're her grandchildren./].
3. [S133] Perry Bishop (Pvt., Co. I, 14th KY Cav., Civil War), pension no. Inv. 395,000, Case Files of Approved Pension Applications . . ., 1861-1934; Civil War and Later Pension Files, Department of Veteran Affairs, Record Group 15; National Archives, Washington, D.C. Deposition by William B. Bishop, 13 August 1884, transcribed by Wanda Hunter Day from copy held by same: "Q: What relation are you to Perry Bishop: A: Half-brother. Q: What was his father's name? A: Thomas Miller. Q: How long were you acquainted with him [Thomas Miller]? A: About 13 years, from the time, or about the time, I was born. He left & went to Indiana. Q: How many brothers or sisters or such supposed relative, did Perry Bishop have? A: One sister and one brother. Q: What are the names of your brothers and sisters? A: Andy and Sam are the brothers and one sister named Cassy. That's all there ever was. Q: What did they die of? A: Andy died of some disease unknown to me. Sam had white swelling. Cassy is living in good health. Q: What was the cause of your mother's death? A: Old age. Q: What did your father die of? A: The fever."