John Bishop Family of
(aka Hans Johannes Bischoff)
My line of descent by Carol Rader Sutherland
My great, great, great, great grandfather, John
Bishop, was born April 1, 1731 in
Traveling down the
Note 1: Their sailing
from
Note 2: I have documentation of the ship’s list
“Two Brothers”, plus naturalization papers for John Bishop and brothers, Frantz
Michael Bischoff and Johann Jacob Bischoff.
Note 3: Brother Mathias Bischoff was married prior
to leaving
Upon arriving in
c1747-1757 John Bishop married Margaretha Obermeyer. No documentation has been found to date.
1754
With the promise of land for military service, John Bishop enlisted with
the Virginia Regiment under the command of George Washington and was assigned
to the Company of George Mercer for the French and Indian War.
Note 4: A Roll of Officers and Soldiers Before the Battle of the Meadows dated July 3, 1754 shows
John Bishop. (Source: George Washington
Papers)
For this service, as promised by the
Proclamation of 1754 of Robert Dinwiddie, John Bishop was entitled to 400 acres
of land near the
Note 5: This land has been a part of
In December 1772, Governor Dinwiddie finally
made a grant of 28,628 acres to John Savage and sixty other persons (of which
John Bishop was one of these) for military service in the French and Indian
War; this grant was to be referred to as the Savage Grants thereafter. Although this was granted in 1772, the
division of this grant was so long in coming, that many sold their interests in
this land, or died before it could be allocated.
(source: “Cabell County
Annals and Families” by George Selden Wallace)
John Bishop sold his interest to this land per
the following abstracted deed:
Recorded
“To All whom these presents shall come,
GREETINGS – Know ye that I John Bishop of County of Frederick – late a soldier
in the Virginia Regiment under the Command of George Washington Esq. for Divers
good causes and Consideration have nominated Constituted and Ordain James Wood
of the County aforesaid my true and Lawful Attorney for me and in my name to
sign and acknowledge unto Van Swearingen, Gent. of County of Beckeley – all my Right Title and Interest of an in an
undivided Right of Four Hundred Acres of Land situate on or about Sandy Creek,
a branch of the Ohio River in the County of Fincastle being part of a larger
Tract of Twenty eight Thousand Six Hundred and Twenty Seven acres granted by
Patent to John Savage, Robert Langdon, John Bishop and sundry other Patentees
the 3rd Dec. 1775.
Signed:
John Bishop
Witnesses:
William Kearfoot, William Kearfoot,
Jun, Andrew Heth”
c1772
John Bishop shows up on the List of Tithables for
John Bishop had the following land grant;
transcribed from Library of Virginia Microfilm – Land Office Patents and
Grants, Grant # 29, pages 352-353, for 144 acres:
“Henry Lee, Esquire, Governor of the
To all to whom these presents shall come. Greeting
Know ye that by virtue of a Certificate in Right
of settlement given by the Commissioners for adjusting their Titles to
unpatented Lands in the district of Washington and Montgomery and in
consideration of the Ancient Composition of fifteen shillings sterling paid by
John Bishop unto the Treasury of this Commonwealth; There is granted by the
said Commonwealth unto the said John Bishop, a certain tract or parcel of Land
containing one Hundred and forty four acres bearing date the twenty second day
of November one thousand seven hundred and eighty two, lying and being in the
County of Montgomery on Little River a branch of New River and bounded as followeth, to wit:
Beginning at a buckeye and sugar tree on the South side of the River and
running thence up the several
courses thereof four hundred and eight one poles
to a white oak and dogwood, thence leaving the River, South seventeen degrees
East fifty eight poles to two white oaks and a pine, South eighty degrees West
sixty two poles to two pines and a white oak on a ridge and
North seven degrees West one hundred
and thirty eight poles to the Beginning with its appurtenances. To Have and to hold
the said tract or parcel of Land, with its appurtenances to the said John
Bishop and his Heirs forever.
In Witness whereof the said Henry Lee Esquire
Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia hath here unto set his hand and Causes
the seal of the said Commonwealth to be affixed at Richmond on the eleventh day
of December in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety
three, and of the Commonwealth the Eighteenth.
Signed
Henry Lee”
c1770-1772 –
Family history has that Margaretha Obermeyer Bishop drowned in the New or Little River – no
proof of this has been found to date.
Children of John Bishop and Margaretha
Obermeyer:
1. Henry
Bishop, born April, 1757
Fanny
Simpkins, (d/o Daniel Simpkins) born c1768
2. Margaret
Bishop, born 1758, probably in
Archibald
Elkins (s/o Ralph Elkins, Jr. and Mary (last name unknown)) born 1756
marries 2nd May 28, 1800 John Carmichael.
3.
4. George
Bishop born January 17, 1764
Boothe
(d/o Stephen and Nancy Boothe)
5. Jacob
Bishop born May 29, 1770
Katherine
Elkins (d/o Ralph Elkins, Jr. and Mary)
Note 6: Archibald Elkins and Katherine Elkins are
brother and sister.
c1772
John Bishop marries Ruth Elkins Skaggs.
No marriage record has been found to support this, but a deed dated 1806
shows Ruth as John’s wife when they sold 50 acres of land to John Altizer (D.B.
D, p. 391) plus marriage bonds for Ruth Elkins Skaggs’ children.
Note 7: Ruth Elkins Skaggs came to this marriage
with John Bishop with at least two (2) children:
1.
Rachel Skaggs married March 22, 1786
William Calvin Lester (s/o Abner and
Martha
Arthur Lester)
2. Darky Gothrin married February 20, 1796 Owen O’Donald
(possible son of
Frederick
O’Donald)
Both marriage bonds for the above refer to
mother Ruth Bishop as wife of John Bishop.
Note 8: Ruth Elkins Skaggs Bishop believed to be
the daughter of Ralph Elkins and Frances Brown and would be a sister to Ralph
Elkins, Jr., father of Archibald and Katherine Elkins above.
John Bishop and Ruth Elkins Skaggs had the
following child:
1. David “Long Dave” Bishop born November
17, 1772
Note 9: I believe that John Bishop died between
1806 and 1810 – no death record has been found to date.
My great, great, great grandfather, Henry
Bishop born April, 1757 in
Henry Bishop had several Treasury Warrants
dating from May 10, 1782 through June 1783 for various parcels of land. (source: Library of Virginia – Land Office Patents and
Grants)
One transcribed below:
Treasury Warrant 11456, Issued May 10, 1782,
Survey Date November 13, 1787, Recorded July 19, 1796 – Issued to Henry Bishop
“Robert Brooke Esquire, Governor of the
To all to whom these presents shall come: Greetings:
Know ye that by Virtue of a Land Office treasury Warrant Number Eleven
thousand four hundred and fifty six, issued the tenth day of May one thousand
seven hundred and eighty two. There is
Granted by the said Commonwealth unto Henry Bishop a certain tract or parcel of
Land Containing one hundred acres by survey bearing date the thirteenth day of
November one thousand seven hundred and eighty seven, Lying and being in the
County of Botetourt, on little river a branch of New River joining the land of
John Lester, and Archibald Elkins, and bounded as followeth
to Wit: Beginning at two dogwoods on the
bank of the River, corner to his old survey, thence crossing the River North
Sixteen degrees East eighty five poles to a black oak, thence up the River
North thirty seven degrees West Seventy two poles to two white oaks South
eighty degrees West Sixty poles crossing the river to two white oaks north
Seventy degrees West eighty poles to four pines South eighteen degrees West
eighty eight poles to two Blacks. South forty five degrees
East forty poles to a black oak corner to his old Survey, thence North eight
degrees East one hundred and Seventy three poles to the beginning with its
appurtenances to have and to hold the said tract or parcel of Land with its
appurtenances to the said Henry Bishop and his Heirs forever. In Witness whereof the said Robert Brooke
Esquire Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia hath hereunto set his Hand and
caused the seal of the said Commonwealth to be affixed at Richmond on the Ninth
day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety six
and of the Commonwealth the twenty first.
Signed:
Robert Brooke”
Note 10: This land at the time of this warrant was
in
Treasury Warrant # 12278, issued 6/13/1782;
Survey Date 7/1/1782; for 61 acres Botetourt County,
Treasury Warrant # 17381, issued 6/16/1783;
Survey Date 2/20/1801; for 50 acres on waters of Easters Creek, water of Little
River, Montgomery County, Va., recorded 9/20/1802.
Treasury Warrant # 17383, issued 6/16/1783;
Survey Date 1/7/1802; for 100 acres on Camp Creek, waters of Little River,
Montgomery County, Va., recorded 9/23/1802.
May 23, 1785 Henry Bishop married Fanny
Simpkins, d/o Daniel Simpkins. Per 1880
census, their son Henry stated that his mother was born in
Transcribed from marriage bond (source: Library
of Virginia Microfilm Reel 52 – Montgomery County Marriages)
“Know all men by these presents that Henry
Bishop and Peter Rife are held and firmly bound unto the Commonwealth of
Virginia in the sum of fifty pounds current money of Virginia (can’t read)
…which payment will and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, our Heirs,
executors and Adm. jointly severally firmly by these presents (can’t read)…
with our seals and dated this 23rd Day May 1785.
The Condition of the above obligation is such
that whereas the above bound Henry Bishop hath this Day obtained a Licence for his marriage with Fanny Simpkins Daughter to
Daniel Simpkins now if there be no Lawful cause to obstruct the said marriage
then this obligation to be void otherwise to same remain in full force and
virtue.
Signed:
Henry (his mark) Bishop
Peter (his mark) Rife”
Children of Henry Bishop and Fanny Simpkins:
1. Sarah
Bishop, born c1788, died c1850-1860; married June 27, 1806 John Moor(e),
(s/o Joseph Moor(e))
2. Mary
Bishop, born c1785, died ?; married c.1803 Matthew Cox, born 5/4/1786
(s/o Carter Cox and Nancy Ann Reed)
3. John
Bishop, born c1792, died ?; married Dicy Cox
(d/o Ambrose Cox, Sr. and
Sarah
Reed)
4. Henry
Bishop, born November 19, 1796; died September 4, 1886; married March 7,
1820
(d/o
Frederick Quesenberry and Mary “Molly” Phillips); after death of
and Eva C. Steele)
5. Phemia Bishop married a James
Breeding No further information.
6. Nancy
Bishop, born 1803, died ? ; married
March 17, 1823 John “Josey” Finch
(s/o Martha “Patsy” Finch)
(source: Archibald
Thompson’s Diary, page 21 – “John finch allias Godsey Son
of Martha
finch was Born May the 15th 1787”)
7. George
Bishop No further information
8. Margaret
Bishop, born 1807, died May 23, 1852 buried
(s/o David Cox, Sr. and Margaret Ann McGowan)
9. William
Bishop Died War of 1812
10. Jacob
Bishop, born September 5, 1809, died August 21, 1899; married October 26,
1843
Melvina Kinser
Henry Bishop filed for a military pension in
1832 for his Revolutionary War Service.
Henry Bishop died June 2, 1839 at the age of
82. Fanny Simpkins Bishop died May 29,
1850, both in Floyd County, Va.
Note 11: I believe that Henry Bishop is buried in
My great, great grandfather, Henry Bishop
was born November 19, 1796 in
On March 7, 1820 Henry Bishop married Nancy
Quesenberry.
Note 12: Frederick Quesenberry born March 20, 1772,
s/o George Quesenberry and Martha “Patsy” Slinker. Mary “Molly” Phillips
born c1776 in
Transcribed from marriage bond: (source: Library
of Virginia Microfilm Reel # 42 – Montgomery County Marriage Bonds)
“Know all men by these presence that Henry
Bishop, Sr., Henry Bishop, Jr. and Frederick Crusonberry
are held and firmly bound unto Thomas M. Randolph, Esquire, Governor or Chief
Magistrate of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the Just sum of one hundred and
fifty dollars, which payment will and truly to be made to our said Governor and
his Successors for the use of the Commonwealth, we bind ourselves and heirs and
jointly and severally firmly by these presents sealed with our seals and dated
this seventh day of March, 1820.
The consideration of the above obligation is
such that whereas the above bound Henry Bishop, Jr. hath this day obtained a
license for his marriage with Nancy Crusonberry
daughter of the said Frederick Crusonberry, now if
there shall be no legal cause to obstruct the same then the above obligation to
be void else to remain in full force.
Teste: F. H. Holladay
Signed:
Henry Bishop (seal)
Henry Bishop (seal)
Frederick Crusonbery (seal)”
Children of Henry Bishop and Nancy Quesenberry:
1. Vila
Bishop, born c1821; died November 1, 1853 Never
married
2.
3. Mary
“Polly” Bishop, born c1826; died August 4, 1885 Never
married **
4. Talitha Bishop, born c1827; died April 3, 1891; married
April 22, 1841 John C.
Wade,
s/o
5. John
Bishop, born c1828; died November 30, 1856 Never
married
6. Deidama Bishop, born February 14, 1832; died after 1878;
married December 20,
1853
John Ross Clay, s/o Middleton W. Clay & Charlotte T. Cox
7. Joseph
Cullen Bishop, born February 4, 1833; died February 18, 1920; married
(1)
March 9, 1860 Ruth Sumpter, married (2) May 13, 1868 Luticia
A.
“Tish” Simpkins
8. Jane
Bishop, born c1835; died
?? Never
married **
9. Alfred
Bishop, born c1839; died ?? Never married **
10. Henry
Wesley Bishop, born April 25, 1842, died May 26, 1926; married September
25, 1866 Elizabeth Altizer d/o Elias E. Altizer & Cynthia
Ratliff.
Both
buried
11. William
R. Bishop, born c1844; died ?? Never married **
Note 13: Names of children above noted with ** are
referred to in the marriage contract between Henry Bishop and Mahala Phlegar transcribed below.
Nancy Quesenberry, Henry Bishop’s first wife,
died April 25, 1854 at the age of 57 from fever.
Marriage Contract between Henry Bishop and
second wife, Mahala Phlegar
(source: Library of Virginia Microfilm Reel # 33 –
Deed Book M, page 250)
“Artickles of
agreement made and entered into this the 27th day of April and in
the year of our Lord one thousand, Eight hundred, and fifty seven between Henry
Bishop of the County of Floyd and State of Virginia of the one part with Mahala Phlegar of the County and
State aforesaid of the other part (can’t
read this)…, the said Henry Bishop and the said Mahala
Phlegar hereby mutually agrees to enter into the
(can’t read this)….after mentioned conditions the said Henry Bishop reserves
all his Estate both real and personal for his heirs after his Death and the
said Mahala Phlegar to have
no part thereof Except on the Eighty acres back of …. where the dwelling house
of said Henry Bishop now stands the said Mahala is to
have should she not live the said Henry Bishop if she conducts herself
respectful and does not marry again for a home her life time and then go to
said H. Bishops heirs and if she should marry again or fail to conduct herself
prudent she is to have no home there nor have of the land and the said Mahala Phlegar also reserves all
her estate both real and personal for her heirs after her death and the said
Henry Bishop and his heirs to have nothing thereof and the said Mahala Phlegar is also to take
good care of the three Ediot children, there names is
Polly, Alfred and William, so long as she occupys the
land before mentioned as her home which is to be there home for life. For witness whereof we have herewith set our
hands and affixed our seals the day and date above written in presents of these
witnesses.
Henry
Bishop
Mahala (her mark) Phlegar
Mary Wade
Talitha
(her mark) Wade
This day _____ Mahala
Bishop formerly Mahala Phlegar
before me Henry C. Hall, a Justice of the Peace for the County of Floyd and
declared the foregoing Artickle to be her willing act
and deed and that she would not retract from it and desired the same to be
admitted on record in the Clerk office of Floyd County. Given under My hand this
the 12th day of September 1871.
Henry
C. Hall
In the Clerks Office of Floyd County
court 30th October 1871. This Marriage Contract between Henry Bishop
and Mahala Phlegar was
received and with the certificate thereon enclosed admitted to records.
Teste: J.
Godbey “
May 2, 1857, Henry Bishop and Mahala Phlegar were married. Mahala Phlegar born 1812, daughter of Michael Phlegar and Eva Catherine Steele. There were no children born to Henry
& Mahala Bishop.
On September 4, 1886, Henry Bishop dies at the
age of 89 of spinal disease. Believe Mahala Phlegar Bishop died
between 1890 and 1900. She appears on the
1890 census of Floyd County, Va. but not on the 1900.
My great grandfather, Joseph Cullen Bishop
was born February 4, 1833 in Floyd County, Va. and married his first wife March
9, 1860 in Floyd County, Va., Ruth Sumpter.
Ruth Sumpter was born March 9, 1840, daughter of Edmund Sumpter, Jr. and
Delilah Eskew.
Note 14: Edmund Sumpter, Jr. was born December 13,
1803 Montgomery County, Va.; died August 27, 1883 Floyd County, Va. and his
buried at the Sumpter Cemetery, Indian Valley, Va. He was the son of Edmund Sumpter and
Elizabeth Kingery. Delilah Eskew was born August 15, 1799 Franklin County, Va., d/o ??, died June 15, 1899 and is buried beside her husband at
the
Joseph Cullen Bishop and Ruth Sumpter had the
following children:
1. Meldonia J. Bishop born November 13, 1862; died February
19, 1946; married
Charles
L. Turpin b. February 5, 1860; died July 25, 1933, s/o Walter and
2. Nancy
D. (Nannie) Bishop born February 29, 1863; died
September 17, 1941;
married Eli D. Wade, s/o John W. Wade, Sr. and Ruth J.
Cox. (Note:
Eli
D. Wade was married prior to Nancy (his second wife) and married
again after
3. Joseph
Henry Bishop born c1864; died October 7, 1878 from Typhoid Fever.
4. Harvey
Berman Bishop born March 4, 1867, died June 5, 1965; married March 5,
1890
Floyd County, Va.
My great grandmother, Ruth Sumpter Bishop died
March 4, 1867 giving birth to my grandfather, Harvey B. Bishop.
On May 13, 1868, Joseph Cullen Bishop married Luticia A. “Tish” Simpkins born
June of 1851, daughter of Baxter and Lucinda Showalter Simpkins.
Joseph Cullen Bishop and Luticia
A. ”Tish” Simpkins had the
following children:
1. Lorena
Alice Bishop born January 31, 1869; died March 8, 1937; married Granville
Hosea
Akers born June 15, 1865; died October 24, 1896, buried Akers
Cemetery,
Akers
married secondly Allen Edward Mann, s/o
Mann. Lorena Alice Bishop Akers Mann is buried
2. Docie Etta Bishop born June 7, 1872; died June 11, 1938,
married James Kemper
Akers, s/o John William & Isabelle Williamson Akers.
3. Loma
Bishop, born c1875; died 1953, married first James Peters; married secondly,
Charles
Murphy.
4. Fugete Baxter Bishop, born June 23, 1877; died September
25, 1943; married Delilah
Susan
Akers, born September 16, 1879; died May 12, 1968, d/o Beauford
and Rachel Dulaney Akers.
Both Fugete and Delilah are buried Big Sand
Cemetery,
5. Charles
Columbus Bishop, born July 21, 1888; died April 4, 1958; married Ida Mae
Dulaney, d/o William Ballard and Mary Elizabeth Dulaney Dulaney.
Charles
C. Bishop is buried at
6. Venia Ada Bishop, born September
28 1897; died ???; married first Henry Ernest
Shelor,
s/o George Merit and Lydia Ellen Spangler Shelor; married second
Louis
Sessman
(source: Family records
and “The Descendants of Henry Bishop I 1757-1839” by Joyce
Akers Buckert
and census records.)
Joseph Cullen Bishop enlisted in September 1864
with the 45th Virginia Infantry and was transferred to the 17th
Virginia Infantry in December, 1864. His
service record for the 17th Virginia Infantry and application for a
pension follows.
(source: Library of
Following is one of many deeds recorded in Floyd
County, Va. for the buying and selling of land.
The following transcribed from Microfilm – Deed Book W, page 10:
“Deed to Trustees of Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Know all men by these presents, that we J. C.
Bishop and Lue Bishop, his wife, for and in
consideration of the Love I bear for Christ and from an Earnest desire to
promote his heritages on earth, do give, grant and by these presents convey
unto Thomas Slusher, G.M. Coffee and C. Keith with general warranty all of the
County of Floyd and State of Virginia, the “can’t read….” of Trustees of the
Methodist Episcopal Church South and to their successors in office for the use
and benefit of said Church to be applied by said Trustees to the “can’t read…”
a tract or parcel of land lying in the County of Floyd and State of Virginia on
the Indian Creek Road containing ¼ acre and bounded as follows to wit:
Beginning on the west side of the Indian Creek
Road cornering on a white oak tree thence westward 104 feet cornering on a
rock, thence southward 104 feet corner on a rock thence eastward 104 feet to
the Indian Creek road thence north with said road to the Beginning.
And the said Trustees are to have and hold the
property aforesaid for the church aforesaid free from the claim or claims of
ourselves by heirs or any others whatsoever.
The conditions of the foregoing are that the Methodist Episcopal Church
South and its Trustees are not to deed or cause to make a deed of said land
outside of said Church and if so, said property reverts back to the donors.
Witness the following signatures and seals this
the 26th day of April, 1892.
Signed by:
J. C. Bishop
Lue
A. Bishop
Recorded August 2, 1892”
Joseph Cullen Bishop died February 18, 1920:
“From the Floyd Press:
J.C. Bishop of
Mr. Bishop was twice married the first wife
being Miss Ruth Sumpter, who died several years ago. His second wife, who was
Miss Luticula S. Simpkins, surviving him. Mr. Bishop left several children, one of them
being Mrs. Leona Peters of
(source: provided by
Rena Worthen)
Note 15: J. C. Bishop buried
Luticia A.
Simpkins Bishop died January 6, 1929.
My grandfather, Harvey Berman Bishop was
born March 4, 1867; died June 5, 1954 in
On March 5, 1890 Harvey B. Bishop married
Frances Sina Dulaney, born November l, 1866; died
April 11, 1938 and buried at the
Note 16: Allen Albert Dulaney born July 24, 1836
Floyd County, Va.; died October 1, 1908 was the son of Samuel Dulaney and first
wife, Martha Reed who died March 16, 1855; Samuel Dulaney married December 14,
1856 Theodocia Radford. Allen Albert Dulaney married December 5,
1857 Floyd County, Va. Cordelia Palmer born March 2,
1839; died September 25, 1887 and daughter of James Palmer and Mary Reed.
It appears from the census records of 1870 and
1880 that my grandfather, Harvey B. Bishop was raised
by his grandparents, Edmund & Delilah Sumpter, Jr. after the death of his
mother, Ruth Sumpter Bishop in 1867.
Note 17: Harvey B. & Frances Dulaney Bishop left
Floyd County, Va. c1906, moving to
Harvey Berman and Frances Sina
Dulaney Bishop’s children:
1. Archie
Berman Bishop born January 3, 1891 Floyd County, Va. died February 4,
1947;
married September 14, 1935
November
9, 1904, died September 15, 2002; d/o Monroe & Lily May Dulaney
Booth
of
2. Charlie
Melvin Bishop born November 24, 1892 Floyd County, Va, died May 27,
1979
buried
3. India
Ellen Bishop born
March 17, 1895 Floyd County, Va, died August 22,
1978;
married March 17, 1945
April 28, 1883 Franklin
County, Va., died February 2, 1969. Both
are buried
4. Kyle
“Pete” Bedford Bishop born November 28, 1897 Floyd County, Va; died
September
25, 1968; married November 25, 1926
&
Sara Jane Hubbard Trent. Both are buried
They
had 2 children.
5. Daisy
Mae Bishop born May 9, 1900 Floyd County, Va, died February 14, 1951,
buried
6. Jesse
Allen Bishop born April 8, 1903 Floyd County, Va, died September 21,
1954;
married October 21, 1939
October
4, 1908 Hillsville,
James
F. Webb. Both are buried
No children.
7. Frank
Edward Bishop born February 28, 1905 Floyd County, Va, died December
5, 1968, buried
8. Ruth
Cordelia Bishop born May 30, 1908
20,
2006; married April 20, 1932
September 30, 1904
&
Laura Catherine Flora Snider. Both are buried
9. Martha
Lillian Bishop born November 6, 1911
December
7, 1999, married October 14, 1933
born
February 14, 1909
Gideon
& Ada Roberta “Bert” Rader. Both are buried
Note 18: This is just a short synopsis of the Bishop
Family and deals only with my line of descent (boldfaced). Most of the Bishop men were farmers with a
few ministers as well. All of my line of
descent stayed in the Floyd County, Va. area all their lives with the exception
of my grandfather.
Sources:
“The Descendants of Henry Bishop I 1757-1839” by
Joyce Akers Buckert
Nancy Bishop – Owner – Bischoff/Bishop Research
Group
Library of
“17th Virginia Infantry” by
Lee A. Wallace, Jr.
“Footprints on the Sands of Time” by Dr. A. B.
Cox
“Surnames of Families of
“Cemeteries Floyd (
Cox
and Phyllis G. Phillips
Census – Ancestry.com databases
Footnote.com – Microfilm from National Archives
As well as sources noted throughout the
document.