My Trails into the Past

Mary Ann Bishop, who married Daniel Shotts in Ross County, Ohio, was the daughter of Frederick Bishop and Susannah Kress/Cress. This information came from the 2x-great-grandson, John F. Bishop of Carmichael, California. [1] The goal in this post is to document as much as I can the information that was presented by John F. Bishop. Frederick Bishop was born 27 July 1778 probably in Maryland and died 20 Sept 1819. He was buried at Bishop Hill Cemetery in Ross County, Ohio. He was the son of Henry Bishop and Catherin Strayer. He married c. 1798 in Virginia to Susannah Cress, who was born 27 July 1776 and died 28 August 1852. She was also buried at Bishop Hill Cemetery. They had five children: David Clay Bishop , born 11 September 1799, died 9 February 1873 in Indiana, married Rebecca Ferguson on 20 October 1828 in Kentucky. Jacob G Bishop , born 22 May 1801, died 7 August 1861 in Ross County. He married Margaret Shotts on 7 September 1821 in Ross County. She was born 24 February 18...

Calling all Genea-Musings Fans:  It's  Saturday Night  again -  Time for some more  Genealogy Fun!! Our mission from Randy Seaver of Genea-Musings is to:  1)  Do you have Research Notes for some of your ancestors in a number of sources and papers, or perhaps in a Person Note or Research Note in your desktop family tree program, and dread trying to put them into a coherent genealogical sketch or research note?   2)  This week, take all of the Research Notes you have for one person in your tree and put them all in one word processor document. Organize them if you want - you don't have to.  Make a PDF file of your new word processor document and name it.   3)  Go to your favorite LLM (you know, ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, or any other LLM), load the document, and ask the LLM to "Please organize the research notes in the attached document for [your ancestor's name, birth and death year] and c...

On 27 May 1821, Robert Bishop, the administrator of Frederick Bishop’s estate, put a notice in the Scioto Gazette that he was selling at a public auction the late dwelling house of Frederick Bishop, which was a “certain tract of land, containing 117 acres, with the appurtenances thereunto belonging, on the waters of Paint Creek, near Robert Johnson’s mill, late the property of Frederick Bishop, deceased, subject to the widow’s dower.” [1] This land was located in Ross County, Ohio. Frederick Bishop was my husband’s third great-grandfather. His daughter, Mary Ann Bishop, married Daniel Shotts. [2] Their daughter, Catherine E. Shotts, married Amos Gorrell. [3] Their son, Joseph N. Gorrell, married Matilda Pearl Davey. [4] This notice gives me information about Frederick’s property. While I do not have the exact land description, I have the watershed (Paint Creek), the number of acres (117), and a neighbor (near Robert Johnson’s mill). These are clues that will help me pinpoint th...