Orlean Bishop

Birth Date

1811

Death Date

1862

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Hopkins County, Kentucky, court clerk. Kentucky native. Married to Sarah J. Bishop. Father of Mary A. Bishop, Marcellus W. Bishop, Emeline S. Bishop, Ada C. Bishop, and Sarah S. Bishop. Deputy clerk in Hopkins County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned ten enslaved persons in Hopkins County in 1850. County court clerk in Hopkins County in 1860. Owned twelve enslaved persons in Hopkins County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 2, p. 168A.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 2, p. 716.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, p. 807.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, p. 218B-219A.
Kentucky, Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989, Kentucky County, District, and Probate Courts, Hopkins County Executor's Bonds, 1852-1932, p. 108.
"Orlean Bishop (1811-1862)," Find A Grave, Memorial #111077719, accessed September 29, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/111077719.

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