Dad's Research Folders/ Lewis-Bishop Connection

Inventory of Folder "A" on the Lewis-Bishop Connection:

1. A request for a copy of temple index card (Information not found); processed in Salt Lake City on Mar 20, 1968.
2. Family Group Sheet for Peter Lewis, based on Will of George Lewis; Co-Researcher was Inez McFarlane (deceased) of Graham, Texas.
3. Envelope, empty, postparked 15 Nov 1972, return address: Edna? McGalliard, Weogufka, Alabama.
4. Family Group Sheet containing "Combined data on Brother and Sisters of Margarette Lewis, wife of Allen Bishop."
5. 1850 Census of Marion County, Alabama: Typed notes of Lewis entries.
6. Typed notes of 1850 Census of Marion Co., Alabama: Lewis & Wigginton.
7. Typed notes of 1850 Coosa county, Alabama: Surname-Lewis.
8. Typed notes re Coosa County, Alabama, from the Alabama Historical Quarterly, Vol. 4, #1 & #2, Spring and Summer Issues, 1942, "History of Coosa County, Alabama" by George Brewer.
9. Family Group Sheet, George Lewis.
10. Print-Out, IGI, 7 Oct 1993: Lewis Surname.
11. FGS for William Wood and Elizabeth______, from Will of William Wood.
12. FGS for David Lewis, Jr. and Rebecca Stoval.
13. Pedigree of Unknown Origin for Ancestors of Errol Thomas Lewis of Dearborn Heights, Michigan.
14. Typed and handwritten notes of unknown origin re Deed records of Coosa Co.
15. FGS, typed, for Isaac Marion Lewis & Hattie Alice Cooper. Information Source: Elmer M. Lewis, Nettie Hurley, Pension records of Abijah H. Lewis.
16. FGS, typed, for Benjamin Lewis & Minerva Ward. Information Source: 1850 & 1860 Census of Marion Co., Alabama; Death Certificate of Abijah H. Lewis; Information sent from Miss J. Riggan of Hamilton, Ala.
17. 1840 Census of Coosa County, Ala., Typed notes on Lewis, Ballard, and Hatchett Entries.
18. Handwritten Notes of Coosa Co., Ala. Courthouse, Special Orphan's Court June 29, 1839 proceeding re disposition of estate of George Lewis.
19. Letter, typed, from Wiley Benjamin Hill, Jr. to Mrs. Inez Bishop McFarlane of Washington, D.C., dated July 16, 1972.
20. Microfilm Order Receipt, FHC, of Oct. 7th, 1993: Film # 855221, "Name Index to General Records of South Carolina", ordered by Bob Leslie of Fort Walton Beach. This attached to handwritten notes by Ben Hill on the Lewis Family of Wales. Also mentioned are GLAZIER, CALDWELL, AND RABB surnames.
21. Letter from Ben Hill to Mr. H.K. Fowler of Weogufka, Alabama, dated 23 Dec 1972 re Rachel Lewis Fowler. (2 pages)
22. Photocopy of Coosa County Court Proceeding mentioned above under #18.
23. Request form for copies of veterans records on Abijah Lewis, Revoluntionary War; Pension or Bounty Land File # S37161.
24. Ham Lewis Cemetery, typed notes, of Coosa County, Ala. Surname: LEWIS, FULMER, POWELL.
25. Internet Research Print-out from Ancestry World Tree Project of McKenzi Lynn Smith. Contact: Floyd Smith IIi, kbOjpn@actcom.net. Surnames mentioned: BISHOP, HARMON, GLOVER, BOOKER. (This page is the result of a search performed by Margaret Harris). 4 pages.
26. Envelope, Mrs. R. G. LEWIS, of Rockford, Alabama, postmarked 1972, addressed to Wiley Benjamin Hill, Jr.
27. Envelope & Letter from Mrs. R. G. LEWIS, postmarked 30 Jul 1972.
    
28. Envelope from William McFARLANE of Washington D.C., postmarked 23 Dec 1969. to Mr. and Mrs. Ben Hill, Jr. Possibly this was a Christmas card.
29. Typed, 2 pages, General Information on the BISHOP families of Americal. Contains various BISHOP family researchers' names and addresses. Survey form included; potential publishing of book in process.
30. FGS for James W. Bishop & Sarah________, created on the basis of info from Administration of Estate of James W. Bishop of Bibb Co., Alabama.
31. FGS for Elias BISHOP and Hannah B.________. Created on the info obtained from the Census of 1850, Bibb Co. Ala.
32. Large Envelope from GSA, NARA, Washington, D.C.; "BISHOP, Wyatt of Franklin Co., Alabama, (born Virginia), Revolutionary War".
33. Index, Temple Bureau, Request for information on Lucinda Lewis, Ephraim Lewis, and Asa Lewis.

Location of this Folder at the time of this writing is large brown two door cabinet in my living room at my residence in Fort Walton Beach. Will try to get around to getting some of this information digitized, someday.