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Looking to see if I can find descendants of a Henry Bishop who was a blacksmith in Byrd Township and had relatives in
Ky. He was active in the underground railroad and a bounty was put on his head. He escaped in a daring incident near his business in Ohio around 1850. The slaveowner took a man to court by the name of William Kirkpatrick and sued him over this matter-a test case of the 1850 Fugitive Slave Law. Kirkpatrick, defended by Salmon P. Chase, lost the case and had to pay retribution for Mr. Bishop.
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