History of Oakland County Michigan a narrative account of its historic progress, its people, its principal interests / compiled from the official records of the county, the newspapers and data of personal interviews, under the editorial supervision of Thaddeus D. Seeley.

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HISTORY OF OAKLAND COUNTY

Caleb Carr, Jr.: Receipt dated Warwick, February, 1777, given to
Capt. Squire Millard for wages for services for one day on an alarm
November 2, 1776; also, private in Capt. Millard's company, Col. John
Waterman's regiment, service between December 4, 1776, and January 9,
1777, thirty-five days; also first division Capt. Squire Millard's company,
Col. Wakeman's regiment, service from January 9, I777 to February 3,
1777, thirty-one days; also, receipt dated Warwick, I777, given to Capt.
Millard for wages from January 9 to February 8, 1777; also corporal
first division, Squire Millard's company, Col. Waterman's regiment, service from April 6, I777, to April 22, I777, fifteen days.
The land records show that the Carr family bought land in Kensington in the year 1836, at which time Caleb Carr, Jr., was a resident of
that place. A few years later the father and sons lived at Novi, Michigan, where Isaac Carr kept a tavern, which was burned in 1847. He
then moved to Redford, Michigan, and kept tavern there the rest of his
life.
Caleb Carr had children: Caleb, b. Vermont; d. in Williamston,
Mich.; Isaac, b. September 6, 1790, Vermont; d. December 1862, Redford, Mich.; Calvin, b. Vermont; d. Waterford, Mich.; Sarah, b. June
5, 800o; d. February 9, I837.
HOOPER BISHOP
Hooper Bishop, another soldier of the Revolution, buried in Novi
cemetery, Michigan, was born March 22, I762; died April 3, I86I. He
married February 12, I794, Betsey -; born March 22, 1758;
died January 12, 1825. He came to Michigan before I840 to live with
his son Levi who owned a farm east of Novi, which is now owned by Mr.
West. Mrs. Lozie Paddack remembers him well, as she often visited
his granddaughter and he would tell them stories of the war, of which
he had kept many relics, including his uniform and musket. He had
a wooden leg and was blind and the children looked up to him as a great
hero. His service is given in "Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors,"
Vol. II, p. 78, as follows: Hooper Bishop, private Capt. John Carpenter
company; enlisted June 25, 1779; discharged September 25, I779; service with guards at Springfield enlistment three months.
Hooper Bishop, private Capt. Caleb Keep's company, Col. Israel
Chapen's regiment; enlisted October, I779; discharged November 21,
I779; service I month, 1 days; enlisted three months; company raised to
reinforce Continental army.
Hooper Bishop, South Brinefield descriptive list of men raised to
reinforce Continental army for the term of six months, agreeable to resolve of June 5, 1780; Age, eighteen years; stature, five feet, five inches;
complexion dark; residence South Brinefield; arrived in Springfield July
II, 1780; marched to camp July II, 1780, under command of Captain
George Webb. Also list of men raised for the six months service and returned by Brig. Gen. Patterson as having passed muster, in a return dated
Camp Toloway, October 25, 1780; also pay roll for six-month men raised
by the town of South Brinefield for service in the Continental army dur