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Pope of Virginia

Po12. possibly John Pope married Jane Braban were the parents of:

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Nathaniel Pope I  b about 1603 probably  in Bristol  England, hes settled in Maryland about 1637 and was sent to Kent Island in 1647, then moved to Virginia between Pope's Creek and Appomattox Creek,  Lt.Col. of the Westmoreland Troops 4 Apr. 1655 died after May 1659 before Apr 1660

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1637 in ST.MARY'S PARISH MD.  Luce or Lucy ?Fox b 1603 in Gloucestershire, England, d: 1653 in Westmoreland Va.

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Thomas Pope married Joanna was executor of his father's will, moved to Bristol England in 1684, Will dated Sept. 3, 1684, probated 3 Jan 1686

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Thomas Pope lived at his grandfather's estate at Pope's Creek died young leaving only a daughter, Mary Pope, who married Samuel Randal and died without issue.

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Richard Pope

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John Pope

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Charles Pope

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Nathaniel Pope, "the mariner"

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In 1704 married Elizabeth Pierce daughter of a Westmoreland Justice of the Peace, William Pierce and Sarah x.

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Elizabeth Pierce Pope m Nathaniel Pope III alias Bridges www.rands.parrottfarms.com/Document%20Archives/Subject/Pope1.pdf shows her marriage as about 1723 to John Pope which may be corrct)

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Mary Pope

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Elizabeth Pope possibly the same who b 1667 Va d 1716 Westmorland Va. married William Payne reported by ysearch.org/B3C9R

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Margaret Pope

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Humphrey Pope as surety on a bond of John Quisenberry in Rappahonnoch, (now Richmond County) dated may 12, 1656. He obtained a deed from Thomas Pope for 150 acres near cliffs in Westmoreland County, February 2, 1659. ---HUMPHREY POPE appears as surity on a bond of John Quisenberry in Rappahannock (now Richmond) county, dated May 12,1663" FACT: The ACTUAL date of this document is May 12, 1683. (Rapp. Deeds, Wills & Settlements, 1677-1687) ---States that Humphrey Pope was security for John Quisenberry "May 12, 1656" FACT: the correct date was 12 May 1683. http://kyusa.addr.com/Quesenberry/

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Anna Pope married John Washington in 1658 and had issue

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Margaret Pope, who married William Hardwich. He married 1st Elizabeth Sturman, dau. of Thomas Sturman prior to 1645 William Hardwick. They were probably the parents of Joseph Hardwick.

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Nathaniel Pope II  born about 1635, died between 1665 and 1675.

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married Mary Sisson. She remarried 2nd William Bridges, 3rd Lewis Nicholas ??, 4th David Wickliffe/Wycliffe/Whettley/Whitliffe, who was the first Protestant child to be born in the Maryland Colony. 5th John Rossier II, d after 1705.

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Nathaniel Pope III (Po9) (alias Bridges) b about 1665. He was an established Westmoreland attorney by 1705, guardian of Nathaniel Washington in 1708. Died 1719 in Westmoreland Co, Virginia, inventory returned 09 Mar 1719/20 (Westmoreland Wills, Fothergill)

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about 1690 Jane Brown (Br9), daughter of Original Brown and Jane Brooke  and granddaughter of Henry Brooke and Lydia x and niece of Lydia Brookes Abbington.

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Mary Pope b about 1694, married Joseph Weeks.

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William Pope b about 1696

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Lewis Pope

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John Pope b about 1700 John Pope as John Pope, “Planter” in 1728 when Augustine Washington purchased his mill “for 60 Pounds current Virginia money two acres with the appurtenances together with the mill thereon erected & built scituate [several miles upstream] at the head of Popes Creek.” m Elizabeth Pierce Pope Po10-1-5-1 s.a. dau of the mariner/merchant Nathaniel Pope Po10-1-5

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Elizabeth POPE m Bourn PRICE/Pierce b before 1725 d after 1725. (son of Meriday PRICE II).

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William Pope

Nathaniel S Pope b: 1729 in Westmoreland va.    d: 1790 in Westmoreland va.  Farmer and LAND OWNER. SERVED IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR UNDER GEORGE WASHINGTON Source for this line familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/p/o/p/Max-P-Pope/ODT1-0001.html

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Lucy Smith b: 1734 in Westmoreland Va.

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JOHN NATHANIEL POPE SR b: 1774 in Westmoreland va.    d: 1850 in HENRY GA  Occupation: LARGE LAND OWNER AND FARMER. GREW COTTON .ONE OF THE FIRST POPE'S TO MOVE TO GA.

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MARTHA Edwards  b: 1785 in VA    d: 1867 in HEARD COUNTY GA.

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JOHN NATHANIEL POPE JR b: 1817 in HENRY GA    d: September 06, 1864 in SUMTER GA            Military service: Confederate Army.WAS  KILLED  IN  ACTION  AT  SUMTER  GA ON SEPT 6 1864

+EDNA ANN NAIL  b: April 26, 1821 in HENRY GA m: June 11, 1840 in HENRY GA  d: August 22, 1915 in HEARD COUNTY GA.

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JAMES WESLEY POPE  b: April 25, 1841 in HENRY GA d: November 05, 1897 in HEARD COUNTY GA.

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WILLIAM MILLER POPE b: February 10, 1843 in HENRY GA d: August 12, 1894 in HEARD COUNTY GA.

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J.M. POPE b: June 02, 1845    d: June 02, 1845

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MARTHA JANE POPE  b: December 15, 1849 in HENRY GA    d: November 07, 1939 in HEARD COUNTY GA.

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M.C. POPE b: June 04, 1852    d: June 09, 1853

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HENRY J POPE b: 1859 in HENRY GA    d: 1899 in HEARD COUNTY GA.  Occupation: FARMER

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SARHA McDonald  b: 1857 in HEARD COUNTY GA.  m: 1876  d: April 05, 1931 in HEARD COUNTY GA.

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WILLIAM HENRY POPE  b: 1877 in HEARD COUNTY GA.    d: 1943 in HEARD COUNTY GA.

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SAMUAL W POPE  b: 1879 in Heard Co  GA.    d: Abt. 1940 in Texas

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GLOVER POPE  b: 1882    d: Abt. 1943 in Texas

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EVLYN POPE  b: 1886 in HEARD COUNTY GA.

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M BIRD POPE  b: 1888 in HEARD COUNTY GA.

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VIOLA POPE  b: 1889

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DESSIE POPE  b: 1885 in Heard Co  GA.    d: 1967 in Heard Co  GA. ............................  +J.M.CALDWELL  b: 1881 in Heard Co  GA.  m: December 31, 1903 in HEARD COUNTY GA.  d: Unknown in Heard Co  GA.

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SAMUAL THOMAS POPE  b: August 07, 1903 in HEARD COUNTY GA.    d: November 19, 1960 in Portsmouth va.  Occupation: GREW UP ON A FARM ,BECAME A MECHANIC,OWNED AND OPERATED A SERVICE STATION ...............................  +AUBREY IANTHA BOGGS  b: March 06, 1906 in High point N.C  m: October 31, 1924 in DANVILLE VA  d: June 28, 1999 in Portsmouth va.

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BUDDY A. POPE  b: March 10, 1926 in Pickville Ky.              Retired U.S. NAVY: 1970 PETTY   OFFICER  1ST. CLASS  Military service: SERVED  IN   Vietnam  War ..................................  +KATHLIN POPE  b: 1929 in STATESVILLE N.C.  m: 1950 in PORTSMOUTH VA  d: 1959 in Portsmouth Va.  12  Mike A POPE  b: June 12, 1952 in FAIRBANKS  ALASKA ..........  +Pam Endevoets  b: March 06, 1954  m: June 13, 1981  13  KELLI POPE  b: February 17, 1986 in OXNARD CALIFORNA  12  PATRICIA ANN POPE  b: August 08, 1954 in Portsmouth va. .....................................  +MARK SCHRIBER    m: 1975  13  SEAN SCHRIBER  b: January 10, 1981   *2nd Wife of BUDDY A. POPE:  ........................................  +ELLEN DREADY  b: November 10, 1933 in NEWFOUNDLAND CANADA  m: September 18, 1976 in Las Vegas Nevada

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MARGARET L. POPE  b: January 22, 1928 in SHAMUTT AL ..........  +GEORGE P HILL  b: October 15, 1926 in JOHNSON COUNTY N.C.    d: April 14, 1988 in GREENVILLE N.C.    Retired U.S. ARMY: June 07, 1972 CW2        Military service: served IN  WWII  AND VIETNUM WAR  12  GEORGIA SANDRA HILL  b: October 02, 1948 in Portsmouth va. .......  +Eric Paul Boyd  b: February 18, 1947 in WASHINGTON N.C.  m: May 02, 1970 in NEWPORT NEWS, VA  13  PAULA D Boyd  b: July 08, 1974 in WASHINGTON N.C. ....  +GRANT M PAUL  b: March 18, 1979 in GREENVILLE N.C  m: August 25, 2001 in WASHINGTON N C  14  DRAKE MATHEW PAUL  b: February 13, 2002  12  VICKIE SUE HILL  b: February 10, 1951 in Portsmouth,  va. ...... +ROBERT GLENN JOYNER  b: December 16, 1947 in FRANKLIN , VA.  m: June 21, 1969 in NEW PORT NEWS ,VA.  13  AMY CHRISTINE JOYNER  b: November 1972 in NEWPORT NEWS, VA. ....... +MIKE P O'BERRY  b: September 06, 1967 in FRANKLIN , VA.  m: May 11, 1991 in FRANKLIN, VA.  14  BRANDON WYATT O'BERRY  b: November 15, 1995  14  COLE AUSTIN O'BERRY  b: January 13, 1998  13  JAMES PRESTON JOYNER  b: December 04, 1981  12  JOSEPH P HILL  b: November 27, 1959 in Portsmouth va. .....................................  +LINDA E SUTTON  b: July 14, 1962 in HOPATCONG, NJ  m: August 09, 1980 in GREENVILLE, NC  13  TINA MARIE HILL  b: April 12, 1981 in FAYETTEVILLE,NC ........................................  +ROBBIE L WHITE  b: July 18, 1979 in WASHINGTON N.C.  m: June 12, 1999 in WASHINGTON N C

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JACK E POPE  b: May 31, 1930 in High point N.C        Retired U.S. ARMY: 1977 1st. SGT.        Military service: Served in Korean war and two TOURS IN VIETNAM. AWARDED TWO PURPLE HEARTS , THE INFANTRY  COMBAT BADGE WITH A STAR AND THE BRONZE STAR FOR VALOR ..................................  +JOANN MORGAN    m: July 09, 1951 in PORTSMOUTH VA  12  GREGORY E POPE  b: September 08, 1957 in WURZBURG, GERMANY   *2nd Wife of JACK E POPE:  .....................................  +EDITH M SCHLEGELMILCH  b: March 28, 1939 in COBURG GERMANY  m: November 07, 1966 in PORTSMOUTH VA  12  STEVEN A POPE  b: September 26, 1977 in WASHINGTON N.C. .....................................  +Stephanie HAM  b: May 12, 1980 in GREENVILLE N.C  m: August 31, 2002 in N.C.

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POLLY G POPE  b: February 12, 1933 in High point N.C ..................................  +RALPH H CARR  b: November 01, 1926 in BECKLEY WEST VA.  m: July 12, 1952 in PORTSMOUTH VA  d: December 13, 1981 in HOUDA  LOUISIANA  12  DAVID H CARR  b: September 22, 1959   *2nd Husband of POLLY G POPE:  .....................................  +Richard Slepin  b: January 27, 1923 in Philadelphia Pa.  m: December 10, 1967 in PORTSMOUTH VA  d: November 19, 1996 in Portsmouth va.

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MAX P POPE  b: August 02, 1937 in High point N.C Retired FROM ACONA: January 31, 1998 SENIOR  VICE PRESIDENT, Military service: U.S.ARMY  3 YR .VA  NATIONAL GUARD 7YRS 1ST LT. ..................................  +Mary Jane Archer  b: February 25, 1940 in Portsmouth va.  m: December 28, 1958 in PORTSMOUTH VA  12  CYNTHIA PAULETTE POPE b: September 07, 1961 in Portsmouth va.  12  TAMBRA SUZETTE POPE  b: April 04, 1963 in Portsmouth va. .....................................  +DAVID ALDRUP  b: September 14, 1961  m: December 28, 1983 in KNOXVILLE TN  13  MEGAN E ALDRUP  b: July 04, 1989 in Pleasanton California  13  KATHLEEN M ALDRUP  b: January 30, 1991 in CONCORD OHIO  13  DAVID ALDRUP JR.  b: April 29, 1993 in CONCORD OHIO  12  MAX PAUL POPE JR  b: July 31, 1965 in NEWPORT NEWS VA                Military service: MARINE CORP SERVED IN THE GULF WAR .....................................  +ANDREA J HART  b: October 09, 1968  m: December 03, 1988 in KNOXVILLE TN  13  KRISTEN P POPE  b: March 06, 1992 in JACKSONVILLE N.C.  13  HAYLEY J POPE  b: March 03, 1996 in KNOXVILLE TN

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SHEILA I POPE  b: November 15, 1941 in High point N.C ..................................  +CARMON R CARNIBUCCI  b: July 15, 1939 in ALBANY N.Y.  m: 1961 in PORTSMOUTH VA  12  CARMON R CARNIBUCCI JR.  b: September 07, 1962 in ALBANY N.Y.  12  SAMUEL J CARNIBUCCI  b: April 20, 1967 in ALBANY N.Y.  12  TRACEY SUE CARNIBUCCI  b: March 11, 1971 in ALBANY N.Y.    d: April 28, 1971 in ALBANY N.Y.

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SARAH F POPE b: April 26, 1860 in HENRY GA d: November 27, 1939 in HEARD COUNTY GA.

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NANCY POPE b: 1820

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HENRY J POPE b: 1822

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ROBERT R POPE b: December 22, 1827

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SARAH POPE b: 1828

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REBECCA POPE b: 1830

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ANDREW JACKSON POPE b: 1832

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Worden Pope was born about 1705. He was originally named John Worden Pope after his godfather, Dr. John Worden. He lived in Westmoreland County, Virginia. rands.parrottfarms.com/Document%20Archives/Subject/Pope1.pdf shows his name as William

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Hester Netherton (Ne8) Birth: ABT 1715 in Virginia Death: AFT 1749 , daughter of Henry Netherton b: ABT 1660 and Sarah Tucker b: 2 AUG 1663 in Westmoreland Co., Virginia She married second Lynaugh Helm, brother of her son-in-law Thomas Helm. His will was dated 1748, January 14 and was probated 1749, August 29.

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Benjamin Pope b: 10 MAY 1740 in Virginia

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George Pope

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Worden Pope b about 1776 Pope’s Creek, Va d 20 Apr 1838 in Louisville, Ky m 11 Sep 1804 in Jefferson Co Ky Elizabeth Taylor Thruston Th6 She seems to have brought TB into the family.

Po5 Patrick Henry Pope 1806 - 1841 m18 July 1827 Sarah Lawrence Brown Br5 Po5-2 Edmund Pendleton Pope m Nancy Johnson Po5-3 Col Curran Pope 1813- 186?4 m Matilda Jacob, daughter of John Jeremiah Jacob and Fo6-12 Ann Overton Fontaine Po5-4 Hamilton Pope Po5-5 Paul Pope (died in infancy) Po5-6 Moses Pope (died in infancy) Po5-7 Edmonia Pope (died in early womanhood)

Po4-1 Elizabeth Thruston Pope (twin 27 Apr 1828-1883)  married Dr. William Henry Galt 1827 Ky - 1893 and had issue. Po4-2 Urith Lawrence Pope (twin 27 Apr 1828-1884) married Joshua Fry Lawrence in 1851 Po4-3 James Brown Pope (1830-?) ¬ Po4-4) Ellen E.?D. Pope (25 July 1831 ? - ?) m Dr. John Thruston, son of Charles M. Thruston, on 13 Dec 1858. Po4-5 Mary Emmeline Pope (1832 ¬-?) Po4-6 Worden Pope (9 Apr 1836 - ? ) Went to Nicaragua Po4 Mary Ann Pope (30 Sept 1838 - 1897) Po4-8 Alfred T. Pope, died young. (1840 ¬-?) Po5-2-1 Alfred Thruston Pope m 1st cousin, Mary Tyler Pope Po5-3-1 only dau of his uncle.

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William Pope had at least two sons, Senator John Pope (Po6-2-1) and Nathaniel Pope (Po6-2-2)

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William Pope

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Penelope Edwards (daughter of Hayden Edwards of Fauquier Co. Va),

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Penelope Pope b: 12 FEB 1769 d 16 SEP 1821 in Jefferson Co Ky,  m1 Lieutenant Colonel William Oldham, brother of , Samuel Oldham (Ol8), and were the ancestors of R.C. Ballard Thruston. Mr. Thruston was related to Mrs. George Nicholas (Ni3-5) on the Oldham line, as well as to George Nicholas (Ni3-5) on the Thruston and Pope lines.

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Abigail 'Abbey' Pope Oldham b: 1 MAY 1789 in of Allegheny Co., Pa m Samuel Churchill b: 10 JAN 1779 in Va son of Armistead Churchill b: 25 NOV 1733 in Middlesex Co Va  and Elizabeth Blackwell b: ABT 1741 in Virginia

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Mary Eliza Churchill b: 14 APR 1804 in Louisville, Ky d 9 FEB 1842 in Louisville Charles William Thruston b: ABT 1800 in Louisville

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Armistead Ludwell Churchill b 27 OCT 1810 in Louisville Ky d MAY 1873 in Mo m Rebecca Catlett b: ABT 1816 in Frederick Co., Va -1 Letitia Churchill b: 30 DEC 1839 in Union Co., Ky m 14 Oct 1858 Charles Peter Buck b: 17 AUG 1835 in Montgomery Co Tn

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Abigail 'Abby' Prather Churchill b: 9 MAR 1817 in Louisville, Ky m 9 JAN 1834 Meriwether Lewis Clark b: 10 JAN 1809 in St. Louis Mo son of William Clark , Governor & Explorer b: 1 AUG 1770 in Caroline Co Va  Mother: Judith 'Julia' Hancock b: 21 NOV 1791 in Fincastle, Botetourt Co Va,  -1  Meriwether Lewis 'Lutie' Clark b: 27 JAN 1846 in Louisville Colonel Meriwether Lewis Clark, Jr. (January 27, 1846 - April 22, 1899) was the founder of the Louisville Jockey Club and the builder of Churchill Downs where the Kentucky Derby is run. m1 30 DEC 1865 in Louisville Julia Davidson b: 18 JAN 1846 in New Orleans, Louisiana m2 Mary Martin Anderson b: 18 SEP 1852 in Ky

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John Pope Rowan Churchill b: 20 MAR 1819 in Louisville, Ky d 21 MAR 1897 in Louisville m1 2 MAR 1858 Selena Ormsby Gray b: 1830 in Jefferson Co., Kentucky m2 11 NOV 1890 Emma or Ermina 'Tina' Nicholas b: 8 APR 1854 in Ky d 1896 in Louisville dau of George Nicholas Ni4 b: 13 AUG 1831 in Louisville, Jefferson Co., Kentucky and Emma Hawes b ABT 1836 in Kentucky -1 John Pope Rowan Churchill b: 19 SEP 1891 in Louisville,

Maj Gen Thomas James Churchill

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Thomas James Churchill , Governor b: 10 MAR 1824 in Louisville, Ky d 14 MAY 1905 in Little Rock, Ark educated at St. Mary's College and studied law at Transylvania University. He served during the Mexican-American War and rose to the rank of lieutenant in a regiment of mounted infantry. He was captured by the Mexican Army and remained a prisoner of war until near the end of the conflict. In 1848, he moved to Little Rock, Arkansas, Major General CSA At the start of the Civil War, Churchill offered his services to the state and was elected colonel of the 1st Arkansas Mounted Rifles. His first combat took place at the Battle of Wilson's Creek near Springfield, Missouri. On March 4, 1862, he was promoted to brigadier general and soon thereafter took part in Maj. Gen. Kirby Smith's Kentucky Campaign. Churchill played an important role in the victory at Richmond, Kentucky, leading his men along a ravine that became known as "Churchill's Draw" to deliver a surprise and successful flanking attack. On February 17, 1864, Churchill was cited as one of three officers to receive special recognition in a Thanks of Confederate Congress resolution for his actions at Richmond. In the latter part of 1862, Churchill was transferred back to Arkansas and placed in charge of the fortifications at Arkansas Post. In January 1863, the Post was attacked and seized in the Battle of Fort Hindman by an overwhelming Union force under Maj. Gen. John A. McClernand. After his exchange, Churchill served in the District of Arkansas of the Trans-Mississippi Department and commanded a division during the Red River Campaign. He played a major role in the Battle of Jenkins Ferry and was promoted to major general on March 17, 1865. After the war, Churchill was Arkansas State Treasurer from 1874 to 1880 and Governor of Arkansas from 1881 to 1883. Churchill died in Little Rock, Arkansas, and is buried there at historic Mount Holly Cemetery.  m 13 Jul 1849 Anna 'Annie' M. Sevier b: MAR 1830 in Little Rock

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29 DEC 1792 in Ky Henry 'Harry' Churchill b: 1768

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Worden Pope Churchill b: 16 JUN 1804 in Louisville Ky d 3 JUL 1830 in Louisville m 22 APR 1829 Mary Jane Prather b: 11 AUG 1809 in Louisville Ky dau of Thomas Prather b: 2 DEC 1770 in Md and Matilda Fontaine b: 18 SEP 1782 in Va

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Worden Pope Churchill b: 27 JAN 1830 in Louisville Ky d 6 APR 1916 in Louisville m Sarah 'Sally' Barbour Harrison b 1835 in Henderson Co Ky d after 1860 dau of James Barbour Harrison b: 20 SEP 1798 in Kentucky and Matilda Williams b ABT 1808

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John Pope , Governor b: 1770 in Prince William Co., Virginia. Married.

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Alexander Pope b ABT 1772 in Va d before 1850 in Louisville Ky m 4 OCT 1806 in Jefferson Co Martha Fontaine b 14 MAR 1785 in Virginia

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Penelope E. Pope b ABT 1815 in Louisville Ky m William Prather Pr5-2 b 9 FEB 1804 in Louisville

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Nathaniel Pope , Judge b: 5 JAN 1784 in Louisville, Jefferson Co., Kentucky

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Jane Pope

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Hester Pope b: ABT 1788 in Russellville, Logan Co, Kentucky

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Jane Pope, married Thomas Helm b: 14 SEP 1731 in Prince William Co., Virginia

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17 APR 1760 in Westmoreland Co., Virginia, 21 MAY 1816 in Hardin Co., Kentucky,

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John L. Helm b: 29 NOV 1761 in Prince William Co., Virginia, Death: 3 APR 1840 in Elizabethtown, Hardin Co., Kentucky

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Sarah 'Sally' Brown b: 22 MAR 1773 in Pennsylvania Married: 22 MAR 1787 in Nelson Co., Kentucky,Death: 19 JAN 1853 in Hardin Co., Kentucky

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Jane Helm b: 26 DEC 1793 in Breckinridge Co., Kentucky

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Andrew Avitt b: 24 OCT 1785 in Perry Co., Indiana Married: 3 FEB 1812 in Kentucky

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Sarah Jane Avitt b: 22 MAR 1817 in Breckinridge Co., Kentucky , Death: 3 MAY 1879 in Breckinridge Co., Kentucky , married Samuel S. Brashear b: 21 SEP 1808 in Kentucky Married: 21 SEP 1837 in Breckinridge Co., Kentucky, son of Joseph Brashear b: 26 SEP 1770 in Brownsville, Fayette Co., Pennsylvania and Elizabeth 'Betty' Cummings b: ABT 1771, and grandson of William Brashear b: 1742 in Prince Georges Co., Maryland and Sarah Ann Ray b: 1750 in Prince Georges Co., Maryland

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John Brown Helm b: 28 OCT 1797 in Breckinridge Co., Kentucky , Death: 1 JUN 1872 in Hannibal, Marion Co., Missouri Occupation: Attorney

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Maria Jane Pope Helm b: 29 MAR 1806 in Hardin Co., Kentucky Married: 20 JUL 1824 in Hardin Co., Kentucky

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Matilda Helm b about 1839

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Benjamin Helm b about 1840

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Sallie C. Helm b about 1842

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Marriage 2 Mary Ann Crump b: 14 MAR 1812 in Kentucky Married: AFT 1840

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Beverly E. Helm, b about 1846

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Mary A. Helm b about 1849

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Benjamin 'Ben' Helm b: 8 MAY 1767 in Fauquier Co., Virginia , Death: 24 FEB 1858 in Elizabethtown, Hardin Co., Kentucky Burial: Helm Family Cemetery, Hardin Co., Kentucky

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Mary 'Polly' Edwards b: 14 MAR 1777 in Montgomery Co., Maryland Married: 17 MAY 1803 in Bardstown, Nelson Co., Kentucky, daughter of Benjamin Edwards b: 12 AUG 1753 in Stafford Co., VA and Margaret Beall b: 1754 in Montgomery Co., MD

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Maria Jane Pope Helm b: 29 MAR 1806 in Hardin Co., Kentucky Death: 14 JAN 1840 in Hardin Co., Kentucky , married John Brown Helm b: 28 OCT 1797 in Breckinridge Co., Kentucky Married: 20 JUL 1824 in Hardin Co., Kentucky

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George Helm b: 7 APR 1773 in Fauquier Co., Virginia

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possibly of this generation Humphrey Pope

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possibly of this generation Sarah Pope m Daniel McCarty b: 19 MAR 1678/79 in Westmoreland Co., Virginia d 4 MAY 1724 in Westmoreland Co Va and had Anna Barbara McCarty b: 30 NOV 1702 in Westmoreland Co., Va d 12 DEC 1737 in Stafford Co., Va  m 5 Dec 1715 Maj John Fitzhugh b: ABT 1691 in Stafford Co., Va d 21 JAN 1733/34 in Stafford Co Va

Tucker Pedigree

Captain William Tucker b: 6 APR 1589 in England, living with his wife at  Bass's Choise, Va. in Feb. 1623, Death: 1643

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before 1623 Mary Elizabeth Thompson b: 21 JAN 1597/98, Death: 1640. Since no other Thompsons were in virginia in 1623, we may assume she immigrated.

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John Tucker b: 8 SEP 1626 in Westmoreland Co., Virginia, Death: 5 MAY 1671 in Virginia

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Rose Gerrard b: ABT 1630 in England, Death: 1712 in Westmoreland Co., Virginia, daughter of Sir Dr. Thomas Gerrard, (b: 10 DEC 1608 in Lancashire, England, Death: 15 DEC 1673 in will probated St. Mary's Co., Maryland Religion: Roman Catholic Burial: St. Clements Manor, Maryland Occupation: Physician-surgeon of the colony ) and Susanna Snow b: ABT 1614 in England, Death: ABT 1666 in St. Mary's Co., Maryland  Burial: St. Clements Manor, Maryland

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Rose Tucker, ABT 1648 in Westmoreland Co., Virginia  Death: 1712 in Westmoreland Co., Virginia Burial: Virginia, married her grandfather

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Sir Dr. Thomas  Gerrard ,  b: 10 DEC 1608 in Lancashire, England

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Sarah Tucker, Birth: 2 AUG 1663 in Westmoreland Co., Virginia Death: ABT 1715 in Virginia

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William Fitzhugh b: 10 JAN 1650/51 in Bedford, England Married: 1 MAY 1674 in Virginia, Death: 21 OCT 1701 in Stafford Co., Virginia, son of Henry Fitzhugh b: DEC 1614 in Bedford, England  and Mary King b: ABT 1616 in England, and grandson of William Fitzhugh b: 15 JUN 1570 in England and Margaret Smith b: 26 AUG 1588 in England, and great grandson of John Fitzhugh b: ABT 1520 in England and Amy Negus b: ABT 1548, and 2nd gr. grandson of Thomas Fitzhugh b: 1450 in England and Christine Maidbury b: ABT 1452 in England, 3rd gr. grandson of Henry 6th Baron Fitzhugh b: ABT 1429 in Ravensworth Castle, England and Alice Neville b: ABT 1430 in Salisbury, Wiltshire Co., England

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William Fitzhugh b: 1676 in King William Co., Va.

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Rosamond Fitzhugh b: 1680 in Stafford Co., Virginia

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Henry Fitzhugh , Honorable b: 15 JAN 1686/87 in King George Co., Virginia

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Thomas Fitzhugh b: 1689 in Stafford Co. , Virginia

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George Fitzhugh b: 1690 in Virginia

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John Fitzhugh b: ABT 1691 in Stafford Co., Virginia

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Henry Netherton Ne9 b: ABT 1660 Married: AFT 1701

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Hester Netherton b: ABT 1715 in Virginia

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Samuel Tucker b: ABT 1630 in Virginia, Death: BEF 1670

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Jane Larcome b: 29 NOV 1638 in Curles, Henrico Co., Virginia, Death: ABT 1708 in Henrico Co., Virginia . She married 2nd 24 NOV 1670 in Virginia John Pleasants b: 27 FEB 1643/44 in England and had 1 John Pleasants b: 12 SEP 1671 in Henrico Co., Virginia, 2 Joseph Pleasants b: 1674 in Henrico Co., Virginia, 3 Elizabeth Pleasants b: 1676 in Henrico Co., Virginia

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Mary Tucker b: 1657, Death: 24 SEP 1709 John Woodson b: 1655 Children Mary Jane Woodson b: 1686 in Henrico, Virginia, married Joseph Woodson b: 1664 in Henrico, Virginia and had Tucker Woodson b: 1720

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Sarah Tucker b: 1635 in Henrico, Virginia

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John Woodson b: 1632 in Henrico, Virginia, Death: 1684, son of In 1654 Dr. John Woodson , b: 1586 in England and Sarah Winston b: ABT 1590 in England and brother of Robert Woodson b: 1634 in Henrico, Virginia, who married Elizabeth Ferris b: 1638 Married: 1656 in Henrico Co., Virginia Children 1 John Woodson b: 1658 in Henrico, Virginia, 2 Richard Woodson b: 1662 in Henrico, Virginia, 3 Joseph Woodson b: 1664 in Henrico, Virginia, 4 Sarah Woodson b: 1665 in Henrico Co., Virginia, 5 Benjamin Woodson b: 21 AUG 1666 in Henrico, Virginia, 6 Mary Woodson b: 1678 in Henrico, Virginia

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John Woodson, Birth: 1655 Death: 1698

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Mary Jane Woodson b: 1686 in Henrico, Virginia,

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Joseph Woodson b: 1664 in Henrico, Virginia

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Tucker Woodson b: 1720, Death: 1795

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Sarah Hughes b: 1724 Married: 23 MAR 1739/40

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Jane Woodson b: 1742 in Goochland Co., Virginia

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Robert Lewis b: 29 MAY 1739 in Goochland Co., Virginia Married: 20 FEB 1760 in Goochland Co., Virginia

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Elizabeth Jane Woodson Lewis b: 1782 in Albemarle Co., Virginia Death: APR 1809 in Livingston Co., Kentucky

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Lilburne Lewis b: ABT 1773 in Virginia Married: 2 SEP 1797

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Jane Woodson Lewis b: ABT 1800 in Albemarle Co., Virginia Death: AFT 1860 in Albemarle Co., Virginia

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Peter Field Jefferson b: ABT 1785 in Albemarle Co., Viriginia Married: 21 NOV 1819 in Fluvanna, Virginia

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Thomas Jefferson b: 1825

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Rose Tucker Birth: ABT 1648 in Westmoreland Co., Virginia Death: 1712 in Westmoreland Co., Virginia, Burial: Virginia, She may have been married to an Allerton, or her maiden name is Allerton who married a Tucker as I'm not real clear on her history. Married Thomas (Sir) Gerrard , Dr. b: 10 DEC 1608 in Lancashire, England, apparently her grandfather if she was not widow Allerton.

William Pope (Po7-2) was one of the original trustees appointed by the Virginia Legislature to establish the town of Louisville in May, 1780; he made the survey of the town to carry out the plan of dividing the forfeited Connolly land into lots to be sold at $30 an acre; he was a justice of the peace in 1785. William Pope was a veteran of the Revolution, as was his brother, Benjamin, and in 1780 was made Lieutenant Colonel of the Louisville militia, to become Colonel of the same organization in April, 1784. William Pope and his family settled an the Bardstown road not far from the city limits, the house standing on what is now the country place of Mrs. Harry Bishop.

??Martha Pope

FROM Westmoreland county, Virginia, and down the Ohio to the settlement at the mouth of Beargrass, three members of the Pope family journeyed in late 1779, or in the first month of 1780. William Pope and Benjamin Pope and their sister, Jane Pope, the wife of Thomas Helm, the founder of the Kentucky family of that name. They were three of the four children of Worden Pope and Hester Netherton, John Pope, the fourth, remaining in Virginia. Worden Pope represented the fourth generation of Popes in America, before him being three Nathaniel Popes. Nathaniel Pope, I., of England, settled in Maryland prior to 1637, and was a member of the Maryland General Assembly in 1648. He moved to Virginia in 1650, and part of his estate was "The Cliffs," which passed from the Popes to one Thomas Ley, ancestor of Robert E. Lee, the name of the estate changing to "Stratford." The bricks of which "Stratford" was built are said to have been a gift from Queen Anne. Ann Pope, daughter of the first Nathaniel Pope, married John Washington, who emigrated from England and was the great-grandmother of George Washington.

 Of the three Popes who came to Louisville only one, William Pope, remained. Benjamin Pope removed to Bullitt county; Jane Pope Helm and her husband stayed only a year and then settled in Elizabethtown, establishing "Helm Place," which remained in the possession of the family until a few years ago.
    It is recounted that in the year which the Helms spent in Louisville, then a most unhealthy place, they lost three small children by disease.   William Pope had married in Virginia, Penelope Edwards, a daughter of Hayden Edwards, of Farquier county, who removed to Bourbon county, Ky., to found a large and wealthy family. William and Penelope Pope had eight children, four sons and four daughters, and there are a number of descendants in Louisville. One daughter, Penelope, was the heroine of an interesting pioneer romance, and she was also one of three generations of Penelopes who were married very young, two at the age of 14, who were mothers at 15, and one married at 13, the mother of two children at 15. Coming down the Ohio river on their way to the falls of the Ohio, Col. William Pope and his family encountered a young soldier of the Revolution, Lieut. Col. William Oldham, and a warm friendship sprang up between Col. Pope and Oldham, who made part of the trip with the Pope family.

Lieut. Col. Oldham was much attracted to Penelope, the young daughter of his friend, and announced his intention of coming back to claim her for his bride, which he did three years later. Oldham was killed by Indians at St. Clair's defeat in 1791. The marriage of Penelope Pope Oldham, a widow, to Henry Churchill, and of her daughter, Abigail Oldham, to Samuel Churchill, brother of Henry, was recounted in the sketch of the Churchill family. The incident of mother and daughter marrying brothers had occurred before in the Pope family, for Hesterton Netherton Pope, after the death of Worden Pope, married Lynaugh Helm, a brother of Thomas Helm, who married her daughter, Jane Pope.
 

The old Pope cemetery was on this farm, and a handsome monument stands there to mark the graves of William Pope, Jr., and his wife, Cynthia Sturgess.
   In the East End there are three parallel streets, William, H and Pope streets, which make a lasting tribute to the memory of Col. Pope as an early surveyor of the town.
   William Pope, Jr., and his wife, Cynthia Sturgess, had a large family, their sons and daughters marrying into families of prominence and social position, but there are few of their descendants left in Louisville. Henrietta Pope married Thomas Prather Jacob, and their home was for many years on the northeast corner of Fourth and Breckinridge. They have two sons living, Donald Jacob, who married Hallie Louise Burge, and John I. Jacob, of Louisville and Paris. Another son, the late Rev. Thomas Prather Jacob, has two children, Etta Pope Jacob and James Baird Jacob, who live with their mother, who was Martha Baird. Henry Pope, who married Alice Miller, has a daughter, Anna, Mrs. E. C. Newbold, who makes Louisville her home.   Alexander Pope married Martha Fontaine and had five children, two sons, Henry and Fontaine, who were never married, and both were killed in duels; three daughters, Penelope Pope, who married her cousin, William
Prather;

Martha Pope, who married her cousin, Charles Pope, son of William and Cynthia Pope, and after his death married the Rev. Edward P. Humphrey (her only child was Judge Alexander Pope Humphrey), and Maria Pope, who married Allen P. Elston. The Elstons had a daughter, Fanny, who married Edward Payson Quigley, the mother of Eliza Quigley, Mrs. Bethel B. Veech, and of three other children who do not live in Louisville.
   The numerous descendants of Penelope Pope, and William Prather were mentioned in the sketch of the Prather family.
   The home of Alexander Pope, member of the Kentucky Legislature, prominent lawyer and man of affairs, stood on the south side of Jefferson street, between Sixth and Seventh, with a frontage of about 200 feet and extending back to Green street. Alexander Pope bought the property in 1806, and Judge Alexander Pope Humphrey inherited it from his mother, who was Martha Pope. Judge Humphrey was born in the old Pope home and still owns a piece of property on the block, a part of which was the lawn on the Sixth-street side of the house, retaining it for its association, and oddly enough the windows of his law office in the Inter-Southern overlook the site of the Pope house, on which is now built a row of shops.
 

   The Pope men were antagonists of Henry Clay and strong supporters of Andrew Jackson, and a tradition of the Popes tells of the caucus held in Alexander Pope's law office, which stood in the side yard of his home on Jefferson street, at which Andrew Jackson was brought forward as a candidate for the Presidency in 1824. When President Jackson visited Louisville he was delightfully entertained by the Pope families.
   Penelope Pope, one of the four daughters of William and Penelope Pope, is the only one who has descendants here. By her first marriage to Col. William Oldham she had three children, Judge John Pope Oldham, of the Louisville Circuit Court, long prominent here; Major Richard Oldham, of the United States Army, and Abigail Oldham, who married Samuel Churchill. Judge John Pope Oldham married Malinda Talbot; their daughter, Susan Oldham, married Horace Hill, and was the mother of several children. Lily Hill married William Paca Lee and was the mother of Linda Lee, now Mrs. Thomas, and of Jouett Lee, Mrs. William Wallace, of Boston, who so frequently visits here.
   Major Richard Oldham married Eliza Martin, daughter of Major Thomas Martin,
U. S. A., having a son, George Oldham, who married Harriet Josephine Miller, daughter of John Adam Miller. Alfred Violett Oldham, for many years

Clerk of the City Court, is the only descendant of Major Oldham in the city.
   From the marriage of Penelope Pope Oldham to Henry Churchill and from the marriage of her daughter, Abigail Oldham, to Samuel Churchill, several of Louisville's most influential families trace their lineage, the Ballards, the Humphreys, the Churchills, the Jungbluths, the Peters and others, all mentioned in the Churchill sketch.
   Two sons of William and Penelope Pope, prominent men of their day, were John Pope and Nathaniel Pope. but they have no descendants in Louisville.
   While Benjamin Pope and his wife, Beheathland Foote, settled in Bullitt county, near Shepherdsville, Benjamin Pope, a captain in the Revolution, was active in the shaping of the city's history. He was an ensign in Capt. James Patton's militia, and assisted in the building of Fort Nelson. He was one of Louisville trustees in 1783. Among the trustees of Louisville elected in 1809 were Benjamin Pope's son, Worden, and William Pope's son, Alexander Pope.
   Worden Pope was one of three sons of Benjamin and Beheathland Pope. George and Benjamin Pope continued their residence in Bullitt county, while Worden Pope became a prominent citizen in Louisville. He was County Clerk for many years and was succeeded by his son, Edmund Pendleton Pope, and later by his son, Curran Pope, the clerkship remaining in the Pope family for over sixty years.
   Elizabeth Taylor Thruston, daughter of Col. John Thruston, was the wife of Worden Pope, and there were thirteen children of this marriage. However, only three sons of the family are forefathers of Louisville people: Patrick Henry Pope, who married Sarah Lawrence Brown; Edmund Pendleton Pope, who married Nancy Johnson, daughter of Col. James Johnson; Col. Curran Pope, of the Union army, a West Point graduate, killed at the Battle of Perryville, who married Matilda Prather Jacob, daughter of John I. Jacob and Ann Overton Fontaine.
   Patrick Henry Pope was the father of Edmonia Pope, who married Dr. William H. Galt, the mother of Misses Urith and Ellen Galt; and of Ellen E. Pope, who married Dr. John Thruston, the mother of Mrs. Sarah Thruston Hughes, and of Mary Anna Pope, who married George Nicholas, whose offspring is set down in the sketch of the Prather family. There were two other children who have no descendants here.
   Edmund Pendleton Pope was the father of Judge Alfred Thruston Pope, legislator and jurist, who married his cousin, Mary Tyler Pope, daughter of Col. Curran Pope. Dr. Curran Pope
 

and Alfred Thruston Pope are the only children of Judge Alfred Thruston and Mary Tyler Pope, and live in their parents' old residence on Walnut street. Another son of Edmund Pendleton Pope is Brig. Gen. J. Worden Pope, U, S. A., retired, whose home is in Denver. Gen. Pope was at one time quartermaster general of the army, and was for a time commandant of the disciplinary barracks at Ft. Leavenworth. His son, Worden Pope, spent the autumn in Louisville at Camp Taylor in the F. A. R. D., and was a candidate officer in the artillery school when the armistice was signed.
   Mary Tyler Pope, the mother of Dr. Curran Pope and Alfred Thruston Pope, was the only child of Cal. Curran Pope, with descendants here.

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Subject: Re: Worden POPE & Hester NETHERTON's children.
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 1997 17:44:07 -0400 (EDT)
 

Nathaniel Pope, alias Bridges, was the son of Nathaniel and Mary Lisson Pope,. . . .
Gave gift of land to his son, Worden, Jan 27, 1719. Will probated 29 Aug 1749, Legacy: To children Benjamin, Jean, William and the child my wife goes with, all estate; wife Hester 1/3 estate. Executors, Augusta Washington and Benjamin Weeks. (child mentioned was John Pope). John was trustee of town of Dumfries, 1786; member of Virginia Assembly, 1798-99.
Benjamin b. ca 1740, married Behetherton Foote (marriage bond in Faquier Co., VA, dated 11 Dec 1766) and resided in Jefferson Co., whence he removed to
Bullett Co., KY.
(R)25E Benjamin Pope (1740-1860) born Fauquier Co., VA, died KY, married 1766
Behetherton Foote, died 1808. Daughter, Susanna Pope (1778-1815) married
Jermiah Yewell (1782-1862). (Vol 130 p. 177)

(R)33A Know all men by these presents that we, Benjamin Pope, son and heir of
Warden Pope, late of Westmoreland Co., dec'd, and Thomas Helm of Prince
William Co., (who intermarried with Jane Pope, the Daughter of Worden Pope)
send greeting. Whereas said Worden Pope in and by his Last Will and Testament
duly executed proved and recorded amongst the Records of the Co. of
Westmoreland aforesaid which of greater certainty is referred to and by his
said will give unto his Widow and Relict of Warden Pope, now Wife of Lynaugh
Helm of Co. of Prince William gent. and the mother of said Benjamin and Jane,
during her natural life a very considerable part of his real and personal
estate as her dower...... (Lynaugh Helm paid Benjamin and Jane for land left
to them and their heirs by Warden Pope. Benjamin and Jane released all future
claims to said dower....).
Dated 7th of August 1764. (There is a full page of narrative regarding this
Letter of Attorney.)

(R)55B Jean Pope, daughter of Worden and Hester Pope, married Thomas Helm, of
Prince William Co., VA, who moved to the Falls of the Ohio in 1778. He was
born 14 Sep 1731.

(R)33A Lynaugh Helm put and bound unto Henry Darne of the County of Fairfax
in the Parish of Truro Joiner, William Pope an Orphan Boy of the age of 14
as an apprentice carpenter until the full age of 21....At a Court continued
and held for Prince William Co., the 25th day of March 1761, William Pope
Orphan of Warden Pope, dec'd and agreed to signing of the indenture.

(R)25E William Pope: Appointed Col in 1781 of Jefferson Co., KY. Laid out the
town of Louisville, KY and held many important offices there. Born
Westmoreland Co., VA, died Louisville, KY. Married 1765 Penelope Edwards
(1748-1825); (1) daughter, Jane Pope, born 1772, died 1852, married 1793
Abner Field (1752-1831); (2) daughter, Elizabeth Pope married 2nd, Nathaniel
Hall; (3) son Nathaniel Pope (1784-1850), married 1809 Lucretia Backus
(1787-1867) (Nathaniel & Lucretia had a daughter, Cynthia Pope (1836-1855);
(4) daughter Penelope Pope, married Henry Churchill, Henry & Penelope had a
son, Alexander Pope Churchill). (Vol 122 p. 216.)

(R)55B William Pope (son of Worden and Hester) in early life lived in Prince
William Co., VA, and moved thence to Jefferson Co. KY; trustee Jefferson
Courthouse 1784; afterward trustee Louisville, KY. He served as captain in
the Revolution, and afterwards as colonel in the Kentucky Militia.
He married (circa 1765) Penelope Edwards, daughter of Hayden Edwards, of
Faquier Co., VA. Hayden Edwards was second son of William Edwards, of
Lancaster Co., VA and is mentioned by Kennedy in "The Life of William Wirt".
He was grandfather of Governor Ninian Edwards, of Illinois.
The children of William and Penelope (Edwards) Pope, as far as we have
ascertained, were (1) Penelope (born in Prince William Co., VA, Feb.12, 1769;
married July 24, 1783, Lieut.-Col. William Oldham, who was killed, Nov. 4,
1791, commanding Kentucky Militia at St. Clair's defeat. Col. Oldham is
believed to have been the eldest son of Isaac Oldham, formerly of
Westmoreland Co., PA, who died in 1822, in Ohio Co., VA., leaving a will, in
which thirteen children are named.
(2) John, born in born in Prince William Co., VA, 1770, lost an arm by an
accident when a boy, removed to KY, was United States Senator, served
(1829-1837) as territorial governor of Arkansas, died at Springfield, KY,
July 12, 1845. He had son Nathainiel, who was United States Federal Judge in
Illinois, and father of Maj.-Gen. John Pope, U.S.A. (3) Jane, married Maj.
Abner Field, father of Nathan Field, of Jeffersonville, Indiana. (pg.
155-156.)
In addition to the three children of William and Penelope (Edwards) Pope
previously named, viz., Penelope, John and Jane, the compiler is able to give
five others, as follows:
(4) William, second son, born January, 1775; died May 29, 1844; was a
prosperous farmer in Jefferson Co., near Louisville, KY. He married January
23, 1800, Cynthia Sturgess, by whome he had a large family. His children, who
lived to be married were John, William H., Robert, Godfrey, Charles and Ann.
(5) Alexander, third son, prominent lawyer of Louisville, KY; married Oct 4,
1806, Martha M. Fontaine, daughter of Aaron Fontaine, of Louisville, by whom he had two sons and three daughters, viz: Henry, Fontaine, Maria, Martha and Penelope.
(6) Nathan, fourth son, lawyer and jurist; settled at Kaskaskia; appointed by President Monroe United States Judge for the district of Illinois. He married Lucretia Backus, and had two two sons and four daughters: William, John, Penelope, Elizabeth, Lucretia and Cynthia. It was his second son, John, who was a Major-General in the United States Army. (This Nathaniel Pope, erroneously stated in several published sketches as the son of John Pope, M.C. from Kentucky, in 1811-1812, was so improperly set down in the first installment of these notes.)
(7) Elizabeth, third daughter, married (1) Gen. George Trotter, of Lexington KY., by whom she had two sons-John and James. She married (2) the Rev. Nathan H. Hall, a Presbyteran clergyman, and removed to Missouri. They had two children-William and Florida.
(8) Hester, fourth daughter, married her first cousin, Presley Edwards, a distinguished lawyer of Russellville, KY and had two children-George T. and
Mary.
Of this group of children of William and Penelope Pope, the daughter Penelope who married Col. Oldham, had by him four children, viz: William (died young),
John P., Richard A., and Abigail. She married (2) Henry Churchill (Jan 2, 1793), and died Sep 16, 1821. She had by the second marriage five children:
Armistead, Henry, Lucy Gordon, Worden Pope, Eliza Ann, and Alexander Pope. (3) The second daughter, Jane, who married Abner Fields (license dated Oct
17, 1793) had seven sons and five daughters, viz: Gabriel, William, Abner, Alexander, Nathaniel, John, Charles, Judith, Penelope, Eleanor, Esther and
Elizabeth. (Reference on page 159 appears to be in error, it shows the second daughter to be Elizabeth, NOTE: I have inserted Jane to replace Elizabeth
above.)

(R)33A 6 Aug 1770 William Pope "leased for life" land from Lynaugh Helm for William and wife Penelope and dau. Penelope. (appears this was the period William turned 21.)

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(R)25E. Lineage Book, Daughters of the American Revolutions (many volumes). Copy @ Bradley Memorial Library, Columbus, GA
929.3 Daughters

(R)33A Virginia Co., Court Records, Deed Abstracts of Prince William Co., VA, 1763-1768, P. 39., Prince William Co.,VA Deed Book Q 1763-1768, Part 1, pg. 142-143, and Deed Abstracts of Prince William Co., VA 1745-1770, Court Records. Edited & published by Ruth & Sam Sparacio, 1320 Mayflower Dr.,
McLean, VA 22101-3402,(C) 1989. Copy @ Clayton Genealogical Library, Houston,TX,  VA GEN 975.5 S736.

(R)55B Genealogies of Virginia Families, pg. 155-161. "Col. Nathaniel Pope and His Descendents", by Rev. G. W. Beale, D. D. B., from the William & Mary
College Quarterly Historical Magazine, Vol. IV. Neville-Terrill, Indexed by Judith McGhan. Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore MD, Published 1982.
Copy @ Clayton Library, Houston, TX, VA GEN 975.5 C466

John Pope (1770–1845)
 

John Pope served variously from 1798 to 1842 as a U.S. senator and congressional representative from Kentucky, secretary of state for Kentucky, and the third territorial governor of Arkansas. Initially affiliated with the Democratic-Republican Party, he joined the Whig Party in the 1830s. During his tenure as territorial governor, he worked to establish a legislative program to promote migration and economic development and to rid the region of its reputation as a violent and politically unstable frontier.

John Pope was born in February 1770 (exact date not known) in Prince William County, Virginia, the eldest son of Colonel William and Penelope Edwards Pope. The Pope family moved near Louisville, Kentucky, in 1779 at the height of the American Revolution. After an accident on his family’s farm necessitated the amputation of Pope’s arm, his father sent him to a private school in Bardstown, Kentucky, where he received a classical education. After graduating from William and Mary College, Pope studied law in Lexington and established a practice in Shelbyville, Kentucky.

In 1798, Pope began a nearly fifty-year political career with his election as a representative for Shelby County in the Kentucky General Assembly. He quickly established himself as a significant figure in Kentucky politics and proved a worthy rival of Henry Clay, the leading political figure in Kentucky and a rising star on the national political stage. Throughout his career, Pope earned a reputation for a careful study of issues and for holding steadfast to his stated positions regardless of potential political fallout. For example, his opposition to the United States’ entry into the War of 1812 (a conflict advocated by Henry Clay, a leading congressional “War Hawk”) factored into his unsuccessful reelection bid after serving a single term in the U.S. Senate from 1807 to 1813, during which time he also held the office of president pro tempore.

Despite his sometimes controversial beliefs and uncompromising sense of ethics, Pope also knew how to gain important political contacts. He became a political ally of Andrew Jackson in 1819 and enthusiastically supported the frontier hero’s presidential candidacy in 1828. After Jackson’s election as president of the United States, he appointed Pope as the territorial governor of Arkansas in the spring of 1829.

Early in his first term, he expressed his vision for Arkansas: that it might become “by a wise and just course of policy, the enterprise, public spirit, intelligence, and elevated character of the people, a bright star in the political constellation.” Almost immediately, Pope introduced policies designed to turn this vision into a reality.

Pope used census figures to determine that the number of representatives in the legislature should be increased and distributed in a more equitable fashion; accordingly, he raised the number of representatives from nine to twenty-three and devised a plan for their distribution. To improve the efficiency of the territorial mail service, Pope recommended a weekly steamboat river route between the cities of Little Rock (Pulaski County); Memphis, Tennessee; and New Orleans, Louisiana. The legislature chose a slightly altered plan, using the newly constructed Military Road as a weekly overland route between Little Rock and Memphis. Influenced by his adherence to the Jacksonian principle of expansive democracy, Pope made many of the territory’s offices elected rather than appointed. These policies formed the framework of Pope’s desire to increase migration to the territory and diminish its reputation as a place of violence and corruption that was unsuitable for settlement by virtuous families. Pope demonstrated his commitment to this ideal by becoming the first territorial governor of Arkansas to move his family to the raucous territory when he arrived on May 31, 1829.

Pope married three times. His first wife, Ann Henry died on March 1, 1806; this marriage produced no children. Eliza Pope, whom he married in Lexington on February 11, 1810, was the sister-in-law of future President John Quincy Adams. This marriage produced two daughters, Elizabeth and Florida; Florida Pope died young. Following the death of Eliza on April 24, 1818, he married the widow Francis Walton Pope on May 1, 1820 in Washington County, Kentucky.

Pope’s most persistent and belligerent opponent during his tenure in Arkansas was Robert Crittenden, another former Kentuckian who led the territory for more than a year due to the delayed arrival of Governor James Miller. Fortunately for Pope, he gained the powerful allegiance of Colonel Ambrose Sevier and the Arkansas Gazette; both shared his vision of Arkansas as a land ripe for positive improvements. These allies proved valuable during the peak of Crittenden’s opposition, as the encounters with the Crittenden faction were at the center of most of Pope’s difficulties in office. Pope’s earlier rivalry with Henry Clay had been one of honest ideological difference expressed with anger and passion, but also respect, by men of intelligence and eloquence who happened to differ on policy issues. The rivalry with Crittenden, by contrast, was founded on spite and jealousy and fought by way of bitterly partisan journalism rather than open and direct debate. The Crittenden faction’s purpose was to discredit and embarrass Pope in the eyes of his supporters; however, it had little, if any, effect on Pope’s popular reputation.

The Pope-Crittenden rivalry became particularly heated during the creation of the territory’s capitol building. In 1831, Crittenden and his followers in the state legislature proposed an exchange of his home for the lands being sold to finance the capital’s construction. Pope vetoed the bill in question, recognizing the measure as a profiteering manipulation. Pope continued the program of land sales and selected the site for construction of a magnificent Greek Revival structure. Completed in 1842, the Old State House (as the structure is now known) still stands and is the oldest surviving state capitol building west of the Mississippi River.

Pope’s tenure in Arkansas ended sooner than he would have liked. By 1834, his political convictions were increasingly at odds with the anti-bank, anti-tariff policies of the Jackson administration. After he made these differences known to Jackson in a private letter, Jackson did not appoint Pope to a third term as territorial governor in 1835 but instead replaced him with William S. Fulton. Although Pope was not governor when Arkansas entered the Union as the twenty-fifth state in 1836, his vision of organization and reform, and the policies that gave shape to that vision, clearly set the stage for statehood. Pope County was named in his honor to recognize his role in the state’s development.

At the end of his tenure in Arkansas, Pope returned to Kentucky and won election to the U.S. House of Representatives. He served in that capacity from 1837 to 1843 and died on July 12, 1845, at the age of seventy-five. He is buried on Cemetery Hill in Springfield, Kentucky.

For additional information:
Baylor, Orval. John Pope, Kentuckian: His Life and Times, 1770–1845. Cynthiana, KY: The Hobson Press, 1943.

Blakey, George T. “Rendezvous with Republicanism: John T. Pope vs. Henry Clay in 1816.” Indiana Magazine of History 62 (September 1966): 233–50.

John Pope Papers. Filson Club Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky.

Pope County Historical Association. History of Pope County, Arkansas. Winston-Salem, NC: Hunter Publishing Company, 1979.

White, Lonnie J. “The Fall of Governor John Pope.” Arkansas Historical Quarterly 23 (Spring 1964): 74–84.

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arn] was appointed Governor of the Territory of Ar-
kansas in the year of 1830, by Andrew Jackson.
He was twice mar'-ied, had one child by his first wife
whom he called Florida. She married a Mr. Cocke,
by whom she had one child, a daughter. This
branch of tlie Pope family is now entirely extinct.
His second wife was the widow of' General Walton, of
Springfield, Kentucky, an elderly lady of talent and
culture. These three distinguished citizens of Wash-
ington county died manv years ago, and are buried
in the Cemetery at vSuringfield, a fine monument
marking the place where they repose.

WiLLIAM POPE,

The second son of the old pioneer, was a wealthy
farrner in the vicinity of Louisville, a man of splen-
did business talents and great industry, by tlie Judi-
cious employment of which he amassed a considera-
ble fortune. He was a man of sterling integrity and
a high sense of honor in all his dealings and trans-.
actions with his fellow man. He married Cynthia
Sturgus, by whom he had eight sons and one daugh-
ter — John, William, Nathaniel, Minor, James, Rob-
*ert, Godfrey, Charles and Ann. Ann married Larz
Anderson, ."Oil of Col. Richard C. Anderson, of Jef-
ferson county, of Revolutionary memory. She lived
but a few years and died, leaving one son, who was
named Richard C. Anderson, in lionor of his grand-
father. Richard died in 1878. His wife was Miss
Agnes Thompson, by whom he had four children,
three living, Kate, Sallie and Richard. John Pope,
the eldest son, married Miss Maria Preston, daughter
of Major Preston, and sister of General Wm. Preston.
She was noted for dignity, and oo!aman<Ung appear-
ance. Her husband regarded her, and justly, too, as
one of the smartest women in Kentucky, She was
remarkable for wit and the sl.ar[)ness and severity of
her rejiartees. Her father was one of the finest look- -
ing men in the State, a giant in size. When mounted
upon his large and splendid steed it seemed as if the
very earth trembled beneath his stately tread. John
 
 

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lived but a few years afier marriage, leaving one
child that died in infancy. He was' a graduate of
Harvard University, studied law, but was unfortun-
ately cut down in tlie morning of life, with consump-
tion, a hereditary disease in his mother's family.

William H. Pope, second son of the wealthy farm-
er, married Miss Mary Wilson, daughter of Dr. Dan-
iel Wilson, of Louisville, an amiable lady, well qual-
ified to be the maternal head of a large family with
which she was blessed. She had twelve children of
the Pope lineage — Cynthia, Ann, Wallace, Tiiumas,
Henrietta, Minor, Mary, Lucinda;, Kate, William,
Henry and Charles. Cynthia married Richard At-
kinson, by whom she had three sons, William, Rich-
ard and Clifton. Wallace married Theresa Steele, of
Oldham county, and they have six children living:
\VilIiam, Arinie, Wallace, Samuel, Theresa and Rich-
and. Henrietta married T. P. Jacob, of Louisville,
and has had ten children; of whom five are living —
John, Thomas, Charles, Donald and Lucy. Her
iiusband is tlie descendant of one of the old and
wealthy families of Louisville, always lionor d and
respected for their public spirit and integrity. Lu-
cinda married Nicholas Smith and died, leavi-ig but
one ciiild, a daughter, who survived her but a sliort
time- Henry married twice. His first wife was Alice
Miller, by whom he had one child, a daughter, Anna.
Hi.s second wife, Anna, daughter of W\ Brooks, who
bore him a posthumous child named Henry. But five
of William H. Pope's children married, and but
three are now living, Henrietta, Wallace and Minir.
The la^i a bachelor.

Godfrey, another son of the wealthy farmer, mar-
ried Miss Fannie Mirior, of Nelson county, Kentucky,
by v.hom he had three children, Mary, Anna and
Sarah. Mary died at the age of fourteen, Sarah died
in infancy; Anna married James W'. Bowles, c.-f Lou-
isville, and has four children living, Joshua, Nannie,
Grace and Julia,

Robert Pope, another son of the old farmer, died
recently, an old bachelor. The rest of the sons, Na-
thaniel. Minor, James and Charles, died leaving no
children. Godfrey died during the war with Mexico.
So of this naturally prolific branch of the Pope fam-
ily but four descendants, all in the line of Wallace,
survive to perpetuate the name.

ALEXANDER POPE,

The third son of Colonel William Pope, was one of
the ori^dnal lawyers of the Louisville bar. He was a
man of considerable ability, equal to any of his co-
temporaries in the legal profession. By his practice
he made a competency for his family, and died at
the age of about fifty, leaving his family in good cir-
cumstances. His wife was Patsey Fountain one of
the daughters of Captain Fountain, well known to
the old inhabitants ef Louisville as one of tne most
respectable men of that day. They had five children,
two sons and three daughters, Henry, Fountain, Ma-
ria, Martha and Penelope. Henry and Fountain
never married, and -were both killed in duels; the
first near Jeffersonville, by a young man by the name
of Gray, of Louisville, and the second by young No-
land, of Little Rock, Arkansas. Maria married Dr,
Allen P. Elston; Martha married Charles Pope, and
after his death she married Edward P. Humphrey, a
distinguished Presbyterian clergyman, by whom she
has but one child, a son, Aleyander Pope Humphrey,
now 32 years old, who is spoken of as being a man of
superior talents, and one of tlie best lawyers of his
age at the Louisville bar. He recently married a
daughter of Alexaiider Pope Churchill,

Penelope Pope, the third daughter of Alexander
Pope the old lawyer, married William Prather, son
of Thomas Prather, one of the many wealthy mer-
chants of Louisville. She died, leaving seven daugh-
ters, Kate, Julia, Susan, Matilda, Murgaret. Penel-
ope and Martlia. Kate married Orville Winsted, of
Covington, Ky.; Susan married John Zanor.e, of
Louisville; Matilda married Goldborough Robinson,
of Louisville; Juiia and Martha died young, and
Margaret and Penelope are unmarried.
 
 

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Thus it will be seen that the name of Pope has long
since ceased in Alexander Pope's branch of the fam-
ily. By the false and irrational ideal, of southern
chivalry the male members of the family lost their
lives.

NATHANIEL POPE,
The fourth son ol Colonel William Pope, was an em-
inent lawyer, studied the French language when
young, and located, in the beginning of this century,
in the old French town of Kaskaskia, Illinois. He
soon became one of the most popular lawyers of the
new Territory, so much so that he wais appointed a
District Judge of the United States Court by Pres
Monroe, which ofiice he held for many years. He
died at an advanced age. He had two sons and four
daughters, William, John, Penelope, Elizabeth, La-
cretia and Cynthia. William married Elija Doug-
las, of St. Louis, and died in 1835, leaving live chil-
dren, Nathaniel, Douglass, John, Cornelia and Lu-
cretia. Nathaniel is Superintendent of Indian Atfaks
for New Mexico; Douglass is Secretary of the Galena
and S{)ringfit Id Railroad, Illinois, and John is Lieu-
tenant in the United States Army. Cornelia married
William Brown, of Springfield, Illinois, and Lucretia
is unmarried.

John Pope, second son of Nathaniel Pope, the
United States Judge, is a General of the United States
Army, widely known in military circles, having a
national reputation as a thoroughly educated officer
of the regular army, brave and patriotic. At this
wi-iting he is in command of the Department of the
West, with his hemi jua-tei's at Leavenworth, Kansas.
He married a daughter of the Hon, V. B. Horton, of
Ohio, in the year, 1859. by whom he h-is three chil-
dren, Korton, John and Lucretia.

Penelope, llrst daughter of .Judge Pope, mai-ried
Beverly Allen, of St. L-mi^, who died leaving her in
afiluence witli four chiUiren, Lucretia, Anne Celesta,
Penelope and Beverly. Lu(>r..'ti^ married George D.
Hall, of St. Louis; Anno Ceh,'.^ta o.arried Hon. J. H.
Sturgeon, of St. Louis, ufid Penelope married J. C.
 
 

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Oirick, a lawyer of St. Louis. Beverly re^^ides in St.
Loui-, and is an enterprising and highly respectable
business gentleman. Mi^. Peneiope Allen still re-
fides in tite vicinity of St. Loui.-^, and is a lady of
strong mind and high socia! position, and is an hon-
or to her distinguished ancestry.

Elizabeth, second daughter of Judge P*ope, niar^
ried Dr. Thomas D. dope, of Alton, Illinois. Tiie
Doctor has but one child giown.

Lucretia, third daughter of Judge Pupe, married
Thomas Yeatman, a lawyer, now rcsidin.-- iii 2sew
H liven, Connecticut.

Cynthia, the fourth and last daughter of Judge
Pope, married James E. Veatman, of St. Louis. She
died in 1S5-1, leaving only one child, a son, who wa.-
named for his grandfather, jSatlianiel Pope Yeatman.
It will be seen from this branch of the genealogy
there are six descendants of the Hon, Nat Pope, of
Kaskaskia, still living to perpetuate his name.

PENELOPE POPE,

First daughter of Colonel William Pope, was mar-
ried twice. Her first husband was Colonel Oldham,
of Kentucky, who was killed in St. Clair's defeat on
the 4ih of November, 1791. By Colonel Oldham she
had two sons and one daughter, John, Richard and
Abbey.

John P. Oldham, her first son, married Miss Ma-
linda Talbot, of Louisville.. Alabama, by whom he
had two sons and two daughters, William, Talbot.
Sophia and Susan, William and Talbot died with-
out having married; Sophia married the lion. AVm.
F. Bullock, of Louisville, and Susan married Horace
Hill, one of the old and prominent merchants of Lou-
isville, John P, Oldham was one of the lawyers of
the Louisville bar, and for several years Judge of the
Circuit Court. His brother, Richard Oldham, was a
noble-hearted and generous man; was for many years
an offcer in tlie United States Army, and in his last
days served as Jailor of Jefferson county, and died
in Louisville, leaving several children, who, with
 
 

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their widowed mother, removed to New Orleans.
Abbey, the only dau:ghter of Col. Oldham, Married
Samuel Chnrchlll, an accomplished gentleman and
wealthy farmer in tlie neighborhood of Louisville.
Tiie second husband of Penelope Pope was Henry
Churchill, a wealthy farmer near Louisville. By
him she had three sons and two daughters, Armstead,
Worden, Alexander, Lucy and Eliza. Armstead is
a lawyer and an old resident of Elizabethtown, Ky.,
and was once Judge of the Circuit Court, He is far
advanced in life, but in good circumstances. Wor-
den married Miss Mary Prather, a daughter of an
old and retired merchant of Louisville, of consider-
able wealth and high respectability. He died wliile
quite young, leavintr one child, a son. Alexander
married a daughter of ex-Judge McKinley, of the
U. S. Court, by whom he had several children. Lucy
never married. Eiiza married a Mr. Payne, of Fay-
ette county, Ky., by whom she had one son and two
daughters, James, Elizabeth and Mary. After the
death of Mr. Payne she married a Mr. Kinney, and
located in Elizabethto'vn, Ky., where she still resides,
well in years.

JANE POPE,

Second daughter of Col. William Pope, married
Major Abner Field, who was also a very early settler
of the State, and one of its first Representatives in
the Virginia House of Burgesses, by whom she had
seven sons and five daughters, Gabriel, William,
Abner, Alexander, Nathaniel, John. Charles, .Judith,
Penelope, Eleanor, Hester and Eiizabeth. Gabriel
was a Lieutenant in the U. S. Regular Army, and
died at Council Bluffs, in 1822, aged 28 vears. Wil-
liam married .Miss Mildred Banks, of Spottsylvania
countv, Va., by whom he had one son and four
daughters, Benjamin, Ann, Jane, Ellen and Mary
Frances. Benjamin i.s not married. Ann married
Charles Ka[)iev, a merchant of Little Rock, Ark.
Jane, married Gov. Henry Rector, of that State.
Ellen married a .Mr. Duval, a lawyer of Ft. Smith,
 
 

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and Mary Frances married a Mr. Lewis, of Texas.
Their father was once Sheriff of Jetlerson coantv,
Ky., and emigrated to Arkans.i.; in 1830, haying re-
ceived tb.e appointment from General Jackson of
Clerk of the United States Court for that territory.
He died in Little Rock in 1864.

Abner Field, second son of Major Abner Field,
went to Illinois in 1819, and was appointed Clerk uf
Union connty. He was elected Treasurer of State,
and after his term of service expired he was elected
Clerk of Joe Davis county, and died at Galena aboui
the year 1832, He was married in 1823 to Miss
Maria James, daughter of Judge James, of Missouri.
He never had but one child, whom he named Jane.
She married a Dr. Edmondson, of Missouri, by whom
she had several cliildren. She and Dr. Edmond-on
are both dead. Her mother preceded to tlie grave
several years,

Alexander, the fourth son of Major Abner Field,
studied law with Judge Nat Pope, of Kaskaskia, 111.,
located at Jonesboro, county seat of Union, in 1S2'J,
was elected to the Legislature in 1823; was subse-
quently elected Secretary of State, and in 1841 was ap-
pointed by John Tyler Secretary of Wisconsin; prac-
ticed law over twenty years in Xew Orleans; was
elected Attorney General of the State, which office
he held at the time of his death, August 19, LSTo, in
the 77th year of his age. He was married three
times. His first ^vit'e was Miss Elizabeth Kalfus,
daughter of an old and reputable farmer of Jetl'er*
son county, Kentucky. By her he had one ol\ild, a
daughter, Eleanor, who is still living but not mar^-
ried. His second wife was Miss Eliza Owings, of St.
Louis, daughter of Colonel Owings of that city, by
whom he had fuor children, Alexander, Eugene, Alice
and Julia. Alexander died young and was never
married. Eugene is married and resides i;-: St. Louis.
Alice married a Mr, Snilth, and Julia a, Mr. Dutch-
er, who also reside in vSt. Louis, all business men, of^
ficially connected with iuiportnnt railroad:.!. The
 
 

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third wife was Minnie E. Miller, of Ohio, by wlioiu
he had no ch.ildren.

Dr. Nathaniel Field, fifth pon of Maj. Abner Field.
Tuarried Miss vSarah Ann Lawe.s, of Jefferson connty,
Ky., daughter of Tuptnas Lawes, an old settler of
Kentucky, and one of tlie tnost benevolent men that
eyer lived. Thi.^^old couple have lived together ftfiy-
two years, and have five living children, four sons and
one daughter, Natiianiel, Worden, Davis, .John and
Penelope. Nathaniel married Miss Mollie Arm-
stronsr, of Jeffersonville, daui<hter of Hon. Wrn. G.
Armstrong, ex-member of the State Senate, and first
President of the .JetFersonviile and Indianapolis Rail-
- road. She died recently, leaving three children,
William, Robert and PenoLpe. Worden married
Miss Laura BottortT, resides in Indianapolis, and has
three children, two .sons and one dangiiter, Sallie,
Jolin and Worden. Davis married Miss Alice M.
Taggart, daugliterof Dr. James Taggart, of Charlea'-
town, Ind. He has two children, iNtarcu.s and Maud.
John is not married. Penelope married Dr. Wra.
Morrow, of Jefferson"ilie, by whom she has two liv-
ing children, Nathaniel and Fannie, wlio married
James S. Van Natta, of Shelby ville, Ky.

John Field, sixth son of Major Abner Field, stud-
ied law with his uncle .loim I*ope, while Governor of
Arkansas, located at VV''a.shington, Hemstead county,
in that State, was soon made .Judge of the Circuit
Court, and died in the fnll tide of professional pros-
perity. He married Mi'^s Hilary Mitchel, of that
.State, a lady of tine intellectual culture and high so-
cial position. He left one .son and tv/o daugther8,
William, Mollie and Louisa. Mollie married Dr-
Walkcr, of Washington, Ark., and Louisa married a
Mr. Grin.stead of Charitan county, },fo. They are
both talented women, eminently worthy of their
sire.

Charles Field, the seventh son of Maj. Abner Field,
died very y(»ung.

Judith, the eidtst daughter, \Ta3 never married, but
died in the 22d year of her age.
 
 

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Penelope, tlie second daughter, ninrn'ed James Le-
ma-^ter, of JetTer.<oii coanty, Ky.. and is >ri]l living
in the neigliborhood of Memphis. She has but two
living children, Ann and Xathai^iel- Her son ^Vil-
liain married and died leaving -fjftrchihlren. Marg-a-
ret married a Mr. Guion, and died leaving i'^son^
Her husband, Mr. Lema~ter, died a few year? ago ai
an advanced age, Ife v.a.s a noble man, generon:-' .
and brave, scrn}»«*Joi;.'']y honest and honorable in
hi^ busines-s transactions

Eleanor, the third daughter of Major Abner Field,
married Wm. II. Vance, ex-Mayor of Louisville, and
son of a popular Frefbyterian clergyman in his day,
and a superintendent of a pri-. ate Academy where
nearly hll the young men of Jefferson county were
educated. She died at Columbtis, Ky., leaving but
two living children, Anna and Elba. Anna married
a Mr. Ford, of Columbus, who died soon afterv,'ards
with consumption. She then married a Mr. Brown.
Ella married a Mr. Custar, and lives at Humboldt.
Tenn.

Hester, the fourth daughter of Major Abner Field,
married Arnold Wisotzki, a gentleman of P<dish ex^
traction but a native of Maryland. They have four
living children, Nathaniel, John, Jame.s and Nannie.

Elizabeth, the tifth daughter, never married. She
has been dead several years

ELIZABETH POPE,

The third daughter of Colonel William Pope, mar-
ried General George Trotter, of Lexington, Ky , by
whom she had two child'-en. both .^ons, John and
Tames, John married, but died wldle young, leav-
ing no children. James never married, and also died
voung. Many year? after the deatii of G-en. Trot er, .
his widow married Nathan U. Hall, a distinguished
Presbyterian clergyman, then pa.stor of a church
at Lexington, Ky.' She had one or two cliildren by
Mr. Hall, wiio settled in MisMv.sri, to which State he
he had a call to preach, and where he and his wife
both died.
 
 

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HESTER POPE,
The fourth dnughter of Colonel William Pope, mar-
ried Preasly Edwards, a lawyer of Russellville. Ky,,
and brother of Ninan Edwards, either the first or
second Governor of Illinois, They had several chil-
dren, but only two lived to adult age — a son and a
daughter, Mary, who married a Jolm Slaughter, and
died soon afterwards, leaving no children, George
T. Edwards, the only survivor of the family, is an
attorney at law, and resides in the vicinity of Rus-
sellville, is married, has four cfiildren, two sons and
two daughters, George, James, Hettie and Bettie.
Ilettie married Dr John G.Sinclair, and Bettie mar-
ried Amos B. Duncan. Both of these gentlemen re-
side in Nashville. He is a man of high standing,
having tlie confidence of every one who knows him.
At the last State election he was chosen State Senator
from Logan county.

BENJAMIN POPE,

One of the brothers of Colonel William Pope, had
three sons, Benjamin, George and Worden. He also
had several daughters who died young. If they
were married or left any children it is unknown to
any of the survivors of that branch of the family.

Benjamin Pope turned his attention to agriculture.
George was early appointed Clerk of Bullitt countys
and Worden Clerk of Jefferson county, which office,
they held during life, and no two men were ever
more useful and popular than they were. After the
death of Worden, tlie duties of the office were divided
between the circuit and County Court;-, and as a tes-
timonial of the iuuHi appreciation of the services and
integrity of the father the County Court conferred
the offices on two of his sons, Curran and Pendle-
ton. The former was made Clerk of the County
Court, and the latter of the Circuit Court.

WORDEN POPE,
The old clerk, mairied Elizabethi Thruston, daughter
of John Thruston, who represented Kentucky in the
 
 

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Virginia Legislature before it became a state. He
had twelve children, but at the time of his death
there were but four living— Patrick H., Edmund P.,"
Curran snd Hamilton.

Patirick married Miss Sarah Brown, daughter of
James Brown, a wealthy and influential farmer of
Jeflerson connty. He wa.s a young iawer of fine tal-
ents and great promise; was elected to Congress about
the year 1837. and died in the midst of prosperity,
leaving five children, Elizabeth, Urath, Ellen, Mary
Anna and Worden. Elizabeth married Dr. W. R.
Galt; Urath, J. Fry Lawience; Ellen, Dr. John
Thruston, and Mary Anna, George Nicholas, all of
Louisville. AVorden unfortunately enlisted under
General William Walker, the notorious fillibuster.
and was killed in Sicaragua. Many other .unsus-
pecting young men shared the same fate under the •
"gray-eyed man ot destiny," who finally paid the
penalty of his own folly in Honduras.

Edmund P. married Nancy Johnson, daughter of
Colonel James Johnson, of Kentucky, a survivor of
the battle of Tippacanoe, and member of Congress.
Edmund P., or Pendleton as he was generally called,
had seven children, Edward, Aima, Sally, Alfred,
"Worden, Elizabeth ami Hamllton. Pendleton died
in the meredian of life, leaving a wife and these
seven children to battle with the world. Edward
died of consumption unmarried. Aima married L',
P. Douglass, of (/urydon. Ind., and died of tiie -anie
disease. Elizabeth married a son of e.K-Guvernor
Kobinson, of Kentucky, and also died of c("!:sumi'-
tion. All these victims o/ that terriole disease in-
lierited it from their mother. Alt'red is living, atid
i.^ Vice Chancellor of the LouisvilleCiiancery Court,
and married the d.-^ughter of Curran Pope. Worden
graduated at West P()int, and is nov/ in the C'nited
States Army, and fi Might under General Milfs in .-ov-
eral of his Indian battles. H.ifailLojj. tureatene<!
with consummation, v.ent to Colorado, where is doing
well a. a farmer, an'l is a rising ma.T.

Curran Pope married Matilda P. Jacob, daughter
 
 

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of Jolm J. Jacob, a prominent citizen and generally
known as a wealthy wholesale merchant of Louisville.
He graduated at West Point, and on the breaking
out of the late civil war, he took the side of the gov-
ernment, raised a regiment, the Fifteenth Kentucky,
which fought bravely at Perryville, standing the
brunt of the battle. His Lieutenant Colonel George
W. Jouett, and Major Campbell, fell by his Ade; he
himself was wounded, and died at the house of Dr.
Edward P. Humphrey, at Danville. He had just
-recovered from an attack of typhoid fever, and was
advised to remain at Louisville until his health was
fully restored,- but in his great anxiety to do his duty
he disregarded the advice of his friends and headed
his regiment in the advance of the army under Br.el!
against tlie Confederate Generai Bragg. The excite-
ment of the battlefield, his feeble health, and severe
wound were too much for his physicial strength.
No braver and more patriotic soldier ever gave his
lifefor his country than Colonel Curran Pope. He
had three children, John Jacob, Patrick and Mary:
but at the time of his death Mary was the only one
living. She married Alfred T. Pope.

Hamilton Pope is now the only living child of
Worden Pope, the old popular and primeval clerk.
He is an eminent lawyer of the Louisville Bar, and
though not much of a politician, he has, neverthe-
less, represented Jefferson county in the Legislature.
He married a daughter of the late Major W. B- J^do-
ker, of Washington county. He has no children, but
qiuite a number- of namesakes, given to their sons by
relatives and friends, as a testimonial of their great
regard for him. For he is a noble man, a son of one
of the most popular and honorable men that ever
lived in Louisville. The name of Worden Pope was
a household word in Jefferson and adjoining comi-
ties. His name was a synonym of humility and be-
nevolence. He died in a good old age, laden with
the honor and esteem of all who knew him. His fu-
neral was the largest ever seen in Louisville, it was
an outpouring of all classes of people to do honor to
a great and good man.
 
 

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PENELOPE EDWARDS,
Wife of Colonel William Pope, had two brothers and
three sisters, George, Benjamin, Elizabeth, Nancy
aiul Mary. Benjamin came to Kentucky at an early
age, and located in the Green River country. He
was the father of l're,s;=ily Edwards, of Russellviile,
and of Ninian Edwards, either the first or second
Governor of Illinois, and for whom the town of Ed-,
wardsville in that State was named. One of hertlMi.!**
%«*; married Benjamin Helm, of Virginia, who also
came to Keutucky and seitled in the vicinity of
Elizabethtown, Kentucky. She was the grandmother
of the Hon. Benj. Helm Bristow late Secretary of the
Treasury.

With regard to George Edwards and the two sisters
of Penelope Edwards, nothing is known by the writer.
The probability is that they remained in Virginia
where they were born.

From a careful view of the foregoing genealogy it
will be perceived that the Pope family have in-
creased but very little since their settlement in Ken-
tncky. It is now just 100 years since Colonel Wil-
liara Pope arrived at the Falls of the Ohio, himself
and four sons composing the male members of the
family. The increase on the basis of these five pro-
genitors in one hundred years ought to have been at
least 100 males. But instead of that they only num-
ber nine. The male progeny of Benjamin Pope is
still less, only five. This is remarkable, and can only
be accounted for on the principle of Injudicious in-
termarriages with weakly or consumptive families,
neglecting marriage altogether or deferring it until
far advanced in life. It is wonderful how rapidly
the posterity of the old patriarch Jacob multiplied
under all the hardships of Egyptian slavery. \
family blessed with health and strong athletic physi-
cal constitutions never ought to become extinct or
degenorate. They ought to multiply and replenish
thc earth with their name and offspring. The Pope
family have been apparently iiuiitlerei^t to self-pre-
 
 

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servation. Many of them have died of consumption;
some have fought in duels in the morning of life, and
others hav'e died bachelors. In one way or another
they have failed to transmit to the present time their
name, and the genius of a once great and influen-
tial family. In the lapse of a century, had they ini-
proved the gifts and the natural blessings, so bounti-
fully bestowed upon them, they might have filled the
country with great and useful men.
 
 

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