Col. Nathaniel Pope and His DescendantsSource: The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 12, No. 4 (Apr., 1904), pp. 250-253Published by: Omohundro Institute of Early American History and CultureStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1915581 .

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250 WILLIAM AND MTARY COLLEGE QUARTERLY.

I certify these copies to be correctly copied from the original papers of my father, Judge Wm. A. G. Dade, now in my pos- session, by J. A. L. Norman. LUCIEN DADE.

The above was copied by me May, 1856. WASHINGTON PEACE.

COL. NATHANIEL POPE AND HIS DESCENDANTS.

(Contintued.)

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:

William, second son, born January, 1775; died May 29, 1844; was a prosperous farmer in Jefferson county, near Louisville, Ely. He married January 23, 1800, Cynthia Sturgess, by whom hie had a large family. His children, who lived to be married, were John, William H., Robert, Godfrey, Charles and Ann.

Alexander, third son, prominent lawyer of Louisville, Ky.; married October 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.

Nathaniel, fourth son, lawyer and jurist; settled at Kaskas- kia; appointed by President Monroe United States Judge for the district of Illinois. He married Lucretia Backus, and had two sons and four daughters-William, John, Penelope, Eliza- beth, Lucretia and Cynthia. It was his second son John who was Major-General in the United States army. (This Nathaniel Pope, erroneously stated in several published sketches as the son of John Pope, AM. C. from Kentucky, in 1811-'12, was so im- properly set down in the first installment of these notes.)

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 Presbyterian clergyman, and removed to Missouri. They had two children- William and Florida.

Hester Pope, fourth daughter, married her first cousin, Pres- ley Edwards, a distinguished lawyer of Russellville, Ky., and had two children-George T. and Mary.

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COL. NATHANIEL POPE AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 251

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 (January 2, 1793), and died Sept. 16, 1821. She had by the second marriage five children: Armistead, Henry, Lucy Gordon, Worden Pope, Eliza Ann, and Alexander Pope.

The second daughter, Elizabeth, 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.

Nathaniel Pope (son of John and Elizabeth (Bridges) Pope, born circa 1729; married Lucy S. Fox, and had (1) John; moved to Georgia; (2) Nathaniel, mentioned in Willi-am Wirt's preface to his Life of Patrick Henry; (3) William, common- wealth's attorney for Powhatan county; lived and died at "Mont- pelier"; (4) Percy Smith, U. S. A.; served in Indian wars; promoted at St. Clair's defeat; died of yellow fever in the South. (5) , married William Duval, and was mother to William Pope Duval, first governor of Florida. (6) , married Governor Greenup, of Kentucky. (7) , married Hunter, and settled in Kentucky. (8) Lucretia, married Col. Samuel Bell, and removed to Kentucky. Her daughter married Rice Maxey, and was mother to the Hon. S. B. Maxey, United States Senator from Texas.

Of John Pope, eldest son of the above family, who is reported as having settled in Georgia, we have no further certain account.

Nathaniel Pope (son of Nathaniel and Lucy S. Fox) lived at "Chilton," Hanover county. He was killed in a duel near Tay- lorsville, "and died smoking his pipe, having requested his son not to prosecute the matter." He married Miss Duval, and their children were (1) Charles Fox, who resided in Gooch- land county, (2) John, (3) Katherine Eliza, who married Thomas Calthorpe Howard, clerk of the Hustings Court of Richmond. (4) Thomas, (5) Philadelphia, (6) Mary, (7) Wil- liam D., a gifted lawyer, who practiced in King George and Westmoreland counties, and married Miss Skinker, near Port Royal, Va. (8) Alexandria, (9) Ann( ?), married William Price, register Virginia Land Office. (10) Philip, M. D., mar-

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252 WILLIA.Al AND MARY COLLEGE QUA-RTERLY.

ried Delia Cochrane, adopted daughter of Governor Turner of North Carolina.

William Pope (son of Nathaniel and Lucy Fox), common- wealth's attorney of Powhatan county; member of Virginia As- sembly 1812; married Ann Woodson. They had an only daugh- ter-Lucy Ann-who married Robert Kelso Dabney. They re- sided at "Montpelier," near Powhatan Court-house. She died early, leaving two sons-Hon. Wim. Pope Dabney (born 1829; died 1894), familiarly known in Virginia as "Judge" Dabney, and Robert Dabney, professor Metaphysics and English Litera- Lure, University of the South, Suwanele, Tenn., the latter of whom married Nannie Marye of Fredericksburg, Va.

Burwell Pope, son of John Henry and (Burwell?) Pope, born 1752; died January 9, 1800; married Priscilla Wootten, Sept. 6, 1772. She was daughter to Thomas Wootten, who removed from North Carolina to Georgia. Their children were (1) Robert, (2) Tabitha C. (born Feb. 11, 1778); (3) Ann, (4) Martha, or "Patsy*; (5) Wilie, (6) Sarah, (7) Burwell.

Tabitha C., second in the above list of children, married 1795 Miles Hill, and died April 25, 1852. Their second child was Blanton Meade; born May 5, 1802; died February 3, 185 T. He married his cousin Elizabeth Ann Hill, May 9, 1825. Their children were, (1) A. Franklin, AM. D., U. S. A., and later C. S. A.; (2) Blanton A., Major Fifteenth Alabama Infantry, C. S. A. Killed at Deep Bottom. (3) Augusta Hill (born Feb. 28, 1834), married June 23, 1859, William Giles Noble.

William G. Noble and Augusta Hill had four children: Annie Frank (married W. I. Sims), Blanton Hill, Augusta Hill and Mary Ella.

Of Willis Pope, brother to Burwell above, erroneously con- nected with the latter's sons in a previous notice of the family (page 196 of this Magazine), we have no further account.

Henry Augustine Pope, last named among the sons of John Henry, married (1) Clara Hill, and had son Middleton. He married (2) not Lucy Hobson, as before stated, but Mary

His son Middleton married Lucy Hobson Lumpkin, and they had one daughter, Sarah Eliza, who married David Cren- shaw Barrow, and was mother to the Hon. Pope Barrow, of Sa- vannah, Ga., and Prof. David Crenshaw Barrow, of the Univer- sitv of Ga.

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ARMISTEAD WILLS. 253

Charles Fox Pope (son of Nathaniel and Duval Pope), whose residence was in Goochland county, Va., married Lavinia Beck- with Payne. They had Laura (married Martin) and Elizabeth Howard.

Katherine Eliza Pope (sister to Charles Fox Pope) married Thomas C. Howard, and had William, Henry, Nathaniel Pope, Edward, Charles, Philip, Francis, Marion (M. D.), John (clergyman), Robert, Conway and Ellen.

The compiler of this outline has sought diligently, but so far in vain, to obtain the connecting link between John Henry Pope's line and that of Colonel Leroy Pope, who removed from Amherst county, Va., and settled at Huntsville, Ala., whose de- seendants are numerous throughout the South.

ARMISTEAD WILLS.

WILL OF HANNAH (ELLYSON) ARMISTEAD.*

In the name of God, amen, I, Hanah Arimstead, of Eliz. City County, being sick and weak in Body, but of sound and perfect mind and memory, thanks be given to Almighty God for the same, do make and ordain this to be my last Will and Testament in manner and form as follows:

First. I bequeath my soul into the hands of Almighty God, that gave it, hoping for a joyfull resurrection through the merits of my blessed Saviour and Redeemer, Jesus Christ, and my Body to the earth from whence it was taken, to be decently buried at the discretion of my Execr., hereafter mentioned, and as for my worldly Estate that it has pleased God to bless me with, after my just Debts and Funeral Charges are paid, I give & bestow as follows:

Impss. I give and bequeath unto my Loving Grand Child, Judith Armistead, one chest of Drawers to her and her heirs forever.

I give and bequeath unto my Loving Son, Robert Armistead, one Table, two high Back Chairs and one Low chair to him and his Heirs forever.

Item. I give unto my Loving Grand child, Hanah Armistead, my Cabinet, to her and her Heires forever.

Item. I give unto my Loving Son, Anthony Armistead, one Iron Pot and one Iron Kettle, One Leather Couch, one new feather Bed, one

* From the records of Elizabeth City county. She was the daughter of Capt. Robert Ellyson and wife of Capt. Anthony Armistead.

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