Born about in Westmoreland, Virginia
Ancestors 
Daughter of Humphrey Pope II
and Amey (Veale) Pope
Sister of
Humphrey Pope and Mary (Pope) Muse
Wife of
James Muse Sr.
— married
1732 in Prince William, Virginia
Wife of
John Morrison
— married
about 1760 in Cumberland, North Carolina
Descendants 
Mother of
Lydia (Muse) Seale, Sophia Pope (Muse) Runnels, James Muse Jr., Anna Barbary (Muse) Tolleson, Amy Muse, Daniel Muse and Thomas Muse
Died after
after about age 82
in Fairfield, South Carolina, United States
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Biography
Famous Kin
Ancestry of Jimmy Carter, 39th U.S. President, 9th Generation — 6th Great-grandmother of Jimmy Carter, Ahnentafel No: 291
Father: Humphrey Pope, Mother: Amey Veale
Spouse Name: James Muse
Child: Sophia Pope Muse
Notes: Sophia Pope was married to James Muse, but she had an illegitimate child with William Seale, the father-in-law of her brother. The child was named William Seale Muse, but he would drop the Muse from his name later in life.
Sources for Sophia Pope
1 Carter, Jeff, Ancestors of Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter, Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland and Company, Inc. (2012), 66.
Sources
Google Books
Ancestors of Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter
By Jeff Carter
https://books.google.com/books?id=tdtVDX2zG38C&pg=PA66&lpg=PA66&dq=sophia+pope+1710&source=bl&ots=Jo4Evx9ed6&sig=VDllzHrcmesnJKatvIdrR6JU3NQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiy0buu2-LVAhUGHGMKHULQAkMQ6AEITDAM#v=onepage&q=sophia%20pope%201710&f=false
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sophia by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Sophia:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sophia by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Sophia:
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~1.56%
Howard Grantham
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A357672 [compare], Ancestry member CathryneParks
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A357672 [compare], FTDNA kit #B47950
-
~1.56%
Thomas Thompson :
MyHeritage DNA
-
~0.78%
Sheila (Bond) Jefferis :
23andMe
-
~0.78%
Cathy (Grantham) Parks :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A340505 [compare], Ancestry member CathryneParks
-
~0.78%
Lucy (Seale) Gallman :
AncestryDNA
-
~0.78%
~3.12%
Abigail (Banks) Dennison :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A653055 [compare], Ancestry member AbigailBanksD
-
~0.78%
Debbie Easterwood :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch CZ6574340 [compare], yourDNAportal DEBa149da08, Ancestry member debbiecody
-
~0.78%
George Gaston :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch EZ2763506 [compare], Ancestry member gmg706
-
~0.78%
George Goodwin :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T091048 [compare], FTDNA kit #83865
-
~0.78%
James Goodwin :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A124147 [compare], FTDNA kit #B163335
-
~0.39%
Daniel Wilcox :
23andMe, GEDmatch M615755 [compare]
-
~0.39%
Jamie Cox :
23andMe, GEDmatch A946319 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A946319 [compare], Ancestry member ajmexico
-
~0.39%
Gigi (Ward) Tanksley :
23andMe, GEDmatch FY2160713 [compare]
-
~0.39%
Gregg Howell :
23andMe, GEDmatch M603551 [compare]
-
~0.39%
Tommy Seal :
23andMe, yourDNAportal THO26b1ca6b
+
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member twseal1977
-
~0.39%
Tim Hudson :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA
-
~0.39%
Allison Seale :
23andMe
-
~0.39%
Morrie Bishop :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA
-
~0.39%
David Rentschler :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member lrentsch
-
~0.39%
~1.56%
Ellen (Eaves) Kay :
AncestryDNA
-
~0.39%
Ronney Nanney :
AncestryDNA
-
~0.39%
~1.56%
Crispin Reedy :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A053420 [compare], Ancestry member crispinreedy
-
~0.39%
Frances (Seale) McCoy :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Francessealemccoy
-
~0.39%
~0.78%
Dan Smith :
AncestryDNA
+
Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch FQ4514730 [compare]
-
~0.39%
Lawana Lyle :
AncestryDNA
-
~0.39%
Anonymous (Trimmier-Tremere) Trimmier :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member dt1diver
-
~0.39%
~3.12%
Nancy (Burleson) Dunson :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch BU787939C1 [compare], Ancestry member Nadunson51
+
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch BU787939C1 [compare]
-
~0.39%
~1.56%
Melody Mendeloff Mann :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member passportt
-
~0.39%
Glen Davis :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A606280 [compare], Ancestry member jjstratton58
-
~0.39%
Anonymous Seale :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A008219 [compare], Ancestry member Linksandmom
-
~0.39%
Sherrill (Seale) Yates :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A094647 [compare], Ancestry member slsy42
-
~0.39%
~0.78%
Jenny (Capell) Campbell :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch YC6535662 [compare], yourDNAportal JENcf35a07d, Ancestry member campbellre1
-
~0.39%
Ronald Jones :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch WG4190217 [compare], Ancestry member rjones434343
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch WG4190217 [compare], FTDNA kit #B548455
-
~0.39%
David Goodwin :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A595118 [compare], Ancestry member littledavid196
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A595118 [compare], FTDNA kit #42199
-
~0.39%
~3.12%
Bruce Langley :
AncestryDNA
-
~0.39%
Richard Seale :
AncestryDNA
-
~0.39%
Mary (Shell) Bramlett :
AncestryDNA
-
~0.39%
Patricia (Goodman) Rogers :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member raypat115
-
~0.39%
M Craighead :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A934112 [compare], Ancestry member lm19sp92an95
-
~0.39%
Andrew James :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch KK7135821 [compare], Ancestry member arjamesenterprise
-
~0.39%
Graeme Holcombe :
AncestryDNA
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #978207
-
~0.39%
~0.78%
Cindy (Owens) Williams :
AncestryDNA
-
~0.39%
Robert Frye :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch LS6353187 [compare], Ancestry member Ranger_Frye
-
~0.39%
Anonymous Todd :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch FA9016275 [compare], Ancestry member Lin_Todd
-
~0.39%
Robert Seale :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T046710 [compare], FTDNA kit #827557
-
~0.39%
James Wheat :
MyHeritage DNA
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Katherine Mead
Fairfield County, South Carolina Deed Abstracts Volume 1: Bond Book A, Deed Books A-K By Gregory W. Matthews, Pg. 174 shows that a Sophia Morrison gave two slaves at no cost to Lydia Seale.
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by Katherine Mead
S (Hill) Willson
Pope-9247 and Pope-117 appear to represent the same person because: same birthplace, same parents, same spouse. Please merge
posted
by S (Hill) Willson
[Living Daly]
Pope-2293 and Pope-117 appear to represent the same person because: Clear duplicate use date on Pope-2293
posted
by [Living Daly]
Sophia is 14 degrees from Maria Mitchell, 23 degrees from Carl Sagan, 19 degrees from Tycho Brahe, 25 degrees from Nicholaus Copernicus, 24 degrees from Eise Eisinga, 19 degrees from Caroline Lucretia Herschel, 21 degrees from Thomas Maclear, 14 degrees from Simon Newcomb, 15 degrees from Isaac Newton, 24 degrees from Pierre Henri Puiseux, 21 degrees from Beatrice Tinsley and 13 degrees from Edith Woodward on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.