Benjamin Pope Sr. (1740 - 1816)

Born 1740 in Fauquier, Virginia Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Behetherton (Foote) Pope — married 11 Dec 1766 in Fauquier, Virginia Colony

Descendants

Died 1816 at about age 76 in Shepherdsville, Bullitt, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

Benjamin Pope was born on May 10, 1740, in Fauquier County, Virginia, the child of Worden and Hester Netherland Pope.

He married Beheathland Foote on December 11, 1766, in Fauquier County, Virginia Colony. ^[1] They had eight children in 39 years.

He died on June 12, 1816, in Kentucky, having lived a long life of 76 years, and was buried in Shepherdsville, Kentucky. Burial: Pope's Cemetery ^[2]

Benjamin Pope served in the Revolution and was an ensign in Captain James Patton's militia in Louisville. In 1780 he removed to and settled next to the Salt River near Shepherdsville, living there the rest of his life.

Sources

1. ↑ "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940", database, FamilySearch [1] : 6 August 2020, Benjamin Pope, 1766.
2. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 29 June 2022), memorial page for Benjamin Pope Sr. (10 May 1740–12 Jun 1816), Find A Grave: Memorial #39626305, citing Pope Cemetery, Shepherdsville, Bullitt County, Kentucky, USA ; Maintained by JHBarr (contributor 48130565) .

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• Name: Pope, Benjamin Sr. Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004.Original data - This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was deriv), Ancestry.com, http://www.Ancestry.com, Source number: 2691.012; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code:. Birth date: 1748 Birth place: VA Marriage date: 1766 Marriage place: VA. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=worldmarr_ga&h=420554&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt.