Elijah Pope (1763 - abt. 1845)

Born 4 Jan 1763 in Edgecombe, North Carolina

Ancestors

Descendants

Died about 1845 at about age 81 in Bartholomew, Indiana

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Biography

Elijah Pope was a son of Pilgrim Pope and Olive (Surginer) Pope, later Dickson. He was born 04 Jan 1763, in Edgecombe, North Carolina. His siblings included—

• Nathan Pope (1765-1849)
• Mary Serginer (Pope) Cox (1774-1846)

Religion

Elijah was an Elder of the Flat Rock Baptist Church, Bartholomew, Indiana.

Marriage & Family

Elijah married Mary Davis, daughter of Jacob Austin Davis. Their children were—

• Charity (Pope) Creech (1784-1850)
• Pilgrim Pope (1790-1860)
• Sarah (Pope) Boaz (1792-1849)
• Margaret (Pope) Cox

Transactions

On 01 Mar 1770, Elijah was named in the will of his paternal grandfather, Jacob Pope.

Death & Burial

Elijah died abt. 1845, in Bartholomew, Indiana. His place of burial is yet to be determined.

Research Notes

• 10 Jul 2022: This profile page shows that Elijah was the father of Elijah Pope II. No soures could be located to verify this parent-child relationship.
• Elijah's Find a Grave memorial page shows that he was the father of Charity (Pope) Creech. Records have yet to be located to confirm this parent-child relationship.
• Prior to editing this profile, the only thing stated in the Biography section was: 1) the note preserved in the Religion section of the Bibliography (above), which has yet to be verified with sources; 2) a comment regarding the possibility that the wrong Mary Davis may be connected to Elijah's Find a Grave memorial page since her shown mother, Elizabeth Greer, "was born, married, had her kids, and died in Baltimore, Maryland 301 miles north of North Carolina." The second comment from the original Biography has been preserved here, in the Research Notes, since Elijah's wife is not linked to that individual in WikiTree.
• Much of the above Biography was extracted from Elijah's Find a Grave memorial page and the statements of fact need to be further researched and cited.

Sources

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45137940/elijah-pope : accessed 10 July 2022), memorial page for Elijah Pope (4 Jan 1763–1845), Find a Grave Memorial ID 45137940,; Maintained by MARTIN (contributor 47186620) Burial Details Unknown.
• Edgecombe, North Carolina, Will Book A, p. 189.
• State of North Carolina. Rowan County, County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions. Wills and List of Early Settlers, 1743-1868. Wills, Vol 6-8, Cul-Gay.