Frances Pope was born February 25, 1796 to Samuel Pope (1775 - 1823) and Sally Harris Pope (1770 - 1835) in Hancock County, Georgia. [1] [2]
Frances Pope married Barnaby Godwin on April 25, 1814 in Hancock County, Georgia. [3]
Barnaby and Frances Godwin had the following children: James A. J. Godwin (1815-1865), Jonathan H. Godwin, (1818-1902), Henry Kinchen Godwin (1820-1893), William Barnabas Godwin (1822-1893), Sarah Ann Milner Godwin (1824-1895), Joseph R. Godwin (1825-1900), Maryann Francis Godwin (1827-1831). [1]
In 1820, Barnaby Godwin was recorded as a head of household in Hancock County, Georgia. There were three sons under ten, Barnaby was 26<45, Frances was 16<26. and there was one male slave under 14. [4] [Age calculation based on their reported birth dates would make Barnaby 32, and Frances 24. Their first three sons, James, Johnathan and Henry Kinchen would have been less than ten.]
Barnaby Godwin died November 8, 1829 in Fayette County, Georgia.
The following year, 1830, Frances Godwin was listed as head of household in Fayette County, Georgia. She had two sons 5<10, two sons 10<15, 1 daughter <5, one daughter 5<10, and she was 30<40. [5] [Age calculation based on their reported birth dates would make Frances 34. Their first three sons, Johnathan and Henry Kinchen would have been 10<15, William Barnabas and Joseph 5<10, Sarah Ann 5<10, and Maryann Francis <5.]
Her daughter Maryann Francis Godwin died in 1831.
Her son, James A. J. Godwin married Ann Knowling Oct 14, 1832 in Fayette County, Georgia. [6]
Frances Godwin married Alsey Beavers March 15, 1833 in Fayette County, Georgia. [7] She and Alsey had three children on their 1850 census: Martha Beavers , George Washington Beavers, and Elbert Beavers. [2]
Frances Pope Godwin Beavers died July 22, 1864 in Cass County, Georgia. [1] [Cass County was created 3 December 1832 from part of Cherokee County. On 6 December 1861 the name was changed to Bartow County because they no longer wished to be named for an anti-slavery Yankee from Michigan.] [8]
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