James Lee Hope (abt. 1859 - 1937)

Born about 18 Apr 1859 in Burke, North Carolina, United States

Descendants

Died 19 Sep 1937 at about age 78 in Kings Mountain, Cleveland, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

The story that has been passed down to me was when James Lee was about three his mother, Betty Ann, passed away. She was ill to begin with and died shortly after the end of the Civil War upon hearing that her husband, John Hope who was a Lieutenant in the Southern Army, and her two sons, a sergeant and a private, we're all killed within less than a month of each other. She died at the state hospital in Morgantown, NC and is buried there. John was said to have been buried under a large oak tree in Massachusetts but it wasn't know why that location was chosen. James Lee was raised by his Uncle Henry Hope? He found out as an adult that he had a sister, Mandy, that he never knew about. He went to visit her and her family but, upon arrival, found she had died nine days prior.

Sources

• North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics. North Caroline Deaths, 1997-2004. North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics, Raleigh, North Carolina.
• North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. North Carolina Death Records, 1968-1996. North Carolina Vital Records, Raleigh, North Carolina.
• North Carolina Archives and Records Section. North Carolina County Records, 1908-1967. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina.

• "North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FPF5-CG5 : 10 February 2018), James Lee Hope, 19 Sep 1937; citing Kings Mountain, Cleveland, North Carolina, fn 1978 cn 3, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,943,141.

• Find A Grave, database and images (findagrave.com : accessed 31 January 2019), memorial page for James Lee Hope (1854–19 Sep 1937), Find A Grave: Memorial #11302318, citing Mountain Rest Cemetery, Kings Mountain, Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA ; Maintained by Elizabeth Olmstead (contributor 46772820)

• Lockridge, Roy. 31 Oct 1978. Letter written to a cousin, Guthrie, Joyce, detailing what he knew of the Hope family history. A copy of the letter is in the pocession of Saunders, Connie.