John W Pope (1850 - aft. 1937)

Born Oct 1850 in DeSoto County, Mississippi, United States

Husband of Silvia Ann (Hemley) Pope — married 8 Jan 1870 in DeSoto, Mississippi, United States

Died after 1937 after age 86 in Arkansas, United States

Biography

John Pope is a part of US Black heritage.

"Doc" John Pope was interviewed in Biscoe, Arkansas about 1937 about his life and his time as an enslaved person.

"I am 87 years old for a fact. I was born in De Soto County, Mississippi, eight miles south of Memphis, Tennessee. No, I didn't serve in de War but my father Gus Pope did. He served in de War three years and never came home. He served in 63rd Regiment Infantry of de Yankee army. He died right at the surrender. I stayed on de farm till the surrender."

"I was roamin round in Memphis and man asked me if I wanted to go to college. He sent a train load to Fitz (Fisk) University. I stayed there till I graduated. I studied medicine generally. Sandy Odom, the preacher at Brinkley, was there same time as I was. He show is old. He's up in ninety now. He had a brother here till he died. He was a fine doctor."

"I went to Isaac Pope, my uncle. He was farming. Briscoe owned the Pope n----rs at my first recollection. He brought my uncle and a lot more over here where he owned a heap of dis land."

"I came here I said wid John Briscoe. They all called him Jack Briscoe, in 1881."

"I owns dis house and dats all. I got one daughter."

Slave Owners

1. John Briscoe

Interview: "Doc" John Pope was interviewed in Biscoe, Arkansas, by Miss Irene Robertson as part of the Federal Writer's Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The results are made available by the Library of Congress. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ [1] Library of Congress - WPA - Slave Narrative - "Doc" John Pope - Vol. 2, Arkansas, part 5; pages 359-361, images 364-366 of 373.

• "Mississippi Marriages, 1800-1911", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2Z2-C8R : 14 February 2020), John Pope, 1870.

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF3W-L63 : 29 May 2021), Drew Pope in entry for Minerva Pope, 1870.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4G4-JHD : 14 January 2022), W. John Pope, Plum Point, DeSoto, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .

• "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3X9-6S6 : 11 March 2022), John W Pope, 1900.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKVL-BQF : accessed 3 November 2022), John W Pope, Lower Hill, Prairie, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 109, sheet 3A, family 62, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 61; FHL microfilm 1,374,074.

• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDF4-NGK : 31 January 2021), John Pope, 1920.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMG7-WN8 : accessed 3 November 2022), John W Pope, Lower Surrounded Hill, Prairie, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 10, sheet 5A, line 10, family 114, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 90; FHL microfilm 2,339,825.