Samuel Pope (1761 - 1837)

Born 25 Mar 1761 in Warwick, Orange, New York Colony

Husband of Phoebe (Lee) Pope — married 22 Jul 1790 in Morgan, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States

Descendants

Died 3 Feb 1837 at age 75 in Shelbyville, Shelby, Indiana, USA

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Biography

• American Revolution Veteran Pvt. in Capt Glover's Company, New York militia. Errata: There was no Capt. Glover in the US Army.

Phoebe married Samuel Pope on 22 July 1790 in Morgan Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania. They were about 19 years old and 29 years old, respectively, when married. He was born on 25 March 1761 in Warwick, Orange County, New York. According to the Pension Application filed by Samuel Pope in 1834,30 he was living in Shelby County, Indiana. He was 14 years old when he substituted as a soldier in the state militia for a man named Cornelius Bogart to whom he was apprenticed. He states he served as a Private in Capt. Glover's Company. The papers describe that he fought in skirmishes near New York City and New Jersey. Samuel stated that after the Revolutionary War he lived in Warwick for eight years; New Jersey for two years; Washington County, Pennsylvania, for eight years; Warren County, Ohio, for 31 years; and Shelby County, Indiana, for three years. He was granted a pension of $20.00 per month on 13 February 1836. After Samuel's death in 1837 his wife was denied the pension. (Phoebe had applied for the pension in 1839 in Shelby County, Indiana, where she was living with her daughter, Phoebe Weir.) The dates of Samuel's birth, death and marriage can be found in these papers. The papers speak of his wife, Phebe Lee and his oldest daughter Catherine Pope Weir as well as Jacob Ullery, husband of Samuel's daughter Phoebe.

In February 1807 Samuel bought wares for $40 from the estate of William Lee.

The estate made a payment of $62.50 to Samuel. Samuel and his son-in-law John Weir received land from Robert Hayes who was an executor of William's estate. Samuel signed a paper relinquishing all rights to William Lee's estate. The latter paper was found by Linda Lee Awada in the William Lee docket in Warren County, Ohio. All in all, this is compelling evidence of Phoebe's relationship to her father William.

Samuel died on 3 February 1837 in Shelbyville, Shelby County, Indiana, 75 years old. Phoebe and Samuel had nine children (four sons and five daughters. Howard Metcalfe, Forty North, The Anundsen Publishing Co., Decorah, Iowa, Ch. X, 1997.

Samuel Pope is first recorded as serving as a replacement in the Revolutionary War for his master, Cornelius Bogart, blacksmith, of Orange County, New York. There is a multi-page application for Veteran Benefits containing his service records.

The application for his pension was approved. His name is to have been on a plaque in the Shelby County Library, as having served. It has since been disproved that he served with an organized, or recognised US army division, During the war Loyalists journeyed to Canada through the area where he lived and were preyed upon by rogue gangs. It is unknown if Samuel was among those who did so. It is unproven, but within conjecture, as described from his Pension Application record of service.

1790 US Census: Washington, Pennsylvania, United States[2]

Name

Name: Samuel /Pope/

Given Name: Samuel

Surname: Pope^[1]

Birth

Birth: Date: 23 MAR 1761; Place: Warwick, Orange, New York Colony

Death

Death: Date: 3 FEB 1837. Place: Shelbyville, Shelby, Indiana, USA

Date: 1790

Place: Washington, Pennsylvania, United States^[2]

Object

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Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S12 Record ID Number: MH:SC129 Page: Year: 1790; Census Place: Washington, Pennsylvania; Series: M637; Roll: 9; Page: 198; Image: 114; Family History Library Film: 0568149
2. ↑ Source: #S12 Record ID Number: MH:SC130 Page: Year: 1790; Census Place: Washington, Pennsylvania; Series: M637; Roll: 9; Page: 198; Image: 114; Family History Library Film: 0568149

• Source: S12 Record ID Number: MH:S12 User ID: 54C2F09E11EBC1C5800234D4CAF1215E Author: Ancestry.com Title: 1790 United States Federal Census Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Repository: #R1
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