John
Pope
Born in Virginia
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Penelope (Taylor) Pope
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Carter Pope, Nancy Taylor (Pope) Freeman, Elijah Layfette Pope, Mary Polly Pope and Penelope Pope
Died
at age 71
in Rutherford, North Carolina
Profile last modified
| Created 8 Apr 2015
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Biography
John Pope was born October 3, 1762, in Virginia and died July 14, 1834, in Rutherford county, North Carolina. John married Penelope Taylor, and is the father of Nancy Taylor, who married Benjamin Freeman. [1]
On April 30, 1853, in Rutherford county, North Carolina, John's son-in-law, Philip Watkins, applied for a Revolutionary War pension based on John's Revolutionary War service. Philip indicated that Penelope (Taylor) Pope died July 14, 1850, at the age of 78 years, in Cleveland county formed in 1841 from Rutherford and Lincoln Counties. Philip also gave supporting documentation for their children. Philip was the husband of Penelope Pope, born 1860. [2]
Sources
- ↑ https://services.dar.org/public/dar_research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A090757
- ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KNZ3-ZFS
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
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~3.12%
Donna (Stricklan) Whitaker
:
23andMe
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~3.12%
Paula Pope :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Maureen (Smith) Phelps :
23andMe
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