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Dr Phillip C. Pope

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Dr Phillip C. Pope

Birth
Hanover County, Virginia, USA
Death
22 Mar 1852 (aged 63–64)
Nevada County, California, USA
Burial
Nevada City, Nevada County, California, USA Add to Map
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Dr. Philip C. Pope (c1788-)(UPenn M.D. 1808) settled in Warrenton, N.C. He joined the 1849 gold rush to California and died there. He married in 1813, in Warren County, N.C., Mary Delia Cochran (-1824), daughter of Joshua and Anne Willis Cochran and step-daughter of Gov. James Turner, of North Carolina. Their five children were James Turner (c1816-); Anne Cochran who married in 1854, Baptist minister Rev. William Hill Jordan (1803-83); Mary H. (d.yng.)(dsp) who married in 1844, John V. Cawthorn (1800-75); Philip who resided in Greensboro, N.C.; and Richard Pope. James Turner Pope (c1816-) lived in Warrenton and later moved to California and Alaska. He married (1) in 1839, Rebecca James Anderson (1819-48), daughter of James McDowell and Rebecca Johnson Anderson, (2) Marian G. Tunstall (c1828-), and (3) Margaret Adie.

Dr. Philip C. Pope's father was Nathaniel Pope V (1761-1809) who was a lawyer and served in the cavalry during the Revolution. He is mentioned in William Wirt's preface to his Life of Patrick Henry. He was killed in a duel. The Virginia Legislature was in session at the time of his death and being informed of what had occurred promptly passed the first anti-dueling law the Commonwealth had known. He married in 1784, Mary "Polly" DuVal (1762-1849), daughter of Samuel (1713-84) and Lucy Claiborne DuVal (1725-1810), of Henrico County, Va. Their ten children were William Duval (1786-); Dr. Philip C. (c1788-); Alexander (dria?) (1790-1808); Catherine Elizabeth (1793-1849); Charles Fox (1794-1864); Mary (c1798-1867); John; Philadelphia (c1800-67); Thomas H. (1801-65); and Ann Pope who married William Price, registrar of the Virginia Land Office.

Charles Fox Pope (1794-1864) was an attorney and farmer in Goochland County, Va. and married in 1825, Lavinia Beckwith Payne, daughter of Col. Mathew Mountjoy (1784/7-1862) and Lucy H. Payne (1777/83-1857). Her father served in the Army, 1856-61. Their daughters were Laura M. (c1828-) who married a Mr. Martin; Elizabeth Howard (1830-1905); and Mary Lavinia Pope (c1833-38).

Catherine Elizabeth Pope (1793-1849) married in 1809, Thomas Calthorpe Howard (1787-1834), son of William and Anne Chisman Howard (1755-), of York County, Va. He was clerk of the Hustings Court in Richmond and later clerk of the circuit court of Henrico County, Va. Their fifteen children were Nathaniel Pope (1810-70); Dr. William Henry (1811-80); Ann (1813); Charles (1814-54); Thomas Chisman (1816-73); Edward Calthorpe (1817-85); Rev. John (1819-57) who was a Presbyterian minister in the Winchester, Va. Presbytery and married Ann Tate (1821-96)(dsp); Philip Francis (1823-86); Mary Delia (1823-24); Dr. Marion (1825-80); Catherine Elizabeth (1826-32); Robert (1828-88); Ellen (1830-91); Maj. Conway Robinson (1832-95); and Lewis Pendleton Howard (1834-35).

See The Richmond Evening Journal, March 2, 1809; George W. Beale, "Col. Nathaniel Pope and His Descendants," William & Mary College Quarterly XII: 251-253 (1903-1904); Bessie Berry Grabowskii, The DuVal Family of Virginia, 1701, Descendants of Daniel DuVal, Huguenot and Allied Families (Richmond, Va., 1931), 218, 220-221, 241 (lists William of Port Royal, Philip, Catherine DuVal, Ann who married Thomas Howard, Charles, Thomas, Mary, Philadelphia and Alexander Pope); John Frederick Dorman, Claiborne of Virginia, Descendants of Colonel William Claiborne (Baltimore, Md., 1995), 174, 199-201 (has Alexandria instead of Alexander, doesn't have Ann); Joseph Stephen Hays, Descendants of Mary DuVal (Smith's Grove, Ky. 2012)(unpublished edition), 1, 3 (doesn't include John and Ann Pope); James Houston Barr III, Lt. Colonel Nathaniel Pope, c1610-1660, of Virginia, Ancestor of Washington, Governors and Legislators, History of His Descendants (Louisville, Ky. 2018), 114-115.
Dr. Philip C. Pope (c1788-)(UPenn M.D. 1808) settled in Warrenton, N.C. He joined the 1849 gold rush to California and died there. He married in 1813, in Warren County, N.C., Mary Delia Cochran (-1824), daughter of Joshua and Anne Willis Cochran and step-daughter of Gov. James Turner, of North Carolina. Their five children were James Turner (c1816-); Anne Cochran who married in 1854, Baptist minister Rev. William Hill Jordan (1803-83); Mary H. (d.yng.)(dsp) who married in 1844, John V. Cawthorn (1800-75); Philip who resided in Greensboro, N.C.; and Richard Pope. James Turner Pope (c1816-) lived in Warrenton and later moved to California and Alaska. He married (1) in 1839, Rebecca James Anderson (1819-48), daughter of James McDowell and Rebecca Johnson Anderson, (2) Marian G. Tunstall (c1828-), and (3) Margaret Adie.

Dr. Philip C. Pope's father was Nathaniel Pope V (1761-1809) who was a lawyer and served in the cavalry during the Revolution. He is mentioned in William Wirt's preface to his Life of Patrick Henry. He was killed in a duel. The Virginia Legislature was in session at the time of his death and being informed of what had occurred promptly passed the first anti-dueling law the Commonwealth had known. He married in 1784, Mary "Polly" DuVal (1762-1849), daughter of Samuel (1713-84) and Lucy Claiborne DuVal (1725-1810), of Henrico County, Va. Their ten children were William Duval (1786-); Dr. Philip C. (c1788-); Alexander (dria?) (1790-1808); Catherine Elizabeth (1793-1849); Charles Fox (1794-1864); Mary (c1798-1867); John; Philadelphia (c1800-67); Thomas H. (1801-65); and Ann Pope who married William Price, registrar of the Virginia Land Office.

Charles Fox Pope (1794-1864) was an attorney and farmer in Goochland County, Va. and married in 1825, Lavinia Beckwith Payne, daughter of Col. Mathew Mountjoy (1784/7-1862) and Lucy H. Payne (1777/83-1857). Her father served in the Army, 1856-61. Their daughters were Laura M. (c1828-) who married a Mr. Martin; Elizabeth Howard (1830-1905); and Mary Lavinia Pope (c1833-38).

Catherine Elizabeth Pope (1793-1849) married in 1809, Thomas Calthorpe Howard (1787-1834), son of William and Anne Chisman Howard (1755-), of York County, Va. He was clerk of the Hustings Court in Richmond and later clerk of the circuit court of Henrico County, Va. Their fifteen children were Nathaniel Pope (1810-70); Dr. William Henry (1811-80); Ann (1813); Charles (1814-54); Thomas Chisman (1816-73); Edward Calthorpe (1817-85); Rev. John (1819-57) who was a Presbyterian minister in the Winchester, Va. Presbytery and married Ann Tate (1821-96)(dsp); Philip Francis (1823-86); Mary Delia (1823-24); Dr. Marion (1825-80); Catherine Elizabeth (1826-32); Robert (1828-88); Ellen (1830-91); Maj. Conway Robinson (1832-95); and Lewis Pendleton Howard (1834-35).

See The Richmond Evening Journal, March 2, 1809; George W. Beale, "Col. Nathaniel Pope and His Descendants," William & Mary College Quarterly XII: 251-253 (1903-1904); Bessie Berry Grabowskii, The DuVal Family of Virginia, 1701, Descendants of Daniel DuVal, Huguenot and Allied Families (Richmond, Va., 1931), 218, 220-221, 241 (lists William of Port Royal, Philip, Catherine DuVal, Ann who married Thomas Howard, Charles, Thomas, Mary, Philadelphia and Alexander Pope); John Frederick Dorman, Claiborne of Virginia, Descendants of Colonel William Claiborne (Baltimore, Md., 1995), 174, 199-201 (has Alexandria instead of Alexander, doesn't have Ann); Joseph Stephen Hays, Descendants of Mary DuVal (Smith's Grove, Ky. 2012)(unpublished edition), 1, 3 (doesn't include John and Ann Pope); James Houston Barr III, Lt. Colonel Nathaniel Pope, c1610-1660, of Virginia, Ancestor of Washington, Governors and Legislators, History of His Descendants (Louisville, Ky. 2018), 114-115.


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