Jane “Jean, Jenny” Pope, daughter of Worden (1700-49) and Hester Netherton Pope (1716-), was born about 1744, in Westmoreland County, Va. She married in 1760, Judge Thomas Helm (1731-1816), son of Judge Thomas (c1706-48) and Margaret Lynaugh Helm (c1700-), of Prince William County, Va. They moved to Fauquier County, Va. in 1763. He was commissioned as a captain in the county militia on April 23, 1770. Judge Helm enlisted on March 8, 1776, in the Third Virginia Infantry under Colonel Thomas Marshall. He was wounded and resigned from the service as a first lieutenant on November 29, 1777. His father was a judge of the quarter session court of Fairfax County, Va.
In March 1780, Thomas and Jean Pope Helm moved to the Falls of the Ohio along with their children and Thomas' sister, Nancy Helm Floyd, and her husband Henry Floyd. Two of the children, John and Henry Helm, apparently preceded the family in 1779 in the company of their uncles, Benjamin and William Pope. Judge Helm was granted a patent for 1000 acres by Governor Patrick Henry of Virginia on Beargrass Creek which flows into the Ohio River just above the Falls of the Ohio (Louisville). The patent was last in the possession of Reverend Benjamin Helm (1844-1928). Land recorded in Kentucky in the name of Thomas Helm from 1781-1784 were Virginia land grants of 4,325 acres, from 1795-1797 were Kentucky land grants of 900 acres, and from 1780-1784 were 18,750 acres.
In August 1780, four children of Judge Helm died at the Falls of the Ohio. One of the sons was in service against the Indians, but at least two of the other children were the victims of spotted fever. Believing the low, swampy land around the Falls was responsible for the fever, Judge Helm decided to abandon his lands there and seek a healthier home. About 40 miles south of Louisville he built Helm's Station where he was one of the first settlers in what is now Hardin County, Ky. The later home on the land was called Helm Place and is located at 914 N. Dixie Ave. in Elizabethtown, Ky. Judge Helm's taxable property in 1798 included 5,647 acres and 8 horses. He was a judge of the Hardin Quarter Session Court. The fifteen children of Judge Thomas and Jane Pope Helm were Judge John (1761-1840), Major Henry P. (1761-1815), Thomas, Jr. (1763-80), Henry (1765-80), Major Benjamin (1767-1858), William (1769-80), Susannah (1771-1849), George (1773-1822), Anne Elizabeth (1775-c1807), Charles (1777-1821/31), Nancy (1779-80), Sarah (1782-1843), Celia (1784-1816), Mary “Polly” (1786-ante1816) who married Richard Boyce, and Martha Helm. Two other children may have died in infancy.
Jane Pope died December 10, 1821. Her husband, Judge Helm, died on April 27, 1816. They are buried in the family cemetery at Helm Place in Elizabethtown, Ky. Jane was the great-great granddaughter of Lt. Colonel Nathaniel Pope (c1610-1660), who was also the great-great grandfather of George Washington which makes Jane a 3rd cousin of George Washington. She was grandmother of John LaRue Helm, former Governor of KY.
See George W. Beale, "Col. Nathaniel Pope and His Descendants," William & Mary College Quarterly XII: 192-196, 250-253 (1903-1904); Daniel L. McClure, Jr., Two Centuries in Elizabethtown and Hardin County, Kentucky (Elizabethtown,Ky. 1979), 161-162; 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), 229.
In March 1780, Thomas and Jean Pope Helm moved to the Falls of the Ohio along with their children and Thomas' sister, Nancy Helm Floyd, and her husband Henry Floyd. Two of the children, John and Henry Helm, apparently preceded the family in 1779 in the company of their uncles, Benjamin and William Pope. Judge Helm was granted a patent for 1000 acres by Governor Patrick Henry of Virginia on Beargrass Creek which flows into the Ohio River just above the Falls of the Ohio (Louisville). The patent was last in the possession of Reverend Benjamin Helm (1844-1928). Land recorded in Kentucky in the name of Thomas Helm from 1781-1784 were Virginia land grants of 4,325 acres, from 1795-1797 were Kentucky land grants of 900 acres, and from 1780-1784 were 18,750 acres.
In August 1780, four children of Judge Helm died at the Falls of the Ohio. One of the sons was in service against the Indians, but at least two of the other children were the victims of spotted fever. Believing the low, swampy land around the Falls was responsible for the fever, Judge Helm decided to abandon his lands there and seek a healthier home. About 40 miles south of Louisville he built Helm's Station where he was one of the first settlers in what is now Hardin County, Ky. The later home on the land was called Helm Place and is located at 914 N. Dixie Ave. in Elizabethtown, Ky. Judge Helm's taxable property in 1798 included 5,647 acres and 8 horses. He was a judge of the Hardin Quarter Session Court. The fifteen children of Judge Thomas and Jane Pope Helm were Judge John (1761-1840), Major Henry P. (1761-1815), Thomas, Jr. (1763-80), Henry (1765-80), Major Benjamin (1767-1858), William (1769-80), Susannah (1771-1849), George (1773-1822), Anne Elizabeth (1775-c1807), Charles (1777-1821/31), Nancy (1779-80), Sarah (1782-1843), Celia (1784-1816), Mary “Polly” (1786-ante1816) who married Richard Boyce, and Martha Helm. Two other children may have died in infancy.
Jane Pope died December 10, 1821. Her husband, Judge Helm, died on April 27, 1816. They are buried in the family cemetery at Helm Place in Elizabethtown, Ky. Jane was the great-great granddaughter of Lt. Colonel Nathaniel Pope (c1610-1660), who was also the great-great grandfather of George Washington which makes Jane a 3rd cousin of George Washington. She was grandmother of John LaRue Helm, former Governor of KY.
See George W. Beale, "Col. Nathaniel Pope and His Descendants," William & Mary College Quarterly XII: 192-196, 250-253 (1903-1904); Daniel L. McClure, Jr., Two Centuries in Elizabethtown and Hardin County, Kentucky (Elizabethtown,Ky. 1979), 161-162; 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), 229.
Jane “Jean, Jenny” Pope, daughter of Worden (1700-49) and Hester Netherton Pope (1716-), was born about 1744, in Westmoreland County, Va. She married in 1760, Judge Thomas Helm (1731-1816), son of Judge Thomas (c1706-48) and Margaret Lynaugh Helm (c1700-), of Prince William County, Va. They moved to Fauquier County, Va. in 1763. He was commissioned as a captain in the county militia on April 23, 1770. Judge Helm enlisted on March 8, 1776, in the Third Virginia Infantry under Colonel Thomas Marshall. He was wounded and resigned from the service as a first lieutenant on November 29, 1777. His father was a judge of the quarter session court of Fairfax County, Va.
In March 1780, Thomas and Jean Pope Helm moved to the Falls of the Ohio along with their children and Thomas' sister, Nancy Helm Floyd, and her husband Henry Floyd. Two of the children, John and Henry Helm, apparently preceded the family in 1779 in the company of their uncles, Benjamin and William Pope. Judge Helm was granted a patent for 1000 acres by Governor Patrick Henry of Virginia on Beargrass Creek which flows into the Ohio River just above the Falls of the Ohio (Louisville). The patent was last in the possession of Reverend Benjamin Helm (1844-1928). Land recorded in Kentucky in the name of Thomas Helm from 1781-1784 were Virginia land grants of 4,325 acres, from 1795-1797 were Kentucky land grants of 900 acres, and from 1780-1784 were 18,750 acres.
In August 1780, four children of Judge Helm died at the Falls of the Ohio. One of the sons was in service against the Indians, but at least two of the other children were the victims of spotted fever. Believing the low, swampy land around the Falls was responsible for the fever, Judge Helm decided to abandon his lands there and seek a healthier home. About 40 miles south of Louisville he built Helm's Station where he was one of the first settlers in what is now Hardin County, Ky. The later home on the land was called Helm Place and is located at 914 N. Dixie Ave. in Elizabethtown, Ky. Judge Helm's taxable property in 1798 included 5,647 acres and 8 horses. He was a judge of the Hardin Quarter Session Court. The fifteen children of Judge Thomas and Jane Pope Helm were Judge John (1761-1840), Major Henry P. (1761-1815), Thomas, Jr. (1763-80), Henry (1765-80), Major Benjamin (1767-1858), William (1769-80), Susannah (1771-1849), George (1773-1822), Anne Elizabeth (1775-c1807), Charles (1777-1821/31), Nancy (1779-80), Sarah (1782-1843), Celia (1784-1816), Mary “Polly” (1786-ante1816) who married Richard Boyce, and Martha Helm. Two other children may have died in infancy.
Jane Pope died December 10, 1821. Her husband, Judge Helm, died on April 27, 1816. They are buried in the family cemetery at Helm Place in Elizabethtown, Ky. Jane was the great-great granddaughter of Lt. Colonel Nathaniel Pope (c1610-1660), who was also the great-great grandfather of George Washington which makes Jane a 3rd cousin of George Washington. She was grandmother of John LaRue Helm, former Governor of KY.
See George W. Beale, "Col. Nathaniel Pope and His Descendants," William & Mary College Quarterly XII: 192-196, 250-253 (1903-1904); Daniel L. McClure, Jr., Two Centuries in Elizabethtown and Hardin County, Kentucky (Elizabethtown,Ky. 1979), 161-162; 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), 229.
In March 1780, Thomas and Jean Pope Helm moved to the Falls of the Ohio along with their children and Thomas' sister, Nancy Helm Floyd, and her husband Henry Floyd. Two of the children, John and Henry Helm, apparently preceded the family in 1779 in the company of their uncles, Benjamin and William Pope. Judge Helm was granted a patent for 1000 acres by Governor Patrick Henry of Virginia on Beargrass Creek which flows into the Ohio River just above the Falls of the Ohio (Louisville). The patent was last in the possession of Reverend Benjamin Helm (1844-1928). Land recorded in Kentucky in the name of Thomas Helm from 1781-1784 were Virginia land grants of 4,325 acres, from 1795-1797 were Kentucky land grants of 900 acres, and from 1780-1784 were 18,750 acres.
In August 1780, four children of Judge Helm died at the Falls of the Ohio. One of the sons was in service against the Indians, but at least two of the other children were the victims of spotted fever. Believing the low, swampy land around the Falls was responsible for the fever, Judge Helm decided to abandon his lands there and seek a healthier home. About 40 miles south of Louisville he built Helm's Station where he was one of the first settlers in what is now Hardin County, Ky. The later home on the land was called Helm Place and is located at 914 N. Dixie Ave. in Elizabethtown, Ky. Judge Helm's taxable property in 1798 included 5,647 acres and 8 horses. He was a judge of the Hardin Quarter Session Court. The fifteen children of Judge Thomas and Jane Pope Helm were Judge John (1761-1840), Major Henry P. (1761-1815), Thomas, Jr. (1763-80), Henry (1765-80), Major Benjamin (1767-1858), William (1769-80), Susannah (1771-1849), George (1773-1822), Anne Elizabeth (1775-c1807), Charles (1777-1821/31), Nancy (1779-80), Sarah (1782-1843), Celia (1784-1816), Mary “Polly” (1786-ante1816) who married Richard Boyce, and Martha Helm. Two other children may have died in infancy.
Jane Pope died December 10, 1821. Her husband, Judge Helm, died on April 27, 1816. They are buried in the family cemetery at Helm Place in Elizabethtown, Ky. Jane was the great-great granddaughter of Lt. Colonel Nathaniel Pope (c1610-1660), who was also the great-great grandfather of George Washington which makes Jane a 3rd cousin of George Washington. She was grandmother of John LaRue Helm, former Governor of KY.
See George W. Beale, "Col. Nathaniel Pope and His Descendants," William & Mary College Quarterly XII: 192-196, 250-253 (1903-1904); Daniel L. McClure, Jr., Two Centuries in Elizabethtown and Hardin County, Kentucky (Elizabethtown,Ky. 1979), 161-162; 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), 229.
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