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William Henry Pope
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William Henry Pope
4/20/1812 - 8/7/1875
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William Henry Pope was born on April 20, 1812 somewhere in Virginia and died on August 7, 1875 in Calhoun Co., Florida. He lived to be 63 years old.
Children:
Mary A. Pope
John W. Pope
Benjamin Franklin Pope
Malinda Pope
Nancy C. Pope
Jefferson Pope
Herold J. Pope
Rachael S. Pope
Simon M. Pope
Elizabeth Pope
Charles L. Pope. | 
 | Census | 1/1/1850 | FL (Calhoun County) | 37 yrs old | household#131 - William Pope (age 30) born in VA
& wife, Elizabeth (age 15)born in FL.
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| Other | 12/11/1851 | FL (Calhoun County) | 39 yrs old | | In the name of the State of Florida to any Constables of said Calhoun County you are hereby required to summon William Pope to be and appear before me at the House of James Tall on the 20th day of December 1851 to testify and the truth to speak in behalf of John Spears.... |
| Census | 7/24/1860 | West Wynnton district FL (Calhoun County) | 48 yrs old | Dwelling 121, household 122: William Pope (age 42),
Elizabeth Pope (25),
Mary Pope (8),
John W Pope (6),
Benjamin Pope (5),
Malinda Pope (3),
Nancy C Pope (2) &
James Pope (8 mo.). William was born in VA, all others in FL. William is a farmer and Elizabeth is keeping house, their estate value is $300 and personal estate value $1000.
(Levi Yon lives next door)
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| Other | 12/1/1862 | Abe Springs Bluff FL (Calhoun County) | 50 yrs old | 12/1/1862
State of Florida
Calhoun County
Report of jurors, Grand and Petit for Fall term 1862
Talesman, attending and serving in the Circuit Court at said term and entitled by law to payment from the state.
#3: Thomas Parish - number of miles: 30, number of days: 2, amount in dollars: 5.50.
#5 Wm H Pope - number of miles: 30, number of days: 2, amount in dollars: 5.50, # 14 Henry B. Davis - number of miles: 20, number of days: 2, amount in dollars: 4.50, # 18 Samuel W. Davis - number of miles: 46, number of days: 4, amount in dollars: 9.50, #34 Ishmael Ayers - number of miles: 20, number of days: 2, amount in dollars: 4.50, # 36 John Peacock - number of miles: 24, number of days: 1, amount in dollars: 3.50, # 38 Robt. W. Nixon - number of miles: 6, number of days: (part of page missing), amount in dollars: (part of page missing), #58 T.H. Yon Jr.- number of miles: 20, number of days: 1, amount in dollars: 3.25, # 65 Jesse Bailey - number of miles: 8, number of days: 2, amount in dollars: (part of page missing), # 69 Levi Yon - number of miles: 30, number of days: 1, amount in dollars: 4.(missing)
Dec. 1st 1862
William Clark
Clerk of Calhoun County Circuit Court
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| Other | 12/1/1862 | Abe Springs Bluff FL (Calhoun County) | 50 yrs old | State of Florida
Calhoun County
Report of jurors, Grand and Petit for Fall term 1862
Talesman, attending and serving in the Circuit Court at said term and entitled by law to payment from the state.
#3: Thomas Parish - number of miles: 30, number of days: 2, amount in dollars: 5.50.
#5 Wm H Pope - number of miles: 30, number of days: 2, amount in dollars: 5.50, # 14 Henry B. Davis - number of miles: 20, number of days: 2, amount in dollars: 4.50, # 18 Samuel W. Davis - number of miles: 46, number of days: 4, amount in dollars: 9.50, #34 Ishmael Ayers - number of miles: 20, number of days: 2, amount in dollars: 4.50, # 37 Robt. W. Nixon - number of miles: 6, number of days: (part of page missing), amount in dollars: (part of page missing), #58 T.H. Yon - number of miles: 20, number of days: 1, amount in dollars: 3.25, # 65 Jese Bailey - number of miles: 8, number of days: 2, amount in dollars: (part of page missing), # 69 Levi Yon - number of miles: 30, number of days: 1, amount in dollars: 4.(missing)
Dec. 1st 1862
William Clark
Clerk of Calhoun County Circuit Court |
| Census | 6/20/1870 | FL (Calhoun County) | 58 yrs old | Recorded as family #6: William H. Pope (age 56), Elizabeth (age 35), Mary A. (18), John W. (16), Benj. F. (14), Malinda J. (12), Mary C. (10), James L. (9), Herod J. (8), Racheal S. (7), Somis M. (6, male), Elizabeth (4), and Charles L. (9 months & born in Sept.). All were born in FL except William, who was born in VA. William estimates the value of his personal estate to be $500 and real estate to be $300. The older children (ages 10 through 18) have been attending school. William cannot read or write and Elizabeth cannot write.
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| Graveyard/Tombstone | 8/7/1875 | FL (Calhoun County) | 63 yrs old | | Nettle Ridge Cemetery. - W. H. POPE -4-20-1812 to 8-7-1875 -CSA, 1st Florida Cavalry , sec.1 lot. 175 |
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William, his family, and friends. For example, William is 8 years old when The Act of April 24, 1820 abolished the land purchase credit system, fixed the price of public lands at $1.25 per acre, and set the minimum purchase at 80 acres. After a person purchased land, a final certificate was issued by the land office and sent to Washington DC to be verified and signed by the President -- a time consuming process. Public lands were most typically available through US treaties with Indians who agreed to be removed from their homelands.
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1813 |
During 1813-14, over 2,000 Muskogee-speaking Creeks move to Florida in response to the Creek Civil War (also known as the Red-sticks War). Most come from AL and GA. |
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1818 |
First Seminole Indian War takes place when Andrew Jackson brings his troops into northern Florida. |
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1821 |
Spain formally cedes Florida to the United States in 1821, according to terms of the Adams-Onís Treaty. Spanish colonists as well as settlers from the newly formed United States begin to pour into the new territory. Prior to this change, Florida was a wilderness sparsely dotted with settlements of native Indians, escaped/freed slaves and Spaniards. |
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1822 |
Florida Territory is purchased |
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1823 |
The Treaty of Moultrie Creek pushes the Seminole Indian towns into the interior of the Florida peninsula. |
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1824 |
Tallahassee is established at the capital of Florida because it is half-way between the two government centers in St. Augustine and Pensacola. The Legislative Council meets in November in a log house erected in the vicinity of today's capitol. |
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1835 |
The Second Seminole Indian War keeps the United States and Seminoles Indians fighting in North & Central Florida. |
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1837 |
NEWS HEADLINES: In October, Chief Osceola of the Seminole Indians is captured when he arrives for supposed truce negotiations at Fort Payton. He is imprisoned at St. Augustine, FL where he refuses to eat and attempts to escape several times. In December he is moved to a prison in SC where he dies on January 20, 1838. At the time of his death, Osceola was the most famous American Indian. |
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1842 |
Congress passes the Armed Occupation Act of 1842. It entitles persons willing and able to bear arms against the Indians and establish themselves in villages along the borders of Indian territory ownership of their land after 5 years. |
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1842 |
Second Seminole Indian War ends and some of the Seminole Indians living in FL are moved to the Indian Territory |
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1845 |
Florida becomes the 27th state to join the United States. William Moseley becomes the first governor and David Yulee the first senator. |
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1850 |
Florida's total population has grown to 87,445. This includes about 39,000 slaves and 1,000 free blacks. Indians were not counted. |
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1855 |
Third Seminole Indian War begins and war breaks out with most of the battles occurring in Central Florida. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida. |
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1861 |
No Floridian's voted for Lincoln during the 1860 election. On Jan. 10, 1861, Florida seceded from the U.S. and joined the Confederate States of America a few weeks later. |
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1864 |
Battle of Olustee is a Confederate victory. Union troops pull back |
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1865 |
May 10th -- Union troops occupy Tallahassee. While Tallahassee was the only Confederate state capital east of the Mississippi River that had not been captured, Union troops occupy the capitol following the surrender of the major Confederate armies in the east. |
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1865 |
Battle at Natural Bridge (Wakulla County) is a Confederate victory. |
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1870 |
During the 1870s, the remaining Seminole Indians begin establishing trading posts and other economy with local settlers. |
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1814 |
The first locomotive engine was created by Stephenson |
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1830 |
The first railroad is constructed between Liverpool and Manchester, England |
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1839 |
Goodyear invents vulcanized rubber, opening the door for tires and other rubber products. |
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1844 |
The first telegraph message is sent by Morse, who later invents the Mores Code |
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1853 |
The process of creating steel is invented by Besermer in Britain and Kelly in the U.S. |
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1856 |
The first Neanderthal fossils are found near Germany |
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1859 |
Charles Darwin publishes "Origin of Species" and begins the evolution theory. |
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1865 |
Mendel publishes his papers on genetics and introduces the concept to the public. |
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1869 |
Cro-magnon Man fossils are found in France |
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1828 |
Gold is discovered in Georgia. |
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1834 |
July 9 - The S.S. John Randolph, the first successful iron steamship, is launched in Savannah |
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1861 |
NEWS HEADLINES: American Civil war begins at Ft. Sumter, located in Charleston Harbor, VA. |
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1862 |
NEWS HEADLINES: May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West. |
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1820 |
The Act of April 24, 1820 abolished the land purchase credit system, fixed the price of public lands at $1.25 per acre, and set the minimum purchase at 80 acres. After a person purchased land, a final certificate was issued by the land office and sent to Washington DC to be verified and signed by the President -- a time consuming process. Public lands were most typically available through US treaties with Indians who agreed to be removed from their homelands. |
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1830 |
Indian Removal Act signed and the moving of eastern Indians west of the Mississippi begins. |
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1835 |
Second Seminole Indian War begins. |
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1837 |
The trickery used to capture Seminole Indian Chief Osceola (Assi Yohola) creates a public uproar and U.S. General Jesup is publicly condemned. |
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1840 |
Oregon Trail is established |
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1842 |
Second Seminole Indian War ends and thousands of Seminole Indians are forced to move west of the Mississippi. |
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1855 |
Third Seminole Indian War begins. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida. |
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1860 |
Presidential election puts Abraham Lincoln in office. The campaign has heated the issues regarding slavery in the south. |
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1862 |
May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West. |
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1863 |
Abraham Lincoln issues the "Emancipation Proclamation" freeing slaves. |
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1865 |
American Civil war ends with General Lee's surrender at Appomattox, VA. Reconstruction begins in the "old South" |
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1868 |
An eight-hour work day is established for federal employees. |
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1875 |
Tennessee enacts Jim Crow law. |
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1833 |
Santa Anna is elected President of Mexico |
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| Elizabeth Spears
Born on September 8, 1834 and died on May 2, 1882.
They were married 1/1/1857.
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The Children of William Henry Pope
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38 years old
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Mary Austin Pope
Born somewhere in Florida on April 12, 1852 and died in Calhoun Co., Florida on August 26, 1890. She was 38 years old.
Children: Eugenia,Mary,George,John B., Robert J., Clara B.,John H. and James W. Dunham. ...
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John William Pope
Born somewhere in Florida on April 14, 1854 and died in Blountstown (Calhoun County), Florida on February 18, 1916. He was 61 years old.
He was a farmer.
He married Florence Ann Yon Parish.
After Florence died he married Fannie Caroline Edwards....
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Nancy Catherine Pope
Born somewhere in Florida on January 9, 1860 and died in Calhoun Co., Florida on January 1, 1889. She was 29 years old.
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40 years old
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James Leonard Pope
Born somewhere in Florida on January 19, 1860 and died in Calhoun Co., Florida on December 28, 1909. He was 49 years old.
One story passed down is that Leonard Pope attended his wife's funeral and never made it back to their home. He died a month later. Leonard and Elizabeth were best friends and it was said he died fr...
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36 years old
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Jefferson Pope
Born somewhere in Florida about 1864 and died somewhere in Florida about 1950. He was about 86 years old.
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Elizabeth 'Betty' Pope
Born in an unknown place on December 28, 1868 and died in an unknown location about 1902. She was about 33 years old.
She had eight children with husband Jonas:
William Jesse Bailey (3/7/1886-7/13/1967),
Bertha Bailey Messer (12/5/1887-12/16/1966),
Frances Bailey,
Lydia Ann Bailey Smith (1/23/1892-11/...
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