Benjamin Pope, eldest son of Worden (1700-49) and Hester Netherton Pope, was born May 10, 1740, in Westmoreland County, Va. In 1779-80, after a fort was built at the Falls of the Ohio in 1778 by Brigadier General George Rogers Clark (1752-1818) as his headquarters for the conquest of the northwest, Benjamin Pope along with his brother, William, and sister, Jean Pope Helm, and their families moved from Fauquier County Va. to the Falls and located on lands now occupied by Louisville. In the lottery of April 24, 1779, Benjamin Pope drew half-acre lot No. 80 which was located on the southwest corner of Main and Ninth Streets. The Pope families went to work at once clearing the lot and built the first house in what is now the city of Louisville. Benjamin and William Pope were shrewd, capable men, engaging in a great many pursuits - land speculation, the infant salt industry, politics and trade.
Benjamin Pope was a 3rd cousin of George Washington. He served in the Revolution and was an ensign in Captain James Patten's militia in Louisville. In about 1784 he removed to and settled next to the Salt River near Shepherdsville, Ky. living there the rest of his life. The house he built in 1788 was incorporated into the larger house located at 1510 Cedar Grove Road (Highway 480). The house and adjoining property have now been in the Pope family for over 235 years.
Benjamin Pope represented Jefferson County in the Virginia Legislature in 1784, as did his brother the following year. He was a trustee of Louisville in 1783. Recorded in the name of Benjamin Pope from 1783-1786 were Virginia land grants of 42,700 acres, and Kentucky land grants of 13,000 acres in 1790-98, and 19,375 acres in 1780-1785.
Benjamin and Behethelan Foote Pope had seven children, Nathaniel (1768-1839?) who reportedly married Mary Jane Worthington; Benjamin, Jr. (1770-1830); Worden, II (1776-1838); Frances who married Capt. Joseph Saunders; Susannah (1778/9-1818); Sally (1779-c1820); and Lt. George Foote Pope (1782-1840).
Sally Pope (1779-ante1820) married in 1799, Samuel Simmons (1777-), son of Richard (1748-1811) and Tabitha Willett Simmons (1752-post1788), of Bullitt County. Their six children were Samuel, George, Benjamin, Wallace, Hester who married in Meade County, Ky. in 1825, James B. "Joe" Woolfork; and Susannah Simmons who married in 1815, John H. Wilson.
Benjamin Pope died June 12, 1816. His wife, Behethelan Foote, died in 1808. They were buried in the family cemetery next to their house in Bullitt County.
See Bullitt Co. Deed Book E (1824), 167 (Benjamin Pope heirs named as Benjamin, Worden, George F., Frances Saunders (Joseph), Sally Simmons (Samuel), and Susanah Yewell (Jeremiah)); History of the Ohio Falls Cities and Their Counties (L.A. Williams & Co. Cleveland, Ohio, 1882), I: 501-502; J. Stoddard Johnston, Memorial History of Louisville From Its First Settlement to the Year 1896 (Chicago, 1896), I: 49, II: 646 (three sons mentioned); George W. Beale, "Col. Nathaniel Pope and His Descendants," William & Mary College Quarterly XII: 192-196, 250-253 (1903-1904); E. Polk Johnson, A History of Kentucky and Kentuckians (Chicago, 1912), II: 1076-1077 (lists Mary instead of Sally and Susannah); Kathleen Jennings, Louisville's First Families (Louisville, 1920), 75-76 (mentions Benjamin, Worden and George); Judge Charles Kerr, ed., History of Kentucky (Chicago, 1922), I: 217 (picture of the first house outside the fort), III: 183 (Susannah not mentioned); Willard Rouse Jillson, The Kentucky Land Grants (Louisville, 1925), 107-108, 225, and Old Kentucky Entries and Deeds (Louisville, 1926), 272; Abram W. Foote, Foote Family (Baltimore, 1974), I: 552-553; 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), 140.
Benjamin Pope was a 3rd cousin of George Washington. He served in the Revolution and was an ensign in Captain James Patten's militia in Louisville. In about 1784 he removed to and settled next to the Salt River near Shepherdsville, Ky. living there the rest of his life. The house he built in 1788 was incorporated into the larger house located at 1510 Cedar Grove Road (Highway 480). The house and adjoining property have now been in the Pope family for over 235 years.
Benjamin Pope represented Jefferson County in the Virginia Legislature in 1784, as did his brother the following year. He was a trustee of Louisville in 1783. Recorded in the name of Benjamin Pope from 1783-1786 were Virginia land grants of 42,700 acres, and Kentucky land grants of 13,000 acres in 1790-98, and 19,375 acres in 1780-1785.
Benjamin and Behethelan Foote Pope had seven children, Nathaniel (1768-1839?) who reportedly married Mary Jane Worthington; Benjamin, Jr. (1770-1830); Worden, II (1776-1838); Frances who married Capt. Joseph Saunders; Susannah (1778/9-1818); Sally (1779-c1820); and Lt. George Foote Pope (1782-1840).
Sally Pope (1779-ante1820) married in 1799, Samuel Simmons (1777-), son of Richard (1748-1811) and Tabitha Willett Simmons (1752-post1788), of Bullitt County. Their six children were Samuel, George, Benjamin, Wallace, Hester who married in Meade County, Ky. in 1825, James B. "Joe" Woolfork; and Susannah Simmons who married in 1815, John H. Wilson.
Benjamin Pope died June 12, 1816. His wife, Behethelan Foote, died in 1808. They were buried in the family cemetery next to their house in Bullitt County.
See Bullitt Co. Deed Book E (1824), 167 (Benjamin Pope heirs named as Benjamin, Worden, George F., Frances Saunders (Joseph), Sally Simmons (Samuel), and Susanah Yewell (Jeremiah)); History of the Ohio Falls Cities and Their Counties (L.A. Williams & Co. Cleveland, Ohio, 1882), I: 501-502; J. Stoddard Johnston, Memorial History of Louisville From Its First Settlement to the Year 1896 (Chicago, 1896), I: 49, II: 646 (three sons mentioned); George W. Beale, "Col. Nathaniel Pope and His Descendants," William & Mary College Quarterly XII: 192-196, 250-253 (1903-1904); E. Polk Johnson, A History of Kentucky and Kentuckians (Chicago, 1912), II: 1076-1077 (lists Mary instead of Sally and Susannah); Kathleen Jennings, Louisville's First Families (Louisville, 1920), 75-76 (mentions Benjamin, Worden and George); Judge Charles Kerr, ed., History of Kentucky (Chicago, 1922), I: 217 (picture of the first house outside the fort), III: 183 (Susannah not mentioned); Willard Rouse Jillson, The Kentucky Land Grants (Louisville, 1925), 107-108, 225, and Old Kentucky Entries and Deeds (Louisville, 1926), 272; Abram W. Foote, Foote Family (Baltimore, 1974), I: 552-553; 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), 140.
Benjamin Pope, eldest son of Worden (1700-49) and Hester Netherton Pope, was born May 10, 1740, in Westmoreland County, Va. In 1779-80, after a fort was built at the Falls of the Ohio in 1778 by Brigadier General George Rogers Clark (1752-1818) as his headquarters for the conquest of the northwest, Benjamin Pope along with his brother, William, and sister, Jean Pope Helm, and their families moved from Fauquier County Va. to the Falls and located on lands now occupied by Louisville. In the lottery of April 24, 1779, Benjamin Pope drew half-acre lot No. 80 which was located on the southwest corner of Main and Ninth Streets. The Pope families went to work at once clearing the lot and built the first house in what is now the city of Louisville. Benjamin and William Pope were shrewd, capable men, engaging in a great many pursuits - land speculation, the infant salt industry, politics and trade.
Benjamin Pope was a 3rd cousin of George Washington. He served in the Revolution and was an ensign in Captain James Patten's militia in Louisville. In about 1784 he removed to and settled next to the Salt River near Shepherdsville, Ky. living there the rest of his life. The house he built in 1788 was incorporated into the larger house located at 1510 Cedar Grove Road (Highway 480). The house and adjoining property have now been in the Pope family for over 235 years.
Benjamin Pope represented Jefferson County in the Virginia Legislature in 1784, as did his brother the following year. He was a trustee of Louisville in 1783. Recorded in the name of Benjamin Pope from 1783-1786 were Virginia land grants of 42,700 acres, and Kentucky land grants of 13,000 acres in 1790-98, and 19,375 acres in 1780-1785.
Benjamin and Behethelan Foote Pope had seven children, Nathaniel (1768-1839?) who reportedly married Mary Jane Worthington; Benjamin, Jr. (1770-1830); Worden, II (1776-1838); Frances who married Capt. Joseph Saunders; Susannah (1778/9-1818); Sally (1779-c1820); and Lt. George Foote Pope (1782-1840).
Sally Pope (1779-ante1820) married in 1799, Samuel Simmons (1777-), son of Richard (1748-1811) and Tabitha Willett Simmons (1752-post1788), of Bullitt County. Their six children were Samuel, George, Benjamin, Wallace, Hester who married in Meade County, Ky. in 1825, James B. "Joe" Woolfork; and Susannah Simmons who married in 1815, John H. Wilson.
Benjamin Pope died June 12, 1816. His wife, Behethelan Foote, died in 1808. They were buried in the family cemetery next to their house in Bullitt County.
See Bullitt Co. Deed Book E (1824), 167 (Benjamin Pope heirs named as Benjamin, Worden, George F., Frances Saunders (Joseph), Sally Simmons (Samuel), and Susanah Yewell (Jeremiah)); History of the Ohio Falls Cities and Their Counties (L.A. Williams & Co. Cleveland, Ohio, 1882), I: 501-502; J. Stoddard Johnston, Memorial History of Louisville From Its First Settlement to the Year 1896 (Chicago, 1896), I: 49, II: 646 (three sons mentioned); George W. Beale, "Col. Nathaniel Pope and His Descendants," William & Mary College Quarterly XII: 192-196, 250-253 (1903-1904); E. Polk Johnson, A History of Kentucky and Kentuckians (Chicago, 1912), II: 1076-1077 (lists Mary instead of Sally and Susannah); Kathleen Jennings, Louisville's First Families (Louisville, 1920), 75-76 (mentions Benjamin, Worden and George); Judge Charles Kerr, ed., History of Kentucky (Chicago, 1922), I: 217 (picture of the first house outside the fort), III: 183 (Susannah not mentioned); Willard Rouse Jillson, The Kentucky Land Grants (Louisville, 1925), 107-108, 225, and Old Kentucky Entries and Deeds (Louisville, 1926), 272; Abram W. Foote, Foote Family (Baltimore, 1974), I: 552-553; 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), 140.
Benjamin Pope was a 3rd cousin of George Washington. He served in the Revolution and was an ensign in Captain James Patten's militia in Louisville. In about 1784 he removed to and settled next to the Salt River near Shepherdsville, Ky. living there the rest of his life. The house he built in 1788 was incorporated into the larger house located at 1510 Cedar Grove Road (Highway 480). The house and adjoining property have now been in the Pope family for over 235 years.
Benjamin Pope represented Jefferson County in the Virginia Legislature in 1784, as did his brother the following year. He was a trustee of Louisville in 1783. Recorded in the name of Benjamin Pope from 1783-1786 were Virginia land grants of 42,700 acres, and Kentucky land grants of 13,000 acres in 1790-98, and 19,375 acres in 1780-1785.
Benjamin and Behethelan Foote Pope had seven children, Nathaniel (1768-1839?) who reportedly married Mary Jane Worthington; Benjamin, Jr. (1770-1830); Worden, II (1776-1838); Frances who married Capt. Joseph Saunders; Susannah (1778/9-1818); Sally (1779-c1820); and Lt. George Foote Pope (1782-1840).
Sally Pope (1779-ante1820) married in 1799, Samuel Simmons (1777-), son of Richard (1748-1811) and Tabitha Willett Simmons (1752-post1788), of Bullitt County. Their six children were Samuel, George, Benjamin, Wallace, Hester who married in Meade County, Ky. in 1825, James B. "Joe" Woolfork; and Susannah Simmons who married in 1815, John H. Wilson.
Benjamin Pope died June 12, 1816. His wife, Behethelan Foote, died in 1808. They were buried in the family cemetery next to their house in Bullitt County.
See Bullitt Co. Deed Book E (1824), 167 (Benjamin Pope heirs named as Benjamin, Worden, George F., Frances Saunders (Joseph), Sally Simmons (Samuel), and Susanah Yewell (Jeremiah)); History of the Ohio Falls Cities and Their Counties (L.A. Williams & Co. Cleveland, Ohio, 1882), I: 501-502; J. Stoddard Johnston, Memorial History of Louisville From Its First Settlement to the Year 1896 (Chicago, 1896), I: 49, II: 646 (three sons mentioned); George W. Beale, "Col. Nathaniel Pope and His Descendants," William & Mary College Quarterly XII: 192-196, 250-253 (1903-1904); E. Polk Johnson, A History of Kentucky and Kentuckians (Chicago, 1912), II: 1076-1077 (lists Mary instead of Sally and Susannah); Kathleen Jennings, Louisville's First Families (Louisville, 1920), 75-76 (mentions Benjamin, Worden and George); Judge Charles Kerr, ed., History of Kentucky (Chicago, 1922), I: 217 (picture of the first house outside the fort), III: 183 (Susannah not mentioned); Willard Rouse Jillson, The Kentucky Land Grants (Louisville, 1925), 107-108, 225, and Old Kentucky Entries and Deeds (Louisville, 1926), 272; Abram W. Foote, Foote Family (Baltimore, 1974), I: 552-553; 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), 140.
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