Rev. Pope was a minister for about thirty years at Abbotts Creek Primitive Baptist Church near High Point, N.C.. After having raised a large family his ministry took him to Lynches Creek in Lancaster Co., S.C. ∼ORGANIZED FLAT CREEK CHURCH.
Rev. Pope was my 5th great grandfather. I am descended from his son, Charles Thomas Pope.
George Whitfield Pope was the son of James and Mary Pope. When George was six, his family came to America from England. They settled in Pennsylvania, and after James died, Mary took her three sons and moved to Baltimore, and eventually settled in Guilford County, North Carolina, on Pole-cat Creek.
In 1775 he married Mary Hiatt, who was born in what is now the Charleston area of West Virginia. They had eight children, six sons and two daughters. Three of their sons became preachers.
From January 4, 1783 to September 1813, George Whitfiled Pope was the pastor of Abbotts Creek Church, in Rowan County (now Davidson County).
Excerpt from The Descenants of Silas Peace:
He was doubtless a man of more than ordinary power. The principles as believed and taught by Baptists very naturally inculcate liverty of conscience in all matters of religion. He was, therefore, loyal to the American cause during the struggle for independence. This naturally enough rendered him obnoxious to the Tory element who thought that, inasmuch as he was born on English soil, he ought to be true to King George. Men (who were afterwards found to be Torries) called at his home inquiring for him telling his wife that they desired Mr. Pope to meet them at a certain school house. He met them promptly only to learn that they intended to kill him. He obtained permission to preach before them for "one last time". In the delivery of his sermon, which was one of great power, some were convicted and all were more of less wrought upon. At the close of the sermon, they told him to go home that they would never trouble him again."
Excerpt from Cuz of Sorts, by Minniebell McKaughan Perkins, descendant of Phoebe Pope, who was a daughter of George Whitefield Pope:
He was raised in the Church of England, in fact, he was named after the famed priest, George Whitefield, but he changed his faith to Baptist after he got to America where he was a minister for over fifty years. Forty-five of the years at Abbotts Creek, North Carolina. There is quite a bit written about Rev. George W. Pope in the North Carolina Baptist Archives. He owned a lot of land near High Point, North Carolina, where many of his descendants still live. I read that after he retired, he kept getting the visions to "go to Lynches Creek and preach". He was a man in his eighties and he wasn't interested in preaching anymore, and he didn't know where Lynches Creek was so he didn't pay any attention to the visions. His crops and cattle started dying so he got on his knees and prayed,"God, what do you want me to do?". An angel appeared and told him to go to Lynches Creek and preach; so he saddled up his best pony and headed for parts unknown. Landmarks in his dreams he had the night before showed him he was on the right road. After traveling several days, he came into a town that was having a revival so he decided to stop and attend. After everyone had spoken, he asked if he could say a few words. He spoke with such vigor that after the meeting, a group of men came to him and asked if he would go to their town and preach. He asked them where they lived and they said, "down the road about five miles in a settlement called Lynches Creek". He was by that time in South Carolina. He was there until he died five years later. This story is on his monument in the church cemetery the congregation erected in his honor.
Rev. Pope was my 5th great grandfather. I am descended from his son, Charles Thomas Pope.
George Whitfield Pope was the son of James and Mary Pope. When George was six, his family came to America from England. They settled in Pennsylvania, and after James died, Mary took her three sons and moved to Baltimore, and eventually settled in Guilford County, North Carolina, on Pole-cat Creek.
In 1775 he married Mary Hiatt, who was born in what is now the Charleston area of West Virginia. They had eight children, six sons and two daughters. Three of their sons became preachers.
From January 4, 1783 to September 1813, George Whitfiled Pope was the pastor of Abbotts Creek Church, in Rowan County (now Davidson County).
Excerpt from The Descenants of Silas Peace:
He was doubtless a man of more than ordinary power. The principles as believed and taught by Baptists very naturally inculcate liverty of conscience in all matters of religion. He was, therefore, loyal to the American cause during the struggle for independence. This naturally enough rendered him obnoxious to the Tory element who thought that, inasmuch as he was born on English soil, he ought to be true to King George. Men (who were afterwards found to be Torries) called at his home inquiring for him telling his wife that they desired Mr. Pope to meet them at a certain school house. He met them promptly only to learn that they intended to kill him. He obtained permission to preach before them for "one last time". In the delivery of his sermon, which was one of great power, some were convicted and all were more of less wrought upon. At the close of the sermon, they told him to go home that they would never trouble him again."
Excerpt from Cuz of Sorts, by Minniebell McKaughan Perkins, descendant of Phoebe Pope, who was a daughter of George Whitefield Pope:
He was raised in the Church of England, in fact, he was named after the famed priest, George Whitefield, but he changed his faith to Baptist after he got to America where he was a minister for over fifty years. Forty-five of the years at Abbotts Creek, North Carolina. There is quite a bit written about Rev. George W. Pope in the North Carolina Baptist Archives. He owned a lot of land near High Point, North Carolina, where many of his descendants still live. I read that after he retired, he kept getting the visions to "go to Lynches Creek and preach". He was a man in his eighties and he wasn't interested in preaching anymore, and he didn't know where Lynches Creek was so he didn't pay any attention to the visions. His crops and cattle started dying so he got on his knees and prayed,"God, what do you want me to do?". An angel appeared and told him to go to Lynches Creek and preach; so he saddled up his best pony and headed for parts unknown. Landmarks in his dreams he had the night before showed him he was on the right road. After traveling several days, he came into a town that was having a revival so he decided to stop and attend. After everyone had spoken, he asked if he could say a few words. He spoke with such vigor that after the meeting, a group of men came to him and asked if he would go to their town and preach. He asked them where they lived and they said, "down the road about five miles in a settlement called Lynches Creek". He was by that time in South Carolina. He was there until he died five years later. This story is on his monument in the church cemetery the congregation erected in his honor.
Rev. Pope was a minister for about thirty years at Abbotts Creek Primitive Baptist Church near High Point, N.C.. After having raised a large family his ministry took him to Lynches Creek in Lancaster Co., S.C. ∼ORGANIZED FLAT CREEK CHURCH.
Rev. Pope was my 5th great grandfather. I am descended from his son, Charles Thomas Pope.
George Whitfield Pope was the son of James and Mary Pope. When George was six, his family came to America from England. They settled in Pennsylvania, and after James died, Mary took her three sons and moved to Baltimore, and eventually settled in Guilford County, North Carolina, on Pole-cat Creek.
In 1775 he married Mary Hiatt, who was born in what is now the Charleston area of West Virginia. They had eight children, six sons and two daughters. Three of their sons became preachers.
From January 4, 1783 to September 1813, George Whitfiled Pope was the pastor of Abbotts Creek Church, in Rowan County (now Davidson County).
Excerpt from The Descenants of Silas Peace:
He was doubtless a man of more than ordinary power. The principles as believed and taught by Baptists very naturally inculcate liverty of conscience in all matters of religion. He was, therefore, loyal to the American cause during the struggle for independence. This naturally enough rendered him obnoxious to the Tory element who thought that, inasmuch as he was born on English soil, he ought to be true to King George. Men (who were afterwards found to be Torries) called at his home inquiring for him telling his wife that they desired Mr. Pope to meet them at a certain school house. He met them promptly only to learn that they intended to kill him. He obtained permission to preach before them for "one last time". In the delivery of his sermon, which was one of great power, some were convicted and all were more of less wrought upon. At the close of the sermon, they told him to go home that they would never trouble him again."
Excerpt from Cuz of Sorts, by Minniebell McKaughan Perkins, descendant of Phoebe Pope, who was a daughter of George Whitefield Pope:
He was raised in the Church of England, in fact, he was named after the famed priest, George Whitefield, but he changed his faith to Baptist after he got to America where he was a minister for over fifty years. Forty-five of the years at Abbotts Creek, North Carolina. There is quite a bit written about Rev. George W. Pope in the North Carolina Baptist Archives. He owned a lot of land near High Point, North Carolina, where many of his descendants still live. I read that after he retired, he kept getting the visions to "go to Lynches Creek and preach". He was a man in his eighties and he wasn't interested in preaching anymore, and he didn't know where Lynches Creek was so he didn't pay any attention to the visions. His crops and cattle started dying so he got on his knees and prayed,"God, what do you want me to do?". An angel appeared and told him to go to Lynches Creek and preach; so he saddled up his best pony and headed for parts unknown. Landmarks in his dreams he had the night before showed him he was on the right road. After traveling several days, he came into a town that was having a revival so he decided to stop and attend. After everyone had spoken, he asked if he could say a few words. He spoke with such vigor that after the meeting, a group of men came to him and asked if he would go to their town and preach. He asked them where they lived and they said, "down the road about five miles in a settlement called Lynches Creek". He was by that time in South Carolina. He was there until he died five years later. This story is on his monument in the church cemetery the congregation erected in his honor.
Rev. Pope was my 5th great grandfather. I am descended from his son, Charles Thomas Pope.
George Whitfield Pope was the son of James and Mary Pope. When George was six, his family came to America from England. They settled in Pennsylvania, and after James died, Mary took her three sons and moved to Baltimore, and eventually settled in Guilford County, North Carolina, on Pole-cat Creek.
In 1775 he married Mary Hiatt, who was born in what is now the Charleston area of West Virginia. They had eight children, six sons and two daughters. Three of their sons became preachers.
From January 4, 1783 to September 1813, George Whitfiled Pope was the pastor of Abbotts Creek Church, in Rowan County (now Davidson County).
Excerpt from The Descenants of Silas Peace:
He was doubtless a man of more than ordinary power. The principles as believed and taught by Baptists very naturally inculcate liverty of conscience in all matters of religion. He was, therefore, loyal to the American cause during the struggle for independence. This naturally enough rendered him obnoxious to the Tory element who thought that, inasmuch as he was born on English soil, he ought to be true to King George. Men (who were afterwards found to be Torries) called at his home inquiring for him telling his wife that they desired Mr. Pope to meet them at a certain school house. He met them promptly only to learn that they intended to kill him. He obtained permission to preach before them for "one last time". In the delivery of his sermon, which was one of great power, some were convicted and all were more of less wrought upon. At the close of the sermon, they told him to go home that they would never trouble him again."
Excerpt from Cuz of Sorts, by Minniebell McKaughan Perkins, descendant of Phoebe Pope, who was a daughter of George Whitefield Pope:
He was raised in the Church of England, in fact, he was named after the famed priest, George Whitefield, but he changed his faith to Baptist after he got to America where he was a minister for over fifty years. Forty-five of the years at Abbotts Creek, North Carolina. There is quite a bit written about Rev. George W. Pope in the North Carolina Baptist Archives. He owned a lot of land near High Point, North Carolina, where many of his descendants still live. I read that after he retired, he kept getting the visions to "go to Lynches Creek and preach". He was a man in his eighties and he wasn't interested in preaching anymore, and he didn't know where Lynches Creek was so he didn't pay any attention to the visions. His crops and cattle started dying so he got on his knees and prayed,"God, what do you want me to do?". An angel appeared and told him to go to Lynches Creek and preach; so he saddled up his best pony and headed for parts unknown. Landmarks in his dreams he had the night before showed him he was on the right road. After traveling several days, he came into a town that was having a revival so he decided to stop and attend. After everyone had spoken, he asked if he could say a few words. He spoke with such vigor that after the meeting, a group of men came to him and asked if he would go to their town and preach. He asked them where they lived and they said, "down the road about five miles in a settlement called Lynches Creek". He was by that time in South Carolina. He was there until he died five years later. This story is on his monument in the church cemetery the congregation erected in his honor.
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