William Pope was the second son of Worden (1700-49) and Hester Netherton Pope, of Virginia. He was a captain in the Fauquier County, Va. militia in 1778. In 1779-80, Col. Pope and his brother, Benjamin, and sister, Jane Pope Helm, and their families moved from Virginia to the Falls of the Ohio and located on lands now occupied by Louisville. He was commissioned a lieutenant colonel of Jefferson County in 1780 at a time when Kentucky was still part of Virginia. He was commissioned a colonel by General Benjamin Harrison. He was one of the original trustees appointed by the Virginia Legislature and Governor Thomas Jefferson to establish the town of Louisville in May 1780. In 1783, he made the survey of the town laying out the plan for the streets of Louisville on a tract of 1,000 acres. He was a magistrate, justice, and commissioner of Oyler and Terminer. In 1785, he represented Jefferson County in the Virginia Legislature. Pope Street (now 5th Street) was named for him. It ran south from the Ohio River following the old buffalo road or Wilderness Trail to the Salt River. Recorded in the name of William Pope from 1783-89 were Virginia land grants of 16,730 acres and from 1780-99 were Kentucky land grants of 33,500 acres.
Colonel Pope's home was on a 500-acre plantation at Pond Settlement (now Mill Creek area) southwest of Churchill Downs. His estate was one of three that covered a total of 2,000 acres in the early 1800s. Colonel Pope and his wife raised a large family, of whom the following eight lived to become of age and married, Penelope (1769-1821), Gov. John (1770-1845), Jane (1772-1852), William, Jr. (1775-1844), Col. Alexander (1781-1826), Judge Nathaniel (1784-1850), Elizabeth (c1787-1850), and Hester Pope (1788-1868). Pope County, Ark. was named for Governor John Pope, and Pope County, Ill. was named for Judge Nathaniel Pope. Pope County, Mn. was named for Major General John Pope (1822-92), a son of Judge Pope. Oldham County, Ky. was named for the husband of Penelope Pope, Lt. Colonel William Oldham (1753-91).
In his will Colonel Pope made the following bequests: Governor John Pope - all of his lands in Shelby County and "a tract of land on the headwaters of Beargrass" Creek; William Pope Jr. - "500 acres laying on the south of the land on which I lived in the Pond Settlement." To daughters Penelope, Jane, Elizabeth, and Hester Pope - he had already given "a full share of his estate." To Colonel Alexander and Judge Nathaniel Pope - "the residue of my estate to be divided equally."
Colonel Pope and his wife died in 1825-26 and were likely buried in the Pope family cemetery in Louisville where William Pope, Jr. buried his wife in 1823. The cemetery was behind the mansion at 2116 Edgehill Road on property where William Pope, Jr. lived. In 2014-15, all the remains contained in the Pope cemetery were removed to the Kate Pope lot in Cave Hill Cemetery by archaeologist Jay Stottman through the efforts of J.H. Barr.
William Pope was a 3rd cousin of George Washington. See Lewis and Richard H. Collins, History of Kentucky (Covington, Ky., 1878, 1882), II: 376; George W. Beale, "Col. Nathaniel Pope and His Descendants," William & Mary College Quarterly XII: 192-196, 250-253 (1903-1904); John E. Kleber, ed., The Encyclopedia of Louisville (Lexington, Ky., 2001), 713; 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), 305.
Colonel Pope's home was on a 500-acre plantation at Pond Settlement (now Mill Creek area) southwest of Churchill Downs. His estate was one of three that covered a total of 2,000 acres in the early 1800s. Colonel Pope and his wife raised a large family, of whom the following eight lived to become of age and married, Penelope (1769-1821), Gov. John (1770-1845), Jane (1772-1852), William, Jr. (1775-1844), Col. Alexander (1781-1826), Judge Nathaniel (1784-1850), Elizabeth (c1787-1850), and Hester Pope (1788-1868). Pope County, Ark. was named for Governor John Pope, and Pope County, Ill. was named for Judge Nathaniel Pope. Pope County, Mn. was named for Major General John Pope (1822-92), a son of Judge Pope. Oldham County, Ky. was named for the husband of Penelope Pope, Lt. Colonel William Oldham (1753-91).
In his will Colonel Pope made the following bequests: Governor John Pope - all of his lands in Shelby County and "a tract of land on the headwaters of Beargrass" Creek; William Pope Jr. - "500 acres laying on the south of the land on which I lived in the Pond Settlement." To daughters Penelope, Jane, Elizabeth, and Hester Pope - he had already given "a full share of his estate." To Colonel Alexander and Judge Nathaniel Pope - "the residue of my estate to be divided equally."
Colonel Pope and his wife died in 1825-26 and were likely buried in the Pope family cemetery in Louisville where William Pope, Jr. buried his wife in 1823. The cemetery was behind the mansion at 2116 Edgehill Road on property where William Pope, Jr. lived. In 2014-15, all the remains contained in the Pope cemetery were removed to the Kate Pope lot in Cave Hill Cemetery by archaeologist Jay Stottman through the efforts of J.H. Barr.
William Pope was a 3rd cousin of George Washington. See Lewis and Richard H. Collins, History of Kentucky (Covington, Ky., 1878, 1882), II: 376; George W. Beale, "Col. Nathaniel Pope and His Descendants," William & Mary College Quarterly XII: 192-196, 250-253 (1903-1904); John E. Kleber, ed., The Encyclopedia of Louisville (Lexington, Ky., 2001), 713; 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), 305.
William Pope was the second son of Worden (1700-49) and Hester Netherton Pope, of Virginia. He was a captain in the Fauquier County, Va. militia in 1778. In 1779-80, Col. Pope and his brother, Benjamin, and sister, Jane Pope Helm, and their families moved from Virginia to the Falls of the Ohio and located on lands now occupied by Louisville. He was commissioned a lieutenant colonel of Jefferson County in 1780 at a time when Kentucky was still part of Virginia. He was commissioned a colonel by General Benjamin Harrison. He was one of the original trustees appointed by the Virginia Legislature and Governor Thomas Jefferson to establish the town of Louisville in May 1780. In 1783, he made the survey of the town laying out the plan for the streets of Louisville on a tract of 1,000 acres. He was a magistrate, justice, and commissioner of Oyler and Terminer. In 1785, he represented Jefferson County in the Virginia Legislature. Pope Street (now 5th Street) was named for him. It ran south from the Ohio River following the old buffalo road or Wilderness Trail to the Salt River. Recorded in the name of William Pope from 1783-89 were Virginia land grants of 16,730 acres and from 1780-99 were Kentucky land grants of 33,500 acres.
Colonel Pope's home was on a 500-acre plantation at Pond Settlement (now Mill Creek area) southwest of Churchill Downs. His estate was one of three that covered a total of 2,000 acres in the early 1800s. Colonel Pope and his wife raised a large family, of whom the following eight lived to become of age and married, Penelope (1769-1821), Gov. John (1770-1845), Jane (1772-1852), William, Jr. (1775-1844), Col. Alexander (1781-1826), Judge Nathaniel (1784-1850), Elizabeth (c1787-1850), and Hester Pope (1788-1868). Pope County, Ark. was named for Governor John Pope, and Pope County, Ill. was named for Judge Nathaniel Pope. Pope County, Mn. was named for Major General John Pope (1822-92), a son of Judge Pope. Oldham County, Ky. was named for the husband of Penelope Pope, Lt. Colonel William Oldham (1753-91).
In his will Colonel Pope made the following bequests: Governor John Pope - all of his lands in Shelby County and "a tract of land on the headwaters of Beargrass" Creek; William Pope Jr. - "500 acres laying on the south of the land on which I lived in the Pond Settlement." To daughters Penelope, Jane, Elizabeth, and Hester Pope - he had already given "a full share of his estate." To Colonel Alexander and Judge Nathaniel Pope - "the residue of my estate to be divided equally."
Colonel Pope and his wife died in 1825-26 and were likely buried in the Pope family cemetery in Louisville where William Pope, Jr. buried his wife in 1823. The cemetery was behind the mansion at 2116 Edgehill Road on property where William Pope, Jr. lived. In 2014-15, all the remains contained in the Pope cemetery were removed to the Kate Pope lot in Cave Hill Cemetery by archaeologist Jay Stottman through the efforts of J.H. Barr.
William Pope was a 3rd cousin of George Washington. See Lewis and Richard H. Collins, History of Kentucky (Covington, Ky., 1878, 1882), II: 376; George W. Beale, "Col. Nathaniel Pope and His Descendants," William & Mary College Quarterly XII: 192-196, 250-253 (1903-1904); John E. Kleber, ed., The Encyclopedia of Louisville (Lexington, Ky., 2001), 713; 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), 305.
Colonel Pope's home was on a 500-acre plantation at Pond Settlement (now Mill Creek area) southwest of Churchill Downs. His estate was one of three that covered a total of 2,000 acres in the early 1800s. Colonel Pope and his wife raised a large family, of whom the following eight lived to become of age and married, Penelope (1769-1821), Gov. John (1770-1845), Jane (1772-1852), William, Jr. (1775-1844), Col. Alexander (1781-1826), Judge Nathaniel (1784-1850), Elizabeth (c1787-1850), and Hester Pope (1788-1868). Pope County, Ark. was named for Governor John Pope, and Pope County, Ill. was named for Judge Nathaniel Pope. Pope County, Mn. was named for Major General John Pope (1822-92), a son of Judge Pope. Oldham County, Ky. was named for the husband of Penelope Pope, Lt. Colonel William Oldham (1753-91).
In his will Colonel Pope made the following bequests: Governor John Pope - all of his lands in Shelby County and "a tract of land on the headwaters of Beargrass" Creek; William Pope Jr. - "500 acres laying on the south of the land on which I lived in the Pond Settlement." To daughters Penelope, Jane, Elizabeth, and Hester Pope - he had already given "a full share of his estate." To Colonel Alexander and Judge Nathaniel Pope - "the residue of my estate to be divided equally."
Colonel Pope and his wife died in 1825-26 and were likely buried in the Pope family cemetery in Louisville where William Pope, Jr. buried his wife in 1823. The cemetery was behind the mansion at 2116 Edgehill Road on property where William Pope, Jr. lived. In 2014-15, all the remains contained in the Pope cemetery were removed to the Kate Pope lot in Cave Hill Cemetery by archaeologist Jay Stottman through the efforts of J.H. Barr.
William Pope was a 3rd cousin of George Washington. See Lewis and Richard H. Collins, History of Kentucky (Covington, Ky., 1878, 1882), II: 376; George W. Beale, "Col. Nathaniel Pope and His Descendants," William & Mary College Quarterly XII: 192-196, 250-253 (1903-1904); John E. Kleber, ed., The Encyclopedia of Louisville (Lexington, Ky., 2001), 713; 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), 305.
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