Martha Herndon Worsham (1796-1827) was the daughter of Lt. Richard and Mary Wingfield Worsham, of Washington, Ga. She married in 1813, Dr. John Hunter Pope (UPenn. 1808), eldest son of Senator John (1749-1802) and Margaret Hunter Pope (1758-1836). He was a physician and planter in Washington, Ga. He built a large house near the center of Washington. He later moved to a country house which is located on Lundburg Road and he owned 2,300 acres of land. He served in the Georgia House of Representatives, 1821-22, 1824. Their eight children were Barton Chapman (1813-61) who was an attorney in Tallahassee, Fla.; Dr. John Hunter, Jr. (1815-79)(UPenn. M.D. 1837); Mary Elizabeth (1817-18); Alexander, II (1818-72); Margaret Hunter (1820-85); Sophia Watkins (1822-27); William Henry (1824-25); and Martha Ann Elizabeth Pope (1826-32). Dr. Pope married (2) in 1829, his wife's younger sister, Emily Archer Worsham (1800-38). Their five children were Dr. William Henry, II (1830-85), George Chapman (1832-1900), Benjamin Sims (1834-71), Nathaniel Chapman (1835-37) and Martha Elizabeth Pope (1837-1915). Dr. Pope married (3) in 1842, Sarah Osborn Cain (1794-1843).
See Dr. John Hunter Pope Bible; Charles Danforth Saggus, Agrarian Arcadia, Anglo-Virginian Planters of Wilkes County, Georgia in the 1850s. (Washington, Ga.: Mary Willis Library, 1996), 136-138; 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), 388.
See Dr. John Hunter Pope Bible; Charles Danforth Saggus, Agrarian Arcadia, Anglo-Virginian Planters of Wilkes County, Georgia in the 1850s. (Washington, Ga.: Mary Willis Library, 1996), 136-138; 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), 388.
Martha Herndon Worsham (1796-1827) was the daughter of Lt. Richard and Mary Wingfield Worsham, of Washington, Ga. She married in 1813, Dr. John Hunter Pope (UPenn. 1808), eldest son of Senator John (1749-1802) and Margaret Hunter Pope (1758-1836). He was a physician and planter in Washington, Ga. He built a large house near the center of Washington. He later moved to a country house which is located on Lundburg Road and he owned 2,300 acres of land. He served in the Georgia House of Representatives, 1821-22, 1824. Their eight children were Barton Chapman (1813-61) who was an attorney in Tallahassee, Fla.; Dr. John Hunter, Jr. (1815-79)(UPenn. M.D. 1837); Mary Elizabeth (1817-18); Alexander, II (1818-72); Margaret Hunter (1820-85); Sophia Watkins (1822-27); William Henry (1824-25); and Martha Ann Elizabeth Pope (1826-32). Dr. Pope married (2) in 1829, his wife's younger sister, Emily Archer Worsham (1800-38). Their five children were Dr. William Henry, II (1830-85), George Chapman (1832-1900), Benjamin Sims (1834-71), Nathaniel Chapman (1835-37) and Martha Elizabeth Pope (1837-1915). Dr. Pope married (3) in 1842, Sarah Osborn Cain (1794-1843).
See Dr. John Hunter Pope Bible; Charles Danforth Saggus, Agrarian Arcadia, Anglo-Virginian Planters of Wilkes County, Georgia in the 1850s. (Washington, Ga.: Mary Willis Library, 1996), 136-138; 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), 388.
See Dr. John Hunter Pope Bible; Charles Danforth Saggus, Agrarian Arcadia, Anglo-Virginian Planters of Wilkes County, Georgia in the 1850s. (Washington, Ga.: Mary Willis Library, 1996), 136-138; 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), 388.
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