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Emily Archer Worsham Pope

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1838 (aged 37–38)
Washington, Wilkes County, Georgia, USA
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Emily Archer Worsham (1800-38) was the daughter of Lt. Richard and Mary Wingfield Worsham, of Washington, Ga. She married in 1829, 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 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. William Henry Pope II (1830-85) practiced medicine in Fernandina, Fla. He married Charlotte A. Dozier (1834-92). Their children were Charlotte A. (c1861-), Emily (c1863-), John M. (c1864-), Rebecca (c1869-), Franklin (c1869-), Lulu (c1874-) and Lottie Pope.

George Chapman Pope (1832-1900) lived in Marshall, Tx. with his sister Martha Elizabeth (1837-1915) and her husband. He was a confederate soldier in the Civil War.

See 1870 Census, Madison, Fl.; 1880 Census Fernandina, Fl.; Dr. John Hunter Pope Bible (believed to be in possession of Edward Barnett Pope); 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.
Emily Archer Worsham (1800-38) was the daughter of Lt. Richard and Mary Wingfield Worsham, of Washington, Ga. She married in 1829, 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 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. William Henry Pope II (1830-85) practiced medicine in Fernandina, Fla. He married Charlotte A. Dozier (1834-92). Their children were Charlotte A. (c1861-), Emily (c1863-), John M. (c1864-), Rebecca (c1869-), Franklin (c1869-), Lulu (c1874-) and Lottie Pope.

George Chapman Pope (1832-1900) lived in Marshall, Tx. with his sister Martha Elizabeth (1837-1915) and her husband. He was a confederate soldier in the Civil War.

See 1870 Census, Madison, Fl.; 1880 Census Fernandina, Fl.; Dr. John Hunter Pope Bible (believed to be in possession of Edward Barnett Pope); 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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