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Dabney Family of Early Virginia
Cornelius Dabney (b 1630) and his descendants |
Ann Henry Christian
- 1806-
Name Ann Henry Christian Gender Female Died 1 Mar 1806 Person ID I2347 Dabneys of Virginia Last Modified 22 Jan 2018
Father William Christian, b. Abt 1743, Staunton, Augusta County, Virginia 
, d. 9 Apr 1786, Jeffersonville, Clark County, Indiana (Age ~ 43 years) Mother Ann Henry, d. 27 May 1790 Married Abt 1768 Family ID F532 Group Sheet
Family John Pope, b. Feb 1770, Prince William County, Virginia , d. 12 Jul 1845, Springfield, Washington County, Kentucky (Age ~ 75 years) Married 1795 Botetourt County, Virginia Last Modified 22 Jan 2018 Family ID F1577 Group Sheet
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Notes - Ann Henry Christian was born to William and Ann (Henry) Christian in Botetourt County, Virginia. She married John Pope in 1795, probably in Botetourt County. She died in 1806 without children, probably in Lexington, Kentucky. John remarried February 11, 1810 to Elizabeth Janet Dorcas Johnson, in Washington County, Rhode Island. She was born October 11, 1786, a daughter of Joshua Johnson. Her sister, Louisa Catherine, married John Quincy Adams. The Popes had two daughters: Elizabeth Trotter, born in 1813, married John Watkins Cocke in 1829, had two children, Mary Watkins and John Pope, died May 7, 1835; and Florida Pope, who died in 1845, aged 14. John’s second wife died April 24, 1818, and John remarried to Mrs Frances Watkins Walton, who was born in 1772 and died in 1843 without children.
John Pope was a distinguished Kentucky politician. He was born in 1770 in Virginia and emigrated with his parents to Kentucky in about 1779. While working with a cornstalk mill with his father, his right arn became caught in the blades and had to be amputated betwen the shoulder and elbow. He studied law in Lexington and was admitted to practice. He settled in Shelbyville and at first was a supporter of Alexander Hamilton and the Federalist party, but became persuaded to the principles of Jefferson and the Republican party. In 1800, he was an elected delegate from Kentucky to the Presidential Electoral College where he voted for Jefferson. In 1802, he was elected to the Kentucky House of Representatives from Shelby County. In 1804, he moved to Lexington in Fayette County. In 1806, he was elected to the Kentucky House of Representatives from Fayette County. In 1807, he was elected to a 6 year term in the U. S. Senate. In 1816, he was appointed Secretary of State for Kentucky, from which he resigned in 1819. In 1820, he moved to Springfield in Washington County. In 1825, he was elected to the Kentucky senate. In 1829, President Jackson appointed him Governor of the Territory of Arkansas, in which he served until 1835. He was elected to Congress in 1837, 1839, and 1841. He died July 12, 1845, in Springfield. Pope County, Arkansas is named for him. [1, 2, 3, 4]
- Ann Henry Christian was born to William and Ann (Henry) Christian in Botetourt County, Virginia. She married John Pope in 1795, probably in Botetourt County. She died in 1806 without children, probably in Lexington, Kentucky. John remarried February 11, 1810 to Elizabeth Janet Dorcas Johnson, in Washington County, Rhode Island. She was born October 11, 1786, a daughter of Joshua Johnson. Her sister, Louisa Catherine, married John Quincy Adams. The Popes had two daughters: Elizabeth Trotter, born in 1813, married John Watkins Cocke in 1829, had two children, Mary Watkins and John Pope, died May 7, 1835; and Florida Pope, who died in 1845, aged 14. John’s second wife died April 24, 1818, and John remarried to Mrs Frances Watkins Walton, who was born in 1772 and died in 1843 without children.
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