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3 de dic. de 2017 · John Pope used his connections to appoint Nathaniel secretary of the new territory. Nathaniel then helped get his cousin, Ninian Edwards, appointed Governor of the territory. Before Ninian assumed his role, Nathaniel appointed others that supported Ninian to government positions in the territory. In 1812, the territory was progressing slowly.
Meese, William A. “Nathaniel Pope.” Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society 3 (January 1911): 7–21. Labored to have Illinois Territory admitted as a state, 1818. 11. Clayton, Illinois Fact Book and Historical Almanac, 7. Comprehensive Works Cited. Clayton, John.
9 de dic. de 2018 · From the Vantage point of 200 years, it is clear that Nathaniel W. Pope, Illinois Territory's delegate to Congress in 1817, was the leading force behind the statehood bill that pushed the northern boundary of Illinois a full sixty miles north of what the Northwest Ordinance originally called for.
Nathaniel [I] and Lucy Pope’s oldest daughter was Anne Pope. Anne married Col. John Washington and would become the great-grandmother of George Washington, the first president of the United States (Humphries). Another connection comes through Anne’s brother Nathaniel Pope (b.1640). Nathaniel married Mary Sisson.
The will of John Rosier (will, September–October, 1705) leaves land to Nathaniel Pope, clerk of Stafford and practitioner at law; and the rest of the estate is given to his wife, Mary Rosier, who was Mary Pope, alias Bridges. Two Nathaniel Popes lived in the same area around the year 1700, both grandsons of the original patentee.
Added: Jul 9, 2001. Find a Grave Memorial ID: 22898. Source citation. U.S. political leader. A delegate from Illinois Territory, Pope persuaded Congress to set the boundary of the territory further north to include the site of Chicago. Pope was the father of General John Pope. He was elected delegate to Congress from Illinois territory, 1816-18.
Col. Nathaniel Pope and His Descendants is an article from The William and Mary Quarterly, Volume 12. View more articles from The William and Mary...
