Samuel Pope

From "Forty North",

page 566 " 8. Phoebe Lee, daughter of Capt. William Lee and Cathren ––, was born about 1771 in Garretstown, Frederick County, Virginia. She died in Shelby County, Indiana. Phoebe married Samuel Pope on 22 July 1790 in Morgan Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania. They were about 19 years old and 29 years old, respectively, when married. He was born on 23 March 1761 in Warwick, Orange County, New York. According to the Pension Application filed by Samuel Pope in 1834,30 he was living in Shelby County, Indiana. He was 14 years old when he substituted as a soldier in the state militia for a man named Cornelius Bogart to whom he was apprenticed. He served as a Private in Capt. Glover’s Company. The papers describe that he fought in skirmishes near New York City and New Jersey. Samuel stated that after the Revolutionary War he lived in Warwick for eight years; New Jersey for two years; Washington County, Pennsylvania, for eight years; Warren County, Ohio, for 31 years; and Shelby County, Indiana, for three years. He was granted a pension of $20.00 per month on 13 February 1836. After Samuel’s death in 1837 his wife was denied the pension. (Phoebe had applied for the pension in 1839 in Shelby County, Indiana, where she was living with her daughter, Phoebe Weir.) The dates of Samuel’s birth, death and marriage can be found in these papers. The papers speak of his wife, Phebe Lee and his oldest daughter Catherine Pope Weir as well as Jacob Ullery, husband of Samuel’s daughter Phoebe. In February 1807 Samuel bought wares for $40 from the estate of William Lee. The estate made a payment of $62.50 to Samuel. Samuel and his son-in-law John Weir received land from Robert Hayes who was an executor of William’s estate. Samuel signed a paper relinquishing all rights to William Lee’s estate. The latter paper was found by Linda Lee Awada in the William Lee docket in Warren County, Ohio. All in all, this is compelling evidence of Phoebe’s relationship to her father William. Samuel died on 3 February 1837 in Shelbyville, Shelby County, Indiana, 75 years old. Phoebe and Samuel had nine children (four sons and five daughters): "