William Hamilton Pope, Jr.

a prosperous farmer in Jefferson Co., near Louisville, KY.

Living children

John

William H

Robert

Godfrey

Charles

Ann

William Pope Jr., was a large landholder, a prosperous farmer and prominent businessman. He was a member of the Kentucky House, 1809, and Kentucky Senate, 1810-14. He controlled three-fifths, and the Bullitts the remaining two-fifths, of Bullitt's Lick saltworks in Bullitt County. In 1810, he along with David Ward and John Speed purchased 4,386 acres in what is now known as the Highlands in Louisville which was then three miles east of Louisville. In 1823, he obtained sole ownership of the property which was later reduced to 2,690 acres. In 1838, he sold 102 acres and the family home to Justice John McKinley (1780-1852). McKinley earlier moved from Louisville to Alabama where he was U.S. Senator, 1826-32, 1837, and subsequently a justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, 1837-52. McKinley likely moved back to Louisville when he bought the property. His daughter, Mary McKinley (1820-81), married in 1839, Capt. Alexander Pope Churchill (1809-78), of Louisville, a first cousin of Pope. Justice McKinley conveyed the property to his son in 1849 who sold it in 1850. The Pope house was likely built in 1823 and located at 2116 Edgehill Road which sits atop Lauderdale Hill. Reputedly that brick house burned around 1860 and was replaced by an Italianate-style, two-and-a half story brick mansion built on the foundation of the Pope house. Next to the mansion is a one-story brick servants structure which has been converted into a residence. It was probably built by Pope. The mansion is on the National Register of Historical Places and is a Louisville Historic Landmark. It has been owned by the Van Cleave family since 1956 and probably includes some condominiums. Pope Lick Creek and Pope Lick Park in eastern Louisville were likely named for William Pope, Jr.

Pope subsequently bought 950 acres, extending from the Ohio River to Longest Place and Cherokee Park. He married in 1800, Cynthia Ann Sturgess (1783/5-1823), daughter of James A. Sturgess. They had ten children. https://www.loc.gov/resource/g3953j.la000234/?r=0.398,0.26,0.092,0.... (1858 Map)

William Pope Jr. and his wife were buried in the Pope family cemetery next to 2134 Edgehill Road. In 1920 there was still standing a handsome monument to mark their graves. The stone cemetery wall was subsequently removed and the only monument remaining in 2014 was an obelisk marking the graves of Elizabeth Campbell (1815-42) and her four children who died in 1842 during an epidemic. She was probably a daughter of Justice McKinley who owned the cemetery from 1838-49 when she died. In 1877, daughter Kate Pope, and in 1881, Kate's parents and three other children were removed from the Pope family cemetery to Cave Hill Cemetery. In 2014-15, all the remains contained in the Pope cemetery and the Campbell obelisk were removed to the Kate Pope lot in Cave Hill Cemetery by archaeologist Jay Stottman.* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Jul 14 2019, 19:03:25 UTC

Willliam Street and Pope Street are named for Louisville merchant and banker William Hamilton Pope, who had inherited a farm in the area from his father, William.
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