POPE, Phebe

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After Hugh's death or desertion, Phebe worked hard and raised her child ren the best she could , perhaps with help from her father. Since Hugh w as not around to pay the 500 Pounds, it is assumed that her father, as c o-signer of the marriage bond, paid that sum to the state of NC to help t ake care of the children. (If Hugh was dead, no marriage bond would ne ed to be paid. Does this mean that the second story of desertion inste ad of death is the one to be believed?) She died at the home of her son Rev. Forrester McKaughn. Forrester and h is wives (Sallie Parrish and Rebecca Perkins) are buried at A-I Cemeter y in the same plot and marked. "Descendants of George Whitefield Pope" f rom McCubbin Collection, Rowan Library, Salisbury, N.C. "The Descendant s of Silas Peace, 1775 to 1968" by Richard Raymond Peace, Sr. Tombstone P hoto- A-I Cemetery, Oak Ridge, Guilford., N.C. The 1860 Forsyth County, North Carolina census has her living with The L evi Livingood family:

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Phebe married MCKAUGHAN, Hugh on 29 Mar 1804 in Rowan County, NC. Hugh (son of MCKAUGHAN, Archibald Jr. and MERCER, Jane) was born about 1779 in Arcadia, TN; died about 1845 in Nacogdoches, TX; was buried in Oak Ridge, NC. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. MCKAUGHAN, George Pope was born on 25 Feb 1801 in TN; died on 22 Jul 1871 in Forsyth County, NC; was buried in Winston-Salem, NC.
2. MCKAUGHAN, Archibald was born on 13 Sep 1808 in Rowan County, NC; died on 8 Nov 1879 in Forsyth County, NC; was buried in Winston-Salem, NC.
3. MCKAUGHAN, Jane was born before 1810 in Rowan County, NC; died on 20 Oct 1850 in Friedberg, NC; was buried in Davidson County, NC.
4. MCKAUGHAN\ MCCOIN, Rev. William was born on 18 Apr 1813 in Rowan County, NC; died on 2 Mar 1893 in Emporia, KS; was buried on 7 Mar 1895 in Emporia, KS.
5. MCKAUGHAN\ MCCOIN, Rev. Jesse Alfred was born on 1 May 1815 in Guilford County, NC; died on 5 Apr 1860; was buried in Elkin, NC.
6. MCKAUGHAN\ MCKOIN, Rev. Forrester was born on 1 May 1815 in Rowan County, NC; died on 30 Sep 1883 in Guilford County, NC; was buried in Oak Ridge, NC.

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Rev. George W. Pope, son of James Pope, was born in England. He was ra ised in the Church o. f England, in fact, he was named after the famed p riest, George Whitefield, but he changed his faith to Baptist after he g ot to America where he was a minister for over fifty years, forty-five o f the years at Abbotts Creek, North Carolina. When George was only six y ears old, his parents came from England to settle in Philadelphia. Jame s died there and his widow moved south to Baltimore where she dwelled f or some time, finally moving to what is now Guilford Co. , NC and settl ing on Pole Cat Creek. The first account we have of Elder Pope as a preacher is found in the o ldest records extant of Abbotts Creek Chruch in 1783, when it seems tha t they were commencing a new book, where his name is entered as pastor. A h istory of the Liberty Baptist Association (By Elder Henry Sheets) on Pa ge 40, sketches the life of Elder George Whitefield Pope as being one o f the foremost in the service of the church--his work being mainly in R owan (now Davidson Co., NC) "He figured most conspicuously in the Old S andy Creek Association, but his work as pastor for more than thirty yea rs was with the old Abbotts Creek Church. Here he did a work, the exten t of which eternity alone can tell." When he was ordained is not known. It is probable that he was a member o f Buffalo, an arm of Abbotts Creek Church, when he came to Abbotts Cree k as pastor. About 1783, he purchased a farm midway between Thomasville and High Poi nt one mile north of the Southern Railway, on the Guilford side of the C ounty Line. George Pope is given on the 1790 census of Guilford Co., NC, with 1 mal e over 16 years including head of family, 6 males under 16 years of age , and 2 females. In 1795 George Pope purchases 272 acres in Guilford Co., NC from Isaac H iatt. From the McCubbins Collection - Rowan Co., NC Public Library -Salisbury , NC: Rowan Co., NC, b ook 27 page 152: An indenture from the heirs of t he deceased George Pope (who are Mary, Jesse , Charles, James, & Willia m Pope, John & Mary Chaplin, Phelees (Phebe) & Hugh McKaughan, on 6 Mar 1 818 to Isaac & Geo. Whd. Pope for 254 acres on Rich Fork of Abbott's Cr eek, for $160 .00, witnessed by Joseph & Benjamin Albertson, Isaac Glan don & Sherwood Kenneday, proved in a county court held at Lexington (No w the county seat of Davidson Co. where our courts too k examination of M ary (wife of John Chaplin) apart from her husband & proves on 5 Oct 181 9. T his land is a part of an old tract granted to Jacob & Joseph Wilso n by Gov. Samuel Johnston. Book 21 page 646: On 28 Nov 1798, George Pope of Guilford Co., NC gets 2 54 acres on Rich For k of Abbott's Creek, for $782.00 from Joseph Wilso n of Rowan Co., NC, witnessed by William Po pe & James Hopkins.(This ha d been granted by The State to Jacob & Joseph Wilson). History of Liberty Baptist Association , page 82: Morgan Edwards says t hat Shubert Stearns an d his company of sixteen Baptist (including hims elf and wife) came to Sandy Creek 14 Nov 1755 , and on the 22nd day of t he same month, Sandy Creek Church was Constituted. He further say s tha t in three years' time they had increased to three churches and 900 com municants. The fi rst church which sprang off was Abbott's Creek, the o ther. Deep River. Page 83: NC, Rowan Co., Jenevary ye 4 day, 1783: For the Baptist Church i n Abets Crick & afte r confession of faith, members are given with Geor ge Pope as pastor. From this time to Sep 18 13, George Pope was pastor, m aking about thirty-one years. Preached in a log house a few yard s east o f present church. Went to SC later. Commencing January 1783, he continued as pastor without any interruptio n till September 1813 , when he and his wife were granted letters of di smission. From The Descenants of Silas Peace: He was doubtless a man of mo re than ordinary power . The principles as believed and taught by Bapti sts very naturally inculcate liverty of consc ience in all matters of r eligion. He was, therefore, loyal to the American cause during the s tr uggle for independence. This naturally enough rendered him obnoxious to t he Tory element wh o thought that, inasmuch as he was born on English s oil, he ought to be true to King George . Men (who were afterwards foun d to be Torries) called at his home inquiring for him tellin g his wife t hat they desired Mr. Pope to meet them at a certain school house. He me t them pro mptly only to learn that they intended to kill him. He obtai ned permission to preach before t hem for "one last time". In the deliv ery of his sermon, which was one of great power, some we re convicted a nd all were more of less wrought upon. At the close of the sermon, they t old hi m to go home that they would never trouble him again." After Rev. George retired, he kept getting the visions to "go to Lynche s Creek and preach" . He was a man in his eighties and he wasn't inter ested in preaching anymore, and he didn' t know where Lynches Creek was s o he didn't pay any attention to the visions. His crops an d cattle st arted dying so he got on his knees and prayed, "God, what do you want m e to do? " An angel appeared and told him to go to Lynches Creek and p reach; so he saddled up his best pony and headed for parts unknown. La ndmarks in his dreams he had the night before showed him he was on the r ight road. After traveling several days, he came into a town that was h aving a revival so he decided to stop and attend. After everyone had s poken, he asked if h e could say a few words. He spoke with such vigor t hat after the meeting, a group of men cam e to him and asked if he woul d go to their town and preach. He asked them where they lived and they s aid, "down the road about five miles in a settlement called Lynches Cre ek". He was by that time in South Carolina. He was there until he die d five years later. This story i s on his monument in the church cemet ery the congregation erected in his honor.

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George married HIATT, Mary in Dec 1775 in Frederick, VA. Mary was born on 12 Jan 1755 in Winchester, VA; died in 1817 in Guilford County, NC. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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A Quaker, at one time a member of New Garden Monthly Meeting (Kernersville) She may be buried in the Friends Cemetery there.