Soldier Information
Name: George Pope
Alias:
Place of Birth: Jefferson KY Year of Birth: 1822
Occupation: Farmer
Eyes: Black Hair: Black Complexion: Brown
Height in Feet: 5 Inches: 4
Enlistment Information
Enlistment Date: March 21, 1865
Enlistment Place: Louisville
Enlistment State: KY
Compiled Military Service Record
Document: View
Congressional District: 5th
Company: E Regiment(s): 13th USCHA
Mustered Where: Louisville, KY
Mustered Out Date: November 18, 1865
Rank at Muster Out: Private
Notes:
It says on his muster out card that he was owed $100 bounty when he was mustered out.
Soldier Death Information
Died in war? No
Military Death Date:
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Military Cause of Death:
Death Date: October 28, 1914
Cause of Death: Chronic Bright’s disease
Death Certificate
Soldier Pension Information
Pension Card Link: Pension Card
Pension Application Date: March 23, 1892
Application No.: 1100.674 Certificate No.: 926.792
Alternate First Name: Alternate Last Name:
No widow pension card found
No other family pension card found
Pension File Information
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Pension Notes:
Soldier was living in Indiana at the time he applied for a pension in 1892.
Freedman’s Bank/Freedmen’s Bureau Information
No Freedman’s Bank information found
No Freedmen’s Bureau Documents found
Family Information
Mother First Name: Nellie Mother Maiden Name: Garnett
Father First Name: Preston Father Last Name: Pope
Siblings: Nancy “Nannie” Pope Graham
Wife #1 First Name: Mary Ann Maiden Name: Compton
Wife #2 First Name: Patience Maiden Name: Dunnaway
Wife #3 First Name: Maiden Name:
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Family Notes:
I found the soldier’s burial place At Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis on Findagrave.com: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45996809/george-pope
I found a will for the soldier in which he left everything to his sister Nancy “Nannie” Graham: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9045/images/004087736_00466?pId=656565
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1870 Census
1870 Census Link: View
1870 Profession: Farm Labor
1870 Live with/near former enslaver? No
1870 Real Estate Value: 1870 Personal Estate Value: 300
1870 Ability to Read? Can read Ability to Write? Cannot write
1870 Census Notes:
1880 Census
1880 Census Link: View
1880 Profession: Hired Man (on farm)
1880 Live with/near former enslaver? No
1880 Ability to Read? Can read Ability to Write? Can write
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1890 Census
1890 Census information not found
1900 Census
1900 Census Link: View
1900 Profession: Unemployed/Retired (though the question is simply left blank)
1900 Ability to Read? Can read Ability to Write? Can write
1900 Own/Rent: Own 1900 Home Free/Mortgage: Free 1900 Farm/House: House
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1910 Census
1910 Census Link: View
1910 Profession: None
1910 Ability to Read? Can read Ability to Write? Can write
1910 Own/Rent: Own 1910 Home Free/Mortgage: Free 1910 Farm/House: House
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1920 Census
1920 Census Link: View
1920 Profession: George’s niece Hazel is a maid in a hospital, her husband Reuben Simmons is a janitor in a factory
1920 Ability to Read? Can read Ability to Write? Can write
1920 Own/Rent: Unknown 1920 Home Free/Mortgage: Unknown 1920 Farm/House: Unknown
1920 Census Notes:
Enslaver Information
Name: Maria Shively Location: Jefferson County, KY
Previous Enslaver:
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1850 Enslaver Census
1850 Census information not found
1860 Enslaver Census
1860 Census Link: View
1860 Real Estate Value: 9000 1860 Personal Estate Value: 3000
1860 Slave Schedule Link: View
1860 Number of Enslaved: 4
1870 Enslaver Census
1870 Census information not found
1880 Enslaver Census
Compensation Information
Compensation Applied? Yes Compensation Received? No