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John Pope (circa 1754 – January 31, 1795) was an American soldier, traveler, and author of the book ''A Tour through the Southern and Western Territories of the United States of North-America''. ==Early life and military career== John Pope, author of ''A Tour'', was the eldest son of Nathaniel Pope IV (1729-1806) and his wife Lucy Smith (Fox) Pope (1732-1789) of Louisa County, Virginia.〔F. Claiborne Johnston, Jr., ''The Tangled Trail of Two John Popes: Colonel John Pope of Amherst County, Virginia, and John Pope of Prince William County, Virginia, and Wilkes County, Georgia'' Notes compiled in 2010 and deposited at the Library of Virginia (Richmond, Va.), accession no. 45248.〕〔John Frederick Dorman and Claiborne T. Smith, Jr., ''Claiborne of Virginia: Descendents of Colonel William Claiborne'' (Gateway Press, Inc. 1995), pp. 167, 169, 173, 174. Four Pope siblings married four children of Samuel and Lucy (Claiborne) DuVal of Henrico County, Virginia: John Pope married Lucy DuVal; Ann Pope married in 1772 William DuVal; Nathaniel Pope (V) married in 1784 Mary (Polly) DuVal; and Eliza Pope married 8 June 1790, Major Claiborne DuVal.〕 Evidence from ''A Tour'' suggests that John Pope was well educated, and tax records imply that he was wealthy, with more than 700 acres of land in his name. He married Lucy DuVal of Henrico County, Virginia, a daughter of Samuel and Lucy (Claiborne) DuVal.〔John Pope and Lucy DuVal were probably married ca. 1775-1776.〕 By 1792 they had three children named Alexander, Lucinda, and Anne.〔The three children are named on the title page of Pope's book. Barton Starr, introduction to ''A Tour through the Southern and Western Territories of the United States of North-America: A Facsimile Reproduction of the 1792 Edition'', by John Pope (Gainesville, Fla.: University Presses of Florida, 1979).〕 Lucy (DuVal) Pope was probably deceased by the time John Pope published ''A Tour'' in 1792.〔F. Claiborne Johnston, Jr., ''The Tangled Trail of Two John Popes: Colonel John Pope of Amherst County, Virginia, and John Pope of Prince William County, Virginia, and Wilkes County, Georgia'' Notes compiled in 2010 and deposited at the Library of Virginia (Richmond, Va.), accession no. 45248.〕 In ''A Tour'', Pope wrote that he lived in Amherst County, Virginia during the American Revolution. Deed records indicate that he lived in Amherst County from 1778 until 1790.〔Claiborne quotes ''Sparacio, Amherst County, Virginia. Land Tax Books, 1782-1788 '' (1997), p. 8; 30; 86; ''Sparacio, Amherst County. Virginia, Land Tax Books, 1789-1791 '' (1997), p. 9; 42; 72.〕 He has been tentatively identified with a John Pope Jr. who served as an officer in the militia from that county. In June 1781 this John Pope attained the rank of lieutenant colonel. His battalion took part in battles at Lynch's Ferry, Cowpens, Rockfish Gap, and Jamestown. At the siege of Yorktown this battalion was merged with the “Main Army” commanded by the Marquis de Lafayette.〔 Pope probably returned to Amherst County after the war, then sold his property and moved to the Richmond area in about 1790. On June 1, 1790, John Pope set out on the tour that he would later record in his book.〔 John Pope died in Augusta, Georgia on January 31, 1795.〔〔'' Augusta Chronicle and Gazette of the State'', February 7, 1795, p. 3, col. 1, abstract in Mary Bondurant Warren, ''Marriages and Deaths, 1763 to 1820, Extracted from Extant Georgia Newspapers''(1968), p. 92.〕 John Pope, the author, has often been confused with his cousin, also named John Pope. This namesake was born in 1749 in either Westmoreland or Prince William County, Virginia. He lived in Prince William County for most of his life before moving his family to Wilkes County, Georgia, in late 1800 or early 1801. This John Pope died in Wilkes County, Georgia, in the summer of 1802.〔 The John Pope who settled in Georgia was a first cousin, once removed, of John Pope the author. Worden Pope (1700-1749), the father of John Pope of Prince William County, was a brother of John Pope (ca. 1695-1735), the grandfather of the John Pope who wrote ''A Tour''.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Pope (travel writer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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