Pope’s Knob Cemetery
Carroll County, Virginia
Pipers Gap District
Location: Poplar Knob Community
Directions: Located on the north side of Rt. 683 (Poplar Knob Road), .75 mile from its intersection with Rt. 712 (Mallory Road). The cemetery is on top of a very high hill (Pope’s Knob) at the end of a private road.
GPS Coordinates: N 36.67060 W 080.87580
Surveyed by: Buford C. Wilson; Updated 12 Mar 2010; buford-wilson@outlook.com
Comments: By tradition this is Hamilton Pope’s family cemetery, but it may predate Hamilton’s era.. There are about 30 graves marked with rocks in the oldest part of the cemetery. By tradition Hamilton Pope is buried among these graves, with his first two wives buried on either side of his grave. One of his sons, Fielden, who drowned in Chestnut Creek, is said to also be buried in one of these unmarked graves. Hamilton’s third wife did not wish to be buried in this cemetery. She is buried at the old Pope Family Home Place. The cemetery is in fair condition. Information in [brackets] is not on the stone.
Name | Birth | Death | Comments |
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Row 1 | |||
LEEDY, Helen Joyce | 27 Jul 1933 | d/o Gardner Ribble Leedy & Susie Edith Rider | |
RYDER, Emmett B. | 13 Oct 1905 | 19 Mar 1966 | Emmett Brady; s/o William Martin Rider & Polly Ann Lineberry; h/o Mildred Wisner |
RIDER, Polly Ann | 11 Jun 1865 | 06 Nov 1955 | Shared stone with next; d/o Alex Lineberry & Polly A. Frost; w/o William Martin Rider |
RIDER, William Martin | 17 Feb 1853 | 14 May 1945 | s/o Isaac & Rhoda Rider |
RIDER, Raymond L. | 01 May 1893 | 29 Nov 1918 | s/o William Martin Rider & Polly Ann Lineberry |
RIDER, Bertie M. | 08 Apr 1901 | 23 May 1923 | d/o William Martin Rider & Polly Ann Lineberry |
RIDER, Jessie Eugene | 15 Mar 1917 | 18 Oct 2003 | s/o Jessie Lineberry Rider & Ruth Alice Bedsaul |
RIDER, Harold I. | 20 Aug 1912 | 17 Feb 1926 | s/o Jessie Lineberry Rider & Ruth Alice Bedsaul |
RIDER, Ruth A. | 17 Apr 1890 | 16 Jun 1951 | Shared stone with next; Ruth Alice; d/o Isaac Frazier Bedsaul & Sarah Catherine Roberts; w/o Jessie Lineberry Rider |
RIDER, Jessie L. | 22 Apr 1890 | 07 Dec 1985 | Jessie Lineberry; s/o William Martin Rider & Polly Ann Lineberry; w/o 1st Ruth Alice Bedsaul; 2nd Trula Mae Anderson |
STEPHENS, Jim Donald | 25 Mar 1928 | 21 Aug 1999 | Pvt U. S. Army Korea PH OLC; s/o Marion F. Stephens & Maggie Cursey |
BOTTOMLEY, Unknown | Illegible stone | ||
CARTER, Hattie Caroline | 17 Apr 1905 | 1931 | d/o George & Nancy Bottomley; w/o George T. Carter |
REDD, James Willard | Infant | 1933 | Shared stone with next; s/o Jessie Garfield Redd & Nellie Gedys Cassell |
REDD, Millard Lee | Infant | 1933 | s/o Jessie Garfield Redd & Nellie Gedys Cassell |
GOAD, Fred R. | [22 Dec] 1915 | [16 Aug] 1972 | Shared stone with next; Fred Rush; s/o Lee Goad & Mary Huff |
GOAD, Irene F. | [22 Jan] 1921 | [09 Mar 2010] | Annie Irene Fortner; d/o Minitree Lester Fortner & Maggie Pearl Roberts; w/o Fred Rush Goad |
RICHARD, Otto | 01 Jan 1938 | Wisconsin Corp. U. S. Army | |
EVANS, Twins | Infants | 09 Sep 1946 | c/o William Harrison Evans & Ruth Bartree Kilgore |
CANTRELL, Baby | s/o Emory Cantrell & Mildred Carter | ||
Row 2 | |||
ROBERTS, Diana T. | 10 Jul 1945 | Diana Lynn Talley; Shared stone with next; d/o James Talley & Vera Sexton; w/o Carroll Gene Roberts | |
ROBERTS, Carroll G. | 03 Aug 1939 | 27 Jul 2001 | SP 4 U. S. Army; Carroll Gene; s/o Emmit Earn Roberts & Dora Frances Redd |
ROBERTS, Dora Frances | 07 Sep 1890 | 19 Jul 1964 | Shared stone with next; d/o Maston Green Redd &Margaret Ellen Sexton; w/o Emmit Earn Roberts |
ROBERTS, Emmit Earn | 11 Nov 1883 | 08 Jun 1961 | s/o : Alexander C. Roberts & Thursia Elizabeth Sutherland |
WADDELL, Larry Gordon | Infant | 19 Jun 1945 | s/o Gordon Davis Waddell & Hazel Frances Roberts |
JONES, Edgar C. | 26 Apr 1907 | 11 Jun 1909 | s/o William Guy Jones & Mollie Jane Daughtery |
JONES, Roby M. | 01 Apr 1904 | 09 Dec 1930 | s/o William Guy Jones & Mollie Jane Daughtery |
JONES, Mollie J. | 14 Feb 1881 | 18 Dec 1948 | Mollie Jane; Shared stone with next; d/o Elbert M. Daughtery & Malinda F. Bedsaul; w/o William Guy Jones |
JONES, W. Guy | 28 Aug 1873 | 12 Aug 1960 | William Guy; s/o Stephen Friel Jones & Edith Frances Wright |
GOAD, Billie Lee | 25 Dec 1943 | 07 Oct 1944 | s/o Fred Rush Goad & Annie Irene Fortner |
FORTNER, Robert Alex | [30 May 1933] | [20 Feb 1998] | Unmarked; s/o Minitree Lester Fortner & Maggie Pearl Roberts |
SMITH, Samuel David | [27 Jan 1891] | [16 Nov 1954] | Unmarked; s/o Benjamin Rush Smith & Mary Ann Davis |
SMITH, Mauda Carico | 1898 | [10 May 1939] | 1938 on stone; Mauda McKinley; d/o Alexander Alfred Carico & Catherine M. Farmer; w/o Samuel David Smith |
THOMASON, Curtis Reed | 03 Jan 1913 | 13 Sep 1981 | Shared stone with next; s/o Henry Leftwich Thomason & Flora Ann Redd |
THOMASON, Hattie Mae | 01 Mar 1919 | 06 Feb 1978 | d/o Charlie Nester & Sarah Adaline Dillard; w/o Curtis Reed Thomason |
BRANSCOME, Edgar Lee | 18 Mar 1925 | 01 Oct 2004 | U. S. Army; Shared stone with next; s/o Charley Sylvester Branscome & Alice Ida Redd |
BRANSCOME, Mary V. | 11 Apr 1922 | 04 Jul 2004 | Mary Vernon; d/o James Earl Vernon & Ida Choate; w/o Edgar Lee Branscome |
BEDSAUL, James W. | Infant | 1968 | s/o John Wesley Bedsaul & Wanda Lee Thomason |
Row 3 | |||
ROBERTS, Alex | [Aug 1859] | [02 Nov 1939] | Alexander C.; s/o George Curren Roberts & Frances Bartlett |
ROBERTS, Lizzie | [Mar 1863] | [1947] | Thursia Elizabeth; d/o Leonard S. Sutherland & Elizabeth Wampler; w/o Alexander C. Roberts |
HIGGINS, Geneva | Infant | 16 Aug 1917 | d/o Andrew Jackson Higgins & Nannie Lou Payne |
REDD, Carlie | [08 Aug] 1903 | [16 Dec 1914] | 1915 on stone; Carlie Jefferson; s/o Maston Green Redd & Margaret Ellen Sexton |
BRANSCOME, Bertha | |||
BRANSCOME, Gordon | |||
ROBERTS, Wilma | [03 Feb 1926] | Wilma on the stone; d/o Emmit Earn Roberts & Dora Frances Redd | |
REDD, Ellen | [May] 1865 | 1933 | Margaret Ellen; d/o John & Elizabeth Sexton; w/o Maston Green Redd |
REDD, Maston Green | [Aug] 1859 | 1928 | s/o William Thomas & Mary Jane Redd |
BRANSCOME, Charley S. | [06 May] 1894 | 1937 | Shared stone with next; Charley Sylvester; s/o Isiah Branscome & S. Eliza Burcham; h/o 1st Clora Jane Melton; 2nd Alice Ida Redd |
BRANSCOME, Alice R. | [06 Sep] 1892 | [10 Aug] 1976 | Alice Ida Redd; d/o Maston Green Redd & Margaret Ellen Sexton |
BULLINS, Mabel B. | 04 Apr 1922 | 18 May 1991 | Mabel Catherine Branscome; d/o Charley Sylvester Branscome & Alice Ida Redd; w/oWilliam Fielden Bullins |
NORMAN, Wanda | |||
Row 4 | |||
Unknown | Unmarked | ||
GRIFFIN, Matilda | Jun 1874 | Unmarked; d/o Merritt Griffin & Rachel Pope | |
GRIFFIN | Unmarked | ||
HAYNES, Bertie Mae | 06 Apr 1902 | 03 Sep 1902 | d/o William Haynes & Minnie Griffin |
GRIFFIN, Merritt | 1844 | 1925 | Shared stone with next; s/o Abner P. Griffin & Elizabeth Byrd |
GRIFFIN, Rachel Pope | 12 Oct 1850 | 03 Apr 1947 | d/o Hamilton Rowan Pope & Lurana Frost; w/o Merritt Griffin |
WILSON, Daughter | Infant | 1922 | d/o Alonzo Davis Wilson & Flora Rose Carpenter |
WILSON, Nathaniel Gardner “Guard” | 31 Jul 1845 | 21 Apr 1926 | Shared stone with next two; Co. G Kent’s Battalion CSA; s/o Nathaniel Wilson & Nancy Agnes Robeson |
WILSON, Tena A. | 25 Nov 1845 | 29 Jun 1930 | Tena Adeline; d/o Allen James Smith & Lurany Kester; w/o Nathaniel Gardner Wilson |
WILSON, Malissia Jane | 19 Jan 1878 | 25 Jun 1966 | “Lissie”; d/o Nathaniel Gardner Wilson & Tena Adeline Smith |
HODGE, Ellie Elizabeth Roberts | 30 Apr 1916 | 28 Jun 1986 | d/o Emmit Earn Roberts & Dora Frances Redd; w/o Albert Clyde Hodge |
Unknown | Cross no name | ||
Unknown | Cross no name | ||
BUNN, Timothy | 12 Feb 1980 | 29 Nov 1981 | Timothy Dean; s/o Dean Leroy Bunn & Debbie Scram |
BUNN, William | Infant | 19 Mar 1950 | William Charles; s/o John Clayton Bunn & Annabelle Isom |
REDD, Jason W. | 06 Mar 1984 | 06 Nov 1984 | Jason Wayne; s/o Richard Wayne Redd & Linda Ann Bunn |
ROBERTS, Hiley H. | 28 Feb 1923 | 17 Sep 1975 | PFC U. S. Army; Hiley Harding; s/o Emmit Earn Roberts & Dora Frances Redd; h/o Geneva Hodges |
ROBERTS, James M. | 14 Dec 1913 | 17 Sep 1978 | 1914 on stone; James Maston; s/o Emmit Earn Roberts & Dora Frances Redd; h/o Ethel Vaughan |
WADDELL, Gordon D. | 04 Mar 1921 | 08 Jun 1984 | Shared stone with next; Gordon Davis; s/o Louis Franklin Waddell & Emma Ann Sexton |
WADDELL, Hazel | 21 Sep 1920 | 10 Jun 2011 | Hazel Frances; d/o Emmit Earn Roberts & Dora Frances Redd; w/o Gordon Davis Waddell |
Row 5 | |||
CARTER, John M. | 29 Oct 1888 | 19 Nov 1977 | Shared stone with next; John Marshall; s/o Robert A. Carter & Mondana L. Pope |
CARTER, Cora M. | 08 May 1889 | 05 Jun 1990 | Cora Melton; d/o Steven Melton & Sarah Frances Delp; w/o John Marshall Carter |
CARTER, Robert A. | Aug 1857 | 1931 | 1856 on stone; Shared stone with next; s/o Richard and Louisa Carter |
CARTER, Mondana L. | Sep 1869 | 1901 | 1870 on stone; d/o Christopher C. & Mary Jane Pope; w/o Robert A. Carter |
JOHNSON, Alfred Lee | 31 Aug 1937 | 05 Apr 2003 | Pvt. U. S. Army; s/o Roby Dale Johnson & Sylvia Irene Pope; h/o Ruby Wyatt |
FROST, Polly | 1844 | 1929 | Matilda Jane; d/o Hillary Jones & Elizabeth P. Stone; w/o John F. Frost |
FROST, John F. | 1879 | 1940 | s/o Mary Frost |
FROST, Otie Glen | [10 Feb] 1890 | [15 Nov] 1959 | s/o John F. Frost & Matilda Jane Jones |
EDWARDS, Barbara Sue | 11 May 1941 | 31 May 1941 | d/o Grady Dewey Edwards & Blanche Leedy |
CARPENTER, Omer C. | 1900 | 1955 | s/o William Cooper Carpenter & Flora Leota Jones |
THOMASON, Ernest P. | 07 Oct 1910 | 12 Aug 1989 | Shared stone with next; Ernest Paul; s/o Henry Leftwich Thomason & Flora Ann Redd |
THOMASON, Vergie L. | 04 Sep 1909 | 20 Dec 1976 | Vergie Lenora; d/o John Lemuel Jones & Mary Frances Frost; w/o Ernest Paul Thomason |
STONEMAN, Larry Wayne | 11 Mar 1950 | 04 Apr 1953 | s/o Perlie Robert Stoneman & Ethel Emaline Sumner |
STONEMAN, Perlie R. | [02 May] 1927 | [05 Feb] 2000 | Shared stone with next; Perlie Robert; s/o Fred P. Stoneman & Nellie Iona Carpenter |
STONEMAN, Ethel E. | [16 Mar] 1929 | [07 Jan] 2002] | Ethel Emaline; d/o Cleveland Lester Sumner & Minnie Belle Ellen Carico; w/o Perlie Robert Stoneman |
CARTER, John Davis “Big John” | 14 Jul 1924 | 02 Sep 1984 | Shared stone with next; s/o George Carter & Hattie Caroline Bottomley |
CARTER, Ada Mae | 18 Apr 1917 | 13 Dec 1996 | d/o Henry Leftwich Thomason & Flora Ann Redd; w/o John Davis Carter |
Row 6 | |||
KENNY, Carroll Dean | Infant | 26 Mar 1940 | s/o John Harbert Kenny & Beulah Loraine Sexton |
Unknown | Fieldstone | ||
SEXTON, Joseph C. | 1950 | 1950 | Shared stone with next two; s/o Gray Hamilton Sexton & Willie Mae Aldred |
SEXTON, Virgil D. | 1940 | 1978 | s/o Gray Hamilton Sexton & Willie Mae Aldred |
SEXTON, James D. | 1941 | 1941 | s/o Gray Hamilton Sexton & Willie Mae Aldred |
Unknown | Fieldstone | ||
POPE, Stella L. | 22 Apr 1886 | 10 May 1886 | Shared stone with next; d/o William Lafayette Pope & Mattie Lucille Melton |
POPE, Ella Blanche | 20 Aug 1887 | 10 Jun 1895 | d/o William Lafayette Pope & Mattie Lucille Melton |
JOHNSON, Shirley R. | 30 Apr 1940 | 01 Jul 1995 | Shirley Ruth; d/o Roby Dale Johnson & Sylvia Irene Pope |
EGGLESTON, Lucretia | 18 Apr 1840 | 08 Mar 1903 | Shared stone with next; d/o Allen Melton & Martha Ann “Patsy” Bedsaul; w/o 1st Joseph C. Melton ; 2nd Willie E. Eggleston |
MELTON, William E. | 09 Dec 1866 | 16 Oct 1929 | s/o Joseph C. Melton & Lucretia Melton |
POPE, William L. | 25 Jan 1855 | 18 Feb 1930 | Shared stone with next; William Lafayette; s/o Hamilton Rowan Pope & Lurana Frost |
POPE, Mattie L. | 25 Dec 1863 | 29 Jul 1959 | Mattie Lucille; d/o Joseph C Melton & Lucretia Bedsaul; w/o William Lafayette Pope |
POPE, L. Grace | 13 Jun 1901 | 08 Feb 1994 | Lillian Grace; d/o Miles Parton Williams & Elizabeth Stone; w/o Kelly Hamilton Pope |
POPE, Kelly H. | 26 Oct 1896 | 31 Jan 1980 | Kelly Hamilton; s/o William Lafayette Pope & Mattie Lucille Melton |
WILLIAMS, Nancy L. | 27 Jun 1906 | 28 Sep 1978 | Nancy Lessie; d/o Miles Parton Williams & Elizabeth Stone |
LAMBERT, Sylvia I. | 18 Dec 1918 | 07 Apr 1988 | Sylvia Irene; d/o Kelly Hamilton Pope & Lillian Grace Williams; w/o 1st Roby Dale Johnson; 2nd Robert Lee Lambert |
JONES, Clifton | 24 Sep 1916 | 29 Jul 1919 | s/o John Lemuel Jones & Mary Frances Frost |
JONES, John L. | 15 Nov 1878 | 09 Aug 1967 | Shared stone with next; John Lemuel “Lem”; s/o Solomon Swift Jones & Malinda Jane Hanks |
JONES, Mary Frances | 08 May [1892] | 22 Apr 1977 | 1891 on stone; “Fannie”; d/o John F. Frost & Matilda Jane Jones; w/o John Lemuel Jones |
PARRISH, Joy Jones | 06 Jun 1952 | 25 Feb 2002 | d/o J. Clayton & Beulah R. Jones |
LINEBERRY, Hazel Jones | 1911 | 1936 | d/o John Lemuel Jones & Mary Frances Frost; w/o Willard Malcolm Lineberry |
CARPENTER, William C. | 16 Jan 1875 | 16 Dec 1945 | Shared stone with next; William Cooper; s/o Sylvanus Carpenter & Rosamond A. Jones |
CARPENTER, Flora L. | 26 Sep 1882 | 03 Mar 1944 | Flora Leota; d/o Solomon Swift Jones & Malinda Jane Hanks; w/o William Cooper Carpenter |
CARPENTER, Wilmer Elroy | 22 Feb 1941 | 06 Mar 1946 | s/o William Everett Carpenter & Lena Mattie Bedsaul |
CARPENTER, Lena Bedsaul | 27 Feb 1919 | 06 Apr 1980 | Shared stone with next; Lena Mattie; d/o Charlie Bedsaul & Nina Myrtle Parish; w/o William Everett Carpenter |
CARPENTER, William Everett | 27 Mar 1915 | 27 Feb 1988 | s/o William Cooper Carpenter & Flora Leota Jones |
ROBERTS, Emmett Oman “Whitey” | 14 May 1930 | 29 Dec 1997 | s/o Emmit Earn Roberts & Dora Frances Redd; h/o Glenna Sue Crouse |
REDD, Clifford Wayne | 06 Sep 1928 | 09 Oct 1996 | s/o Troy Bruce Redd & Emmaline Parish |
REDD, Dilver L. | 10 Apr 1910 | 25 Mar 1978 | Shared stone with next; Dilver Lynn; s/o Maston Green Redd & Margaret Ellen Sexton |
REDD, Lora K. | 03 Oct 1916 | 20 Jun 2008 | Lora Eva Sue Kenny; d/o Harbert Floyd Kenny & Ella Mae Edwards; w/o Dilver Lynn Redd |
ROBERTS, Mark Owen | 24 Mar 1966 | 13 Jun 2003 | s/o Emmett Oman Roberts & Glenna Sue Crouse |
JOHNSON, Betty G. | 14 Sep 1941 | 29 Dec 1999 | Betty Gray; d/o Roby Dale Johnson & Sylvia Irene Pope |
CROWDER, Dula E. | 26 Jul 1911 | 18 Jul 1983 | Dula Emmiline; d/o Friel Rowie Baugus & Rausa Caroline Evans; w/o Will Crowder |
BUNN, Linda Ann | [28 Jul] 1951 | [30 Nov] 2006 | FHM; d/o John Clayton Bunn & Annabelle Isom |
Row 7 | |||
DUNCAN, Stella | 11 May 1900 | 14 May 1955 | Stella Catherine; d/o John H. Duncan & Luranie Pope |
DUNCAN, Luranie P. | 22 Feb 1877 | 16 Apr 1959 | Luranie Pope; d/o Hamilton Rowan Pope & Amanda Catherine Melton; w/o John H. Duncan |
DUNCAN, John H. | 22 Jul 1874 | 12 Jan 1946 | s/o Charles & Caroline Duncan |
Unknown | Fieldstone | ||
Row 8 | |||
Unknown | 7 Fieldstones | ||
POPE, H. | Possibly Hamilton Rowan Pope | ||
Unknown | 7 Fieldstones | ||
Unknown | Stone Angel | ||
Unknown | Stone Angel | ||
THOMPSON, Levora | [27 Oct] 1895 | [20 Jan] 1968 | Levora Charley; d/o Thad Sumners & Harrett Poe; w/o William Henry Thompson |
THOMPSON, William Henry | 1875 | 1935 | s/o Henry Thompson & Mary Mink |
HARRIS, Ollie | 17 Feb 1891 | 05 May 1974 | d/o Richard & Margaret Ann Ingersoll; w/o Luther Walter Harris |
HARRIS, Luther W. | 06 Oct 1887 | 30 Jun 1934 | Luther Walter; s/o Champ Harris & Mary Matthews |
HARRIS, Lonnie J. | 07 May 1923 | 03 Aug 1951 | Lonnie James; s/o Luther Walter Harris & Ollie Ingersoll; h/o Emma Lefaline Sizemore |
SMITH, Robert Ted | 25 Sep 1938 | 17 Mar 1971 | s/o Kenny William Smith & Annie Elizabeth Harris; h/o Emma (Phillips) Rhea |
HARRIS, Edgar Lee | 06 Jun 1917 | 11 Aug 1978 | s/o Luther Walter Harris & Ollie Ingersoll |
BOTTOMLEY, Bobby Dale | 13 Mar 1936 | 03 Apr 1936 | s/o Romey Balllard Bottomley & Lillie Martha Redd |
FRAZIER, Letistia | [26 Oct] 1986 | FHM; 5 months old; Letishia Renee; d/o Cynthia Dawn Frazier | |
LAWSON, Annie H. | 05 Oct 1914 | 21 Oct 1994 | Annie Elizabeth Harris; d/o Luther Walter Harris & Ollie Ingersoll; w/o Arthur O. Lawson |
Row 9 | |||
THOMASON, Henry | 17 May 1878 | 02 Sep 1975 | Shared stone with next; Henry Leftwich; s/o Miles William Thomason & Elizabeth Harmon; h/o 1st Lula Harris; 2nd Flora Ann Redd |
THOMASON, Flora Ann | 04 Jun 1888 | 04 Mar 1949 | d/o Maston Green Redd & Margaret Ellen Sexton |
THOMASON, Infant Twins | c/o Henry Leftwich Thomason & Flora Ann Redd | ||
Unknown | 10 Fieldstones | ||
JONES, Malinda J. | 28 Jul 1856 | 18 Feb 1941 | Malinda Jane; d/o Polly Hanks; w/o Solomon Swift Jones |
JONES, Swift S. | 01 Nov 1851 | 15 Jan 1948 | Solomon Swift; s/o Matilda Jones |
Row 10 | |||
GRUBB, David | Infant | [06 Feb 1979] | FHM; s/o Carlie & Ruby Grubb |
BAUGUS, Friel R. | 25 Feb 1877 | 17 Jul 1961 | Friel Rowie; s/o Andrew Baugus & Sarah Crouse |
BAUGUS, Rausa C. | 19 Mar 1891 | 19 Feb 1934 | Rausa Caroline Evans; w/o Friel Rowie Baugus |
Unknown | 7 Fieldstones | ||
Known to be buried here in unmarked graves | |||
POPE, Hamilton Rowan | 25 Dec 1891 | s/o Thomas Pope & Elizabeth “Betsy” Atkinson; h/o 1st Lurana Frost; 2nd Juda Jones; 3rd Amanda Catherine Melton | |
POPE, Lurana Frost | d/o Ezekiel Frost & Mary Carico | ||
POPE, Juda Jones | 06 Nov 1870 | Age 54; d/o John & Katherine Jones | |
POPE, Fielden | 20 Jun 1870 | Drowned at age 21; s/o Hamilton Rowan Pope & Lurana Frost |