Alexander Pope family papers
Scope and Contents
Tax receipts and other business records in Coweta County, Georgia. Also, a masonic lodge record of Joel C. Broadnax from the Golden Fleece Lodge, #6; a receipt from R. D. Cole, Newnan, Georgia, for Mrs. Broadnax, 1873; and an estate record for Vivian Broadnax Pope, administered in 1908 by Alexander Pope. There is also a Lee/Slivender Florida land indenture dated 1875.
Dates
- 1867-1924
Creator
- Pope, Alexander A. (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Unrestricted
Biographical / Historical
Alexander Pope appeared in the tax records of the Fifth District of Coweta County, Georgia, around 1873 but has not been located earlier. He operated a general merchandising business in Newnan for many years. In the early 1880s he married Vivian Broadnax, born about 1862 to Rosa Thomas and Joel C. Broadnax of Newnan, Georgia. She died around 1887, after having two children, Rosa Lee and Dupree H. Pope. Alexander later married the widow Ida McWilliams.
Extent
2 folders
Language of Materials
English
- Title
- Alexander Pope family papers
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Georgia Archives Manuscript Collections Repository
5800 Jonesboro Rd
Morrow GA 30260 United States