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Sources consulted for the biography of:Joseph B. Pope (1851–1884)
Biographical information
- United States Census Schedules, Southampton County, 1860 (age eight), 1880 (age twenty-eight), Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
- Family relationships in Southampton Co. Will Book, 20:302–305, and in suit papers in Harrison P. Pope v. Russell P. Pope et al., Southampton Co. Chancery Cause, 1853-032; E. M. Darden and W. A. Myrick v. Joseph B. Pope's Estate, Southampton Co. Chancery Cause, 1885-011 (with death in 1884); and J. E. Bailey v. J. B. Pope et al., Southampton Co. Chancery Cause, 1885-028 (with death in 1884).
- Marriage License (with parents' names and age thirty on 3 Apr. 1882), Southampton Co.
- Land Tax Returns, Southampton Co., 1875–1884, Record Group 48, Auditor of Public Accounts, Library of Virginia.
- Southampton Co. Will Book, 21:313–317 (quotations on 314–315).
Political Career
- A copy of a typescript list of Southampton County legislators in the Edgar B. Jackson Papers, Southampton Co. Historical Society, misidentified Pope as African American, which has been repeated in print.
- Secretary of the Commonwealth, Election Records, 1776–1941, No. 14 (1879), State Government Records Collection, Record Group 13, Library of Virginia.
- Journal of the House of Delegates of the State of Virginia, (1879–1880 sess.), 30, 60, 320, 379, 386, 401–402.
Newspapers
- Norfolk Virginian, Sept. 20, 1879.
- Petersburg Index-Appeal, Nov. 5, 1879.
- Richmond Daily Whig, Nov. 6, 1879.
- Richmond State, Nov. 8, 1879; Dec. 3, 1879.
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