Notes for Timothy POPE

maybe born 10 Jan Plainfield, CT

Timothy Pope lived in Otsego County until 1804, when he moved to Oswegatchie,
St Lawrence County, N. Y. While in Otsego County, he was in the militia,
serving as a lieutenant in Francis Henry’s Regiment. From 1806 to 1811 he
served as Captain in StLawrence County. About 1816 he moved to what is now
Pope’s Mills, where he lived until his death, by being killed by a bursting
mill stone. He was a man of influence and considerable wealth. At the time of
his death he owned two saw mills, a gristmill, and a woollen mill, and 2000
acres of land. A large dog which he owned refused to eat after his death and
mourned himself to death.