Roy Pope Jr.

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Biography

Roy Pope Jr. is Notable.

Born in a U.S. Army hospital in Calambrone, Pisa, Italy, Roy Dalton Pope, Jr., is the eldest son of Roy Dalton Pope, of Columbus, Georgia, and Betty Loryce Bolton, of Mobile, Alabama. Since 2003, he has devoted anywhere from five to twelve hours per day, nearly every day, towards conducting genealogical research along all lines of his ancestry.

Heraldic Achievement

Arms Assumed: 05 Feb 2021: Whereas Citizens of the United States of America are free to assume heraldic arms of their own design, I herewith give notice to all that I, Roy Dalton Pope, Jr., have assumed the heraldic arms and devices as described by the blazon and depicted in the emblazonment given below—

Escutcheon—Or, two chevrons gules; on a chief azure, between two bald eagles’ heads erased, proper, langued gules and respectant, two anchors in saltire or.

Crest—A cubit arm erect, habited gules, cuffed argent, holding in the hand proper and by a chain a pair of scales or.

Helm—Silver, the visor, eye-guards, nose-guard, and ventaille border and studs (or nails) of gold, affronté and with nine bars.^[1]

Torse and Mantle—Gules, or.

Orders and Honors—Knight, Grand Officer, Royal Order of Golden Fire Dog, Sefwi Obeng-Mim, Ghana, granted by Oheneba Nana Kwame Obeng II. (Other Orders and Honors not shown in the Heraldic Achievement.)

Motto—ANTE OMNIA AMARI (Before All Else, Be Armed).

Religion

Pope was raised and baptized a Southern Baptist. In 1995, he was ordained to the ministry and served as an assistant minister for several years. That same year, he received his PhD in Religion, and was awarded an honorary Doctor of Metaphysics.

Military Service

Pope is a Cold War veteran of the U.S. Army. He served as a chaparral missile crewman, and received an honorable discharge at the rank of Specialist (SP4).

Business

From 2001 to 2013, Pope was President and CEO of Busaba's Thai Cuisine, in Mobile, Alabama. During that same period of time, he was the owner-operator of Blue Aegis Software and Marketing, a software and website development company. From 2004 to 2015, he was the Managing Member of Collector, LLC, which was a real estate investment company.^[2][3][4][5]

In December of 2004, Pope was present in Southeast Asia when the Great Tsunami struck.^[6] Upon his return to Alabama, in January of 2005, he formed and served as President of the Southeast Asian Adversity Relief Foundation (SAARF) - a short-term charity established for collecting and providing essential items which were shipped to Southeast Asia to provide assistance to the victims of the tsunami.

Historic Building Restoration

From 2000 to 2001, Pope worked daily on the restoration and rehabilitation of the circa. 1893 historic Drinkard-Scheuermann Building in downtown Mobile, Alabama. This building is included in the Lower Dauphin Street Historic District (National Register of Historic Places, Reference #82002059). In 2009, he received an Historic Building Award Plaque, awarded by the Mobile Historic Development Commission in Mobile, Alabama.^[7] Pope mounted the plaque to the facade of the historic building, where it still hangs to this day.

Second Amendment Advocacy

Pope is an outspoken advocate for U.S. Second Amendment Rights. He has conducted numerous radio and television news interviews in support of Second Amendment Rights, including the rights to open carry, and to permitless carry.^[8] He even offered substantial discounts to customers of his restaurant who open-carried inside his establishment, as well as to law enforcement officers and active military personnel.

In December of 2003, Pope used his firearm in the citizen's arrest of a strong-arm robber.^[9] In June of 2006, he used his firearm again to subdue and make citizen's arrest of an armed robber.^[10][11][12] He also used his firearm in the citizen's arrest of armed assailants in various unpublicized events.

In 2006, a newspaper clipping regarding the citizen's arrest made by Pope was put on display in the Mobile Police History Museum.^[13] It is unknown to me whether-or-not it is still on display to this day.

Environment Protection Advocacy

In 2010, following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, Pope video-recorded the oil spill along the coastline from Pascagoula, Mississippi, to Fairhope, Alabama. He documented damages caused to wildlife and the environment, and used his findings in a town-hall meeting hosted by U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu, speaking with him directly regarding the urgency in cleaning up the spill and restoring the Gulf Coast.

Publications

• Something I Wrote: A Collection of Poetic Ramblings
• American English Dialogues, Passages & Quotes (Problems & Solutions): Preparation for The Entrance Examination

In 1990, Pope was a contributing author to Spiritual Specials, Warm Thoughts, and Let His Light Shine, all publications of American Arts Association, Gulfport, Harrison, Mississippi. In 1991, he was a contributing author to Glory Magazine, published in Panganchi, India.

His poetic works received several award nominations, to include the International Society of Poets' Poet of Merit Award, and Quill Books' The Best of Quill Top 500 Poets in the United States. In 1989, he received the World of Poetry International Silver Poet's Award. In 1990, he received a World of Poetry Certificate of Merit Award.

Honors

• On 10 Apr 2015, Pope was commissioned to the rank and title of an Honorary Colonel in the Alabama State Militia, by Gov. Robert Bentley.^[14]

• On 23 Nov 2015, Gov. Bentley commissioned Pope, also, to the rank and title of Honorary Admiral in the Alabama State Naval Militia.^[15]

• On 21 Nov 2017, Gov. Matthew G. Bevin, of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, commissioned Pope to the rank and title of Kentucky Colonel.^[16]

• On 10 Jun 2020, Oheneba Nana Kwame Obeng II, Chief of the Royal Dynastic House of Obeng-Mim, in Sefwi Obeng-Mim, Ghana, granted, bestowed, and appointed Pope the ennobled title of Knight with the rank of Grand Officer of the Royal Order of the Golden Fire Dog. The rank of his membership within the Order carries with it the title of Honorary Nifahene within the Royal House.^[17][18]

• On 27 Oct 2020, Lord Laurent Gaspar, of Moxhe, Liege, Belgium, appointed Pope to the rank and title of Chevalier de la Commanderie du Moulin de Moxhe de l’Ordre de Saint Jean de Jérusalem.

My Genealogical Findings

These "Genealogical Findings" in my personal family tree are the result of right at 20 years of constant genealogical research. They represent only a sampling of my overall findings.

Name spellings and dates may vary from what is shown on WikiTree due to my records vs. the records of the WikiTree profile managers. Where shown, all dates should be considered approximates. Links point to online biographical data on one of three sites: WikiTree, Wikipedia, or IMDB. Where no link is provided, it means that I have not been able to locate biographical data for the individual on any of the three resources mentioned above.

Ancestors are sorted first by their Canonical distance (desc.) from me, then by their names as shown. Notable kin are sorted first by their Canonical distance (asc.) from me, then by their names as shown.

My Ancestors

Immigrant Ancestors to America

George Yeardley (1588-1627) & Temperance Flowerdew (1590-1628) 12th g-grandparents John Lane (1603-1669) & Sarah Barnard (1605-1660) 11th g-grandparents John Lothrop (1584-1653) 11th g-grandparents Raleigh Croshaw (1584-1624) & Ursula LNU (1576-1624) 12th g-grandparents William Tucker (1589-1644/45) & Mary Thompson (1599/00-1640) 11th g-grandparents William Tuttle (1607-1673) & Elizabeth LNU (1612-1684) 11th g-grandparents Francis Brown (1610-1668) & Mary Edwards (1615-1694) 10th g-grandparents James Clark (unk.-1689) 10th g-grandparents John Darden (1580-1668) & Elizabeth Kay (1590-unk.) 10th g-grandparents John Tuttle (1631-1683) 10th g-grandfather John Vincent (unk.-1659) & Rebecca LNU (1618-1679) 10th g-grandparents JohnWoodson (1586-1644) & Sarah Winston (1590-1659/60) 10th g-grandparents Peter Buckalew (1640-1695) & Anna Fredericx (1646-unk.) 10th g-grandparents Richard Ferris (1596-1647) & Sarah Hambleton (1610-1677/78) 10th g-grandparents Samuel Lathrop (1621-1700/01) & Elizabeth Scudder (1625-1688) 10th g-grandparents Thomas Moorman (1589-1624) 10th g-grandfather John Hansford (1608-1661) & Elizabeth LNU (1600-1675/76) 9th g-grandparents John Robins II (1595-1655) & Dorothy Alice (1595-1660) 9th g-grandparents Nicholas Hill (1610-1675) & Silvestra Bennett (1630-1706/07) 9th g-grandparents Stephen Darden (1611-1678/79) & Mary LNU (unk.-unk.) 9th g-grandparents William "The Quaker" Pope (1634-1700) & Mary or Marie LNU (1642-1706) 9th g-grandparents Zachariah Moorman (1620-1671) & Mary Ann Candler (1621-1669) 9th g-grandfather Jeremie Dumas (1680-1734/35) & Unity Smith (1681-1726/27) 8th g-grandparents Peter Jones (1634-1681) & Margaret Wood (1641-1718) 8th g-grandparents Richard Boulton (1596-unk.) 8th g-grandfather Robert Wynne (1622-1675) & Mary Frances Sloman (1624-1675) 8th g-grandparents Samuel Maddox (1638-1684/85) & Ann Notley (1640-1682) 8th g-grandparents William Cooper III (1649-1709) & Thomasine Porter (1656-1689) 8th g-grandparents Francis Fontaine I (1697-1749) & Mary Glanisson (1701-1733) 7th g-grandparents John Battaile (1634-1690) & Elizabeth LNU (1626-1682) 7th g-grandparents Stephen Manwaring (1645-1699) & Hannah Vose (1670-1696) 7th g-grandfather William Hunter (1653-1729) & Ann Norseworthy (1662-1751) 7th g-grandfather Henry Lamb (1696-1761) 6th g-grandfather Robert Moore (1695-1750/51) 6th g-grandfather info on WikiTree page is incorrect per historic records (see my Message on profile page)

American Revolutionary War Patriots

Daniel Treadway (1752-1824) Militia of Horse, subst. furn., North Carolina (SAR Patriot #: P-331507) 6th g-grandfather William Jacob Cooper (1730/31-1779) South Carolina (SAR Patriot #: P-138652) 6th g-grandfather Benjamin Risher (1752-1810) Horseman in Militia, South Carolina (SAR Patriot #: P-279460) 5th g-grandfather Charles Bolton (1735-1803) North Carolina (SAR Patriot #: P-329340) 5th g-grandfather Jonathan Pope (1750-1830) Soldier, North Carolina (SAR Patriot #: P-329992) 5th g-grandfather Stephen Darden IV (1750-1806) North Carolina (SAR Patriot #: P-143773) 5th g-grandfather David G. Sayers (1754-1818) Private, North Carolina (DAR Ancestor #: A100397) 4th g-grandfather John Bolton (1757-1838) Lieutenant, NC (SAR Patriot #: P-117310) 4th g-grandfather John Slaughter (1735-1798) Private, Virginia (SAR Patriot #: P290970) 4th g-grandfather

U.S. Civil War Soldiers

James Andrew Jackson Huckabay (1835-1864) CSA, PVT, Co. B, 45th Ga. Inf. 4th g-grandfather John Jordan Cumbie, Jr. (1834-1863) CSA, PVT, 3rd Ala. Inf. 4th g-grandfather Thomas A. Carlisle (1814-1905) CSA, PVT, Mounted Co., Ala. Home Guard 4th g-grandfather Harry Housin Bridges (1825-unk.) CSA, PVT, Co. G, 31st Ala. Inf. 3rd g-grandfather James David Spears (1836-1909) CSA, 2nd SGT, Co. C, 9th La. Inf. 3rd g-grandfather James W. Pruett (1815-1864) CSA, PVT, Co. D, 1st Ala. Inf. 3rd g-grandfather Rainer Bailey Dobson (1829-1896) CSA, PVT, Co. F, 59th Ala. Vols. 3rd g-grandfather Uriah Addison Darden (1825-1903) CSA, 1st CPL, Co. A, 46th Ala. Inf. 3rd g-grandfather William H. Pope (1818-1865) CSA, PVT, Co. I, 3rd Ala. Res. 3rd g-grandfather Green Berry Hill (1831-1903) CSA, PVT, Co. C, 21st Ala. Vols. 2nd g-grandfather James Franklin Bolton (1830-unk.) CSA, PVT, Co. G, 9th Miss. Inf. 2nd g-grandfather William Simpson Doby (1836-1917) CSA, 2nd CPL, Co. B, 37th Miss. Inf. 2nd g-grandfather

Notable Kin

U.S. Presidents

George Washington 1st U.S. President (1789-1797). 12th cuz. 7x rem. Thomas Jefferson 3rd U.S. President (1801-1809). Also, 2nd U.S. Vice President (1797-1801); 1st U.S. Secretary of State (1790-1793); 2nd Governor of Virginia (1779-1781); Signer of the Declaration of Independence. half 12th cuz. 5x rem. James Madison, Jr. 4th U.S. President (1809-1817). 12th cuz. 9x rem. John Quincy Adams 6th U.S. President (1825-1829). Also, 8th U.S. Secretary of State (1817-1825); U.S. Senator from Massachusetts (1803-1808). 12th cuz. 4x rem. William Henry Harrison 9th U.S. President (1841); Also, 1st Governor of Indiana Territory (1801-1812); U.S. Senator from Ohio (1825-1828). 14th cuz. 6x rem. Zachary S. Taylor 12th U.S. President (1849-1850). half 17th cuz. 4x rem. Millard Fillmore 13th U.S. President (1850-1853). Also, 12th U.S. Vice President (1849-1850). 5th cuz. 6x rem. Hiram Ulysses Simpson Grant 18th U.S. President (1869-1877). 5th cuz. 6x rem. Benjamin Harrison 23rd U.S. President (1889-1893). Also, U.S. Senator from Indiana (1881-1887). 13th cuz. 3x rem. Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt, Jr. 26th U.S. President (1901-1909). Also, 25th U.S. Vice President (1901); 33rd Governor of New York (1899-1900). 16th cuz. 3x rem. William Howard Taft 27th U.S. President (1909-1913). Also, 42nd U.S. Secretary of War (1904-1908). 9th cuz. 4x rem. Warren Gamaliel Harding 29th U.S. President (1921-1923). Also, U.S. Senator from Ohio (1915-1921). 17th cuz. Franklin Delano Roosevelt 32nd U.S. President (1933-1945). Also, 44th Governor of New York (1929-1932). 8th cuz. 3x rem. Richard Milhous Nixon 37th U.S. President (1969-1974). Also, 36th U.S. Vice President (1953-1961); U.S. Senator from California (1950-1953). 17th cuz. Leslie Lynch (Gerald Rudolph) "Jerry" Ford, Jr. 38th U.S. President (1974-1977). Also, 40th U.S. Vice President (1973-1974). 10th cuz. 3x rem. Jimmy Carter 39th U.S. President (1977-1981). Also, 76th Governor of Georgia (1971-1975). 17th cuz. George Herbert Walker Bush 41st U.S. President (1989-1993). Also, 43rd U.S. Vice President (1981-1989). 11th cuz. 1x rem. George W. Bush 43rd U.S. President (2001-2009). Also, 46th Governor of Texas (1995-2000). 12th cuz.

U.S. Vice-Presidents

Aaron Burr, Jr. 3rd U.S. Vice President (1801-1805). Also, U.S. Senator from New York (1791-1797). 4th cuz. 8x rem. George Clinton 4th U.S. Vice President (805-1812). Also, 1st Governor of New York (1777-1795 and 1801-1804). 12th cuz. 8x rem. Charles Warren Fairbanks 26th U.S. Vice President (1905-1909). Also, U.S. Senator from Indiana (1897-1905). 8th cuz. 4x rem. Henry Agard Wallace 33rd U.S. Vice President (1941-1945). Also, 11th U.S. Secretary of Agriculture (1933-1940); 10th U.S. Secretary of Commerce (1945-1946). 7th cuz. 2x rem. Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller 41st U.S. Vice President (1974-1977). Also, 49th Governor of New York (1959-1973). 8th cuz. 3x rem. Richard Bruce Cheney 46th U.S. Vice President (2001-2009). 20th cuz.

U.S. First Ladies

Dolley Todd (Payne) Madison w. of Pres. James Madison, Jr. 3rd cuz. 7x rem. Ellen Louise (Axson) Wilson w. of Pres. Woodrow Wilson half 7th cuz. 3x rem. Edith Kermit (Carow) Roosevelt w. of Pres. Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt, Jr. 7th cuz. 5x rem. Edith (Bolling) Wilson w. of Pres. Woodrow Wilson 8th cuz. 4x rem. Ann Frances "Nancy" (Robbins) Reagan w. of Pres. Ronald Wilson Reagan 11th cuz. 2x rem. Abigail Quincy (Smith) Adams w. of Pres. John Adams, Jr. 11th cuz. 5x rem. Barbara (Pierce) Bush w. of Pres. George H. W. Bush 18th cuz. 1x rem. Mary Elizabeth Taylor dau. of Pres. Zachary S. Taylor half 18th cuz. 3x rem.

Royals of the 21st century

Queen Elizabeth II Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms 15th cuz. 1x rem. King Charles III King of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms 16th cuz. Princess Diana Princess of Wales 13th cuz. 4x rem. Prince Harry Duke of Sussex 14th cuz. 3x rem. Prince William Duke of Cambridge 14th cuz. 3x rem. Sarah Ferguson Duchess of York 15th cuz. 3x rem. Queen Geraldine Queen consort of the Albanians 17th cuz. 1x rem. Meghan Markle Duchess of Sussex 18th cuz. 1x rem. Camilla Rosemary Shand Duchess of Cornwall 20th cuz. Marie-Chantal Miller Crown Princess of Greece 20th cuz. 1x rem. Catherine Elizabeth Middleton Duchess of Cambridge 20th cuz. 2x rem.

Politicians and Government Officials

Silas Woodson 21st Governor of Missouri 1st cuz. 7x rem. James Chamberlain Jones 10th Governor of Tennessee (1841-1845); U.S. Senator from Tennessee (1851-1857) 4th cuz. 5x rem. William "Bill" Weld 68th Governor of Massachusetts (1991-1997) 9th cuz. Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill 61st Prime Minister of the U.K. (1940-1945); 63rd Prime Minister of the U.K. (1951-1955) 6th cuz. 3x rem. Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson 77th Prime Minister of the U.K. (2019-inc.) 9th cuz. 1x rem. Sarah Louise (Heath) Palin 9th Governor of Alaska (2006-2009) 10th cuz. Adlai Stevenson III 63rd Treasurer of Illinois (1967-1970); U.S. Senator from Illinois (1969-1970) 10th cuz. 1x rem. Allen Welsh Dulles 5th Director of the C.I.A. (1953-1961) 7th cuz. 4x rem. Horace Austin 6th Governor of Minnesota (1870-1874) 6th cuz. 5x rem. John Foster Dulles U.S. Senator from New York (1949); 52nd U.S. Secretary of State (1953-1959) 7th cuz. 4x rem. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice (1902-1932) 5th cuz. 6x rem. Thomas Edmund Dewey 47th Governor of New York (1943-1954) 8th cuz. 3x rem. Winthrop Aldrich Rockefeller 37th Governor of Arkansas (1967-1971) 8th cuz. 3x rem. Eugene Noble Foss Memb. of the U.S. House of Representatives, Massachusetts 14th Dist. (1910-1911); 45th Governor of Massachusetts (1911-1914) Half 7th cuz. 5x rem. Fitzhugh Lee 40th Governor of Virginia (1886-1890) 8th cuz. 4x rem. Hamilton Fish 16th Governor of New York (1849-1850); U.S. Senator from New York (1851-1857); 26th U.S. Secretary of State (1869-1877) Half 5th cuz. 7x rem. Henry "Light-Horse Harry" Lee III 9th Governor of Virginia (1791-1794) 6th cuz. 6x rem. John Alsop King 20th Governor of New York (1857-1858) Half 5th cuz. 7x rem. John Davis Long 32nd Governor of Massachusetts (1880-1883); 34th U.S. Secretary of the Navy (1897-1902) Half 7th cuz. 5x rem. John Ellis "Jeb" Bush 43rd Governor of Florida (1999-2007) 12th cuz. John F. Kerry U.S. Senator from Massachusetts (1985-2013); 68th U.S. Secretary of State (2013-inc.) Half 10th cuz. 2x rem. Richard Bennett 1st Commonwealth and Protectorate Governor of Virginia (1652-1655) 1st cuz. 11x rem. Robert Laird Borden 8th Prime Minister of Canada (1911-1920) 6th cuz. 6x rem. shown on WikiTree as 9th MP of Canada William Charles Cole Claiborne 2nd Governor of Mississippi Territory (1801-1805); 1st Governor of Louisiana (1812-1816); U.S. Senator from Louisiana (1817) 5th cuz. 7x rem. Harrison Jackson Reed 9th Governor of Florida (1868-1873) 7th cuz. 6x rem. Rand H. Paul U.S. Senator from Kentucky (2011-inc.) Half 12th cuz. 1x rem. Robert Alphonso "Bob" Taft III 67th Governor of Ohio (1999-2007) 12th cuz. 1x rem. William Stoughton Salem Witch Trials: Chief Justice of the Special Court of Oyer and Terminer (1692); Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Judicature (1693). Acting Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (1694-1699) 1st cuz. 12x rem.

Other Notable Kin

Gloria Delle (Bolton) Colloff actress and director Half 2nd cuz. Anya Delle Colloff casting director Half 2nd cuz. 1x rem. Terrence Stephen "Steve" McQueen actor 7th cuz. 2x rem. Burton Leon "Burt" Reynolds, Jr. actor 8th cuz. 2x rem. Charles Sherwood Stratton "Gen. Tom Thumb", a famous dwarf circus performer 5th cuz. 5x rem. Robert Larimore "Bobby" Riggs Pro-Tennis Champion 9th cuz. 1x rem. Thurman Lee Munson MLB catcher, NY Yankees 7th cuz. 3x rem. Amelia Earhart aviation pioneer 9th cuz. 2x rem. Archibald MacLeish poet and playwright 9th cuz. 2x rem. Charles William Post founder of Post Cereals 5th cuz. 6x rem. Charlie Munger Vice-Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway 10th cuz. 1x rem. Clinton "Clint" Eastwood, Jr. actor and director 9th cuz. 2x rem. Cornelius Crane "Chevy" Chase actor and comedian 10th cuz. 1x rem. David Hyde Pierce actor 9th cuz. 2x rem. Edward Parker "Ed" Helms actor 9th cuz. 2x rem. Ethan Hawke actor, director, screenwriter, novelist 11th cuz. Frederick Law Olmsted landscape architect 6th cuz. 5x rem. Harold Forster "Harry" Chapin singer and songwriter 10th cuz. 1x rem. Henry Sturgis Morgan co-founder of Morgan Stanley 9th cuz. 2x rem. John Adams Morgan 1952 Olympic sailing gold medalist 10th cuz. 1x rem. John Pierpont Morgan American banker and art collector 7th cuz. 4x rem. John Pierpont Morgan, Jr. American banker and philanthropist 8th cuz. 3x rem. Jonathan S. Bush co-founder and CEO of AthenaHealth 10th cuz. 1x rem. Kyra Minturn Sedgwick actress 9th cuz. 2x rem. Louis Stanton Auchincloss author 9th cuz. 2x rem. Marjorie Merriweather Post founder of General Foods 6th cuz. 5x rem. Mizuo Peck actress 11th cuz. Norman Perceval Rockwell American artist 9th cuz. 2x rem. Oliver Wendell Holmes poet 4th cuz. 7x rem. Richard Treat Williams actor 10th cuz. 1x rem. Shirley Jane Temple actress 8th cuz. 3x rem. Susan Ker "Tuesday" Weld actress 8th cuz. 3x rem. Sydney Biddle Barrows "The Mayflower Madam" 11th cuz. Willard Frederick Rockwell founder of Rockwell International 7th cuz. 4x rem. William Hall "Billy" Bush TV personality and host 10th cuz. 1x rem. Alfred Carl Fuller founder of Fuller Brush Co. 8th cuz. 4x rem. Anne Elizabeth Jane "Liz" Claiborne fashion designer and founder of Liz Claiborne, Inc 9th cuz. 3x rem. Billie Eilish Pirate Baird O'Connell singer and songwriter 11th cuz. 1x rem. Cecil Blount DeMille American film director Half 8th cuz. 4x rem. Clement Clarke Moore author of "Twas the Night Before Christmas" Half 5th cuz. 7x rem. Edward Bridge "Ted" Danson III actor 11th cuz. 1x rem. Eli Whitney, Jr. inventor of the cotton gin 5th cuz. 7x rem. Ernest Hemingway author 9th cuz. 3x rem. Felicity Kendall Huffman actress 10th cuz. 2x rem. Francis Edward Hinckley co-founder of University of Chicago Half 6th cuz. 6x rem. Georgia O'Keeffe American artist 9th cuz. 3x rem. Gretchen Mol actress Half 11th cuz. 1x rem. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow poet 5th cuz. 7x rem. Jacob Benjamin "Jake" Gyllenhaal actor 11th cuz. 1x rem. Jane Waddington Wyatt actress Half 9th cuz. 3x rem. Jordana Brewster actress Half 11th cuz. 1x rem. Joseph Smith, Jr. founder of the Mormon Church 6th cuz. 6x rem. Lamont Waltman "Lee" Marvin, Jr. actor 11th cuz. 1x rem. Louis Comfort Tiffany American stained glass artist Half 7th cuz. 5x rem. Lydia Susanna "Linda" Hunt actress 10th cuz. 2x rem. Maggie May Baird actress 10th cuz. 2x rem. Margalit Ruth "Maggie" Gyllenhaal actress 11th cuz. 1x rem. Mark Ware Isham musician and film composer 11th cuz. 1x rem. Mary Martha Corinne Morrison Claiborne Boggs, aka. Cokie Roberts author and TV journalist 10th cuz. 2x rem. Paget Valerie Brewster actress Half 10th cuz. 2x rem. Richard Wagstaff "Dick" Clark radio and TV host 10th cuz. 2x rem. Robert Edward Lee Superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy (1852-1855); General in Chief of the Armies, C.S.A. (1865); President of Washhington and Lee University (1865-1870) 7th cuz. 5x rem. Samuel Langhorne "Mark Twain" Clemens "Mark Twain," author of Tom Sawyer Half 8th cuz. 4x rem. Sara Jessica Parker actress 11th cuz. 1x rem. Upton Beall Sinclair, Jr. Pulitzer Prize winning novelist 10th cuz. 2x rem. William Frederick "Bull" Halsey, Jr. Fleet Admiral, U.S. Navy, WWII Half 8th cuz. 4x rem. Allyn Cox muralist 9th cuz. 4x rem. Henry William Dwight Wells co-founder of American Express and Wells Fargo 6th cuz. 7x rem. Howard Winchester Hawks movie director 8th cuz. 5x rem. James Eugene "Jim" Carrey actor 11th cuz. 2x rem. Kenyon Cox painter and illustrator 8th cuz. 5x rem. Lillian Diana Gish actress 10th cuz. 3x rem. Lucille Désirée Ball actress 12th cuz. 1x rem. Matthew Paige "Matt" Damon actor 12th cuz. 1x rem. Meredith Ann Baxter actress 11th cuz. 2x rem. Nancy Ann Whitney, aka. Whitney Blake actress 10th cuz. 3x rem. Walter "Walt" Whitman poet 7th cuz. 6x rem. William Lendrum "Billy" Mitchell father of the U.S. Air Force 9th cuz. 4x rem. Brian Douglas Wilson co-founder of The Beach Boys 13th cuz. 1x rem. Carl Dean Wilson co-founder of The Beach Boys 13th cuz. 1x rem. Dennis Carl Wilson co-founder of The Beach Boys 13th cuz. 1x rem. Michael Edward "Mike" Love co-founder of The Beach Boys 13th cuz. 1x rem. Kevin Love NBA All-Star 13th cuz. 2x rem.

The "Black Sheep"

Jesse Woodson James American outlaw, bank and train robber, guerrilla and leader of the James-Younger Gang 6th cuz. 4x rem. Benedict Arnold V traitor to the American Revolution 3rd cuz. 8x rem. Hawley Harvey Crippen murderer in Erik Larson's "Thunderstruck" 8th cuz. 4x rem. John Warnock Hinckley, Jr. shot Pres. Ronald Reagan Half 9th cuz. 3x rem.

My Y-DNA

Over the years, I’ve been called many things: "dog, turkey, squirrely," et al. I’m just a few candles on my cake shy of family members bestowing upon me the seemingly hereditary moniker of "old goat", as they did my grandfather. However, with "in-your-face" delight, DNA tests confirm that I am, indeed, human.

I have taken the mtDNA test at Ancestry, and the Y-DNA test at FTDNA. Below is the path to my FTDNA results.

HomoErectus+ Heidelbergensis+ YAdam+ L1085+ P305+ P108+ L413+ M168+ P143+ M89+ F1329+ M578+ M523+ M429+ L758+ M170+ Z2699+ M253+ DF29+ Z58+ Z59+ CTS8647+ Z61+ Z60+ Z140+ Z141+ Z2535+ CTS10937+ Y3153+ Y12047+ A1890+ FT309888+ FT352727

Sources

1. ↑ Zieber, Eugene. Heraldry in America. Philadelphia, PA: The Dept. of Heraldry of The Bailey, Banks & Biddle Company, 1895. Pg. 332, “Princes and Dukes who are not Sovereigns, and certain high officers,—Constables, Admirals, Generals of Armies, Marshals, Governors of Provinces, Chancellors, and some others,—bear a helmet of silver, the visor, eye-guards, nose-guard, and ventaille border and studs (or nails) of gold, affronté and with nine bars (Fig. 934).”
2. ↑ "Weaving The Fabric Of Downtown Mobile." Downtown Alliance News (Mobile, Alabama), 01 Apr 2007.
3. ↑ "WFR takes trip to an exotic land." Mobile Register (Mobile, Alabama), 06 Jul 2001.
4. ↑ "From Thailand to Dauphin." Press-Register (Mobile, Alabama), 02 Jun 2006.
5. ↑ "Cashing in on cruisegoers." Mobile Register (Mobile, Alabama), 12 Dec 2004.
6. ↑ "Thank our lucky stars." LoDa LowDown (Mobile, Alabama), 01 Jan 2005.
7. ↑ "Historic Commission Awards." Press-Register (Mobile, Alabama), 06 Dec 2009.
8. ↑ "The Uncle Henry Show." NewsRadio 710 WNTM (Mobile, Alabama), 10 Oct 2006.
9. ↑ "Bystanders assist police in two arrests." Mobile Register (Mobile, Alabama), 20 Dec 2003.
10. ↑ "Restaurant owner breaks up robbery." Press-Register (Mobile, Alabama), 17 Jun 2006.
11. ↑ "24 hours downtown: 6 pm." Press-Register (Mobile, Alabama), 25 Jun 2006.
12. ↑ "Go Ahead. Make Roy's day." Lagniappe (Mobile, Alabama), 05 Jul 2006.
13. ↑ Mobile Police History Museum, 320 Dauphin Street, Mobile, Alabama.
14. ↑ State of Alabama, Office of the Governor, Letters Patent commissioning Roy Dalton Pope, Jr. to the rank and title of Honorary Colonel in the Alabama State Militia, dated 10 Apr 2015, signed by Gov. Robert Bentley.
15. ↑ State of Alabama, Office of the Governor, Letters Patent commissioning Roy Dalton Pope, Jr. to the rank and title of Honorary Admiral in the Alabama State Navy (Naval Militia), dated 27 Nov 2015, signed by Gov. Robert Bentley.
16. ↑ Commonwealth of Kentucky, Office of the Governor, Letters Patent commissioning Honorable Roy Dalton Pope, Jr. to the rank and title of Kentucky Colonel, dated 21 Nov 2017, signed by Gov. Matthew G. Bevin, and countersigned by Secretary of State Allison Lundergan Grimes.
17. ↑ Royal House of Sefwi Obeng-Mim, Ghana, West Africa, Letters Patent to grant, appoint and bestow upon Honorable Roy Dalton Pope, Jr. to be Grand Officer of the Royal Order of the Golden Fire Dog, Certificate Number 202010, dated 15 Jul 2020, signed by Supreme Grand Master Oheneba Nana Kwame Obeng II, and countersigned by Obahemaa Akua Kra II.
18. ↑ Obeng II. The Awards: Vol. I, Grantees of the Orders of the Royal House of Sefwi Obeng-Mim. Ghana: Royal House of Sefwi-Obeng Mim, 2022.

• First-hand information. Entered by Roy Pope at registration.
• Personal genealogical research.
• Y-DNA tested at FTDNA