Mary POPE, who married John BARBARY (b. ca 1780 in Duplin Co, NC) ca 1816 in Sampson County North Carolina was also born in Sampson County and is my gggrandmother. The only information I have that gives me any hope of finding these POPEs is that she had a brother, Redman POPE, who appears on the 1835 tax list in the Honeycutt District of Sampson Co, NC. I have found him in no other records. John and Mary BARBARY's first two children, Serena and Redman BARBARY, were born in Sampson Co, NC and the remainder of their children were apparently born in Washington County, Virginia. My great grandfather, Thomas BARBARY (who spelled his name BARBRE as an adult) was Mary's last child and she died within a year of his birth. Their other children were Alpha, Caltha and Absobeth. I have extensive information on Redman BARBARY and Thomas BARBARY (BARBRE). Mary POPE was reputed to be from a family "rich in property and slaves." John was married ca 1800 to UNKNOWN, and they had six children: Margaret, Quimby, Smittick, Allen, Kitsy and Emily, all born in Sampson County, NC. I have a lot of information on the first four, but none on Kitsy and Emily. This is really my BRICK WALL and I would love to see it come crashing down! Help! Pat Alexander