LeRoy Pope

LeRoy Pope (1765-1844) was one of the founders of Huntsville and a member of the group of powerful planters and businessmen known as the Broad River Group, so called for their origins around the Broad River of northern Georgia.

LeRoy Pope, early Alabama settler and land speculator in Huntsville
Photo courtesy of the Alabama Department of Archives and History
LeRoy Pope, early Alabama settler and land speculator in Huntsville