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| 101 | John Campbell, the oldest son of David, was born in 1741, and received a good English education. He accompanied Dr. Thomas Walker in his exploration in 1765, and purchased for his father a tract of land called the “Royal Oak,” near the head waters of the Holston. A year or two afterwards, he and his brother Arthur, and their sister Margaret, moved to that place and made improvements. About 1771, the parents and the other children removed to the same place. John Campbell was a Lieutenant in William Campbell's company, Colonel Christian's regiment, in 1774, which arrived at Point Pleasant too late for the battle of October 10th. In July, 1776, he was second in command at the battle of the Long Island Flats of Holston, which resulted in a signal victory over the Indians. In October of the same year he commanded a company under Colonel Christian in his expedition against the Cherokee towns, and up to 1781 was almost constantly in military service. He was appointed clerk of Washington County Court in 1778, and held the office till 1824. His death occurred in 1825. He was the father of Governor David Campbell. source: Waddell, Joseph Addison. Annals of Augusta County, Virginia, from 1726 to 1871, 2nd Edition. Staunton, VA: C. Russell Caldwell, 1902. | Campbell, Lt. John (I11661)
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| 102 | John, born in 1666; died in 1734; emigrated to America in 1726, and settled in Donegal, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, but soon moved with several of his family to that part of Orange County, Virginia, which in 1738 was formed into Augusta County. Had issue: i. Patrick, born in 1690; “a strong churchman;” removed to Virginia in 1738, and was the father of General William Campbell, the hero of King’s Mountain (after whom the county of Campbell, formed in 1784 from Bedford, was named), born in 1745, and was killed in September, 1781; married Elizabeth, the sister of the orator Patrick Henry, and she married secondly, General William Russell, of the Revolution, born in Culpeper County, Virginia, in 1758, and died in Fayette County, Kentucky, July 3, 1825. ii. John, born in 1692; a minister of the Protestant Episcopal Church at York, Pennsylvania; died in 1764; married, and had issue; James, born in 1731, removed to Virginia in 1760; Ellen Frances, and John, born in 1740; died in 1797; one of the most eminent lawyers of Pennsylvania; married Ellen Parker, and their descendants in the names of Lyon, Chambers, and others, are quite numerous. The late Parker Campbell, banker of Richmond, Virginia, was a son. iii. Robert, migrated to Virginia; had issue five children, of whom four daughters survived. iv. William, died in youth. v. James, died in England. vi. David, married, in 1735, Mary Hamilton (who came to America in the same ship as him), and, about the year 1772, settled at the “Royal Oak,” in the valley of the Holstein (now rendered Holston), about one mile west of Marion, the county seat of Smyth County He left issue seven sons: i. John, born April 20, 1741. ii. Colonel Arthur, born in 1742; hero of Indian wars; married a sister of General William Campbell; removed in 1804 to Yellow Creek, Knox County, Kentucky, where he died in 1815. He had two sons, who died in the war of 1812 – Colonel James Campbell, at Mobile, and Colonel John B. Campbell, who fell at Chippewa, where he commanded the right wing of the army under General Winfield Scott. iii. James; iv. William; v. David, first clerk of Washington County, which office he held until March 17, 1779, when he was succeeded by his brother John. Removing to Tennessee, he became distinguished in its annals. vi. Robert, Colonel, and Indian fighter, born in 1755; displayed great bravery in many conflicts with the Cherokees, and subsequently at the battle of King’s Mountain; nearly forty years a magistrate of Washington County, and in 1825 removed to Tennessee; died near Knoxville in February, 1832. vii. Patrick. source: Brock, Robert Alonzo and Virgil A. Lewis. Virginia and Virginians: Eminent Virginians, Executives of the Colony of Virginia from Sir Thomas Smyth to Lord Dunmore. Executives of the State of Virginia from Patrick Henry to Fitzhugh Lee. Sketches of Gens. Ambrose Powell Hill, Robert E. Lee, Thos. Jonathan Jackson, Commodore Maury; History of Virginia, from Settlement of Jamestown to Close of the Civil War. Richmond, VA: H. H. Hardesty, 1888. | Campbell, John (I6198)
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| 103 | John, born in 1692; a minister of the Protestant Episcopal Church at York, Pennsylvania; died in 1764; married, and had issue; James, born in 1731, removed to Virginia in 1760; Ellen Frances, and John, born in 1740; died in 1797; one of the most eminent lawyers of Pennsylvania; married Ellen Parker, and their descendants in the names of Lyon, Chambers, and others, are quite numerous. The late Parker Campbell, banker of Richmond, Virginia, was a son. source: Brock, Robert Alonzo and Virgil A. Lewis. Virginia and Virginians: Eminent Virginians, Executives of the Colony of Virginia from Sir Thomas Smyth to Lord Dunmore. Executives of the State of Virginia from Patrick Henry to Fitzhugh Lee. Sketches of Gens. Ambrose Powell Hill, Robert E. Lee, Thos. Jonathan Jackson, Commodore Maury; History of Virginia, from Settlement of Jamestown to Close of the Civil War. Richmond, VA: H. H. Hardesty, 1888. | Campbell, Rev. John (I11693)
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| 104 | John, his eldest son, entered the regular army of the United States in 1795, and continued in it till the close of the War of 1812. He was lieutenant colonel in the northern army, was at the battles of Plattsburg, Fort George and other engagements on the northern line. He was a worthy man and a brave soldier. He left no descendants. source: Pilcher, Margaret Campbell. “Sketch of Captain David Campbell.” The American Historical Magazine and Tennessee Historical Society Quarterly, Volume 8, Number 2. Nashville, TN: Goodpasture Book Company, 1903. | Campbell, Lt. Col. John (I6144)
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| 105 | Know all men by these Presents that we William Right and James Campbell are held and firmly Bound unto their Excelency the Governor for the time being in the sum of ₤50 which Payment well and truly to be made to the P. Governor or his Successors we bind ourselves our heirs &c jointly and severly firmly by these Presents signed with our seals and Dated this 6 day of December 1800 The Condition of the above obligation is such that whereas there is a marriage shortly Intended to be solemnized between the above bound William Right and Fanny Campbell for which a licence is Issued. Now if there be no just cause to obstruct the said marriage then this obligation to be void lic to remain in full force and virtue Wm Right (Seal) Jas. Campbell (Seal) source: Marriage Bond of William Right and Fanny Campbell, 6 Dec 1800, Barren County, Kentucky, USA. Glasgow, KY: Barren County Clerk. | Wright, William (I11749)
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| 106 | Know all men by these Presents that we William Right and James Campbell are held and firmly Bound unto their Excelency the Governor for the time being in the sum of ₤50 which Payment well and truly to be made to the P. Governor or his Successors we bind ourselves our heirs &c jointly and severly firmly by these Presents signed with our seals and Dated this 6 day of December 1800 The Condition of the above obligation is such that whereas there is a marriage shortly Intended to be solemnized between the above bound William Right and Fanny Campbell for which a licence is Issued. Now if there be no just cause to obstruct the said marriage then this obligation to be void lic to remain in full force and virtue Wm Right (Seal) Jas. Campbell (Seal) source: Marriage Bond of William Right and Fanny Campbell, 6 Dec 1800, Barren County, Kentucky, USA. Glasgow, KY: Barren County Clerk. | Campbell, James (I11485)
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| 107 | Lachlan (Rev.), minister of Campbellton, and afterwards of Cable Street, Dublin, d. unm. source: Burke, Bernard. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage, the Privy Council, Knightage and Companionage, Seventy-Third Edition. London, UK: Harrison and Sons, 1911. | Campbell, Rev. Lachlan (I111)
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| 108 | Margaret married the David Campbell who erected a blockhouse in Tennessee, widely known as “Campbell's Station.” She was conspicuous for many excellent traits of character. Her death occurred in 1799, at the age of fifty-one. source: Waddell, Joseph Addison. Annals of Augusta County, Virginia, from 1726 to 1871, 2nd Edition. Staunton, VA: C. Russell Caldwell, 1902. | Campbell, Margaret (I1989)
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| 109 | Margaret, married Colonel Arthur Campbell, her second cousin source: Waddell, Joseph Addison. Annals of Augusta County, Virginia, from 1726 to 1871, 2nd Edition. Staunton, VA: C. Russell Caldwell, 1902. | Campbell, Margaret (I11673)
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| 110 | Mary married her cousin, David Campbell, who was afterwards governor of Virginia. source: Pilcher, Margaret Campbell. “Sketch of Captain David Campbell.” The American Historical Magazine and Tennessee Historical Society Quarterly, Volume 8, Number 2. Nashville, TN: Goodpasture Book Company, 1903. | Campbell, Mary Hamilton (I6146)
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| 111 | Mary married William Lockhart before the family removed from Augusta. source: Waddell, Joseph Addison. Annals of Augusta County, Virginia, from 1726 to 1871, 2nd Edition. Staunton, VA: C. Russell Caldwell, 1902. | Campbell, Mary (I11662)
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| 112 | No 229 State of No. Carolina Washington County May the 26th 1778. To the Surveyor of said County Greeting you are hereby reqd. to measure & lay of according to Law three hundred acres of land for William Campbell on both sides of a branch of big limestone known by the name of the Cedar Branch beginning at the fork of the branch above the big spring and running down for Compliment and including the improvement sd. Land entd. per Adam Morrow and transferd to John Allison per order of sd. Morrow and transfd. to William Campbell per order of sd. Allison Given at offc. this 15th of Mar 1784 254 acres Surveyed for Wm. Campbell By James Stuart C. S. July 10th 1779. Landon Carter for John Carter E. T. source: Warrant for Land Entry No. 229 to William Campbell, 15 Mar 1784, Washington County, North Carolina, USA; Early Tennessee/North Carolina Land Records, 1783–1927, Record Group 50. Nashville, TN: Tennessee State Library and Archives. | Campbell, William (I11760)
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| 113 | No 25 Grant to James Campbell Book A page 40 State of North Carolina No 873 To all to whom these presents shall come Greeting Know ye that we for and in consideration of the sum of ten pounds for every hundred acres hereby Granted paid into our Treasury by James Campbell have given and granted and by these presents do give and grant unto the said James Campbell a tract of Land containing six hundred acres lying & being in our County of Washington on the North Side of Holston at the West end of Clinch Mountain in Beginning at a black oak saplin then south two hundred and eighty four poles to a stake then west three hundred & thirty eight and a half poles to a stake then north two hundred & eighty four poles to a stake then east three hundred thirty eight and a half poles to the Beginning as by the plat hereunto anexed doth appear Together with all woods waters mines minerals hereditaments and appurtenances to the said land belonging or appertaining to hold to the said James Campbell his heirs and assigns forever. Yielding & paying to us such sums of money yearly or otherwise as our General Assembly from time to time may Direct – Provided always that the said James Campbell shall cause this Grant to be registered in the Registers Office of our said County of Washington within twelve months from the date hereof otherwise the same shall be void and of no effect In testimony whereof we have caused these our Letters to be made patent and our Great Seal to be hereunto affixed – Witness Alexander Martin Esquire our Governor Captain General and Commander in Chief at Fayetteville the 17th day of November in the 15th year of our Independence and in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety By his Excels. Comd. J Glasgow Secretary – Alex Martin No 379 Date February 26th V725 Registered March 27th 1793 source: Land Grant from the State of North Carolina to James Campbell, No. 25, 27 Mar 1793, Washington County, North Carolina, USA; Early Tennessee/North Carolina Land Records, 1783–1927, Record Group 50. Nashville, TN: Tennessee State Library and Archives. | Campbell, James (I189)
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| 114 | No. 1227 No. Carolina Washington County Feby. 22d 1779. To the Surveyor of sd. County Greeting you are hereby reqd. to measure & lay of according to Law one hundred acres of land for William Campbell on the no. side of sinking Creek joining Jno. Crow & including a spring that runs into Lick Creek sd. Land being entered by David Campbell & transferd to sd. Wm. Campbell by order of sd. David Campbell Given under my hand at office this 24th of Sept. 1787. Landon Carter E. T. 100 acres Surveyd. for Wm. Campbell By James Stuart C. S. Novr. 1st 1787. source: Warrant for Land Entry No. 1227 to William Campbell, 24 Sep 1787, Washington County, North Carolina, USA; Early Tennessee/North Carolina Land Records, 1783–1927, Record Group 50. Nashville, TN: Tennessee State Library and Archives. | Campbell, Capt. David (I1988)
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| 115 | No. 1227 No. Carolina Washington County Feby. 22d 1779. To the Surveyor of sd. County Greeting you are hereby reqd. to measure & lay of according to Law one hundred acres of land for William Campbell on the no. side of sinking Creek joining Jno. Crow & including a spring that runs into Lick Creek sd. Land being entered by David Campbell & transferd to sd. Wm. Campbell by order of sd. David Campbell Given under my hand at office this 24th of Sept. 1787. Landon Carter E. T. 100 acres Surveyd. for Wm. Campbell By James Stuart C. S. Novr. 1st 1787. source: Warrant for Land Entry No. 1227 to William Campbell, 24 Sep 1787, Washington County, North Carolina, USA; Early Tennessee/North Carolina Land Records, 1783–1927, Record Group 50. Nashville, TN: Tennessee State Library and Archives. | Campbell, Capt. William (I1982)
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| 116 | No. 178 This no. is included in a survey of 7880 acres with other warrants su No. 4. w J.O. State of No. Carolina Washington County March 19th 1778. To the surveyor of sd. County Greeting you are hereby reqd. to admeasure & lay of according to Law six hundred & for acres of land for John Sevier lying on each side of the mouth of Clear Creek including a mill seat thereon Given at office this 28th day of Octor. 1789. John Carter E. T. Survey’d for John Sevier Junr. By James Stuart S.W.C. May 1st 1790. No. Carolina Washington County Novr. 7th 1778. To the surveyor of said County Greeting you are hereby reqd. to measure & lay of according to law two hundred acres of land for David Campbell on the long or Reedy Fork of Sinking Creek begy. on John Delaneys line & runing up for Compliment s. land being entd. by Jno. Morrison & transferd to said Campbell by order of sd. Morrison Given under my hand at offc. this 24th of Sepr. 1787. Landon Carter E. T. 200 acres Surveyed for David Campbell By James Stuart C. S. Novr. 2d 1787. State of No Carolina Washington County March 19th 1778. To the surveyor of s. County Greeting you are hereby reqd. to measure & lay of according to Law six hundred and forty acres of Land for John Sevier on each side of Clear Creek including a mill seat thereon begining at the mouth of said Creek Given at office this 12th of March 1780. Landon Carter E. T. 640 acres Surveyd for Landon Carter By Nathl. Taylor D.S. Octor. 11th 1794 source: Warrants for Land Entry No. 178 to John Sevier, David Campbell, and Landon Carter, Washington County, North Carolina, USA; Early Tennessee/North Carolina Land Records, 1783–1927, Record Group 50. Nashville, TN: Tennessee State Library and Archives. | Campbell, Capt. David (I1988)
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| 117 | No. 178 This no. is included in a survey of 7880 acres with other warrants su No. 4. w J.O. State of No. Carolina Washington County March 19th 1778. To the surveyor of sd. County Greeting you are hereby reqd. to admeasure & lay of according to Law six hundred & for acres of land for John Sevier lying on each side of the mouth of Clear Creek including a mill seat thereon Given at office this 28th day of Octor. 1789. John Carter E. T. Survey’d for John Sevier Junr. By James Stuart S.W.C. May 1st 1790. No. Carolina Washington County Novr. 7th 1778. To the surveyor of said County Greeting you are hereby reqd. to measure & lay of according to law two hundred acres of land for David Campbell on the long or Reedy Fork of Sinking Creek begy. on John Delaneys line & runing up for Compliment s. land being entd. by Jno. Morrison & transferd to said Campbell by order of sd. Morrison Given under my hand at offc. this 24th of Sepr. 1787. Landon Carter E. T. 200 acres Surveyed for David Campbell By James Stuart C. S. Novr. 2d 1787. State of No Carolina Washington County March 19th 1778. To the surveyor of s. County Greeting you are hereby reqd. to measure & lay of according to Law six hundred and forty acres of Land for John Sevier on each side of Clear Creek including a mill seat thereon begining at the mouth of said Creek Given at office this 12th of March 1780. Landon Carter E. T. 640 acres Surveyd for Landon Carter By Nathl. Taylor D.S. Octor. 11th 1794 source: Warrants for Land Entry No. 178 to John Sevier, David Campbell, and Landon Carter, Washington County, North Carolina, USA; Early Tennessee/North Carolina Land Records, 1783–1927, Record Group 50. Nashville, TN: Tennessee State Library and Archives. | Morrison, Maj. John (I3327)
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| 118 | No. 2216 State of North Carolina Washington County November the 13th 1779 To the Surveyor of said County Greeting, you are hereby reqd. to measure and lay off according to Law, one hundred and fifty acres of land David Adair on the waters of Reedy Creek joining the sd Adair and Alexander Mahans land including the plantation where Jas Campbell now lives, Given at office this 18th day of July 1784 John Carter E. T. 150 acres Surveyed for Jas L Dyer by George Gordon D.S. 8th Sept. 1784 source: Land Grant from the State of North Carolina to James Campbell, No. 2216, 18 Jul 1784, Washington County, North Carolina, USA; Early Tennessee/North Carolina Land Records, 1783–1927, Record Group 50. Nashville, TN: Tennessee State Library and Archives. | Campbell, James (I189)
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| 119 | No. 2489 State of No Carolina Washington County March the 10th 1780 To the surveyor of s. County Greeting you are hereby Reqd. to admeasure & lay of according to Law two hundred acres of land for James Campbell on a branch of big limestone joining a former entry made by sd. Campbell & John Ferguson John Allison William Campbell & Mathew Parramore including a spring Given at offc. This 16th day of Apl. 1789. J. Carter E. T. G 200 acres Surveyd. for Joseph Brown By Joseph Brown DS. Aprl 27th 1790 source: Warrant for Land Entry No. 2489 to James Campbell, 16 Apr 1789, Washington County, North Carolina, USA; Early Tennessee/North Carolina Land Records, 1783–1927, Record Group 50. Nashville, TN: Tennessee State Library and Archives. | Campbell, William (I11760)
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| 120 | No. 2489 State of No Carolina Washington County March the 10th 1780 To the surveyor of s. County Greeting you are hereby Reqd. to admeasure & lay of according to Law two hundred acres of land for James Campbell on a branch of big limestone joining a former entry made by sd. Campbell & John Ferguson John Allison William Campbell & Mathew Parramore including a spring Given at offc. This 16th day of Apl. 1789. J. Carter E. T. G 200 acres Surveyd. for Joseph Brown By Joseph Brown DS. Aprl 27th 1790 source: Warrant for Land Entry No. 2489 to James Campbell, 16 Apr 1789, Washington County, North Carolina, USA; Early Tennessee/North Carolina Land Records, 1783–1927, Record Group 50. Nashville, TN: Tennessee State Library and Archives. | Campbell, James (I189)
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| 121 | No. 340 State of North Carolina Washington County 1st Sepr. 1779. To the Surveyor of s. County you are hereby Reqd. to measure & lay of for Alexander Campbell two hundred & fifty acres of land on big limestone joining Adam Willsons claim to include the plantation where the sd. Campbell now lives & joining Charles Ellisons land Given under my hand this 12th day Jany. 1779. John Carter E. T. 224 Acres Survey’d. for Alexander Campbell By James Stuart C. S. July the 7th 1779. source: Warrant for Land Entry No. 340 to Alexander Campbell, 12 Jan 1779, Washington County, North Carolina, USA; Early Tennessee/North Carolina Land Records, 1783–1927, Record Group 50. Nashville, TN: Tennessee State Library and Archives. | Campbell, Alexander (I1996)
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| 122 | No. 357 State of North Carolina Washington County 5th Sepr. 1778. To the surveyor of said County you are hereby reqd. to measure & lay of according to Law for Alexander Campbell two hundred & fifty acres of land on little limestone joining Joseph Fowler & John Dunham Saml Lyle James Buckhannan including the plantation where the sd. Campbell now lives Given under my hand this 12th of Jany. 1779. John Carter E. T. 207 acres Survyed for Alexander Campbell By James Stuart C. S. Feby. 3rd 1779. source: Warrant for Land Entry No. 357 to Alexander Campbell, 12 Jan 1779, Washington County, North Carolina, USA; Early Tennessee/North Carolina Land Records, 1783–1927, Record Group 50. Nashville, TN: Tennessee State Library and Archives. | Campbell, Alexander (I1996)
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| 123 | No. 511 State of North Carolina Washington County Octor. 17th 1778. To the Surveyor of said County you are hereby Required to measure & lay off according to Law three hundred acres of land for James Moore at the forks of littel limestone joining James Pearce below running to Alexander Campbell line and joining Samuels land and corners against James Buckhannan’s Land, including Joseph Fowlers Improvement Given under my Hand this 25th day of March 1779. John Carter E. T. 300 acres Survey’d for James Moore By James Stuart C. S. the 20th March 1780. source: Warrant for Land Entry No. 511 to James Moore, 25 Mar 1779, Washington County, North Carolina, USA; Early Tennessee/North Carolina Land Records, 1783–1927, Record Group 50. Nashville, TN: Tennessee State Library and Archives. | Campbell, Alexander (I1996)
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| 124 | No. 574 State of No. Carolina Washington County Novr. 8th 1778. To the surveyor of s. County you are hereby reqd. to measure & lay off according to Law one hundred & fifty acres of land for David Campbell on the East side of the Miley branch including a Spring & Small Improvement Given under my Hand this 24th day of March 1779 John Carter E. T. 143 acres Surveyed for David Campbell By James Stuart C. S. Octor. 16th 1779. source: Warrant for Land Entry No. 574 to David Campbell, 24 Mar 1779, Washington County, North Carolina, USA; Early Tennessee/North Carolina Land Records, 1783–1927, Record Group 50. Nashville, TN: Tennessee State Library and Archives. | Campbell, Capt. David (I1988)
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| 125 | No. 581 Another 10t. Suppt. No. 185 AR. State of No. Carolina Washington County Novr. 7th 1778. To the Surveyor of sd. County you are hereby reqd. to measure & lay of two hundred acres of land for James Campel joining Henry Dunham Charles Gentry John McVay, lands on the waters of big limestone creek Given under my hand this 24th day of March 1779. John Carter E.T. 168 acres Surveyed for James Campbell By James Stuart C.S. June 15th 1783. source: Warrant for Land Entry No. 581 to James Campbell, 24 Mar 1779, Washington County, North Carolina, USA; Early Tennessee/North Carolina Land Records, 1783–1927, Record Group 50. Nashville, TN: Tennessee State Library and Archives. | Campbell, James (I189)
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| 126 | Of all the family names of Scotland, there is hardly another so invested with lustre in the varied manifestations of human greatness, so renowned for various deeds, or so proudly enshrined in the national affection, as that of Campbell: and the race transplanted in America has flourished alike, and in its distinguished representatives, by numerously attested examples, has lost naught of that which constitutes true nobility; for in every department of learning and of useful service, and in heroism by sea and land, has the name lent honor to our national annals. It is believed that a majority of those in this country, of the name, who claim Scottish origin, are descended from Duncan Campbell, of the noble branch of Breadalbane. Duncan Campbell, born in Inverary, Scotland, accompanied, it is thought, the English army sent by Queen Elizabeth, in March, 1579, under the Earl of Essex (who was succeeded by Mountjoy), to suppress the rebellion in Ireland, headed by Hugh O’Neale, Earl of Tyrone. After the forfeiture of lands in Ulster was declared in the reign of James I., in 1612, Duncan Campbell, who had married Mary McCoy, bought a lease from one of the English officers and remained there. His son Patrick bought the lease and estate in remainder, thus acquiring the estate in fee simple. Another son, John Campbell, born in 1621; married, in 1655, Grace, daughter of Peter Hay, and had issue: i. Dugald, whose descendants settled in Rockbridge County, Virginia. ii. Robert, born in 1665; married in 1696. His descendants settled in Orange (now Augusta) County, Virginia, in 1740. iii. John, born in 1666; died in 1734; emigrated to America in 1726, and settled in Donegal, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, but soon moved with several of his family to that part of Orange County, Virginia, which in 1738 was formed into Augusta County. Had issue: i. Patrick, born in 1690; “a strong churchman;” removed to Virginia in 1738, and was the father of General William Campbell, the hero of King’s Mountain (after whom the county of Campbell, formed in 1784 from Bedford, was named), born in 1745, and was killed in September, 1781; married Elizabeth, the sister of the orator Patrick Henry, and she married secondly, General William Russell, of the Revolution, born in Culpeper County, Virginia, in 1758, and died in Fayette County, Kentucky, July 3, 1825. ii. John, born in 1692; a minister of the Protestant Episcopal Church at York, Pennsylvania; died in 1764; married, and had issue; James, born in 1731, removed to Virginia in 1760; Ellen Frances, and John, born in 1740; died in 1797; one of the most eminent lawyers of Pennsylvania; married Ellen Parker, and their descendants in the names of Lyon, Chambers, and others, are quite numerous. The late Parker Campbell, banker of Richmond, Virginia, was a son. iii. Robert, migrated to Virginia; had issue five children, of whom four daughters survived. iv. William, died in youth. v. James, died in England. vi. David, married, in 1735, Mary Hamilton (who came to America in the same ship as him), and, about the year 1772, settled at the “Royal Oak,” in the valley of the Holstein (now rendered Holston), about one mile west of Marion, the county seat of Smyth County He left issue seven sons: i. John, born April 20, 1741. ii. Colonel Arthur, born in 1742; hero of Indian wars; married a sister of General William Campbell; removed in 1804 to Yellow Creek, Knox County, Kentucky, where he died in 1815. He had two sons, who died in the war of 1812 – Colonel James Campbell, at Mobile, and Colonel John B. Campbell, who fell at Chippewa, where he commanded the right wing of the army under General Winfield Scott. iii. James; iv. William; v. David, first clerk of Washington County, which office he held until March 17, 1779, when he was succeeded by his brother John. Removing to Tennessee, he became distinguished in its annals. vi. Robert, Colonel, and Indian fighter, born in 1755; displayed great bravery in many conflicts with the Cherokees, and subsequently at the battle of King’s Mountain; nearly forty years a magistrate of Washington County, and in 1825 removed to Tennessee; died near Knoxville in February, 1832. vii. Patrick. source: Brock, Robert Alonzo and Virgil A. Lewis. Virginia and Virginians: Eminent Virginians, Executives of the Colony of Virginia from Sir Thomas Smyth to Lord Dunmore. Executives of the State of Virginia from Patrick Henry to Fitzhugh Lee. Sketches of Gens. Ambrose Powell Hill, Robert E. Lee, Thos. Jonathan Jackson, Commodore Maury; History of Virginia, from Settlement of Jamestown to Close of the Civil War. Richmond, VA: H. H. Hardesty, 1888. | Campbell, Duncan (I11569)
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| 127 | Of the above sons of David Campbell, the eldest-born, John, was one of the justices (commissioned by Governor Patrick Henry) who, after the county of Washington (embracing portions of Wythe, Tazewell and Grayson, and all of Smyth, Russell, Buchanan, Dickinson, Wise, Scott and Lee, and its own present limits) had been formed in 1776, met at Abingdon and organized and held the first county court, January 28, 1777. He succeeded, March 17, 1779, his brother David Campbell as clerk of the county, and continued to hold the office by successive re-election until 1814. In 1778 he married Elizabeth, daughter of Edward and Mary (Robinson) McDonald, of the section of what is now Botetourt County, Virginia, and, it is said, built the first dwelling in Abingdon (a log-house), on the lot on which the Arlington Hotel now stands. In 1788 he purchased of Thomas Madison, attorney of James Buchanan, a farm of eleven hundred acres in the south-western portion of Washington County, to which he gave the name of “Hall's Bottom,” and shortly after removed to and continued to reside there until his death, on the 20th of April, 1825. source: Brock, Robert Alonzo and Virgil A. Lewis. Virginia and Virginians: Eminent Virginians, Executives of the Colony of Virginia from Sir Thomas Smyth to Lord Dunmore. Executives of the State of Virginia from Patrick Henry to Fitzhugh Lee. Sketches of Gens. Ambrose Powell Hill, Robert E. Lee, Thos. Jonathan Jackson, Commodore Maury; History of Virginia, from Settlement of Jamestown to Close of the Civil War. Richmond, VA: H. H. Hardesty, 1888. | Campbell, Lt. John (I11661)
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| 128 | Parish: Athinish, now joined to Tully, near Ramelton. Conwall, or Letterkenny. Minister: Dugald Campbell, M.A. Understandeth the Irish language, and able to preach therein, – church to be removed to a market-town, called Letterkenny, where there is eighty families of British inhabitants. source: Reid, James Seaton. The History of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, Comprising the Civil History of the Province of Ulster, from the Accession of James the First; with a Preliminary Sketch of the Progress of the Reformed Religion in Ireland During the Sixteenth Century, and an Appendix Consisting of Original Papers, Volume 1. Edinburgh, UK: Waugh and Innes, 1834. | Campbell, Rev. Dugald (I8127)
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| 129 | PATRICK CAMPBELL, Married: Feb. 6th, 1755, Eleanor Hays, daughter of Patrick and Jean Hays. The marriage service was performed by Rev. John Roan. (See records of Paxtang Presbyterian Church, History of the Sesqui-Centennial of Paxtang Church, by Mathias W. McAlarney, p. 269.) That Patrick and Eleanor (Hays) Campbell were the grandparents of Eleanor Campbell who married Rev. Joshua Williams is matter of absolute family knowledge. As stated elsewhere there was a schism in the Presbyterian church following the preaching of the celebrated Whitefield in this country. In 1754 a definite split occurred in the Paxtang and Derry congregations, Rev. John Elder remaining at the head of the “Old Side” Presbyterians, Rev. John Roan becoming head of the “New Side” faction. That Patrick Campbell went with the “New Side” church we may infer from Rev. Roan's officiating at his marriage, 1755. Egle's Notes and Queries, Vol. 3, p. 34, from a letter by one Darby: “you must remember . . . the marriage of your aunt Nancy, Mrs. Carson with Patrick Campbell, which took place in the Fall of 1780” and on p. 272: “The Patrick Campbell mentioned by Darby in his letter was not the constable of Donegal, but belonged to another family in Dauphin Co. who were large landholders.” If this refers to our Patrick it was a second marriage contracted late in life. A Patrick Campbell is enrolled as private in Captain James Watson's Company of Col. Thomas Porter's battalion of Lancaster Co., Aug. 13th, 1776. Children: James, born 1756. Jane, married, 1st, . . . . . Stockton, 2nd, . . . . . McFarlane. and probably others. source: Douglas, Bessie P. The Families of Joshua Williams of Chester County, PA, and John McKeehan of Cumberland County, PA, with Some Allied Families. Minneapolis, MN: Augsburg Press, 1928. | Campbell, Patrick (I85)
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| 130 | Patrick Campbell, second son of Patrick and brother of Charles, went to the southern part of Kentucky, and left many descendants. source: Waddell, Joseph Addison. Annals of Augusta County, Virginia, from 1726 to 1871, 2nd Edition. Staunton, VA: C. Russell Caldwell, 1902. | Campbell, Patrick (I11726)
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| 131 | Patrick Campbell, the youngest son of David, was a volunteer at King's Mountain. He remained with his father and inherited the homestead. In his old age he removed to Williamson county, Tennessee, and died when about eighty years old. source: Waddell, Joseph Addison. Annals of Augusta County, Virginia, from 1726 to 1871, 2nd Edition. Staunton, VA: C. Russell Caldwell, 1902. | Campbell, Patrick (I11667)
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| 132 | Patrick Campbell, who died in Augusta, had at least two sons – Charles and Patrick. source: Waddell, Joseph Addison. Annals of Augusta County, Virginia, from 1726 to 1871, 2nd Edition. Staunton, VA: C. Russell Caldwell, 1902. | Campbell, Patrick (I11490)
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| 133 | Patrick left a son Charles, whose son William was born near Staunton 1744, and was the hero of King's Mountain. source: Peyton, John Lewis. History of Augusta County, Virginia. Staunton, VA: Samuel M. Yost and Son, 1882. | Campbell, Patrick (I11490)
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| 134 | Patrick, born in 1690; “a strong churchman;” removed to Virginia in 1738, and was the father of General William Campbell, the hero of King’s Mountain (after whom the county of Campbell, formed in 1784 from Bedford, was named), born in 1745, and was killed in September, 1781; married Elizabeth, the sister of the orator Patrick Henry, and she married secondly, General William Russell, of the Revolution, born in Culpeper County, Virginia, in 1758, and died in Fayette County, Kentucky, July 3, 1825. source: Brock, Robert Alonzo and Virgil A. Lewis. Virginia and Virginians: Eminent Virginians, Executives of the Colony of Virginia from Sir Thomas Smyth to Lord Dunmore. Executives of the State of Virginia from Patrick Henry to Fitzhugh Lee. Sketches of Gens. Ambrose Powell Hill, Robert E. Lee, Thos. Jonathan Jackson, Commodore Maury; History of Virginia, from Settlement of Jamestown to Close of the Civil War. Richmond, VA: H. H. Hardesty, 1888. | Campbell, Patrick (I11490)
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| 135 | Pennsylvania, ss. By the Properietaries. WHEREAS John Campbell of the County of Lancaster has requested that We would grant him to take up two hundred Acres of Land, scituate about 2 miles to the South West of Pequea Creek whereon he was settled before August 1732 & adjoining to Thomas Creaghead in the said County of Lancaster for which He agrees to pay to our Use the Sum of Fifteen Pounds Ten Shillings current Money of this Province for each Hundred Acres, and the Yearly Quit-rent of One Half-Penny Sterling for every Acre thereof; THESE are therefore to authorize and require three to survey or cause to be surveyed unto the said John Campbell at the Place aforesaid, according to the Method of Townships appointed, the said Quantity of 200 Acres if not already survey’d or appropriated, and make Return thereof into the Secretary’s Office, in order for further Confirmation; for which this shall by thy sufficient Warrant; which Survey in case the said John Campbell fulfil the above Agreement within six Months from the Date hereof, shall be valid, otherwise void. GIVEN under my Hand, and the letter Seal of our Province, at Philadelphia, this 21st Day of March Anno Dom. 1736. To Benjamin Eastburn, Surveyor-General. Wm Penn source: Province of Pennsylvania. Land Grant from the Province of Pennsylvania to John Campbell, 21 Mar 1736, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; Warrant Applications, 1733-1952. Harrisburg, PA: Pennsylvania State Archives. | Campbell, Rev. John (I11693)
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| 136 | Robert Campbell was one of the earliest members of the Derry church. In its graveyard is a stone to John Campbell, d. 20th February, 1734, aged seventy-nine. He is supposed to have come over from Ireland in 1726, and is thought to have removed to Shippensburg; and that Joseph and William Campbell, who bought lots Nos. 77 and 116 there, were his brothers; and two other brothers, Robert and Dugal, removed to Orange County, Va.; and that of his children, Alexander and James were warrantees for two hundred and three hundred acres in 1733-37 in Derry Township, and Patrick, Robert, and David went to St. Mark's Parish Orange County, Va., 1732-41, and subsequently Patrick settled in Augusta County, Va. The information, on traditions concerning the connection of the Virginia Campbells with those of early Pennsylvania is vague. However, there is a sheriff's writ, dated 19th November, 1746, for the arrest, for a debt of £146, of “Andrew Campbell, late of your [Lancaster] County, yeoman, otherwise called Andrew Campbell of Orange County, in the Colony of Virginia, yeoman;” and another writ, dated 5th November, 1758, to arrest John Campbell, late of Lancaster County, yeoman, to answer Redman Conyngham, administrator of the estate of John Henderson, deceased; and another, 4th May, 1759, to arrest James Campbell, yeoman, late of Lancaster County, for a debt. As these debtors departed for Virginia, these writs may be of genealogical use. source: The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Volume 28. Philadelphia, PA: Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1904. | Campbell, John (I6198)
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| 137 | Robert Campbell was one of the earliest members of the Derry church. In its graveyard is a stone to John Campbell, d. 20th February, 1734, aged seventy-nine. He is supposed to have come over from Ireland in 1726, and is thought to have removed to Shippensburg; and that Joseph and William Campbell, who bought lots Nos. 77 and 116 there, were his brothers; and two other brothers, Robert and Dugal, removed to Orange County, Va.; and that of his children, Alexander and James were warrantees for two hundred and three hundred acres in 1733-37 in Derry Township, and Patrick, Robert, and David went to St. Mark's Parish Orange County, Va., 1732-41, and subsequently Patrick settled in Augusta County, Va. The information, on traditions concerning the connection of the Virginia Campbells with those of early Pennsylvania is vague. However, there is a sheriff's writ, dated 19th November, 1746, for the arrest, for a debt of £146, of “Andrew Campbell, late of your [Lancaster] County, yeoman, otherwise called Andrew Campbell of Orange County, in the Colony of Virginia, yeoman;” and another writ, dated 5th November, 1758, to arrest John Campbell, late of Lancaster County, yeoman, to answer Redman Conyngham, administrator of the estate of John Henderson, deceased; and another, 4th May, 1759, to arrest James Campbell, yeoman, late of Lancaster County, for a debt. As these debtors departed for Virginia, these writs may be of genealogical use. source: The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Volume 28. Philadelphia, PA: Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1904. | Campbell, Robert (I6171)
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| 138 | Robert Campbell, sixth son of David, was nineteen years old when he went with his brother to the Holston. He was a volunteer in the expedition of 1774, and a member of his brother John's company at the Long Island Flats in 1776. In October, 1776, he was in Christian's campaign, and in 1780 was an ensign under Colonel William Campbell at King's Mountain. In December, 1780, he served under Colonel Arthur Campbell, his brother, against the Cherokees. After acting as a magistrate in Washington county for more than thirty years, he removed to the vicinity of Knoxville, Tennessee, where he died in 1831. source: Waddell, Joseph Addison. Annals of Augusta County, Virginia, from 1726 to 1871, 2nd Edition. Staunton, VA: C. Russell Caldwell, 1902. | Campbell, Col. Robert (I11666)
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| 139 | Robert Campbell, son of John and brother of Patrick, was one of the first Justices of the Peace appointed for Augusta county, in 1745. He died in 1768, without leaving a will. His descendants, if any, are not mentioned by Governor David Campbell in his account of the family. (See Foote's Sketches, 2d series, page 117). source: Waddell, Joseph Addison. Annals of Augusta County, Virginia, from 1726 to 1871, 2nd Edition. Staunton, VA: C. Russell Caldwell, 1902. | Campbell, Robert (I6171)
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| 140 | Robert, born in 1665; married in 1696. His descendants settled in Orange (now Augusta) County, Virginia, in 1740. source: Brock, Robert Alonzo and Virgil A. Lewis. Virginia and Virginians: Eminent Virginians, Executives of the Colony of Virginia from Sir Thomas Smyth to Lord Dunmore. Executives of the State of Virginia from Patrick Henry to Fitzhugh Lee. Sketches of Gens. Ambrose Powell Hill, Robert E. Lee, Thos. Jonathan Jackson, Commodore Maury; History of Virginia, from Settlement of Jamestown to Close of the Civil War. Richmond, VA: H. H. Hardesty, 1888. | Campbell, Robert (I11679)
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| 141 | Robert, Colonel, and Indian fighter, born in 1755; displayed great bravery in many conflicts with the Cherokees, and subsequently at the battle of King’s Mountain; nearly forty years a magistrate of Washington County, and in 1825 removed to Tennessee; died near Knoxville in February, 1832. source: Brock, Robert Alonzo and Virgil A. Lewis. Virginia and Virginians: Eminent Virginians, Executives of the Colony of Virginia from Sir Thomas Smyth to Lord Dunmore. Executives of the State of Virginia from Patrick Henry to Fitzhugh Lee. Sketches of Gens. Ambrose Powell Hill, Robert E. Lee, Thos. Jonathan Jackson, Commodore Maury; History of Virginia, from Settlement of Jamestown to Close of the Civil War. Richmond, VA: H. H. Hardesty, 1888. | Campbell, Col. Robert (I11666)
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| 142 | Robert, migrated to Virginia; had issue five children, of whom four daughters survived. source: Brock, Robert Alonzo and Virgil A. Lewis. Virginia and Virginians: Eminent Virginians, Executives of the Colony of Virginia from Sir Thomas Smyth to Lord Dunmore. Executives of the State of Virginia from Patrick Henry to Fitzhugh Lee. Sketches of Gens. Ambrose Powell Hill, Robert E. Lee, Thos. Jonathan Jackson, Commodore Maury; History of Virginia, from Settlement of Jamestown to Close of the Civil War. Richmond, VA: H. H. Hardesty, 1888. | Campbell, Robert (I6171)
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| 143 | SIR COLIN CAMPBELL, seventh Bart. merchant in Greenock, great-grandson of Alexander, of Strondour, brother of fourth Bart., but he did not assume the baronetcy. He d. 1815 or 1816, having m. Henrietta, daughter of Duncan CAMPBELL, son of Neil CAMPBELL, principal of Aberdeen University and had three daughters, Grace-Buchan, m. Alexander STEVENS, and had issue Susan, m. Colin CAMPELL, of Auchindonan, and had issue; and another daughter, Mrs. Alcock. source: Burke, Bernard and Ashworth Peter Burke. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Colonial Gentry, Volume 2. London, UK: Harrison and Sons, 1895. | Campbell, Sir Colin (I130)
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| 144 | SIR DUNCAN CAMPBELL, fourth Bart., who forfeited in 1686, and his estates given Lord Melfort, but the forfeiture was rescinded 1690. He was in Parliament from to 1689 to 1698, when he resigned his seat, having become a Roman Catholic. He m. Harriet, daughter of Alexander, first Earl of Balcarres, d. in or about 1700, and was s. by his son, SIR JAMES CAMPBELL, fifth Bart., who was in Parliament from 1703 to 1707. He m. first, Janet, daughter of Norman McLEOD, of McLeod, by whom he had Duncan, who predeceasing his father, had, by Jean his wife, daughter of Alexander CLERK, of Glendoick, a son, JAMES, his grandfather's heir; Dugald; and Anne, m. to Donald CAMERON, of Lochiel. Sir James m. secondly, Susan, daughter of Sir Archibald CAMPBELL, of Calder, and had issue, four sons and four daughters; and thirdly, Margaret, daughter of CAMPBELL, of Carradale, and had issue, two sons and two daughters. source: Burke, Bernard and Ashworth Peter Burke. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Colonial Gentry, Volume 2. London, UK: Harrison and Sons, 1895. | Campbell, Sir Duncan (I117)
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| 145 | SIR DUNCAN CAMPELL, second Bart., sat in Parliament for Argyllshire, was one of the commissioners sent to Ireland, 1644, and fell at Inverlochy, 1645. He m. first, Margaret, daughter of Brice BLAIR, of Blair, who d. s. p.; secondly, a daughter of MAXWELL, of Newark, by whom he had, DUGALD, his heir. Sir Duncan m. thirdly, Jean, daughter of Alexander COLQUHOUN, of Luss, by whom he had, Archibald, of Knockemelie, m. a daughter of Colin CAMPBELL, tutor, of Calder, and had issue. 1. DUNCAN (SIR), fourth Baronet. 2. Alexander, of Strondour, m. Jean, daughter of CAMPBELL, of Otter, and had a son, Archibald, of Strondour, m. Margaret, daughter of Donald MCNEILL, of Creas, and had issue, (a) Daniel of Carsoig, m. Janet, daughter of Patrick CAMPBELL, of Kilduskland. (b) Alexander, merchant in Norfolk, Virginia, and afterwards in Glasgow, m. Susan, daughter of Archibald CAMPBELL, of Knockbuy, and had, Sir Colin, de jure seventh Baronet. source: Burke, Bernard and Ashworth Peter Burke. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Colonial Gentry, Volume 2. London, UK: Harrison and Sons, 1895. | Campbell, Sir Duncan (I11609)
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| 146 | SIR JAMES CAMPBELL, fifth Bart., who was in Parliament from 1703 to 1707. He m. first, Janet, daughter of Norman McLEOD, of McLeod, by whom he had Duncan, who predeceasing his father, had, by Jean his wife, daughter of Alexander CLERK, of Glendoick, a son, JAMES, his grandfather's heir; Dugald; and Anne, m. to Donald CAMERON, of Lochiel. Sir James m. secondly, Susan, daughter of Sir Archibald CAMPBELL, of Calder, and had issue, four sons and four daughters; and thirdly, Margaret, daughter of CAMPBELL, of Carradale, and had issue, two sons and two daughters. source: Burke, Bernard and Ashworth Peter Burke. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Colonial Gentry, Volume 2. London, UK: Harrison and Sons, 1895. | Campbell, Sir James (I133)
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| 147 | SIR JAMES CAMPBELL, sixth Bart., s. his grandfather 1756, and d. s. p. 1812, when the representation devolved on, SIR COLIN CAMPBELL, seventh Bart. merchant in Greenock, great-grandson of Alexander, of Strondour, brother of fourth Bart., but he did not assume the baronetcy. He d. 1815 or 1816, having m. Henrietta, daughter of Duncan CAMPBELL, son of Neil CAMPBELL, principal of Aberdeen University and had three daughters, Grace-Buchan, m. Alexander STEVENS, and had issue Susan, m. Colin CAMPELL, of Auchindonan, and had issue; and another daughter, Mrs. Alcock. source: Burke, Bernard and Ashworth Peter Burke. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Colonial Gentry, Volume 2. London, UK: Harrison and Sons, 1895. | Campbell, Sir James (I139)
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| 148 | SKETCH OF CAPTAIN DAVID CAMPBELL. BY MARGARET CAMPBELL PILCHER. Captain David Campbell's great grandfather, Alexander Campbell, lived in Argyleshire, Scotland; the name of his wife is unknown. He had a son, William Campbell, who married Mary Byars. They went from Scotland to Ireland during the religious persecutions in that country, hoping to find a place where they could worship God in their chosen way, but were disappointed and discontented in Ireland, and finally decided to emigrate to the English colonies in America. They settled in Virginia. Others of the same name and clan, and relations, settled first in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, remained some years and then removed to Augusta County, Virginia, about the year 1730. William Campbell and his wife, Mary Byars, had seven children. The eldest, David Campbell, married Jane Conyngham, a granddaughter of Colonel Patrick Conyngham, whose family lived in Ireland on the river Boyne. The head of the house was Sir Albert Conyngham. Colonel Patrick Conyngham commanded a regiment at the battle of Boyne, 1690. David and Jane Conyngham Campbell had four children. William married Mary Ellison, and was prominent in the Indian and Revolutionary wars. His two brothers-in-law, Captain William Ellison, who married Mary Campbell, and Major John Morrison, who married Martha Campbell, were also patriotic defenders of their liberty in the same war. David, the subject of this sketch, was the youngest child. He was born in Augusta County, Virginia, August, 1753. Three months previous to his birth his father died, and his mother died when he was but six years of age. His brother William, being the eldest, according to the old English common law which was in force at that time, inherited the whole of his father's property, which consisted entirely of landed estates and slaves, so young David was forced to depend upon his own resources very early in life, and bravely he solved the problem of making his living. He had accumulated some means by the time he was twenty years of age, which he invested in a small farm in Washington County, Virginia, to which he moved. This was near Abingdon. Soon after settling on his farm he met his cousin, Margaret Campbell (daughter of his mother's half sister, Mary Hamilton, and David Campbell, a distant relation). They became attached to one another and were married in 1774, she being about 21 years of age at the time of her marriage. Her father, David Campbell, was an officer in the Virginia army in 1759, when his young son, Arthur, was taken prisoner by the Indians and escaped after three years captivity in Canada. (See old family manuscripts and also Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. VII, No. 2, October, 1899.) She had several brothers who were distinguished in the war of 1776, Margaret Campbell was keeping house at the “Royal Oak,” the family seat of her two brothers, Colonel John and Colonel Arthur Campbell, at the time of her marriage. The two young people settled upon their farm near Abingdon, Virginia. While living at this place David Campbell participated in a number of engagements against the Indians, one in October, 1774, the battle of Point Pleasant. He was in the company of his brother-in-law, Captain John Campbell, when they were in the decisive battle of Long Island Flats, July, 1776, and in a number of other engagements against the Tories and Indians. He was a captain in the Colonial and Continental armies, was at the celebrated battle of Kings Mountain, with eight others of his name – brothers and cousins. About the year 1782 David Campbell, with his family, moved from Abingdon, Virginia, to Washington County, East Tennessee, and remained there only one year. He then went to the “Strawberry Plains” tract of land, which he then owned. He had a tract of land granted him for his services during the Revolution of 1776, situated in Green County, East Tennessee. He lived upon this farm about four years, then moved to “Grassy Valley,” in Knox County, about fifteen miles from Knoxville, about the year 1785, and made the first settlement there. He built a station at this place, which was completed March 7, 1787, and others coming and settling near assisted in making the station a stronghold against the hostile Indians in the vicinity. It became known all over the country as “Campbell Station,” was made a post office later, and is called by that name to the present day. At the time of Captain Campbell's settlement at the “Station” the Indians were very fierce and warlike all over that section of the country, and the white settlers were constantly being murdered and driven from their homes. Every station in that neighborhood was taken and destroyed except Campbell's. A little act of kindness and clemency shown by Captain Campbell to some Indian women and children soon after he settled in East Tennessee was never forgotten by them, and this accounted for his station never being attacked, except once, by a strolling band of Indians. It indeed seems strange that the depraved savage, so bloodthirsty and beastlike in their revengeful nature, should possess feelings of such gratitude; yet it is true, as we see from the following incident: Captain Campbell on one occasion led a company from the fort on an expedition against some Indians who had been committing depredations upon the settlers and their stock. Arriving at one of their towns they found the warriors all absent upon some raid – none but women and children left in the village. A majority of the men wished to slaughter them and burn the village, but their commander, Captain Campbell, would not permit such an act of cruelty to be perpetrated upon the helpless community, and sternly ordered the men not to harm one of them upon peril of their own lives. One intractable fellow, seeing a girl near him – Lucy Fields, the daughter of a chief – raised his gun to shoot her, when Captain Campbell knocked his piece up just in time to save her life. At this the women all crowded around him imploring his protection, which he kindly gave, marching his men off without harming them. Before these tribes left Tennessee for homes given them in Western Arkansas by the government this girl, Lucy Fields, and her mother went to Campbell's Station and gave a beautiful fan made of eagle feathers and beads, and other pieces of their handiwork to the wife and daughter of their protector. The writer has often in her childhood seen the fan, which was for a long time preserved as an heirloom in the family. It was made of the tail feathers of a large eagle, the lower part being embroidered with many colored beads upon some substance that looked like birch bark. It also had a peculiar looking cord and tassel on the handle. Again, to show that this act of kindness was never forgotten by the Indians; Fields and McIntosh were the chiefs of the tribes saved, and long years afterward General John Campbell, the son of Captain David Campbell, was appointed by the government as agent to the Indians in western Kansas. There he met the descendants of these two chiefs, and they remembered and spoke to him of his father's act with much feeling and gratitude. After this expedition it is said that the warriors in all their councils determined that Campbell's Station should be the very last fort taken. They never attacked it. Peace was made and they were ever afterward friendly. This Station was for many years a frontier fort, and nearer than any other to the Cherokee tribe of Indians; and it was only by the most vigilant conduct, tact and kindness that Captain Campbell maintained and defended his fort from the attacks of hostile Indians. He was a participator in the Franklin government, and after the state was admitted to the Union as Tennessee he was a member of the legislature, assisting in enacting the first laws for the state government. He was afterward elector for President and Vice President of the United States. He was a most patriotic, public spirited, estimable and honorable man, greatly honored by the whole community. During his absence with all the able bodied men on an expedition against the Indians, a strolling band of savages attacked the fort, but they were repelled by the bravery of his wife, Margaret Campbell. She armed all the old men and boys, the women also helping. Their defense was so fierce that the Indians concluded the fort was full of white men warriors, so they retired. On July 29, 1799, David Campbell lost his beloved wife, Margaret Campbell, by whom he had eight children, four dying in early youth, four living to be married, but only one leaving descendants. Jane, the eldest, married Colonel Wright, of the United States army. Mary married her cousin, David Campbell, who was afterwards governor of Virginia. John, his eldest son, entered the regular army of the United States in 1795, and continued in it till the close of the War of 1812. He was lieutenant colonel in the northern army, was at the battles of Plattsburg, Fort George and other engagements on the northern line. He was a worthy man and a brave soldier. He left no descendants. The youngest son, David, born March 4, 1781, was a most estimable man and commanded the respect of all who knew him. He married Catharine Bowen, a daughter of Captain William Bowen (a brave soldier of the Revolution) and a granddaughter of General William Russell, who was also a statesman and patriot in those “times that tried men's souls.” This David Campbell and his wife, Catharine Bowen, were the parents of William B. Campbell, who was a captain in the Florida war, was in Congress six years, colonel of 1st Tennessee regiment in the Mexican war, judge and governor of Tennessee. In 1804 Captain David Campbell, the subject of this sketch, married a second time. By this marriage he had three children, but only one lived to maturity – Margaret Lavinia Campbell, a most noble, lovely Christian woman, and one of great intellectual attainments. She married the Rev. John Kelly. Captain Campbell left Campbell's Station in 1823, went to Wilson County, Tenn., near Lebanon, and settled on a farm of 600 acres, which is still owned by one of his descendants. The daughter of Captain David Campbell, in writing of her father, says “He was a man of stern, excitable temperament, with strong affections.” I only knew him after the public spirit of buoyant youth had calmed into the sober, resolute determination of generous patriotism, when the restless ambition, strengthened by the rough life of an orphan boy, had drawn him into many a struggle with which he bravely contended, until his soul felt the animation of success, and upright principles were wrought in him destined to live forever. His country's welfare was such a fixture in his character that no changes, no troubles or conflicting circumstances prevented his manifesting an ever active interest in its prosperity. The same propensity that made him give his services to his country during the Revolutionary War in defense of liberty, and the hardihood to undertake the life in a frontier fort with his little family for eight years, only changed its course when the many demands of a newly settled country in behalf of its civilization required his means and assistance in the erection of many log school houses, as well as bearing the greater part of the expense for teachers, not only for the advantage of his own children, but for those of his neighbors who were unable to contribute to these pioneer schools. At no time in his history did I ever know him indifferent to the character of the man who was a candidate for office, whether the office was high or low; he considered it connected with the interest of his country and therefore a matter of deep concern to him. He felt that to be a right, which he ever exercised and kept in full force until he was near fourscore years of age. With pleasure and profit do I often revert to his uncomplaining disposition. With a firm tread he walked through the rough scenes of life, with contentment and cheerfulness, and admonished his children against fretfulness and discontent, while with a woman's tenderness he would ever encourage them in a course of usefulness for themselves and others. His influence and fond but worthy ambition was deeply felt by his children throughout their lives. I only knew him after the asperity of a high, strong nature was softened by Christian influence. The fervent spirit of the true Christian never died in this patriotic man. The love of the land of his birth, for which he had fought in two wars and enjoyed a probationary existence, did not prevent his warm affections from moving toward that better country. He was a man of truly devout religious feeling, possessed great integrity of character, was hospitable, social and kind to all who needed his aid in any way. He was slender, erect, square shouldered, with black hair and eyes, was five feet ten inches in height, a man of undaunted bravery and courage under all circumstances. He lived on a farm seven miles from Lebanon, Tenn., until his death, which occurred August 18, 1832, aged 79 years. He was buried in the village grave yard at Leeville, Tenn., near Lebanon. A monument is over his grave, erected by his family. source: Pilcher, Margaret Campbell. Historical Sketches of the Campbell, Pilcher and Kindred Families, including the Bowen, Russell, Owen, Grant, Goodwin, Amis, Carothers, Hope, Taliaferro, and Powell Families. Nashville, TN, Marshall and Bruce Company, 1911. | Campbell, Capt. David (I1988)
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| 149 | State of KY Monroe County Sct September term 1832 of the county court On the 3rd day of September 1832 personally appeared in open court now siting James Campbell a resident of sd county about 79 years of age who being first sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain a pension the benefit of an act of Congress passed June 7th 1832 1st That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated. He was drafted under Joseph Wilson in east Tennessee & went against the Chickamaugas, James Wilson was Lieutenant, Samuel Hanley was Ensign, Charles Robinson was Major & Col. Shelby General (as acting general) – That the troops redesvoued at the long Island of Holston river – that he lived in Washington County – which county was then the territory of the United States south of Ohio river that he went by water on sd campaign, that there was no battle on sd campaign – & that he served he thinks three months on said campaign but the year not recollected 2nd That he served in another campaign under John Sevier Col. of about 2 months or more, against the Cherokee Indians, that James Hubbard was his captain, Nathaniel Evans Lieutenant & no Major or Ensign, that on this campaign he was an Indian spie 3rd That he volunteered under John Sevier, Colonel, Christopher Taylor Captain that there was no Lieutenant or Ensign, that he was among the mounted troops, that the footmen did not get up to the Battle, That William Campbell was their General, that he was in the battle at Kings Mountain, that Cleveland, Campbell, Williams & Shelby late Gov. of Ky & Sevier were the Colonels that sd Campbell was commander in chief but probably not commissioned as the campaign was in great haste, that he thinks he was in this service about two months, that Col. Williams was killed at sd battle 4th That he served another campaign of about 3 months as a volunteer against the over hill Indian towns under Captain Davis – Sevier Colonel no Major – This company was ordered by General McDowel, we took the towns, got our Captain killed and had to retreat That he hired a man to serve a three months term went Samuel Gibson to guard the frontier & posts, that he was drafted to serve this campaign He hereby relinquishes every claim relative to any pension or an annuity except the present, & he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any state, or territory James his x mark Campbell Sworn to, & subscribed the day & year aforesaid Will Butler clk source: Pension Application of James Campbell, No. S. 30310, Case Files of Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Applications Based on Revolutionary War Service, compiled ca. 1800 - ca. 1912, documenting the period ca. 1775 - ca. 1900. Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Administration. | Campbell, James (I11485)
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| 150 | State of N Carolina Washington County – Feby 27th 1781 No. 2796 to the Surveyor of said County Greeting you are hereby Reqd. to admeasure and lay off according to Law two hundred acres of Land for John Campbell joining Robert Mahons Entry & Wm McBrides, on the west side of Big limestone on Said Limestone Waters. Given at office of February 1791 J. Carter E. T. The foregoing warrant is transferred by Campbell to Mosses Canon source: Warrant for Land Entry No. 2796 to John Campbell, Feb 1791, Washington County, North Carolina, USA; Early Tennessee/North Carolina Land Records, 1783–1927, Record Group 50. Nashville, TN: Tennessee State Library and Archives. | Campbell, John (I11761)
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