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HISTORICAL SKETCHES
OF THE
Campbell/Pilcher and Kindred
Families
INCLUDING THE
Bowen, Russell, Owen, Grant, Goodwin,
Amis, Carothers, Hope, Taliaferro,
and Powell Families
— BY —
MARGARET CAMPBELL PILCHBR
NASHVILLE, TENM.
PRESS or
MARSHALL I
BRUCE CO..
HASMVILLE.
CoPYKIpUT, 1911, BY
BI^IGHAM YGVU.. M-;iVERSITYi
PROVO, U1A.HL
CONTENTS.
PAGE.
Introduction 5
The Campbell Family 7
The Hamilton Family, 23; The Conyughams, 24; The
McDonalds, 34; The Van Dyke Family, 115; The Roan
Family, 121; WilliaiJi 'Cflmpbell and the Battle of
King's Mountain, 123; Capt. David Campbell, 135;
William Bowcn Campbell, 142.
Descendants of Charles and Margaret White McClung 176
Sketch of some of the Descendants of Robert, Son of Dun-
can Campbell 1^3
Descendants of Dougal Campbell. 216; The Willsons,
232; The Ellisons, 240.
A Sketch of the Bowen Family 253
A Sketch of the Russell Family 274
The Adams Family, 309 ; The Courts Family, 311.
The Owen Family 317
The Grant Family, 331; The Goodwin Family. 334;
The Amis Family, 337.
'Tilcher Genealogy 343
Other Branches of the Family, 300.
The Carothers Family 369
. The Hope and Meek Families, 377 ; Caruthers, 378.
The Taliaferro Family 385
The Powell Family, 415; The Edwards Family, 428;
Lawrence Smith, -431.
List of Copies of Old Letters and Mauuscripts 437
List of Coats of Arms 438
Index of Military and Civil Services 439
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ILLUSTRATIONS.
PAGE.
William Boweii Campbell Frontispiece
Gov. David Campbell ( Group) 40
"Montcalm" 48
Margaret Campbell Pilcber 80
Mrs. B^-ances Owen Campbell and son 96
Mary and Margaret Campbell 112
Mi's. Catberine Bowen Campbell 144
"Camp-bell" 160
Cbarles Campbell 192
Mrs. Sally Alexander Campbell 200
Samuel Legrand Campbell 208
John Poage Campbell 216
John Campbell 232
The Home of Capt. William Bowen 272
Dr. John Owen 320
Mrs. Mary Amis Goodwin Owen 328
The Home of Mrs. Mary Amis Goodwin Owen 336
Mrs. Jane Hope Carothers Pilcher 352
James Stuart Pilcher 368
Dr. Andrew Meek Carothers 376
"Sunny Side" 384
Mi-s. Elizabeth Edwards Taliaferro Pilcher 400
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INTRODUCTION.
This genealogy is not the product of an abundance of
leisure, but rather the work accomplished in time taken
from the exacting duties of a mother, and housewife.
From an early age I have enjoyed the study of family
history, and have pursued it for the past twenty years,
hoping to leave valuable records, yet it has never
seemed to me urgent that my manuscripts should be
published; it is a labor of love freely given for my
three children — Frances Owen, Stuart Carothers, and
William Bowen Campbell Pilcher. I expected to leave
the results of my investigations to them alone, but have
been persuaded to have these records published, as many
others desire copies.
Much of my information has been gathered from
conversations with my father's mother, Mrs. Cath-
erine Bowen Campbell, who lived in my father's
home, "Ccimp-bell," near I^bauon, Tenne.'^see, during
the last four years of her life. She died at the age of
eighty-three, a woman of rare intelligence and memory.
I also gained a vast amount of data from manuscripts
and letters of Governor David Campbell, who spent
years in collecting papers in regard to historical facts.
These were left to my father's sister. Miss Margaret H.
Campbell, and she gave them to her nephew, Lemuel
Russell Campbell, of Nashville, Tennessee. Other items
of interest have been taken from the papers of my
father, the late Governor William B. Campbell, written
during the years 1830 to 1867, which are valuable from
both political and historical standpoints. I have added
to this collection extracts from general and local his-
tories, periodicals, and special publications, court, town,
and church records, authentic family papers and tradi-
tions, and informaticn acquired by correspondence with
old persons who were related to or connected with the
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6 INTRODUCTION.
families named in this volume, whose recollection of
past events and persons have never been placed upon
record. Valuable assistance has been rendered by my
husband, James Stuart Pilcher, though he has had
little time to devote to matters outside of his profession
— the law. These pages will necessarily be dull and of
little interest to those who are not related to or con-
nected with the various families herein mentioned.
They contain simply chronological sketches of these
families.
I am indebted to Mr. Charles Campbell, of Ironton,
Ohio, for manuscripts in regard to the (fescendants of
Robert and Dugald Campbell, sons of Duncan and
Mary McCoy Campbell ; also for photographs of some
of Eobert Campbell's descendants. Mr. Calvin Mc-
Clung, of Knoxville, Tennessee, has kindly furnished a
sketch of the McClung family of Tennessee, who are
also descendants of the above named Duncan and Mary
McCoy Campbell.
In the Gencological Sketches, the number prefixing
the name indicates the generation.
Maegarbt Campbell Pilcher.
Nashville, Tenn., August 15, 1910.
A HISTORY OF THE CAMPBELL FAMILY OP
VIRGINIA.
The Descendants of Duncan Campbell and Mary
McCoy, His Wifb.
THERE is somethiDg grand in the idea of a colony,
a body of men and women who strike out for
themselves in a new country; who cut out their
homes in the primeval forests, and make their peace
with the native barbarians. i,^ ^«4.
The Cavaliers, Huguenots, and Covenanters who set-
tled Virg^nia^nd thi Carolinas; the Pilgrim Fathers
in New England, were colonists of whom any mother
nation might be proud. The Scotch-Irish comprise a
people whf have exerted a wide influence in American
history In the seventeenth century and early in the
8 HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
eighteenth, they \\ei'c inaiutainiTig in the north of Ire-
land, where they liad emigrated from Scotland and
settled, the stern faith of Calvin. I?csides following
the teachings of John Kiiox, they had a political faith,
devoted to freedom and opposed to the oppression exer-
cised by the English Crown. Unable to find peace at
home, they at last concluded to emigrate to the New
World; about 1720 the wcstwai-d moveuiont had
reached large proportions. "Ships enough could not
be found to carry from Ulster to America the men and
women who were unwilling to live except in the air of
religious freedom." The Scotch-Irish influx continued
for half a century; entire districts were almost depop-
ulated. Within a period of two years thirty thousand
emigrants had crossed the Atlantic. Many were well-
to-do farmers, others had been bred in Scotch univer-
sities, and still others were the enterprising younger
sons of the nobility; as a class they were the equal of
any emigrants who in those times sailed out of English
harbors. It was about the year IGOO, one hundred and
twenty years prior to this great westward movement,
that the northern portion of Ireland received large
accessions of Scotch Protestants, Mho proved to be
valuable and useful citizens, but the more enterprising
and adventurous ones emigrated to America, and have
been largely instrumental in building up the greatest
Republic in the world. Among these emigrants were a
large number of the Campbell Clan, from tbe north of
Scotland.
The history of the Campbells of Argyle dates from
1190, the Earls of Argyle since 1457, the Dukes of
Argyle since 1701. The Dukedom is a modern creation
compared to the antiquity of the Clan Campbell, the
head of which has for eight centuries or more borne
what, to his clansmen, is a far greater honor than any
British title, as *'the MacCallam More." The Dukedom
was created in 1701, for Archibald the Tenth, Earl of
Argyle, who was raised to the highest rank in the
peerage for his services in promoting the revolution of
loss. He had already, in 1687, been acknowledged as
Karl of Argyle, even before tha reversal of the attainder
which had been pronounced against his father for
CAMPBELL FAMILY.
refusing to subscribe to the test act The house of
Argyle has always been the staunch and powerful
champion of the Presbyterian Chuich and the ^Mi g
party in Scotland. The Dukes of Argyle have always
been' interesting and conspicuous figures m the histo y
of Great Britain. The north of Scotland was cold and
comparatively barren; the Clan Campbell ^vas a laige
one/and as the years went by, they increased to such an
evtent that their native land was not able to suppoit
them ; therefore the more enterprising and adventurous
spirits among them sought homes in otlier lands^ Large
numbers went from the liig^^ lands of Scotland to the
north of Ireland, and from there to the English Colonies
'""onT'lames Campbell landed in Boston, Massachu-
setts, in ITOS, and in 1735 he removed to \«"donderry^
New Hampshire, and from there to Cherry Valley, ^ew
York. He was born at Londonderry, Ireland, in 16J0,
was the son of ^William Campbell, of Campbel ton,
Ir'yleshire, Scotland. This ^William Campbel, a
Cadet of the house of Auchenbreck, was engaged m
Monmouth's rebellion, and escaped to Ireland where
be served as Lieutenant Colonel at the Siege o^ /^^^f^"^
derry. The above named are ancestors of Judge
Will am W. Campbell, the author of the '^Annals of
Cherry Vallev, New York," of ^'Border Warfare,' and
' Ss of Ti'von County, New York," the most im-
portant history of the early times on the Susquehanna
Kiver. He was born in ISOS, and died m IhSl. He
was Justice of the Supreme Court of New \ork.
The New England and New York Campbells were of
the same Clan in Scotland, but distantly related to the
Virginia branch of the family. . ^u ^ • +^„
The two Campbell families of Virginia that inter-
married were descendants of ^Dugal Campbell, the first
of whom we have authentic account; he was born at
Inverary, Argyleshire, Scotland, the ancestral home of
. the Clan'Campbellin the Highlands, l^^^"^^^ Camp-
bell, his son, was an officer in the T^^^V'^^^'T' ,
the latter part of the reign of Queen Elizabeth he went
from Scotland to Ireland. Not long after this^ in the
veir 161-^ during the reign of James the First in
10 HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
England, forfeilines of large estates were declared in
Ulster. 'Duncan Campbell, above named, bought out
a lease of some of the forfeited lands, his eldest son,
^Patrick Campbell, afterwards bought out the lease
and estate in remainder, thereby acquiring the fee
simple title. He may have had other sons and daugh-
ters, but he had a son, *Hugh Campbell, who inherited
his father's estate in Ireland, went there to live
about the year 1012. He had a sou, ^Andrew Campbell,
and he a son, ^Duncan Campbell, who married Mary
McCoy. The children of this pair were five. There
may have been others, of whom we have no record.
Their names were: ^Ilugh, '^Mary, ^John, ^Robert, and
■'Dugal Campbell. Nothing authentic is known of
'Hugh Campbell's descendants, ''Mary Campbell
(called Polly) married Moses White. Their son,
^Moses White, married Mary McConnell. They first
settled in Charles County, Pennsylvania, upon their
arrival in the Colonies. Later they removed to Eowan
County, North Carolina. ^Moses White married a
second time, Eleanor . He had ten children,
six sons by his first wife, "James, "Moses, "John, "Will-
iam, "David, and "Andrew White. One of his sons.
General "James White, the founder of Knoxville, Ten-
nessee, was a distinguished officer in the Continental
Army. He was also a Brigadier General in the Creek
Indian War. He married Mary Lawson, a daughter of
Hugh Lawson, in North Carolina. Many of his de-
scendants still live in Iredell County, North Carolina.
See "Sketches of Western North Carolina," by L. C.
Hunter, page 202. General "James White's son, the
Hon. ^°Hugh Lawson White, was born in 1773, in Iredell
County, North Carolina. He was one of the famous
men of Tennessee. He was Supreme Judge in 1814, a
'United States Senator in 1826, and but for the bitter
opposition of General Andrew Jackson, who was deter-
mined to elect his successor to the Presidential office,
the probability is very strong that ^°Hugh L. White
would have been elected President of the United States
in 183(5, instead of Martin Van Buren, General Jack-
son's candidate.
^"Huffh Lawson White was a man of remarkable
CAMPBELL FAMILY. H
courage and absolute integrity. He re-signed from the
United States Senate and returned to private life
rather than wear the robes of a Senator at the price of
his deep and honest convictions, and when he took that
step he displayed a courage as noble and lofty, and as
worthy of emulation, as that exhibited by General
Jackson when he won fame and glory upon the battle-
field at New Orleans.
Many prominent citizens of Tennessee and of the
whole Southern and Western part of our country are
descendants of Moses White and ^Mary Campbell^ his
wife, namely: the McClungs, Overtons, Smiths, Will-
iamses, McNutts, Mays, Pedens, McCreas, Wilsons,
Templetons, and many others. I will later insert a
sketch of the McClung family, by Mr. Calvin McClung,
of Knoxville, Tennessee.
'John Campbell, son of "Duncan Campbell and Mary
McCoy, his wife, married Grissell (or Grace) Hay,
daughter of Patrick Hay, in the year 1695. She lived
to be ninety-three years of age. We know that
'Mary Campl3ell, daughter of ^Duncan Campbell and
his wife, Mary McCoy, who married Moses White, came
from Ireland to Chester County, Pennsylvania, in
1726, the same year that her brother, 'John Campbell,
and his family, emigrated to the Colonies in America.
They left Pennsylvania and went to North Carolina ; the
exact year is not knouTi. 'John Campbell and his wife,
Grissell Hay, with their children, moved from Lancaster
County, Pennsylvania, about 1730, to Fincastle County,
Virginia.
'John Campbell, son of ^'Duncan and Mary McCoy
Campbell, was born in November, 1674, on his father's
estate, "Drumboden," seven miles from Londonderry,
Ireland. Here he and his wife lived, and their nine
children were born — six sons and three daughters.
In the year 1726, with their children and a large
number of relations and friends, they emigrated to the
English Colonies in America, and settled on the Sweet
Ara, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Donegal
Township. He was at one time a member of the Pro-
vincial Council of Pennsylvania from this county.
Three of their six sons did not marrv — ^John, ^William,
12 HISTORICAL tiKKTCHES.
and ^James. Mohn Campbell died in England, having
gone lliere from Jieland villi Lord Bojne. While there
he hecame Steward to Lady liuckingham. ^James
Camphell died in Ireland, and ^William Campbell died
in Pennsylvania. The other sons who emigrated with
their parents to America, married and had families,
naniely: ''I'atrick, ^Robert, and ^David Campbell.
Theii- danghlers were: "^Margaret, ^Cathei'ine, and
^.Mary Campbell. There is no record of whom the}' mar-
ried, or of their descendants.
In ]7;?0 "John Campbell i)urchased a large tract of
land in Orange, afterwards Augusta County, Virginia,-
and lemoved with his family fi-oin Pennsylvania to
Virginia. On page 885 of Waddell's "Annals of Au-
gusta County. Virginia," it is stated that "William
Thompson qualified as administrator of John Campbell's
estate in 1741. John Lewis was his security."
''Patrick Campbell, the eldest son, was born in 1G06.
After settling in Pennsylvania he was made constable
of the township, in 172G. See Daniel Rupp's History of
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He married Delilah
Thompson. They had four sons and three daughters.
The eldest, Capt. 'Charles Campbell, married Margaret
Buchanan. He served in the French and Indian wars
in 1742; Captain in 1752.* He died in 1767. He
and his wife had two sons and four daughters. ^°John
died young. Gen. '"William Campbell, born in 1744, '
near Stanton, Virginia, a brave and distinguished
officer in the Colonial and Continental armies, was
captain of a company in Lord Dunmore's war, May,
1774. He commanded a regiment of mounted riflemen
at the Battle of Guilford Court House, and was com-
mander of the American forces at the Battle of Kings
Mountain. He married Elizabeth Henry, a sister of
Patrick Henry, the great Virginia patriot. They had
one child, ''Sarah B. Campbell. She was very young
when her father died, just before the surrender at York-
town. He was in Gen. Lafayette's command. She was
married at the home of her aunt's husband. Col. Thomas
Madison, her guardian, to Gen. Francis Preston, of
Abiu'/don. Virginia. They had nine children: '-Eliza,
*See "Kinirs Mountain and Its Ilerues." l)y T>r-\i>oi-. \f. ."iSO.
CAMPBELL FAMILY. 13
^^Susan, •-William, '-Sarali B., ^''Soplironisba, '-James,
^2Johu S., '-Thomas L. and '-Margaret Preston, '-Eliza
married Mr. Carrington, of Halifax County, Virginia;
'■^Susan married Governor McDowell, of Virginia;
'^William C. Treston, a di.stinguislied orator and United
States Senator from South Carolina, married first a
Miss Coulter, second L. P. Davis. The following is a
letter from Senator William Campbtjll Preston, of South
Carolina, to his relation, Gen. John Campbell, of Ab-
ingdon, Virginia :
Preston Place^ S. C,
18th December, ISoG.
Genl. John Campbell, Abingdon, Vo.
My Dear Sir^ — Before I received your letter some
days since, I had forwarded by Genl. Thompson to
Mr. Washington Irving a copy of our King's Moun-
tain celebration, that he might be accurately in-
formed of the aflair, for the purpose of his history.
I am pleased though somewhat surprised to see the
Life of Washington expanded into a history of the
Revolution, and in truth Genl. Washington cannot
be portrayed as a single figure. He must stand
the center of a great historical group that one
may have anytliiug like a correct perception of
him. It did "not, however, enter into the plan of
the work, and perhaps did not entirely comport
with Mr. Irving's genius, to exhibit a grand histor-
ical picture with the bold outlines, and uniform
keeping of an historic painting, but rather to sketch
the central figures, and admit the accompaniments
as incidental matter. The revolution came neces-
sarily within the field of vision, and is therefore
sketched in, but with gi-eat accuracy and elegance.
The work at once takes its place (and a very high
one) in elegant literature, and will be read as well
as a matter of taste as for its correct information.
The style is to my mind perfectly exquisite, and the
little picturesque touches enchanting.
If the work should run to twenty volumes, for
my part I shall be delighted, for it will be so much
additional pleasure to the few enjoyments that
remain to my declining and desolate old age, and
14 UISTORICAL SKETCHES.
the reading is besides in the nature of a conversa-
tion with a beloved old friend whom I remember
as a genial, cordial, sensible, and honest gentleman.
This remembrance no doubt gives additional zest
to the work as I read. I have now but few books
about me, having given my library to the Colum-
bian Atheneum as a token of my affection for, and
gratitude to a city which for many years has not
ceased to cherish me ever since I came to it a young
stranger from the mountains of Virginia, now
forty years ago. There are few left who cherished
my youthful aspirations, or joined in my young
sympathies, but the most of those I loved are in the
City of the Dead, and when God pleases to call me
I desire my own remains to be placed here by lier
aide who was the light of my life, and whose death
left me in perfect darkness.
I was sadly disappointed in not seeing you in the
snmmer.
Our venerable relative and friend, your brother,
Governor David Campbell, had brought me to
expect that I should meet you at dinner with him
and his old lady in their most romantic and elegant
retirement. I spent a most agreeable day with
them, though I must say, like angels' music, pleas-
ant, and wonderful to the soul, I regard it as a sort
of valedictory to the ministering hosts, for at our
time of life, and in our respective connections, w^e
can hardly calculate that the chances of life will
enable us to meet again. How beautifully the
sunset of life declines on the aged pair! I have
hardly ever seen anything more touching and
beautiful.
You will have been scandalized to see our Gov-
ernor's proposition about the slave trade. He is in
truth an ignoramus and a blackguard, and every-
body revolts from his infamous proposition — even
those the most rabid about si a very ism. I rejoice
to think that the clouds that lowered over our
country, if not in the deep bosom of the ocean
buried, are at least for the present dispersed.
CAMPBELL FAMILY. 15
Kind salutations to all in your neighborhood,
and especially to all kith and kin.
Your friend,
Wm. C. Preston.
^^Sarah B. Preston married Governor John Floyd, of
Virginia, Secretary of War, U. S., 1857-61, Major-Gen-
eral C. S. A. ^^Sophronisba Preston married Dr.
Kobert J. Breckenridge, of Kentucky. ^-James Preston
married Miss Thompson; ^^John S. Preston married
Caroline Hampton, in 1830, daughter of Gen. Wade
Hampton by his first wife; ^^Thomas L. Preston mar-
ried first Miss Saunders, second Elizabeth Watts;
^^Margaret Preston married Gen. Wade Hampton, of
South Carolina, Confederate General and United States
Senator,
The four daughters of Captain ^Charles Campbell and
his wife were: ^•'Elizabeth, "Jane, ^°Margaret, and
"Anne. "Elizabeth Campbell married John Taylor,
and had seven children: ^^James (married S. Smith),
^^Charles (married M. Trigg), "Allen (married Ehoda
Trigg), "John (married J. Kent), "William (married
M. Saunders), "Eliza (married Crockett),
and "Mary (married H. Smith).
"Jane Campbell married Thomas Tate. "Margaret
Campbell married her father's cousin °Col. Arthur
Campbell, of "Eoyal Oak," a brave soldier and patriot.
He was an officer in the Colonial and Continental
armies, a gifted writer and able politician. "Anne
, Campbell married Eichard Poston. All of the sisters
and brothers lived in Virginia. The four sisters reared
large families.
Having given the descendants of Capt. 'Charles
Campbell, I will now return to his brothers and sisters.
'James Campbell married, but whom it is not known.
One of his sons lived on Cripple Creek, in Wythe
County, Virginia, and a "daughter, said to have been a
very superior woman, married Mr. Spotts. Of 'William
Campbell, of Kentucky, we have no record. "Patrick
Campbell married Anne Steele ; thev had four children :
"Robert, "Jane, "Samuel, and "William. "Robert
Campbell married ; "Samuel Campbell
15 HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
married ; ^"Jane Campbell married Robert
Love. They had six "daughters and three "sons.
^""Williara Campbell married Tabitha, the third daugh-
ter of Gen. William Russell. They had five children:
"Elizabeth, "Tabitha, "Nancy, "Mary, and "Samuel.
"Elizabeth Campbell married Barton W. Stonej-^of
Kentucky. They had three children : ^-Amanda, '=Ta-
bitha and '-Mary. '-Amanda Stone married Samuel
Bowen, their descendants given in the Bowen history.
"Tabitha Stone married James Shackelford and Mr.
Harris. "Mary A. Stone married Capt. C. C. Moore,
of Kentucky- They had two children: '^Hannah and
"Mary. "Ilannah Moore married Dr. I. Grissom.
They had five children: ^*Eliza C. Grissom (married
S. Lieb, a lawyer of San Jose, California; they have
several children), '*Anne Grissom (not married, of
Lexington, Ky,), 'Manette Grissom (married W. B.
Gano, of Dallas, Texas), "Evelyn Grissom (married
Paul Hart, of San Jose, California), and Dr. "John
Grissom (married Irene Baker, of San Jose, California).
"Mary Moore married Captain Thomas Brent, of Ken-
tucky. They had two children: "Mary Brent, mar-
ried Dr. Charles Dabney, President of the Tennessee
State College, at Knoxville. They have two daughters :
^•^Mary and '•''Catherine. "Margaret Brent is not
married.
"Tabitha Campbell, daughter of "William and Ta-
bitha Rus.sell Campbell, maried Judge Alney Mcl^ean,
of Kentucky, a lawyer and politician of prominence.
Their children who left descendants were: '-'Thornton
McLean, of Liberty, ^liss., a Presbyterian minister, his
^wife's name not known. Their children were "Noland
and "Margaret McLean.
Judge '^Robert Mcl^ean married Mary WTiitaker, of
Grenada, Miss. He died in 1874, and she in 1869.
Their children are: '^Louise, married Hugh L. Bedford,
of Bailey, Tenn. Their children are: **Benjamin N.
and '*Hiigh L. Bedford. Judge '^William McLean, of
Grenada, Miss., married Susan Collins. They have a
son, '^Robert D. McLean. '^Transylvania McT^ean
married William McBride, of Canton, Miss., in 1868.
CAMPBELL FAMILY. 17
The othev children of Judge Alney McLean and Tabitha
Russell, his wife, died without issue.
"Nancy Campbell married Charles Wing, of Ken-
tucky. Their children were: ^-Samuel, ^"Lucy, and
^^Lucilia. ^-Samuel married Emily Weir. Their chil-
dren were: '^Samuel, married Miss Hopkins; "Charles,
married A. Hawthorne. ^^Lucy Wing married I. Short.
'-'Lucilia Wing married -J. K. Patterson, President of
the State University at Lexington, Ky. They have
one son.
"Mary Campbell married Ephraim Brank. Their
children were : Rev. ^-Robert C. Brank, of St. Louis Mo. ;
married Ruth Smith. Their children are: ^^Sarah,
"Rockwell S. and "Robert C. Brank. "Mary J. Brank
married Dr. William Yost, of Greenville, Ky. Their
children are: "Mary, married Dr. Thomas Slaton;
"William H., married L. Reno, and Dr. "Ephriam B.
Yost.
"Samuel Campbell married Cynthia Caraiibell,
daughter of Maj. William Campbell, of Nashville, Ten-
nes.see. They were distantly related. T^ft no children.
'Mary Campbell, daughter of Patrick and Delilah
Thompson Campbell, married General William Chris-
tian, of Virginia, a prominent officer in the Colonial
service in Virginia. Their daughter, "Margaret
Christian, married Andrew Russell, an officer in the
Revolution of 1776. They had other children of whom
we have no record, but they had one daughter, "Mar-
garet Russell, who married James Cowen, and they
had a son, "James Cowen, who married Lucinda Dick-
enson, and they had a daughter, ^''Belle Cowen, who
married Dr. R. M. Rhea, of Knoxville, Tennessee. They
have two "daughters,
'Martha Campbell, daughter of Colonel Patrick
Campbell and Delilah Thompson, his wife, married
Colonel William Edmondson. He was born in Mary-
land, in 1734; was in the Colonial and Continental
service of Virginia. They had fourteen children, as
follows: "Margaret, "Johii, "Betsey, "Robert, "Esther,
"Samuel, "Sally, "Thomas, "Mary, "Martha, "Wil-
liam. "Andrew, "Eliza and "Catherine Edmondson.
"Margaret Edmondson married Dr. Montgomery, of
2
18 HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
Kentucky, and bad one son. ^°John Edmondson mar-
ried Miss Montgomery, and had two daughters. ^^Mary
Edmonson married Mr. Prescott of Kentucky, and
Edmondscm married Mr. Kichai-dson of Lexing-
ton, Kentucky.
"Betsey Edmondson married William Edmondson
and left children.
"Eobert Edmondson also married and left a family.
"Esther Edmondson married Kobert Campbell Ken-
nedy. This line is given later.
"Samuel Edmondson married Miss Dean of Wil-
liamson County, Tennessee. They had four children :
"Margaret, "Catherine, "Eliza and "William Edmond-
son.
"Sallie Edmondson married a Mr. Beattie and left
a family.
"Thomas Edmondson married, and had a daughter,
who married a Mr. Perkins, of Williamson County,
Tennessee.
"Mary Edmondson married firstMr.Gilleland, second
Ebenezer McEwen. They had five children : "Samuel
Gilleland, and "Calvin, "Eliza, "Martha and "Wil-
liam McEwen. "Samuel Gilleland married, and had
a son, ^^Samuel Gilleland, who lives in St. Louis, Mis-
souri. "Calvin McEwen married, and lives in Holly
Springs, Mississippi. "Eliza McEwen married Rev.
Matt. Marshall. Their children are: ^^Virginia Mar-
shall, married Newton F. Niel, of Fayetteville, Ten-
nessee. Their children are two : Judge "Matt. M. Niel,
of Trenton, Tennessee, who married Eliza Green, and
had three daughters: "Mary Ys\ (died young),
"Virginia (married Albert Elder), and "Florence
Niel. "Mary Niel married Robert Morgan, Nash-
ville, Tennessee. They have four children : ^*Mary
Frances (married Joseph Gray, and have one child,
"Frances), "Marshall (married Anne Gresham and have
"Virginia Morgan), "Irby, and "Virginia Morgan
(married Campbell Grey, of Florida, and have "William
and "Virginia Grey).
"Clemenza Marshall married Robert Grizzard. They
had "Eliza, married Quentin Rankin, and "Charlotte,
married Harwood Wilson. They had "Elizabeth M.
Wilson.
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^^Loiiise Marshall married Mr. Greenleaf.
"Eli/.a Marshall married Mr. Ilarwood.
"Matt. M. Marshall Diarried Mary Stephens. Their
children are: ^^\lfred, "Charles, "Elise and "Boger
Marshall. "Alfred married Bessie Chester. They
have one child, ^*Chester.
^^Martha McEwen married Mr. Eoss, and had a
daughter, "Martha Koss, who married Samuel Car-
mack, of Fajetteville, Tennessee.
"William *McEwen.^
"Martha Edmondson married James Gillespie, Ihey
had a "daughter, who married Mr. Eiley, and they had
a son. Judge "James Kiley of the Supreme Court of
Louisiana. . ^ -,r- c^^ +
"William Campbell Edmondson married Miss Stuart,
and their daughter, " Edmondson, married Judge
Morgan, of Holly Springs, Mississippi. And their
daughter, " Morgan, married James M. Goodbar,
of Memphis, Tennessee. .
"Andrew Edmondson, "Eliza Edmondson married
Johnathan Smith. "Catherine Edmondson married
Mr. Jones. Their children were: "William and
"Eobert Jones, of Crittenden, Arkansas. This is all
that I can gather of this branch of the Edmondsons
that are descendants of the Campbell line.
Having given the descendants of Colonel ^Patrick
Campbell, born 1696, and his wife, Delilah Thompson,
will now return to his brothers and sisters. Their
mother, ^Grissell Hay Campbell, lived to be ninety
years of age and is said to have been a woman of
remarkably strong character. She had one brother,
^Patrick Hay, but we have no record of his descend-
ants. It is supposed he married, and remained in Penn-
sylvania when his sister went to Virginia, in 1730.
As stated above three of 'John Campbell's sons died
unmarried. Of the descendants of his daughters,
«Mary, ^Margaret and ^Catherine Campbell, we have
no record. , ^ . ,, tt
^Eobert Campbell, son of 'John and Gnssell Hay
Campbell, married and left four daughters and per-
haps sons, but we have the record of only two. One
married Col. John Anderson; the other daughter, "Mar-
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tha Campbell, married Eobert Kennedy, of Virginia.
They had sons and daughters. One son, ^°Robert Camp-
bell Kennedy, married Esther Edmondson, daughter
of Col. William Edmondson, of Virginia. They were
second cousins. They had seven children, namely:
"Margaret, "Martha, "Elizabeth, "William, "Hetty,
"Mary and "Marian Kennedy.
"Mlirgaret Kennedy married Professor George ^far-
tin of Valadolid Academy, Nashville, Tenn., the oldest
grammar school in Middle Tennessee. They had three
children: ^'Mary, ^-William and ^-Robert C. K. Mar-
tin, ^-Mary Martin married Gen. Gideon Pillow, of
Columbia, Tennessee. Judge '^William Martin, of
Columbia, Tenn. ^-Kobert C. K. Martin, a distin-
guished physician, of Nashville, Tenn., married Pris-
cilla Douglas. Their children were: "Betty, "Maria,
"ilolly, "Laura, "Player and "R. C. K. Martin.
"Betty and "Maria Martin were respectively first
and second wife of Wm. Butterfield. Their children
are: "Ellen D. Butterfield, married Mr. Bryan;
"Robert B. Butterfield, married Miss Fones, of Little
Rock; Ark.; "William. "Duncan, and "Betty Butter-
field, a nun at St. Bernard Convent, Nashville, Tenn.
"Molly Martin died unmarried. "Player Martin died
young'. "Laura Martin married, first, Mr. Hart;
second, Mr. Launahan. "Robert C. K. Martin
married Mollie Anderson. They have one child,
"Betty :srartin, Nashville, Tenn. "Martha Kennedy
married John McConuell. They had two children,
"Felix and "William McConnell. "Felix McConnell
was a member of the United States Congress from
Alabama. He married and had one daughter, "Kath-
leen McConnell, who married Gen. Shelly of Alabama.
^^Elizabeth Kennedy married Vance Greer. They had
three children : "Hetty Greer, married Mr. Thompson,
of Fayetteville, Tenn.,' and they had one son, "William
V. G. Thompson; "Andrew Greer, was United States
Senator in 1S42, from Helena, Ark.; "William Greer,
of Mississippi. Judge "William Kennedy married
Elizabeth Willis. No issue.
"Hetty M. Kennedy, born July 29, 1796, married Col.
Robert McEwen, of Nashville, Tenn. They had seven
\
CAMPBELL FAMILY. 21
children : "Margarella, "Caroline, '^John A./- Anna M.,
"Eobert II., "Henry and "Kitty McEwen. "Marga-
retta McP^wen married Judge John Trimble, of Nash-
ville, Tenn. They had four children, namely: "Mary
Trimble (married Ur. James Kercheval, of Nash-
ville, Tenn., and had four children: ^*John, ^*Mary,
"Margaret, and "James Kei'cheval) ; "Leticia Trimble
(married McPhail Smith, a lawyer of eminence, of Nash-
ville, Tenn., had eight sons, namely: "Hubert, a
lawyer of Nashville, Tenn.; "William, of West Point,
N. 'y. ; "Henry, a lawyer of Nashville; ^*Marion;
^*H. Blair, of Nashville, married Trevania Dallas, and
they have two sons: ^^Trevaneon Dallas and "Kobert
McPhail Smith; "Ward, married Elizabeth Dallas,
and they have a daughter, "Elizabeth Dallas; "George
and "Edward Smith). "James Trimble, a lawyer of
Nashville, Tenn., married first Leticia Lindsley, his
cousin ; second, Nina Woods. He has one son, "James
Trimble, Jr. "John Trimble married Cornel le Ricketts.
They had one son, "John Trimble, Jr.
"Caroline McEwen married Judge John T. Jones, of
Arkansas. They had six children: "Thompson 0.
Jones married Alice Boone; no issue. Dr. "Heber W.
Jones, of Memphis, Tenn., married Valeria Wootan ; no
issue. "Anne Jones married Jacob Martin, and they
have four children: "Thompson, "Carrie (married
Charles Osbourne) , "Lucy and "Heber Martin. "Paul
Jones married Tallulah Fly, and had two children:
"Thompson and "John Jones III. "William K. Jones,
married Jane Montgomery; no is.sue. "John A. McE.
Jones married Angie Eogers, and had two children :
"John A. and " Jones.
Col. "John A. McEwen married first, Selina Harrison,
second, Sally Turner. They had a son, "Samuel Mc-
Ewen, who married Keenie Phillips, and they had four
children: "Margaret, "Lucia, "Frank and "John
McEwen. "John A. McEwen married first Helen Bas-
kette, second Ellen Shelby, Nashville, Tenn. He had
three children by his first wife: "John A., "Ethel
and "William; by his second wife, three children:
"Norman Shappard, "Kennedy Shelby and "Donald
Poitevent McEwen.
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'-Anna Maria McEwen married D. F. Wilkin, Nash-
ville, Tenn. Thej had two children, namel}': ^^larriet
Love Wilkin, who married E. W. Barton, of Searcy,
Arkansas, and had two children: "William E. Barton,
Jr., and "Flavel Barton. ^^Eettie McE. Wilkins mar-
ried Dr. D. R. Stubblefield, of Nashville, Tenn. They
have four children, namely: '^D. Bankin, "Hetty McE.,
(married Harding Jackson), "Wilkin and "Mc Williams
Stubblefield.
^-Bobert McEwen married Lucy Putnam. They had
three children : ^^Waldo McEwen, who married Jennie
Morris, Nashville, Tenn.; no issue. "John A. McEwen
married Ida McMillan. They have one son, "Douglas
H. McEwen, Nashville, Tenn. "Hetty McEwen married
W^alter Emmerson, of Cincinnati, Ohio. They have one
son, "Walter Emmerson.
"Henry McEwen married Lucy Curd, of Louisville,
Kentucky; no issue.
"Kitty McP^wen married Dr. John Coleman, of
Augusta, Ga. They had one son, Dr. "Warren Cole-
man, of New York, N. Y.
^^Mary Kennedy married Thomas Kercheval. They
had eight children, namely: "Bufus M., Dr. "James
(married "Mary Trimble, their children being given
above), "Thomas (married Miss Bryan), "Kennedy
(married Miss Clark, of Kentucky), "Anne, "Hetty,
"Emma and "William Kercheval.
^^Marian Kennedy married Dr. Joel B. Saunders.
They had five children : ^^Sarah (married Mr. Weir, of
Mississippi), "Napoleon, Judge "Xenophen, of Belton,
Texas; "Margaret and ^'^Joel B. Saunders, who was
killed at the battle of Gettysburg.
^David Campbell, the youngest son of "^John Campbell
and Grissell Hay, his wife, was called "White David."
He was born on March 8, 1706, at "Drumboden," near
Londonderry, Ireland. He died on October 19, 1790.
He came to America with his parents in 1726, when he
was just twenty years of age. On January 16, 1735, he
was married to Mary Hamilton (bom 171G, died 1801),
whose family came to the colonies in the same ship with
the Campbells. The two families were intimate friends
and distant cousins, both descendants of noble families
CAMPBELL FAMILY. 23
of Scotland. Mary Hamilton's grandmother was Janet
Campbell, wife of James Hamilton.
THE HAMILTON FAMILY.
Mames Hamilton married Janet Campbell, at Inver-
ary, Scotland. They had two children: ^Arthnr and
^James. -Arthur Hamilton married Martha Conyug-
ham, daughter of David Conyngham and Euphemia
Vesse, his wife. He died near Londonderry, Ireland,
leaving his widow with two small children : ^Mary and
^Arthur. She married a cousin, Walter Conyngham,
with whom she and her two children came to America.
At this time ^Mary Hamilton, her daughter, was ten
years of age, in 1726. She had several children by her
second husband, Walter Conyngham, but of these we
have no record, except of Jane Conyngham, the eldest,
who married another 'David Campbell, called "Black
David," on account of his dark complexion, to distin-
guish him from his relative of the same name, "White"
^David Campbell, who married 'Mary Hamilton, the
half-sister of 'Jane Conyngham. Thus, it will be noted,
that the half-sisters, 'Mary Hamilton and 'Jane Conyng-
ham, married each a David Campbell, distant cousins,
who were of the same Clan in Scotland.
"White ^David Campbell was a large, stout man with
silken yellow hair, fair skin, and blue eyes. He was as
remarkable for the evenness of his temper as his wife,
'Mary Hamilton, was for the excitability and pride of
hers."
'Arthur Hamilton, 'Mary's brother, married and had
eight children : *John, ^Arthur, *William, *James and
*Martha ; the names of the other three are not recorded.
*John and Arthur Hamilton never married, but lived
to old age with their three ^sisters, who did not marry.
They lived on the paternal estate and died at very ad-
vanced ages.
^William Hamilton died while on a business trip to
Louisiana.
*James Hamilton married and had a large family;
no record of his children.
*Martha Hamilton, the eldest daughter, married
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Abraham Goodpasture, and they had a large family.
Their eldest son, ■^William Goodpasture, married
"Sarah Lockhart, daughter of William Lockhart and
his wife, "Mary Campbell.
THE CONYNGHAMS.
^Patrick Conyngham was a Colonel commanding a
regiment at the battle of Boyne, under King William of
Orange, lie married Euphemia Vesse. They had two
children that we have on record: "James and ^Martha
Conyngham. '^Martha Conyngham married first
*Arthur Hamilton, and after his death she married a
cousin, Walter Conyngham, with whom and her two
Children, ^Mary and ^Arthur Hamilton, she emigrated
to America in 1726.
The above is an account of the families of *'\Miite"
•David Campbell, of "Royal Oak," and of his wife, ''Mary
Hamilton. Their parents settled in Lancaster County,
Pennsylvania, upon landing in the Colonies, but in the
, year 4730 they removed to that part of Orange County,
Virginia, which in 1738 was formed into Augusta
County.
The following is a copy of a compact formed by the
settlers of Western Virginia during the Colonial period,
showing at that early date how determined these sturdy
Scotch pioneers were to have their rights ; also a call to
Eev. Charles Cummings to become pastor of two
c'horches that were near the present town of Abingdon,
Virginia. The long list of names attached to the call
is very interesting to many people all over the South and
WBst who are their descendants.
From the early settlement of Western Virginia, we
Bnd members of the Campbell and Eussell families tak-
ing an active part in all that pertained to the welfare
of their country. They were thorough patriots, ar-
dently devoted to the best interest of the Colonies, as
is shown by the following extract from a history of
Virginia:
"At a meeting of the British Parliament, on the
20th day of January, 1775, Lord Dartmouth, Sec-
CAMPBELL FAMILY. 25
retary of State for the Colonies, laid before the
House of Peers all the papers relative to the
American Colonies. As soon as the papers were
read, William Pitt, the undying friend of the
American Colonies, arose and moved that an ad-
dress be presented to the King, requesting him to
direct General Gage to move His Majesty's forces
from tbe town of Poston. He said : 'America could
not be reconciled, she ought not to be reconciled to
this country, till the troops of Britain are removed
from the continent. Eesistance to your acts was
necessary, and therefore just; and your vain decla-
ration of the omnipotence of Parliament, and your
imperious doctrines of the necessity of submission,
will be equally impotent to convince or enslave
America. You may, no doubt, destroy their cities ;
you may cut them off from the superfluities, per-
haps the conveniences of life ; but, my Lords, they
will still despise your power, for they have yet re-
maining their woods and their liberty.' He says
that the spirit that now animates America was the
same that led to the Revolution in England, and
that the friends of liberty on both sides of the
Atlantic had but one common cause. *In this
great cause,' he continued, 'they are immovably
allied; it is the alliance of God and Natui-e; "im-
mutable, eternal, fixed as the firmament of heaven." '
His Lordship admitted the right of Parliament to
control the complicated machinery of commerce
and navigation, but denied its authority over the
property of the people of the Colonies ; 'property
is private, individual, absolute, the touch of another
annihilates it.' He besought the House to rest
upon that distinction, their principles of taxation,
and to confine tlie exercise of parliamentary author-
ity to the regulation of commerce. Of the Conti-
nental Congress the noble Earl spoke in a strain of
the highest eulogy. 'History, my Lords,' he said,
Tias been my favorite study, and in the celebrated
writings of antiquity I have often admired the
patriotism of Greece and Rome; but, my Lords, I
must declare and avow that in the master states of
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the world, I know not the people or the Senate,
who in such a complication of difficult circum-
stances can stand in preference to the delegates
of America assembled in General Congress at Phil-
adelphia. I trust it is obvious to your Lordships,
that all attempts to impose servitude upon such
men, to establish despotism over such a mighty
Continental nation, must be in vain, must be
futile.' The speaker went on to say that min-
isterial maneuvers would never be able to resist
such a nation as that of America, that the hour
of danger was not to be averted by tricks of office,
that matters had gone so far that even repeal-
ing the obnoxious Acts would not restore the lost
confidence of America, unless his Majesty's armed
force was withdrawn from the continent. The
noble Lord pledged himself, that they would one
day find themselves compelled to undo all their
oppressive acts. He advised them, therefore, to
enter at once into that course of their own ac-
cord, which they must be ultimately forced to
adopt. 'To conclude, my Lords,' he said, 'if the
ministers persevere in misadvising and mislead-
ing the King, I will not say that they can alienate
the alTections of his subjects from the Crown; but
I will affirm, they will make the Crown not worth
his wearing, I will not say that the King is be-
trayed, but I will pronounce that the kingdom is
undone.' The motion of Lord Chatham was re-
jected by a large majority, and the British Min-
istry declared their purpose never to abandon a
single right until the American Colonies were
whipped into obedience. The same day, January
20, 1775, that William Pitt delivered the preced-
ing address m the House of Lords, the backwoods-
men of Fincastle County, Virginia, met (pursu-
ant to the resolves of the Continental Congress),
at the Lead Mines, their county seat, and took
action in the premises; of which the following
is a correct account :
" 'In obedience to the resolves of the Continental
Congress, a meeting of the Freeholders of Fin-
CAMPBELL FAMILY. 27
castle Couuty, in Virginia, was Leld on the 20th
da}' of January, 1775, who, after approving of the
association framed by that august body in be-
half of all the Colonies, and subscribing thereto,
proceeded to the election of a Committee, to see
the same carried punctually into execution, and
the following gentlemen were nominated : the
Kev. Charles Cummings, Colonel ^Villiam Preston,
Colonel William Christian, Captain Stephen
Trigg, Major Arthur Campbell, Major William
Ingles, Captain Walter Crockett, Captian John
Montgomery, Captain James McGavock, Captain
William Campbell, Captain Thomas Madison, Cap-
tain Daniel Smith, Captain William Russell,
Captain Evan Shelby and Lieutenant William Ed-
moudson. After the election the committee made
choice of Colonel William Christian for their
Chairman, and appointed Mr. David Campbell to
be Clerk." The following address was then unani-
mously agreed to by the people of the County, and
is as follows:
"To the Eonordble Peyton Randolph, Esquire:
"Eichard Henry Lee, George Washington, Pat-
rick Henry, Junior, Eichard Bland, Benjamin Har-
rison and Edmond Pendleton, Esquires, the Dele-
gates from this colony who attended the Conti-
nental Congress held at Philadelphia.
"Gentlemen: Had it not been for our remote
situation and the Indian war which we were lately
engaged in to chastise those cruel and savage peo-
ple for the many murders and depredations they
have committed amongst us, now happily termi-
nated under the auspices of our worthy Governor,
His Excellency the Bight Honorable the Earl of
Dunmore, we should before this time have made
known to you our thankfulness for the very im-
portant service you have rendered to your coun-
try, in conjunction with the worthy delegates from
other Provinces. Your noble efforts for reconcil-
ing the mother country and the colonies, on ra-
tional and constitutional principles, and your
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pacific, steady and uniform conduct in that ard-
uous work entitled jou to the esteem of all British
America, and will immortalize you in the annals
of your country.
"We heartily concur in your resolutions, and
shall, in every instance, strictly and invariably ad-
here thereto. We a.ssure you, gentlemen, and all
our countrymen, that we are a people whose hearts
overflow with love and duty to our lawful sover-
eign, George the Third, whose illustrious house
for several successive reigns have been the
guardians of the civil and religious rights and
libererties of British subjects, as settled all the
glorious revolutions; that we were willing to risk
our lives in the service of his Majesty for the sup-
port of the Protestant religion and the rights and
liberties of his subjects, as they have been estab-
lished by compact, law and ancient charters. We
are heartily grieved at the differences which now
subsist between the parent state and the colonies,
and most heartily wish to see harmony restored
on an equitable basis and by the most lenient
measures that can be devised by the heart of
man. Many of us and our forefathers left our
native land, considering it as a kingdom subjected
to inordinate power and greatly abridged of its
liberties; we crossed the Atlantic and explored
this then uncultivated wilderness bordering on
many nations of savages and surrounded by moun-
tains almost inaccessible to any but those very
savages who have incessantly been committing
barbarities and depredations since our first seat-
ing the country. These fatigues and dangers we
patiently encountered supported by the pleasing
hope of enjoying those rights and liberties which
had been granted Virginians, and were denied
us in our native country, and of transmitting them
inviolate to our posterity; but even to these re-
mote regions the hand of unlimited and unconsti-
tutional power hath pursued us, to strip us of
that liberty and property with which God, nature
and the rights of humanity have vested us. We
CAMPBELL FAMILY. 29
are ready aud willing to contribute all in our
power for the support of his Majesty's govern-
ment, if applied to us constitutionally, and when
the grants are made by our representatives, but
cannot think of submitting our liberty or prop-
erty to the power of a venal British Parliament,
or to the will of a corrupt ministry. We by no
means desire to shake otT our duty of allegiance
to our lawful sovereign but, on the contrary, shall
ever glory in being the loyal subjects of a Pro-
testant Prince descended from such illustrious
progenitors, so long as we can enjoy the free ex-
ercise of our religion as Protestants, and our
liberties and properties as British subjects.
"'But if no pacific measures shall be proposed
or adopted by Great Britain, and our enemies will
attempt to dragoon us out of these inestimable
privileges, which we are entitled to as subjects,
and to reduce us to a state of slavery, we declare
that we are deliberately and resolutely determined
never to surrender them to any power upon earth
but at the expense of our lives.
'These are our real, though unpolished, senti-
ments of liberty aud loyalty, and in them we are
resolved to live and die. We are, gentlemen, with
the most perfect esteem and regard, your most
obedient servants."
Here the above names are again signed.
The meeting of the freeholders of Fincastle
County, on the 20th of January, 1775, in answer
to the resolves of the Continental Congress was
not the first meeting held for this purpose in the
colony, but it was, as far as we have any record,
the first meeting in which the freeholders declared
that they were deliberately and resolutely deter-
mind never to surrender their inestimable privil-
eges to any power upon earth but at the expense
of their lives. The sentiments of this meeting were
definitely stated by the Committee of Safety when
they declared that the freeholders of Fincastle
County did not desire to shake off their allegiance
to their lawful sovereign as long as they could
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enjoy the free exercies of their religion as Pro-
testants and their liberties and properties as
British subjects.
The Committee of Safety appointed by the
freeholders of Fincastle Coimty, was composed of
sixteen men, any one of whom, by reason of his
intelligence and patriotism, was competent to draft
the address given.
"January 5, 1773.
"A call from the imited congregations of Ebb-
ing and Sinking Springs, on Holston's Eiver, Fin-
castle County, to be presented to the Rev. Charles
Cu minings, minister of the Gospel, at the Kev'd
Presbytery, of Hanover, when sitting at the Tink-
ling Spring:
''Worthcy and Dear Sir:
"We being in very destitute circumstances for
want of the ordinances of Christ's house statedly
administered amongst us under distressing spirit-
ual languishment, and multitudes perishing in
our sins for want of the bread of life broken
among us; our Sabbaths too much profaned, or
at least wasted in melancholy silence at home; our
hearts and hands discouraged; our spirits broken
with our mournful condition, so that human lan-
guage cannot sufficiently paint.
"Having had the happiness, by the good Provi-
dence of God, of enjoying part of your labors, to
our abundant satisfaction, and being universally
well satisfied by an experience of your ministerial
abilities, piety, literature, prudence, and peculiar
agreeableness of your qualificaions to ns in par-
ticular as a gospel minister. We do, worthey and
dear sir, from our very hearts, and with the most
cordial affection and unanimity, agree to call,
invite and entreat you to undertake the office of
a pastor among us, and the care and charge of
our precious souls. And upon your accepting of
this, our call, we do promise that we will receive
the word of God from your mouth, attend on
CAMPBELL FAMILY. 3I
jour ministry, iustructions and reproofs, in pub-
lic and private, and submit to the discipline which
Christ has appointed in his church administered
by you while regulated by the word of God, agree-
ably to our confession of faith and directory. And
that you may give yourself up wholly to the im-
portant work of the ministry, we do hereby
promise to pay unto you annuall}' the sum of
ninety pounds from the time of your accepting
this, our call; and that we shall behave ourselves
toward you with all that dutiful respect and affec-
tion that becomes a people towards their min-
ister, using all means within our power to ren-
der your life comfortable and happy. We en-
treat you, worthey and dear sir, to have compas-
sion upon us in this remote part of the world,
and accept this our call and invitation to the pas-
toral charge of our precious and immortal souls,
and we shall hold ourselves bound to pray. In
witness whereof, we hereunto set our hands, this
5th day of January, 1773.
''George Blackburn, Halbert, McClure, Robert
Craig, Augustas Webb, William Blackburn, Arthur
Blackburn, Joseph Black, Samuel Brlggs, John
Vance, Nathaniel Davis, Jonathan Douglas, West-
ley White, John Casey, Samuel Evans, Wm. Berry,
James Dorchester, Benjamin Logan, Wm. Ken-
nerdy, John Cuzeck, James Fulkerson, Robert Ed-
minston, Andrew McFerrin, James Piper, Stephen
Jordan, Thomas Berry, Samuel Hendrey, James
Harrold, Alexander McLaughlin, Robert Trimble,
John Patterson, Samuel Newell, James English,
Wm. Maguaghy, James Gilmore, David Wilson,
Richard More, David Dryden, John Lowery, David
Craig, Thomas Ramsey, Wm. McNabb, Wm. Chris-
tian, Robert Gamble, Samuel Wilson, John Davis,
Andrew Colville, Andrew Martin, Joseph Vance,
Wm. Laster, Wm. Poagee, Samuel Buchanan,
Joseph Laster, Wm. Young, John Berry, John
Boyd, Robert Buchanan, Wm. Davison, James
Berry, Robert Kirkman, Thomas Evans, James
Young. Samuel Huston. Martin Prewitt, Wm.
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Marlor, John Sharp, Henry Cardwell, Nicholas
Brodeston, Wm. Edmiston, John Long, George
Adams, Andrew Miller, Thomas Edmiston, Robert
Topp, George Buchanan, Alexander McNutt, John
Beatj, John Hunt, James Dysart, Wm. Frewitt,
David Beaty, Thomas Bayley, Wm. Miller, John Mc-
Cutcher, George Teetor, David Gatewood, Andrew
Leiper, James Berry, Michael llalfacre, Alexander
Breckinridge, David Snodgrass, James Trimble,
Stephen Cawood, George Clark, Daniel McCar-
mack, William Berry, James Gower, James
Moulden, Frances Kincannon, Moses Buchanan,
Robert Buchanan, Jr., Wm. Blanton, Joseph Snod-
gra.ss, David Carjon, Edward Jamison, Chris-
topher Acklin, James Thompson, Samuel Buch-
anan, Richard Heggons, James Craig, Robert Den-
niston, Wm. Beats, John Laster, Josinh Gamble,
Wm. Edmiston, Wm. McMillan, Hugh Johnson,
John McNabb, Andrew Kincannon, John Ken-
nerdy, Edward Pharis, Christopher Funkhouser,
John Kelley, Robert Lamb, Samuel White, John
Frankhouser, Sr., John Robinson, Thomas Raf-
ferty, Thomas Montgomery, John Frankhouser,
Jr., James Kincannon, Thomas Baker, Samuel
Bell, Thomas Sharp, Margaret Edmiston, John
Groce, John Campbell.
"We request the Rev. P. B., of Hanover, to pre-
sent this, our call, to the Reverend Charles Cum-
mings, minister of the gospel, and to concur in his
acceptance of it, and we shall account ourselves
happy in being your very obliged servants.
A Copy
Test
Andrew Russell, D. C. W. C."
"Endorsed
"Copy of a call from Ebbing and Sinking
Springs congregations to Reverend Charles Cum-
mings."
''Memo. — This is a faithful transcript from the
copy in my posses.sion, furnished by Gov. David
Campbell ; mine is not the original, only what it
CAMPBELL FAMILY. 33
purports to be, a copy — the body and signatures
in one handwriting. There is the following calcu-
lation in Gov. Campbell's chirography:
138 families
5
690 families.
"Lyman C. Draper.
"I^verington, Pa., Sept. 5, 1850."
The Campbells of Southwestern Virginia were all
of the Presbyterian faith, strong in their attachment
to the old Scotch Church. *David Campbell was an
officer in the Colonial Army in Virginia. He was in
a campaign against the Indians when his young son,
Arthur Campbell, at the age of sixteen, was taken
prisoner by the Indians, and kept for several years
on the Canadian lakes. See Virginia Magazine of
History, Vol. VII, No. 2, Oct., 1899, p. 26.
"White ^David" Campbell and "Mary Hamilton, his
wife, had thirteen children. Five sons were in the
Colonial and Continental service, four were distin-
guished men, Col's. ^Arthur and "Robert, Capt. •John,
and Judge ^David Campbell. Their names are as fol-
lows: "Catherine, "Mary, "Martha, "John, "Arthur,
"James, "William, "Margaret, "David, "Sarah, "Robert,
"Patrick and "Anne Campbell..
Their eldest daughter, "Catherine Campbell, married
Elijah McLannahan. She was born Februarty 1st,
1736, died 1798. They had four children: ^"David,
died young; "Mary, married William Mofifett, had
no children ; "Catherine, married James M. Craig, no
children; "Elijah McClannahan, married three times,
had a large family, removed from Virginia to Ken-
tucky, have no record of them.
"Mary Campbell, born 1737, married William Lock-
hart. They had six children : "Jane Lockhart, mar-
ried David Campbell, they had twelve children ; "Mary
Lockhart, married Alexander Campbell, they had
twelve children ; "Eliza Lockhart, married Robert
Huston — she died young, leaving four small children.
These three sisters lived in Tennessee, "Jane in the
34 HISTORIOAL BKETCHE8.
Grassy Valley, '''Mary on tlie French Broad above
Knoxville, and '"Eliza in Blount County. The two
first survived their husbands.
'°Jamcs and '"Martha Lockhart never married.
"Sarah Lockhart married William Goodpasture and
had a large family. She died near "Boyal Oak," on
the farm settled by her father, William Lockhart, when
he first located his land on the Holston.
^'Marlha Cami)bell born, 1739, died September, ISOl,
never married.
Captain "John Campbell, born April 20, 1741, died
in 1825, was an officer in the French and Indian
wars. The original commission, dated 1774, as Cap-
tain, from Lord Dunmore, the Eoyal Governor of
Virginia, is still in possession of L. R. Camj)bell, of
Nashville, Tenn., 1908. In 17G5 he explored the west-
ern wilderness with the noted Dr. Thomas Walker.
He participated in the battles of Point Pleasant, Oc-
tober 10, 1774, and Long Island Flats, July 20, 1776,
which were fought against the Indians. His name is
attached to a paper in which a number of prominent
citizens of Fincastle County, Virginia, "declare they
will not submit to tyranny of the English Govern-
ment and her oflicers in the Colony of Virginia," dated
1775. lie enlisted in 1776, and served throughout the
Revolutionary War, a brave and useful patriot. He
was at the battle of King's Mountain, also four of
his brothers and five cousins of the Campbell name
were in this battle. He married Elizabeth McDonald,
October 1, 1778. She was born May 29, 1753. They
had eight children : "David, "Eliza, "Catherine, "John,
"Arthur, "Edward, "Mary and "James Campbell.
W^ill give their descendants later.
THE m'dONALDS.
The massacre of the McDonalds of Glenco, Scotland,
by the Campbells of Inverary, took place in 1692 by
order of King W^illiam of England. The Campbells
should not be so severely censured for this action, as
they have been by many writers, especially McCauley
in his History of England. They were officers in
CAMPBELL FAMILY. 35
the King's Army, and only carried out his orders.
Campbell of Glenyon was the leader of the troops
at the time. These statements are found in old
letters from the McDonalds of Virginia, to, the
Campbells of Virginia, in regard to the marriage of
their two young McDonald nieces to the two Camp-
bell brothers, Capt. ^Johu and Col. ^Robert Campbell.
One of the McDonald uncles objects to the marriage
on accDunt of the old feud that existed in Scotland.
The other remonstrates, and says, "The two young
Campbells are noble young men, perfect gentlemen and
worthey of our nieces."
This' family trace back to the "Lords of the Isles."
Their ancestor was Lord Angus McDonald.
GENEALOGY OF THE M DONALDS.
^Briant McDonald and Mary Combs were the
parents of -Briant McDonald. ^James Robinson and
Catherine Howell were the parents of -Catherine Robin-
son. ^Edward Robinson and Anne Walraveu were the
parents of ^Israel Robinson.
^John rfendrixon and Breta Matsou were the parents
of -Elizabeth Rendrixon. ^Briant McDonald and
^Catherine Robinson were the parents of 'Edward Mc-
Donald. ^Isreal Robinson and -Elizabeth Hendrixon
were the parents of ^Elizabeth Robinson. ^Edward
McDonald and ^Elizabeth Robinson were the parents
of ^Elizabeth McDonald, who married Capt. *John
Campbell in 1778.
Her sister, Rebecca McDonald, married Col. 'Robert
Campbell, a brother of Captain 'John Campbell. 'Ed-
ward McDonald was killed by the Indians, leaving
his beautiful young widow, ^Elizabeth Robinson Mc-
Donald, to rear their four young daughters. The third
daughter married John Greenway. The fourth mar-
ried Andrew Russell. They left families in Abingdon,
Va.
In 1745, the Highland Chieftains rebelled against
George the Second of England in favor of the Pre-
tender. Prince Charles Edward. They were defeated
in the memorable battle of Culloden. Many of the
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Scotch rebels were pardoned, upon condition that they
would emigrate to the Colonies in America; others
came voluntarily, to be free from the tyranny and
oppression of the English Government. Most of these
Scotch emigrants settled in Pennsylvania, Virginia,
North and South Carolina. All of the Scotch who emi-
grated to America after 1746 were required by George
the Second to take an oath pledging themselves to
be his true and loyal subjects, not to take up arms
against him. This is why many of the early Scotch
settlers in the Colonies were loyalists or ''Tories," as
they were called by those in rebellion against the King
of England.
They felt bound by their oath ; and the Scotch have
great reverence for an oath. Many of the Campbells,
Harailtons and McDonalds, were true to the mother
country during the American Eevolution, especially
those in North and South Carolina. Those residing
in Pennsylvania and Virginia sided with the colonies
and against the King. The noble Scotch maiden, Flora
McDonald, who figures in English History in the time
of the Pretender, was of this family, and after the
troubles in Scotland made it unpleasant for those who
had taken part in the rebellion to remain there, she
having married, in the meantime, a cousin of the
same name, came with her husband and children to
North Carolina, and lived there for some years, but
as they were loyalists they returned to Scotland at
the close of the Eevolution. William Wirt, in his life
of Patrick Henry, says: "The spirit of Revolution
in Virginia began in the highest circles of the com-
munity and worked its way down to the lower, the
bone and sinew of the country."
A copy of Capt. ®John Campbell's military commis-
sion:
"John Earl of Dunmore, Viscount Fincastle,
Baron Murrey of Blair, of Monlin and of Tillimet,
Lieutenant and Governor General of his Majesty
and Colony and Dominion of Virginia, and Vice-
Admiral of same :
CAMPBELL FAMILY. 37
''To John Campbell, Gent, of Middle Fork, of Eol-
ston :
"By virlue of the power aud authority to me
given, as his Majesty's Lieutenant and Governor
General, and Commander-in-chief in aud over this
Colony and Dominion of Virginia, with full power
and authority to appoint all officers, both civi
and military, within the same, I reposmg especial
trust in your loyalty, courage and good conduct,
do, bv these presents, appoint you, the said John
Campbell, lieutenant in a company of militia of
the County of Fincastle, whereof William Preston,
Esquire, is Lieutenant and Chief Commander:
''You are, therefore, to act as Lieutenant by
duly exercising the officers and soldiers under your
command, taking particular care that they be pro^
vided with arms and ammunition, as the laws of
the Colony direct; and you are to observe and fol-
low such orders and directions from time to time,
as you shall receive from me, or any other supe-
rior officers, according to the Rules and Discipline
of War, in pursuance of the trust reposed m you.
"Given at Williamsburg, under my hand, and
the Seal of the Colony, this seventeenth day of
January, and in the fourteenth year of his Maj-
esty's reign.
"Annoque Domini 1774.
"DUNMOBB."
"David Campbell, Governor of Virginia from March
1837 to 1840, was a native of Washington County, was
born on the 7th of August, 1779, at '^Royal Oak." He
was the eldest son of »John Campbell, an early pioneer
of Southwestern Virginia, and Clerk of the county
from 1778 to 1824. The family were all Whigs and
took an active part in the struggle for independence.
His mother was Elizabeth, daughter of Edward Mc-
Donald and Mary Robinson, his wife, who removed
from Delaware to the Valley of Virginia at an early
^"David Campbell, reared in his native county, and
educated at country schools, supported principally by
38 UIHTORICAL SKETCnES.
his fjither, was indebtod for early leligious instruc-
tion, for bis ambition to learn, and for many exem-
plary habits, which remained with him through life, to
the teaching of an excellent mother. He was born
in the midst of the revolution, was nurtured in in-
fancy by his Whig mother, and educated under the
direction and care of a father who believed there was
no distinction between men, except that which is jiro-
duced by virtue, talents, education and public service.
When his son grew to an age that he could think for
himself, his own reading and reflection confirmed him
in these fundamental truths. Early in life he took
sides with the Republicans, of which party Mr. Jef-
ferson was the acknowledged leader, and never swerved
from the political principles then adopted. He then
thought the Union of the States under one federal
head a measure of absolute necessity for the preser-
vation of the liberties of the people, and that although
defective, the adoption of the federal constitution was
a wise measure, at the same time he considered the
powers and patronage of the federal executive as
highly objectionable. He voted for Mr. Jefferson, Mr.
Madison, Col. Monroe, Gen. Jackson and Mr. Van
Buren for the presidency; but during Mr. Van Buren's
administration measures were carried which he could
not approve, and in opposition to which he found
himself obliged to act in order to save the state from
great embarrassment. He did not hesitate to do his
duty nor did he falter in vindicating measures which
he saw were necessary. His acts are now part of the
history of his State, and that State will no doubt pass
an impartial judgment upon them.
At the age of sixteen, ^"David Campbell was placed
in the County Court Clerk's office to learn the duties
of a clerk. He spent three years thus employed, and
in reading history and elementary works on law. Be-
fore he was twenty years of age he was married to
Maria Hamilton, daughter of Col. *David Campbell,
of Campbell's Station, Tenn. He soon thereafter took
entire charge of the Clerk's office, and continued to
discharge its duties until July, 1812. War having
been declared against Great Britain, he accepted the
CAMPBELL FAMILY. 39
appointment of Major in llie 12th Regiment of In-
fantry in tlie Army of the United States, and imme-
diately received orders and joined the regiment at
Winchester, Va., under Col. Thomas Parker, and
marched to the Niagara frontier. In March, 1S13,
he was promoted to Lieut. Colonel of the 20th Eegi-
ment. under Col. Tlumias M. K;mdo]i>h, and served in
the campaign of 18l;j on the St. Lawrence. He re-
signed and served the campaign of 1814 in the militia
of his own state.
At the session of the General Assembly which met
immediately after the close of this campaign, an act
was passed to raise a regular military force of 10,000
men, to be organized into divisions and four brigades,
and it proceeded to appoint the general officers. Col-
onel Campbell was elected the commander of the third
brigade, showing the estimation in which he was held
by those who were personally acquainted with his
services and qualifications. Peace being declared
shortly afterward the troops were not raised.
In 1820, he was elected State Senator and served
four years, then declined to be a candidate again. He
was then, in 1824, elected Clerk of the County Court,
and was again elected unanimously. In 1834, he was
elected a Major General of the Militia and in 1837
Governor of the commonwealth of his state. Since
1840 he has resided on his farm, adjoining Abingdon,
Va., in quiet and peaceful retirement, performing the
duties of a Justice of the Peace till the late change
in the Constitution ; also the duties of a School Com-
missioner and Trustee of an Academy when his health
permitted. He was, in its proper sense, a practical
business man, and his success in life was very largely
owing to and was greatly promoted by his strict per-
sonal attention to the duties of whatever character he
undertook. (This sketch is from an old manuscript.)
Gov. David Campbell died at his home, "Montcalm,"
near Abingdon, Va., in 1859. His wife died the same
year. They had no children, but adopted a niece, Vir-
ginia Camjpbell, who married Eev. Wm. Shelton. Her
children presented to the Virginia Historical Society
a portrait of Gov. David Campbell.
40 HlBTORlOAJj SKETCHES.
A collection of Gov. David Campbell's letters and
manuscripts which now belong to his great-nephew,
Lemuel Kussell Campbell, an attorney of Nashville,
Tenu., is valuable from an historical standpoint.
Therefore, I give a partial list of the authors of the
letters and also copy some of the letters and manu-
scripts:
Gen. Andrew Jackson, from 1797 to 1843, nine let-
ters; Hon. Hugh L. White, from 1823 to 1836; Gov.
Archibald Koane, from 1800 to 1801, six letters; Gov.
Willie Blount, 1812; Col. Arthur Campbell, from 1786
to 1809, three letters; Gen. Thomas Parker, from 1813,
two letters; Judge Henry Tucker, 1823; Johnson Tay-
lor, 1803; Col. John Campbell, United States Treas-
urer, 1806; Mrs. Sarah B. Campbell Preston, 1811 to
1828; President Martin Van Buren, 1837; Henry Clay,
1840; John J. Crittendon, 1844; President Zachary
Taylor, 1848; President Winfield Scott; President Jef-
ferson Davis, 1838; President Abraham Lincoln, 1853;
William C. Rieves, 1838; Mrs. Dolly Payne I^fadison,
1838; Manuscripts about the battles of Point Pleasant,
Octol>er 10, 1774, and Long Island Flats, July 20, 1776,
and King's Mountain, October 7, 1782. Also three old
deeds dated 1801 and 1805.
"Copy of a letter from Isaac Shelby to John Shelby,
dated 16th October, 1774, giving an account of the
battle at the mouth of the Great Kanhawa with north-
em tribes of Indians, sometimes called Battle of Point
Pleasant."— W. B. Campbell.
'*^CAMP OPPOSITB THB MOUTH OF THB GREAT KANHAWA.
"OCTOBEE 16, 1774.
"Dear Uncle:
"I gladly embrace this opportunity to acquaint
you that we are all here yet alive through God's
mercies, and I sincerely wish that this may find
you and your family in the station of health that
we left you. I never had anything worth notice
to acquaint you with till now, the express seems
to be hurrying, that I cannot write you with the
Gov. David Campbell
Of Abingdon Va.; Born 1779;
His Wife, Mary H. Campbell; Niece, Virginia Campbell,
and Nephew, David H. R. Campbell.
CAMPBELL FAMILY. 41
same cooluess aud delibei'ation as I would. All
arrived at the mouth of the Kanhawa Tliursday,
6th of October, aud encamped on a fine piece of
ground, with au intent to wait lor Governor Dun-
more and his party, but hearing that he Avas go-
ing another way, we contented ourselves to stay,
then, a few days to rest the troops, and where we
looked upon ourselves to be in safety till Mon-
day morning, the 10th instant, when two of our
company went out before day to hunt, to-wit:
Val. Sevier and James Eobinson, and discovered
a party of Indians. As I expect you will hear
something of our battle before you get this 1 have
here stated the affair newly to you. For the satis-
faction of the people in your parts, in this they
have a true state of the memorable battle fought
at the mouth of the Great Kanhawa on the 10th
instant. Monday morning about half an hour be-
fore sunrise two of Captain Wm. KusselFs com-
pany discovered a large party of Indians about
a mile from camp, one of which men was killed.
The other made his escape and brought in his in-
telligence. In two or three minutes after two
of Capt. Shelby's company came in and confirmed
the account. Col. Andrew Lewis, being informed,
then immediately ordered Col. Charles Lewis to
take the command of 150 men from Augusta, and
with him went Capt. Dickinson, Capt. Harrison,
Capt. Wilson, Capt. John Lewis, from Augusta,
and Capt. Lockridge, which made the first divi-
sion. Col. Fleming was also ordered to take com-
mand of one hundred and fifty more, consisting
of "Bottertout, Fincastle and Bedford troop, viz:
Capt. Buford, of Bedford; Capt. Love, of Bot-
tertout, Capt. Shelby and Capt. Russell, of Fin-
castle, which made the second division. Col. T^ewis
marched with his division to the right some dis-
tance from the Ohio. Col. Fleming with his
division up the bank of the Ohio to the
left. Col. Fleming and his division had
not marched more than a quarter of a
mile from Camp when, about sunrise, an attack
42 HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
was made on the frout of liis division, in a most
vigorous manner by (be united tribes of Indians,
Sbawnees, Delawares, Mingoes, Taways and sev-
eral other nations, in number not less than eight
hundred, and by many thought to be a thousand.
"In this heavy attack, Col. Charles Lewis re-
ceived a wound Avhich soon after caused his death,
and several of his men fell on the spot; in fact,
the Augusta division was forced to give way to
the heavy fire of the enemy.
"In about the second minute after this attack
on Colonel Lewis' division, the enemy engaged
the front of Col. Fleming's division on the Oliio,
and in a short time Col. Fleming received two
balls through his left arm, and one through his
breast, and after animating the captains and sol-
diers in a calm manner to the pursuit of victory,
returned to camp. The loss of the brave colonel
was sensibly felt, by the officers in particular. But
the Augusta trooi)S being shortly reinforced from
camp by Col. Field with his Company together
with Capt. McDowell, Capt. Matthews and Capt.
Stuart from Augusta, Capt. John Lewis, Capt.
Paulin, Capt. Arbuckle and Capt. McClannahan
from Bottertout. The enemy no longer able to
maintain their ground were forced to give way
till they were in line with the troops left in ac-
tion on branches of the Ohio by Col. Fleming.
In this precipitate retreat Col. Fields was killed,
after which Capt. Shelby was ordered to take com-
mand during this time, which was after twelve of
the clock, the action continued very hot, the close
underwood, many steep banks and logs greatly
favored their retreat, and the bravest of their men
made the best use of themselves, while others were
throwing their dead into the Ohio, and carrying off
the wounded. After twelve the action in a small
degree abated, but continued sharp enough
until after one o'clock.
''Their long retreat gave them a most advant-
ageous spot of ground, from where it appeared to
the officers so difficult to dislodge them, that it
CAMPBELL FAMILY. 43
was tlioiijiht most advisable to stand as tlie line
was then formed, which was about a mile and a
quarter in length, and had till then sustained a con-
stant and equal weight of tire from wing to wing.
It was still half an hour of sunset, tliey continued
firing on ns, which we returned to tlieir disadvant-
age; at length night coming on they found a safe
retreat. They had not the satisfaction of scalping
any of our men save one or two stragglers whom
they killed before the engagement. Many of their
dead they scalped rather than we should have them,
but our troops scalped upwards of twenty of those
who were tirst killed. Jt is beyond a doubt their
loss in numbers far exceeded ours, w^hich is con-
siderable. Field officers killed : Col. Charles
Sevier, Col. John Fields. Field officers wounded:
Col. Wm. Fleming. Captains killed : John Murrey,
Samuel Wilson, Kobert McClanahan, James Ward.
Captains wounded : Thomas Buford, John Dick-
inson, John Skidmar. Subalterns killed : Lieuten-
ant Hugh Allen, Ensign Matthew Bracken, and
Ensign Cundiff. Subalterns wounded : Lieuten-
ants Lane, Vance, Goldman, and James Robertson,
and about forty-six killed and sixty wounded.
From tliis you may judge that we had a very hard
day of it. It is really impossible for me to express
or you to conceive the acclamations we were under;
sometimes the hideous cries of the enemy, and the
groans of our wounded men lying around, was
enough to shudder the stoutest heart. It is the
general opinion of the officers that we shall soon
have another engagement, as we have now got over
into the enemy's country. We expect to meet the
Governor's party about forty or fifty miles from
here. Nothing will save us from another battle,
unless they attack the Governor's party. Five
men that came in Dady's company were killed. I
don't know that you were acquainted with any of
them except Mark Williams, who lived with Roger
Top. Acquaint Mr. Carmack that his own son was
slightly wounded through the shoulder and arm,
and that he is in a likely w ay of recovery. We leave
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him at the mouth of the Can away, and one very
careful hand to take care of him. There is a garri-
son and three hundred men left at that place, with
a surgeon to heal the wounded. We expect to re-
turn to the garrison in about sixteen days from the
Shawny towns. I have nothing more particular to
acquaint you with concerning the battle. As to
the country, I can not say much in praise of any
that 1 have yet seen, Dady's intended writing you,
but did not know of the express until the time was
too short. I have wrote to Mammy, though not so
fully as to you, as I then expected the express was
just going. We seem to be all in a moving position,
just going from place to place, so that I must con-
clude, wishing you health and prosperity until I
see you and your family. In the meantime I am
your truly affectionate friend and humble servant,
"Isaac Shelby.
"To Mr. John SJwlhy, Eolston River, Fincastle
County, Va.
"For'd by Mr. Benj. Grey."
Copy of Col. Wm. Preston's Letter, October 31, 1774,
About the Battle of Point Pleasant.
"October Yb 31st, 1774.
"Dear Sir:
"Being on my way home from Fincastle Court,
was overtaken this evening by the letters from Col.
Christian and other gentlemen on the expedition,
giving an account of a battle which was fought
between our troops and the enemy Indians, on the
10th instant, in Fork of the Ohio and the Great
Kanahwa.
"The particulars of the action drawTi up by Col.
Andrew Lewis I have sent you enclosed, also a
return of the killed and wounded, by which you
will see that we have lost many brave and valiant
officers and soldiers, whose loss to their families as
well as to the community is very great. Col.
Christian with the Fincastle troops (except the
companies commanded by Capts. Russell and
CAMPBELL FAMILY. 45
Shelby, who were in the action) were on the march,
and on the evening of that day, about fifteen miles
from the field of battle, heard that the action began
in the morning. They marched hard and got to
the camp about midnight. The cries of the
wounded, without any person of skill or anything
to nourish people in their unhappy situation was
striking. The Indians had cross^ed the river on
rafts six or eight miles above the Forks, in the
night, and it is believed, intended to attack the
camp had they not been prevented by our men
marching to meet them at the distance of half a
mile It is said the enemy behaved with bravery
and 'great caution, that they frequently d—-d
our men, for white sons of b s \\hy did
they not whistle now? (alluding to the fifes) and
that they would learn them to shoot. The Gov-
ernor was then at the Hock Hocking, about twelve
or fifteen miles below the mouth of the Little
Kanahwa, from whence he intended to march his
party to a place called Chillicoffee, about twenty
miles further than the towns where it was said the
Shawnees had assembled with their families and
allies to make a stand, as they had good horses and
plenty of ammunition and provisions, and had
cleared the woods to a great distance from the
place. .. n
*'His party, who were to march from the Camp,
was about 1,200, and to join Col. Sevier's party
about twenty-eight miles from Chillicoffee. But
whether the action above mentioned would discon-
cert this plan or not, I think appears a little uncer-
tain, as there is a probability that His Excellency
might with his party fall down the river to join Col.
Lewis' party, and march together against the
enemy. They were about building a breastwork at
the Forks, and after leaving a proper party to take
care of the wounded and the provisions there, that
Col Lewis could march upwards of a thousand men
to join his Lordship, so that the whole when they
meet will be about 2,200 choice men. What may
be their success God only knows, but it is highly
46 HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
probable the matter is decided before this time.
Col. Christian sajs from the account he had the
enemy behaved with inconceivable bravery. The
head men walked about in the time of action ex-
horting their men 'to lie close, shoot well, be strong,
and fight.' They had parties planted on the oppo-
site sides of both rivers to shoot our men as they
swam over, not doubting, as it is sujjposed, but they
would gain a complete victory. In the evening
late, they called to our men 'that they had 2,000 men
for them tomorrow, and that they had 1,100 men
now as well as they.' They also made very merry
about a Treaty.
"Poor Col. Charles Lewis was shot in a clear
piece of ground, as he had not taken a tree, encour-
aging his men to advance. On being w^ounded, he
handed his gun to a person nigh him and retired to
the camp, telling his men as he passed, *I am
wounded, but go on and be brave.' If the loss of a
good man, a sincere friend, and a brave officer
claims a tear, he certainly is entitled to it. Col.
Fields was shot at a great tree by two Indians on
his right, while one on his left was amusing him
with talk, and the Colonel endeavoring to get a shot
at him. Beside the loss the troops met with in
action by Col. Fleming, who was obliged to retire
from the field, which was very great, the wounded
met with the most irreparable loss in an able and
skillful surgeon. Col, Christain says that his lungs
(Fleming's), or a part of them, came out of the
wound in his breast, but were pushed back, and in
the last part of his letter, which was dated the 16th
Inst., he has some hope of his recovery. Thus, sir,
I have given you an account of the action from the
several letters I received, and have only to add that
Col. Christian desires me to inform Mrs. Christian
of his welfare, which with great pleasure I do
through this channel. And should any further
news come, which I much expect soon, I shall take
the earliest opportunity of communicating the same
to you. It is believed the troops will surely return
in two . I write in a hurry, and amidst a
CAMPBELL FAMILY. 47
crowd of inquisitive people, therefore hope you'll
excuse the inaccuracy of, dear sir, ^ ,. x
"Your sincere well-wisher and most obedient
servant,
"Wm. Pbeston.
up s._if vou please, you may give Mr. Purdie a
copy of the enclosed papers, & anything else you
may think worth the notice of the public."
^^Mcmd.— This letter, copied from the orig-
inal in my possession, was doubtless addressed to
Patrick Ilenrv. The original covers both sides of
a foolscap haff sheet, detached from the other half,
upon which the name of the person addressed ap-
peared. I obtained it from Col. Fontaine's family,
and it must have been found among Governor
Henry's papers. . ,- ^ t^
"L. C. Draper.
"Buffalo, N. Y., 31st March, 1S43.
''For Gov. D. Campbell, Abingdon, Va."
'^Lvmau C. Draper's very valuable historical
papers and letters are now in possession of the
State Historical Society at Madison, Wisconsin
''M. C. PiLCHER.''
Copy OF A LB-n-ER to David Campbell, of Abingdon, Va.
"Cumberland Gap, August 18, 1810.
"My Dear Nephew :
"Yours of the 10th inst. came safe to hand. My
object relating to the memoir is that it may be
revised so as to have it as perfect as possible, and
send it to Mr. Barlow, to be inserted entire in his
new history of the American Revolution. To let
it appear first in a newspaper would lessen its im-
portance, and take away its novelty, a tbmg of
great value in the mind of many readers. I have
hopes that a member of Congress from Kentucky
can introduce the Memoir to the historian with
some advantage; his readiness to gratify Mr.
Montgomerv, of North Carolina, relating to Tom
g4 HISTORICAL SKETOHEB.
Paine, gives confidence that lie will give celebrity to
our hero and patriot, who was always "true to him-
self,' his country and his friends. I have by me
Col. Isaac Shelby's account of the action to the
same purport of that of Gen. Campbell's. It may
be useful to publish it in a newspaper to excite
curiosity, to prevent the egotism of friends, and to
show the falsity of Cleveland's account, as copied
and embelished by Dr. Ramsey.
"Madam Warren ought to have written with cir-
cumspection. Her hero is represented in a ludi-
crous point of view on Bunker Hill in the Memoirs
of a General Officer; others have said he had more
of the character of Cicero than that of Julius
Caesar; or rather more of that of than
that of General Montgomery. His appearance was
like that of a Meteor; it was death that gave his
memory the wings of fame. The brilliant part of
our hero's career* was one short year; but his
conduct on Kings Mountain, and at Guilford, was
decisive of his great military talents. Some his-
torians, and John Randolph, lately in Congress,
make the battle at the Cow-pens as the most splen-
did action in the Southern department. The paper
I send with these lines will enable you to make a
just comparison of the two actions. I had my
account from Capts. James Tate, Buchanan, and
other Augusta men. Judge David Campbell, then
a Major, and ought to have been with Morgan with
three companies of Botetourt Militia, can tell the
whole correctly, as he joined Morgan a few days
after the battle.
"Thus you see what erroneous errors may be in-
troduced into history, which of all writings ought
to have a strict regard to truth. We ought to say
rather too little, than too much, in the narrative
part; if we indulge in supposition or hyperbole,
let it be in adding the moral and political tendency
of great actions.
"Yours with great regard,
"A. Campbell."
(Col. Arthur Campbell.)
*Gen. William Campbell.
CAMPBELL FAMILY. 4$
Copy of a Letter from Col. Arthur Campbell to His
Nephew, David Campbell, of Abingdon, Va.
*'Favor of Major Tate.
"Lee County, October 18, 1810.
"Dear Sir:
"Some items of the gala day in commemoration
of the battle on Kings Mountain have reached us,
all verbally told; a Presbyterian Elder, of Ken-
tucky, who had a view of the scene of the evolutions
of the Kegiments, said the celebration was after a
carnal manner and no way edifying. A distin-
guished Tory found fault with everything. Major
Tate relates a very different story, and what he says
about the vocal music of the ladies, and the numer-
ous assemblage of them at the Temple of Fame,
gives an eclat to the scene not to be paralleled by
anything that has taken place in America. Garrick
could do no more; General Washington, passing
through the triumphal arch at Trenton, on his way
to the inauguration as President, was unequal to
youi*s, both in reality and feeling. I feel regret
that I was not there to mingle my tears with the
angelic patriots, and to participate in the feelings
of the remains of the forlorn hope of Virginia.
"I am taking measures to procure documents to
explain and justify the trial and execution of the
Tory oflScers after their surrender. It is well
known that after Gates defeated the British Com-
mander, Cornwallis set the example in a summary
way without a trial. General Campbell was urged
to the measure by several South Carolina officers
whose friends had been victims to Tory barbarity.
Your father and I well know that it was no part of
our friend's character to succumb to an enemy. He
never calculated consequences when it wag his duty,
and his country's interest, to act decisively. Do
not forget to return me the Memoir that is a fair
copy, in time to forward it by a Member of Con-
gress to the author of the new history of the Rev-
olution. You will also oblige me by a reading of
whatever may be prized relating to the transac-
4
50 niSTORWAL SKETCHES.
tions of the 6th inst. in Abingdon. Please deliver
the enclosed to your neighbor.
"Your affectionate uncle,
"Aktuub Campbell.^'
Copy op Letter from Thomas Jefferson, Original in
Possession of L. 11. Campbell, Nashville, Tenn.
Marked '^'^Fbbb: Tho. Jefferson.^'
"MoNTicELLO, November 10, 1822.
"Sir:
"I have to acknowledge your favor of the 4th
inst., which gives me the first information I had
ever received that the laurels which Col. (William)
Campbell so honorably won in the Battle of Kings
Mountain had ever been brought in question by
anyone. To him has ever been ascribed so much of
the success of that brilliant action as the valor and
conduct of an able commander might justly claim.
This lessens nothing the merits of his companions
in arms, officers and soldiers, who all, and everyone,
acted well their parts in their respective stations.
I have no papers on the subject in my possession,
all such received at that day having belonged to
the records of the Council ; but I remember well
the deep and grateful impression made on the mind
of everyone by that memorable victory. It was
the joyful annunciation of that turn of the tide of
success which terminated the Revolutionary War
with the seal of our independence. The slighting
expression complained of as hazarded by the ven-
erable Shelby might seem inexcusable in a younger
man ; but he was then old, and I can assure you,
dear sir, from mortifying experience, that the
lapses of memory of an old man are innocent sub-
jects of compassion, more than blame. The de-
scendants of Col. Campbell may rest their heads
quietly on the pillow of his renown ; history has
consecrated, and will forever preserve in it the
faithful annals of a grateful country, with the
expressions of the high sense I entertain of his
CAMPBELL FAMILY. 51
character, except the assurance to yourself of my
great esteem aud respect,
"Tno. Jefferson.
''To John Campbell, Esq., Richmond, Va..
''P. S. — I received at the same time with your
letter, one from Mr. William C Preston, on the
same subject. Writing is so slow and painful to
me that I must pray you to make for me any
acknowledgments to him and my request that he
will consider this as an answer to his as well as to
your favor.
This letter is addressed to Lyman C. Draper, Esq.,
Alexander, "Venesee County, New York :
Cf
"Richmond, Va., April 2, 1840.
"Dear Sib:
"I received a few days ago your letter of the 19th
of last month, asking information on a subject
which has often afforded me very deep interest, and
take the first leisure hour I have to say to you that
I will with great pleasure furnish you with all I
can obtain as soon as I return home, and can collect
the materials. In the meantime, and for your more
immediate amusement, I will now give you a state-
ment of some matters which have been impressed
upon my memory.
"Wlien I return to my residence adjoining Abing-
don, in Washington County, I will turn my atten-
tion to the collection of facts to enable me to go
more into detail.
"The first settlers on the Holston River were a
remarkable race of people, for their intelligence,
enterprise, and hardy adventure. The greater
portion of them had emigrated from the Counties
of Botetourt, Augusta and Frederick, and other
counties along the same valley, and from the up-
per counties of Maryland and Pennsylvania, were
mostly descendants of Scotch-Irish stock, and gen-
erally where they had any religious opinions were
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Presbyterians. A large proportion were religious
and many were members of the church.
''There were some families however, and among
them the most w^ealthy, that were extremely wild
and dissipated in their habits. The first clergy-
man that came among them was the Rev. Charles
Cmnmings, an Irishman by birth, but educated in
Pennsylvania.
''This gentleman was one of the first settlers;
defended his domicile for years with his rifle in
his hand, and built his first meeting house on the
very spot where he and two or three neighbors
and one servant had a severe skirmish with the
Indians, in which one of his party was killed and
another wounded. Here he preached to a very
large and respectable congregation for more than
thirty years, and until he had reached his eightieth
year, and was unable longer to preach. He was
a man of great personal firmness and dignity of
character, was a zealous Whig and contributed
much to kindle the patriotic fire which blazed
forth so brilliantly among this people in the Rev-
olutionary struggle. The Campbell family from
which I am descended were originally from Inver-
ary, Argylshire, Scotland, in the Highlands. They
went from Scotland to Ireland during the reign
of Queen Elizabeth of England, and from thence
to the English colonies in America.
"John Campbell, my great-grandfather, and the
great-grandfather of Gen. William Campbell, came
from Ireland with a family of ten or twelve chil-
dren, leaving behind him only one son, and set-
tled near Lancaster, in Pennsylvania, about 1726. _
His oldest son, Patrick, was the grandfather of
Gen. William Campbell. His youngest son, David,
was the father of Col. Arthur Campbell and my
great-grandfatlier, in that Gen. Campbell and my-
self were second cousins. The family remained
in Pennsylvania but a few years, and then re-
moved to the frontiers of Virginia, in that part
which afterwards formed the County of Augusta.
Here they lived many years. John Campbell
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(my father) and bis brother, Col. Arthur Camp-
bell, were both born, raised and educated in this
county. Gen. William Campbell was also born,
raised and educated here. About ten years before
the beginning of the war of the Revolution, my
grandfather, with his wife and ten children then
living, and all nearly grown, and the mother of
Gen. Wm. Campbell (his father being dead), with
her only son William and four young daughters, all
unmarried, removed to, and settled on, the Hols-
ton River. The whole country then in a wilder-
ness, was visited often by Indians as a hunting
ground.
"My grandfather had five sons, John, Arthur,
David, Robert and Patrick. He had been, and
was a farmer in moderate circumstances, living
well, but having at his command but small pe-
cuniary means, and wdthout ambition to make
his sous more than farmers like himself. Not so,
however, with his wife, Mary Hamilton Camp-
bell, whom I well recollect when eighty years of
age, sitting on her horse and side-saddle as straight
as a girl of eighteen, 'and riding miles into the
country among her neighbors. She was a very
intelligent and ambitious little black-eyed
Scotch-Irish Avoman, and would have her sons
educated, and what her husband lacked of means
she supplied from the savings of her dairy. They
all received good English and mathematical educa-
tions, and were inured to labor on the farm. One
son, David, was liberally educated after the
Scotch-Irish fashion. Gen. Wm. Campbell had
also received a similar education. These young
men from boyhood had been accustomed to Indian
warfare. At the age of sixteen, Col. Arthur Camp-
bell, then a volunteer in service at one of the
forts on the frontier of Augusta County, was cap-
tured by the Indians and kept a prisoner on the
Canadian lakes for several years. "VMien Gen.
Johnson made his campaign against the Northern
Indians about 1763, Arthur Campbell made his
escape, reached the army, and rendered important
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service in piloting it through the country. Jolin
Campbell, my father, served, at the age of eighteen,
under the celebrated Indian fighter, Gilbert Chris-
tian, of Augusta, and was in one of his most bril-
liant affairs with the Indians. Isaac Shelby was
in the battle of Point Pleasant. John Campbell
was in the same battle, in the regiment commanded
by Col. Win. Christian, which came up during the
engagement, and pursued the Indians the next
day across tlie Ohio. I have no recollection of
ever hearing that Wm. Campbell was there and
do not think he was. At the October session, 177G,
of the General Assembly, the County of Wash-
ington was formed, and the first court was held
January, 1777. A regiment of militia was im-
mediately organized, and Arthur Campbell was
appointed County Lieutenant, and William Camp-
bell Colonel. Arthur had now married William's
third sister, Margaret, a woman of excellent mind
and of uncommon beauty and sprightliness. This
young wife encouraged her husband and urged
him forward in all his plans by which he might
acquire distinction and reputation as a public
man. Her whole mind seemed to be devoted to
this one object, to which she made every other
bend. No privation, however great, in the smallest
degree annoyed her if she believed it was in con-
sequence of her husband's efforts to acquire either
military or civil distinction. Her extreme solic-
itude and promptings to push her husband up
the ladder of fame, caused him sometimes to make
false steps and involved him in unnecessary alter-
cations with his brother-in-law and others. Ex-
cept in this, and it w^as always done in a mode
and manner to gratify her husband, she was
among the most exemplary of women, in her de-
portment towards him, never having a thought
in opposition to his upon any subject, and be-
lieving him to be the greatest man in the country,
not excepting her brother, of whose qualities she
entertained a very exalted opinion.
''When over forty-five years of age I saw her, and
CAMPBELL FAMILY. 55
then she was very beautiful, although she had
become rather corpulent, and was attlicted with
rheumatism. At this period there was a general
military spirit among the people of the County,
and among the inhabitants of North Carolina
bordering on it. No officers resigned their mili-
itary commissions, of consequence no vacancies oc-
curred except in cases of death and removal. Col.
Arthur Campbell retained the command of the
70th regiment, to which he had been first ap-
pointed, nearly thirty years, and I, when a boy,
recollect seeing several captains, in his regiment,
with heads perfectly white with age, at the heads
of their companies on days of general training
and review.
"Col. Arthur Campbell was a farmer, but spent
much of his time in traveling after the close of
the Revolution. He was above middle stature,
not quite six feet high, his person was good, his
gait erect and lofty, his manners very graceful.
His fine eyes, long chin and nose, and general
outline of his face would strike the observer in
a moment, and impress upon him that he was
looking upon no ordinary man. He was easy and
pleasant in his manners when he chose to be so,
but these traits were not natural to him. In
conversation he was remarkably fluent and inter-
esting. His reading had been extensive, so that
he seemed familiar with all subjects, without hav-
ing a really scientific knowledge of them. And
among the most intelligent gentlemen he was cap-
able of taking the lead in conversation. His hobby,
both in letter writing and in conversation was
politics, and I suppose no man in the country car-
ried on a more extensive correspondence. With
the man of society he was not personally popular,
although much respected, owing principally to
the circumstance that he would not relax in his
manners to suit it. In his temper, he was hasty
and excitable and disposed to be overbearing;
and was often engaged in violent personal quar-
rels. He was a most zealous Whig, taking an
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active part in favor of the revolution from its
first (lawn, and never at any period entertaining
the smallest doubt about the success of the peo-
ple in their struggle for indei)endence. I knew
him intimately for twelve or fifteen years of his
life, commencing about his sixtieth or sixty-fifth
years. He then resided on the farm he first set-
tled after going to Holston. A few years before
his death he moved to Kentucky and died there,
on Yellow Creek in that state, of cancer in the
face about the seventy-fourth year of his age.
His wife survived him a short time, and died there
also at about the age of seventy. They had twelve
children, six sons and six daughters, all of whom
grew to manhood and womanhood, and I believe
were all alive when their parents died. Now five
sons and three daughters are dead. Their oldest
son, William, is alive. He is said to resemble
his uncle, Wm. Campbell, in stature, and shap6
of face, except his temples are more indented. He
is said to be like his uncle in disposition also.
Having been, from my boyhood, intimate with
this cousin, and having heard my father relate
so many anecdotes about Gen. Wm. Campbell, I
shall be able to give you a very accurate account
of him when I have leisure. John B. Campbell,
the second son of Col. Arthur Campbell, was liber-
ally educated, became a lawyer and settled in
the South of Kentucky, where he married. At
the commencement of the late war with Great
Britain he, then about 35 years of age, received
the commission of Lieut.-Col. in the United States
Army, was in a campaign with Gen. Harrison in
the Northwest, and commanded the expedition
against the Missipinewa( ?) tribe of Indians,
which was successful and gallantly conducted. The
next year he was ordered to the Niagara, and was
wounded at the head of his regiment in the bat-
tle of Chippewa, and died of his wounds a few-
weeks afterwards. He was a man of fine prom-
ise and would have risen to the highest rank as
a military officer, if he had lived. He was rather
CAMPBELL FAMILY. 57
vain, but not too much so to injure him as a
military man. James Campbell, the fourth son,
was a captain in the army during the same war,
and died in the service, noted for his personal
bravery. Of Col. Arthur Campbell's public serv-
ices I have said nothing in this letter, because
I have not the means by me of giving an accurate
account, and I cannot rely on my memory. I have
very few of his letters in my possession, but I
think I can procure some valuable ones, and if I
can I will not fail to send them to you.
•'John Campbell (my father) was from boy-
hood the intimate personal friend and companion
of Gen. Wm. Campbell. They never had a dif-
ference of any kind. His account of the General
may, therefore, be relied upon, as I know that
it was his habit to speak with great candor about
all his relations, including his own brothers.
"The information I now give you about Gen.
Wm. Campbell has been principally derived from
my father.
"William Campbell had a very commanding per-
sonal appearance, being six feet two inches tall.
His frame was large and muscular, very straight
and perfectly proportioned; his complexion was
ruddy and his hair light colored. ^Tien not ex-
cited he had a countenance expressive of great be-
nevolence, and was bland in his manners and
courteous to all with whom he had intercourse,
whether high or low, rich or poor.
"At preaching in the country it was his con-
stant custom to look around after the sermon
was ended and assist all the women of the neigh-
borhood, especially the more aged, who were not
attended by any one, on their horses. No one
was neglected, however humble her condition.
"When he was excited his passions were very
violent, and he would commit the most violent
acts. He was, however, easily calmed, particu-
larly by those in whom he reposed confidence. To
such a friend he would yield his o])inlons with-
out the smallest opposition. In 1775, he was ap-
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poined ;i Captain of the First Virginia Regiment
of regular troops, recruited his company and
served one year.
"Lieut.-Col. Wm, Christian, of either the First
or Second Regiment, and Capt. Wm. Campbell
during this year married sisters of Patrick Henry.
They both resigned their commissions, returned
to their counties and took commands in the
militia. The reason they then gave for this step
was that the frontiers of the State to the South-
west, from its defenseless and exposed condition
required their services. They were both con-
stantly and actively employed and from the ex-
perience they had acquired, took the lead of mili-
tia officers. William Campbell thought his ex-
perience entitled him to lead his brother-in-law,
Arthur Campbell, but Arthur would not acquiesce
in this, and jealousies were the consequence, which
sometimes broke out in open ruptures. John
Caraj)bell, Arthur's brother, was always the paci-
ficator, would interpose and each would submit,
though William always the most readily. These
two rival Chieftains, to keep matters quiet be-
tween them, came to an understanding that they
would alternately go on military expeditions.
When the call, therefore, came to march against
Ferguson, who was approaching the mountains of
South Carolina, it was William Campbell's turn
to command. The expedition was fitted out with
great spirit, the women of the county laid aside
every other concern, and j>roceeded with all haste
to prepare clothing suitable to the season, for
their fathers, husbands, brothers and sons, and
the Regiment marched almost en masse in four
or five weeks after the first notice — indeed, I think,
in ten days after. They proceeded to the moun-
tains of South Carolina, where four hundred of
them and others gained the brilliant victory of
King's Mountain, to which history has never done
justice ; for I do not think so gallant a battle was
ever fought. Hereafter I will give you an account
of it.
CAMPBELL FAMILY. 59
''After hearing of this battle, Gen. Nathaniel
Green wrote to Gen. Wm. Campbell in a most press-
ing manner to raise a voluntary force and join
him in North Carolina. He did so, and his com-
mand distinguished itself at the battle of Guil-
ford. After this he was immediately promoted
to the rank of Brigadier-General, and a command
was given him in LaFayette's corps, which was
then reviewing before Coruwallis' army, as it
moved through the state towards Yorktown. A
few days after the siege of Yorktown began, Gen.
Wm. Campbell was attacked violently with camp
fever, was removed to the house of a relative of
his wife's (Col. Symrae, I think) in the country
and died before the surrender. He left a widow
and two children, a son and a daughter. The son
died very young. The daughter was Sarah Camp-
bell Preston and is yet living near Abingdon, has
a large family of children and is now a widow.
William C. Freston of the United States Senate,
from South Carolina, is her oldest son. All of
her children are grown and married but her
youngest son.
"The parents of Arthur and William Campbell
were members of the Presbyterian Church. I can-
not speak positively about the religious opinions
of either of these men, until I make some en-
quiry. After I reach home and have time for re-
flection I can probably give you some informa-
tion about the Shelbys, Gen. John Sevier, Col.
John Tipton, Col. Carter, and many others who
figured in that region, as my father knew them
all personally and I had great reliance on his
opinion of men.
"I think that the value of biography depends
very much upon its truth. One cares nothing
about a eulogy on a public man. But if we can
hear the truth about his character, both public
and private, it becomes interesting. You see I
have with great freedom communicated what I
knew and have heard of my relations, believing
that you would make proper use of the informa-
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tion. If what I have written is considered by
you of any value, I will give you more on this
same subject as soon as I can collect the material.
"Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
"David Cambpell.
"P. S. — I have written without regard to style,
or arrangement, and cannot correct. You need
not pay postage in communicating with me, as
it will afford me pleasure to hear from you, and
answer all your enquiries."
Copy OF A Lei^er Addressed to Lyman C. Draper.
"Lebanon, Tennessee, March 20th, 1842.
"Dear Sir:
"By the last mail I had the pleasure of
receiving at this place, where I have been
for some time on a visit to friends, with my
family, your letter of the 20th of February, through
the hands of the Honorable Wm. B. Campbell and
will comply with your wishes as far as I can,
by answering some of your enquiries now, and
others when I return to Virginia.
"And I embrace the occasion to thank you for
your kind invitation. Should I ever make a jour-
ney to Mississippi I will not fail to call and par-
take of your hospitality.
"In one of the letters I wrote you, I expressed
a doubt as to whether William Campbell was at
the battle of Point Pleasant with Gen. Lewis in
1774. This was an error. He commanded a com-
pany in Col. Wm. Christian's regiment on the
campaign. Since writing to you I have seen an
obituary notice of my father, written shortly
after his death by some friend, and published, I
think, in the Richmond Enquirer, in which it
was stated that he was a Lieutenant in Capt.
Wm. Campbell's company of Col. Wm. Christian's
CAMPBELL FAMILY. 61
regiment on Lewis Campaign against the Indians,
which terminated in the battle of Point Pleasant.
Christian's regiment came up on the evening of
the day of the battle, crossed the Ohio the next
morning in pursuit of the Indians, and was re-
called by an order from Gen. Duumore. I can only
account for having forgotten a circumstance so im-
mediately connected with the services of my
father, and the truth of which I have now no doubt,
having been assured by others of its correctness,
from the further circumstance that it was bis m^
variable habit to speak of himself, and even of
his friends as little as possible, in all his de-
tails of his military campaigns. What he said,
therefore, about the part either he or his friend,
William, took in the campaign left no impres-
sion upon my mind, although I have a very dis-
tinct recollection of hearing him upon more oc-
casions than one, relate among his friends many
of the circumstances of the battle, and of the
consequences which followed. There were three
companies from that part of Pincastle County,
afterwards Washington, on that campaign : Capt.
Evan Shelby's, Capt. Wm. Russell's and Capt^
Wm. Campbell's. The two first of which were
in the battle. Evan Shelby lived fifteen miles
southwest of Abingdon, on a very fine tract of
land (an ancient survey called Sapling Grove)
and remained there till his death. William Ru§:
sell lived at this time at Castle Woods, near Clinch
River, about twenty-five miles northwest of Abing-
don, that is, of where Abingdon now is, for the
Court House of Fincastle County was at Fort
Chiswell, nine miles east of Wythe Court House,
and William Campbell lived near the seven-mile
ford of Holaton, on a fine tract of land called
"Aspenvale," the property at this time of hia
daughter, Mrs. Gen. Francis Preston, and twenty-
two miles east of Abingdon.
"The King of Great Bntian, through the Gov-
ernor and Counsel of Virginia, made many and
lar<'e grants of land to companies as well as m-
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dividuals on the western waters. By virtue of
these grants, surveyors came to tlie Holston coun-
try as early as 1743 and surveyed many fine tracts
of laud. The first settlers who had means, pur-
chased in these tracts. p]van Shelby, Wra. Camp-
bell and Arthur Campbell were all settled on
such. Those who had not means or did not wish
thus to invest them, built their cabins and cleared
their cornfields on lands called waste lands — lands
not patented or surveyed. In a few years the
population thus settled became large and formid-
able, and at the commencement of the Revolution
had sufficient influence with the General Assem-
bly of Virginia to obtain the passage of an act
giving them assurances that their settlements
should be secured to them. They had also the
prudence to fix boundaries to their settlements,
so that they might not interfere with each other.
In 1777, the legislature established a land office,
fixed the quantity of land to which a settler
was entitled at 400 acres, and allowed him the
additional quantity of 1,000 acres adjoining, if
so much could be found without interfering with
other settlers. This last was called a pre-emption
right. If the pre-emption right could not be had
adjoining the settlement then it might be located
on any vacant land. Such were the settlement
and pre-emption rights to lands in Southwest Vir-
ginia.
"Benjamin Logan made a settlement on a tract
lying seven miles west of Abingdon, on the Reedy
Creek road and on a head branch of Beaver Creek,
and I believe obtained the right in his o^^ii name.
Gen. Wm. Russell obtained a similar right for
his land in Castle Woods. I will now answer
your enquiries in the order you have made them,
so that I may not overlook any of them. I fear
there is no portrait of Gen. Wm. Campbell. I
have never seen one. But on my return to Vir-
ginia will ascertain the fact from his daughter.
Gen. Campbell's oldeist sister, Elizaljeth, married
John Taylor, who spent his life as an industrious
CAMPBELL FAMILY. 63
farmer on a very large plantation on New Kiver,
became wealthy and raised a clever family of
sons and daughters. Judge Allen Taylor, of Bote-
tourt County, now dead, was his son. His other
four sons, James, Charles, William and John Tay-
lor, all were farmers and respectable. The second
sister married Thomas Tate, who, after his mar-
riage, settled on her land on the banks of the north
branch of the Holston, and spent there a long
and industrious life, and raised a large family of
children. This couple were quiet, sedate people,
and their children were farmers and farmers'
wives. The third sister, Margaret, married her
father's cousin, Col. Arthur Campbell. Of her,
I have heretofore told you. The fourth sister, Ann
Campbell, married Eichard Poston. He settle^d
on a tract of land on the North Holston belong-
ing to his wife. He soon became very dissipated
and his wife had a life of great trouble. Some
of their children were very smart; he had a very
clever daughter, and his only son, a respectable
farmer, lives on his maternal estate. I do not
know what was William Campbell's age when his
father died. I am under the impression that he
was quite a youth; this fact I can probably ob-
tain from his daughter. His widow, that is, Gen.
Campbell's, died in 1825, November, at the age of
seventy-nine or eighty. The story of the hanging of
the Tory is not, I presume, correctly known by Col.
Fontaine. I know that most of the accounts I
have heard are incorrect and make it a much more
lawless act than it really was — although it was
one of those acts of self-defense which could only
be tolerated in a state of things, when a man could
only protect his own life, the lives of his family,
and his fellow neighboi-s, by the strong arm of
force. My father, who, in the darkest days of
the Kevolution, would never give his assent or
countenance to a lawless act, has told me the
story, and disapproved the conduct of the party,
but all present shared it; and there is on the
statute books of Virginia an act of indemnity
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to William Campbell and William Edmiston and
others. Col. Arthur Campbell owned a fine tract
of land on Yellow Creek in Clay County, Kentucky,
to wbich he removed from Virginia. He was in
poor health most of the time after going to Ken-
tucky.
"It was, I believe. Gen. Amherst's army to which
he escaped from the Indians and French, indeed I
am pretty sure it was. When I r*eturn home I
will make such a reference to the atlas that you
can find it. I will endeavor to ascertain on what
authority the statement is made that I referred
to. This I can probably do by writing to Mr.
Henry L. Carey, of Philadelphia, with whom I am
personally acquainted. Col. Arthur Campbell set-
tled a farm in Washington County, thirty miles
from Abingdon, on the banks of the Holston, and
eight miles east of "Aspinvale," his brother-in-
law, William Campbell's, residence, called ''Good
Wood," part of an ancient survey called the "Koyal
Oak." He lived there until he removed to Ken-
tucky.
"I am unable to say anything about the cam-
paign against the Cherokee Indians spoken of by
Major James Sevier, and am disposed to make but
one remark about it — and that is, if the delay
he mentions took place after sending an express,
the men had not assembled at their rendezvous
when the express was despatched, and the delay
was unavoidable. I am sure there are facts and
circumstances not disclosed, for I know iuoh a
case would not have happened with the militia
of Washington County without causing such notice
by the public, that I would afterwards have heard
of it. The regiment under Col. Arthur would
not have tolerated any delay. There were many
officers and men in it who would have denounced
any neglect from what quarter it might come.
"Major Sevier was at that time a youth and
could have known but little about the delay or
the causes of it. I consider it due to these ex-
traordinarily patriotic Whigs to say thus much.
CAMPBELL FAMILY. 65
I feel a perfect confidence that no instance can
be named, during the Indian or Revolutionary
wars, in which a tardiness of one hour took place
with them in performance of their duties.
"The Kev. Charles Cummings died about 1809,
or 10, at a very advanced age. I will hereafter^
inform you particularly of his life. Gen. Evan
Shelby was, I think, a Welchman. He came from
Frederick County, Maryland, as I have under-
stood, to Holston, purchased from Col. John Buch-
anan, of Botetourt County, the Sapling Grove
tract of land and settled on it. This tract was
patented by the colony of Virginia, and Shelby
thought he was living in Washington County, after
it was formed, and where he acted as Magistrate
for several years. Col. Henderson, of North CarcP~
lina, ran the line between Virginia and North
Carolina from the White Top Mountain west for
the purpose of ascertaining the proper locality of
a tract of country in Powell's Valley, and another
in the south of Kentucky, where he wished to lo-
cate a large quantity of land. This line he made
to run two miles north of the one which had been
previously run by Dr. Thomas Walker, of Albe-
marle County, in Virginia, and by it he took Gen.
Evan Shelby's farm into Sullivan County, Ten-
"This tract of country, between the two lines,
neither having been run by public authority, was
disputed territory for many years, and the in-
habitants acted pretty much as they pleased, some
adhering to Virginia and some to North Carolina.
Shelby became an officer in the militia of North
Carolina, I believe. Isaac Shelby, his son, did,
I know. A prosecution of some sort was set on
foot against Col. Arthur Campbell, on a charge
that he was promoting the separation of the Hol-
ston country from Virginia and its union with
Frankland, and Gov. Henry so far countenanced
the proceeding as to suspend Col. Campbell from
his functions as a Magistrate. The case was taken
either to the General Court or Court of Appeals,
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the General Court, I believe. The whole was set
aside and Col. Campbell restored.
"I never saw the record and cannot say what
evidence was produced. My father has spoken of
it to me, and told me it was a malicious prosecu-
tion, not justified by any act of Col. Compbell's.
I think it probable if Col. Campbell did think
favorably of the measure he may have expressed
such an opinion, but he took no active part in the
matter.
"Judge David Campbell, his brother, was a prac-
ticing lawyer in that part of North Carolina, and
was a member of the convention that formed the
constitution of Fraukland. Since receiving your
last letter I have written to a very well informed
elderly lady, a granddaughter of Gen. Wm. Rus-
sell, being the oldest child of his oldest daughter,
for reminiscences of her grandfather. I have no
doubt she will be able to furnish an interesting
account of him; and as soon as I get it 1 will
forward it to you. Gen. Russell died January,
1793, at the salt works in Washington County, I
think. He seems to have been an active officer
and engaged in the Indian wai-s. I can tell you
but little about Col. Wm. Preston. He must have
died very soon after the close of the Revolution.
Gov. James P. Preston, of Montgomery County,
is one of his sons, and the only one living. Col.
Wm. Christian was not related to Capt. Gilbert
Christian, of Washington County, Virginia. The
Col. Gilbert Christian, of Tennessee, of whom you
speak was a son of Capt. Gilbert Christian. Col.
Wm. Christian's father was named Israel, and re-
sided in Botetourt County, was a merchant, and
became wealthy. He had several daughters and
but one son. One of his daughters married Dr.
Fleming. The doctor was eminent in his profes-
sion, but through some whim, would never per-
mit his acquaintances to accost him in any other
manner than as Col, Fleming. He was a brave
man, and w.is severely wounded at the battle of
Point Pleasant. Lieut.-Col. Richard Campbell,
CAMPBELL FAMILY. Q'J
who fell at Eiitaw Springs, was, I have always un-
derstood, distantly related to my family, but I
do not know the relationship. Col. David Camp-
bell, of 'Campboirs Station,' was himself a relation
and he married my father's sister, and my wife
is the youngest daughter of this marriage.
"I have spoken of Benjamin Logan's settlement
— its station and location. He sold the land to the
Eev. Charles Cummings and one of Mr. Cum-
ming's daughters now resides on it. I have often
heard my father speak of Gen. Joseph Martin,
and have in this way acquired a good knowledge
of his general character, but I can furnish no
facts. I think there must be some mistake about
Gen. Martin living at Long Island, of Holston,
and particularly for so long a period as from
1781 to 1788, but I do not undertake to say that
it is a mistake. Gen Martin had a fort in Powell's
Valley, about fifteen or twenty miles below Lee
Court House, called Martin's Station, where I
always understood he lived for some time. Here
he secured a settlement and pre-emption right, and
sold it to Capt. Kobert Craig, who kept a house
of entertainment one mile west of Abingdon for
many years. This land must have been settled
by Gen. Martin about 1780. He also lived some
time in the Cherokee Nation. I do not know to
whom to refer you for a particular account of
this gentleman. I think he has a son liviug some-
where in Tennessee. He was a man of some dis-
tinction, and was, as Col. Fontaine has told you,
a member of the Virginia legislature for j-ears.
There are probably works which speak of the In-
dian wars on the southwest frontiers of Virginia,
but I am pretty sure not one that has given a
full or pretty accurate account. I recollect a con-
versation with Col. Arthur Campbell on this very
subject in which he expressed very earnest wishes
that full accounts might be furnished some good
historian. I know he had prepared accounts of
several campaigns and battles, some of these he
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inteDded transmitting to Judge Heniy Toulman,*
who at that time lived in Kentucky and was writ-
ing a historical work. Whether Judge Toulman
ever completed any work I do not now remember.
I think he was writing a history of Kentucky and
the Indian wars on the borders of Virginia. It
might be worth while to make some inquiry in
Kentucky about his writings. Toulman was a
lawyer in Kentucky. He afterwards moved to the
neighborhood of Mobile, Ala., and was, I think,
made a Judge of the Federal Distirct Court. Gen.
Gaines' first wife was a daughter of his, and the
General might be able to tell you something about
his writings. There may be a work, although
almost forgotten, and one which may contain many
valuable facts.
"I recollect very well to have heard of Col.
Stuart's memoirs of the Indian wars, but I have
not seen it. I know Col. Stuart's character very
well and I have no doubt the facts he would fur-
nish would be valuable to you. It is probable
you might learn where you could obtain Dod-
dridge's Border Wars by writing to Judge Edwin
Duncan of Clarksburg, if the Morgantown where
it was published is Morgantown, in Monongalia
County, Virginia.
"When I get home I will endeavor to collect
other facts and send them to you, and it is prob-
able I can suggest other names of men whose pub-
lic services will deserve notice, and whatever aid
I can give to you in furnishing materials for your
work be assured will be rendered with the highest
pleasure. Should you at any time pass into Vir-
ginia, it would give me great pleasure to see you
at my residence, Montcalm, a beautiful evergreen
hill, south of and adjoining the town of Abingdon.
"With great respect, I am,
"Your obedient servant,
"David Campbell.^*
•Some of Judge Toulman's descendants are living in Mobile,
Ala., 1908. Henry Toulman is Federal Judge of that district.
CAMPBELL FAMILY. 69
To His Excellency, Gov. David Campbell, Abingdon,
Virginia.
''Round Lick, April 4th, 1842.
''Dear Sir: Yours of 21)th of March is before
me. I fear that I can give you little satisfaction
relative to my grandfather, being but six years
old when I left Virginia. The following are the
prominent facts left on my mind by my mother:
My maternal grandfather, Gen. Wm. Russell, was
a son of William Russell, grandson of Peter Rus-
sell, a native of England, who attained a grant
of land from the British Government and settled
upon it in Culpepper County, Virginia. There my
grandfather was born and raised. He received a
classical and scientific education at William and
Mary College. He married my grandmother,
Tabitha Adams, at 19 years of age. She was the
daughter of Samuel Adams, a respectable farmer
in Culpepper County. My grandfather emigrated
to New River in Western Virginia, in the year
1770, with the intention of going to Kentucky,
near Lexington, where he had valuable lands. In
the fall of 1773 he sent his eldest son to Ken-
tucky with some negroes with the view of mak-
ing a crop preparatory to settling his family there.
But young Russell, two of his negroes, a son of the
celebrated Daniel Boone, and two other young
men were killed by the Indians in Powell's Val-
ley. In 1774, my grandfather commanded, as Cap-
tain, in the battle of Kanahaway against the
Shawnee, Delaware and Mingo Indians. Col.
Lewis was the chief in command. My father, Capt.
William Bowen, fought in the same battle. Wil-
liam Russell was also in the battle of Long Island,
fought against the Cherokee Indians, but I know
not in what capacity; at what time he entered the
regular army I do not recollect ; nor am I certain
in what capacity, but I think he entered as a Col-
onel. He was in the battle of Brandywine, was
taken prisoner by the British at Charleston, car-
ried to one of the West India Islands and there
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released upon parole. Was afterwards exchanged,
and was at the seige of Yorktown when Cornwal-
lis was taken. Before the Kevolution, I think as
early as 1765, he was sent by the British authori-
ties upon an exploring expedition among the In-
dians in the section, now about the junction of
Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee. He was gone
on this tour twelve months and suffered great
hardships among the Creek Indians. I have seen
his Journal of this expedition, but cannot recol-
lect any of the particulars of it, nor do I know
whether it is yet preserved. My mother's partial-
ity made him a man of fine manners, of tall statue,
about six feet high and of firm figure, his man-
ners, rare at that time, were considered of the
courtly order.
"My health forbids that your request shall be
complied with, by a visit from us, but we hope
it will be convenient for you and Mrs. Campbell
to visit us when on your way to Virginia. Can
you not give us the pleasure of your company for
a day or two? Be pleased to present Mr. Moore
and myself kindly to Mrs. Campbell and to sister
Catherine and family, and accept for yourself the
kindest wishes of your friend,
"Tabitha Mooeb.
"His Excellency David Campbell."
This is addressed to His Excellency David
Campbell, Lebanon, Tenn.
Post mark, Rome, Tenn., April 6.
"Montcalm, Dec. 29th 1842.
"Mk. Lyman C. Draper,
"My Dear Sir: Your very interesting letter of
the 24th of November, last, and for which you
will please to accept my sincere thanks, was re-
ceived some time ago, but have not until now
had sufficient leisure to answer it as I wished.
And now I am badly prepared, but I write lest you
might think me negligent.
"The information you give me respecting Col.
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Arthur CanipbeH's captivity from the Darrative
of Col. Smith is deeply iuteresting. Col. Smith
was mistaken iu his estimate of Arthur Camp-
bell's age when he saw him a prisoner. I have
the recorded age of my father, John Campbell.
He was born the 20th*^ of April, 1741. Arthur
Campbell was the next child, and I was under
the impression there was two years between him
and his brother John, and this opinion was
strengthened by the fact that there was generally
two years between the births of my grandmother's
children. There may have been only about
eighteen months between the ages of these two
brothers which would bring Arthur Campbell's
birth to the fall of 1742, and would make him
in his fourteenth year when he was taken prisoner.
This corresponds with the recollections of some
of my relations with whom I have conversed on
the subject. Their recollection is that he had not
completed his fourteenth year when he was cap-
tured, and that he was very large for his age. It
is probable that he was on some hunting excursion
when Col. Smith was in Detroit in 1757, or that the
tribe of Indians with whom he was a prisoner lived
at some distance from it, as he was a prisoner cer-
tainlv for more than two years, and I think two and
a haff.
*'You enquire where Arthur Campbell was in
1774, when the battle was fought with the Indians
at Point Pleasant, and in 1776, when the battle
of Long Island Flats of the Holston took place.
I am under the impression that he held no mili-
tary commission until he was appointed County
Lieutenant or Col. Commandant on the organiza-
tion of the militia of Washington County in 1777.
This probably was owing somewhat to the circum-
stances that he and my father lived ahvays up
to that time in the bounds of the same militia
company, that my father was made an oflBcer in
early life, and two brothers would not probably
be made officers in the same company at the same
time. I think Arthur Campbell was a private
72 lIlaTORWAL SKKTCUKS.
in Wm. Caiupbell's compauy aud iu Christian's
regiment at Point Pleasant in 1774. My father,
John Campbell, of Koyal Oak, was the Lieutenant
iu that company, and another of the family was
there. The company remained in service until
very cold weather. After its discharge and on
his way home, on the levels of Greenbrier, my father
had his hands badly frostbitten carrying his rifle.
He was very near losing one of his hands, all
the flesh coming off to the bones and sinews. One
of his brothers was with him, and I think it w^as
Arthur. In 177G, at the time of the battle of
the Long Island Flats, Arthur Campbell was a
member of the Virginia Convention and was at
Williamsburg. I know not how I got into error
about the parentage of Col, Gilbert Christian of
Tennessee. I had always believed he was the son
of old Capt. Gilbert Christian of Augusta County,
in this state, of whose exploits in Indian warfare
I have heard my father speak. I suppose, though,
from what you inform me, he was the grandson.
I, however, think still that Col. George Christian
is mistaken as to the person who was distinguished
as an Indian fighter. I have no recollection of
hearing my father speak of Col. William Christian,
of Augusta County, as a military man, but have
a distinct recollection of his speaking of Capt.
Gilbert Christian, who was an old man when he
was a boy, and I recollect particularly his giving
me an account of a battle with the Indians on
the frontiers of Augusta County in which Capt.
Christian, then about eighty years of age, com-
manded— my father was then about sixteen — in
which the Indians were put to rout with the loss
of some twenty-six or thirty left dead on the
ground, my father was in the battle. I am afraid,
from some of your remarks, that you have formed
too high an estimate of Col. Arthur Campbell's
military talents. Notwithstanding all I have said
to you respecting him, and the very high opinion
I have expressed of his general character, I have
never been impressed with the idea that he had a
CAMPBELL FAMILY. 73
military genius; indeed, I think he had not, al-
though I can give no very satisfactory reason for
this opinion. He was a very patriotic man, firm
and resolute in elTecting his purpose, zealous m the
cause of liberty generally, and a firm and decided
Whig in the Revolutionary struggle ; m pursuit ot
an enemv, especially the Indian, cautious and cir-
cumspect, performing his duty prudently, bravely
and intelligently but not brilliantly. Such is the
opinion I have formed of him as a military man,
from the information given me, and from my own
observation. His first cousin and brother-in-law,
William Campbell, came up to my ideas of a mili-
tary genius. He had ability to form able plans,
confidence in himself to execute them, and the rare
capacity to inspire all under his command with his
own confidence and indomitable courage. I am
not able to account for Gov. Pope's inattention to
your requests, but can offer an apology for Gov
rreston. A few days ago I had the pleasure of
seeing Mrs. Preston at this place, and from her 1
learned that Gov. Preston had been afflicted with
paralvsis to such a degree as to greatly impair his
faculties and mind. This affliction has been on him
for some time, but I had not before understood it
to be so serious. The letter I sent you, written by
Isaac Shelbv to his uncle, John Shelby, giving an
account of the Battle of Point Pleasant is I am
sure the original letter. I am not able to tell
vou how it got into the columes of Niles Register.
Perhaps I can ascertain. The letter was m the
possession of a niece of Gov. Shelby's, who lives in
this county. She gave it to my brother, John
Campbell. He had left it with me without any
particular directions, and without his leave I sent
it to you, believing you could make the best use
^ "I'have at this time no idea who could have been
the correspondent of ^'iles Register, and do not
feel willing to suggest any one. You can see that
what he savs about the letter is not strictly correct.
How could Lieutenant Shelby's account be the
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official one or an oflicial one? He was attached to
his father's company, and in no way connected with
General Ixiwis, the commander, or his military
family, or his staff department. It is a private
letter, addressed to his uncle, John Shelby, who
once lived about twenty miles from this, in Sullivan
County, and died there. If the correspondent
only meant by calling it official that it was
authentic, then the character he gives it would do,
otherwise not. I will make an effort to ascertain
who made the communication to the Register.
"The battle of the Long Island of the Holston with
the Cherokee Indians was fought the 20th of July,
1776. This part of Virginia was then Fincastle
County.
"I know the names of four Captains who com-
manded in that battle. I think there were more
than four companies in that battle. The four I rec-
ollect were James Thompson, William Cocke, John
Campbell, and James Shelby. The three first were
from Virginia, the fourth from North Carolina,
now Tennessee. William Russell was in the battle,
and he was captain at that time. I think it more
than probable he commanded a company. James
Shelby had a company, and was either at the station
or in the battle. The following is my recollection
of the account of that battle as given me by my
father when I was a boy : The militia, to the num-
ber of three or four hundred, in consequence of an
apprehended invasion from the Cherokees, had
assembled at Eaton's Station (not Heaton's), when
they received intelligence of the approach towards
the settlement of a large body of Cherokees with
their able and daring Chief Dragon Canoe, a con-
sultation was had and it was determined to march
in search of them, leaving a sufficient force to pro-
tect the fort. A force then marched towards
Holston of about three hundred strong. "VMien
ih^y reached the Island Flats, five or six miles
from the station, and whilst on their march in an
open space of ground, level and covered with small
trees, where they could see nearly half a mile, they
CAMPBELL FAMILY. 75
discovered the Indians iu order of battle, advancing
upon them with great boldness and rapidity, mak-
ing a noise by stamping with their feet, that could
be heard distinctly several hundred yards, and as
soon as they came within full view, and yelling
along their whole line. Ju this rapid pace the
Indians continued their advance. As soon as their
ap})roa(h was discovered, orders were given for the
line of battle to be formed. Our men were then
marching by the heads of companies, and they im-
mediately began to form into line by wheeling by
the heads of companies, a very simple and quick
movement to effect their object, each captain bring-
ing his company into line. Captain Cocke, in
forming the line of his company, had to pass
around a sinkhole, and in doing so got separated
from it. A few men at this point broke the line for
a moment, and produced some confusion. The
left of this company rested on John Campbell's
right, and in the confusion the line was not very
well closed. This was near the center of the line.
The Indians advanced to the attack with great
gallantry and skill, and attempted to break through
the line at this point, rushing up with increased
yelling, almost to the very muzzles of the rifles, and
fighting for several minutes with the lines inter-
mixed. A portion of John Campbell's company
was at this time several paces in the rear of the
Indian line, and were engaged pell mell with the
Indians in every direction. The Indians soon
gave way a small distance, the line between Cocke's
and Campbell's companies closed up, and after a
desperate struggle of half an hour the Indians
began gradually to retreat.
''Our line was now formed in good order and
pressed them for about a half mile before they
finally broke and fled. They left of their dead on
grounds between twenty and thirty, and according
to Indian custom bore off their wounded and many
that were killed. Their strength was represented
to be about four hundred. My father, in remark-
ing upon it, said the battle was fought with the
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greatest skill on the part of the Indians, and with
the most determined bravery on both sides. He
had the highest opinion of the military capacity of
Dragon Canoe. I do not recollect to have heard
him say what number were killed and wounded on
the part of the whites. Captain Morrison received
a slight wound, the ball passing through his ear.
Morrison had no company there, but was himself in
the fight. Captain James Thompson came to
Holston from James River and died on his farm in
this county. He was a man of good sense, but
became, intemperate, therefore made no figure in
life. He married the only sister of Gov. Shelby,
and it was their daughter that gave my brother,
John Campbell, Gov. Shelby's letter that I sent
you. Captain Cocke's history you know.
"Captain John Morrison was afterwards among
the first emigrants to Kentucky, and settled a farm
near Lexington, where he resided till his death.
He was Major John Morrison in Kentucky, and
performed much service against the Indians. He
was a plain, unpretending man of great worth and
the most dauntless courage. His wife was a sister
of Col. David Campbell, of Campbell's Station,
East Tennessee, and she was the first white woman
that settled near Lexington, Ky. His two sons
commanded companies in Col. Dudley's regiment
during the last war. Archibald was shot almost
all to pieces in Dudley's defeat, and John and
nearly all of his company were killed in that dis-
astrous battle with the Indians. I am very glad
that you have been enabled to add Col. Wra. Martin,
of Tennessee, to your list of correspondents. He is
a highly respectable gentleman, and whatever he
communicates may be relied upon. I have no
doubt you will obtain through him much interest-
ing matter, and through his brother also.
"Col. Benjamin Sharp, of Missouri, of whom yon
speak, was formerly a resident of this county, and
a neighbor of my father. He afterwards removed
to Lee County and lived there many years before
going to Missouri. I know him very well. He is
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a man of very good sense and performed some
service in the militia during the Revolutionary
War I recollect his name in the Volunteers of
this county in the Battle of Kings Mountain. A
good deal of the duty such as he describes against
the Tories, was performed by the militia in this
section of country, and no doubt many requisitions
and drafts were made upon the Tories' cornfields
and cattle, and that they were often placed under
arrest until they took the oath of allegiance or
enlisted in the regular army, but these were not
considered such lawless acts as to have attracted
the notice of the General Assembly of Virginia,
and to have indix'^eM it to have passed an act of
indemnity. I have no doubt whoever brought
forward the act I sent you, had in view as one of
the causes, the execution of Hopkins, the Tory and
desperado. Col. Sharp lived in the lower eud of
Washington County, and if his memory has not
failed, he might give you some information about
the Shelbys, Col. John Tipton, Col. Landon Carter,
and others in that quarter. He is, though, a very
old man.
"After giving you the account of the execution
of Hopkins as correctly as I could then recollect it,
I turned my attention more particularly to it and
examined the records of the County Court here to
see what was done in the Court. By their aid I
have made out another statement, a copy of which
I will send you. The one you have contains the
substance of the story, but some of the details will
be a little dififerent, and will make the act more
justifiable. I do not know that the story is worth
noticing at all in your work, but I thought it best,
as you had heard of it, that you should know all of
the facts connected with it, if any.
"Col. Andrew I^wis, of Bant Mountain, now m
Roanoke, is dead, I think, and he was the last sur-
viving son of Gen. Andrew Lewis. Another son,
Thomas Ixjwis, removed many years ago to the
neighborhood of Huntsville, Ala., and died there.
He had a large family, but what became of them I
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do not know. Col. Andrew I>ewis was twice mar-
ried. The children of his first wife, I believe, are
all dead. I know nothing of his second family. 1
am just now at a loss to tell you who could give
you information respecting Gen. Andrew Lewis.
Perhaps you might learn something of his history
from Gen. Arbuckle, of the U. S. Army, who is a
son, I believe, of Capt. Arbuckle, who fought with
Gen. Lewis at Point Pleasant. I am pretty sure
he is.
"Allen McGruder was a lawyer, became intem-
perate, and died many years ago in Kentucky. I
suppose he never completed his work on Indian
wars. The Hon. John J. Crii''!f>z«.den, of the U. S.
Senate, would, no doubt, inform you on this subject.
"I have this moment thought of a person who can
give you all the information you may desire about
Dr. Fleming, and probably Col. Wm. Christian and
Gen. Andrew Lewis. Mrs. ]<^lizabeth Eamsey, the
eldest daughter of Col. Fleming, is ret living and
is a most intelligent and worthy woman. I under-
stand she now lives with her daughter, Mrs. Swan,
about ten miles from Campbell's Station, Tennessee.
If you will write to her and enclose the letter to
the Hon, Thomas J. Campbell, with the request that
he would enclose it to her, I have no doubt she
would safely receive it, and would promptly reply
to all your inquiries, particularly if you inform her
that Mrs. Campbell and myself have deferred you to
her. You may rely implicitly on all she tells you.
I have never heard of Weems' work. I have not
received any answer to my letter to Mrs. Beard
(Col. Arthur Campbell's daughter), and I fear
that his valuable papers are all destroyed and that
she is ashamed to tell me. I expect to .be able
during the winter to send you a copy of his report
of his campaign against the Cherokees in the winter
of 1780-81, and several other papers. I also hope
to give you a sketch of his captivity from recollec-
tions of myself and others. I am not yet prepared
to say what others ought to be noticed by you be-
sides those whose names have been furnished.
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"William Edmiston was a Major of Col. Wm.
Campbell's regiment in the battle of Kings Moun-
tain, and was at that time Major of the 70th Regi-
ment of the militia. There were eight Edmistons
in that battle, and three of them were killed. They
were all brave men.
''Captain James Montgomery, about whom you
inquire, removed from this county some forty-five
veare ago to Kentucky, and died there. He was a
farmer, and had represented Washington County
in the Convention that adopted the Federal Con-
Btitution, and perhaps was once or twice a member
of the House of Delegates. Col. John Snoddy,
when a young man, lived in this county and mor-
ried here. I do not recollect him, but knew some
of his descendants, and have heard him spoken of.
He was a good Indian fighter, and, I believe, a man
of very good character. Any information he might
give you, I suppose, might be relied upon. The
70th Regiment of the militia was organized m 1777.
That you may have some idea of its composition,
I will give you the names of its first field officers
and captains.
"This organiKation was formed before any line
was extended across the valley of the Holston be-
tween Virginia and North Carolina, and a large
portion of what was afterward called Sullivan
County was supposed to be in Virginia, and actu-
ally was north of the true line, but was relinquished
to Tennessee by Virginia.
"Arthur Campbell, County Lieutenant; Evan
Shelby, Colonel; William Campbell, Lieutenant
Colonel; Daniel Smith, Major; Captains: William
Edmiston, John Campbell (of 'Royal Oak'), Joseph^
Martin (afterwards the General), John Shelby, Sr.,
brother to Evan, James Montgomery, Robert
Buchanan, Sr., Aaron Lewis, John Duncan, Gilbert
Christian (the colonel who died in 1795), James
Shelbv, James Dysart, Thomas Martin, John
Campbell (of Rich Valley), John Kincaid, John
Anderson, William Bowen, George Adams, Robert
Craig, Andrew Colvelle, and James Robertson—
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twenty companies. Four or five were afterwards
considered to be in Sullivan County. Col. Evan
Shelby took a commission from the State of North
Carolina, and .William Campbell, in April, 1780,^
was appointed Colonel in the room of Shelby,
supposed to be in North Carolina.
"Daniel Smith, Lieutenant Colonel, and Wra.
Edmiston, Major (the Edmondson name is some-
times spelled Edmiston, but it is the same name).
The second captain on the list is my father.
Thompson and Cocke were captains in Fincastle
county, but appear not to have been reappointed
when the Washington Regiment was formed. Why
Thompson was left out I am not able to tell you.
I think it probable after the battle of Long Island
Flats, Cocke resigned; perhaps Thompson also
resigned, for I hear nothing of him afterwards in
Indian or British warfare.
"I believe this is all I can tell you at this time.
Should you come into Virginia next summer, you
must not fail to call and see me.
''With the highest respect,
"I am, your obedient servant,
**DAvm Campbell.
''P. S. — Among other papers which I intend send-
ing you, is a copy of a short biographical sketch of
Gen. William Campbell, written by Col. Arthur
Campbell many years ago. It was given by him to
me, and I had given it to Mrs. Preston (Gen. C.'s
daughter). Lately I obtained a copy of it from
her.
"I believe portraits cannot be had of either
William or Arthur Campbell. None were ever
taken. The portrait of Col. John B. Campbell is in
the possession of his widow, now Mrs. Sally Finck-
lin, of Lexington, Kentucky, would, I have no
doubt, be a pretty good likeness of Gen. Wm.
Campbell. David, the youngest child of Col.
Arthur Campbell, is still living, I have lately heard.
He was last summer in this country, but I did not
see him. If you could see his face it would give
Margaret Campbell Pilcher.
Wife of James Stuart Pilcher.
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you a pretty good idea of the outlines of his
father's.
"In September, 1777, John Snoddey was ap-
pointed captain in the room of Joseph Martin, who
was appointed Indian Agent to the Cberokees.
This is Col. John Snoddy, about whom you enquire.
He must have been in many of the battles with the
Indians, I have no doubt, and was probably in the
battle of Long Island Flats, and with Col. Arthur
Campbell in his campaign. Is he yet living?
Mrs. E. Eamsey, to whom I have referred you, is
the oldest daughter of Col. Fleming and niece of
Col. William Christian, her mother being his sister.
She knows all about the history of both her father
and uncle. She was bom and raised in Eoanoke,
in the neighborhood of Gen. Andrew Lewis, I think,
and I have no doubt she can tell you much about
him. She is now over seventy years of age, per-
haps seventy-two. I am still under the impression
that Gov. Shelby never represented Washington
County in the Virginia T^egislature. He may,
though, have been a member in 1779. I have not
the Journal of that year, so am not able to say
how the fact is.
"Arthur Campbell seems to have been Major in
1775 in Fincastle County, Virginia."
A Letter Written to Lyman C. Draper by Gov.
David Campbell, of Abingdon, Va.
''Montcalm, February 16, 1843.
"Dear Sir:
"As I wish this letter to pass on to you before the
close of the present Congress, I will now, though
not as well prepared as I ought to be, continue ray
answers to your enquiries in your letter of the
24th of last month. I will first make some remarks
on the private character and social qualities of
Col. Arthur Campbell, and the views expressed by
others concerning them; and in doing this I will
give you a few facts which will enable you to judge
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for yourself as to the correctness and justice of
some of the imputations against him.
"To show you how unjust any charge must have
been against Col. Campbell, that in the difference
he had with his sister-in-law, Mrs. Gen. William
Campbell, about the guardiansship of her children,
he was influenced by selfish or unworthy motives,
I will give you the facts from the record, and from
my father's account of it, and if my father had a
leaning either way it was to the widow, for he
was the bosom friend of Gen. Campbell, and the
devoted friend of his widow and children, and took
a decided part wuth the widow against her brother-
in-law and his brother. The truth is, you will see
in this transaction Col. Arthur Campbell's true
character — a disposition to rule, to be overhearing,
not to consult the wishes or opinion of others, but
arbitrarily to adopt his own opinions, Mve his own
way, and with the greatest obstinacy to persevere
in carrying out what he undertook.
''Gen. Campbell's will bears the date 28th of
September, 1780, and is witnessed by Col. William
Edmondson and one or two others. It was, there-
fore, written whilst on his march in pursuit of
Ferguson, and nine days before the battle of Kings
Mountain. Not quite twelve months afterwards
he died in lower Virginia. By the will, Mrs.
Campbell, Col. Arthur Campbell, and Col. Wm.
Christian are appointed Executors. On the 16th
of April, 1782, this will was produced in Court,
proven and admitted to record. Col. Campbell
and Col. Christian ^'declined" qualifying as exec-
utors, and the widow took probate alone, giving
her executor's bond ^with John Campbell (my
father) and William Edmondson as her securities
(not Arthur Campbell or Christian). Here, no
doubt, a breach had already commenced. Gen.
Campbell had directed in his will that his son,
Charles, then living, should receive a liberal educa-
tion and his daughter, Sarah B., such an education
as became her rank and station in society. Col.
Arthur Campbell, although he had declined quail-
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fying as executor of these children and construed
the will as appointing executors testamentary
guardians. On consulting counsel that idea was
somewhat abandoned, and at a Court held for
Washington County the 21st of March, 1783, he
being then in Court, the Court appointed Col.
Christian and himself guardians of the two chil-
dren. The next day these two guardians executed
their bonds, but John Campbell, though Clerk of
the Court and then at his table, does not become
security for either, and my impression is the ap-
pointment was made without consulting the widow.
On May 20, 1783, an order is entered directing
Gen. Wm. Eussell (who had married the widow
of Gen. Campbell) to render an account of the
estate. The only son of Gen. Campbell soon after
this died. He was quite young, and in a year or
two an open rupture between the widow and Col.
Arthur Campbell took place about the education
of the daughter. Col. Campbell, as guardian, wish-
ing to control and direct it, and the mother refusing
to permit him to do so. When the daughter was
about ten or eleven years old — that is, about 1786
or 1787 — Col. Campbell was one day passing Aspen-
vale, the residence of Mrs. Campbell (then Mrs.
Wm. Russell), when he met Sarah, the daughter,
with some companions, near the gate of the dwell-
ing house. He spoke to them, and after convers-
ing a short time with Sarah about her education
and the manner in which it was neglected, pro-
posed to her that she would get on the horse behind
him and go to school, as he had a good school then
at his house. She consented, and he thus carried
her home. The girls who were with her went to
the house and repeated to Mrs. Russell what had
happened, and the next day she, accompanied by
Gen.. Russell, went to Col. Campbell's to bring
home her daughter, but the Colonel would not let
them see her. I do not recollect how long Sally
remained at Col. Campbell's — some weeks, though —
when the matter was compromised and she taken
home again. Mrs. Russell now applied to counsel,
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and in examining the appointment of Col. Camp-
bell as guardian, some error was discovered which
induced the District Court to set it aside, and by
general consent, Thomas Madison, of Botetourt
County, an uncle by marriage (his wife was a sister
of Mrs. Russell and of Patrick llenry), was ap-
pointed guardian, and Sally Campbell was soon
afterwards taken there, where she remained until
she was married to Gen. Francis Preston. Now
for the evidence of Col. Campbell's motives.
"About the time he was made guardian or shortly
afterwards, it was discovered that valuable salt-
water could be had on Sally's plantation, which had
been left her by her father. This tract contained
330 acres of marsh land. The rich hills around
were covered with the finest and most lofty timber,
and some skirts of the low grounds were vacant
lands. Before any stir took place among the peo-
ple, or any one but Col. Arthur Campbell thought
of the value of these timbered lands, and much of
which are now the richest farming lands in
the county, Col. Arthur Campbell went to the sur-
veyor's office and secured the whole of them for
his niece, doubling at once the value of her salt
works, and this property (the salt-works) has for
the last forty j'ears rented for from ten to thirty
thousand dollars a year. On this subject I have
conversed with Mrs. Francis Preston (Sarah B.
Campbell), and she always acknowledges that her
uncle, Col. Arthur Campbell, is the only relation
who ever added one cent in value to her estate. The
lands I have here described are now worth to her
salt-works fifty thousand dollars, after supplying
timber to make salt for at least twenty years.
"Such was the conduct of the friend who, in Mrs.
Russell's passion, she was representing, no doubt,
to her brother. Gov. Patrick Henry, and others, as
acting from unworthy motives of endeavoring to
possess himself of her daughter's property. And
you can see how it was, that although Col. Camp-
bell was rendering such important and disinterested
service, he got no credit for it. He could do
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nothing without quarreling, and in this instance,
the lady had more friends than he. My father,
Capt. John Campbell, took part with her, right or
wrong, throughout this whole family squabble, and
it deserves to be called nothing else. 1 would
object to Col. Martin's account of Col. Arthur
Campbell's character; first, he could of his own
knowledge have known but little of Col. Campbell,
and secondly, because I have no doubt there were
differences between Col. Campbell and his father,
Gen. Jo.seph Martin.
''On looking over some of the old county records
here, which furnished facts that cannot deceive, I
find on the ISth of March, 1784, the following order
entered : 'Ordered that John Kincaid and Jas.
Montgomery be recommended to His Excellency,
the Governor, as capable i3ersons for Sherifl:' of
Washington County, also that Joseph Martin
stands first in the commission of the peace, but he
being a Senator from Sullivan County, in the State
of North Carolina, we leave it to the Executive to
judge right.'
"After a little more business the court adjournis,
and Arthur Campbell signs the minutes as pre-
siding Justice. Now, knowing Col. Campbell's
disposition, I have no doubt his opinion in the
above case was the opinion of the Court, and
although Gen. Martin must have been acting at
that time as a justice in Washington County, as he
seems to have desired the sheriffalty, yet from the
statement made by the Court, which must also have
been true, he was clearly not entitled to the office ;
but if Col. Campbell was in any way forward in
giving his opinion in Court, it would be cause of
offense. The above I have just found by accident.
Before I saw the statement of Col. Martin I
never heard of anything mercenary attributed to
Col. Campbell, and although mixed up with other
failings, I knew him to po.ssess some high traits of
character, and that he was a valuable public man
during the revolution, yet I should have considered
myself badly employed in furnishing anything con-
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ceiniug him as a foundation for peri)etuatiug his
memory if I had thought him any thing like the
character represented, for although I entirely agree
that the prominent good traits in a man's char-
acter ought to be properly presented, yet most cer-
tainly truth should always be vindicated.
"In doing this it is true the historian often has
a difficult task to perform, especially where he has
to rely upon the opinions of others, yet it should be
performed.
"While a man lives, if he makes many enemies,
he is almost certain of being traduced.
"Such was the fate of Col. Arthur Campbell.
This I know. He had more bitter enemies than
any man I ever knew in my life; and whilst he
lived he could and would say as hard things of them
as they said of him, but I do not think he has any
relations, out of his own immediate family, who
would repeat any of his harsh and reproachful
remarks about the public men who were contem-
porary with him. I am sure I would not.
"The documents and testimony going to show
the total falsity of the assault upon Gen. Wm.
Campbell's character for his conduct in the battle
of Kings Mountain are in the possession of his
daughter, Mrs. Francis Preston ; she has the testi-
mony of thirty-seven gentlemen (whose names I
know) that were in that battle. I don't think she
has Gov. Shelby's publications. She is now in
Columbia, South Carolina, with her son, Wm. C.
Preston, but will be at home this spring, and lives
my nearest neighbor. If you can, I am under the
impression it would he your best plan to come to
this place and spend a month or two next summer
with Mrs. Preston and myself, where you could
learn much which cannot be communicated Dy
IptTP.r.
"Montcalm, March 13, 1843.
"lAjman C. Draper, Esq.
"My Dear Sir — Having a leisure hour, I had just
taken a sheet of paper to commence an answer to
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jour letter of the 24tli of January, when I had the
pleasure of receiving from the postoffice yours of
the 24th of last month.
"1 have been making every efTort I could, but have
not yet been able to find a person living who was
in the battle of Long Island. Col. George Chris-
tian mentions to you Cornelius Carmack as one
who was there. 1 suppose I know Mr. Carmack,
and he may be old enough to have been in the battle,
but he shows so much ignorance about the names
of the officers, that I would doubt his being there.
Carmack knew my father very well, and if he does
not recollect his being there with a company, then
I would conclude he was not there himself, and
speaks of what took place from hearing others talk
about it. I am now entirely satisfied from the
inquiries I have made, and from my own recollec-
tions of the statements of my father, that there
were no other companies in the battle but Thomp-
son's, Cocke's and his own, and probably James
Shelby's. I am under the impression that James
Shelby and his company were in the battle.
"Since I last wrote you, I have received a letter
from my brother, James Campbell, of Nashville,
Tenn., part of which is on the subject of the Long
Island battle, in answer to enquiries I made of
him, an extract of which I will give you. In
speaking of the battle he says: *My recollection of
the matter is this: The Indians, when at the dis-
tance of about 300 yards from our lines, suddenly
raised the war-whoop, and seemed as if they had
been lying in ambush and had rose up in order of
battle ; they were in the form of a cone — the apex
towards the center of our line. The whites were
marching along in the usual way, and when the
war-whoop was raised, orders were given to form
the line. In doing this, some disorder took place,
but order was soon restored, the Indians running
in the meantime, at full speed upon our lines.' He
says, then, I think, the line was formed substan-
tially as you have stated, and then he says: 'There
were four companies in the battle — Wm. Cocke's,
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John Campbell's, James Shelby's and James
Thompson's. The Indians on the apex of the cone
ran up within a few feet of our line before they
gave way. They expected to break our lines.
Twenty-six of the enemy were left dead on the
ground, besides those that were carried off, and
what is a little remarkable, after such an impetu-
ous charge, they made a regular retreat and car-
ried off their wounded and a portion of their dead.'
"You see, my brother places Cocke as the oldest
captain, and so calls him, but in this he is mis-
taken. I recollect very well Thompson was the
senior captain, then Cocke, Campbell, Shelby. I
now think it highly probable that no official ac-
count was given by Thompson of the battle. The
account spoken of by James L. Cummings in the
letter I enclosed to you, as given by Col. Arthur
Campbell, was not one made out at the time of the
battle, but a statement furnished long after from
recollection from what was verbally related to him.
This account, my brother says, was by himself
given to Judge Haywood. He does not say what
notice Judge Haywood took of it, and as I have
never seen Haywood's history, I can say nothing on
the subject at present. He has promised to en-
deavor to procure the account itself for me, if it
can be found among the Judge's papers.
"My brother's letter has refreshed my memory
very much on the above subject. I have now a
distinct recollection that our father stated that
the Indians advanced upon them in the order and
at the pace described by my brother.
"I recollect his saying that the Indians at the
apex of the cone came in contact with the right
of his company, and left of Cocke's, and from the
line of Cocke's company being too much extended,
were near breaking through at this point. Dragon
Canoe, the chief, led his column.
"Robert Edmondson (not the one you think of,
but a cousin of his), who was in John Campbell's
company, and as I had always supposed was his
lieutenant, and John Morrison, who, I believe, was
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in James Shelby's company, stood side by side in
front of the line, and by their firmness rendered
great service. My father has often spoken of this.
Edmondson was afterwards killed at the battle of
Kings Mountain, and was then a ]>ieutenant. I,
when a boy going to a grammar school, boarded
nearly two years with his excellent widow, and
have heard her detail all his services; he was a
brother of Major William Edmondson.
"I will not insist any further on the christian
name of the Indian fighter, Captain Christian, as
Col. George Christian seems to be so positive in
his recollection, but if his uncle William was the
man, then he could not have been a very old man
between the years of 1757 and 1759. I still think
he has confounded names, but perhaps he has not.
Dr. Thomas Walker's papers would, no doubt, fur-
nish much valuable information. I suppose they
are all in the possession of Wra. C. Rives, of the
U. S. Senate, who married Dr. Walker's grand-
daughter, and lives where the doctor lived in Albe-
marle County. If you desire to examine these
papers, you must in some w^ay get an introduction
to Mrs. Rives, who is a literary lady, having written
two or three works, and having inherited the
mansion where Dr. Walker resided until the time
of his death. Her last work is entitled, "Tales and
Souvenirs of a Residence in Europe: By a Lady
of Virginia" (Phila. : Lea & Blanchard, 1842). By
reading this work, and then visiting Mrs. Rives
with a letter from Mr. Nathaniel Talmadge, of the
U. S. Senate, or Mr. Legare, Attorney-General of
the United States, I have no doubt you would be
permitted to see and examine all of Dr. Walker's
Journals, and probably other papers. Dr. Walker
rambled all over Southwest Virginia, and part of
Kentucky, and if you read Mrs, Rives' works you
will discover that much of her story is taken from
incidents in the life of her grandfather, whilst in
the woods and wilds of the West.
"You ask whether Mrs. Ramsey, to whom I re-
ferred you for information about Col. Fleming,
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aud others, is the widow of Col. Ramsey aud the
mother of Dr. Eamsey, of Kiioxville. No; she is
not; her husband was a Presbyterian clergyman
aud brother of Col. liamsey. I have understood
that Peter Force, of ^yashington City, has devoted
much time aud labor in collecting documents re-
lating to the history of the new settlements and
Indian wars, etc. 1 have no doubt you could find
much interesting matter in his collection.
"I expect all of Col. Wm. Preston's pai^ers, or
most of them, were in the possession of his son,
Gen. John Preston, who was the oldest of the family.
1 do not know who obtained possession of his
papers; perhaps some may have been retained by
the widow of Col. Wm. Preston, and if so, they
are now in possession of Governor Preston.
''I am not prepared just now to answer the im-
portant questions you put to me in your letter of
the 24th of January. I will not, however, lose
sight of them, and in the course of a few months,
I will endeavor to answer them as far as T can. In
that time I will also have it in my power to send
you a copy of Col. Arthur Campbell's ofiicial report
of his campaign in 1781, the sketch I have pre-
pared about the execution of Hopkins, reminis-
cences of the Rev. Charles Cummings, including
his skirmish with the Indians, and some other
papers. I will endeavor also to commit to paper
what I have heard my father relate about the battle
of Point Pleasant in 1774, and the consequences
which followed. I am afraid, though, this last
will be defective. I do not think I will be able to
give you any information about the troops from
Shenandoah in Lord Dunmore's campaign of 1774.
After reflecting upon my brother James Campbell's
letter, giving his recollections of what our father
stated about the Long Island Battle, I think Capt.
William Cocke's own account of his conduct on
that occasion may be adopted without violence to
historical truth.
"The Indians, with Dragon Canoe at their head,
attempted to break through our lines at the point
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where Capt. Cocke's and Capt. Campbell's com-
panies united; some few of the Indians got into
the rear of the line. Capt. Cocke's own account
was that these Indians got between him and his
company in the confusion of the first onset, and
that he could not get back to the line. This may
have been so. My father's attention at this mo-
ment was diiected mainly to his own company and
to the Indians, who were almost in reach of his
rifle, and therefore he could not say precisely what
occuned at a distance from him to the right.
"I have no doubt Gen. Lewis' account of the
battle of Point Pleasant can be found in Peter
Force's collection of oflBcial papers. Col. Arthur
Campbell's report of his campaign has been found
there. I think it probable you might also find
among ifr. Force's collection Col. Wm. Christian's
official report of his campaign in 1776 against the
Cherokees, and many other important papers.
"You inquire about Col. Arthur Campbell being
in Powell's Valley with a party of men, in or about
1773, and interring the bones of Young Eussell. I
know nothing of tlie circumstances, and indeed, I
find as I examine the history, that I am much more
ignorant of his public acts than I supposed I was.
"Most respectfully,
"Your obedient servant,
"David Campbell.'*
Lyman C. Draper to Gov. David Campbell, of Abing-
don, Virginia, July 1, 1845, says:
"Maj. Benj. Sharp, in speaking of your father,
says:
" *In giving you ray views of the character of
Capt. John Campbell, my attachment to him was
so strong, as perhaps to render me blind to defects
in his character that others might discover. He
was one among the most confidential friends I ever
had in my life. For eight or ten yeai-s that we lived
neighbors, our political, moral, and religious sen-
timents were precisely the same. He was temper-
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ate in all his habits; his disposition mild and
iinassuiTiing; his maimers and address free from
familiarity, but not obtrusive; his mind highly
cultivated, and his judgment sound and discrim-
inating, lie was dignilied without pride, humble
without severity, religious without superstition or
ostentation. lie was sincere in his friendships, his
disposition towards his enemies I never knew
tested, for I never knew he had any. He was the
useful citizen, obliging neighbor, affectionate hus-
band, kind father, indulgent master to his slaves,
and to crown all, he was a true patriot, a Whig of
1776. I feel my incapacity to fully delineate the
character of such a man, so noble and so true in
everything. His descendants may well cherish,
and revere his memory, and if they make his char-
acter the chart by which they sail through the ocean
of life, they may stand a fair chance never to be
wrecked in its rocks and quicksands.
" 'Maj. Benjamin Sharp.^ "
The above-named Capt. John Campbell was captain
of a company in the battle of Long Island Flats, fought
on the 20th of July, 1776, against the Cherokee Indians ;
was afterwards an officer in the Continental Army;
organized a company from Western Virginia and
fought bravely during the Revolution. He was a
brother to Margaret Campbell, who married Capt.
David Campbell, of Campbell's Station, East Tennessee,
the grandfather of the late Gov. Wm. B. Campbell, of
Tennessee. He was father of the late Gov. David Camp-
bell, of Abingdon, Virginia. He was called John
Campbell of "Royal Oak."
"MURFREESBORO^ TENNESSEE,
"January 19, 1853.
"Dr. J. O. M. Ramsey.
"Dear Sir — I have just received your letter of
the 10th inst., and by it see that you had only then
received mine of the 1st of the month. This shows
very bad management in the transportation of the
mails. A letter from here ought to reach you by
CAMPBELL FAMILY. 93
the way of Chattanooga and Augusta, in Georgia,
in less time than three days. I thank you for your
letter, and for your replying so promptly to the one
I wrote you; and I will with much pleasure an-
swer your enquiries or such of them as 1 can at this
time.
"Mrs. Campbell says you are correct in the time
when the settlement was made at Campbell's Sta-
tion. Her father, Col. David Campbell, removed
to the laud, she thinks, in the fall of 1786, having
the previous summer gone down from Greene
County, accompanied by his cousins, James and
David Campbell, and Archibald McCaleb and wife,
and built a cabin oitv." o and raised a crop of corn.
After removing his own family as far down as Gen.
White's fort, near Knoxville, or where Knoxville
now stands, he took with him James and David
Campbell, Arch. McCaleb, and Joseph Taylor, and
built the block houses. He then removed his fam-
ily— the Campbells, James and David, and McCaleb
removed theirs — and he was joined by Mr. Black-
burn, father of Gideon Blackburn, and family, and
Joseph Taylor, who soon afterwards married Miss
Blackburn, Gideon's sister. These men, with two
or three others hired by Col. Campbell, composed
the defense of Campbell's Station at that time.
My wife, Maria H. Campbell, daughter of Col.
David Campbell, at this time a young girl, was
taken by one of her aunts to Virginia, and remained
four years in the family of her grandfather, her
mother's father, David Campbell. During these
four years she had no knowledge of the occurrences
at her father's home at the station. After her
return, however, there was much danger and many
alarms from the Indians. On one occasion, when
the men were all absent from the fort and Col.
Campbell out in the fields with his hired men, they
were fired upon by the Indians from the adjoining
woods, but from so great a distance no injury was
done. He immediately ordered the horses un-
hitched from the plows, the men mounting them
rode rapidly to the fort. When they arrived they
94 HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
fouud Mrs. Margai-et Campbell, the Colonel's wife,
with the block house doors barred, her children by
her side, and she sitting with a ride in her iiand at
a port-hole near the door, quietly awaiting to learn
the result of the firing in the field. The other fam-
ilies at this time were not in the fort. Upon
another occasion during the absence of her husband
and all of the able-bodied men upon an expedition
against the Indians, the fort was attacked; at this
time all the families were in the fort. She called
together the old men, boys and women, and they all,
rifles in hands, repulsed the attack, the Indians
thinking they had made a mistake in supposing
there were only women, cl '^Vd/en and old men at
the block house.
"Your obedient servant,
"David Campbell.''
Annals of Tennessee, by Dr. Ramsey.
"I am not personally acquainted with Dr. Ram-
sey, but I had sui)posed he was a gentleman of
sufficient judgment, and had regard enough for
truth and the characters of the dead, not to insert
in his work as historical truth, any foolish story
which he might hear, although he could give his
authority for the statement.
"At page 154 of his work will be found his ac-
count of the battle of Island Flats, between the
militia of Southwestern Virginia and the Cherokee
Indians, in May, 1776. ITe had the official account
before him, and saw the names of the captains who
commanded in the battle. Yet on the authority of
Mr. George Huffacre, who says he was in the battle,
and as I suppose having no command, Dr. Ramsey
makes this most extraordinary statement: 'While
the captains were endeavoring to form line, some
confusion ensued, when Isaac Shelby (a volunteer
imder no command and not in ranks) gave orders
for each captain to fall into place and with his
company to march back a few paces and form line.
His orders were obeyed,' etc. Although this story
CAMPBELL FAMILY. 95
is perfectly ridiculous and would not obtain credit
with any person in the least acquainted with mil-
itary affairs, yet many readers might believe it
because published by Dr. Eanisey, and it was cal-
culated, with all such readers, to greatly disparage
the officers in command. Is it possible that Dv.
Kamsey could have credited such a statement? 1
am hardlv charitable enough to suppose it, and am
almost obliged to conclude that in his extreme
desire to exalt Isaac Shelby, wherever and when-
ever he named him, he was indifferent to the
character of all who might suffer by it. But the
truth is, Isaac Shelby could not have been present
at all at this battle. By his own showing, he must
have bc^n in Kentucky at that time, when the Com-
missioner' Court sat for adjusting titles to un-
patented lands in Kentucky, and granting certifi-
cates to actual settlers. Isaac Shelby's claim was
presented for a settlement and pre-emption. It
was granted, allowing him four hundred acres for
his settlement and a warrant for one thousand
acres for his pre-emption adjoining, and in the
certificate the fact is stated that his settlement and
making of a crop of corn on the same in the year
1776 was satisfactorily proved to the Court. The
proof must have shown a residence on the land
during the summer. The Commissioners were men
of high character, and would not have accepted any
but satisfactory proof, and Captain John Logan,
the friend of Shelby, and who presented the claim
in 1779 to the Court, would not have offered any
other.
''The above statement is made with a copy of the
certificate in right of settlement before me. There
were officers in that battle who had been engaged in
Indian warfare for ten or fifteen years, and had
been in battles before. They would not have sub-
mitted to anv usurpation of command or authority,
nor could it have been attempted. Capt. John
Campbell commanded the center company, and had
experience as an officer. Capt. James Shelby com-
manded the wing on the right, and received proper
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notice for his good conduct in the official account
of the battle signed by all the captains. John
Morrison was there, a man remarkable for his cool
bravery, afterwards Major Morrison of Ken-
tucky, and father of the gallant Captain Morrison
who^fell at Dudley's Defeat.
"The very remarkable man, Robert Edmondson,
was there. Kobert Campbell was there, who some
years ago died near Knoxville. David Campbell,
afterwards Col. Campbell, of Campbell's Station,
was there. Lieut. Davis and others, all of whom
were distinguished for their cool bravery, and most
of whom were in the center company, perfornaed
their duties promptly in bringing the men into line
of battle under their proper ofiScers, and all stood
firm.
"There was no private taking command or vol-
unteer giving orders and teaching the men their
duty. When Evan Shelby, the father of Gov. Isaac
Shelby, emigrated to Holston he purchased the
tract of land where Rev. James King now lives,
held under a i»atent from the State of Virginia,
and part of which was in Virginia as the line was
finally agreed on, some twenty or more years after-
wards. Shelby considered himself in Virginia, and
held offices in Virginia, both civil and military. In
1774 he was Captain of the Militia in Fincastle
County when the Governor of Virginia called for
volunteers to make a campaign against the Shaw-
nee Indians. Capt. Shelby raised a company, one-
half of whom lived in the present bounds of Wash-
ington County, and perhaps more. Dr. Ramsey
represents Shelby and his company as being Ten-
nesseans. Now, this is a very small matter; but
why make the statement? Shelby was a Virginia
officer at the time, acting under a Virginia Com-
mission, and some of his men lived near Abingdon.
The two Mangles, Carmack, Isaac Newland, Sam
Vance, Samples, Arthur Blackburn, Ca.sey. Stewart,
Goff and Bradley lived some distance from the
State line in Virginia. Besides, did not Dr. Ram-
sey know there was a dispute about the State line,
Mrs. Frances Owen Campbell
And Infant Son, William B.
She Was Born in IsiS; Died in ISW.
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and that Shelby held iu Virginia until 1779. He
then withdrew and acted as a militia officer in
North Carolina."
The above is in Gov. David Campbell's handwriting.
A Copy.
M. C. P.
FOR THE VIRGINIAN.
Old Washington.
"Some account of the first settlers of old Wash-
ington County, Virginia, would, no doubt, be inter-
esting to many of the readers of the Virginian, and
I could tell them something on that subject, if I
had the resolution to write it down ; but on that
point I have some misgivings. I will, however,
try.
"Hunters visited the country as early as 1745,
but no families came and settled permanently until
about 1767 or 17G8. In two years from that time
many emigrated, so that in 1770 the country was
dotted all over with improvements. The first great
migration was from Augusta County, but the spirit
was immediately caught, and large numbers of
families, and, indeed, whole connections, came from
Frederick County and the Valley — from the Augusta
line to the Potomac — from the upper counties of
Maryland and from Pennsylvania. Botetourt and
the country on each side of it sent members. The
first large connections were the Edmondsons, of
whom there were ten or twelve families of the same
name. Then the Vances, Newells, Blackburns, and
several others of that connection ; the Campbells,
five or six families; the Davises, four brothers —
Nathaniel, John, James and Samuel Davis; the
Craigs, three brothers — David, Robert and James
Craig; two or three families of the Colvilles, and
the same number of Briggscs; two families of
7
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HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
Logans, John and Benjamin Logan ; a large num-
ber of liiichanaiis, and several families of Beatjs
and their connections, the Kayburns and Dysarts;
also a large connection of the Berry family; five
or six Lowrey families; the Sharps and Laughlins,
a large connection, including the Kings and
Youngs. These Youngs were not the German
family; they were of Irish descent. I have named
such as occurs to me; but that the reader may
know who were the heads of families that composed
the Rev. Charles Cummings' congregation at Sink-
ing Spring, in the Glade Spring neighborhood, I
will give a list of their names, and it must be re-
membered that they were all Presbyterians.
"These families were in the country previous to
1772:
George Blackburn
William Blackburn
John Vance
John Casey
Benjamin Logan
Nathan McNabb
John Davis
Halbert McLure
Arthur Blackburn
Nathaniel Davis
Samuel Evans
William Kennedy
Andrew McFerran
Samuel Hen drey
John Patterson
James Gil more
John Lowrey
William Christian
Andrew Colville
Robert Craig
Joseph Black
Jonathan Douglas
William Berry
John Cusick
James Piper
James Harold
Robert Edmondson
Thomas Berry
Robert Trimble
William Magaughey
David Dryden
Samuel Briggs
Wesley White
James Dorchester
James Fulkerson
Stephen Jordan
Alexander Laughlin
James English
Richard Moore
Thomas Ramsey
Samuel Wilson
Joseph Vance
William Y'oung
William Davidson
James l''oung
John Sharp
John Long
Robert Topp
John Hunt
Thomas Bailey
David Getgood
Alexander Breckinridge
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99
Samuel Newell
David Wilson
David Craig
Eobert Gamble
Andrew Martin
Augustus Webb
John McNabb
Chris. Frnnkhouser
John Frankhouser, Sr.
John Frankhouser, Jr.
Thomas Sharp
John Berrj
James Montgomery
Samuel Huston
Henry Cresswell
George Adams
George Buchanan
James Dysart
William Miller
Andrew Leeper
David Snodgrass
Daniel McCormick
Francis Kincannon
Joseph Snodgrass
James Thompson
Robert Denniston
William Edmondson
Samuel Edmondson
Andrew Kincannon
John Kelley
John Robinson
James Kincannon
William Edmondson
Thomas Edmondson
John Beaty
George Tutor
Michael Halfacre
Stephen Cawood
James Garvell
Robert Buchanan, Jr.
Edward Jamison
Richard Heggon
John Lester
George Clark
James Molden
William Blanton
Christopher Acklin
James Craig
Joseph Gamble
Margaret Edmondson
John Edmondson
John Boyd-
Robert Kirkman
Martin Pruitt
Nicholas Brabston
Andrew Miller
Alexander McNutt
William Pruitt
John McCutcheon
James Berry
James Trimble
William Berry
Moses Buchanan
David Carson
Samuel Buchanan
William Bates
William McMillin
John Kennedy
Robert Lamb
Thomas Raferty
Thomas Baker
John Groce
Robert Buchanan
Thomas Evans
William Marlor
Hugh Johnston
Edward Pharis
Joseph I^ester
WMlliam White
Samuel ^Miite
WMlliara Lester
William Pogue
Samuel Buchanan
Thomas Montgomery
Samuel Bell
John Campbell
^^;isir•.v'.ife'r^t?
100 HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
''This is quite a long list of members of only one
church, and when they came together from both
congregations, as sometimes they did, they exhib-
ited a formidable appearance. High up on the
South Fork there were scattering settlements of
Baptists, and a large portion of the country for
twenty miles down from about seven miles of the
town of Abingdon, almost the whole poi)ulation
were Germans. Many of them came from Germany
to Pennsylvania, thence to what forms Shenandoah
and Rockingham, and from there to ITolston.
Some came to Plolston direct from Germany.
Jacob Young, who lived on the land afterwards the
residence of John Campbell, I think came direct
from Germany with a large household. He was
a wealthy man, and lived and ruled his household
and tenantry like a lord. The other German
families, as far as I can now call their names to
mind, were the Fleenors, a large family; the Gob-
blers, Mungles, Sydars, Huntsuckers, Kaylors,
Whisenands, Davaults, Funkhousers, Kniceleys,
Lindamoods, Statyers, Zimerlies, Teetors, Good-
mans, Shelleys, Munfours, Jinks and Droakes, who
came to the county some years afterwards. There
are others, whose names I cannot just now recollect.
"The rich valley about the salt works was settled
early by the Crabtrees, McNews, Falbulhs, and
Cawoods, and lower down, by the McCulloughs,
Watsons, Dunns, Logans, McKeynolds, and many
others. Several families began to settle north of
the Clinch Mountain. Among them, William and
Reece Bo wen, and in Castle Woods, William Rus-
sell. All were distinguished men in the Revolu-
tion. The Gilmores, Carrells and Dickensons,
settled early in that part of the county; also the
Brownings, Bickleys, and others, all most resi)ect-
able people.
"Of the above long list, how many remained in
the county? Not one family in twenty, 1 believe.
IIoKston seemed to be a point from which the rest-
less settler could survey, in his mind, at least, the
great and beautiful West, the lands of Kentucky and
CAMPBELL FAMILY. IQl
Cumberland, and as soon as each one thought it
would be safe for his family, he packed up his wife
and children and put oil for those fascinating coun-
tries. We have a fine country here, possessing
some of the highest recommendations, yet it is a
real pleasure to travel through Tennessee and
Kentucky, and see the thrift and prosperity of the
men and their families who went from Jlolslon in
early times, to those countries. Should you be
traveling and call at a fine farm house, you might
almost conclude the original proprietor and ances-
tor of the family came from Holston, and by a little
conversation you would soon trace them back to
old Augusta. Many of the men whose names I
have mentioned, and others from Old Washington,
participated in the battle of Point Pleasant, in
1774, and principally fought the battle of the Long
Island Flats, in 1776, and also participated in the
memorable battle of Kings Mountain, distinguish-
ing themselves in each battle. Yet there are some
men and historians found who have been endeavor-
ing to disparage them and throw them out of view
in each battle.
"A Subscriber.''
(Gov. David Campbell.)
I have given a sketch of Governor David Campbell,
and some of his letters and manuscripts, and will now
give the names of his brothers and sisters and their
descendants.
"Eliza, "Catherine, "John and "Arthur Campbell
died unmarried. "John Campbell, called Colonel John,
was Secretary of the Treasury during the administra-
tion of President Martin Van Buren, in 1837.
"Edward Campbell married Rhoda Trigg. They had
eight children, namely: "Mary Campbell, who married
Judge Connally F. Trigg, of Knoxville, Tennessee, and
they had three children, namely: '^Rachel Trigg, who
married Rufus McClung, of Knoxville, Tennessee, and
their children are: ^^Mary (married Dr. George B.
Johnson, of Richmond, Va.), "Grey (of Texas), "Hugh
and "Connally McClung; "Rose and "Josephine Trigg
are unmarried.
102 HlfiTORICAL 8KJ:rCIIE8.
"Eliza Campbell, married Charles Gibson, of Abing-
don, Virginia.
"Frank Campbell, married Anne Hickman, of Abing-
don, Virginia.
"Anne Campbell, married James K. Gibson, of Abing-
don, Virginia.
"John A. Campbell, married Mary Branch. lie was
Colonel of the 48th Virginia Infantry, C. S. A.
"James C. Campbell, born at "Halls Bottom," Wash-
ington County, Virginia, in November, 1830; married
Ellen, daughter of E. D. Kernan, of Lebanon, Virginia,
in 1853. He was Captain of Company I, 48th Regiment
of Virginia Volunteers, in C. S. Army, and was pro-
moted to the rank of Major. He was seriously wounded
at the Battle of McDowell's, May 8, 1863. He was, after
the close of the war, for some years Clerk of the County
Court of his native county, Washington, in Virginia —
an office which had been filled by his grandfather, Capt.
^John Campbell, and his uncle, Governor ^*^David Camp-
bell. Major "James C. Campbell was prominent in the
affairs of Washington County, and was held in great
respect. He died April, 1896, and left five children,
namelv: ^-Rhoda McDonald, ^^Edward Kernan, "Ellen,
"John A. and "Thomas Campbell. "Khoda McD. is
unmarried. "Edward K. married Lula Bi'own. He is
an attorney of Birmingham, Alabama. They have two
daughters: "Mary and "Jean Campbell. "Ellen
Campbell married G. H. Berry, of Johnson City, Tenn.
They have three children: "Edward, "Mary A., and
"Agnes Berry. "John A. Campbell married Mary
Robinson, of Asheville, North Carolina. They have
two children : "John A. and "Mary Campbell.
"Joseph Campbell married "Mary C. Preston. ■ They
had four children, namely: "Joseph Gamett (married
Grace Kennon, of Texas), "Mary, "Robert R. and
"Elizabeth Campbell are unmarried.
Dr. "Edward McDonald Campbell, fourth son of
"Edward Campbell and Rhoda Trigg, his wife, was
born at "Halls Bottom," the ancestral home, in Wash-
ington County, Virginia, October 31, 1825. He was
married in April, 1857, to Ellen Sheffey White, daughter
of James L. White and Margaret Rhea Preston, his
CAMPBELL FAMILY. 103
wife. She was born May 26,1836. lie lived at Abing-
don, Virginia, where he practiced his profession for
many years and attained great eminence as a physician.
He was a man of strong and positive character and of
decided talents, who took an active and intelligent in-
terest in political and social affairs, and was an earnest
snpporter of educational interests. He was widely and
favorably known, and his death, which occurred the 11th
day of June, 1878, called forth universal expressions of
regret among the people of his native county. He had
eleven children. His widow and eight children survived
him. Their names are as follows: "David T., "Marga-
ret, "Bessie, "Susan, "William, "Preston W., "Mal-
colm, "Frank, "James, "Josephine and "McDonald
Campbell. "David T. never married. "Margaret mar-
ried Col. C. W. Yourmans, of Fairfax, S. C. They have
three children: "McDonald C, "Margaret P. and
"Lucile Yourmans. "Bessie C. married H. R. Lenoir,
of Knoxville, Tenn. Their children are: ^'Ellen W.,
^'Virginia, and "Edward C. Lenoir. "Susan T. mar-
ried E. E. Handley, of Farmville, Virginia. Their
children are: "Elizabeth, "Campbell, "Margaret P.
and "Frances Handley. "William W. married Hallie
McCracken, of Shreveport, Louisiana. They have one
child: "Mary E. Campbell. "Preston W. lives at
Abingdon, Virginia. "Frank married Sally Janett, of
Bonham, Texas. Their children are: "John I., "Ellen
F, and "Malcolm McD. Campbell.
"Mary Campbell married James Cummings, of Ab-
ingdon, Virginia. Thev had seven children, namely:
"John C, "Eliza A. M., "Charles L, "David C,
"Arthur C, "Robert and "Amelia Cummings.
"John C. Cummings married Kate Lynch, of Abing-
don, Virginia. They had three children. "Sarah V.
married Dr. Richardson, of Texas. "Mary I. married
Mr. Lane, of Texas, and "Rhoda C. married John C.
Lambeth.
"Eliza A. M. Cummings married Robert R. Preston.
They had ten children. "Mary C. married "Joseph T.
Campbell. The names of their children are given above.
"Anne M., unmarried. "Walter S. "John A.
"Amelia C. married Robert A. Preston, and their chil-
104 IIIISTORWAL HKinCHES.
dren were: ^^Saudy IJ., married liessie Gordon; "L.
McD. married Kobert F. Preston ; ^^Tliomas W., married
Florence IJlair; "Margaret, unmarried; "liobert, un-
married, and "Mary C, unmarried. "James C,
"Arthur, and "'Campbell Preston died young.
"Thomas W. Preston married Amelia Shelby, of Mis-
sissippi. "Lizzie C. Preston married W. H. I^yburn.
^^Charles Cummings married Eliza Gibson, of Abing-
don, Virginia. Their children are: "David G., who
married Lucy Clark, and "J. Campbell, who married
Sallie White, of Huntsville, Alabama.
Col. "David C. Cummings married Eliza White, of
Abingdon, Virginia. Their children are: "James N.,
who married Eliza Preston, of Abingdon, Virginia;
"Robert P., who married Susan Keller, and their son is
"Arthur C. Cummings; and "David C, Cummings.
Col. "Arthur C. Cummings married Eliza Preston.
Their children are: "Ellen W. and "John M. P. Cum-
mings.
"Robert and "Amelia Cummings died unmarried.
They lived at the old home, "Halls Bottom," near Ab-
ingdon, Virginia. Were both very old.
"James Campbell, the youngest sou of Cai)tain "^John
Campbell and Elizabeth McDonald, his wife, married
Musidora Anderson, of Na.shville, Tenn. He was an
eminent lawyer in his day. He practiced law at Win-
chester, Tenn., and later removed to Nashville. They
had four children :
"Nancy Campbell married I. Downing, of Louisiana,
and left one son, "Je.sse Downing, of Louisiana.
"Betty Campbell married James Woods, of Nashville,
Tenn., and left one son, "James Woods, of Kingston
Springs, Tenn. He is married and has a daughter,
"Betty Campbell Woods. A sister of his, "Julia
Woods, died young.
"William Patton Anderson Campbell was in the U. S.
Navy. He resigned and joined the Confederate Navy
when the war of 1860 began. After the close of the
war he went to Egypt, and died in the ^rvice of the
Khedive in Central Africa in 1868. He was unmarried.
"Caroline Campbell.
"Arthur Campbell, son of «'' White David" Campbell
CAMPBELL FAMILY. 105
and *Mary Hamilton, his wife, was born in 1743, and
married May 12, 1773, ^"^Margaret Campbell, boin March
16, 1753, died December 25, 1813. She was the daughter
of his first cousin, Capt. ^Charles Campbell. This
'Arthur Campbell had quite a varied and ad\X'utui"ous
life. He was taken prisoner by the Indians when only
sixteen years of age, while with his father on a short
campaign against them. The hardships which he en-
dured during the three years' captivity were very
severe, until he was finally protected by an aged Chief,
who carried him to Canada and to the old French Fort
at Detroit. The Jesuit Fathers, who had established
a mission for the Indians at this fort, were pleased with
the bright, interesting English boy, and taught him
while he was there; therefore, upon his escape, and
recapture by the English Army in 17G0 (which was
commanded by General Johnson in his campaign
against the French and Northern Indians), he was
much better educated than other boys of his age in
Western Virginia at that time. He afterwards acted
as pilot to the Colonial Army in the Northwest, and
served as Lieutenant in the Army on the Western fron-
tier. His knowledge of the Indian character, language
and customs was of great value to him as an oflicer in
the Colonial and Continental Armies. He was a dele-
gate to the Virginia Constitutional Convention of May,
1776, from Fincastle County ; served in the War of the
Eevolution as Captain and Colonel, received one thou-
sand acres of land, which was located in Kentucky, for
his military services. He was afterwards one of the
leading men in forming the State Government of Ten-
nessee, was a man of influence and great learning, a
cultivated gentleman, "^f courtly manners and bearing,
though dominant and accustomed to ruling those
around him. He died August 8, 1811, at his home, the
present site of Middlesboro, Ky., and was buried there.
He and his wife, Margaret Campbell, had twelve chil-
dren, namely: ^"William, "Elizabeth, "John B.,
"Arthur, "Margaret, "Mary, "James, "Charles,
"David, "Martha, "Anne and "Jane Campbell.
"William Campbell married Sarah Adams, and had
two sons, ^^Alexander and "David Campbell. There
mav have been others.
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^"Elizabeth Campbell married John S. Macfarland
and left five sons, namely: "William, "James, "Arthur,
"Walter and "Alexander Macfarland. Her second
husband was Mr. Patton.
Col. '°John B. Campbell, of the United States Array,
was, in 1811, the first Quartermaster General of Ken-
tucky. Ue married Polly Latham. They had no
children. He Avas a very distin<;uis;hed, brave officer in
the war of 1812, and died July 5, 1814, from a wound
received at the Battle of Chippewa. He was buried in
Christian County, Kentucky, at his home.
^"Arthur D. Campbell married Sarah Thompson. He
was an officer in the war of 1812. They left nine chil-
dren, namely: "John T., "James M., "Matthew M.,
^^Arthur S., "Eliza, "Sarah, "Andrew I., "Louisa V.
and "Penelope Campbell.
^°Margaret Campbell married Isaac Sawyers. They
had two children.
^°Mary H. Campbell married William E. Beard. They
had eleven children, namely: "Anne A. C, "Margaret,
"Arthur C, "James, "Martha, "John C, "William E.,
"Thomas, "David, "Andrew and "Robert Beard.
"Anne A. C. Beard married Dr. John W. Campbell.
They had five children : "Susan N., "Louisa B., "John
H. C, "Dezire I. C. and "WMlliam Campbell. Col.
"Arthur C. Beard married Pheriba Moore. He was a
Colonel in the Confederate Army, and was one of the
leading men of North Alabama. Born March 18, 1810,
near Cumberland Gap, now Bell County, Ky. ; died
January 17, 1877, at Guntersville, Ala. They had eight
children, namelv: "Caroline M., ^^Mary H., "William
T., "Jane E., "Arthur H., "Julia A., "James P. and
"Silas P. Beard. "Caroline M. married Dr. James W.
Fennell, of Seguine, Texas. They had four children,
namely: "Mary E. (married Joseph Dibrell), ^'Marga-
ret (married Stephen M. Ewing), "Florence (married
Mack Collins) and "Jefferson Fennell. "Mary H.
Beard married William D. Clack. They had two chil-
dren: "Mary (married D. Campbell) and "Philip
Clack (lives in Memphis, Tenn.). "William T. Beard
married Mary Word, of Colliersville, Tenn. They have
three children : "Lucy C, "Arthur C. and "Andrew I.
CAMPBELL FAMILY. \ffj
Beard. ^^Jane N. Beard died young. '^Arthur H.
Beard married, and lives in Mempliis Tenn. JJe has
three chuldrcn : ^^Arlhiir, "Abbie and '^Louise Beard.
^^Julia A. Beard married Judge Thomas A. Street, one
of the most prominent men of North Alabama, Decem-
ber 6, 18G5. They lived at Guntersville, Ala., and had
nine children: "Oliver O., "Jane M., "Arthur B.,
"Thomas A. (of Columbia, Mo.), "Julia, "Mary,
"Edwin C, "Bebecca and "Ernestine Street. "Oliver
D. Street, of Guntersville, Ala., U. S. District Attorney
for North Alabama in 1908, married, February 17, 1892,
Mary E. Lusk. They had four children : ^*Margaret,
"Mary Julia, "Oliver D. and "Thomas A. Street.
"Jane M. Street married Edward F. Whitman, of Boaz,
Ala. Their children were: "Atkins S., "PMward T.,
"Mary, "Guy E., "Ernestine, "Julia, "James A.,
"Edna May, "Kathleen, "Jane and "Emma Wells
Whitman. "Julia Street married William Sneed, of
Boaz, Ala. "Edwin C. Street married Dora Ferguson.
They have one child : "Catherine Street. "James P.
Beard married, and lives near Guntersville, Ala.
^-Silas P. Beard married Elizabeth May. They live at
Manchester, Ala., and have three children: "William,
^'Dora and "Margaret Beard. "Andrew M. Beard
married a Miss Cox. They have one son, "William T.
Cox Beard.
^'James Campbell was unmarried. He was a Captain
in the war of 1812, and was killed at the Battle of New
Orleans.
"Col. Charles Campbell married Sally Morrison.
They died, leaving no children.
^°David H. Campbell married, first, Amelia Pepper,
and second, Nancy Handy. He was in the war of 1812,
and had one child: "Margaret Campbell.
"Martha Campbell married Philo Beeman, of Louis
ville, Ky. They had four children : "John, "James,
^^Araelia and "Mary Beeman.
^°Anne Campbell married Wm. Owen. They left two
children, who lived in Louisville, Ky.
^'*Jane Campbell married Andrew Campbell, from
Ireland. He may have been related to her father. They
left four children, namely: "Arthur Campbell, born
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January 19, 1812; mamed Virginia Young; died April
22, 1851. They had one son: ^-William Campbell, of
Columbus, Miss., who married his cousin, Alicia Camp-
bell, and ^^Elizabeth Campbell, his sister, who died un-
married. "Jane Campbell, died unmai-ried in 1859.
"Elizabeth H. Campbell; born 3816; died 1864; mar-
ried Thomas G. Moore. "Margaret CaT)ipbell ; born
March 0, 1814; married John Marshall, a celebrated
lawyer of Franklin, Tenn. They had three children:
"Jane, "John, and "William Marshall. "Jane Mar-
shall married T. P. F. Allison, an officer in the Confed-
erate Army. They had two daughters : "Louise Allison,
married James Lipscomb, of Nashville, Tenn. They
have five children : "Allison, "Eebecca, "James, "Mar-
garet and "Marshall Lipscomb. "Margaret Allison
married W. K. Penniman, of Asheville, N. C. They
have three children. "John Marshall was an officer in
the Confederate Army. He married Ellen McClung.
They had two children: "Eliza Marshall, who married
Francis M. Ewing. They have two sons: "Marshall
and "Andrew Ewing. "Johnnie Marshall, who married
"I^muel Russell Campbell, a distant cousin. They
have three sons: "William B., "Matthew McClung and
"Jiussell. Two daughters: "Ellen and "Elizabeth,
died in infancy. "William Marshall (called "Judge")
was in the Confederate Armv. He never married, and
died in 1905.
* James Campbell, bom in 1744, never married.
^William Campbell, born in 1746, never married.
^Margaret Campbell, daughter of "White" David
Campbell, and Mary Hamilton, his wife, was born in
Augusta County, Virginia, March 31, 1748. She was
married, in 1774, to *David Campbell, a cousin. He
was born in Augusta County, Virginia, in 1753. Their
mothers, Mary Hamilton and Jane Cunnyngham, were
half-sisters, and their fathers, "White" David Campbell
and "Black" David Campbell, were distantly related.
They moved from Washington County, Virginia, in
1786, to Tennessee, twelve miles from Knoxville, where
Captain Campbell first erected a block-house, and after-
wards a station, which was called Campbell's Station.
This name was retained for one hundred and ten years,
CAMPBELL FAMILY. 109
then c'lianged by those who have no respect for historical
names or places, the postoflice given up, and the name
given to another place in Middle Tennessee, near Nash-
ville, Captain Campbell's wife, Margaret Campbell,
was a most intelligent, mild and placid woman, always
thoughtful and calm, and prepared for every emergency.
So conspicuous were these traits in her character that,
when any difliculty occurred or alarm was given, she
was immediately looked to and consulted, not only by
the women of the station and neighborhood, but the
men relied upon her judgment about everything con-
nected with their frontier life. She was a most suit-
able, congenial companion for her patriotic, courageous
soldier husband. She died July 25, 1799, at Campbell's
Station, East Tennessee, the home of her husband, and
was buried in the Presbyterian graveyard at that place.
They had eight children. The four who died in early
youth were: "William, "Elizabeth, "Samuel and
"Arthur. The others were: "Jane, "John, "Mary
and "David.
"Jane Campbell, the eldest, married Col. Charles
Wright, of the United States Regular Army. They had
no children.
"John Campbell, born in 1777, married, first, a Miss
Gushing, of Boston, Mass., then Emeline Cowen. He
was a Colonel in the war of 1812, and was afterwards
in the U. S. Regular Army. He died in Arkansas in
1859, leaving no children.
"Mary Hamilton Campbell, born February 22, 1783,
married. May 15, 1800, her cousin, "David Campbell,
of Abingdon, Virginia, whose history has already been
given. They both died in 1859, he aged eighty years,
and she seventy-six. He was Colonel in the war of 1812,
and afterwards Governor of Virginia. They had no
children.
"David Campbell, son of *David and "Margaret
Campbell, was born March 4, 1781. He was a most
estimable man, and commanded the respect of all who
knew him. In January, 180G, in Sunmer County,
Tenn., he was married to Catherine Bowen, born March
17, 1785. She was the daughter of Capt. William
Bowen, an officer in the Colonial and Revolutiouary
110 HlSTOliWAIj HKETCliES.
Wars, and granddaughter of Gen. William Knssell, who
was also a brave patriot and statesman in ''those times
that tried men's souls." He served throughout the
French and Indian Wars, was a Captain, Colonel, and
Brigadier General in the Continental Army of Virginia,
and for nine years was consecutively in the service of
his country in the army.
^°David and Catherine Bowen Campbell had six chil-
dren: ^^WJlliam B., ^^John, ^^Mary, "Margaret, "Vir-
ginia and "David Campbell. ^°David Campbell died
June 18, 1841. His wife, Catherine Bowen, died March
19, 1868, at the old family residence, near Ivebanon,
Tenn., aged eighty-three years.
Their eldest son, "William Bowen Campbell> was
born in Sumner County, Tennessee, about twelve miles
from Nashville, February 1, 1807. He attended the best
schools that the country afforded at that time. He
was sent to college in Virginia. He was a student at
the celebrated law school at Winchester, Virginia, where
he was associated with and made life-long friends of
many who afterwards became the great men of the
nation. He began the practice of law at Carthage,
Tenn., and was soon appointed Attorney-General of his
district. He was elected to the State Senate in 1834.
On the 10th of September, 1835, he was married to
Frances Isabella Owen, born February 5, 1818, near
Carthage, Tenn., daughter of Dr. John Owen and Mary
Amis Goodwin, his wife.
"William B. Campbell became prominent in his State
when comparatively a young man. He was Captain of
a company in Col. William Trousdale's regiment in the
Seminole Indian War in Florida in 1836. Was six
years in the United States Congress, Colonel of the 1st
Tennessee Regiment in the Mexican War of 1846, served
with great bravery and noted distinction, and was
highly complimented by his commanding Generals,
Scott and Taylor, after the battles of Monterey and
Buena Vista. He was Judge of his district after the
close of this war, and Governor of his State in 1851.
He was a true statesman and patriot, after the type of
Washington, whom he was taught to honor and revere
from his infancy by his intensely patriotic mother, who
CAMPBELL FAMILY.
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was a daughter and granddaughter of officers of Wash-
ington's Army.
"WiJliam B. Campbell descended from a line of
patriots of Colonial and Continental periods. He
finished his education, which was solid and liberal,
under the direction of his uncle. Governor David
Campbell, of Abingdon, Virginia, with whom he
studied law, and later went to the then noted law
school which was controlled bj Henry St. George
Tucker, at Winchester, Virginia. He returned to
Tennessee in 1829, was elected Attorney-General of
his district, around Carthage, Tennes.see. In 1S36
he resigned, and was elected to the Legislature.
Later, as Captain of a company in Colonel Trous-
dale's regiment in the Florida War, he won honor
and distinction. In 1838 he defeated the Demo-
cratic candidate for Congress, and again in 1S39.
He fought with great gallantry through the Mex-
ican War of 1845 as Colonel of the 1st Tennessee
Kegiment, whose desperate bravery won for them
the sobriquet of the 'Bloody First.' Campbell
himself led the charge at storming the fort at the
battle of Monterey, September 21, 1846, and his
troops hoisted the first American flag on the walls
of this Mexican city. This was, i)erhaps, the most
brilliant feat of arms accomplished during that
war. The form of Campbell's command to charge
was, 'Boys, follow me.' This became an historic
expression, and was the favorite battle-cry of the
Whig party during the campaign that elected him
Governor of Tennessee. In 1848 he was elected
Circuit Judge by the Legislature, and in 1851 he
was nominated by acclamation for Governor by the
Whigs, and elected." — From the Pennsylvania
Magazine.
Frances Owen Campbell, his wife, was a refined, cul-
tured woman of great intelligence; she died March 22,
1SG4, and her husband died August 19, 18(j7, at "Camp-
bell," their country home near Ixibanon, Tenn., leaving
seven children, three having died before their parents,
112 insrORICAL RKETCIIEf^.
in early youth. Their childi-en were: "Mary O.,
"Margaret H., "William H., "Frances A., "Joseph A.,
"J. Owen and "Lemuel H. Campbell. "Mary Owen
Campbell married D. C. Kelley, January, 1869. She
died November 14, 1800. They had four children:
"Lavinia died at eleven 3'ears of age; ^^\Yilliam C. died
at twenty-seven years of age, in February, ISOS, in
Alaska, unmaiiied; David C. n)arried Jane Cowen ;
they have a daughter, Mary O. C. Kelley, and a son,
"D. C. Kelley, Jr. ; "Owen C. Kelley died November 5,
1904, at Hendersonville, Tenn., the home of his brother.
"Margaret Hamilton Campbell married James Stuart
Pilcher. He is a practicing lawyer at Na.shville,
Tenn. They have three children : "Frances Owen,
"Stuart Carothers, who married Martha Douglas
in 1909, and "W. B. Campbell Pilcher, who mar-
ried Loretta Taylor in 1907. "William B. Camp-
bell. Jr., a most promising and brilliant young man,
died at the age of twenty-two. "Fanny A. Campbell
married J. Willis Bonner, a lawyer of Nashville, Tenn.
She died February 14, 1900. They had five chil-
dren (two of their children died 3'oung: "Willis
and "Russell). "Dr. Campbell Bonner is Professor
of Greek at the University of Michigan at Ann
Arbor. He married Ethel Howell. They have
two daughters: ^*Frances C. and "Sue Grundy Bon-
ner. "Moses H. Bonner married Georgiana McNair.
They live in Houston, Texas (1910). The other child is
"Mary C. Bonner. "Joseph A. Campbell married Alice
Hall. They live at the old family home, "Campbell,"
near Lebanon. Tenn. They have three children : "Fran-
ces (married Frank Garden, of Chattanooga, Tenn., and
has one child: "Alice H.), "Mary and "Jessie Bonner
Campbell. "Dr. J. Owen Campbell married Susie
Towson. They live near Lebanon, Tenn., and have two
children : "Martha and "Margaret Campbell. "Lemuel
Bussell Campbell, a lawyer of Nashville, Tenn., married
a distant cousin, Johnnie Marshall. They have had five
children: "William B., "Matthew McC, "F. Bu.ssell,
"Ellen (died young) and "Elizabeth (died young).
"John H. Campbell, born in 1808, died in 1890, was
never married. He served in the Confederate Armv.
Mary and Margaret Campbell.
Daughters of Gov. Wm. B. Campbell.
CAMPBELL FAMILY. II3
"Mary H. -R. Campbell married E. P. Scales. Tbey
had five childreu : ^^David, ^^Catherine, '-Jemima,
^-Margaret and '-IClsworth Scales, '-David Scales
married, first, Mary C. White, who died in a few months
after her marriage. He then married Grace Jlillman.
They have three children: '^Anne, "Elsworth and
"Hillman Scales, of Nashville, Teun. '^Qatherine B.
Scales married Di". Hal Manson. She died, leaving no
children. She was a lovely woman, highly educated,
and a person of remarkable intellectual ability.
^-Jemima G. Scales married Archibald Hughes. They
had five children : '^Elsworth, '^Dillard, '^Bowen,
^^Margaiet, and '"'David Hughes. ^"'Margaret Hughes
married Mr. Johnson, of Bernice, La. '-Margaret A.
Scales married a Methodist minister, Mr. I. Keathley.
'^Elsworth P. Scales, Jr., married, first, Nadine Camp,
then ^f{\ry . He has no children.
"Margaret H. Campbell never married, but devoted
her life to her venerable mother. She was a noble
Christian woman. She died in 1880, at Lebanon, Tcnn.
"Virginia T. Campbell was adopted when quite young
by her uncle. Governor David Campbell and his wife,
who had no children. They lived at Montcalm, near
Abingdon, Va. She was married to Rev. William
Shelton, at the home of her mother, "Campbell," near
Lebanon, Tenn., Julj', 1849. They had seven children:
'^David, died at twenty-two years of age; '^Mary, died
in infancy; '-James, married Lavinia Jones. They
lived at Brownsville, Tenn. They had no children.
'-Bev. William Shelton married Hattie Bass. They
have one son : '"Dr. Albert Shelton, of Kansas City, Mo.
'^Nanny M. Shelton married, first, William Saufiey, of
California. They had three children: '^Shelton,
"Robert and '^Cliarles Saufley. '"Shelton married
Cloe Smith Banglcman, and has one son : '^Shelton
Marshall Saufley, Jr. '-Nanny M. Shelton married,
second, Mr. McClary, of Stanford, Ky. '-Catherine B.
Shelton married John Richeson, of East St. Louis. She
died, leaving three children : "Virginia, '^Mary and
"John Richeson. '^Henry Shelton married ,
and has thi-ee children: '">Targaret, "Milton and
'^ Shelton.
114 nrsToniCAL sketches.
"David H. R. Canii)holl married Lucy Goodall. They
lived at Carthage, Tenn., and had ten children : ^^David,
married Etta Peyton. lie died, leaving two children
in Texas. ''Isaac, married Catherine Crutcher. They
have three children : "Lucy, '"Bertha and '"Catherine
Campbell. "Lucy married Paul Kern, and has one
son : '^Campbell Kern. '"Bertha married Judson Mc-
Lester, and has two childi-en : 'Mudson, Jr., and '^Cath-
erine McI>eRter. '-William B. Campbell, married
Eulalie Findley. After her death, he married Lena
Neely. He has three children: "Findley, '"Hamilton
and "James Marshall Campbell. '^John O. Campbell
and his wife, Katie Findley, have five children : '"Lula,
'"Morton, '"David, "Eulalia and '"Spiller Campbell.
'"Lula married Mr. Findley, of Virginia. '^Catherine B.
Campbell, married William Moore. They have four
children: '"VYilliam, '"John, '"Julius and '"Russell
Moore. They live in Texas. '^Dr. Walter Campbell,
married Miss White. He died, leaving three children,
living near I>ebanon, Tenn., namely: '"Crutcher,
'"Annie and '"Walter Campbell. '^'Hattie G. Campbell,
married Wirt I>ee, a lawyer of Carthage, Tenn. They
have three children : '"Harry, "David and '"Frank Lee.
^^Arthur Campbell, married Anne Jones, and lives in
Nashville. He has one son : "Edwin R. Campbell.
'^Frank, '^Margaret and '^Lucy Campbell died young.
I will now continue the history of the children of
"White" David Campbell and his wife, Mary Hamilton.
It will be remembered that they had thirteen children.
I have given an account of eight of them, and will now
take the one just younger than ^Margaret, who married
*David Campbell.
®David Campbell was born in 1750, and was educated
for the bar. He practiced law for awhile in Washing-
ton County, Virginia, and then removed to that part of
the country which is now Tennessee. He married
before leaving Virginia, Elizabeth Outlaw. He was
the first Federal Judge of the Territory in which he
lived, and was a leading spirit in the organization of
the State government, also assisted in framing the Con-
stitution of Tennessee. He was one of the two first
Supreme Judges of the State after its admission to the
CAMPBELL FAMILY. II5
Union, and held this oflSce for many years. See Ram-
sey's "Annals of Tennessee," and "Kings Mountain and
Its Heroes," by Draper. In 1776 he joined the Conti-
nental Army, rose to the office of Major in General
Nathaniel Green's Division, served for several years.
After having served on the Supreme Bench of Tennessee,
he was appointed Federal Judge of the Territory which
is now the State of Alabama. He lived only a short
time after this appointment. In 1812, aged .sixty-two
yeai-s, his death occurred, before he had removed his
family to the Territory. He and his wife had eleven
children, as follows:
^"Alexander Campbell never married. He died while
in the United States Army.
^"Penelope Campbell married Dr. Thomas Van Dyke.
They had four children: '^Nixon, ^'Jefferson, "Mary
and '4i:iiza Van Dyke.
I will here insert a short sketch of one branch of the
American Van Dykes, compiled by the late Judge Nixon
Van Dyke, of Tennessee.
Three Van Dyke brothers emigrated from Holland
and settled at New Amsterdam, now New York City.
One of the brothers moved up the Hudson River on the
New York side, and settled thei"e; another brother
crossed the Hudson River and settled in what is now the
State of New Jersey; the other brother settled in the
State of Delaware, which was at that time a colony of
Sweden.
In 1845 Judge Nixon Van Dyke, of Tennessee, son of
Dr. Thomas and Penelope Campbell Van Dyke, visited
Delaware, at Newcastle. There he met the Hon. John
John, then Chancellor and ea- officio Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court of Delaware, whose wife was a Miss
Van Dyke. He then had in his possession two large
folio Bibles, printed in the German language, one pub-
lished in 1701, the other in 1710. The one published in
1701 had the genealogy of the Johns family for several
generations back ; the other had the genealogy of the
Van Dyke family, who dei?cended from the brother who
had settled in Delaware. Three or four of the first
names in regular succession were written in German,
and spelled Van Dyck, afterwards from Thomas Van
116 HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
Dyke down the names were spelled Van Dyke, and
written in English.
Thomas Kixon, of Passey, near Dover, Delaware, had
seven children : Nicholas, Charles, Thomas, Leticia,
Eliza, Kachel and Anne Xixon. Thomas Van Dyke
married Leticia Nixon, daughter of the above-named
Thomas Nixon, he being her second husband. Her first
was Jdhn Kogorson, a jtlanter in the Island of Jamaica,
by wliom she had one daughter, Fidelia Ivogerson, who
married William Montgomery, a lawyer of Lancaster,
Pennsylvania.
Thomas Van Dyke and bis wife, Leticia Nixon, had
one son, Thomas J. Van Dyke. After the death of her
second husband, Thomas Van Dyke, Leticia Nixon Van
Dyke married a third time, John Coakley. By him
she had one daughter, Leticia Nixon Coakley, who
married ]^ichard Smith, a lawyer of Huntingdon, Pa.
Mr.s. Leticia Nixon Rogerson-VanDyke-Coakley died in
Lancaster, Pa., in 1S19.
Thomas J. Van Dyke finished his school course, then
studied medicine with his uncle, Daniel Robinson, in
Baltimore, Md., and at the early age of nineteen he
entered the United States Army as Ensign. He was
soon promoted to a Captain, and sometime between the
years of 1700 and ISOO, he, with his company, were sta-
tioned, tirst, at a fort called Tellico Block House, on
Little Tenues.see River, near the mouth of Tellico River;
afterwards he and his company were moved to a fort
called Belle-Canton, on Holston River, about two miles
above the mouth of the Little Tennessee River. It was
while stationed hei'e that Thomas J. Van Dyke became
acquainted with and married Penelope Campbell, the
eldest child of the Hon. David Campbell, one of the
Judges of the Superior Court of Tennessee. He was
afterwards Judge of the United States Court for the
Territory of Mississippi, then holding its session at
Huntsville, now in the State of Alabama.
Penelope Campbell was just fifteen years of age when
she was married to Thomas J. Van Dyke. The children
of this couple were : Alexander 0. Van Dyke, born 1799;
Jefferson C., born 1801 ; Thomas Nixon, born January
16, 1803; Mary H., born 1805; Eliza R., born 1807.
CAMPBELL FAMILY. \YJ
Judge David Campbell .sold his farm to William Le
Noir, whose descendants still own it, near what is now
Le Noir's Station, Tennessee.
Tn 1811 Thomas J. Van Dyke resigned his commission
in the Array of the United States and went to the town
of Washington, in T\hea County, Tennessee, and engaged
in the practice of medicine. Upon the breaking out of
the war of 1812 between the United States and Great
Britain, he was appointed surgeon in the U. S. Army,
and served in two campaigns in the South under Gen.
Daugherty against the Indians — one in 1813, the other
in 1814. During the latter 3'ear he died at Fort Clai-
borne, at a place called Alabama Heights, on the Ala-
bama River. The names of the children of Dr. Thomas
J. Van Dyke and his wife, Penelope Campbell, have
been given above. Alexander Van Dyke died in the
U. S. Army unmarried. Jefferson C. Van Dyke married
a Miss Cocke, of Virginia. They lived in Tuscaloosa,
Alabama. Their children were: A daughter, who mar-
ried Dr. Pegram, of Dayton, Alabama; Caroline Van
Dyke, who married Capt. James Ford, of Selma, Ala.
Thomas Nixon Van Dyke married Anne Eliza Deadrick,
daughter of Dr. W^m. H. Deadrick and Peneloi)e Hamil-
ton, his wife. She was a daughter of Col. Joseph Ham-
ilton and his wife, Penelope Outlaw, sister of Judge
David Campbell's wife, Elizabeth Outlaw. They were
daughters of Col. Alexander Outlaw. Judge Thomas
Nixon Van Dyke and his wife, Anne Eliza Deadrick,
had ten children, as follows : Penelope Van Dyke, mar-
ried Thomas H. Cleage, of Athens, Tenn.; William D.
Van Dyke, married Anna M. Deadrick, daughter of
Judge James M. Deadrick, of the Tennessee Supreme
Court; I^ticia Van Dyke died in youth; Richard S.
Van Dyke was killed in the Confederate Army; John M.
Van Dyke was killed at the battle of Darksville, Va., in
the Confederate Army; Frances L. Van Dyke never
married; John M. Van Dyke died young; Margaret J.
Van Dyke married Hugh Inman, of Atlanta, Ga., and
they have two children, namely: Anne Inman (married
John D. Grant, of Atlanta, and has two children) and
Josephine Inman; Mary 11. Van Dyke and Robert D.
Van Dyke.
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The other children of ^'David Campbell and his wife,
Elizabeth Outlaw, were:
'^Polly, nian-ied Mr. Beck.
"^Ret.sy, married Mr. 1). Humphries.
'"Dolly, married Matthew McClelland.
'Mefl'erson, mai-ried Sarah Bearden.
'"Victor Moreau, married Penelope Deadrick.
'"Caroline, never married.
"*Iveticia, married Rev. Joseph Sloss, of Alabama.
Their son was Col. "James Sloss, of Birmingham, Ala,
"^Harriet, mai-ried Dr. C'arlyle Humphries.
"^Margaret, married John Kogers, of Kogersville,
Tenn.
"Sarah Campbell, daughter of "White" 'David Camp-
bell and Mary Hamilton, his wife, was born in 1752.
She married Zeb Howard, and died in 1802, leaving no
children.
For Col. "Robert CampbelTs Colonial and Continental
services, see "Kings Mountain and Its Heroes," page
409.
Col. ^Robert Campbell was born in 1755. He was one
of the most active leaders of the ^^'hig party in Western
Virginia, during the Revolution of 1770, and was dis-
tinguished for his enterprise and great courage. He
enlisted in the Colonial Army when only nineteen yeai^s
of age, to light the Indians; was wounded at the battle
of Point Pleasant, in 1774 ; served with bravery in the
Continental Army, and was at the battle of Kings
Mountain and other engagements while the war con-
tinued. He kept a journal of his life while in the aiiny.
In 1783 he married Rebecca McDonald, a sister of the
wife of his brother, Captain ^John Campbell. They had
six children, as follows: '"^Mary, '"^David, ^"Elizabeth,
'"Martha, '"Edward and '"Rol)ert Campbell.
'"Mary Campbell married Robert Cumming.s, of Ab-
ingdon, Virginia. They had eight children, namely:
"Eliza, "Campbell, "David, "Mary, "Charles. "John,
"Sarah and "James Cummings. "Eliza Cummings
married James P. Strother. They had eight children,
namely : '-Robert C, married Miss Baker, of Louisiana;
'^James, died unmarried; '-William T., died unmarried;
'-Mary C, married S. P. Moore, of Louisiana; '-Mar-
CAMPBELL FAMILY. HQ
garet, married Mr. Brown, of Louisiana; ^^Addie,
married William Tlutclieiison, of Louiwiana; ^^Virginia,
married Thomas Graham, of Louisiana, and ^-Eliza, died
unmarried. ^'Campbell Cummings married Sally
Pickett, of Ixmisiana; no issue. Col. ^^David Cum-
mings manied Anne A. Preston, of Abingdon, Virginia.
Their (.hildren were as follows: '-Carter, mai'ried and
lives in Louisiana; '-Mary, '-Faiiman P., '-Sally P. and
'-David 11. Cunmiings, all unmarried. "Mary Cum-
mings married William Trigg. "John Cummings
married Mrs. Logan.
"'David Campbell, sou of Col. "Robert Campbell, mar-
ried, first, Sarah Cowen, second, Sarah Greenway.
'"Elizabeth Campbell married Alexander Sneed, of
Danville, Kentucky. They had four children: "Sarah
Sneed, married George ]\L A'est, United States Senator,
of Sedalia, ^fissouri; they had a daughter, '-
Vest, who married G. P. B. Jackson, of St. Louis, Mis-
souri, aud two sons, '-'George Vefit and '- Vest,
of ^fissouri. "Alexander Sneed married, and had a
daughter, '-Margaret, who nuirried aud lives in Sedalia,
Mis.<5ouri. He also had a son, name not known. The
other two children were "John and "Pobert Sneed, of
Missouri.
^•^Martlia Campbell married Dr. Paxton, being his
second wife.
^"Robert Campbell married Frances Ewell.
"Edward Campbell married and lives in Texas.
Their descendants are not known.
'Patrick Campbell, born in 175S, youngest son of
''White" ^David Campbell, married >Lartha Long. The
later years of their lives were sj)ent in Williamson
County, Tennessee, where they died. I have no record
of their descendants.
An Obituary Notice of Coloxkl Robert C.\mpbell, a
Brother ok Margaret C, Wife of David Campbell,
OF Campbeli/s Station, East Tennessee, Taken
from The American Annual Register for 1831-2.
"Died, January, l^.'^'J, near Knoxville, Tennes.see,
Colonel Robert Campbell, aged seventy-seven years.
120 UISTOIIWAL SKKTCUES.
He was oue of the most active leaders of the Whig
party in Western Virginia during the Revolution,
and was always distinguished for enterprising
courage. In a battle with the Cherokee Indians, in
177G, when only nineteen years of age, he was at
one time so far in advance of his comrades as to
be mistaken for an Indian, and occasionally fired
at. Here two bold warriors almost simultaneously
rushed upon him. The first, having shot at him,
was in the act of elevating his tomahawk, when he
received a mortal wound from another direction.
The second also discharged his piece, without effect,
although they were not more than twenty paces
apart. While Colonel C. was in the act of taking
aim, the savage hero folded his arms and met his
fate with a dignity and firmness worthy of the
brightest days of chivalry. Just at this critical
period, almost within the enemy's lines, discovering
that they were about to surround the white men,
he gave the alarm in time to counteract the move-
ment, and throughout the whole engagement his
youth and daring attracted the attention of his
fellow soldiers.
'Tie was one of the volunteers under the com-
mand of Colonel Christian, who invaded the Chero-
kee country in October, 1776. In 1780 he dis-
tinguished himself on the memorable 7th of October
at the Battle of Kings Mountain. Again, in De-
cember, 1780, he was in a third expedition against
tlie Cherokees (Col. Arthur Campbell, his brother,
commanding), was dispatched at his o-wn request,
with sixty men to destroy Chilhowee.
"After having accomplished their object, they
immediately commanded a retrograde movement,
and after proceeding several miles, they came to a
narrow defile, three hundred yards long, and
guarded by a line of two or three hundred Indians.
Without a pause, and with that deliberate spirit
that had shown so brightly at Kings Mountain,
Campl)ell, at the head of his detachment, ordered
them to sit erect and charge tjirough the defile in
single file; thus effecting this perilous passage in
CAMPBELL FAMILY. 121
the midst of a volley of fire, they reached the en-
canipinent at Hiwassee, without losing a man.
"lie served the County of Washington, in Vir-
ginia, for nearly forty years, as a Magistrate — a
respectable and highly responsible office. In 1825
he emigrated to the vicinity of Knoxville."
^Anne Campbell, youngest child of ^David and ^Mary
Hamilton CampLKill, born in 1759, married Judge and
Governor Archibald Eoan, a prominent man in the
early history of Tennessee, one of the first Supreme
Judges appointed after the admission of the State into
the Union, and Governor of the State from 1801 to 1804.
He vras a gentleman of finished education, a leading
man and honorable citizen of the State of Tennessee.
The children ofGov. Archibald Roan and his wife, ''Anne
Campbell, were nine in number, namely: "Dr. James
Eoan, who married Nancy Irby; they had four chil-
dren: ^'Christiana Eoan (married William Masterson,
a merchant of Nashville, Tenn. ; they moved to Texas,
about 1840, and had four children : Judge ^^James
Masterson, of Houston, Texas, who has children ; ^^Will-
iam Masterson, of Galveston, Texas; the other two,
names not knowTi) ; ^^ James, ^^Archibald and "Laura
Roan also went to Texas to live; their descendants are
not known. "David and "Margaret Eoan died young.
"Margaret was said to have been a beautiful girl.
"William and "Mary Eoan were twins. "Mary mar-
ried a Mr. Hackney. "Anne Eoan married Eandal
Eamsey. They had a daughter, " Eamsey, who
married a Mr. Correy, of Georgia. "Andrew Eoan
married, and lives in Mississippi. He has a son, Judge
"William Eoan, of Oxford, Miss. "Archibald Eoan
married and lived in Mississippi. One son. Judge
^^Archibald Eoan^is now living in Grenada, Miss.
THE ROANtFAMILY.
Eev. ^John Eoany-was born in 1717, in Greenshaw,
Ireland, and he, with his brother, ^\ndrew, came to the
English Colonies in 'America in 1736. They settled in
122 HWTORIVAL SKETCHES.
Laiuastor County, rennsylvania, then called Donegal
and Derrj. 'Andrew Roan married Margaret Walker.
He died in 17G8, leaving his wife with four children:
^Archibald, -Margaret, -William and -Sarah Roan.
The wife did not long survive her husband, and the
brother, the Rev. 'John Roan, became the guardian of
the four young children.
The following is copied from the historical archives
of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania:
"Archibald Roan, the son of Andrew Roan and
Margaret Walker, was a native of Derry Township,
Lancaster County (now Dauphin County), Penn-
sylvania, where he was born about 17G0. His father
dying about 1768, he was placed in care of his
uncle, the Rev. John Roan. In the will of the
latter, this mention is made: 'I allow to my
nephew, Archibald Roan (in case the above persons,
the Rev. George Duffield, and my executors appre-
hend him religiously disposed), twenty pounds
■ towards his college expenses.' He studied law and
removed to Tennessee, where he obtained a license
to practice that profession ; he was shortly after-
wards appointed District Attorney General ; and
in 1706 was honored with the position of Judge of
the Supreme Court of Tennessee. From 1801 to
1804 he was Governor of that State, and after-
wards held a number of prominent ot!ices. He
was a gentleman of education, a leading jurist, and
an honored citizen of the State of his adoption.
Tennessee gave his name to one of her counties."
The writer has a letter written by Governor Roan
April 1, 171)7, from Jonesboro, Tennessee, to his cousin
Flavel Roan, of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.
The Rev. 'John Roan, of Lancaster County, Pennsyl
vania, had charge of Neshamiuy Academy after Mr
Tennant left it. -Archibald Roan, his nephew, left
Pennsylvania and settled first at Liberty Hall, Rock
bridge County, Virginia. Later he removed to Ten
nessee.
CAMPBELL FAMILY. 123
William Campbell and the Battle of Kings
Mountain.
wril-ren by mrs. fanny campbell bonner, of nash-
ville, tennessee, and published in tue
centennial issue of the nashville
ameiucan, may 1. 1s{)7.
"Few Tennesseans reali/.e how closely connected with
their own family history is the history of the Battle of
Kings Mountain. Thousands of men and women within
the limits of this State are the lineal descendants of the
men who fought the battle that was the turning point
of the American Jievolution. It behooves us, as Ten-
nesseans, to see that history does full justice to the men
who left their homes and families at the mercy of the
savage foe, to drive from our shores the enemy that was
endeavoring to dejjrive them of the liberty to gain which
they had already endured so much. We must go back
over a hundred years, when this country was almost an
impenetrable forest, visited only by marauding bands
of Indians, and hords of wild animals.
"It was to such a country on the confines of civiliza-
tion that a few brave young men brought families.
In 17G7 a young man of twenty-two 3'ears, accompanied
by his widowed mother and four young sisters, came to
the frontier of the Holston and settled in what is now
Washington County, Virginia. This young man was
William Campbell, who afterwards became the hero of
Kings Mountain. The Campbell family was originally
from Inverary, Argyleshire, Scotland. To enjoy liberty
of conscience they had emigrated to Ireland early in
1600. In 1726 John Campbell, with a family of six or
eight children, came to America and settled in Lancas-
ter County, Pennsylvania. In 1730 he, with his family,
moved to what is now Augusta County, Virginia. His
oldest son, Patrick, was married in Ireland, and
Charles, the eldest son of Patrick, was born there.
Charles was married when very young to Sarah Buch-
anan. From this union sprang William Campbell, who
was born in 1745. Charles Campbell was a pioneer of
124 Iflf^TORICAL SKETCHES.
the Augusta Valley, and was engaged at an early day
in western explorations. He accompanied Dr. Thomas
Walker, in April, 1740, on an exploring expedition,
when he discovered the Cumberland Gap and river of
that name. It was while on this trip that he located
a fine tract of land on the North Fork of the Holston,
for which he obtained a grant in ITHO for services ren-
dered in the Colonial Wars. Very valuable salt
marshes were afterwards discovered on this laud. Wil-
liam Campbell removed to this tract with his mother
and sisters after the death of his father, in 1767. In
1773 he was made Justice of the County, and the follow-
ing year was commissioned Captain of the Militia.
Although an only son, and inheriting considerable prop-
erty, he devoted himself to the care of his mother and
sisters, and to the cultivation of his plantation, lie
had a quiet, uneventful life until the breaking out of
the war with the Indians, in 1774, when he raised a
company and joined Col. Christian's regiment. It was
during this year's service in Eastern Virginia that he
acquired that military skill and experience that proved
of such value to him in his subsequent career. It was
also during this j-ear that he met and shortly afterwards
married Elizabeth Henry, a sister of the famous Patrick
Henry. In one of his letters yet preserved by his de-
scendants, he 'dates all his bliss from the hour he first
beheld her lovely face.' He was tenderly devoted to her
throughout his life.
''The Cherokee Indians, instigated by the British
emissaries, began to give serious trouble all along the
border. Wlien Campbell heard of this, both he and
Col. Christian resigned from the regular Colonial Army
of Virginia and returned to the western frontier to aid
in protecting the defenseless settlers. He was commis-
sioned Lieutenant Colonel of the Militia of Washington
County, Virginia. In April, 1780, he was promoted to
the full rank of Colonel on the resignation of Evan
Shelby, Sr.
"He served a term in theVirginia House of Delegates,
was a member of the Constitutional Convention of May,
1776. He obtained a leave of absence to engage in an
expedition against the Chickamauga Indians. Gov-
CAMPBELL FAMILY. 125
erenor Jefferson aiilhorized him to raise 250 militia
from Washington and ^Montgomery Counties to join the
forces from the Carolinas. In the summer of 1780
there \\as a general Tory uprising, which extended
throughout the Holston and Watauga settlements.
Col. Campbell's life was frequently threatened. Gen.
Ferguson, who was in conunand of the Tory forces, was
encamped at Gilbert Town, near the southei'u border of
North Carolina. He paroled a pi-isoner named Samuel
Phillips, and sent him with a message to the otljcer on
the western waters of the Uolstou, Watauga, and Nola-
chucky, tliat if they did not desist from their opposition
to the British arms, he would march his army over the
mountains, hang their leaders, and lay waste to their
country with fire and sword. This threat was more
than tiiese hardy frontiersmen could stand. Shelby,
Sevier, and other brave leaders held a council of war,
and determined to carry into etTect a j)'an they had
already considered, to raise all the men they could,
march over the mountains and surprise General Fer-
guson in his camp; Col. Shelby undertook to procure
the aid of Col. Campbell, of the neighboring County of
Washington, in Virginia. The Tories, up the river had
made an attempt to destroy the works of the Chis-
well lead mines, where a large quantity of lead was pro-
duced for the supply of the American Armies. Camp-
bell, with a part of his regiment, was engaged in sup-
pressing this insurrection, when Col. Shelby's letter
reached him. He replied that he had determined to
raise all the men he could and march to Flower Gap in
order to join Gen. Gates and to endeavor to intercept
Cornwallis when he should advance from Charlotte to
form a junction with Ferguson at Saulsbury. That he
still thought this the better plan, and declined to accom-
pany them on their proposed expedition. Rut after a
second appeal from Shelby, and by the advice of his
cousin and brother-in-law. Col. Arthur Campbell, he
determined to co-oixjrate with the Watauga and Nola-
chucky forces. At a convention of field officers of
Washington County, Ya., it was agreed to call out one-
half of the militia under the command of Col. Campbell
for this over-mountain service, and at the same time
126 HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
send an express to Col. Cleveland, of Wilkes County,
N. C, to request him to raise all the men he could, and
join them at the appointed place on the east side of the
mountains. On Monday, the 2(jth of September, 1780,
they assembled at Sycamore Shoals, about tliree miles
below the present Klizabethtown. They found here
McDowell's party. While still in camp, they were glad-
dened by the arrival of Col. Arthur Campbell with two
hundred more men from Washington County. He
returned home to guard the frontier from incursions of
the Indians. Dr. Lyman C. Draper, in his 'History of
the Battle of Kings Mountain,' gives an interesting
account of this march over the mountain. All along
the way they were joined by patriotic men who were
anxious to assist in driving the enemy from tlie country.
On the 2d of October the officers of the several divisions
held a consultation, and at Col. Shelby's suggestion,
Col. Campbell was chosen commanding officer. He
only consented to hold this position until a General was
sent from headquarters. Col. McDowell was dis-
patched to headquarters for this purpose. When the
combined forces came to the neighborhood of Gilbert
Town, they learned that the British had gone in the
direction of Kings Mountain. The mountaineers con-
tinued in pursuit, hoping to overtake them before they
would be reinforced by Tarleton or Cornwallis. Dr.
Draper gives a description of this famous mountain so
graphic and yet so plain, that we follow his words:
'* 'The Kings Mountain range is about sixteen
miles in length, extending from the northeast in
North Carolina in a southeasterly course, the prin-
cipal elevation in the range is "The Pinnacle," a
sort of lofty rocky tower about six miles distant
from the battleground, the oblong stony ridge
where the battle was fought in York County, South
Carolina, and about a mile and a half south of the
State line. It is some six hundred yards long and
about two hundred and fifty yards from one base
across to the other, or from sixtj' to one hundred
yards wide on the top tapering to the south, so
narrow, says Mills' statistics, that a man standing
CAMPBELL FAMILY. 127
on it may be shot from eitber side. Ferguson
tliought this eminence would be a convenient camp-
ing place, commanding, as it did, the surrounding
country. He hoped soon to be joiued by Tarleton
at this place. As soon as the officer of the moun-
taineers learned of Ferguson's position, they deter-
mined at once to surround the mountain and begin
the attack before he could either retreat or be re-
inforced. They decided to choose the freshest men
and horses and the best rifles. Shortly after nine
o'clock in the evening of October the 6th, 910 picked
riflemen, well mounted, began their night journey.
The night was dark and a steady rain was falling,
but on they went in absolute silence. Many lost
their way and wandered aimlessly about until
morning. When they reached the foot of the
mountain they dismounted. Then came the final
general order, ''Fresh prime your guns, and every
man go into battle firmly, determined to fight till
he dies." '
"Col. Shelby, in a letter to Col. Arthur Campbell,
October 12, 1780, says :
'' 'The Washington militia, under Col. Campbell,
rapidly ascended the mountain and were met by the
British regulars with fixed bayonets aud were
forced to retreat. They were soon rallied by their
gallant commander, and drove back the British.
Nine times were they forced to retreat, but as many
times did they return to the attack, until they
finally reached the summit of the hill. Shelby's
men were on the opposite side of the ridge, and
began the attack on the British in the rear, and in
a few moments the battle was raging all around the
mountains.'
"Dr. Draper says that no regiment had its courage
and endurance more severely tested than did Camp-
bell's. When his horse became exhausted, he led his
men on foot, his Voice hoarse with shouting, his face
blackened with powder. FTe was always in the front
128 HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
of the battle, and nearest the foe. He was greatly be-
loved by his men and had their full confidence, and they
were willing to follow him to death. "The red-haired
Campbell — the Claymore of the Argyle gleaming in his
hand — his blue eyes glittering with a lurid flame
wherever he wa.s, dashing here and there along the line,
was himself a host. Ilis clarion voice rang out above
the clash and roar of resounding arms, encouraging his
heroic mountaineers to victory." Both ])ra])er and
Roosevelt say the brunt of the battle fell upon Camp-
bell's and Shelby's divisions, which sustained the whole
fight for ten minutes until the other two wings had
time to get in position and surround the enemy. The
contest lasted over an hour, when Ferguson was shot
and the surrender began. The mountain men had done
their work well. They accomplished one of the most
important victories of the war, but they were not anx-
ious to push their victories any further. They were
worn out and nearly starved, so their great desire now
was to return to their homes. The day after the battle
they fell back towards the mountains, and in a few
weeks they disbanded and returned to their unprotected
homes in the western wilds.
"On January 30, 1781, General Greene wrote to Gen-
eral Campbell urging him to bring without delay 1,000
good volunteers from over the mountains to oppose Lord
Coruwallis. lie joined Gen. Green in March, with 400
men, and was engaged in the Battle of Guilford Court-
house on March loth, and there he displayed his usual
bravery. In June following he was made a Brigadier-
General, and was called to serve under the Marquis de
LaFayette, who was commanding a division of the Con-
tinental forces in eastern Virginia. Campbell at once
repaired to camp, and soon became a favorite with the
General, but his services were destined to a sudden ter-
mination. Being violently attacked with camp fever,
he died after only a few days of illness on August 22,
1781, in the thirty seventh year of his age. He was
buried at his old homestead, 'Aspen Vale,' on the Hol-
ston' in what is now Smith County, Virginia. His
widow, a son and daughter survived him. The widow
subsequently married Gen. William Russell. The son
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died joiiiig, aud the daughter, Sarah Buchanan Camp-
bell, grew to womanhood and married Gen. Francis
Preston, of Washington County, Virginia.
''General Campbell was a man of imposing personal
appearance, six feet two inches in height, was as
straight as an Indian, and a man of great strength and
endurance. He had fair complexion, red hair, and
piercing blue eyes, Avas a true friend and staunch
patriot, tender and loving to all who needed his care
and protection. He was of a kind aud benevolent
nature, but his temper, when aroused, was very violent,
and he would at times commit indiscreet and even des-
perate deeds, which he would afterwards deeply regret.
He was always as ready to acknowledge a fault as to
forgive one. In conversation he was quiet and reserved,
but in writing he expressed himself with fluency and
elegance. He was a great reader. All of his leisure
hours were spent in reading the Bible, difl'erent histories
and biographies, and such other books as could be ob-
tained in that newly-settled country. He was a born
soldier, having inherited from a long line of ancestors
a love of liberty, which was one of his most striking
characteristics.
"For his gallantry at the Battle of Kings Mountain
the General Assembly of Virginia voted to have pre-
sented to him a horse completely caparisoned, and a
handsome sword.
''The Continental Congress passed in his favor a com-
plimentary resolution. His conduct at Guilford Court-
house drew from Gen. Nathaniel Greene and Col. Harry
Lee letters of the highest commendation. And when
death ended his brilliant career. Gen. LaFayette issued
a funeral order 'regretting the death of an officer whose
services have endeared him to every citizen and soldier.'
He adds further on, the glory which Col. Campl>ell has
acquired at Kings Mountain, and at Guilford Court-
house, will do his memory everlasting honor, and ensure
him the highest rank among the defenders of Liberty in
the American cause. Forty years after his death
Thomas Jefferson said:
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130 HISTORICAL SKKTCJ/KS.
"'The descendants of Oen. William Campbell
may rest their heads quietly on the pillow of his
renown. History has consecrated and will pre-
serve it in the faithful annals of a grateful
country.' "
As a sketch of one branch of the Scotch Campbells
has been given, I will now give what is known of the
other.
"BLACK DAVID" CAMPBELL'S BRANCH.
^Alexander Campbell lived at Inverary, Argyllshire,
Scotland. His son, ^William Campbell, married Mary
Byers. They emigrated from Scotland to the north of
Ireland, near Londonderry, in Donegal Township,
Ulster District. There they lived for some years, then
moved, with their seven children, to America, the exact
date of removal cannot be obtained. The father was an
honorable, upright gentleman in every respect; the
mother a woman of remarkable intelligence and pos-
sessed manv womanly virtues. Their children were:
»David, ^Elizal>eth, ^Martha, ^Alexander, ^Robert, ^ Wil-
liam, ^Jane and ^Mary Campbell — eight in all.
^David Campbell (called "Black David," because of
his dark hair, eyes and complexion, and to distinguish
him from his cousin, ''White David" Campbell, who was
very fair, with yellow hair and blue eyes) was born
about 1710. He married ^Jane Conyngham, a half-
sister of Mary Hamilton (''White David" Campbell's
wife). /'David Campbell and his wife, -Jane Conyng-
ham, canie from Ireland with their parents. They set-
tled in the Colony of Virginia, it is thought, first in
Culpepper County. Later they removed to Augusta
County, Virginia, which was at that time a frontier
settlement. To this section of Virginia had emigrated
a large number of Scotch-Irish, a brave, independent,
liberty-loving ?-ace of people, who were most faithful
friends and tlie best of citizens. . They gave to our
country many of her greatest men.^
'David Campbell, born in 1710, died in November,
175.3, and Jane Conyngham, his wife, died in August,
CAMPBELL FAMILY. 131
1759. They had four children, namely: ^William,
*Mary, ^Martha and *David Campbell.
"William Campbell married ]\Iary Ellison, lie was
First Lieutenant in the First Virginia Eegimeut on Con-
tinental establishment, June 21, 1778; Captain, January
16, 1779, and served to January, 1782. See Heitmau's
Register of OfTioer-s of the Continental Army, page 115.
He was Captain in the Fi-ench and Indian Wars in the
Virginia Colonial Army, before the ]?evolution of 1770;
was General of Militia, after the close of the war; was
always called General Campbell. He went to Kentucky
to live. He had eight children, namely: ^Eliza, '^Jane,
''David, ^Martha, ''Anne, ''Mary, "Pally and '^William
Campbell. "Eliza married Mr. Hayes. "Jane married
Mr. Marten. "Martha married Mr. Siddle. "Mary
married Mr, Guard. "Sally married Timothy Guard.
''William's wife's uame not known, "David Campbell
married Mary Campbell. They had three children:
*William, ^David and ''Margaret Campbell. "Anne
Campbell married Major "William Campbell, her
father's first cousin. He had been an officer in the Con-
tinental Army. They lived at Nashville, Tenn., and
had three childi-en : ^Robert, ®John and "Cynthia Camp-
bell. ^Robert Campbell married, but the name of his
wife is not known. I have no record of his descendants.
^Cynthia Campbell married Dr. Samuel Campbell, a
distant relative. After his death she married John
McGhee, and had one son, ^ McGhee. *John W.
Campbell married Jane Porter, and liVed in Jackson,
Tenn, They had eight children: ^\lcxander, 'Susan
Anne, ^Anne Matilda, ^Peneloj^. "Jane, 'Mary, ^Cynthia
and ^John Campbell. ''Alexander Campbell, a General
in the Confederate Army, married Anne Allen. They
had four children : ®Anne, married Mr. Mclnto.sh ;
*Kate, married Mr. Robertson, of Jackson, and *John
Campbell. The name of the other child is not kno-wTi.
^Susan Anne, ^Anne Matilda, ^Cynthia and ^Mary Camp-
bell never married. ^Penelope Campbell married Mr.
Sterling, and left two ^daughters. One married Dr.
Ruddeke, of Memphis, and died without issue. The
other never married. ^Jane Porter Campbell married
Dr. Preston Scott, of Louisville, Ky. She has three
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cliildren, namely : ^Jane Porter Scott, married Frank L.
Woodruff, of Atlanta, Ga.; ^Campbell Scott, lives in
East Orange, N. J.; ^jjamsey Scott, married Miss
Jefl'erson.
I will now return to the sisters and brothers of Gen.
*William Campbell.
*Mary Campbell married William Ellison. They
had a family, but names not knoAvn. Some wont to
Indiana and some to Mississippi. One daughter mar-
ried a Mr. Mitchell.
*Martha Campbell married Maj. John Morrison, of
the Continental Army. They moved to Kentucky.
She was the first white woman to settle at Tvexington,
Ky. They had nine children: "* Archibald, °Sarah,
''Mary, ''John, "David, "Martha, "Jane, "Nancy and
"Robert Morrison. "Archibald Morrison married and
left six "children. He was killed by the Indians at the
Battle of Dudley's Defeat. "Sarah (Sally) Morrison
married ^^Charles Campbell, a son of Col. "Arthur
Campbell. They had no children. "Jane Morrison
married a Mr. Hodge. They had six "children. "Nancy
Morrison married a Mr. Hayes. They had three "chil-
dren. I know nothing of the descendants of "Robert
Morrison. Suppose many of them are living in Ken-
tucky.
"David Campbell, the youngest child of "Black David"
Campbell and Jane Conyngham, his wife, was born in
Augusta County, Virginia, August, 1753, three months
after the death of his father, and his mother died when
he was only six years of age. His eldest brother,
*William Campbell, inherited the whole of his father's
estate, as it consisted principally of land. The English
common law of primogeniture was enforced in the
Colonies at that time. Therefore young *David was
thrown on his own resources early in life. He was
energetic and industrious, and soon had accumulated
property, bought a good farm in Washington County,
Virginia (then Augusta County), and in 1774 he mar-
ried ^Margaret Campbell, daughter of the above-named
"White David" Campbell and Mary Flamilton, his wife.
Before and after his marriage, he had served several
campaigns against the French and Indians, in the
CAMPBELL FAMILY. I33
Virginia Colonial Army. He was in General Andrew
Lewis' exi>edition in 1774 against the Indians, and was
in the Battle of Point Pleasant, October 10, 1774. He
was in the company of his brother-in-law, Captain John
Campbell, in the decisive battle of Long Island Flats,
Jnly 20, 1776, and in a number of other engagements
against the Indians about that time. He was Cajitain
in the Continental Army, was at the Battle of Kings
Mountain. See Draper's ^'Kings ^Mountain and Its
Heroes," pages 255 and 587. On January 20, 1775, he
was secretary or clerk of a meeting of citizens of Fin-
castle County, Virginia, at which meeting they drew up
a petition to the Colonial Governor, protesting against
the tyranny of the Royal Government, declaring they
'^•ould be free and independent men. See a copy in the
foregoing pages. He had tracts of land granted to him
for military services in Greene County, Tennessee, also
in Wilson County, Tennessee.
About 1785 he moved from Washington County, Vir-
ginia, to what is now Knox County, Tennessee. ' With
the assistance of neighbors, he built a station, or strong-
hold, at that time called a block house, to protect them-
selves from the attacks of the hostile Indians. It was
known as Campbell's Station. A part of the old Block
House was still standing in 1895. He did a great deal
for the promotion of schools and churches in Knox
County at an early day, feeling that this was the best
way to advance civilization in the Western country.
He was always deeply interested in the welfare of his
country, a patriot and statesman of the old Continental
type. The country he had fought so bravely for in his
youth was very dear to him. He served several years
in the State Legislature, soon after it entered the Union
of States.
After the death of his wife, "Margaret Campbell,
*David Campbell married a widow with a family — Mrs.
Jane Montgomery Cowen. They had three children:
"Warren and "^Washington Campbell died young. "^Mar-
garet Lavinia Campbell married the Rev. John Kelly, a
Methodist minister. They had two children: "Mary
Kelly died young; *David C. Kelly nu\rried, first,
Amanda Harris. Issue: 'Daisv, married Walter K.
134 HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
Laiiibuth; issue: 'David, married Myrtle Spindel ;
*Mary, and 'Walter; Mohn, married Pearl Williams,
and died without issue; ^Jj'zzie, married John M.
Pieton; issue: 'Lida, ^Lavinia, ''Walter, 'Elizabeth and
'John M. "David C. Kelly marrieni, second, ^''Mary O.
Campbell. They had four children: ^^Laviuia Kelly,
died at the ag:e of eleven; '^William 0. Kelly, died at
the a^^e of twenty-seven in Alaska ; 'M)avid C. Kelly, Jr.
and 'H)wen C. Kelly, died in November, 1904.
*David Campbell died in Wilson County, Tennessee,
seven miles from I^ebanon, in 1832, and is buried in the
old graveyard at the little town of Leeville, which is
built upon a part of a large tract of land which he
owned at the time of his death. As all of the descend-
ants of "David Campbell and ^Margaret Campbell, his
wife, have been given in the foregoing pages, I will now
return to the brothers and sistei*s of "Black David"
Campbell, the third generation of this branch.
^Elizabeth Campbell married.
^Martha Campbell married William Ellison.
^Alexander Campbell was living in Kentucky in 1801,
and was at that time over eighty years of age.
^Robert Campbell married and had three sons,
namely: Mames, called "Big Jimraie;" ''Alexander,
married Miss Lockhart, and "Elder" *David Campbell,
who married Jane Lockhart, a sister of his brother's
wife.
Mane Campbell married a Mr. Alli.'^on. Died in 1800.
^William Campbell married , and had a son.
Major "William Campbell, of Nash^nlle, Tenn. He was
in the Continental Army. He married "*Anne Camp-
bell, daughter of his cousin, "William Campbell, and
Mary Elli.son, his wife. Their descendants are given
in the foregoing pages.
^Mary Campbell married Major John Steele. They
had one son, Col. "John Steele, who was in the Conti-
nental Army, and was a member of the Order of the
Cincinnati. He was severely wounded during the
Revolution, and for many years was a counsellor in
Virginia. He died unmarried.
This completes, as far as the names and dates can be
o])tained, the sketch of this branch of the Clan Campbell.
CAMPBELL FAMILY. I35
A Sketch of Captain Datid Campbell, of Campbell's
Station, East Trnnp:8see, in Which There is
Some Repetitions of the Genealogy
OF the Foregoing Pages.
Cai)tain David Campbell's great-grandfaflier, Alex-
ander Campbell, who lived in Scotland, had a son
William, who married Mary Byere. They went from
Scotland to Ireland during the religious persecutions
in that country, hoping to find freedom from tyranny,
but were doomed to disappointment. They finally
decided to emigrate to the English Colonies in America,
and settled in Virginia.
They had seven children. The eldest, David Camp-
bell, married Jane Cunningham,* a granddaughter of
Col. Patrick Cunnyngham, whose family, in 1690, lived
in Ireland on the river Boyue. The head of the house
was Sir Albert Cunnyngham. Col. Patrick Cunnyng-
ham commanded a regiment at the Battle of Boyne.
David and Jane Campbell had four children. William,
who married Mary Ellison, was prominent in the
Indian and Kevolutionary Wars. His two brothers-in-
law, Capt. William Ellison (who married Mary Camp-
bell) and Maj. John Morrison (who married Martha
Campbell) were also patriotic defenders of their liberty
in the same wars. David, the subject of this sketch,
the youngest child, was born in Augusta County, Vir-
ginia, in August, 1753. His brother William, being
the eldest, according to the law of that time (the old
English common law), inherited the whole of his
father's property, which consisted entirely of landed
estates. So David was forced to depend on his own
resources very early in life. He accumulated some-
thing by the time he was twenty years of age, which he
invested in a farm in Wa.shington County, near Abing-
don, Virginia. Soon after this he met his cousin,
Margaret Campbell (daughter of his mother's half-
sister, Mary Hamilton, and David Campbell, a distant
♦Cunningham is spoiled tlirec diflforent wnys by the siinie
family connettion.
136 HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
relation). They l)ecaine attaclied to one another and
were married in 1774, she being about twenty-one years
of age. Her father, David Campbell, was an officer in
the Virginia Colonial Army in 1759 in a campaign
against the Indians, when his young son, Arthur, was
taken prisoner and escap)ed after three years' captivity
in Canada. (See old family manuscripts and also
Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. VJI,
No. 2, October, 1899.)
At the date of her marriage, Margaret was
keeping house at the "Koyal Oak," the family seat
of her two brothers. Colonels John and Arthur
Campbell. The two young people settled on their
farm near Abingdon, Virginia. While living at
this place he participated in a number of expeditions
against the Indians, one in 1774, the Battle of Point
Pleasant. He was in his brother-in-law's (Captain
John Campbell's) company at the decisive Battle of
Long Island Flats, in 1776, and in a number of other
engagements against the Tories and Indians. He was
a captain in the Colonial and Continental Army, and
was at the celebrated Battle of Kings Mountain. About
the year 1782 David Campbell, with his family, moved
from Abingdon, Virginia, to Washington County, East
Tennessee. Eomaining there only one year, he then
went to the "Strawberry Plains" tract of land, which
he then owned. He had a very large tract of land
granted him for his services during the Eevolutionary
War, situated in Greene County, East Tennessee. He
lived upon this farm about four years, then moved to
''Grassy Valley," in Knox County, about the year 1785,
and made the first settlement there, fifteen miles from
Knoxville. He built a station in March, 1787,
and others coming and settling near assisted hira in
making the station a stronghold against the hostile
Indians. It became known all over that region as
''Campbell's Station."
At the time of Captain Campbell's settlement at the
"Station." the Indians were 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,
CAMPBELL FAMILY. I37
and clemency shown by him 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 afterwards being attacked by the Indians.
It indeed seems strange that the depraved savage, so
bloodthirsty and beast-like in his nature, should pos-
sess feelings of such deep gratitude, yet it is true, as
will be seen by this incident. Captain Campbell, on
one occasion, headed a company to go out from the foi-t
on an expedition against some Indians who had been
committing depredations on the settlers. Arriving at
one of their to^^^ls, they found the warriors all absent
upon some raid, none but women and children left in
the village. Most of the men wished to slaughter them
and burn their houses, but their commander, Captain
Campbell, would not i>ermit such an act of cruelty to
be perpetrated upon the helpless community, and
ordered the men not to molest them. 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 the piece up just in time to save her
life. At this they all crowded around him, imploring
his protection, which he kindly rendered, and marched
his men off without harming them. Before their tribes
left Tennessee for Western Arkansas, this girl, Lucy
Fields, and her mother, went to "CampbelTs Station"
and gave a beautiful fan and other little pieces of their
handiwork to their protector's wife and daughter. The
writer has often 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 Mackintosh were
the chiefs of the tribes saved, and long years afterwards.
General John Campbell, the son of Captain David
Campbell, was appointed by the government agent to
the Indians in Western Arkansas. lie met the descend-
ants of these two chiefs, and they remembered his
father with gratitude. After this, it is said that the
warriors in all their councils determined that ''Camp-
138 uiSTORWAL sketches;.
bell's Slaliou'' slunild he the very last fort taken, and
they never attacked it ; ])eace was made, and they
were ever afterward fiiendly.
"CaiiipbeH's Station" Nvas for many years a frontier
fort, and nearer than any other to the Cherokee tribe of
Indians, and before this incident it was only by the most
vigilant conduct that Captain Camj)bell 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 into the
Union as Tennessee, was a member of the Legislature,
assisting in enacting the first laws for the State govern-
ment, fie was afterwards Elector for President and
Vice-President of the United States. He wa.s a most
patriotic, public-spirited, estimable man, gi-eatly hon-
ored by the whole community. On July 29, 1799, David
Campbell lost his wife, Margaret Campbell, by whom
he had eight children. Four died in early youth, and
four lived to be married, but only one left descendants.
Jane, the eldest, married Colonel Wright, of the United
States Army, and Mary married her cousin, David
Campbell, who was afterwards Governor of Virginia
and Colonel in the War of 1812. John, his eldest son,
entered the United States regular army in 1795, and
coptinued in it until the close of the War of 1S12. He
was Lieutenant Colonel in the Northern Army, was at
the Battles of Plattsburg, Fort George and other en-
gagements on the Northern line. He was a w^orthy
man and brave soldier. He left no 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 sol)er, resolute determination of generous patri-
otism, 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 prin-
ciples wei-e wrought in him, destined to live forever.
His country's welfare was such a fixture in his char-
acter that no changes, no troubles, or conflicting cir-
cumstances, prevented his manifesting an ever active
CAMPBELL FAMILY. 139
interest in its i-rosiK^rity. The same spirit that took
Mm h.to the K^volutionary War, "^.^--^^^^^ j ^
mmsMMM
interest m its i'i<>si>i^-iii.>. •"- ...>^-^ , lUwutv
b m h,to the Kev«l«tio,.av.v War, "' ^<;f^;- »^^'^ /•;;
llirchnr';. e ife man who was a candidate for offl.^
hair and eyes, ^\as nve leet ^*^' „ jjyed on his
of nndannted bravery ^l^ .^/"^^^'•Je.pS^ed and loved
140 HISTORICAL SKKTCUES.
Copy of a Letirr from Mrs. Catiierink Rowen
Campbell, Wife of David Campbell, to Their
Son, William Bowen Campbell, Who
Was at that Time Attending
THE Law School at
Winchester, Va.
''Round Lick, Near Carthage, Tenn.,
"July 7, 1828.
''My Dear Son:
"I have delayed answering yours of the 1.3th of
June, which I received about two weeks ago, that I
might give you some account of the parade that
was agitating us.
''The inhabitants of Lebanon and Wilson County
sent an invitation to Gen. Andrew Jackson to par-
take of a dinner, and supper, on the second of July
on his way to Carthage. A committee of ten men
were sent to conduct him. They were to start froju
your grandfather Campbell's to town. Gen. John
bampbell, your uncle, was one of the committee.
The next day there were ten more sent to bring him
to this county line, which is at Mr. James Shelton's.
There your father was commissioned to receive
him, as he belonged to the Smith County Com-
mittee. The General said it was his wish that day
to take a family dinner with your Aunt and Uncle
Armpstead Moore, and return and stay all night
with us. About ten o'clock in the morning they
arrived here, stopped and had their horses put up
and fed. They all then walked to your Cnde
Moore's. Your uncle. General John, and your
Aunt Emeline Campbell walked with them; also
your little sister and brother, Virginia and David.
They were the only children at home at the time,
John, Mary and Margaret having gone up to Car-
thage early that morning, as later there would be
trouble in cros.««ing the river, when the crowd assem-
bled for the great parade.
"The General took a great fancy to little Vir-
ginia, led her by the hand, and at the table, when I
wished her to wait, he took her and seated her by
himself, and attended to her. She was quite de-
CAMPBELL FAMILY. 141
lighted, although she looked rather a])ashed at his
politeness. I wish I could describe to you the meet-
ing; indeed, 1 did not think it would have had
the efifect that it did upon my feelings when the
company rode up and dismounted at my door.
^'I looked out and saw General Jackson advanc-
ing with that same gallant air that I had so often
seen in days that are now departed. I involunta-
rily stepped from the house to meet him, and was
received in the kindest manner by the old warrior.
A mixture of feelings crowded upon me, in reflect-
ing on the toils, difficulties, and many weary steps
that the old hero had taken, since I had last seen
him; nearly twenty-three yeare had elapsed since
that time. The next morning before his departure,
he stationed himself near me to have a serious chat
befoi-e parting, although the hou.se and yard was full
of men waiting to see him and hear him talk. I
have promised to let the girls go to the Hermitage
on a visit to him, but do not know how it will be yet.
The Governor was here also, but I could not attend
much to him when the General was near, for 1 did
not know him in the days of yore.
''John and your sisters returned from town yes-
terday. They were much pleased with their trip,
and more with seeing the 'Old Hickory.' He was
very kind and attentive to them when introduced
in Carthage, which was, of course, very gratifying
indeed to me, who had been an old friend and
neighbor of the old hero's so many years gone by.
I have given you enough of this Fourth of July
parade. Will write soon of other things.
*'Adieu, my son; you have always your mother's
blessings. Catherine B. Campbell."
Campbell Coat of Arms.
Quarterly 1st and 4th gyroruy of eight or. and sa. for Camp-
bell; 2d and 3d ar. a lymplead, her sails furled and oars in
action all sa. flag and pennants flying gu. far Ix>rn. Crest— a
boar's bead coui>ed or. Over the crest motto, ".Ve Obliviscvnn"
(Do not forget). Motto under shield, "V'lx ea nostra voco" (I
scarce call these detxls of our ancestors ours). Badge of the
Campbell Clan, a sprig of bog-myrtle.
142 HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
WILLIAM BOWION CAMPBELL.
A SKETCH OF HIS LIFE, COMPILED AND ARRAN'GIJD BY
HIS SON, LEMUEL R. CAMPBELL.
William B. Campbell, son of David Campbell and
Catherine Bowen, was born February 1, 1S07, on Maus-
ker's Creek, in Sumner County, Tennessee, within
twelve miles of the present site of Nashville, and died
at his home, near Lebanon, August 19, 1867. He was
the last of the Whig Governors of the State, and filled
the office in 1851-53, serving for one term. He was a
descendant of that brave, hardy and enterprising
pioneer people that had early crossed the mountains
and settled in what is now Washington County in
Southwestern Virginia. He was of a family connec-
tion which was distinguished for its courage and man-
hood in the War of Independence, which had given
numbers of soldiers and heroes to that war, and sub-
sequently the brilliant William C. Preston to South
Carolina, and a Chief Magistrate, Governor David
Campbell, to Virginia.
W. B. Campbell is descended from two families of
Campbells. The family about which most is known is
that of his paternal grandmother.
David Campbell, the son of John and brother of Pat-
rick, was the great-grandfather of William B. Camp-
bell on his mother's side. His paternal grandfather,
Capt. David Campbell, from whom Campbell's Station,
in East Tennessee, took its name, was in the War of In-
dependence as a soldier in Gen. William Campbell's reg-
iment. Through his mother he was related to Lieut.
Keece Bowen, of the same regiment, w^ho, when making a
hazardous and unnecessary exposure of his person at the
Battle of Kings Mountain, was chided by one of his more
cautious companions. ^*Why don't you take a tree,
Bowen? If you don't 3'ou will be certainly killed by
Ferguson's Tory Kiflemen hidden behind every rock and
bush on the mountain." He indignantly replied : "Take
a tree! No; never shall it be said that I dodged from a
CAMPBELL FAMILY. 143
Briton or Tory who opposed me in the field!" and he
had scarcely finished the sentence when a rifle hall
struck him in the breast, and he fell and almost in-
stantly expired.
Through his mother, William B, Campbell was a
great-grandson of Gen. William Russell, another hero
of the War of Independence, who commanded a i-ogi-
ment at the battles of Germantown, Brandywine and
Monmouth, was at Yorktown when Lord Cornwallis
surrenderd, and in honor of whom Russellville, Ken-
tucky, and Russell County, Virginia, were named. He
was brevetted Brigadier-General just before the close
of the war — was nine years in service.
From these different ancestral lines there met in his
veins the blood of those hardy pioneers, patriots, heroes,
who turned the tide of American defeat, and gave to
independence the morning of its day long delayed. He
inherited from his Campbell ancestry a sensitive tem-
perament, and a spirit of fearlessness and intrepidity;
from the Bowens great magnanimity and generosity,
coupled to a physical of the finest mold, and from the
Rus.sells dignity and firmness.
His father, David Campbell, a cultivated gentleman
of education, brought up his family to industry, econ-
omy and good morals, and was content with the humble
duties of private life. PTis mother, Catherine Bowen
Campbell, was a i-emarkable woman of the old school,
industrious, pious and patriotic. Reared in the midst
of Revolutionary traditions, and the alarms of Indian
warfare, patriotism was with her a passion. She was
a great lover of books of poetry and history, and with
a small number at her command, she in girlhood stored
her mind with a few of the best. To her latest years,
down to fourscore, the mention of any deed of valor or
heroism, brought from her well-stored memory apt
poetical responses garnei-ed from Scott, Buins, Gray,
Campbell and Moore. A love of truth and of country
she transmitted in an intense form to her son. He him-
self told this anecdote of his mother, "in the day that
tried men's souls," to a few friends, tears trickling
do\\'n his cheeks. He had been all his life a "National
Man," had been baptized on the field of battle under
144 HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
the old Hag; liad proved himself a brave soldier, and
was a man of weiglit and infhienee throughout the
whole State. He was tendered the command of the
Tennessee forces in aid of the Confederacy. It was
urged upon him. He declined. Being told of this, she
said to him : "William, I was proud of you at Monterey,
I was proud of you when the people elected you Gov-
ernor, liut I am now prouder of you than ever, since you
liave refused to tight against the flag of your country."
He was brought up on the farm, a meralDer of a large
family, the oldest of six children, and he had for the
greater part, his own living to earn, and character to
form. His mother was his earliest teacher, afterwards
James Hamilton and Peter Hubbard, two educated Irish-
men, gave him all the advantages that early day allowed.
In his seventeenth year, his father having failed in
business, he took the axe and the maul and gave two
years to hard work in cleaning up the virgin soil. This
had, doubtless, much to do with his acquiring a consti-
tution remarkable for its strength and power of endur-
ance, and a character unsurpa.^sed in energy, firnmess,
and dignified elevation. But no effort was wanting on
the part of his father, whose discrimination easily
detected the seeds of future promise in his son, to give
him an education suitable to his vigorous and fast-
forming intellect. His excellent habits, strict and
cheerful conformity to every duty, and striking points
of character displayed at this early age, drew to him
the attention of his uncle. Governor David Campbell, of
Abingdon, Virginia, with whom he completed his edu-
cation, and under whose sui^ervision he studied law,
and attended a course of law lectures by the Hon. St.
George Tucker, of Winchester, Virginia.
He began the practice of law in Carthage, Tennessee,
about 1829 and 1830. His first appearance in public
life was in the capacity of Attorney-General, to which
oflSce he was elected by the Legislature, November 11,
1831, though opposed by the Hon. Bromfield Ridley,
a lawyer of promise and ability. Upon this event he
moved to Sparta, in White County, where he resided
a few years. In 1835, having again returned to live in
Carthage, he was elected, August 8, 18.35, Representa-
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five in the legislature for Smith County, and the same
year was mirried to Mi^ Frances I Owen only
&itcr of Dr. John Owen, of Carthage Judge
Jo C Guild, in a speech at a meeting held i" ^;-l-lle,
Aucust l.%7, to do honor to the memory of Go^elnol
cSbell, when referring to his career in the l^egis-
laTui^e aid on the bench, said: "Governor Campbell
wis my intimate associate for over forty years, and
though we always have been arrayed on opposite sides
politics, yet even when party strife and party ha e
ran highest, 1 could always testify to his iTiagnanimit.>
and hi-h se^se of justice in all our conflicts \\ e met
fn tbe^Legislature in 1835, wl.ich revised the presen
Constitution, which was one of the most important
Wiitive assemblies that ever met in this State, and I
always found him active, efficient and conscientious in
?he discharge of the responsible duties which devolved
upon him I had the h^nor to practice law before him
?oi several years, and in all the conflicts between the
bar and the Court, he ever exhibited that «ame urbanity
and moderation of character which were 1"^^^ ^^^^^ "^^^^
istics through life. Not a stain rests upon his judicial
^Tn"l836 a call was made by" the Federal authorities
upon Tennessee for volunteers to chastise the Creek and
^m nole Indians, who were committ ng miu-derous
Sedations upon the defenseless frontiers of Georgia
Florida and Alabama. N^either age, sex nor condition
was spared by them in their ruthless and savage war^
fkre. Campbell tendered his resignation as member of
the T>egislature, was among the first to obey the sum-
monsflnd promptly headed the list of a vo unteer
company. He was elected their captain with remark-
able unanimity and enthusiasm, and taking leave of his
young wife and infant child, he repaired at once to he
Lne%f active duty, to encounter the Pe"S of Indian
warfare. William Trousdale was Colonel and J. C.
Suild Lieutenant-Colonel of the regiment. He kd his
company through the campaign of seven "io"ths-a
month longer than the period of his ^"1;^^"^^"^7^^^'^^°
a skill and intrepidity which drew upon him the favor-
able attention of all who had occasion to observe his
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146 mSTOlilCAL SKETCHES.
brave and soldier-like bearing. It is impossible to
dej)ict the hardships and suHering wliich our soldiers
were compelled to endure throughout this campaign,
from the change of climate, scarcity of i)rovisions, and
inseparable difliculties of such a war. The mode of
warfare was novel to the troops, and in many instances
they fought an unseen foe, while they themselves were
exposed to a murderous fiie. Captain Campbell sought
o|)]j()rtunities to display the courage of his conijiany.
He bore a prominent part in the battles of the 18th and
21st of November, generally known as the Battle of the
Wahoo Swamp, and in the engagement commanded by
Colonel Guild near the forks of the Withlacoochee. In
one of these engagements, the last named, Captain
Campbell was standing in the margin of the stream,
when one of his own men, with whom he was convers-
ing at the time, was shot down by his side, and a mem-
ber of Captain Henry's company fell about the same
time in his presence. As the action was fought in a
dense hammock, or thicket, the men of different com-
panies, in getting to the water's edge the best way they
could through the tangled thicket, were very much
intermingled. Though the balls of the enemy's rifles
were whistling fiercely around him. Captain Campbell,
with most commendable calmness and humanity, or-
dered several men who were near him to remove the.«e
bodies to a suitable place, which was refused on account
of the peril. He promptly responded that the bodies
should be removed if he had to do it himself, and start-
ing forward in the act, others at once volunteered and
assisted him in removing them from the water's edge to
a place of safety. Throughout this war he distinguished
himself for his admirable coolness, intrepidity and
kindness, as was amply testified at the time by his supe-
rior ofiicers.
Campbell's pei-sonal popularity had now become
deservedly great. In 1837, in obedience to numerous
and pressing solicitations, he became a candidate for
Congrei?8, in his native district, having for his opponent
Gen. William T'rousdale, who was already known to the
country as a i olitician of age and experience, and as
commander of the regiment in which Campbell served
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iu the Florida war. Though much the youngei' man,
CampbelTs poijularitj, address aud active energy
throughout tlie canvass, secured his election by a major-
ity of over seventeen hundred votes. Again, in 1830,
when the Democracy, under the leadership of James K.
Polk, mustering all their strength, carried nearly every-
thing by storm, overcoming a majority of nearly twenty
thousand votes, as .shown in the preceding gubcinatorial
election, Campbell was elected to Congress over General
Trousdale by a majority of seven hundred and seventy-
six votes, despite the most impetuous and unwearied
exertions of his opponents.
And taking up the comparative votes for Campbell
and Trousdale as a test, had all other sections of the
State stood equally firm against the popular power and
party discipline of Mr. Polk, instead of a defeat, a great
victory would have inured to the Whigs of Tenne.ssee in
that fierce contest. In 1841, such was his acknowledged
strength before the people, that no candidate was
found willing to oppose him, and he was again elected
to Congress, and this time without opposition.
As a member of Congi-ess during those six years, he
served on the important Committees on Claims, Terri-
tories and Military Affairs, and labored unweariedly
for retrenchment, reform and economy in public exjjen-
ditures. His speeches show a thorough actpiaintance
with the subjects to which he addressed hims<^lf, and his
views were expres.sed with great clearness and energy.
AVith fine natural talents improved by sedulous cultiva-
tion, his modesty, while it increased the esteem and
attachment of his friends, prevented the frequent and
general display of his abilities which they desired.
In a speech delivered in Congress on the 27th of July,
1842, he said: "In my coui*se hei-e I have not held my-
self subject to the control of party ; I have often differed
with my political friends on measures of the firet im-
portance. My own convictions of what was right, and
what would promote the best interests of my constit-
uents, and of the whole country, have influenced ray
conduct."
At the close of his term in Congress, he voluntarily
retired to private life and recommenced the practice of
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his profession, tliough stron.nly ui-^cd to become a can-
didate again, with tiattciiiig prosi)ects of continued
success. About this time he was elected Major General
of his Military Division, and for three years he remained
in the bosom of his family, enjoying the ease and quiet
of private life.
The war between the United States and ^fexico began
in the spring of 18-lG. Forty years have dimmed the
recollection of Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma, and of
the outburst of patriotic enthusiasm which ensued upon
those brilliant little victories. The events which there-
upon followed, once filled a dear place in the nation's
heart, and were for years well marked upon the public
memory; but the joys and woes of a cause that was
nearer and dearer, have left new idols for popular wor-
ship; and the eruption of the great Civil War has cast
its ashes over memories of those far-away fields.
Upon the intelligence that peace was broken, the
General Government made a call upon Tennessee for
twenty-four hundred men. Within a few weeks thirty
thousand volunteers had offered their services to their
country's cause. Not one-tenth of these could be
received.
The First Regiment of Tennessee Volunteers was
organized at Nashville, in May, consisting of companies
from various parts of Middle Tennessee. It elected
AVilliam B. Campbell to its command as Colonel, with
Samuel R. Anderson as Lieutenant-Colonel; and the
Regiment, being of extra size, was allowed to elect two
Majors, Alexander and Farquaharson. Campbell came
to the command with a reputation well established as
a gallant Captain in the then recent Seminole War,
and as a public man of high character. Early in June
following, the regiment was ali-eady equipped and on
its way to the seat of war. They traveled by steamboat
to New Orleans, thence by sailing vessels across the
Gulf of Mexico, and thence by steamers up the Rio
Grande to Camargo, on the San Juan, where General
Taylor organized his army for the advance on Monterey,
one hundred and fifty miles in the interior. In the
passage of these raw troops through the intense tropical
heat of the lower Rio Grande, in midsummer, numbers
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died and still moi-e were rendered unfit for military
duty. The army arrived before Monterey on the l!)th
of September.
The Battle of I^fonterey was fought on the 21st, 22d
and 23d of September, 1846. With about five or six
thousand men, half of whom were raw volunteers, who
for the most part had never seen a battle, and willi but
a light equipment of artillery-. General Taylor under-
took the capture of a strongly fortified city, garrisoned
with double his number of men. The glory of his suc-
cess under all the circumstances of the undertaking,
does not pale even in the lustre of the most brilliant
achievements of our late Civil War. The city of Mon-
terey was in itself a series of fortifications, every house
a fort. The city was difficult of approach by reason
of its position at the foot of the mountains, except
across a plain on the northern side. This plain was
commanded by a citadel, as it was called, constructed
with a high degree of engineering skill, and occupying a
position in the center. On either flank the approaches
were defended by other strong forts. Col. Bailey
Peyton, in a letter from Monterey to the New Orleans
Picayune, under date September 25, 1846, says: ''These
Mexican towns and fortresses are incredibly strong;
and few men fight better from housetops and behind
stone walls, or are more adroit in the use of stationary
artillery than the Mexicans. In these actions General
Taylor had, all told, about five thousand men, while
General Ampudia's force consisted of ten thousand five
hundred infantry and cavalry, besides militia, ranch-
eros, etc. General Taylor had eighteen pieces of
artillery, of which seventeen were field pieces, while
General Ampudia had forty pieces, thirty-eight of
which, with two stands of colors, are now in our pos-
session."
In this battle the First Tennessee Regiment, together
with the Mississippi Rifle Regiment, commanded by
Col. Jeff. Davis, composed the brigade of General Quit-
man, which formed a part of the division of the army
commanded by General Butler. It is not necessary to
give the details of this battle.
Darkly prominent amid the dangerous points stood
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a strong and well-appointed fortress, or battery, known
as Fort Teneria, so strong and so well provided Avith
artillery that it seemed almost madness to attempt its
capture. 0])posite this fortress was placed Quitman's
Brigade, with the Tennessee Eegiment occupying a
place in advance of the Mississippi Regiment. In this
position, Campbell, leading his regiment on horseback,
the brigade advanced across an open plain, raked for a
mile by the fire of the enemy's batteries, and pres.sed
forward at a run until within musket range. Here the
enemy's fire became most destructive, characterised by
Colonel Campbell as "the most severe discharge of artil-
lery and musketry that was ever poured upon a line of
volunteers." "The wind of pa.ssing balls and bombs
continually fanned their faces, and men and officers
continually fell around; a twelve-pound shot literally
passed through the closed ranks of the Tennessee Regi-
ment, throwing fragments of human beings into the air,
and drenching the living with gore." ("Our Array at
Monterey. Thorpe.") About one-third of this regi-
ment were killed or wounded, within a few minutes, in
this charge. Against such resistance they pas.sed on,
scaled the ramparts, and planted their colors, riddled
with bullets, upon the captured works. "They were
the first to enter and unfurl their colors to the breeze,
as a signal of success, having the honor of raising
the first American flag that ever waved upon the
embattled walls of Monterey." (See "Our Army at
Monterey," by T. B. Thorps, p. 54.) Of this charge at
Monterey, where his regiment took first honors, Camp-
bell himself, in a letter hastily written to his wife, dated
"Camp near Monterey, Mexico, September 25, 1846,"
said : "My regiment went early into action on the morn-
ing of September 21st, and was ordered to sustain some
regulars who were said to be attacking a fort at one
end of the city. When I arrived in point-blank musket
shot of the fort, no regulars were visible. They had filed
to the left and taken shelter behind some houses, so
that my command was left exposed to the most deadly
discharge of artillery and musketry that was ever
poured upon a set of men. F'or a moment it had a most
terrifying effect, for they were thro\Mi into cousterna-
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tion and confusion until I rallied them and brought
them to the charge, and they bore the fight with won-
derful courage, rushing upon the fort and taking it at
the point of the bayonet. It was most gallantly done.
The Mississippi Eegiment sustained mine most gal-
lantly in the charge. My regiment suffered far more
severely than any other, and it was a miracle that I was
not killed, as I rode along the line encouraging the men
during all the action, and was all day on hoi-seback in
uniform, with my red sash around me — a most conspic-
uous mark for the enemy, and was far more exposed to
the shots and the fire than those on foot — but the hand
of Providence shielded me from the killing shots of the
foe."
Perhaps no charge in the history of the American
wars has contributed so much to render the gallantry of
Tennessee's citizen soldiery illustrious, as that which
was led by Colonel Campbell at Monterey, and the form
of his command to charge, ''Boys, follow me!" gives
to Tennessee heroism one of its historic phrases. His
gallant conduct at the head of his regiment won for
that unsurpassed body of troops the sobriquet of "The
Bloody Fii-st." The troops which he commanded in
that desperate action were without experience and
almost without drill. Their arms and equipments were
poor. It was their first test of battle. Their advance
was against a rampart whose deadly eruption had just
driven back the veterans of Twig^'s brigade like leaves
before the wind ; and their way was over the bodies of
the slain. Yet they passed on up to and upon the
enemy's redoubt, driving before them a foe a moment
before flushed with victory, and restoring the fortunes
of the day.
On the march from Monterey to Tampico, General
TaAior received dispatches which caused his return to
Monterey, and Colonel Campbell was left in command
of a brigade, which position he continued to fill until
after the occupation of Victoria, December 29, 1!^46.
From Victoria the First Tennessee was marched to
Tampico on the gulf; and thence transported to Vera
Cruz under General Scott. This stronghold was cap-
tured with a loss of i)erhaps less than fifty men, but the
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First Tennessee and its Colonel performed their part
in the watches and lahors of the siege, he being asso-
ciated e.specially with Capt. Robert E. Ix^e in the con-
struction of an important marine battery, the nearest
to the city of all the American works.
After the surrender of Vera Cruz, Colonel Campbell's
regiment marched with the army into the interior, and
participated in the battle of Cerio Gordo on the ISth of
April, 1847. In this action Colonel Campbell was again
placed in command of a brigade, consisting of a Penn-
sylvania regiment and his own. His gallant bearing
in this engagement elicited a high compliment from
General Scott, delivered upon the ground, by his acting
aid, Lieut. George B. McClellan. "General Scott," said
Lieutenant McClellan, when he had announced the sur-
render of the enemy, "sends his compliments to Colonel
Campbell. lie understands his regiment is in fine fight-
ing condition, and that he is at his old tricks again."
On another occa^sion, General Scott, sjMiaking to a
member of his staff, said of Campbell : "Sir, I envy him
his part at Monterey ; he is truly worthy of the respect
and love of every soldier in the army." This was the
last engagement in which Colonel Campbell and his
men participated. The regiment had been mustered
into service for one year, and was sent home to be mus-
tered out of service. Colonel Campbell had the pleasure
of being able to say of his regiment that it had never
failed in any emergency; but that it maintained to the
la.st the high character it had won at Monterey.
No regimental commander in the American Array
enjoyed in a higher degree the respect and confidence of
his brother officers, or the love and reverence of his men,
than Colonel Campbell of the Fii-st Tennessee, famil-
iarly known in army parlance as "the Bloody First."
He was to be distinguished from many other officers
of e(]ual but not higher reputation for gallantry, by the
dignity, magnanimity and kindness of his bearing, and
by the perfect purity of his character. This latter
characteristic, ix?rhaps more than any other, contrib-
uted to create in the minds of his subordinate officers
and men that profound res])ect with which they ever
regarded their commander. He loved his regiment and
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was as jealous of its honor as of bis o^^'U, and perhaps
more jealous of its rights. This feeling was well under-
stood and fullv reciprocated by bis command. llis
popularity with his ofiicers and men was unsurpassed
by that of any oflicer of like grade. „.,,. th^
Jsearlv a score of years after the close of the war the
old soldiers were invited to a reunion of the "Hlo(.a\
First" at his residence, '-Campbell,'; near U'banon.
Tenn A reporter gave the papers at the time the lol-
lowing incident characteristic of the man : "One mci-
dent occurred which we must not omit to mention or
one which shows the magnanimity of Co onel |-/"n'bell
and the high esteem in which he should be held for his
noble sacrifice of personal and political feelings to a
sense of justice and true merit. Captain Bennett arose
and called attention to the fact that many gallant
spirits were absent, among whom was one distinguished
at Monterey; a gallant gentleman, a lennessean by
birth, education and feeling; and though not a mem
ber of the "Bloody First," yet he was always found gen-
erous and chivalrous; he meant the gallant Bailey
Peyton, and proposed that they drink to his health.
Governor Campbell begged to be i^ermitted to ofter an
amendment. He said there was another gallant son of
Sumner that he wanted to see toasted in eonnec ion
with the heroic Peyton, to wit: Governor ^^'Hi'^^i
Trousdale (cheers and applause), a»^^' ^'^"tinued Gov^
ernor Campbell, a more gallant and brave man has
lived in no age or country than William Trousdale, of
Sumner County; and he proposed that the company
H^ and drink to Peyton and Trousdale, ^^l^en it is
knoNvu that Governor Trousdale and Governor Camp-
bell have not spoken to each other for years, a"d Uiat a
bitter and personal feeling existed between them, too
much admiration cannot be bestowed upon the niagnan^
Unity of Governor Campbell for this noble forgetfulness
oTi^rsonal feeling and of personal dUTerences on an
occasion when he could pay a just compliment to a dis-
tineuished patriot, warrior and statesman.
Colonel Campbell returned from Mexico m the sum-
mer of 1847. During the session of the Legislature in
1847 and 1848, he was elected, by a unanimous vote.
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Judge of the Circuit Court in the circuit of his resi-
dence. His predecessor in tliis place was Judge Abra-
ham Caruthers, who retired from the b<mch to establish
the law school in Cuml)erland University. He held
this place on the bench for several years, and discharged
the duties of the office with dignity, wisdom and energy.
His decisions and statements of'law^ were marked by
great clearness, impartiality and soundness.
In 1851 he was by acclamation nominated as the Whig
candidate for Governor, the position being urged upon
him on the ground that he was the only man in the
party who could make a successful canvass. Upon his
nomination, Hon. Meredith P. Gentry, who had served
with him in the I^egislature and many years in Con-
gress, in a speech delivered before the Whig convention,
at Nashville, March 20, 1851, said : ''Although Tennes-
see is rich in noble sons, though like the mother of the
Gracchi, she can proudly point to her children, and say
with truth, 'These are my jewels;' yet, in my opinion,
she has not within her limits a nobler son than William
B. Campbell. In integrity and honor, in fidelity and
truth, in courage and patriotism, in all that constitutes
a high, noble and manly character he has no superior."
In his acceptance of the nomination, he gave the key
to his political faith, saying: "1 accept vsith a pledge
to my friends of a heart devoted to the Union of these
United States, and to the honor and prosperity of my
native State."
He was elected over Governor William Trousdale, the
most powerful and influential man of his party at the
time. A writer in the Xashville American of November
7, 1879, speaking of this canvass, said : *'The Whigs,
although they had opposed the measures which led to
the Mexican War, had the good luck to furnish some of
the best and most successful fighting material in carry-
ing it on and achieving victory. William B. Campbell
had led 'the Bloody First' up to and over into 'the
Black Fort' at Monterey. No braver or more brilliant
piece of work of that sort has ever been done in any
array. It caused the world to talk of Tennesseans, as
they had done of Coffee and Carroll's famous riflemen at
New Orleans. This made him the hero of the hour. So
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the Whigs nouiinated him for Governor. The Deino-
crats had no trner man, or better warrior, than William
Trousdale, so they determined to beat Campbell with
him. Eoth men were the highest types of daring and
chivalric bearing. Neither one was much of a sjx'aker.
The canvass was a dull and spiritless affair so far as the
speaking was concerned, yet the great popularity of the
men and the fjucstions of the hour created unusual
interest. In any army of the world either of these men
would have been a leader. Their courage was sublime.
Their integrity was the pride of the State. Campbell
was a solid man, cool and imperturbable in the hail-
storm of death in the streets of Monterey, as he ever
was on the bench, or in the private walks of life or
behind his bank counter in the town of Lebanon. No
man in the State ever stood higher than he in the hearts
of the })eople since the days of Jackson. At the begin-
ning of the late war he was offered any position. If
he had been so minded he would have entered the war
on the Southern side high up in rank and power. His
popularity survived the war. After it he worked hard
for the amelioration of the condition of a disfranchised
and oppres.sed people. Trousdale was more after the
Jacksonian model than any of his contemporaries. Two
gamer cocks were never pitted against each other.
There was no treading on toes in that canvass. Camp-
bell won. Dark indeed would have been the day for
Andrew Johnson if Campbell, with his tremendous
popularity, had desired or had obtained the nomination
of the WTiig convention for the next race. His military
reputation would have been too big a load for the
brawny shoulders of the Democratic nominee."
Governor Campbell performed the duties which de-
volved upon the highest executive ofBcer of the State
with great satisfaction to all parties. At the close of
this term he was urgently pressed to become a candidate
for a second terra, but he declined to do so, and volun-
tarily retiring from politics, occupied his time for a
number of years before the Civil War in attention to
his private affairs, for a while being a meml>er of a firm
of cotton merchants in New Orleans, but finally he was
engaged in conducting, as president, the affairs of the
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Bank of Middle Tennessee, at I^banon, to which point
he removed his family from Carthage in 1853.
He determined at this time never again to enter in
the political conflicts of the day, which determination
he adhered to, until the unfoi-eseen and unexpected
events of 1861 again forced him from his retirement to
a i)articipation in political affairs.
In the presidential canvass of 1800, Governor Camp-
bell supported Bell and Everett. In 1801 he canvassed
the State in opposition to secession. His early opinions
and his far-seeing statesmanship are best shown in a
letter written by him to Hon. A. C. Beard, of Alabama,
March 16, 1861, in answer to one urging him to give his
influence to the Southern cause. In this he said: "But
this Soutliern Confederacy can never become a first-rate
power. It will never rise above the dignity of a third-
rate power, and with no protection of guaranty from
the gi'eat Northern Government, and with no sympathy
of the great powers of the earth, she, the South, must
ever be a prey to other nations, and ever be regarded
with contempt by them. . . . But so sure as a big
war occurs between the North and South (and that it
will occur so soon as all hope of reunion shall cease to
exist no one doubts), then will peace be made at the
expense of negro slavery. . . . The people of the
South have been duped and deceived by their leaders,
and they may reap the whirlwind before an adjustment.
The whole move was wrong, and the South ought at
once to retrace their steps. It will be ruinous to the
South if they do not. I have done all I could to pre-
serve peace, to prevent war, and I shall continue my
humble efforts to prevent a conflict, . . . But I have
no hope that peace can be maintained very long. Many
questions will soon arise that will bring about a conflict.
I shall deeply regret to see such a result, but when it
comes I shall be actuated by the same feelings which
actuate you of the South, and shall stand by Tennessee
and the Union."
Among those who continued faithful to the Constitu-
tion throughout the great struggle, no one was more
prominent than he. From first to last his efforts were
directed to the preservation of the rights and mitiga-
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tions of the w rongs of the Southern States and ix^jple.
Conversaut with the politics of the country, and enjoy-
ing the acquaintance, and to an unusual degree, the
confidence of many of the statesmen and public men of
the North and South, he found frequent opportunities,
in the exercise of his rare conversational powere, and
the exertion of his high social influence, to afl'ect the
shape and direction of intelligent i)ub]ic opinion. In
his visits to the National Capital and other prominent
cities, and in his frequent intercourse with public men
and oflScial persons, in civil life and in the army, his em-
ployment in this direction in the service of the suffering
people of his own and other Southern States was unre-
mitting. Those who, like himself, were familiar with
the times, and with the associations in which he min-
gled, will better understand than those unused to public
life as it was during the war, the importance of this
service. Though by the modesty of his disposition he
was indisposed to public demonstrations savoring of
personal ostentation, yet whenever to him it seemed
that the interest, and esi)ecially the protection, of
his people demanded it, he did not shrink from speak-
ing out in the most public manner, or assuming the most
public position of responsibility. Uaving an estab-
lished reputation as a soldier and statesman, his influ-
ence and weight were sought by the Confederate author-
ities as being all-powerful and controlling. He was
tendered the command of all the forces raised, and to be
raised, in Tennessee in aid of their cause, but he declined
firmly, but in terms of prudence.
In May, 1862, he was unanimously elected to preside
over a convention or massmeeting of citizens called
together from various counties of the State, and which
assembled at Nashville. Among those present and
participating in this meeting were Edmund Cooi)er,
Jordan Stoke.s, Russell Houston, Allen A. Hall, E. H.
East and Bailey Peyton. The spirit of that meeting
was in unison with his own conservative views, partak-
ing not in the slightest degree of the radicalism which
afterwards crept in, to cast a cloud of dishonor upon
the name of Tnionism. The result of this meeting was
the ai)pointment of a committee which prepared an
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address 1o the j)oo]»le of Tennessee, kindly and fraternal
in its tone, and urging: a restoration of the former rela-
tions of the State to the Federal Union.
In the fall, however, of this year (1SG2), the President
of the United States issued a proclamation clearly indi-
cating a sudden and decided change of policy; and
boldly avowing the determination of the administration
to repudiate at an early day tixed, the solemn pledges
of Congress and the Executive, made to the country
during the previous year, and reiterated to the people
of Tennessee during the year then current. This warn-
ing was coupled with a condition that if the people of
the revolted section should by January 1, 1863, lay
down their arms, the threatened military penalty should
be withheld. The result is known. The emancipation
proclamation of January 1, 1863, resulted. This was
another sore trial to the Union men of the South. They
had been so greatly misunderstood by their own people
that many of them were even then in exile from their
homes. They had relied upon the pledges of the Nation
and repeated them to their people. Their own course,
was now rendered doubly diflScult. They considered
themselves betrayed ; and if there had remained once a
question of loyalty to the administration, they were at
liberty, without dishonor, to join themselves to the
SoutheiTi Confederacy. But their loyalty was to the
Constitution, and there remained with .them a powerful
party in the Northern and non-seceding Southern
States, ready to join as they did, in a steady and per-
sistent resistance to the encroachments of the military
power upon the rights of the States, and though remain-
ing loyal to the Union, they continued their opix)sition
to the unconstitutional policy of the President and his
supporters.
Governor Campbell himself had accepted the office of
Brigadier General in the Federal Army on July 23,
1862, with the understanding that he would not be
assigned to active duty in the field; and when the com-
mission was offered him, he had reason to hope from
circumstances connected with the offer, that he might
be assigned to some position that would enable him to
act as mediator between the government he felt bound
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to support and the people whom he loved. He the
piore strongly indulged this hope, because the author-
ities knew that at that particular juncture he was suf-
fering from a very painful malady, which forl.ade his
doing active service. When he found this hope delusive
he offered his resignation (September, 1802), for he had
long before resolved that, let his people be right or
wrong, he would never draw the SAvord against th.em.
Every act of his was for conciliation and amelioration.
Whatever he was able to do to relieve the sufferings of
his people, or to bring about release from prison, he
did with cheerful alacrity, refusing all fee and reward;
whatever influence he was able to exert in bringing them
back to their allegiance to the Union, he did simplv
as a patriot whose life was wrapped up in the pros-
perity of his country. No military honor could have
allured him into either army. His only aspiiations
were those of r)eacemaker; and no more difficult position
than that he proposed as mediator in such an hour of
madne.ss can be conceived, none but the strongest char-
acter could have maintained it to the end. As a states-
man he could not give his aid to the South. As a man
he could not tear from his heart the people he so deeply
loved. He remained true to both head and heart,
pleaded for the Union and was kind in a thousand ways
to the individuals in rebellion. It is refreshing in the
midst of historical research to pause over a chaiacter
such as this, in which patriotism of the noblest Koiuan
type, dauntless and self-sacrificing, full of heroism and
modesty and devotion to truth and liberty, lights with
steady flame the surrounding conflict where passion,
prejudice and exi)ediency rule the hour.
In 1864 the time arrived for another presidential
canvass and election. Gc^rnor Campbell had been
favorably mentioned in cor Vtion with the Vice-Presi-
dency on the Democratic \et, and Dr. Draper, the
historian, a Northern mr \ting of him in this con-
nection in 1863, said : *' always been a conserva-
tive in politics; kind, r , .<tring, yet firm and gentle-
manly; the very soul ^1 honor, and never guiltv of an
unworthy habit or a mean action. He is well fiUed by
long and varied experience in public life, and by the
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jfurity of his character, to serve his country as Vice-
President, and would undoubtedly add strength to the
Democratic ticket, if placed upon it."
He had identified himself politically with the Demo-
cratic party, and in connection with Hon. Henry
Cooper, Hon. T. A. R. Nelson, Hon. Bailey Peyton, and
others, an Electoral ticket favoring the election of Gen.
George B. McClellan to the Presidency wa.s presented
to the voters of Tennes.see. This ticket was headed
by the name of Governor Campbell as one of the
electors for the State at large. Stringent orders
regulating the mode in which the election should
he held, as well as restricting the qualifications
of the voters, had just been issued by authority of the
Military Governor, Andrew Johnson, and Governor
Campbell was outspoken in his condemnation of them.
This caused an estrangement between Governor Johnson
and Governor Campbell, and failing to procure a modi-
fication of the orders, which Governor Campbell felt
was due to him and his friends, the Electoral ticket
headed by his name was withdrawn.
He was a candidate for the Thirty-ninth Congress,
and was elected by a large majority in August, 1SG5,
from the fifth district. In the canvass which so termi-
nated, while as yet the war was not formally ended by
Presidential proclamation, but after the Southern
forces had all been disbanded, Governor Campbell as
firmly as ever maintained the si and he had taken from
the very first, in opposition to all measures or schemes
of disfranchisement, confiscation or oppression of any
portion of the Southern people; and in favor of the
most liberal amnesty, and the restoration of the Union
as it had been before the war, with all ''the dignity,
equality and rights of the several States unimpaired."
The following, in reference to this period, is from a
manuscript article by the Hon. Edmund Cooper : "I was
elected to the same Congress from the fourth district
without opposition. I left for Washington, September,
18G5, summoned there by the President. Governor
Campbell readied Washington about the first of Decem-
ber, 18G5. The Senators and Representatives from
Tennessee were promptly recognized as such by the
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Executive Department of the Government of the United
States, but were refused admission by Congress,
although admitted to its legislative halls. Governor
Campbell, with other members of the delegation, felt
keenly this i-efusal, and freely expressed their opinions.
Some of the Kejiresentatives returned home; but the
contest between the President and Congress, touching
the proj)er legislation to be enacted towards the Slates
lately in insurrection and rebellion, aroused his anxiety,
and he remained at Washington watching the struggle.
It was during this time that Governor Campbell became
reconciled with the President, and gave to him in fre-
quent consultations, the benefit of his practical wisdom
and sound judgment.
"During the latter part of June, 1866, the Senators
and Eepresentatives from the State of Tennessee were
admitted as members of the Thirty-ninth Congress, and
from that time Governor Campbell gave to the admin-
istration of Mr. Johnson an unwavering support, and
he was frequently sent for by the President for con-
sultation. . . .
"Governor Campbell, as a Repre.sentative in this
Congress, at once took a prominent position in the
House, and his capacity, energy and devotion to business
were promptly recognized by the Speaker, who placed
him on leading committees. He made reputation and
character as a safe and reliable member of Congress."
This was his last public service, his death occurring
at his home, near Lebanon, Tennessee, August 19, 1867.
His wife died previously, March 22, 1864. They are
buried in Cedar Grove Cemetery, at Lebanon, Tennessee.
Governor Campbell left a family of seven children.
They are: Mary O., wife of Kev. D. C. Kelley; Mar-
garet H., wife of James S. Pilcher; Fanny A., wife of
J. W. Bonner, all of Nashville; William B., since
deceased; Joseph A. and J. Owen Campbell, of Txib-
anon, and Lemuel R. Campbell, of Nashville.
William B. Campbell is known in the history of the
State as a soldier and statesman. After Jackson, he
was Tennessee's best soldier; as brave as Jackson, he
was always self-controlled and insensible of danger.
In political life he was distinguished as a sensible,
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162 IIISTOJflCAL iiK/JTCJ/lJS.
honest, clear-lieaded statesman of a high order; studi-
ous, calm, judicious and far-seeing. He had eminently
a judicial mind in contrast with that of the advocate.
He was a man of great moderation and sincerity; a
conservative man, and a Whig in the best sense of that
historical term. He was not an orator nor a politician
in the usual or bad sense. He was plain, sensible,
sincere in all his public sjx^eches l>efore the people.
He was not an olfice seeker. Ix^ve of country, of his
whole country, controlled him throughout his public
life, and in his secret heart. He had a high self-i^espect
and a great pride of character, placed a high value upon
the good will and respect of his fellow men ; was ambi-
tious and desired the approbation of the public; was
civil, courteous, gracious and courtly in his intercour.se
with his fellow citi/^ens, and had something of the patri-
cian in bis character. He understood and had made
Washington his model, his ideal of the great and good
and wise man, wa« greatly influenced by his example in
his own life, and was, therefore, in good faith an old-line
Whig, himself personally courageou.s, but politically of
a party in belief wholly defensive. That he always dis-
charged his duties with fidelity and ability is shown by
the fact that he was never defeated when a candidate,
and by the oft-repeated and long-continued manifesta-
tions of public trust and confidence reposed in him.
A native of Tennessee, a home-bred, self-made, genuine
Tennessee American of the type of Washington, he
deserves a high place in the gallery of the worthies of
the State of Tennessee. He was a solid and not a sur-
face man. It requires more time and thought, reflec-
tion and patience, to appreciate the virtues of such a
man than is ordinarily given to the subject. He per-
formed the duties of the lawyer, attorney general, judge.
Congressman, Governor of his State, citizen and
man. While living and acting, he was respected and
esteemed by every man ; and by all who knew him and
were brought near to him, his character was felt. He
was well-deve^oj)ed physically, mentally and morally,
and a noble sj)ecimen of manhood. In stature he
was six feet <all, finely formed, deep-chested, broad-
shouldered and erect, yet easy and free, with a well-
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formed head, well set on his shoulders, a handsome face,
hair of a light brown, and eyes of a bright blue — expres-
sive and benevolent. He was a man in whom one
might and would confide and feel that he would
certainly do to trust in i>eace and war. His voice
was smooth, of moderate tone, rather than loud —
a soft, i)ersuasive, friendly voice; yet there was in his
firm face, air, bearing and form, great strength and
power capable of passion, energy and wrath. He was
one whom it was dangerous to arouse; one who could,
and would, and did, conmiaud when the occasion re-
quired it; one who could face the cannon's mouth with
perfect presence of mind and self-control,
A distinguished trait of mind with him was the pos-
session of a sound, safe, clear and almost unerring judg-
ment. He had a very accurate knowledge of human
nature, saw things as they really were, and knew the
good and bad qualities of a man. He had a well-
cultured, practical mind, and was a man of determined
will and untiring energy.
His moral sense was another distinguishing trait of
his character. He was always a m<an earnestly devoted
to moral principle, and governed his conduct by a high
sense of justice. He professed religion at his home
and joined the Methodist Church in March, 1855. His
ideal of a Christian had always been very high, and
refusing to recognize himself as meeting his own stand-
ard, he ever placed a low estimate upon his own Chris-
tian attainments. Such was his intense repugnance to
all parade in matters of religion, that it was only in
the private circle that he gave voice to his devotional
feelings. But around the family altar his soul poured
out its full pathos in pleadings with God for forgive-
ness and wisdom. Perhaps at times too quick to see
and too severe in his censure of wrong in another, still
more quick and severe were his repentance and self-
condemnation when he felt that he had wounded or
injured.
Governor Neill S. Brown, speaking of his death in
August. 1807, said : "\Miile as a sincere friend I moura
his death with unaffected grief, I rejoice in the belief
of his moral purity. He may be said to have spent the
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prime of his manhood in the public service, and he
escai>ed in a remarkable degree the censures and criti-
cisms incident to public station, 'i'his was the result of
his stern, inflexible integrity — his truthfulness and un-
tiring devotion to his dutie.s. He was a positive man,
and without disguise. While his opinions were fixed
and well known, he was tolei'ant towards others who
dilTered with him. In short, he was a model man, and
I would hold him up for the imitation of the young
men of the State. He was one of a class of men that a
few years ago controlled the destinies of Tennessee."
Simple, truthful, combative, resolute and fearless in
the di.scharge of every trust, William B. Campbell is one
of the most interesting characters of the period in which
he lived. He appears to have been guided by an ambi-
tion of the most generous kind, and a public spirit of
which in our degenerate, money-loving days, we have
few examples. "In studying the lives of the somewhat
statuesque heroes of our earlier history, one is impressed
by nothing so much as their incorruptibility, their supe-
riority to the ordinary temptations of public life.
Partly this was due, no doubt, to the circumstances in
which they lived — the remoteness of the country from
the great centers of luxury and corruption, the influence
of the hardships of pioneer life in the wilderness, and
the enfoi'ced self-denial and self-sacrifice made neces-
sary by their surroundings. But whatever the cause,
when we approach the men of that time, it is with a
feeling of surprise and veneration. Plutarch's men, if
we can imagine those heroes Christians, and accustomed
to h-ahcas corpus and the bill of rights, seem to tread
the stage again, and to be engaged in the performance
of one of those mighty dramas that now and then his-
tory provides as if to remind the race of the mighty
heights to which human nature is capable of rising, and
the traditions of which are, after all, the most priceless
possessions that it inherits from the past."
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Record op ''Bloody First" at Monterey, Vera Cruz
AND Ckrro Gordo, Mexico.
This article was published in the Nashville Banner,
November 20, 1890 :
''The second Tennessee regiment which is designated
as the First Avas that gallant band of over 1,000 patri-
ots who responded to the call of their country and
volunteered to invade Mexico, and which is now known
to history as the 'Bloody First,' a name won at Mon-
terey, where the men showed such gallantry and did
such effective work. This regiment was made up of
Middle Tennesseans, and was led by Col. William B.
Campbell, as gallant a soldier, as brave a man as ever
took up arms in defense of his country. Colonel Camp-
bell had taken part in the Florida war as a Captain in
the Second Tennessee Regiment. He was, after the
Mexican campaign, made Governor of the State, and
his administration was marked with the same degree
of distinguished ability he had shown on the battlefields.
CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS.
"The wair with Mexico had scarce been on eighteen
months when Tennessee, the old Volunteer State, was
called upon for her quota of troops to sustain the
nation's honor.
"Aaron V. Brown, then occupying the executive chair,
was informally asked by General Gaines, then in com-
mand at New Orleans* for three battalions of eight
hundred men each. Governor Brown, feeling assured
that the call would be made in a more authentic manner,
only made the request of General Gaines the occasion
to issue his proclamation, calling upon citizens to be
ready to meet the expected call. Here, again, Tennes-
seans showed their patriotism and valor. The procla-
mation called forth all of the spirit of chivalry which
the State was and is so justly famed. The country-
sides teemed with militarism, and it soon became diffi-
cult to even purchase a place in the ranks.
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"It was but a short while before the authentic call
was issued by the War Department for three full regi-
ments, two of infantry and one of cavalry, numbering,
all told, 2,800 men.
''The patriotic sons of the Volunteer State responded
in such numbers to the call that they more than ten
times outnumbered the requisition ; instead of 3,000,
nearly :>0,0(IO volunteers responded. In this situation
some mode of choice was needed, and the ballot was
resorted to as the most equitable manner of deciding
which companies should go to war.
"As soon as it was decided what companies were
selected, they wei-e notified to march without delay to
the place of rendezvous, where the proper oflScers were
waiting to muster them into the service of the United
States.
"In accordance with these orders, twelve companies,
making up the First Regiment, arrived in Nashville,
June 1, 184G, and were eucami)ed at Camp Taylor, two
miles below Nashville, no doubt near the place where
Colonel Childer's gallant First Regiment was encamped
before it departed for the Philippines.
FORMATION OF REGIMENT.
"The 'Bloody First' was made up of companies com-
manded by Captain Cheatham, of Davidson County ;
Captain Foster, of Davidson County; Captain Ander-
son, of Sumner; Captain McMurry, of Smith ; Captain
Walton, of Smith; Captain Northcutt, of Warren;
Captain Mauldin. of Marshall ; Captain Friei-son, of
Bedford; Captain Buchanan, of Lincoln; Captain
ViTiitfield, of Hickman, and Captain Alexander, of
Lawrence.
"In those days there evidently was not so much red
tape in mustering in soldiers, for by June 3d every
company had been mustered in and had drawn the arms
and accoutrements requisite for infantry. Governor
Brown determined to form the twelve companies into
one regiment, and issued an order commanding the
troops to elect officers, which they did on the morning
of June 3d. This election i-esulted as follows : Colonel,
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Willicam B. Campbell, of Smith County; Lientenant-
Colouel, Capt. S. E. Audei-son, of Sumner; Majoi-s,
R. Alexander, of Sumner, and Robert Farqubarson, of
Lincoln.
"W. M. Blackmore was elected Captain of the Sumner
Count}' company in place of Captain Anderson, made
Lieutenant-Colonel.
^'Colonel Campbell appointed the following staff
officers: Adjutant, A. Heiman; Sergeant-Major, W. B.
Allen; Surgeon, Dr. McPhail; Assistant Surgeons,
W. D. Dorris and F. J. Robertson ; Assistant Quarter-
master, G. V. Hebb.
PRESENTATION OF A FLAG.
"In the afternoon of June3d the regiment, fully organ-
ized, marched into the city and was presented with a
beautiful flag made by the young ladies of the Nashville
Female Academy. This incident was another evidence
that the women of Tennessee have always been patriotic,
and this love for the soldier boy and noble spirit of
patriotism still live^, for all remember the many pretty
incidents of flag presentations which helped to cheer
the boys of the present First on their journey across the
sea, which took place while they were encamped at Cen-
tennial and Cherokee Parks.
"The banner pi-esented to the boys of the 'Bloody
First' is described as being a silk one, bearing the device
of an eagle on an azure field and this motto: 'Weeping
in solitude for the fallen brave is better than the pres-
ence of men too timid to strike for their country.'
"The banner was presented to the Colonel command-
ant by the hands of Miss Iraie M. Taylor in the name
of the senior class.
"Dr. C. D. Elliott delivered an address, and Colonel
Campbell responded.
"On June 4,1846,the first detachment, four companies,
under command of Lieut.-Col. Anderson, embarked on
transports for New Orleans. The others followed on
the 5th and 6th, and all an-ived in New Orleans on the
11th, 12th and V^th of June.
"The regiment, after a short stay in New Orleans,
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where lliey wei-e royally entertained, embarked on a
transport for the seat of war.
UNPUBLISHED HISTORY.
"Much has been published about the 'Bloody First'
and its victories in Mexico, but the stoi-y told by Col.
William B. Campbell in letters to his wife, written
from the scene of war, and from which this historical
sketch is culled, has never before been printed. These
letters are in the iwssession of Colonel Campbell's
daughter, Mrs. James S. Pilcher, of this city.
'The excerpts from the letters are not given verbatim,
but the facts are all taken from them in such manner
as to make a connected story of the campaign.
"Hostilities began between the United States and
Mexico on April 25, 184G, and the First Tennessee Regi-
ment, commanded by Colonel Campbell, was the first
of the tAvelve-mouths volunteers to report at Mata-
moras.
''The Colonel Harney, the ship on which the regiment
left New Orleans, ran aground five miles from Point
Isabel, and had to be abandoned. The men were taken
off in life boats, the Colonel being the last to leave the
foundered ship.
MARCHING ORDERS.
"The regiment went into camp on Bray.os Island, and
Major Alexander was immediately dispatched to report
to General Taylor that the First was ready for march-
ing orders, which they received on the 7th of July.
They immediately marched to Soneta, near Matamoras.
While here quite a numl^er of the men were ill with
fever, caused by bad water. Among the sick was Capt.
William B. Walton, the youngest Captain in the
regiment.
"From Matamoras the regiment was ordered to
Comago, where it remained until September 7th, when
Colonll Campbell, with five hundred picked men, was
ordered to march to Monterey to join General Taylor's
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command. Many sick were left behind at Comago and
Matamoras.
"Early on the morning of September 21, 1846, Gen.
Zack Taylor, with a command of six thousand men,
regulars and volunteers, began the attack upon the city
and fortresses at Monterey.
"The city was well fortified and the Mexican troops
made a gallant defense. The engagement was a desi)er-
ate one, and continued all day. A portion of the city
and one important fort were captured.
"The First Tennessee charged this fort upon the left,
and the First Mississippi on the right. It wa-s captured
at the point of the bayonet after a brave charge, the
First Tennessee being the first men upon the walls of
the fort. A participant in the battle .said there never
was such a destructive fire poured upon soldiers as was
kept up for some time; they were literally mowed
down by shot and shell like grass before a scythe; still,
they marched to the charge and took the fort, though
one-fourth of the men had been cut do^\^l before reach-
ing it. Of the 350 members of the regiment in this
engagement, twenty-six were killed and seventy
wounded.
"Among those killed were James H. Allison, of Nash-
ville; Capt. W. B. Allen, and Lieut. Silas M. Putnam.
Of the wounded were Major Alexander, of Dixon
Springs ; Lieut. James L. Scudder, and Sergts. Joseph C.
Allen and George Dixon.
FIGHTING CONTINUES.
"The fighting continued on the 22d and 23d in a
desultory manner, the enemy firing upon the United
States troops from housetops and behind stone walls.
"On the 24th, General Ampudia hoisted the white
flag and asked for a cessation of hostilities. A confer-
ence with General Taylor was arranged. This con-
tinued until midnight, resulting in an armistice for
eight weeks, with an agreement that General Ampudia
should march off with his army; that the men should
retain their small arms, but all public property, ord-
nances and munitions of war, must remain in the hands
of the I'nited States Armv.
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"GencM-al Anipudia was given seven days to evacuate
the city. The men of the First Tennessee Kegiment
were not pleased with the terms of the surrender, be-
cause tliey tliouglit General Taylor's command could
have taken Ihe whole army and everything in the city.
''The regiment received the highest commendations
from General Taylor for the great courage shown in the
attack upon the fort on the 21st, it having suffered more
than any other regiment in killed and wounded in the
battle.
''Col. Bailey Peyton, of Gallatin, acted as volunteer
aide to General Worth during the battle of Monterey,
and was greatly complimented on his gallantry on that
day.
"The First remained at Camp Allen, five miles from
Monterey, until December 14th, when they marched to
Montemorales, General Quitman's brigade having been
ordered to join General Taylor at that place.
"At this time General Quitman was commanding a
division, and Colonel Campbell a brigade composed of
the first and Second Tennessee Regiments; Colonel
Jackson, of Georgia, a brigade composed of one Georgia
and one Mississippi regiment, the Baltimore battery
and Lieutenant Thomas, with four guns. With this
force, amounting to about 2,500 men. General Quitman
ca})tured the town of Victoria, the capital of Toman-
lepa.s, a beautiful little city at the foot of the mountains.
"On January IHth the regiment marched to Tampico,
and arrived there after eleven days. General Pillow then
being in command of his brigade after an absence on
account of illness. The march from Monterey to Tam-
pico wa5 about four hundred miles, through a dry,
dusty, tropical region, and was very trying on the
soldiers.
"They were encamped a few miles from Tampico, at
Camp Laguna de Puerto, in a beautiful country, which
they enjoyed greatly after their long, fatigueing march.
"After being at Tampico for a month, the First Ten-
nessee Regiment embarked for Vera Cruz, which was
besieged by the United States troops, the four companies
of Captains Walton, Foster, Bennett and Mauldin going
on the ship Jubilee: Colonel Campbell, with Captains
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Cheatham. Blackinore, Frierson, McMiiiTey, Noitlioutt,
Whitfield and Allen's companies, on the Alahama.
At this time Ihe regiment had been reduced from eleven
full companies to seven, the list of killed, wounded and
sick being large.
"General Patterson commanded the division. They
arrived at Anton Lagardo Bay on March 4, 1847. and
anchored alumt eijiht miles from the city of \'era Cruz.
\A'hile here they received the news of General Taylor's
victory over Santa Anna at Saltillo. Taylor had 6,000
men and Santa Anna 10,000. The Mexicans retired
with a heavy loss, and quite a number of General Tay-
lor's soldiers were killed and wounded.
"AATien the First Tennessee arrived they found about
seventy Acssels filled with tioops at anchor in the bay
before Vera Cruz. Everything presented a most mili-
tary appearance as they sailed past the city. The
foritfied castle of St. Juan de Ulloa was in sight and
presented a formidable appearance. It was just in
front of the city, completely protecting the harbor.
"General Scott arrived on the 5th and took command
of the troops. Generals \A"orth, Twiggs, Patterson,
Quitman, Shields and Pillow, with their commands,
were waiting for orders to land. In all, there were
about 10.000 United States soldiers before the city,
exjjccting a severe fight upon the landing.
"The whole army landed on the evening of the 0th,
about three miles south of the city. The firing liegan
immediately upon the landing of the troops. It was
very severe on both sides, and continued until the 25th,
when the Mexicans sent out a flag of truce. It was only
to ask for a cessation of hostilities until they could bury
their dead and to get permission for the women and
children to leave the city. This was granted, after
which the artillery began with a furious shower of
bombshells upon the town and castle, which had an
awful effect. By daylight on the morning of the 26th
another flag of truce was sent out, proposing a sur-
render.
"Negotiations were opened, which lasted several
hours, when the capitulation was concluded. The city
and castle of St. Juan de Ulloa surrendered at ten
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o'clock on the morning of the 2nth of March. The
whole Mexican force, amounting to abont 5,000 men, all
became prisoners of war. The loss to General Scott's
troops in killed and wounded was small, that of the
enemy being much larger.
WANTED TO FIGHT.
"The First Tennessee was greatly dissatisfied when
it was reported that they would probably be left at
Vera Cruz on garrison duty, but the Colonel managed
to have them sent on to Jalapa with their division, leav-
ing on April 9th and arriving within fifteen miles of
Jalapa on the loth, and were encamped on the Rio Del
Plan.
f SANTA ANNA ENTRENCHED.
''At this time Santa Anna was entrenched with a
large force near the pa.ss of the Cerro Gordo, and Gen-
eral Scott had about 8,000 men in his command.
"On April 18th the Battle of Cerro Gordo was fought.
General Pillow's brigade being in the engagement.
The first one of his regiments that he ordered to the
attack, the Second Tennessee, commanded by Colonel
Haskell, which was repulsed. He then ordered the First
Tennessee and two Pennsylvania regiments to support
the Second Tennessee. They gallantly marched forward,
and were engaged in a desperate fight, quite a number
being killed and wounded in the brigade. General Pil-
low and Major Farquharson, of the First Tennessee,
were wounded, and JJrigadier-General Shields was mor-
tally wounded.
"Samuel Lauderdale, of the Fii-st, was killed. The
brigade was subjected to a very heavy fire from the
enemy's batteries, but, fortunately, lost few men. Gen.
Santa Anna, with all of his cavalry, about 3,000 men,
escaped from C<?rro Gordo early in the morning before
the battle was fought. After a severe engagement,
General La Vega, five general officers, and 5,000 men
surrendered and were made prisoners of war, General
La Vega becoming a captive for the second time.
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COLONEL CAMPBELL COMPLIMENTED,
''General Twigg's division followed Santa Anna and
his cavalry towards Jalapa, but failed to overtake them.
After General Pillow was wounded, Colonel Campbell
was placed in command of the brigade, which was com-
posed of his own, the First Tennessee, the Second Ten-
nessee (Colonel Haskell's), two Pennsylvania and two
Illinois regiments. After General Shields was mortally
wounded, his brigade was divided, part of it being
placed in Colonel Campbell's brigade, forming a fine
bodv of soldiers, composed of 2,500 men.
"One of the Captains of the First, now living near
Nashville, says that, after the battle was over, one of
General ScotVs aides — Lieutenant Nelson, he thinks^
rode up to Colonel Campbell and saluted, saying: 'Gen-
eral Scott presents his compliments to Colonel Camp-
bell, and is glad to see that he is at his old tricks again,'
alluding to the gallant charge of the Colonel and his
First Tennessee Regiment at the Battle of Monterey.
"The First was ready to march on the City of Mexico
with the conquering army, but greatly to the disap-
pointment of many. General Scott changed his plans
and ordered all volunteers who had not enlisted for the
war to march to Vera Cruz and sail from there to New
Orleans. On May 11th the First embarked on the
ncnry Pruitt, a large and commodious ship leaving
Vera Cruz, and arriving at New Orleans on the 21st of
May, where they were paid and mustered out of service.
The onlv wounded men of the regiment left behind were
Major Farquharson and Mr. :McCorey. Both were at
Jalapa, having been wounded at Sierra Gordo. Two
soldiers were left to nurse them.
"The soldiers left no time in getting home. They
were royally welcomed at Nashville, and at every place
on their way from New Orleans to Tennessee.
BATTLE AT MONTEREY.
"The description of this battle, glowingly pictured by
John B. Robinson, a member of the First, in his 'Remi-
niscent es of the Campaign in Mexico,' gives an adequate
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itlea of the bravery of tlie Tennessee soldiers. After
telling of the formation of the foires, he says:
"'Nearly twenty cannons were mowing down our
ranks, strewing our course with dead and wounded, but
with the foe in front and the dauntless Quitman at our
head, none dared to falter. A mile we had passed over
this in hot haste, when we were suddenly thrown in
front of a fort on the angle of the town, some five
hundred yards off. This was to the men unexpected,
but nothing daunted, we passed on through thorns and
grape shot. It now became evident that the attempt
of the regulars had failed, and that Colonel Garland
w^as retiring. Nothing disturbed by this, however, we
bore directly down on the fort until within two hundred
yards of its guns, when "halt and fire," emanating
from some subaltern, rang along our lines as we were
rapidly forming for a charge. Quick as a word, our
column halted and commenced a brisk fire upon the
fort. This unfortunate order provcnl horribly fatal;
within range of two forts, and with the cross-fire from
the "Black Fort," our little band was fast melting away
like frost before the sun ; yet, firm to their duty, they
stood under the very mouths of the cannon and con-
tinued this ineffectual fire against the walls of that fort.
In vain our officers gave orders to close; in vain did the
stern Campbell, burning with anguish and impatience,
lift his voice amidst the din of arms and cry, "Charge."
In vain the gallant Anderson, though calm and col-
lected, called out in the bitterness of the moment,
"Forward, men I Will you let your banner go down in
disgrace?" It was in vain the unblanching Adjutant
galloped up and down to restore order; all words and
orders were lost and drowned in the roar of battle and
the shrieks of the dying. One after one our men were
cut down. Allen, Allison, Green and a host of other
noble spirits in our gallant regiment sunk beneath that
destructive fire. It was but a few minutes that this
continued. At length, in a partial cessation of the fire.
Colonel Campbell ordered the charge, and Wellington's
"Up, Guards, and at them," was not more pronii)tly
obeyed. The gallant Cheatham, catching the order,
sprang forward to the charge, crying out, "Come on,
CAMPBELL FAMILY. 175
Dien ! Follow me!'' Captaius McMurray, Foster, all
simultaueously sprang forward, aud we riislied up to
the cannons' mouth like very devils, in the face of a
shower of shells and grape shot. The enemy fired their
last gun as we leaped the ditch, aud M-heu we scaled the
parajiet, when Lieutenant Nixon, the first to gain the
fort, was waving his sword, we found the enemy fiying
pellmell in every direction. Halting but a moment in
this fort, we rushed on to another, about forty yards
distant, where the Mississippians captui-ed some thirty
prisonei*s. In a moment after the charge, the "Eagle
Banner Blue" of Tennessee was floating proudly over
the ramparts as the first American flag that ever waved
over the City of Monterey.'
"Captain Eobert C. Foster's company, of Davidson
County, was the first to enter the fort.
"There are but few of those gallant men living, but
the few who remain will appear with true and heroic
spirit at the grand reception which Nashville is giving
the younger soldiers of the present First Tennessee
Regiment, who, like themselves, have won fame in
foreign lands and have returned to receive the well-
earned plaudits of an admiring populace. It is true,
the fatalities have not been so great as they were in
the ranks of the 'Bloody First,' but the boys have main-
tained the fame of Tennessee and will receive the bless-
ings of all patriotic citizens.
''Captain Cheatham was the same indomitable soldier
who, in after years, won fame in the Civil War as a
General. He was the father of Maj. B. F. Cheatham,
who went out to the Philippines with the First, and
afterwards enlisted in the United States Army.
"Of the commissioned oflScere of the 'Bloody First,'
the only ones now living, so far as is kno>\Ti, are Capt.
W. B. Walton, of Hendersonville, this county; Gen.
George Maney, then a Lieutenant; Colonel Bradfute.
a Lieutenant, of Austin, Texas, and Lieut. John Dies,
of Trousdale County.
"The regiment left Nashville with 1,050 men, and
returned with 275."
176 HISTORICAL SKETCUES.
DESCENDANTS OF CHAKLES AND MAKGAEP^T
(WHITE) McCLUNG, OF KNOXVILLB,
TENNESSEE.
CoMi'iLED BY Calvin McClung, of Knoxville, Texx.
Charles McClung, son of Matthew McClung and
Martha Cunningham, his wife, horn May 13, 1761, in
I^acock township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania,
died August 9, 1835, at the Harrodshurgh Springs,
Kentucky, where he had gone for his health, with his
son Matthew. He came to what is now Knoxville,
Tennessee, in 1788, and resided there the remainder of
his life; married, October 28, 1790, in what is now
Knoxville, Tennessee, Margaret White, born April 8,
1771, in Iredell County, North Carolina, died August
27, 1S27, in Knoxville," the eldest child of Gen. James
White and Mary Lawsou, his wife.
Their children were (family Bible) :
1. Mary Lawson. (See I.)
2. Hugh, born Mav 22, 1794; died young.
3. Matthew. (See II.)
4. James White. (See III.)
5. Charles. (See IV.)
6. Betsy Jones. (See V.),
7. Martha, born June 18, 1805; died young.
8. Hugh Lawson. (See VI.)
9. Margaret Ann Malinda. (See VII.)
I. Mary Lawson McClung (^Charles, ^Matthew),
born May 28, 1792, died June 16, 1828, married, August
5, 1811, Chancellor Thomas Lanier Williams, born Feb-
ruary 1, 1786, in North Carolina, died December 3,
1856, at Nashville, Tenn. Issue:
1. Kebeckah, born October 21, 1812, died at Lexing-
ton, Ky. Married, first, November 24, 1826, B. B.
Mitchell, M.D., son of Governor David B. Mitchell, of
Georgia; married, second, June 6, 1844 (?), Richard
Pindell Shelby, son of Gen. James Shelby, of Lexington,
Ky. Issue by first marriage:
CAMPBELL FAMILY. I77
i. Thomas Lanier Williams, born December 21, 1831,
died 1849.
Issue by second marriage:
ii. Mary Tindell (called Pinnie), born March 14, or
April IG, 1844; married her first cousin, Wm. B.
Napton, of Kapton, Mo., and has a daughter, Koberta,
and other children.
iii. Kichard, died young.
iv. Susan, died young.
2. Charles McCIung, died young.
3. Margaret McClung, born October 7, 1817 ; married,
first, May 31, 1841, John Gaines Miller, born October
10, 1812, of Danville, Ky., and Booneville, Mo., and
member of Congress from Missouri ; married, second.
May 11, 1873 (was his second wife), Hugh Douglas,
born 1811, of Virginia and Nashville, Tenn, by whom
she had no issue. Issue by first marriage:
i. Louis Williams, bom 1842, died 1876, at Booneville,
Mo.; married Eva Scott, of Missouri, and had issue.
ii. Mary, born 1848; living at Austin, Texas; mar-
ried, 1808, William Gilmore Bell, and had issue.
iii. Fanny Percy, born 1850, died 1888; married in
Booneville, Mo., Edward Byei-s, who lives at Nashville,
Tenn., and has issue.
iv. Meggie, was born in 1852; lives in Nashville;
married, first, on his death-bed. Bowling Haddox;
second, Alexander Cunningham, of Nashville, and had
four children.
4. Malinda, born February 9, 1820; married March
27, 1838, Judge William B. Napton, of St. Louis, Mo.
Issue :
1. William B., born January 5, 1839, at Napton, Mo.;
married his cousin, Mary Pindell Shelby, and has
issue. (See above.)
ii. Thomas Williams, born March 26, 1841.
iii. John, born June 8, 1843.
iv. James Smith, born August 27, 1845.
V. Charles McClung, born 1847.
And perhaps others.
5. Frances Elizabeth, born June 4, 1823; died Feb-
ruary 13, 1894; married, June 18, 1844. John Walker
12
178 HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
Percy, M.D., who died August 4, 18G4, at Percy Place,
in Washington County, Mississippi. Issue:
i. Marie Walker (called May), born 1848, died Octo-
ber 22, 187G ; married, September 20, 1873, John Sey-
more McNeilly, living at Vicksburg, Miss. No issue.
6. Lewis, born February 9, 1825; died young.
7. Mary Lawson, bom September 12, LS26; died at
"Evergreen," Va., Octoter 18, 1891 ; married, January
21, 1845, Edmond Berkley, born February 29, 1820, of
"Evergreen," Haymarket, Va. Issue:
i. Elizabeth Burrell, born November 30, 1845.
ii. F^dmond, born April 17, 1847, at Atlanta, Ga. ;
married and has issue:
(1) Alfred, an Episcopal minister.
(2) Green.
iii. Frances Calendar, born December 23, 1849.
iv. Eva Percy, born 1851.
v. Lewis, born August 21, 1853.
vi. Mary McClung, born January 2, 1855; married,
June 2, 1881 (as his second wife), John Seymore Mc-
Neilly. Issue :
(1) Mary Berkley, (2) Fannie Percy, (3) Margaret
Preston, (4) Kate Seymour and (5) John Seymour.
vii. Lucy Fontaine, born April 19, 1857.
viii. Edmonia Churchill, born November 9, 1859.
ix. Annie Beverly, born Noveml)er 22, 1860.
X, Margai*e1: Williams.
xi. Katherine Noland.
xii. Thomas Lanier Williams.
xiii, Hugh Douglas.
II. Matthew McClung (==Charles, ^Matthew), born
October 10, 1795 ; died October 5, 1844 ; married, June
19, 1818, Eliza Jane, born February 15, 1802; died
August 18, 1870; daughter of Calvin Morgan. Issue:
1. Calvin Morgan, boni May 14, 1820, died February
19, 1857; married, June 14, 1855, Kitty Grosh, born
July 24, 1834, daughter of Calvin C. Morgan.
2. Margaret, born March 15, 1822; died April 6,
1886; married, June 9, 1842, Kobert Henry Gardner,
born July 24, 1S08; died September 21, 1883, of Nash-
ville, Tenn. Issue:
CAMPBELL FAMILY. 179
i. Sarah (Sadie) McCliing, born May 30, 1844; mar-
ried H. Bruce Buckner. Issue:
(1) Margaret Gardner, married December 18, 1883,
Myron K. Peck. Issue:
(a) Sadie, married Tom LeSueur; (h) Alcxine,
(c) Myron and (rf) Matthew.
(2) 'Kobert Henry.
(3) II. Bruce, married, November 5. 1880, Bessie,
daughter of Wm. Littlefield ; they have five children.
(4) Matthew Gardner, M.D., married, October 20,
1897, Elizabeth, daughter of Judge Howell E. Jackson;
they have several children.
(5) William, died young.
(6) Clarence.
(7) Marshall.
ii. Robert Henry, born July 20, 1848; died August
10, 1866.
iii. Matthew McClung, born April 29, 1853; died
December 25, 1908; married, in May, 1891, Sadie Polk
Fall. Issue:
(1) Robert Henry, (2) George Wm. Fall and (3)
Matthew McClung.
3. Sarah Morgan, died young.
4. Charles James, bora August 26, 1826; married,
first, October 16, 1851, Margaret, born April 15, 1832;
died November 17, 1883; eldest child of James H.
Cowan, of Knoxville. He married, second, July 30,
1885, Belinda (Linnie), widow of Pumphi-ey,
and daughter of • Connelly, of Munfordville, Ky,,
by whom he had no issue. Issue by first marriage:
i. Lucy Cowan, born August 7, 1852; married, June
15, 1873, Jacob Litton Thomas, born December 3, 1840,
of Nashville and Knoxville. Issue:
(1) Charles McClung, (2) Jesse, (3) Hugh McClung,
(4) Jacob Litton, (5) Margaret Cowan and (0)
Matthew G.
ii. Matthew Granger, M.D., bora September 25, 1854 ;
died in New York City, January 15, 1888; married,
June 1, 1876, Bessie, born November 12, 1857, daughter
of M. I. Keith and Mary Bowen, his wife, of Aberdeen,
Miss. Issue :
(1) Mary Bowen, died young.
180 HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
(2) Margaret Cowan.
(3) Annie Doe { Donelson ) , married, January 21,
1904, Frederick William CLamberlain.
(4) Minnie Keith, married, June 8, 1905, Joseph
Tedford McTeer.
(5) Charles James.
5. Franklin Henry, born Xovember 25, 1828; died
May 4. 1898; married. May 4, 1854, Eliza Ann, born
June 12, 1833; died September 4, 1881; youngest
daughter of Adam Lee and Matilda (Holtzman) Mills,
of St. Louis, Mo. Issue:
i. Calvin Moigan, born May 12, 1855 ; married, first,
March 3, 1881, Annie, born November 7, 18G2; died
September 1, 1898; third daughter of Charles M.
McGhee; married, second, March 16, 1905, Barbara,
born July 24, 1879, third daughter of A. D. Adair, of
Atlanta. Issue bv first marriage:
(1) Eliza (Lida) Mills, married December 2, 1902,
Wm. Cary Ross, of Knoxville, graduate of Yale, 1900.
Issue :
(a) William Cary and (6) Lawsou McClung.
(2) Mary Lawson, married, December 15, 1904,
Thomas Gatch Melish, of Cincinnati, Ohio.
ii. Franklin Henry, born July 30, 1856.
iii. Aurelia Essex, born October 31, 1863; married,
September 11, 1888, Roger Van Gilder, born September
25, 1861. Is.sue:
(1) Frank McClung and (2) John Somers.
iv. Charles James, born July 12, 1866.
V. Robert Gardner, born July 3, 1868.
vi. Thomas Lee, bora March 26, 1870.
vii. Ellen (Ellie) Marshall, born May 23, 1872; mar-
ried January 26, 1897, John Webb Green, born June 9,
1859, of Knoxville.
6. Matthew, born March 11, 1833; married, April 27,
1858, Julia Frances, born June 14, 1837, daughter of
Thompson Anderson, of Nashville, Tenn. Issue:
i. Thompson Anderson, born September 28, 1865;
married, October 22, 1889, I^eilia Mott, born February
26, 1877, daughter of Thomas W. Garrett. Issue :
(1) Katherine Garrett and (2) Julia Frances,
ii. Mathew, born December 1, 1868.
CAMPBELL FAMILY. Jgl
iii. Pattie Green, boiii March 28, ]871; died Septem-
ber 4, 1897 ; married, November 16, 1802, Charles Chris-
topher McGlieo, of Atlanta, Ga. Issue:
(1) Gladys and (2) Pattie McClimg.
7. Hugh Lawson, born December 24, 1839. Killed in
battle at Fort Donelson, Tennessee, February 15, 18G2.
8. Ellen Christy, born January 30, 1843; married in
Nashville, Tenn., June 5, 1807, John Marshall, of Nash-
ville, bom April 23, 1841; killed in riiilroad accident,
night of July 3, 1871. Issue:
i. Eliza McClung, born February 21, 1SG8; died in
1907; married Francis McGavock Ewiug, January 19,
1892. Issue :
(1) John Marshall and (2) Andrew.
ii. Johnnie, married, November 23, 1893, Lemuel
Russell Campbell. Issue:
(1) William Bowen, (2) Matthew McClung and (3)
F. Russell, (4) Ellen and (5) Elizabeth, died young.
III. James White McClung (^Charles, ^Matthew),
born June 6, 1798; died May 31, 1848; married, first,
April 29, 1823, Sarah Elizabeth, born in 1802 or 1803,
died in April, 18.33, daughter of David Bradie Mitchell,
Governor of Georgia. Issue:
1. Charles William, born March 13, 1824; died March
30, 1879; married, in 1857, Laura Bunch, who died May
24, 18G1; married, second, Alice Deaderick. Issue:
i. Charles Pleas, married, February 21, 1888, Maggie
Dobbins.
ii. David Deaderick.
iii. Lillie, married, November 28, 1895, Kenneth K.
Scott.
2. Mary Ann, born December 6, 1825 ; died July 29,
1879; married, April 15, 1846, her cousin, Pleasant
Miller McClung, born August 19, 1824; died June 20,
1863. Issue :
i. Maria Fearn, born August 22, 1847; married,
August 20, 1872, Allan M. French, born February 4,
1847, died July 11, 1879. Issue:
(1) Isabella Lawson, born June 9, 1873; married,
September 5, 1900, James Park White.
(2) Pleasant McClung, died young.
(3) William B.
182 niSTORWAL SKETCHES.
ii. Eliza Morgan, born December 25, 1849; died No-
vember 25, 1S72 ; married, February 15, 1872, Henry T.
Ault. Issue:
(1) Frederick Olmstead.
ill. ^fary Pleas, boni August 30, 1S51; married, June
4, 1888, Charles B. Tompkins. No issue.
iv. Sarah (Sallie) Milcbell, born June 5, 1861 ; mar-
ried Barton Keller.
3. David Brodie Mitchell, died young.
4. Hugh Lawson \Miite, bom May 11, 1829; died
February 14, 1891, in Rickport, Texas; married, No-
vember 15, 1870, Trophie Catherine Carlisle, of Aber-
deen, Miss., born July 13, 1841. Issue :
i. Sarah (Sadie) Paine,
ii. Hugh Carlisle.
5. Thomas Fearn, died young.
6. Matthew, born March 19, 1833; died September 10,
1897, in Memphis, Teun. Was, on death of his mother,
adopted b}' John Robinson, of Huntsville, Ala., and was
known as Matthew McClung Robinson. He married,
March 19, 1871, Eliza Snodgrass, born February 18,
1853, in Cherokee County, Alabama. Issue:
i. John Arthur McClung.
ii. Mary Louise McClung, married, May 16, 1894,
William L. Stephens.
iii. Matthew McClung, married. May 18, 1901, Fran-
ces Anne Myers.
iv. Charles Hugh McClung.
V. Laura Joe.
James "WTiite McClung married, second, in 1834, Eliz-
abeth F., born February 2, 1812; died September 18,
1837, daughter of Elliott Spottswood (a descendant of
Col. Alexander Spottswood, of Virginia), of near
Huntsville, Ala. Issue:
7. James White, born October 4, 1835 ; died January
25, 1888, in Arkansas. He married, first, Bettie Heis-
kell, daughter of Mitchell Heiskell, of Morgantown,
Tenn. Issue:
i. Elliott Spottswood, born October 8, 1869, of
Medeira, California; married, fir.st, October 20, 1892,
Jennie Alice Davis, bom April 5, 1871; died February
3, 1902. Issue:
(1) Jesse Davis and (2) Lawrence.
CAMPBELL FAMILY. 183
He married, second, October 28, 1903, Jennie Mildred
Beck.
James White McClung, son of James White McClung,
married, second, Sarah T. Balard, born in 1856, of Can-
ton, Ark. Issue:
ii. Florence May.
iii. Mary Elizabeth.
iv. Virginia Lee, died young.
V. Orra Alice.
Sarah, the widow of James W. McClung, married
G. H. Pinkston, of Canton, Ark.
8. Elliott Spottswood, born August 24, 1837; died
November 24, 1901, married, July 12, 18G6, Pattie, born
January 12, 1845; died April 28, 1903, daughter of
Stephen Sorsby Booth, of Vicksburg, Miss. No issue.
James White McClung married, third, June 6, 1839,
Margaret Patrick, born June 6, 1819, of Huntsville, Ala.
Issue :
9. William Penn, born April 20, 1840, of Memphis;
married, October 28, 1869, Virginia Taul Anderson,
born January 9, 1845. Issue:
i. William Anderson.
ii. Annie Parsons, married, in 1898, John R. Rob-
inson.
iii. Jessie.
iv. Septimus Cabaniss.
10. Annie Parsons, born April 18, 1842; married,
June 28, 1868, Andrew Jackson \Miite, bom November
22, 1843 ; died December 7, 1876. Issue:
i. Margaret McClung.
ii. William McClung.
iii. Frank McClung.
iv. Arthur McClung.
V. Bessie May.
11. Frank Armstrong, born December 11, 1843, of
Chattanooga, Tenn. ; married, February 10, 1870, Buell
Drake, born December 18, 1845. Issue:
i. Tjera.
ii. Margaret (Madge), married, October 16, 1899,
Barton Russell, of Louisville, Ky.
12. Arthur Henderson, born July 4, 1848, of Carroll-
ton, Ala. ; married. November 23, 1871, Mary Adell T^,
184 inSTORICAL fiK ETCHES.
born Poptember 18, 1850, of Pickens County, Alabama.
Issue :
i. Maggie Lee, married O. A. Quinn, of Mississippi,
ii. Bessie Martin, married H. J. Funderbark, of
Alabama.
ill. Minnie I.«ee, marriedT. W.Johnson, of Mississippi.
iv. Arthur Henderson, died young.
V. James White.
IV. Charles McClung (^'Charles, ^Matthew), bom
July 28, 1800 ; died December 25, 1827 ; married, July
3, 1821, Malvina Louise, died December .3, 1831, daugh-
ter of Pleasant M. Miller, whose wife, Mary Iconise, was
daughter of Governor William Blount. He died at
Sparta, Tenn., and is buried there. Issue :
1. Charles, died young.
2. Pleasant Miller, born Augu.st 29, 1824; was killed
in battle by having both legs .shot away on Summit
Hill, Knoxville, June 20, 1863; married, April 15, 1846,
his cousin, Mary Ann McClung, daughter of James W.
McClung. See above.
3. Albert Stewart, died young.
V. Betsey Jones McClung (^Charles, ^Matthew), born
May 6, 1803; died April 8, 1829; married, September
5, 1820, John McGhee, bora October 15, 1788 ; died June
8, 1851, of Monroe County, Tenne.ssee. Issue:
1. Margaret AMiite, born July 2, 1821 ; married, first,
August 6, 1840, Andrew Kussell Humes, born April 9,
1817; died September 25, 1847; married, second, Sep-
tember 6, 1852, Joseph Warren Jenkins Niles; died,
1876, of New England. Issue by first marriage:
i. Betsey Jones, born September 6, 1841 ; married,
June 10, i886, John Tate McDonald Haire, of Lexing-
ton, Ga., now of McGhee, Tenn. No is.sue.
ii. Thomas William, born August 2, 1843; married,
December 19, 1867, Mary C. Sexton, of Mississippi.
Issue :
(1) Margaret, married.
(2) Alfred, married.
(3) Andrew Russell, married April 24, 1901, Hattie
Eldridge, of Chattanooga.
CAMPBELL FAMILY. 185
(4) Henrietta.
(5) Charles McGhee.
(6) Medora.
iii, Margaret, born November 11, 1845; married,
September 18, 1865, Sinclair David Grervais Niles.
Issue:
( 1 ) Barcley McGbee.
(2) Andrew Kussell.
(3) St. Clair Gervais, married, June 2, 1903, Mary
Humes Dismukes, his first cousin.
(4) Bettie Humes, married, April 4, 1903, William
Jasper Tramraell, of Marietta, Ga, Issue: a son.
(5) John Lewis, married.
(6) Margaret.
(7) Andrea.
(8) Charles Warren.
(9) Carnelia Dismukes.
(10) Mildred.
iv. Andrea Kussell, born November 22, 1847; married,
November 18, 18G9, John Lewis Dismukes, bom March
4, 1844, of Nashville, Tenn. Issue:
(1) Margaret Humes, died young.
(2) William Miller, married, June 30, 1897, Daisy
Lawrence, daughter of William B. W^alton. Issue:
(a) John Lewis.
(3) Mary Humes, married June 2, 1903, Sinclair
Gervais Niles.
(4) Cornelia McGhee.
(5) Blanche, died young.
Issue by second marriage :
V. Charles McGhee, born June 23, 1853; married,
April 7, 1897, Elizabeth (Libbie) Storrs Barton, of
Cedartown, Ga.
vi. Joseph Warren, born November 7, 1855; married
about 1898, Ella Woody. Has issue.
vii. Amelia (Minna) Gervais, bom April 8, 1858;
married, April 18, 1882, George H. Rogers, of Birming-
ham, Ala. Issue:
(1) Humes and (2) Florence.
2. Barclay, bom September 2, 1823; died June 16,
1856 ; married, first, November 2, 1843, Elizabeth Moore
Henley, bom January 26, 1819 ; died August 28, 1844,
186 HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
daugbter of Arthur H. Henley, of Monroe County, Ten-
nessee; man-ied, second, February 4, 1S46, her sister,
Mary Keller Henley, born November 20, 1820. After
tlie death of Baiclay McGhce, Mary Keller married,
second, William Parker. Issue by first marriage:
i. Elizabeth Moore, born August 16, 1844; died June
4, 1900; married, March 20, 1866, as his second wife,
.James Lafayette Johnston, born November 24, 1827;
died February 15, 1891; buried at Loudon, Tenn.
Issue :
(1) Hugh McClung, born May 26, 1872; married
Ai>ril 18, 1901, Mace, daughter of William L. Russell.
Issue :
(a) Lvnn Russell.
(2) Samuel McGhee.
(3) Thomas Hardin, mai-ried, June 15, 1902, Nona
Grace, daughter of Mrs. Annie Kirkpatrick McDermott,
of Bristol, Tenn.
(4) Carl Lay.
(5) Annie May, died young.
(6) Jame^ Ebenezer.
Issue by second marriage:
ii. Ann Evelina, born November 21, 1846; died No-
vember 9, 1884 ; never married.
iii. Margaret White, born December 5, 1849; mar-
ried, March 22, 1867, Charles Calhoun Jones, bom in
1840; died September 18, 1900, of South Carolina.
Issue :
(1) Ophelia Lavinia, born July 26, 1868; married
Houston Kennedy.
(2) Barclay Joshua, born December 27, 1869; mar-
ried Alice Copley.
(3) Sarah Maggie Elizabeth.
(4) Ada, married Richard Robinson,
(5) Moultrie.
(6) Ole Bull.
(7) Erva-Yea.
(8) Charles Hoskins.
(9) Ruler.
iv. John Barclay, born November 13, 1851; married,
December 17, 1873, Sarah Adaline Harrison, died in
1897. Issue :
V.UtPBELL FAMILY. 187
(1) Joseph Harrison.
(2) Nannie Sue.
(3) May Laws >n.
(4) Alvah, married, November 19, 1893, Thomas C.
Howard. Issue :
(a) Irene Lawsou and (&) Mary Lawson McGhee.
(5) Charle.s McClung.
(6) Barclay.
(7) John.
V. Lavinia Mooi-e, born August 18, 1853; married,
June 13, 18<39, Joshua Khett Jones, born September 10,
1850, of South Carolina. No issue.
vi. Mary Abbott, died young.
3. Charles McClung, born June 23, 1828; married,
first, June 10, 1847, Isabella McNutt, born July 10,
1827; died May 13, 1848, daughter of Hugh A. M.
White, of Knoxville, Tenn.; married, second, April 14,
1857, her sister, Cornelia Humes, born February 4, 1836;
died February 3, 1903. Issue by first marriage:
i. Joiin, died young.
Issue by second marriage:
ii. Margaret White, born March 2, 1858; married,
January 27, 1880, George White Baxter, born January
7, 1855, of Knoxville, Tenn. Issue:
(1) Cornelia Humes, married Hugh Tevis. Issue:
(a) Hugh. Married, second, A. H. McKee.
(2) Margaret Lawson.
(3) Katherine Annie.
(4) Charles McGhee.
(5) George Eleana.
iii. Mary Lawson, born January 5, 1860 ; died March
28, 1883; married, October 20, 1881, David Shelbj
Williams, of Nashville, Tenn. Issue:
(1) Mary Lawson, died young.
iv. Annie, born November 7, 1862 ; died September
1, 1898; married, March 3, 1881, Calvin Morgan Mc-
Clung, born May 12, 1855, of Knoxville. Issue:
(1) Eliza (Lida) Mills, married, December 2, 1902,
William Cary Ross. Issue:
(a) William Carey,
(2) Mary Lawson, married,. December 15, 1904,
Thomas Gatch Melesh, of Cincinnati, Ohio.
188 HISTORICAL SKETCH L'S.
V. Bettie Humes, born January 28, 18G5; married
February 10, 188G, Lawi-ence Davis Tyson, born July 4,
18G1, of North Carolina, now of Knoxville. Issue:
(1) Charles McGhee and (2) Isabella McGhee.
vi. Eleanor Wilson, married, April 19, 1893, James
Columbus Neely, born March 12, 18G7, of Memphis,
Tenn.
VI. Hugh Lawson McClung (-Charles, ^Matthew),
born May 26, 1810; died April 11, 1891; married, first,
November 5, 1829, Rachel Kibby Trigg, born August 19,
1810 ; died December 2, 1842, daughter of Rufus Mor-
gan. Issue :
1. Margaret White, born December 3, 1830; died
July 30, 1865; married Rufus W. Cobb, Governor of
Alabama, of Helena, Ala. Issue:
i. John Williams, born December 24, 1850; married.
Addre.'js, Birmingham, Ala.
ii. Fedora (Dora), bom January 16, 1859; married
Richard Fell, of Helena, Ala.
2. Rufus Morojan, born May 20, 1832 ; died April 27,
1887; married," fir-st, December 29, 1858, Rachel F.,
daugliter of Judge Connally F. Trigg. Issue:
i. Mary Campbell, born November 29, 1S60; died
July, 1881; married George Ben Johnston, M.D., of
Richmond, Va., son of Senator George ^V. Johnston, of
Wythe County, Virginia. No issue.
ii. Guy.
iii. Connally Trigg.
iv. Hugh Lawson.
Rufus Morgan McClung married, second, June 11,
1872, in Philadelphia, Pa., Mrs. Mary E. Taylor, born
October 9, 1835 ; died October 9, 1902, at Terrell, Texas,
daughter of Marcus D. Bearden, of Knoxville. Issue:
V. Rosalie Heaton, of Terrell, Texas.
3. Elizabeth Trigg, born April 20, 1836; died in
Birmingham, Ala.; married, March 6, 1856, William P.
Barker, of Birmingham, Ala. Issue:
i. Mary McClung.
ii. Annie Gillespie.
iii. Margaret Cobb,
iv. Ruth.
CAMPBELL FAMILY. 189
V. Jennie.
vi. William.
4. Mary Frances, born January 16, 1838 ; married,
January 21, 18G2, as his second wife, William B. Fran-
cisco. Issue :
i. Fanny, born February 27, 1864; married W. H.
En gram. ISvSue:
( 1) Mary, married Gault, of Tampa, Florida.
ii. Kicbard Bearden.
iii. Kufus McChmg.
iv. William B.
5. Rachel Florence, bom September 9, 1840 ; married,
January 29, 1863, Marcus Lafayette Rogers, M.D., born
February 21, 1826 ; died December 4, 1878. Issue :
i. Rachel Morgan, born November 16, 1865 ; married,
September 28, 1896, Whitefield Emerson Huff, of Rome,
Ga.
ii. Amy Maxwell, born February 20, 1867 ; died May
20, 1896, in Philadelphia, Pa.; married, June 3, 1886,
Jackson Smith, of South Carolina. !No issue:
iii. Marcus Lafayette, born February 16, 1870; died
January 14, 1899; married.
6. Charles Alexander, born October 24, 1842; mar-
ried, February 5, 1868, Corrie Miller, in Anderson
District, South Carolina. Issue:
i. Corrie Yetta.
ii. Harrietta Miller.
iii. Mary.
iv. Rufus Morgan.
V. Charles Hugh.
Hugh L. McClung married, second, July 31, 1845,
Anna, born January 28, 1825 ; died December 29, 1875,
daughter of George Thomas Gillespie, of Russellville,
Tenn. Issue :
7. Blanche, born April 10, 1846; died October 15,
1894; married, February 21, 1867, in Aberdeen, Miss.,
Major Thomas Shepherd W^ebb, bom September 26,
1840, of Knoxville, Tenn. Issue:
i. Thomas Shepherd, bom December 20, 1867; mar-
ried, June 29, 1893, Helen, daughter of Judge M. C.
SauHey, of Stanford, Ky. Issue :
(1) Thomas Shapard.
190 HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
('2) Rowan J^aufley,
ii. Sanna McClung,
ili. Hugh McClung.
iv. James Lewis, died young.
8, Hugh Lawson, born June 2, J 858, of Knoxville,
Tenn.; married, December 15, 1892, Ella, bom Novem-
ber 20, 1870, daughter of William E. Gibbens, of Knox-
ville. Issue.
i. Ellen.
VII. Margaret Ann Malinda McClung (^Charles,
^Matthew), born October 26, 1812; died July 27, 1864;
married, January 81, 1833, as his second wife. Judge
Ebenezer Alexander, bom December 23, 1805; died
April 29, 1857, son of Adam Rankin Alexander.
1. Margaret White, born October 31, 1833; died Octo-
ber 16, 1873 ; married, May 1, 1855, Alexander McMil-
lan, born March 21, 1829; died January 11, 1805;
married, second, July 12, 1867, James C. Mcintosh,
M.D., born February 1, 1825. Issue by first marriage:
i. Annette, bom July 20, 1856; married, January 31,
1878, Herbert Winbourne Hall, born November 18, 1850.
Issue :
(1) Alexander McMillan.
(2) Lucy Cowan.
(3) Margaret, married. May 25, 1904, Charles Louis
Amos, of Syracuse, N. Y.
(4) Herbert Winbourne, died young.
ii. Margaret McClung, born December 25, 1857;
married, January 22, 1822, Martin Joseph Condon,
born October 29, 1857, of Knoxville and New York.
Issue :
(1) Martin Joseph.
(2) Alexander^ died young.
(3) Mamie.
iii. Alexander, born November 5, 1859 ; married, Jan-
uary 17, 1883, Carrie Sinclair Gillem, born February 25,
1803, daughter of Gen. Alven C. Gillem. Issue:
(1) Alexander.
Iv. Mary (Mamie) Alexander, born February 17,
1864 ; married, December 12, 1888, Edward Henegar, of
Knoxville. Issue:
CAMPBELL FAMILY. 191
(1) Herbert Bentou, (2) Martin Joseph, (3) Marga-
ret McClimg, (4) Aline Elizabeth. (5) Mamie and
(6) Henry Alexander.
Issue by second marriage:
V. Jaines C, born November 28, 18G8 ; married, Jan-
uary 26, 18SG, Sarah Ann Read.
vi. Sarah (Sadie) Bartlett, born June 21, 1870 ; mar-
ried, November 18, 1903, as his second wife, Benjamin
Davis Brabson, D.S.
vli. Laura Mabry, married Henry Failing, of Cincin-
nati, Ohio.
2. Charles McClung, born January 5, 1837; died
December 28, 1862; married, July 28, 1859, Lucinda
(Lucy) Foster, born June 9, 1839, daughter of James H.
Cowan. Issue :
i. Lucy Dickinson, born July 9, 1860; married, first,
November 30, 1880, Mustoe B. Given, born April 25,
1854; died June 21 or 22, 1889, of Louisville, Ky. ; mar-
ried, second, November 22, 1892, Jonathan Tipton, bom
May 3, 1859; died June 15, 1903, of Kuoxville.
Issue by first marriage:
(1) Lucy Dickinson.
3. Liza Jane, died young.
4. Mary Hill, married, November 1, 1866, Alex. Alli-
son. No issue.
5. Matthew McClung, born October 5, 1844; died
February 1, 1887 ; married, in 1871, Lucy, daughter of
William Hunter, M.D., of Virginia, Issue:
i. Charles.
ii. William Hunter.
6. Fannie Percy, bom November 1, 1846; married,
September 20, 1871, Judge William Truslow Newman,
of Atlanta. Issue:
i. Isabel Lawson, married, October 11, 1899, Walter
Howard, died June 11, 1902, of Atlanta, Ga.
ii. Margaret, married, October 27, 1904, John Leger-
wood Patterson, of Roanoke Rapids, N. C.
iii. Lucy Marion, married, June 23, 1903, Lieut. Louis
Seidjesmund Deidrich Rucker, Jr., 16th Infantry,
U. S. A.
iv. William Truslow.
V. Francis Percy.
vi. Henry Alexander.
192 HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
7. Lucy Dickinson, born March 31, 1849; married,
May 5, 1870, Major John Scott Payne, U. S. A., of Vir-
ginia, born December 7, 1844; died December 16, 1895.
Issue :
i. Laura Rollins, married, October 24, 1900, Charles
Staples Mangum, M.D,, of Chapel Hill, N. C. Issue:
(1) William Henry and (2) Arthur Alexander.
8. Ebeu, bom March 9, 1851; married, October 15,
1874, Marion, born October 25, 1852, daughter of Rev.
John Howard Smith. Issue :
i. Eleanor Spurrier, married, September 8, 1897,
Andrew Henry Patterson, of Athens, Ga., native of
North Carolina. Issue:
(1) Mary Fries and (2) Howard Alexander.
ii. Ebenezer.
iii. John Howard, died young.
iv. Margaret McClung.
9. Isabella Lawson, born March 9, 185G; married,
December 9, 1875, Ira Winship Cook, born September
22, 1852 ; died April 9, 1884. Issue :
i. Ethel.
ii. Howard, of New York City.
Charles Campbell
Of Ironton, Ohio.
CAMPBELL FAMILY. 193
SKETCH OF SOME OF THE DESCENDANTS OF
ROBERT, SON OF DUNCAN CAMPBELL.
Discussion and Traditions.
COMriLED BY CHARLES CAMPBELL, OF IRONTON, OHIO.
In the perspective offered by a long pedigree, fi°d just
before tbV vauisbing point is reacbed, it appears that
memory often present's to view but three name, m one
aeneration. Thus the Southern branch gives :
'-John Campbell, who married Grace Hay and his
si^^ter Mary Campbell, who married Moses White and
their brotb^er, Hugh Campbell, of whom there is no
record. , .
In the Northern branch the record gives:
Dougald Campbell, whose descendants settled m
Rockbridge Countv, Virginia; Robert Campbell, whose
descendants settled in Augusta County Virginia amd
John Campbell, many of whose descendants are to be
found in Washington County, Virginia, the two Jolm
Campbells being the same person. F^^^^i^,^^^^^^^^;* '
descendants are named for the ^n^'ecorded Hugh Carap_
bell ; none of Dougald's or John's are named Hugh, but
Marv had a great-grandson, Hon. Hugh Lawson ^hite
who^was a candidate for the Presidency ^^\lf ^^^ ,^^^7^^*
Webster and Van Bui-en. On June 13, 1836, Abrah^
Lincoln wrote to the editor of the Journal at Salem
saving- ''If alive on the first Monday m November, I
shall vote for Hugh L. White for President.
There were two Duncan Campbells, ancestors, m tne
second and sixth generations. These two Duncans give
rise to a diflerence of records as to the time the second
Duncan migrated from Scotland to Ireland Gov. David
Campbell r^ccords it in 1584. Joseph R-. A«f ^;^"' «.
I'.ristol, Tenn., prior to 1875, stated that it was in IGU
that Duncan married Mary McCoy and ^vent to Irelan^^^
the northern branch say that he never J^ft Scotland,
but that his three sons went to Ireland in 1700. Evi-
ls
194 HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
deiitly he did go to Ireland sometime i)iior to 1(572 ; but
it was the second Diincan wlio married Mary McCoy in
1672, for that date agrc>es with the known dates of births
of his cliildren and grandchildren.
Tliei-e are but a few hours' travel between Argyleshire,
Scotland, and County Londonderry, Ireland, and thei-e
were frequent changes to and fro. His route was across
the North Channel twenty miles, easterly fifteen miles
to the Giant's Causeway, fifteen more to Coleraine City,
on the river Bann, and thirty more to Londonderry
City. TiCt us idealize this brief voyage of Duncan, the
ancestor of a great host living and dead, and associate
it with his passing view of The Causeway, which appeals
so vividly to the imagination ; thus do we magnify the
ancients into giants and mark the paths they trod.
It is not at all probable that there were two patri-
archs named Duncan, unrelated, whose descendants not
only went to County I>erry, Ireland, but from thence
most of them emigrated to Pennsylvania, and from
there moved over into Augusta County, Virginia, the
latter moving between the dates 1730 and 1740;
moreover, that each Duncan had a son John, whose
descendants later moved from Augusta County to Wash-
ington County, Virginia. Washington Count}' is one
hundred and sixty miles, air line, from Augusta County ;
seven counties now intervene; at that date it was a
roadless wilderness, infested by savages and wild ani-
mals. Yet all records, both North and South, agree in
these essentials of identity of the two Duncans.
To this proof is added the personal testimony iiiter-
spersed in the following account of Kobert's descendants
who constitute the Northern branch.
As history began in traditions, so the earliest family
records often transmit to us that which may be of value,
and cannot be irrevei-ently ignored, yet it does not com-
mand our implicit confidence. But in Robert's line,
the traditions serve to confirm the accuracy of the
pedigree, and the relationship between the Northern and
Southern branches.
And we are v.anied that the lure of the dollar is pres-
ent with us, because of the traditional estate (of Scot-
land) paid into the English Treasury for lack of heirs,
a fortune as eln.sive as a will-o'-the-wisp.
CAMPBELL FAMILY. 195
In the Richmond Standard of July 10, ISSO. R. A.
Rrock Bccretarv of the Virginia Ilistoncal Society,
gives a mixed account of DmK-anCann)beirs descend-
ants, and states that he was of the Campbells of the
House of I^redalbane.' Egles' "Pennsylvania Geneal-
ogies " published in 1S80, gives the same account, in
Green's -Histoi-ic Families of Kentucky," and again in
Mr^ White's "Ilistorv of the Descendants of John
Walker, of Wigton, Scotland," it is stated that l.obert s
descendants are of the Campbells of Kiman Scotland.
KTrnan is located in that part of the Argyle frontier
lying between Lockawe and Lockfine, bordered by the
d'ucai territory of Tuverary.
Green quotes Sprague's ''Annals of the American
Pulpit" to the same etlect. Col. Chas. S. Todd, soldier
diplomatist, son of Judge Thos. Todd, of the United
States Supreme Court, was bora at Danville, Ky., in
1791 died in 1871. He was on General Harrisons
staff'in 1812, a scholar, editor, and Minister to Russia.
History states that he had a general knowledge of the
various branches of the Campbell family a century ago
and he asserted his belief in the Kiruau tradition. That
the origin of the family was in Inverary, or near it,
seems to be the general conclusion from all records.
From the long list of ancestors recorded by the South-
ern branch, indicating A.D. 1500 as the earliest date, one
•The Bredalbane succession of titled chiefs in Pai'^ js ^
Duucan Camnbell. who flourished about 1025: las son. Robeit^
1^ "(Uo • the atter's son. John, in 16S0: their births being long
iSfore those meridian dates. Our record shows be sec;ond
Duncan born about 1645; his son. Robert, born about 1... 5
the lat^'ei^s son. John, born about 1700. Here is a parallel of
names and dates indicating that the second Duucan lived in
BrSbane (Glenorchy) territory, in Ar^yleshire. near Lo^h
]^:r%.^Zt ^h^e'^iS : \nJ^^r;Li25y ^coS
parallef of names and dates, the Brcxlalbane tradition possibly
would not have come into existence.
196 HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
infers that this Campbell family were lauded jjiopri-
etors, for this reason; the ''Hand l^ook of Heraldry,''
published iu London in 1882, states: "H the pedigree
can l>e traced up to the middle of the seventeenth cen-
tury (1050), and the family were at that time entitled
to armorial bearings, the visitations of the Heralds may
carry it three generations higher (1550). The real
labor uow commences; and unless the family were,
during the sixteenth century, either noble or were
landed proprietors, further research is almost useless."
Thus endeth the traditions; but in this great democ-
racy of ours, we are more interested in the facts. AVe
offer, first, the brief account of Capt. Charles Campbell,
found on page 85, Historical Paper No. 2, issued by
Washington and I^ee University.
Captain Charles Campbell.
"Among the Presbyterial trustees of 1776, and
also the chartered trustees, was the venerable
Charles Campbell. He was the son of Charles
Campbell, whose i-emote ancestor was Duncan
Campbell.*
"This Duncan, who never left Scotland, had three
sons, Dougald, Robert and John, who removed to
Ireland in 1700, and settled in Coleraine, in County
Derry.
"Most of the descendants of these three brothers,
between 1730 and 1740, emigrated to Pennsylvania,
and thence to Augusta, as Augusta then was. The
descendants of Dougald are said to have settled in
what is now Rockbridge, and three brothers, sons
of Robert, namely : Hugh, John and Charles, settled
in Augusta proper.
"Charles Campbell, your trustee, the son of
Charles, was born in Rockbridge in 1741; married
•Angus K. Campbell, of Des Moines, Iowa, seventy-three
years old in 1908, great-grandson of Capt. Charles Campbell,
states that the Duncan Campbell last mentioned lived near Loch
Lomond, which borders Argjieshire, not far from Inverary.
CAMPBELL FAMILY. 197
Mary Ann Downey, and both husband and wife
lived to an advanced age, she dying in 1824, aged
eighty-two, and he in 1820, aged eighty-five.
"Charles did not actively engage in political
aft'airs, but commanded a company at the siege of
York, and he delighted in old age to recount the
details of the siege. He was noted for his piety
and was fond of books, cnconragcs3 literary in.'^titu-
tions, and trained his numerous sons and daughters
in sound learning. Charles Campbell, your trustee,
who lived as late as 1826, is well remembered by
many now living. He was about middle size, and in
his old age, as he sat as an elder in the New Provi-
dence Church on the left of the pulpit, with his
white hair flowing, decrepit with years but firm in
faith, and zealous for the glory of God, he was a
striking figure.
''He was long a magistrate, and did not hesitate
to use the whole rigor of the law iu repressing vio-
lations of the Sabbath.
"At your annual celebration the good old man
drove from his i-esidence twelve miles distant to
this hill in his carriage drawn by two rather old
horses, who rejoiced in the names Grey and Goody,
and listened with rapt attention to all the exer-
cises of the day. He left numerous descendants,
among whom is my valued friend, Charles Camp-
bell, who truly represents the literary zeal and
sterling integritv of his ancestor. He was High
Sheriff of Rockbridge County, 1808-10, and a mem-
ber of the Virginia House of Delegates, 1788-89."
The last-mentioned Charles Campbell wrote a history
of Virginia, published in 1860. It was he who, doubt-
less, furnished the account quoted, of his grandfather,
Capt. Charles Campbell. His mother, Mrs. Mildred
Walker Moore Campbell, bom in 1787, died in 1882 or
1888, in 1875 made an extended genealogy of the Camp-
bells which is now owned bv the writer; it agrees with
the record of John Campbell, of Ironton, Ohio, made on
Mav 12, 1828, taken from his parents. The latter ex-
tended back to Robert, son of Duncan Campbell, in detail.
198 HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
Mrs. Caniiibell says definitely tliat "Dougald's descend-
ants settled in Kcukbridge Connty," and that "many of
John's (son of IJnncau) descendants are to be fonud in
Washington Ojuuty," Virginia. To this county all of
Gen. William Campbell's family migrated in 17G9.
Mildred Walker Moore, daughter of Alex. S. Moore,
and great-granddaughter of Governor Alexander Spott.s-
Avood, of ^'irginia. was also the first cousin of Ann Hill
Carter, who married (ien. Henry Lee, of the Revolution-
ary Army ; their son was Gen. Robert E. Lee, C. S. A.
Her husband, the son of Capt. Charles Campbell, was
John Wilson Campbell, long a bookseller and publisher
of Petersburg, Va. He wrote and published a history
of Virginia, in 1813.
Page 530, "Howe's Historical Collections of Virginia,"
gives a view of the "Moore House," in which was signed
the articles of capitulation of Lord Cornwallis, at
Yorktown. It was erected by Gov. Alex. Spottswood,
who was buried there in 1740. (See page 407, "History
of Virginia," by CharlesCampbell, who was a great-great-
grandson of Govenior Spottswood.) Campbell's mater-
nal ancestors, the Moores, occupied the hou.se. The
land on which it is located is called "Temple Farm."
The earliest ance.stor whom Dougald's descendants
can at present trace was Dougald Camplxill, who, in
1762, purchased land in that part of Frederick County,
now Berkeley County, Virginia; came to Rockbridge
County in 1780; liis will was proved in 1795; his birth
must liave been not later than 1740, and there would be
but one generation between him and Duncan Campbell,
and possibly none. His son, Alexander Campbell,
who.se oldest brother is named Duncan, sat upon the
Board of Trustees of Washington College, from 1784 to
1807, with Captain Charles Campbell, who was tv\'enty-
nine years a trustee. It is, therefore, not probable that
Mildred Walker Moore Campbell made any errors in
her record, for we have the testimony to her fine intel-
lect, clear in old age, and her brilliant conversational
powers made her influential with the relatives, who
affectionately called her "Aunt Mildred." Her married
life (1800) "^overlapped the life of Captain Charles
Campbell by twenty years (1826), and he was born in
CAMPBELL FAMILY. I99
1741, not long after the death of Duncan Camplxill, who,
in 1G72, niai'i'ied ilary McC-oy. Thus three i^erwjns
have in succession given us the record back to the birth
of Duncan Canij)bell.
Dougald's branch and Robert's branch have supplied
graduates and professors to Washington and Ix>e Uni-
versity and to its predecessors for one liundred and
twenty-five yeais; the same is true of the rchited Wilson
family, mentioned later on. The Eev. William Wilson
was assistant professor to William Graham in 1777, and
trustee twenty-five years.
The remainder of this sketch will be devoted to the
descendants of (3) Robert^ son of (1) Duncan Camp-
bell* and Mary McCoy, and who was the brother of (2)
Dougald^ and (4) John,' who married Grace Hay,
(5) Mary" and Hugh' Campbell.
[The number of the individual is prefixed, but none is pre-
fixed if there is no record- The number following the name
indicates the generation.]
Descendants of (3) Robert Campbell.''
His wife's name is unknown to the writer. He lived
in Coleraine Towuland, Ireland, and it is believed, upon
the river Bann, if not in Coleraine City. We have no
proof that he ever left Ireland, but the records of
Charles Campbell, the historian, have not been fully
explored. His sons were (6) Hugh,® (7) John* and
(8) Charles.®
(G) Hugh Campbell V importation was proved June
26, 1740, with his wife, Esther, and two daughters; his
will was made in 1771, and probated March 22, 1775,
with John Magill one of his executors. The law re-
quired emigrants to prove their importation at their
own charges, in order to purcha.se government lands at
low rates. All "Importations" mentioned are under-
stood to be "at their own charges." (6) Hugh Camp-
bell,® in 1740, was also the executor of the will of
William Magill, father of John, and (8) Charles Camp-
bell,® brother of (G) Hugh,® was a witness. William
200 HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
Magill's laud joined that of (8) Charles Campbell, about
five miles northeast of "Beverly's Mill Place," now culled
Stannton,Va. Children of (G) Hugh: William, Hugh,
Charles, Robert, Esther, Sarah and >rartha. No further
r-ecord of this family, except to say that (3) Robert's
three sons lived within the bounds of Augusta (Old
Stone ) Church, which was about thi-ee miles north from
the residence of (8) Charles.
(7) John Campbell was born about 1700; married, in
1721, Elizabeth Walker, daughter of John Walker, of
Wigton, Scotland, who had removed to Newry, Carling-
ford Bay, County Down, Ireland, long before the date
of the marriage. In May, 1728 to 1730, the Walker
family, with (7) John Campbell and wife, sailed from
Strangford Bay, on the east coast, in a vessel com-
manded by Capt. Richard Walker, landed in Maryland,
August 2d, and transported their families to Notting-
ham, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
In a few years John Campbell and wife, with his
brother-in-law, John Walker (born in 1705; married
in 1734), and wife, Ann Houston, moved to near "Bev-
erly's Mill Place," where Mr. Campbell and wife lived
until death. John Walker and wife were the ancestors
of the Stuarts, Todds and Prices, of Kentucky, including
President Lincoln's wife, Mary Todd, who was the first
cousin of his law partner, Hon. John Todd Stuart; the
latter first influenced Mr. Lincoln to study law. Mr.
Campbell's sister-in-law, Jane Walker, was the ances-
tress of Gen. J. E. B. Stuart, C. S. A., and of Mary E.
Coalter, first wife of William Campbell Preston, the
matchless orator and senator from South Carolina.
Elizabeth Walker, born in 1703, died in 1787, was a
descendant of Samuel Rutherford, one of the meml)ers
of the Westminster Assembly, and author of "Rutherford
I>etters." Her father, John Walker, married Catherine
Rutherford, and the latter's mother, whose maiden
name was Isabel Allein, was a descendant of Rev. Joseph
Allein, who wrote "Allein's Alarm." Children: Es-
ther,* married Alex. McKinney ; Mary,* married David
Chambers; Rachel," married Thomas Dobbins; Jane,"
married Alex. McPheeters. (9) Maj. John Walker
CampbelP married Martha Speers and (10) Robert
Mrs. Sally Alexander Campbell.
Wife of Dr. Samuel L. Campbell, and Sister of Rev. Dr. Archibald Alexander.
President of Hampden-Sydney ColleRe. Vire.n.a.
CAMPBELL FAMILY. 201
Campbell," whose son, John Poage Campbell,^" ^\.V)., a
brilliant man, was adopted and educated by his uncle,
Maj. John W. Campbell," who was childless and
w^ealthy. The latter is said to be buried between the
towns of Fleming and Maysville, Kv.
The Walker history identifies Maj. John Walker
Campbell as the owner of four thousand acres of land
adjoining Louisville, Ky., and for whom was named
Campbell County, Kentucky, opposite Cincinnati, Ohio.
This statement requires further proof. It also states
that the English Parliament, between 1850 and 1802,
passed a sjx^cial act laying aside certain moneys for the
benefit of the heirs of (9) Maj. John Walker Campbell, f
who w^as rightful heir to certain Scotch titles. The
Richmond Standard of June 20, ISSO, .states that Gen.
William Campbell was the nephew of the one who held
tho.se titles, showing that, though the tradition is prob-
ably not correct, yet there was a general belief in the
relationship of the Northern and Southern branches of
the family; and Mrs. James P. Gray (Mrs. Mai*y Inman
Gray), of Atlanta, Ga., writes: "From all sources, I
hear that the Campbells who married Walkers are the
same line as Gen. William Campbell, of Pevolutionary
fame." (10) Robert Campbell's® wife, Rebecca, was a
daughter of John Wallace, "a Presbyterian of Augusta
County, Virginia." ''The Historic Families of Ken-
tucky," and the Walker history, state that Robert was
one of the first Justices of Augusta County, Virginia,
and bought 350 acres of land in Beverly's Manor on Julv
23, 1740; but Waddell's "Annals of Augusta County"
tin 1882, Marcellus Campbell stated that the estate of a titled
gentleman of Scotland, named Campbell, was paid into the
English treasury for lack of heirs. It is there yet. Dr. John
Campbell, of Northeast Indiana, had, for thirty years (since
1852), been gathering an account of the family for the purix>se
of recovering the estate. In 1907, Mrs. Martha Orchard Malot.
of Bloomington, Ind., wrote: "Col. Richd. Dale Owen, now
deceased, of New Harmony, Ind., while teachiug here (Bloom-
ington) in the University, made a visit to England and found
the money was there waiting to be claimed." In 1907. Mrs.
Jas. R. Gray (Mrs. Mary Inman Gray), of Atlanta. Ga.. wrote:
"I have had numerous letters from the Campbells. It sooms
they only need date and proof of one marriage to make their
claim good to the estate in Scotland." The prominence of the
persons quoted gives weight to their statements.
202 lUtiTORWAL SKETCHES.
state that this was Robert, the hrotlier of Patiick and
son of (4) JohnJ wlio married Grace Hay.
(10) Robert Campbell," in 1781, moved to Fayette
County, Kentucky, and with Gen. Thomas Bodly, Gen.
Robert Poage, and General Hughes, purchased ten
thousand acres of rich cane land in the Mayslick neigh-
borhood; he then moved to Mason County, Kentucky,
where he died. This i)urcliase of lands resulted in the
migi-ation of relatives from Augusta C(»unty, Virginia —
the Campbells, Poages and Wilsons— to Kentucky and
Ohio, and in the founding of Staunton, now called
Ripley, Ohio, by Col. James Poage, in 1804. The
writer has before him a copy of the ilSS. of the Rev.
Dr. William McPheeters, of Raleigh, N. C, inherited by
Mrs. Elizabeth McP. Campbell Axtell, of St. Paul,
Minn., from her grandmother. It states that "John
Campbell, who married Elizabeth Walker, was the
uncle of Captain Charles Campbell" mentioned. The
only child of the (10) Rol>ert CampbelP mentioned was
the' (11) Rev. John Poage Campbell,^" of Virginia-
Kentucky, and Chilicothe, Ohio; born in 17G7; died in
1814; married three times: first, to Miss Crawford, of
Virginia ; .second, to Miss Poage, of Kentucky ; third, to
Isabella McDowell, of Virginia, who was a cousin of
the wife of Rev. William McPheeters, of North Carolina.
The Rev. William McPheeters died in 1842. Children
of Rev. John P. Campbell: (12) Dr. James McDowell
Campbell, ^^ of Burlington, Iowa, died in 1837, graduate
of Transylvania University and Cincinnati Medical
College; '(13) Dr. John Campbell,^^ of Nebraska City,
Neb., born in 1812, member of Legislature and Constitu-
tional Convention; one child, (14) Margaret Madison
Campbell,^- married Thomas J. Pickett, of Mason
County, Kentucky, grandson of William Pickett, of
Faquier County, Virginia, who was a Revolutionary
soldier and member of the House of Burgesses. Dr.
John CampbelP^ had one daughter, who married John
Sumner Baskerville, graduate of Hartford Theological
Seminary, took a four-years' course at IlampdenSidney
College and two jears at Yale.
Rev. John Poage Campbell, M.D., was a naturalist,
antiquarian, pulpit orator, and eonversialist in a turbu-
CAMPBELL FAMILY. 203
lent jieriod. After thorough training in the academies,
Dr. Caniitbell graduated, in 1700, at Hampden-Sidney ;
"then he studied medicine with his kinsman, Dr. David
Campbell, a native of Virginia, but a graduate of the
University of Edinburgh, whose inaugural thesis, dedi-
cated to Theodrick Bland and Kobert Muuford, both
earnest patriots of the devolution, printed at Edin-
burgh in 1777. and couched in the purest and most
elegant latiuity. attest the perfection to which classical
scholarship was carried at that day."
^ We revert to (8) Charles Campbell, ^emigrant, brother
of (7) John Campbell,- who married Elizabeth Walker.
(8) Charles Campbell® was born in Ireland in 1703;
died in October or Novemt)er, 1778; his will was written
in 1775. probated November 11, 1778; married about
1735, in Ireland, to Mary Trotter, who died, aged eighty-
four years; they emigrated in 17-40 to Augusta County,
Virginia, by way of Philadelphia. He purcha.sed fifty
acres July 12. 174G, by land grant from King George II,
and four hundred acres September IG, 1747, from John
Anderson. The home was five miles northeast of Staun-
ton, and between his lands and that town were located
the Rev. John Craig, the first Pi-e.sbyterian minister of
the Valle\' of Virginia, who was pastor of the ''Old
Stone Church" (Augusta Church), the first church in
the valley, erected in 1747, its pi-edecessor, built of logs
in 1740 ; it was organized in 1737. Others of the neigh-
borhood were : James Robertson, whose family are
famous in Tennessee annals; Robert Poage, who enter-
tained Washington, and at his request his descendants
moved to Kentucky and Ohio to help possess and hold
the Ohio Valley for the Colonies. Above were the Pres-
tons. nearer to the site of Staunton.
Charles Campbell's neighbors, the Andersons, removed
to near what is now Pendleton, Anderson County,
South Carolina, and Charles Campl)ell must have
removed with them. While his son. Captain Charles
Campbell, was born in 1741, in Augusta County, yet his
father purchased no land until 1746. They built a stone
church in South Carolina, calling it '"The Old Stone
Church." after the one in which they had worshii)ed
north of the site of Staunton. The record of Marcellus
204 HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
Cnjnpbcll,'^ brother of John Campbell, ^^ of Tronton,
Ohio, slates: "Charles Campbell® and Mary Trotter at
one time lived in South Carolina. Just prior to the
depreciation of Continental money, lie sold his land for
8,000 pounds, equal then to .^'25,000, and came to near
Grattan's Mills and Millar's Iron Works, in Augusta
County, Virginia. He was a planter with numerous
slaves. In Virginia, he lived in a large, fine house, the
first story of stone, the second story of logs."
We can imagine the house so built, because of the
Indians, and that the depreciation of currency just
after the sale caused hira some loss. He probably
returned to Augusta County in 1746, disposing of his
South Carolina property long after it had enhanced in
value. As a town, Staunton did not then exist, and
Grattan's Mills may have had greater local repute, and
were ten to fourteen miles away. "There were no
roads then, except the occasional trail of the Indian ;
they had nothing to guide them save the compass, the
stars, and the moss upon the trees." (8) Charles Camp-
belP willed his homestead to his son, (15) William
Campbell,® with a few slaves, and no other real estate
was enumerated, but it is included in the clause "and
the rest of my estate I allow to be equally divided
among my other children, and this is to be done by my
sons, John and Charles Campbell."
He had seven sons and three daughters, to wit:
(9) Robert,® (10) Hugh," (11) John," (12) Charles,®
(13) James,® (14) Joseph,® (15) William,® (16) Eliz-
abeth,® (17) Mary® and (18) Sarah.®
(9) Robert® had three children: (19) Hugh,i°
(20) Robert^" and (20) Sarah.^" (19) Hugh,^° on
March 5, 1783, owned lot No. 24, in Lexington, Va., and
on May 22, 1785, granted to his brother, (20) Robert," a
power of attorney to sell 350 acres of land located in
Granville County, South Carolina. This land was
purchased by their father, (9) Robert,® in 1767, pre-
sumably from the latter's father, (8) Charles,® and in-
herited by (19) Hugh," under -the Virginia law of
primogeniture. Robert died between 1767 and 1775,
the date of the will of (8) Charles.
(10) Hugh,® son of Charles,® no record.
CAMPBELL FAMILY. 205
(11) John," no record; was one of tbe executors of
his father's will.
(12) Capt. Charles Campbell,^ fourth sou of the emi-
grant, (8) Charles, was married in 17G4 to Mary Ann
Downey, whose father, Sam'l Downey, married Martha
McPhecters, aunt of Dr. Wm. McPheeters, and sister of
John McPheeters, who married (IG) Elizabeth Camp-
bell," sister of (32) Capt. Charles Campbell.^ Captain
Campbell served under Gen. Alexander Hamilton; was
one of the first justices (1778) of Rockbridge County,
Virginia; High Sheriff, 1808-1810, a position considered
to be of great honor and the highway to wealth ; was a
member of the General Assembly, 1788-1790; elder in
New Providence Church, with James Wilson, and_with
him was appointed by Hanover Presbytery, in 17 1 5, to
collect funds to establish Augusta Academy on the land
of James Wilson, on Mount Pleasant, afterwards inher-
ited by his son, Moses Wilson. This was the germ of
Washington and Lee University. Captain Campbell
was trustee of the same twenty-nine years, with many of
our relatives, the Campbells and Wilsons. Two months
before the Declaration of Independence he voted with
the trustees to change the name of Augusta Academy
to Liberty Hall, while the British flag was still floating
over the capitol. Children : five sons and two daughters
grew to maturitv: (13) James,^° (14) Sam'l L.,^**
(15) Mary," (16) William,^" (17) John Wilson,!"
Isaac!" and (18) Rachel.^"
(13) James!" niarried, January 25, 1793, Sarah Trot-
ter, and had three sons and five daughters.
(15) Mary!" married James McClung, December 24,
1799.
(18) RacheP" married Amiel Rogers.
(14) Dr. Samuel L. CampbelP" was born in 1766;
married, September 9, 1794, to Sarah Alexander, sister
of the Rev. Dr. Archibald Alexander, that great light
of post-Revolutionary days, whose beams illumine the
pages of Presbyterian history. Dr. Alexander was
President of Hampden-Sidney 'College. At his sugges-
tion the General Assembly established Princeton Theo-
logical Seminary, and afterwards he was placed at its
head. Dr. Archibald Alexander married Jeanette,
206 inSTORICAL SKETCH KS.
(laughter of Rev. James Waddell, who was the "blind
preacher" of AA'illiam Wirt's classic pen. Sally Alex-
ander Canii)lK'll had two nephews, one of whom was
Josei)h Addison Alexander, professor at Princeton Theo-
logical Seminary; the other was the Rov. James Wad-
dell Alexander, D.D., pastor fifteen years of the Fifth
Avenue Church, New York City (1845), when it was
located on Duane Street. In l^ijH Ihe Kev. Dr. John
Hall began his long pastorate of this church.
(1(5) William'" married, in August, 1800, Elizal)eth
McPheeters, bora in 1781 ; he died November 10, 1816.
(17) John Wilson Campbell, '° born in 1779; died in
1842; married about 1806, to Mildred Walker Moore,
of Sidney Vale, Rockbridge County, Virginia, born June
16, 1788; died in 1882 or 1883.
(14) Dr. Samuel Legrand Camtbell.^"
Dr. Campbell, the second President (1798) of Wash-
ington and Lee University, was boi-n one mile from
Mount Pleasant, and lived in Rockbridge County at
Rock Castle, three miles west of Lexington, in a stone
dwelling which he erected. He served Washington
College as officer, tutor and faithful trustee for twenty-
five years (1782-1807). He was literary, an able and
attractive writer, and is freely quoted by various his-
tories. His tribute to the Mount Pleasant location of
Augusta Academy exults in its triumphant beginning,
and mourns the departed great, whose careei*s brought
such honor to its name; it is an elegant composition.
In 1706 he was appointed with the rector and Samuel
Houston to prepare an appeal to President Washington
to donate ^50,000, which was successful, insuring the
future of Washington College. In old age he lost his
eyesight, and died on April 24, 1840. His obituary
states that he was a "scholar, gentleman and philan-
thropist," without reproach or an enemy. Children :
four sons, all graduates of Wa.shington College with
the degree of A.B., and three daughters, who married,
respectively. Dr. Rol)ert McClure and Rev. Nathaniel C.
CAMPnELL FAMILY. 207
Callionn, botli alumni of the college; the third daughter
married John S. ^^'ilson, a prominent citizen of Buch-
anan, Va. The sons were :
(15) Charles Fenelon Camplxjll," in 1823 removed
to Ripley, Ohio; he was a lawyer; died August 2, 1804;
married Harriet Essington Kephart, born in 1813, who
was living at Ripley, January, 1909.
(IG I William M*. CampbelT^ graduated in 1S25;
removed to St. Louis, Mo. ; editor of the Evening Gazette
and ^t. Louis Repuhlican: writer; gifted man ; lawyer;
member, respectively, of the House of Delegates, Senate,
and Constitutional Convention of Missouri; bachelor;
died in 1850.
(17) Samuel Davies Campbell" graduated in 1830;
three daughters married ; Presbyterian minister in Vir-
ginia, Mississippi, Georgia, Alabama and Florida; he
married Jane Orbison ; he died in 18G3.
(18) John A. Campbell" graduated in 1839; physi-
cian of Park vi lie, Mo. ; was one of the founders of Park
College there; died there in 1882.
(15) Judge Charles Fenelon Campbell," State Sen-
ator; editor of 0/(/o Whig (1840) ; of Ripley Bee (1849-
1862); resided in Ripley and Georgetown, Ohio; had
one daughter, a widow, and five sons, all editors, to wit :
(19) Angus K. Campbell,'^ married Miss Kirker, grand-
daughter of Governor Kirker, of Ohio; lawyer; large
manufacturer of Des Moines, Iowa. (20) Frank T.
Campbell,'- died in 1907, aged seventy-one years;
member of Iowa I^egislature four ye^rs; Lieutenant-
Governor of Iowa; Railroad Commissioner two years;
elected member of Congress; counted out by a Demo-
cratic House; editor of several Iowa papers. (21)
Wm. Archibald CampbelP' of Lima, Ohio, one of three
ownere of Lima Gazette; formerly editor of Lima Re-
publican Gazette; one son, owtis a paper in Enid,
Oklahoma. Has three daughters and two sons. (22)
John Q. A. Campbell,'- of Bellefontaine, Ohio, editor of
Belief ontaine Repuhlican thirty nine years; has two
daughters living. (23) Charles Campbell'- was editor
at Lima, Ohio, formerly editor of Bellefontaine Repub-
lican; lives at Bellefontaine, Ohio; had nine children.
(16) William Camplx'll,'" whose wife was Elizabeth,
208 HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
sister of Rev. Dr. William McPlieetcrs, of Kaleigli, N. C.
A copy of the latter's MSS. is now before the writer.
They moved to Knight.stowii, liid., in 1833 ; five children
grew to maturity, to wit :
(24) James McFheeters Campbell,'^ born November
IG, 1804; died April 22, 1884; married, April 7, 1831,
to Betsy G. Bi-own, daughter of Kev. Samuel Brown,
pastor of New I'rovideuce Church; lived fifty ^ears in
Kuightstown, lud. ; he joined New Providence Church,
Kockbridge County, Virginia, in 1820. There is much
in heredity. Mr. Campbell came of a long line of sturdy
Scotch heroes that have done much to shed about the
rugged fastnesses of old Scotia an imijcrishable luster.
"In his veins ran the blood of the Covenanters. The
old Highland Campbells that had suffered for the Faith
delivered to the Saints, and led the sturdy clans against
the oppression of religious despotism, were at once an
inspiration to his steadfast reliance on the old church
of his fathers, and left to him a heritage of unwavering
fidelity to his God. Eich indeed in the history of per-
secution for the truth, valor and endurance for the right,
indomitable courage in the face of disaster and over-
whelming odds is the race from which James Campbell
sprang, and whose name he has borne with all good
report for eighty yeare." lie had two daughters mar-
ried, to wit :
(25) Eliza McP. Campbell, ^^ born in January,
1834; married, November 30, 1853, to Rev. Charles
Axtell, born in 1818; died October 31, 1891; son of a
minister; has two daughters married, to wit : (2G) Mary
L. Axtell,'^ born in 1802; married, in 1884, to Gen.
Judsou W. Bishop, of St. Paul, Minn. ; has five children.
(27) Harriet Axtell,^« born in 1808; married, in 1895,
to Mr. Johnston, of New York Citv; has one daughter.
(22) Rachel Mary Campbell,^^ "b^rn in 18:36; died
January 22, 1902; married, in 1857, to Joseph E. King;
died in Texas in 1805; had two children: Elizabeth
Helen King and Frank Campbell King, born in 1861;
married ; all live in Kansas Citv, Mo.
(29) Mildred E. Campbell,"' born in 1808; died in
1892.
(30) Rebecca G. Campbell," born in 1811; married.
Dr. Samuel Legrand Campbell.
Second President of Washington and Lee University, Virginia, 1798.
Born 1766; Died 1840.
CAMPBELL FAMILY. 209
in 1842, to Joshua IJall; bad two cliildien, to wit:
(31) Mildred Klliolt nal],^^ i^^^.^ ^^ ^3^^. ^^aiTied, in
18G0, to Milo P. Smith, a lawyer of Cedar Eaiiids, Iowa;
has three childien. (32) James Kichard llall/^ mar-
ried, in 1S7D, to Eliza Monk, of Salt Lake City; died in
181)7; they moved to Tyler, Wash, ; had four children.
(33) Charles Downey Campbell," born April 5, 1813;
died in lOdl. last of his family; manicd A'enice Hope-
well, of Indiana.
(34) Rachel Moore Campbell," born May 28, 1815;
died January 9, 1888; united with New Providence
Church, Rockbridge County, Virginia, in 1831.
(17) John Wilson CarapbelP" had four children, to
wit:
(3G) Charles Campbell," historian of Virginia, had
four children, to Avit :
(37) JMary Spotswood Campbell,^- married Leiper
Moore Robinson, of Bowling Green, Caroline County,
Virginia; issue: two sons.
(38) Nannie,^== Fanny'^ and Charles,'^ born in 1857,
of Erie, Pa.
Lavinia McP. Campbell."
(30) Elizabeth Moore Campbell."
(40) Alex. S. Campbell."
The last three named are sisters and brother of
Charles Campbell, historian. This completes the de-
scendants of (12) Capt. Charles Campbell.® We now
revert to his brothers.
James Campbell,® no record.
Joseph Campbell,® no record, except that his descend-
ants, in 1870, lived and prospered in Illinois. The
next is :
(15) William Campbell.®
Born in 1754, in Augusta County, Virginia; died in
1822, at Ripley, Ohio; married in 1775, to Elizabeth
Wilson, born February 14, 1758; died February 27,
1832. She was the daughter of James Wilson, elder in
New Providence, who located Augusta Academy on
his land on Mount Pleasant, Rockbridge County, Vir-
ginia. Her father lived near Brownsbnrg, Rockbridge
14
210 HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
Coiintv. ITo was born in 1715, in Ulster, Ireland, of
Scotch descent; emigrated as a child, parents died at
sea; lived in Philadelphia and in Pennsylvania until
1771 ; early in 1750 he married Kebekah Willson, daugh-
ter of Thomas Willson, M-ho resided two miles east of
Fairlield. "Old P>nrgess Willson," or Col. John Will-
son, was brother to Thomas Willson, and was Burgess
from the organ i/.ation of Augusta County, in 1745, to
his death, in 1773 — twenty-seven years.
(15) William Campbefl,®* a Kevolutionary soldier
and Presbyterian elder, inherited his father's home,
resided there thirteen years after the father's death,
and a few years after the death of his mother, Mary
Trotter Cam})bell. At the age of thirty-seven, in 1701,
he followed his counsin, (10) Roliert Canipbell,* to Ken-
tucky, where he located in Bourbon County, and in 1798
removed to tliat part of Adams County now in Browm
County, Ohio. He had sixteen children, eleven of whom
grew to maturity, to wit: (41) James,^° (42) Charles,^"
(43) John Willson,^" (44) Joseph N.,^" (45) Elizabeth,^"
(46) Marv,i° (47) Rel)ecca,'« (4S) Samuel,^" (49)
Phoebe,^'' (50) Sarah^° and Fidelia.^^
(41) James Campbell,^" born in 1770; married Mary
Duncan, and had seven children, to wit: Nancy," mar-
ried James McElheny; Washington," married Ellen J.
Lilly; Elizabeth," married Duncan Evans; Hiram,"
married, tirst, Eachel Star; second, Sarah E. Woodrow.
His second wife was a niece of Gov. Allen Trimble, of
Ohio, and relative of D. T. Woodrow (deceased), of
Cincinnati, O. He was editor at Hillsboro, O., and iron
manufacturer at Ironton, O. Eliza," married James
Ralston. (52) John Milton Campbell" died in 1844,
unmarried, while a missionary to Africa. He was born
in 1812 in Fleming County, Kentucky; removed to
Bro\Mi County, Ohio, in 1824 ; graduated at Miami
University in 1840; missionary to Indians, same year;
graduated in 1843 at Lane Theological Seminary.
Beautiful poems upon his death were written by Mrs.
Lvdia H. Siiiournev and Mrs. M. B. Crocker. His life
*(15) William Campbell,' his brother. James.' and sister,
Sarah,* were baptized near the Natural Bridge by the Rev,
Georse Whitefield.
CAMPBELL FAMILY. 211
aud letters were published in a memoir by the Presbyte-
rian Board of Foreign ^lissious. A large memorial
window in First Presbyterian Church at Ironton, Ohio,
is dedicated to his memory. Jane Campbell, ^^ married
William Macklen.
(42) Charles Campbell,^" born December 21, 1777;
died September 25, 1S71 ; married, September 20, 1S03,
in Ohift. to Elizabeth Tweed. She was ])orn February
13, 1777; died in 1S70. Her father, Archibald, born in
1748, was a Revolutionary soldier. He was at the
Battle of Brandy wine, and the siege of York ; died
December 24, 1880; married Jeanette Patterson, born
in 1751 ; died in 1820. His father, Robert Tweed, bora
about 1720, married Nancy Caldwell.
Elizabeth Tweed's ancestors of that name were from
the English side of the river Tweed (one tradition
claims that they were English) ; thence they emigrated
to the border line between Maryland and Pennsylvania,
and located on a stream called "Woolen Bi-eeches," and
owned a mill of that name there, about forty miles by
wagon road from Baltimor-e. There were two houses
on their farm, one in each State, because of its size.
Most of the relatives believe that the Tweeds were
Scotch; we know that they intermarried with the Pat-
tersons and other Scotch families.
(42) Charles CampbelP" and wife lived not far from
the home of Gen. U. S. Grant's parents, some of the
children attending the same school. Issue : live sons,
four of whom grew to maturity, to wit :
(53) William Wilson Campbell, ^^ married Sarah
Porter ; died December 17, 1880, aged seventy-six years,
four months, eleven days.
(54) John Campbell," married Elizabeth C. Clark,
March 16, 1837, at Pine Grove Furnace. She was born
April 15, 1815, at Manchester, Ohio; died November 19,
1893, at Ironton, Ohio. Her grandfather, the second
John Ellison, bora in 1752; died in 182G; married, in
1787, to Mary Bratton, bora September 28, 1767; died
in April, 18ti7, aged ninety-nine years, seven months.
They emigrated from Sixmilecross, County Tyrone,
Ulster, Ireland, in May, 1705, to Manchester, Ohio, with
nur.se, Jennie Varner: son, James, born in 1787, who
212 HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
married ^fary, daugbter of Rev. William ^"\'illiamson,
and dan<:liter, :Mary B. Ellison, born in Marcb, 17IJ2;
died in 1S\:\; married, in ISO!), to James Clarice. Mary
Bratton, tlie wife, lived one mile east of Sixmilecross;
her homestead was named "Cavenreagb," and has been
occnpied several generations; it was still in their pos-
session in 1882, and was located on "lirat tin's Brae," at
the foot of which was the "King's highway" leading
from Belfast to Londonderry, and the ever-living stream
called "The Glusha." Her father, James Bratton, born
about 1730, married Miss Glasgow, from Killeycuragh,
near Cookstown, about fifteen miles northeasterly from
Sixmilecross. The Brattons and Glasgows were Scotch ;
the former went to Ireland during the })ersecntion;
the latter when the Prince of Wales went over with his
army.
(54) John Campbell'^ had eight children. Two died
in infancy, six grew to maturity — four daughters and
two sons. Only the sons are now (1908) living, both
unmarried :
Albert Campbell,'- born in 1846, a veteran of the Civil
War, lives in Washington, D. C.
Charles Campbell, '^ born in 1851, graduated a civil
engineer in 1873, at the Eeussalaer Polytechnic Insti-
tute, Troy, N. Y. Is an iron manufacturer now (1908),
and resides at ITccla Furnace, near Ironton, Ohio.
Mary J. Campbell,'- a sister, was born in 1838; died
in 1884; married, in 1861, Hon. Henry Safford Neal, of
Ironton, Ohio. He was State Eepresentative and
Senator, Consul to Lisbon, member of Congress six
years, Solicitor of the United States Treasury under
President Arthur; died in 1906.
Martha E. Campbell,'' a sister, was bom in 1842;
died in 1904 ; married, in 1859, William Means, son of
Thomas W. Means; was an iron manufacturer and
commission merchant of Cincinnati, Ohio.
Two of the sistere died unmarried : Emma, bom in
1844 ; died in 1884. Clara, bom in 1848 ; died in 1895.
(55) James Marcellus Campbell'* married late in life.
Had no children.
(56) Joseph N. Harvey Campbell" married; children
all deceased. He was bom January 30, 1816; was
CAMPBELL FAMILY. 213
member of Iowa Lcgislalurc in 1SG4. (57) Gen. Marion
CampbelP- was one of his sons.
(5G) J N. U. Can)i)belP^ served over two years m the
Civil War; was Adjnlaul of 8th licgimeut of Iowa
Infantry. He moved to DeSoto County, Mississippi.
Was Representative, and also Senator from that county
in the State Legislature, and was Brigadier-C.eneral of
militia. He married a S(.utliern lady. His wife and
children died, and he was drowned.
(4.3) John Wilson Campbell,'" of West Union, Adams
County, Ohio, first cousin of (17) John Wilson Camp-
bell,'" "of Petersburg, Va. ; both named for John Wilson,
brother of Elizabeth Wilson, who married (15) ^Villiam
Campbell." John Wilson married Betsey Downey, a
sister to Mary Ann Downey, wife of (12) Capt. Charles
Campbell.^
(43) John Wilson CampbelP" married Eleanor Doak,
daughter of Col. Robert Doak, who secured in presby-
tery the services of the Rev. John Craig for Augusta
Church (Old Stone Church), in Augusta County, in the
year 1740, being the tirst Presbyterian minister and the
first Presbvterian church in the Valley of Virginia.
See biograi>hy of J. W. Campbell, who was United States
District Judge in 1S29, and member of Congress, 1816-
1826. He had no children.
(44) Joseph N. CampbelP'' (see biography) was
Common Pleas Judge, at the age of twenty-six, of Cler-
mont Countv, also Judge for Brown County, Ohio. He
married Elizabeth Kirker, daughter of Governor Kirker,
of Ohio, He had three children grown, to wit:
(58) Sarah Ann Wilson Campbell," married Samuel
Hemphill; (59) William B. Campbell," married Mary
Leavett; (60) James S. Campbell," married Antoinette
T T'^ V 111 ^
^ (45) Elizabeth CampbelP° married William Hum-
phrevs, and had six children, to wit :
Mriry Ann H., died when eighteen months old. (61)
William Smith H." married Henrietta Wright; had
one daughter, Marv Gay Humphreys. (62) John
Wilson H.," married Isabella Rankin, a descendant of
Rev. Samuel Doak, founder and President of Washing-
ton College, Tennessee; daughter of Rev. John Rankin,
214 UISTORICAL SKETCHES.
of Ripley, Ohio; llieii- daughter, Eliza H., married Col.
George X. Gray, of Ironton, Ohio. Amanda D. H.,^^
died single. Eliza A. 11.,^^ died, aged eighteen years.
Mary Gay 11.,^^ died, aged .seven years.
(46) Mary,^" married Arch C. Tweed.
(47) Eehet'ca,'" married William Baird.
(4S) Samuel Campbell,^" married Esther Baird.
Their daughter, ((j4) Mary Ann Campbell, ^^ married
Chambers Baird in 1837; she died in 1844; he died in
1887, aged seventy-five years. They had no children.
See pages 208 and 51.3 of ^'History of Adams County,
Ohio," by N. W. Evans.
(49) Phoebe,^" married Henry Martin, and had six
children, to wit: (Go) Elizabeth Martin," married
Thomas S. Saulsbury; (6G) Jane Martin," married
William J. Kepheart; (G) Harriet Martin," married
Archibald Hopkins; (G8) John Martin," married Sallie
King; (GO) Henry Martin," married Mary Prine;
(70) Samuel Martin," married Kate Steel.
(50) Sarah, ^° married John Bimpson. Their son,
(71) Joseph Bimpson," married Julia Henshaw.
(51) Fidelia,^" born May 22, 1801; married Benjamin
Hopkins, August 20, 1823 ; he died July 20, 1827 ; they
had a son, who died in infancy, and one single daughter,
Elizabeth, deceased.
The three sisters whose names follow were born be-
tween 1742 and 1753, were daughters of (8) Charles:^
(16) Elizabeth Campbell,® of Augusta County, Vir-
ginia, sister of Capt. Charles Campbell,® married John
McPhceters,*of said county,au uncle ofKev. Dr. William
McPheeters, of North Carolina, and son of William and
Rebecca McPheeters. They had seven children, all
members of the church, to wit: (a) Rebecca, who mar-
ried her cousin. Rev. James Crawford; (b) Mary,
(c) Sarah, (d) WMlliam, (e) Charles, (f) Elizabeth
and (g) Jane.
(17) Mary Campbell and (18) Sarah Campbell. It
is believed that one of these two sisters married Mr.
Trotter, who was her own cousin.
*It was said that the McPheeters family furnished more
rresbyterian ministers than any other family in America.
CAMPBELL FAMILY. 215
This completes the record of (3) Robert Campl>€ll,^
son of (1) tDuncau Campbell," who married Mary
McCoy.
Ou) Stonk CnuucH (Augusta Church).
At the time of Braddock's defeat, the church was
surrounded by fortilications. It was erected with nar-
row windowsand a stone kitchen attached, for defense,
in 1747 (organized in 1737).
If Virginia was called the '"Mother of Statesmen,"
truly may we say Augusta Church is the mother of
churches.
At an early period in its history this congregation
sent to P^ngland for the handsome communion service
that has been in continuous service to date. This was
before Philadelphia was a shipping port. The vessel
which brought this service lauded at New Castle, Del.
The "token-' which was used at this time in Com-
munion service, was a small piece of copi>er with the
letters, ''J. C. A. C," evidently being the initial lettere
of "John Craig, Augusta Chiirch." It was necessary
for those who wished to commune to procure one of
these tokens.
legend says the first floor of the chruch was made of
stone. The Rev. William Wilson was its pastor, 1780-
1810.
"And see the high old pulpit stand
Reside the long north wall ;
And the sounding board that hung above,
The chancel near at hand ;
As now we see the grand old beam across.
That spans beneath the dome today.
"Yet another scene's before us!
It is a Communion day,
And the pows and aisles are peopled,
Awed and sombre In 'array,
By those living in the distance.
Three times fifty years away.
tThe ancient name of Duncan was Dionisius, and was
applied to some of the earliest kings of Scotland.
216 HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
"Thou liast passed through Revolutious,
And hast echoed hack the yells
Of tlie savages in hiding.
Or when traversing the dells,
And thy secrets, could we know them,
NVould enchant, like Charmer's sitells.
"Grove-embowered church and fortress,
Reared for worship and defense!
Border tales, and songs, and sermons '
Charged with old-time eloquence,
Linger here, like mountain echoes.
Or like some rare redolence."
The foregoing was culled from the bound volume of
history of Augusta Church. Nearly all the Augusta
County, Virginia, Campbell ancestors worshiped there.
Drscexdaxts of Dougal, Son of Duncan Campbell
AND Mary McCoy.
^Dougal Campbell, son of ^Duncan and Mary McCoy
Campbell, came from Berkley County, Virginia
(now West Virginia), to Rockbridge County, in
1780. His will is dated February 10, 1790, proved
April 8, 1795. A deed to him was recorded in 1762, in
Winchester, Frederick County, now Berkley County,
West Virginia; this land has been in the possession of
his descendants ever since, excepting from 1839 to 1849.
They were still in possession in 1907. He had five
children, namely: ^Duncan, ^Joseph, *Mary, ®James
and ^Alexander Campbell.
^Duncan emigrated to Rockbridge County, Virginia,
and many of his descendants still live in that county.
^Joseph also settled in the above named county. He
died unmarried.
®Mary married John Finley. They removed from
Virginia to Ohio, and left descendants in that State.
^James came from Inverness, Scotland, to Virginia, in
1772, and married Sarah Campbell. She may have been
his cousin. They had six children, namely: ^Dougal,
^William, ®James, ®Mary, "Margaret and "Annie Camp-
bell. "Dougal married Sarah Lyle, daughter of Robert
Dr. John Poage Campbell.
Born 1767: Died 1814.
CAMPBELL FAMILY. 217
Lyle. Their grandson was ^'W. C. Campbell. "William
married Fjinuy Pendleton. "James married Mary Lyle,
daughter of John Lyle. "Mary married Alexander Pol-
lock. "Margaret married William McFarland, and
'Annie married Charles Orrick.
^Alexander Campbell (son of 'Doiigal, who was either
nephew or brother of 'John, who married Griselle Hay),
supposed to be the youngest son, Avas born in 17.50. and
died in 1S08. lie lived on Timber Kidge, in Virginia;
was Trustee of Washington College, Virginia, under the
original charter; was County Surveyor, a position at
that time of great importance. He was an intelligent
man, interested in the cause of education. He and
Capt. Charles Campbell sat together on the Board of
Trustees of Washington College from 1784 to 1S07.
The above-named ^Alexander Campbell and his de
scendauts owned one-half interest in the Old Rockbridge
Alum Springs in Virginia, with a large tract of land ad
joining the springs. He had five children, namely : Dr,
'Samuel E., a graduate of Washington College, Virginia,
was a surgeon in the Confederate States Army in 1861
Eev. "William G., also a graduate of Washington Col
lege, lived in Harrisonburg, Virginia, and died in 1881,
aged eighty-two years. "James was four years a tutor
in Washington College, Virginia. lie married Susan
Goosley. "Addison married, first, a daughter of Capt.
John Lyle. "Robert S., born in 1790, married Isabella
Paxton ;* died in 1861. They had six children, as fol-
lows: ^"Alexander P., eldest son, was a classical teacher
most of his life. He had one son, ^^Robert Campbell, a
lawyer. "John L., bom in 1818, died in 1886, was
Professor of Chemistry and Geology in Washington and
Lee LTniversity, Virginia ; his four sons were : "John L.,
married a descendant of Samuel and William Lyle, and
of President Ruffner; he was Treasurer of Washington
and Lee University in 1906; Dr. "Edward, died in 1880;
Rev. "Robert F. and "Harvey D. Campbell, Ph.D., Pro-
fessor of Geology and Biology in Washington and Lee
*"Gen. Alex. H. H. Stuart pronounced the Paxtons to be the
most gallant and the proudest of all the families of the Valley.
The mother of Gen. Sam Houston, the President of Texas, was
a Paxton." — Green's "Historic Far7ulics of Kentucky."
218 HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
Univerpity. ^''James D. Campbell, son of '^Robert S.
and Isabella Paxtou Campbell, lived in North Carolina;
was a teacher and publisher. Rev. ^"Lemuel B. Camp-
bell was a teacher in Southwestern Virginia, Tennessee
and Texas. Rev. ^^'Williara A. Campbell, of Eastern
Virginia, at one time Assistant Professor of Mathemat-
ics in ^yashingtun College ; two of his sous graduated at
Washiuglon and Lee University: Rev. ^'William S., of
Uenrico County, and ^^Leslie L. Campl)€ll. ^'^
Campbell, married ^Villiam Hagan.
CoriED FROM Washington and Lee Catalogue.
Nayne. Period.
Jno. Wilson Campbell, of Petersburg, Va 1789-1800
Rev. .Tas. C. Wilson (Instructor Hampden-Sidney,
Pastor Tinkling Spring Church) 1800-1803
Mathew D. Wilson 1806-1807
Wra. Campbell Preston, of South Carolina— Orator 1809-1810
Alpheus P. Wnison 1811-1812
Sam'l R. Campbell (Surgeon C. S. A., died in 1861) .. .1824-182.0
Rev. Wm. G. Campbell (died in 1881) 1824-1825
John A. Campbell ^ .18.38-1839
Alex. Paxton Campbell 1839-1840
Prof. John C. Campbell 1842-1843
Prof. Thos. Newton Wilson 1847-1848
Rev. Sam'l Blair Campbell 1&49-1S50
Rev. Wra. Addison Campbell 1850-1851
Prof. Wm. M. Wilson 1858-1859
Duncan Campbell Lyle, Asst. Professor of Mathe-
matics, 1867-1868 1868-1869
Robt. Fishburn Campbell 1878-1879
Harry Donald Campbell 1881-1882
Rev. Wm. Spencer Campbell 18S2-1S83
J. I>o\vrie Wilson, Col. Cavalry, C. S. A 1860-1861
Leslie Lyle Campbell 1886-1887
Charles Fenelon Campbell 1822-1823
Wm. B. Campbell ' . 1824-1825
Wm. M. Campbell 7 .1824-1825
Sam'l Davies Campbell 1829-1830
James D. Campbell 1846-1847
Robt A. Campbell 1871-1872
Edmund Douglas Campbell 1877-1878
Rev. Wm. Wilson prior to 1782
Col. John Wilson prior to 1782
Capt Wm. Wilson 1782-1789
Rev. Robert Wilson 1789-1800
CAMPBELL FAMILY. 219
Name. Period.
Ck)l. Arthur Campbell, Augusta County ; moved to
Washington Couuty, Virginia 1749-1782
Gen. Wm. Campbell, Augusta County; moved to
Washington Couuty, Virginia 1749-1782
David Campbell, Washington County, Tennessee ;
died, 1813; Judge Supreme Court of Tennessee. . .1749-1782
TKUSTEES OF WASHIXCiTON AND LEE UXIVKIJSITV.
Name. Period. No. Years.
Capt. Charles Campbell 177G-1782, 1784-1807 29
Alexander Campbell 1782-1807 25
Dr. Sam'l L. Campbell 1794-1812 18
Rev. Jno. Poage Campbell 1793-1795 2
Col. Arthur Campbell 1782-1792 10
Rev. Wm. Wilson 1782-1807 25
John Wilson 1782
Rev. John Po.\ge Campbell.
[From Pcrrm's ''History of Kentucky."]
John Poage Campbell, scholar, theologian, and man
of science, was born in Augusta Couuty, Virginia, in
1767. ''In this sequestered Valley," says an ecclesias-
tical historian, describing the Valley of Virginia, "liter-
ature and religion flourished hand in hand, and poster-
ity will love to associate with its i>eaceful retreats the
honored name of a Waddel, famed for matchless elo-
quence ; a IJogc, esteemed for sweet and apostolic piety ;
a Caniphcll, brilliant and adroit in polemical tactics;
and an Alcaandcr, versed in the intricate lore of the
human heart" (Davidson). But Campbell, as we shall
see, was something more than a brilliant polemic. "His
talents are fit for any station," said Dr. Archibald
Alexander, "He is an accomplished scholar and divine,"
said Dr. Dwight, the celebrated President of Yale. The
father, Eobert Campbell, was a native of Ireland and
one of the early magistrates of Augusta County, Vir-
ginia. His mother was a Wallace. Campbell was a
lineal descendant of Eutherford, the author of "Ruther-
ford's letters," and one of the six commissioners from
Scotland to the Westminster Assembly (Sprague's
220 HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
Annals). The son, a youth of rare promise, was thor-
ou«,fhlj trained in the best schools of Virginia, and was
graduated at llampden-Sidney in 1790. lie then
studied medicine with a view Xo practice in Kentucky,
and afterwards, upon the correction of some skeptical
opinions, entered upon the study of theology with Drs.
Graham and Iloge. Upon the comj)letion of his theo-
logical coui'se in 17!»2, he was assoeialed with Dr. Iloge
as co-pastor of the Lexington, Va., church, and in 17'J3
was elected one of the trustees of "Liberty Hall" (now
Washington and Lee Univei-sity), serving from 1793 to
1795, and being present at eighteen meetings out of
twenty (Hixson). In 1795 he removed to the State of
Kentucky, and, in defense of his imperilled faith,
plunged at once into a controversial career. "As a
preacher," says Dr. Edward P. Humphrey, "he was dis-
tinguished for weight of matter, brilliant diction, the
flashing of a deep-set dai'k blue eye, elegance of style,
and gracefulness of delivery." He was, also, a vigorous
and prolific writer. In ISOG, he published a Avork
entitled "Vindex" (Lexington: Daniel Bradford), in
which he vindicates the principles and practices of Cal-
vinism from the imputations of a clerical antagonist
who had passed a sweeping censure upon "the private
and religious character of all who held slaves;" and it
was certainly worthy of note that Dr. Campbell, though
a Virginian by birth, training and association, and
closely allied by blood and marriage with influential
slave-holding families, was one of the first clergymen in
the State of Kentucky to proclaim the doctrine of con-
stitutional and legal emancipation, and, consistently
with his deliverances, to set an example in the philan-
thropic work, by the emancipation of his own slaves
(Vide, "Vindex," p. 45). We may mention, also, as a
striking illustration of the thoroughness, the accuracy,
and the high quality of Dr. Campbell's scholarship, that,
as early as 1812, in his criticisms upon the theories of
the elder Darwin, as developed in the Zoonomia and the
Botanic Garden, he anticipated Sir Benjamin Brodie
and Professor Tyndall, of our own day, in the detection
of the germinal ideas from which the Darwin theory of
evolution is derived. "It had been thought," says Dr.
CAMPBELL FAMILY. 221
Campbell, in his lottei-s to a ''Gentleman at the Bar,"
"that a vast accession of light had flashed upon the
world Avhen the author (Dr. ]Crasmus Darwin) pub-
lished his celebrated work. It was hailed as a new era
in philosophy. . . . But the philosophy was not
new; the design of the poetic exhibition was not new;
nor did the manner of the author possess a shadow of a
claim to novelty. The doctrines had long before licen
taught by Protagoras, Strabo, Democritus and I^ncip-
pus. Epicurus had improved on the Democritic philos-
ophy, and his admirer and disciple, Lucretius, had
touched its various themes in a fine style of ptietic repre-
sentation. All that Dr. Darwin did was to modernize
the doctrines of Atomic philosophy and embellish them
with the late discoveries made in botany, chemistry and
physics. . . . Our philosopher . . . tells us
that the progenitors of mankind were hermaphrodites,
monsters, or mules, and that the mules which did not
possess the powers of reproduction perished, while the
rest, who were more fortunate in their make propagated
the species, which ly gradual and long-continued ame-
lioration has been moulded into its present sheipe and
figure." Dr. Campbell liere quotes a passage from the
5th Book of Lucretius, in which the same doctrine is
taught and another from Aristotle to prove that the
same hypothesis is traceable to Emj^edocles who flour-
ished at a still earlier date. In brief, he conclusively
demonstrates that the idea of the struggle for existence
and for the survival of the species best fitted for the con-
ditions of that struggle "was familiar to ancient think-
ers." Since the appearance of the epochal work, "The
Origin of the Species," later investigators, unconsciously
adopting the conclusions of Dr. Campbell, have redis-
covered the vague, fluctuating and elusive line of
descent upon which the Darwinian theory was slowly
evolved.
It is also worthy of note, in illustrating the versatility
of Dr. Campbell's genius and the variety of subjects that
he discussed, that he was an active investigator in the
field of archa?ological inquirv even before the advent of
Kafn. The Philadelphia '"Portfolio," Vol. 1, No.
VI, Fourth Series (1816), referring editorially to "a
222 HISTORICAL SKETOHES.
curious and learned work" on Western antiquities by
Dr. Jolin r. Campbell, yays that the author "apix'ars to
have been admirably Jilted, both by taste and education,
for the task which he commenced, and to which he de-
voted several years of toilsome and expensive research."
Dr. Campbell ofllciated as Chaplain to the Ohio State
Legislature in ISll. In the spring of the same year he
was Commissioner from Kentucky to the (icneral As-
sembly at Philadelphia, and during his sojourn in that
city was the guest of Dr. Archibald Alexander. In the
year following he visited Dr. Dwight at Yale College,
and preached one of the most elTective sermons of his
life iu the college cha^xd at that place. In the summer
of 1814, he was actively engaged in medical practice and
in botanical and antiquarian research, and was still
preaching with his accustomed impressivcuess and
vigor, when he contracted a cold from exposure, which,
in a few months, terminated his brilliant and useful
career. "On the 14th of November, 1814," says Dr. Col-
lins, ''when just forty-six years old, this great man,
great as linguist, naturalist, antiquarian and divine,
was laid to rest." But, whether great or not in a merely
conventional or secular sense, Dr. Campbell was con-
fessedly great as an exponent and vindicator of his inex-
orable creed; and when he rose, like a strong Abdiel,
among the warring sectaries, he was hailed and wel-
comed as the predestined leader of that "righteous
fragment" which, in Semitic theocracy or in Anglo-
Saxon commonwealth, is the only salvation of a State.
The contemporary estimate of his character and abilities
was high among those who were competent to judge;
and, if there was any dissenting voice, it came from
some vindictive sectary who had smarted under his lash,
or from some clerical dullard who was envious of his
fame. Dr. Louis Marshall, a brother of the Chief
Justice, and himself an eminent scholar, regarded Dr.
Campbell as a man of extraordinary gifts and accom-
plishments. He connected himself with the church
under Campbell's eloquent ministrations; he followed
him with eager delight in his brilliant controversial
career; he bore generous testimony to his accomplish-
ments as a scholar and divine; he omitted no proof of
CAMPBELL FAMILY. 223
his profound admiration for his talents and attain-
ments; and, in token of his personal and particular
appreciation, named after him his youngest son. A
similar estimate was placed upon Dr. CampbelTs char-
acter and capacity by John Breckinridge, Charles S.
Todd (Minister to Kussia), Timothy Dwight, Archibald
Alexander, and other distinguished contemporaries
whose judgmenls are entitled to respect. 'ile was
decidedly,-' says Judge Collins, ••the most pojmlar, tal-
ented and influential clergyman of his day." [Vide "Col-
lins History of Kentucky." ) The pride and imj)etuosity
of temixir of which the envious and resentful made com-
plaint, were as.sociated in this stern Calvinist with an
instinctive gentleness and magnanimity, which tem-
pered the flaming zeal of the polemic, and brightened
with a ixiri>etual charm the austere virtues of the man.
One of his most discriminating admirers has summed
up his characteristic personal traits in a single word—
inanliiicss. There was certainly no timidity nor time
serving in the man ; no mawkishness nor meanness in
his convictions; no weakness nor indirection in his
methods; no selfish nor vulgar aspiration in his aims;
and no slothfulness nor hypocrisy in his work. He was
a scholar ''exceeding wise, fair-spoken and persuading,"
and a divine in whom the eloquence, learning and piety
of the Calvinistic School were invigorated and sus-
tained by the perfervidum ingcnium of the Scottish
race. He entered upon his arduous apostolate as ad-
mirably equipi>ed as the scholarly ecclesiasts of the
mediaeval days, and vividly recalls, in his work, his
spirit and his life, the saintly and heroic figures which
are depicted upon the canvas of Montalembcrt. The
portraiture of contemporary biography, descending to
the physiognomical details, has preserved a faithful
pi-esentment of the man. In person he was tall, slender
and graceful ; his countenance was composed, thought-
ful and grave; his complexion clear and pale; his
carriage manly and erect. His eyes, which were his
most remarkable feature, were dark, penetrating, and
singularly exi)ressive. His manner was ea.sy, affable
and unaffected, and, though in the presence of strangers,
it was slightly tinged with reserve, it always invited
224 HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
confidence and inspired respect. His social qualities
made liiin everywhere a welcome guest. He was a bril-
liant conversationalist and an accomplished musician,
discoursing learnedly upon the musical art ( Vide, Dis-
course on "Sacred Music," 1707), and playing charm-
ingly on the flute. His social gifts, in a word, were of
so high an order and so finely adapted to the cultivated
ciri'k's in which he moved, that it is no disi»aragement
to the society of his choice, to assume that lie was one
of the most accom}>lished men of bis time and the doctor
admirahilis of bis day. In bis domestic and social rela-
tions be was peculiarly fortunate. His wife Mas a
congenial companion, amiable, accomplished and well-
connected. She was the eldest daughter of Col. James
McDowell, of Fayette, and, being a woman of cultivated
intellect and rare personal graces, contributed no little
by her energy of character, sound judgment and deli-
cate tact to her husband's personal and professional
success. Mrs. Campbell survived her husband many
years, residing with her family near Lexington, Ky.,
until within a short time of her death, in 1838. Two
of her sons, adopting their father's profession, became
distinguished and successful physicians. (For ecclesi-
astical, and other details, see Sprague's "Annals of the
American Pulpit," Collins' ''History of Kentucky," "The
Annals of Augusta County," by Waddell, and Dr. Camp-
bell's own works.
Dece.mber 25, 1887.
Charles Campbell, Esq., Historian of Virginia.
BY R. A. brock, sec. VA. HIS. SOC^Y.
Dated 1876.
Charles Campbell, son of John Wilson and Mildred
Walker (Moore) Campbell, was born at "Porter Hill,"
Petersburg, Va., May 1, 1807. His father was a native
of Rockbridge County, and was descended from that
Scotch-Irish race whose patriotism and sterling worth
have so distinguished the "Valley of Virginia." He
CAMPBELL FAMILY. 225
was for a series of years a proniineut bookseller of
Petersburg, and was the author of a little 12mo. volume,
"A History of Virginia,'' etc. "riiiladelphia : Published
by John W. Campbell & M. Carey. 1813.''
The mother of Charles Campbell was the granddaugh-
ter of Anne Katherine, daughter of Governor Alexander
Spottswood and Bernard Moore, of ''Chelsea,'' King
William County, Va. ?^Irs. Campbell still survives (in
ISTGj, at the riije age of eighty-eight years, and resides
with her son, Alexander S., near Warrentown, Va. A
long and interesting letter which lies before the writer,
giving particulars of the career of her distinguished son,
attests in tJie firmness and entii'e legibility of its charac-
tei'S tlie remarkable preservation of her faculties,
Charles Campbell, after undergoing a preparatory
course in the school of Peter Cooke, a native of Ireland
and a graduate of Trinity College, Dublin, entered, in
1823, the Sophomore Class of Princeton College, Xew
Jersey, from whence he was graduated with the first
honors in 1825. He was designated to deliver the Greek
salutatory on that occasion. His name is enrolled
among the members of the Wliig Society of the College.
He next attended the law school of Chancellor Henry St.
George Tucker at Winchester, Va. ; was duly licensed,
and entered upon the practice of his profession in his
native city. It is possible that the calling was one not
entirely congenial with his nature, though he appears
to have acquired a respectable knowledge of its jjrinci-
ples and rules of practice. He did not continue long
thus fettered. lie was from childhood of a delicate con-
stitution, and whilst in attendance, in feeble health, in
October, 1829, upon the sessions of the famed Constitu-
tional Convention of Virginia of 1829-30, he was sud-
denly prostrated by an attack which rendered him an
invalid for a year or more, and from the etTects of which
he never entirely recovered. His legal career, thus
interrupted, \\\is abandoned permanently. His health
finally somewhat improving, he was eniploj^ed for a
time as a civil engineer upon the Petersburg railroad,
then being constructed.
About the year 1835 he went to Alabama, where he
was engaged for a time in teaching a private school.
15
226 HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
During this period, whilst on a visit to Tennessee, he
married Miss Klvira Callaway, of that SState, who died
within a year, leaving a son, Callaway, now lesiding iu
Maury County, Tennessee. Mr. Campbell married,
second, in 1S50, Miss Anna Birdsall, of New Jersey, who
is now residing in Fredericksburg, Va., with their chil-
dren, two accomplished daughtei'S, Misses Mary t^potts-
wood and Nannie, and a son, Charles, a youth of nine-
teen years (in 1876).
Mr. Campbell returned to Petersburg in 1837. He
was now employed for several 3'ears in the office of his
father, who held the federal appointment of Collector of
Customs for that city. He next appears to have edited
for some time a paper called The Statesman. He con-
ducted a select classical school from about the year 1844
to 1855, when he became the principal of Anderson Sem-
inary, of Petersburg, which position he held until the
inauguration of the present free school system of the
State.
As a teacher, Mr. Camjjbell was in the highest degree
successful. Loving learning for learning's sake, he was
through life a devoted student. A capricious and dis-
criminating mind enabled him to firmly retain, duly
digest, and aptly adapt to the needs of a professional
and literary life the results of a wide range of deep cul-
ture. Possessing a remarkably uniform temperament
and benevolence of disposition, loving his pupils, he irre-
sistibly drew them to him in tuni. In the affectionate
confidence thus established he delighted to depart from
the hackneyed and ofttimes irksome routine of teaching,
and to introduce by way of relief a discussion upon
some useful branch of learning, in which each pupil was
invited to enter — their gentle pi-eceptor, in turn, per-
suasively eliciting the expression of their own convic-
tions, and the degree of information possessed by them
touching the subject under review, judiciously directing
and delighting with arguments and illustrations drawn
from the wealth of his reading and the rijx^ness of his
ex[>erience. His numerous pupils, adorning the varied
and useful walks of life, who hold in grateful esteem and
respect his exalted qualities of heart and mind, nobly
vindicated the measure of his goodness and usefulnevss.
CAMPBELL FAMILY. 227
However houorable may have been the career of Charles
Cauipbell as an unassuming and unaspiring educator of
youth, his early, uniemitting and preeminently useful
service towards the elucidation of the history of Vir-
ginia, even more strenuously entitled him to the un-
stinted gratitude of his fellow-citi/^ns of his native
State. Xay, more, they lay under obligation the whole
world of letters. In that restless eagerness of spirit
which unvaryingly characterizes the earnest student, he
was ever willing to sacrifice personal indulgence and
private interest in the sacred cause of truth. It is
related of him by the loving members of his own imme-
diate family that nearly every moment of respite from
his daily toil was spent amid his books (those silent
friends which beneficently offer commune with the
choice spirits of all ages and all climes), in culling
chaste flowers from classic fields; in brightening some
dull page or clearing some obscure point of history ; and
in gathering, gleaning and treasuring precious facts,
relics and memorials. Ilis venerable mother records
"that he was never idle, always teaching, reading, or
writing." And his daughter states that he loved to
write with his cherished ones surrounding him — their
artless prattle or earnest discourse never discomposing
him in the least. Being himself connected with the
Carter, Spottswood and other prominent families, the
representatives of the proud regime which graced our
bounteous Colonial era, he loved to linger in the foot-
steps of his ancestors. Many of his vacations were
spent in visiting the historic seats — the old graveyards
and the landmarks scattered along the lower James.
He was thus enabled to gather and preserve a wonderful
mass of genealogic data, tradition and graphic pictures
of Colonial life and Kevolutionary incident, which,
in the eradication of our cherished institutions,
the ruin of our fortunes, and the consequently
changed current of our lives and customs, and in
new trials attendant upon changed theories of govern-
ment, and undreamed of requirements and inflictions,
would have been overwhelmed and stifled; or under the
ruthless touch of the dissolving finger of time would
have passed entirely from existence, and from memory
228 HISTORICAL sketches.
even, and lluis have Iteen in-evocabl}' lost. He was
pleased to make the iiewspaper and periodical press the
repository of his invaluable gleanings. It would be
diflicnlt at this late [)eriod to measure accurately the
extent of his benefactions in these precious flelds, but
the Southern Literary Messenger, which was founded
by Thomas Ward White, and tiie first iinmber of which
appoaiTd in August, 18:^4, and which was ably continued
for quite thirty years, or until June, isui, inclusive,
under the editorial management first of its founder and
proprietor, with the assistance of several gentlemen of
literary ability, and then successively under that of
James E. Heath, the erratic Edgar Allen Poe, B. B.
Minor, John K. Thompson, Dr. George W, Bagby, and
Frank H. Alfriend,, was enriched with frequent con-
tributions from his jkmi of antiquarian and historic
value and interest from the time of its commencement
to that of its termination. It is but just that I should
here record similar services at the hands of two other
zealous antiquarians and historical students, the late
Rev. John Collins McCabe, D.D., and Nathaniel Francis
Cabell, Esq., of Nelson County. Mr. Campbell was an
early member of the old Historical and Philosophical
Society of Virginia, and the pages of its organ, the
Virginia Historical Register, are also enriched with
cheerful offerings from his pen.
John W. C.a.mpbkll, of Wkst Union, Adams County,
Ohio.
The subject of this sketch w^as born on February 23,
1782, in Augusta County, Virginia. When nine years
of age his father, William Campbell, moved to Kentucky.
He attended a Latin school there taught by Rev. John
Poage Campbell, his second cousin, and while living in
the family of his cousin, his father moved to Brown
County, Ohio (1798). He studied Latin in Ohio under
the Rev. Mr. Dunlevy, and afterwards he was sent to
continue his studies under Rev. Robert Fiuley, in High-
land County, Ohio. Being now an excellent Latin and
CAMPBELL FAMILY. 229
Greek scholar, he studied law at Morgautown, Va.,
under his uuole, the lion. Thomas Wilson, who was a
member of Congress in 1811, and a lawyer of distinction.
He was admitted to the bar in Ohio, lu 1811 he married
Eleanor, the daughter of Col. Kobert Doak, of Augusta
County, Virginia. He became prosecuting attorney,
member of the Ohio Legislature, was defeated in 1812
by a small number of votes for Congress; in 181G he
was elected to Congress by a large majority, and re-
elected five times by an almost unanimous vote, until he,
against their remonstrances, declined being a candidate.
Although Allen Trimble had, in 182G, carried the
State by an astonishing majority, as a follower of Henry
Clay, receiving five-sixths of the votes cast, and had
carried Adams County against Democracy for the first
time, yet, in 1828, while he was reelected, John W.
Campbell, Trimble's opponent, who was nominated a
very short time before election day, carried Adams
County by l,OGo to 21G, and only lost the office of Gov-
ernor by 2,020 votes in the State. The Presbyterians,
because of their power and wealth, were dominant in
the county, and were loyal Jacksoniau Democrats.
Among them was Mr. Campbell and all of his relatives,
very few or none of whom left Democracy until after
1848.
In ;March, 1829, President Jackson appointed him
United States District Judge for Ohio, succeeding
Charles Willing Bird, who died in 1828. In 1831, the
degree of Doctor of Civil Laws was conferred on him by
Augusta College. He was President of the Ohio State
Colonization Society at his death. His residence was
now at Columbus, and when the cholera appeared in
1833, he devoted his spare time to the patients and
became worn and weakened; the death of a little
adopted daughter occurred at this time, and he went to
Delaware Springs, Ohio, to recuperate, but was taken
with cholera, and died there September 24, 1833. Some
hundreds of Columbus citizens met the funeral cortege
near W^orthington and returned with it to the cemetery.
He was fond of composition and criticism, and wrote a
number of biographies; many of his papers were pub-
lished by his widow in 1838. He was a tall, large and
230 HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
handsome niau, of geiille and mild disposition, and very
popular. He died aged fifty-one years, but the citizens
of Ohio anticipated a great future for him, and evidently
he was pursuing that line of conduct that leads to
political preferment, probably to the office of Governor
or United States Senator. Very few men have declined
Ihe office of Congressman as he did, and with high ideals
and long legislative training, he was a prominent man
of his period.
Joseph N. Campbell.
Bom July 5, 1783, in Augusta County, Virginia, near
Miller's Iron Works. His father moved to Bourbon
County, Kentucky, in 1791, and in 1798 moved to Ohio.
On the 15th of February, 1809, at the age of twenty-six,
he was appointed as Associate Judge for Clermont
County, Ohio; January 8, 1817, he was reappointed for
Clermont, but on the organization of Brown County, in
1817, was appointed one of the first three Associate
Judges for Brown County, and served till 1823, when
he resigned. In July, 1816, he was married to Eliz-
abeth, daughter of Governor Thomas Kirker, of Ohio;
she was born in 1795; died in 1887. Her obituary
states: ''High breeding and perfect Christian charity
were her prominent characteristics ; she was an example
of the best grade of womanhood, with a certain fine
nobleness and gentle dignity that both charmed and
benefited. Knowing the best in life, she was ever gra-
cious and tolerant, lovely in disposition, engaging and
courteous in personal manners."
Judge Campbell was a member of the Presbyterian
church in Kipley, and was a ruling elder. On July 13,
1833. he was attacked with cholera and died of it. His
children are as follows:
1. Prof. James S. Campbell (deceased), Superintend-
ent of Schools, Delaware, Ohio; two sons living are
John E. and Joseph D. Campbell, of Delaware, Ohio.
2. William Barney Campbell, eighty years old in
1908, Somerset Flat, Avondale, Cincinnati, has wife.
CAMPBELL FAMILY. 231
one son and two daughters — Doctor, Elizabeth and
Edith.
3. Sarah (married Samuel Hemphill), of Riplev; he
died in 187!), she in ISSl ; they had four children: (1)
Esther, wife of Albert Kautz, Admiral U. S. N., U. S. S.
Philadelphia; he was born in 1830; commander of the
Pacific Fleet in 1898; retired by age limit in 1001;
died in IfMiT in Florence, Italy. Ilis brother was Major-
General in the Army of the Potomac. Admiral Kantz
was with Farragut before Mobile; was on the Flagship
Hartford at the capture of New Orleans ; also ran past
Vicksbnrg batteries. (2) Elizabeth, married Pierce;
widow. (3) Joseph N., was commander U. S. N., LT. S.
"S. Buffalo, at Manila, Philippine Islands; promoted
Eear Admiral; in 1003, appointed Chief of the Koi-th
Atlantic Fleet; retired in June, 1900, by operation of
the age limit, after forty-seven years of active service on
sea and land. (1) Anna, wife of Prof. Eugene Wam-
baugh, Ilarvard Law School, Cambridge, Mass.
John Campbell, ironmaster and capitalist, the
founder of Ironton, Ohio, was l)orn near what is now
called Pipley, in Brown County, Ohio, January 14, 1S08.
His ancestors were Scotch, having removed from Inver-
ary, Argyleshire, Scotland, to the province of Ulster, in
Ireland, near Londonderry. Their descendants later
removed to the English Colonies in America, settling in
Virginia and Pennsylvania.
The grandparents of the above-named John Campbell
removed from Virginia to Bourbon County, Kentucky,
in 1700, and from thence, in 1708, to that part of Ohio
first called Adams County, and subsequently divided
into Brown and other counties, and settled at a place
then called Stanton, but which is now Ripley, Ohio.
In his early manhood he engaged in business with an
uncle, and from thence went to Hanging Rock Forge,
long since demolished. In those early days, he was a
most indefatigable worker for railroad communication
with Ironton. He was a leading promoter of Scioto
Valley. He was a ])flblic spirited man, taking a deep
interest in everything that would advance the connnu-
nitv in which he lived. He was charitable and kind to
232 UISTORICAL SKETCHES.
all, an especial friend of the unfortunate. He was in-
terested in Jlanging l^ck, Lawrence and Blount Vernon
Iron Furnaces. From the last named furnace grew up
those large iron interests which, for a peiiod of thirty
years afterwards, were known under the firm name of
Campbell, Ellison & Co., of Cincinnati, Ohio.
On the IGth of :\[arch, 1837, John Campbell Avas mar-
ried to ]':ii/.abeth Clarke, at I'ine (Jrove Furnace. They
luid eight childien — four daughters and two sons. Two
died in infancy, six grew to maturity. Only the sons
are now (190S) living, both unmarried: Albert Camp-
bell, born in 1846, a veteran of the Civil War, lives in
Washington, D. C; Charles Campbell, born in 1S51,
graduated a civil engineer in 1873, is an iron manufac-'
turer now (1908), and resides at Hecla Furnace, R. F.
D. No. 2, Ironton, Ohio, and solicits information of
unrecorded descendants of those mentioned in this
sketch.
Mary J. Campbell, sister of the above mentioned, was
born in 1838; died in 1884; married, in 18G1, Hon.
Henry Safford Neal, of Ironton, Ohio. He was State
Representative and Senator, Consul to Lisbon, member
of Congress six years. Solicitor of the United States
Treasury under President Arthur, and died in 190G.
Martha E. Campbell, sister of above, was born in
1842; died in 1904; married, in 1859, William Means,
son of Thomas W. Means, iron manufacturer and com-
mission merchant of Cincinnati, Ohio. Two of her
sisters died unmarried — Emma, born in 1844, died in
1884 : Clara, born in 1848, died in 1895.
Sketch of thb W^illsons, of Virginia.
There were four related families of Scotch descent
named Willson who settled in Augusta and Rockbridge
Countie.s, emigrating between 1720 and 1740 from
Ulster, Ireland, by way of Philadelphia, the ancestors
of the first two mentioned being entirely Scotch. The
heads of these families were:
John Campbell
Of Ironton, Ohio. Married Elizabeth Clark.
Born 1808; Died 1S91.
CA.^fJ'BELL FAillLY. 233
John Will.son, Burgess of Augusta County; his
brother, Thomas Willson, located two miles east of
Fairfield, ]\ockbridge County; James Willson, located
near Brownsburg, Bockbridge County; his cousin,
William Willson, located near New Providence Church,
Augusta County.
The Ameiican pedigree of these families is quite full,
extending about two centuries; the first three families
usually spell the name with two "I's," though some
branches use but one ''1."
James W^illson.
About 1720 to 1725, James and Moses Willson,
children, emigrated from Ulster, Ireland, to Philadel-
phia, their parents dying at sea.* The children lived at
Philadelphia, at least until 1730, when James was
converted under the Rev. George Whitefield, at the age
of fifteen years. His brother, Moses, married and died
in Pennsylvania, leaving descendants of whom there is
but a meager record. James Willson married early in
1750, Bebekah Willson, his relative, daughter of Thomas
Willson, who lived two miles east of Fairfield, Bock-
bridge County, Virginia. In 1771 they removed from
Pennsylvania to near Brownsburg, Bockbridge County,
Virginia, where he died in 1S09; his wife, born in 1728;
died in 1820. They had sixteen children, of whom
thirteen grew to maturity. He is mentioned in Foot's
sketches, and in the bound volume of "History of
Augusta Church," for his consistent pious life and inter-
*A tradition states that a shipwreck left the mother, two
sons, James and Moses, and maid, floating in an open boat,
which was picked up by a vessel (whose captain was named
Wilson, and mate named Steel), along the coast of France; the
mother died at the moment of rescue, the maid soon after, but
was able to give the history of the family and shipwreck, which
was confirmed by their personal effects, jewelry, etc.
Note. — James Wlllson's land, on which stood (1764-1777)
Augusta Academy, the germ of Washington College, Is still
owned by his descendants : the Academy was removed a few
miles south to Timber Ridge Church on to land donated by
Samuel Houston, the father of Gen. Sam Houston, President of
Texas.
234 HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
est in education. History records a noble distinction
that lingers around bis memory, fulfilling tbe promise
of old. IJis family and descendants are historically
as.sociated with church and missionary work; many are
professional, many were owners of slaves employed on
their lands. Tbe descendants of James, Thomas and
old Burgess John Willson are very numerous, distrib-
uted all over the Union, and largely professional. We
will follow the descendants of only four of James'
children, as types of the relationship.
The eldest (1) Eev. William Willson, bom in 1751;
died in 1835; married Elizabeth Poage,t born in 1761,
graduate A.B.; tutor in 1779; trustee for twenty-five
years of Washington College, Virginia ; second pastor,
1780-1811, of Augusta Church, organized in 1737, located
eight and one-half miles north of Staunton. Waddell's
history says: "He was considered an admirable classical
scholar and an attractive preacher. Upon recovering
from an illness at one time, he had wholly forgotten his
native language, but his knowledge of Latin and Greek
remained. Gradually he recovered his English." He
was a strong advocate of the Revolutionary War. Dr.
James Willson was his son.
(2) Hon. Thomas Willson, of Morgantown, Virginia,
born in 1765; died in 1826; married, in 1792, to Polly
Poage; member of Congress in 1811; his son, Edgar
Campbell Willson, was a member of Congress in 1832;
his grandson, Eugene M. Willson, was a member of
Congress in 1868. Rev. Norval Wilson, a son, promi-
nent in Alexandria and Baltimore in 1832; the latter's
son is Bishop Alpheus W. Wilson, of the M. E. Church,
South. Mrs. Louisa A. Lowrie, a daughter, whose let-
ters were published, died in 1833, in Calcutta, India, the
missionary wife of Rev, John C. Lowrie, sixty years
Secretary, etc., of Presbyterian Board of Foreign Mis-
tThe Poages located three miles north of Staunton, Va., a
very prominent family, have a remarkable record in church and
missionary annals. Robert Poage proved his importation in
1740, with wife and nine children. One daughter was the first
wife of Robert Breckinridge, the ancestor of all of that name.
His second wife was TjCttice, daughter of John Preston, emi-
grant ancestor of that family.
CAMPBELL FAMILY. 235
sions, Moderator of General Assembly in 1865, son of
United States Senator Hon. Walter Lowrie, of Penn-
sjlvauia. Sbe had a remarkable intellect, was very
beautiful and finely educated. ITer brother, Eugenius
M., was a lawyer, member of the Virginia Convention in
1829-1830, died early. A brother, Alpheus Poage Wil-
son, graduate of Washington College in 1811, lawyer,
member of Virginia Senate, resident of Unioutown, Pa. ;
drowned in 1832. His descendants have supplied the
judgeship of the fourteenth judicial district of Penn-
sylvania for three generations. They are possessed of
large means.
(3) Rev. Robert Willson, born in 1772; died in 1822;
married Eliza Harris, aunt of Gen. Albert Sidney John-
ston, C. S. A.; graduate of Washington College after
1789; minister at Washington, Ky., in 1798; estab-
lished Presbyterian churches at Maj'sville and Augusta.
His daughter, Mary Ann, married Rev. and Judge Lorin
Andrews, missionaries to Sandwich Islands; there he
was judge, secretary to the king, published a dictionary
of the language, and translated part of the Bible. His
MSS. were purchased by the Hawaiian Government.
Rev. Robert Wilson's nephew, tbe Rev. John A. Mc-
Clung, D.D., died in 1859. He was a grandson of Col.
Thomas Marshall ; Rev. Robert William Wilson was a
son .
(4) Moses WMllson, born in 1759; married his second
cousin, Elizabeth Willson, granddaughter of Col. John
Willson, Burgess of Augusta County twenty-seven years.
Moses, a Revolutionary soldier, was at the siege of York-
towTi ; inherited part of his father's lands, on which was
located Augusta Academy, the germ of Wa.shington and
Lee University.
Dr. William F. Willson, of Ironton, Ohio, a gi-andson
of Moses, of beautiful character, generally beloved as
Elder and citizen forhiswinsorae disposition and courtly
address, born in 1815; died in 1898; studied with his
uncle, Dr. William B. Willson ; he was related to Presi-
dent Samuel Finley, of Princeton College; his second
cousin, W. M. Willson, Professor of Greek in Central
University, Richmond, Ky., was said to be the finest
instructor of Greek in that State. He was a member of
236 HISTORICAL SEETCUES.
liockbi-idge Artillery, C. S. A. ilis brother, Prof.
Thomas N. Willt^on, a Presbyterian Elder, was marked
by an alTectionate gentleness and dignity of character;
graduate in 1848 of AVashingtou and IjCG University,
and its tutor; was jjrofessor in the Kensselaer Polytech-
nic Institute, at Troy, N. Y. The latter s son, Prof.
Frederick N. Willson, Institute graduate of 1871), now
professor twenty-eight years at l*rinceton Univerr^ity,
Kew Jersey; author of mathematical works. Matthew
D. Willson, son of Moses, was Attorney-General of the
Southern District of Alabama; died in 1821. Dr.
William B. Willson, son of Moses, of West Union, Ohio,
born in 1789; graduate of Jefferson Medical College of
Philadelphia; died in 1840; married Anne Newton W^il-
liamson, of a well-known missionary family', that re-
moved from South Carolina to Ohio about 1820.
William Willson.
James Willson, emigrant, had a cousin, William Will-
son (the Rev. William Willson wrote his will), born
about 1C9S or 1700; died in 1795; married Barbara
McKane in Dublin, Ireland; emigrated in 1720, to the
Forks of Brandywine, Chester County, Pennsylvania ; in
1747 moved to near New Providence Church, Augusta
County, Virginia. Their son, John, born in 1732; died
in 1820; married, in 1785, to Sally, daughter of Robert
Alexander, his clas.sical teacher, near Staunton, Va.,
who was the great-uncle of Rev. Dr. Archibald Alexan-
der; she died in 1808. John Willson was Colonel of
Militia at siege of Yorktown ; one of the first Justices of
Bath County, Virginia, in 1791; graduate of Augusta
Academy prior to 1782. For account of this family,
see Waddell's "Annals of Augusta County, Virginia,"
pages 417 to 420.
The Will sons are associated with the history of New
Providence Church, which is located on the border of
Augusta and Rockbridge Counties. Within its bounds
was the nativity of many illustrious American families;
the ^fcDowells, Stuarts. Browns, Doaks, Alexanders,
Houstons, Walkers and Willsons spring here ; they were
ministerial, founders of colleges and of military pro-
CAMPBELL FAMILY. 237
clivities. Of them were Gen. Sam Houston, the Texas
liei'o; Gen. J. E. B. Stuart, 0. S. A.; Governor McDow-
ell, of Virginia; Rev. Samuel IJoak, IJev. Archibald
Alexander. The descendants of I?ev. John Brown, the
pastor, whose wife was John Preston's daughter, fur-
nished United States Senators, Ministers to foreign
countries, also the candidate for Vice-President, B.
Gratz Brown. For forty years James Willson and
Capt. Charles Campbell were elders in New Providence
Church, under Revs. John and Samuel Brown.
Old Burgess Willson.
Col. John Willson Avas born in 1702; died in 1773;
his wife, Martha, born in 1695; died in 1755; both are
buried in the same grave in the Glebe graveyard, about
nine miles southwest of Staunton, Va. They lived at
his mansion house, three miles from that graveyard, on
the headwaters of ]\Iiddle River, in Augusta County,
Virginia, from 1740 until their deaths. He proved his
importation July 24, 1740, with Martha, Sarah, Eliz-
abeth, Matthew, William and John, from Ireland, by
way of Philadelphia, and bought six hundred acres of
land, July 16, 1745, from James Patton and John Lewis.
It is also quite sure that he bought two tracts from
William Beverly, June 5 and 6, 1739, of 260 and 348
acres.
His family, in 1740, consisted of his wife, Martha,
aged forty-four; six daughters — Sarah, Elizabeth, two
believed to be named Martha and Polly, two whose
names are unknown — and four sons— Matthew, William,
John and Robert — of whom the four daughters last
mentioned, and Robert, were born in America, indicat-
ing the year 1732 as the date of emigration. The im-
portation oath, made in order to purchase public land,
does not always coincide with the date of emigration.
Col. John Willson was probably married in 1723,
when he was a callow youth of twenty-one, and Martha
a maiden fair of twenty -seven.
His brother, Thomas Willson, lived two miles east of
Fairfield, Rockbridge County, Virginia. He was bom
about 1095; married about 1716 ; his fifth daughter and
238 HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
seventh cliild, Kebekah, born in 1728, married her rela-
tive, James Wilson, early in 1750.
The organization of Augnsta County, in 1745 (author-
ized in 173vS), was followed in 174G by the first election
of vestrymen for the established Church of England and
for lepreseutatives to the House of Burgesses. Wash-
ington and Lee historical papers state that Augusta
County held the high ambition of i-cmoving the State
capital to Staunton, and Willson, then a middle-aged
man, was elected a member of the House of Bur-
gesses to accomplish that purpose. This ofiQce,
wliich was the highest within the gift of the
people in all the colonies, he held until his death. To
portray his life is to delineate the times in which he
lived, and lack of space forbids.
There were five hundred at his wedding and five hun-
dred at his funeral, and on both occasions dinner, and
an abundance of wine and liquors were served.
Burgess Willson's constituency extended, with the
bounds of Augusta County, from the Blue Kidge to the
Mississippi Biver, from Tennessee to the Lakes; the
County Court, by order of Governer Dunmore, was once
held in Pittsburgh, Pa.; it was almost entirely Scotch-
Irish at that day. Burgess Willson was strong in that
he had had long experience in the House of Burgesses.
His compatriots there, were that brilliant galaxy of
Eevolutionary leaders, whose names are immortalized
in our national history. It was there, and in that
period, that they were trained as liberty's champions,
and it was Willson's privilege to associate with Wash-
ington, JefTereon, Henry, Mason, Pendleton, the I^es,
etc. The tide-water gentlemen, preeminent in the estab-
lished church and State, were conservative; it was the
Scotch-Irish vote of the Valley and the Northern Neck,
behind the burning words of Patrick Henry, that crys-
tallized sentiment into revolution. Burgess Willson
was not an eloquent man, yet few had such weighty
influence. Had he lived three years more, till 1776,
with a powerful Western constituency influencing his
promotion, it is probable he would have been a signer
of the Declaration of Independence. We may say that
death robbed him of a place among the Immortals. A
CAMPBELL FAMILY. 239
correct estimate of tlie man is obtained in reflecting
upon the important political problems of the period;
the recuperation after Braddock's defeat b.y border war-
fare— the passage of Patrick Henry's celebrated resolu-
tions of 17G5; Washington's opening career was in the
field represented by Willson, who must have supported
the former's rajiid advancements, etc. All Western
questions were jtait of his responsibilities. We should
also consider the ability and character of his colleagnes
from Augusta County, a few of whom enjoyed two or
three terms of office. Some of them were:
Col. James Patton, 1747 to 1751, the o^^•ne^ of thou-
sands of acres, brother-in-law of John Preston, ancestor
of the reno'mied Preston family.
John Madison, 1751 to 1752, uncle of President Mad-
ison, father of Bishop Madison.
Gabriel Jones, 1757 to 1758, the most eminent lawyer
of Augusta County.
Thomas Lewis, 17G1 to 17G8, of the noted Revolution-
ary family, who fought the battle of Point Pleasant.
William Preston, 17G8 to 17G9, only son of John, a
Colonel in the Revolutionary War.
Samuel McDowell, 1773, son of John, a most prom-
inent family in politics and war.
Peyton's history says: ''Colonel Willson, who so long
served the county, was a member of great weight and
influence. He resided on his estate on Middle River,
occupied by his descendant, Matthew Willson, Sr., an
Elder in Bethel Church thirty years ago (ISol). He.
was commonly called Old Burgess Willson, from his
long service in the House and County." We copy from
Waddell's history a facsimile of the inscription on Bur-
gess Willson's tomb, of whom it remarks that "Colonel
Willson is not to be held responsible for the illiteracy
and mistakes of the stonecutter :"
Here Ly.s the Inteb,d Body of Col. John
Wilson- Who Departed This Lie. in the —
Yare of Our TvOrd 1773 in - the 72- Yb- of His
Eag Having Servd His County-27-Ya- Repre-
sentetive - in - the honourable - hous - of bub-
JESis, IN Virginia &c.
240 HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
'THE ELLISONS'
Were Ulstermen, from Sixmilecross, County Tyrone,
Ireland, ei^'bt miles from Omagh, and lying almost
within the shadow of the tAvin Mounts ''Betsy Bell and
Mary Gray," called after the two mountains of those
names in Scotland; in like manner two mounts near
Staunton, Va., have been named by the Scotch-Irish of
that place.
Eev. Thos. W. Junk, pastor, in 1882, of the Presbyte-
rian ''Old Meeting House" in Sixmilecross, and Clerk of
the Presbytery of Omagh (its records disclose many
facts), Avrote that his predecessor, the Reverend Brown,
who lived to be over ninety years of age, and in-
stalled in 1792, was the purchaser of the old home of
John Ellison. The latter was born in 1752; died in
182G; emigrated in 1705 direct to Manchester, Adams
County, Ohio. He was the .son of John Ellison, born
in 1730; died in 1806; emigrated in 1785 from the port
of Belfast to ''Limestone," now called Maysville, Ky.
In 1787, with Gen. Nathaniel Massie, they erected a
Block Hou.se on Manchester Island, but the high water
drove them away. Then they erected another opposite
the island, and founded the toM\Ti of Manchester, the
fourth .settlement in Ohio.
The home of John Ellison, the son, located in Sixmile-
cross, advertised, February 2, 1795, for sale, calls for "a
House and Tenement, with a field of 5 acres and an acre
of Bog." The Reverend Junk writes, "There is a place
in Sixmilecross of considerable historic interest, that is
always pointed out to strangers. It was the camping
ground of King James II in the memorable year 1689,
of the siege of Derry. The exact spot where the King
pitched his tent and remained over night, upon his
retreat from Londonderry, where he lost his kingdom,
was located on the land of John Elli.son, merchant,
dealer in linen."
It is not known when the Ellisons migrated to Ire-
land. They intermarried in Ireland with the Scotch-
Irish-MacFarland, Lockart, Bratton and Clark; and in
CAMPBELL FAMILY. 241
America with the Living-stone, llamiltou, Clarke, Ste-
venson, AVilson, McCoi'mick, Houston, Patterson, Barr,
venson, Wilson, McCormack, Houston, Patterson, Barr,
Means and Campbell families, about all of Scotch-Irish
descent; and we do not love it less, but far more, be-
cause here wo find tlie Shamrock entwining tbe Thistle.
Andrew, the surveyor and large landowner, son of the
first Jobn Ellison, was the drnmatic figure of an Indian
captivity in ITiKJ, and after running the gauntlet, was
ransomed in Detroit by an English ofticer; thus he tra-
versed the wilderness of Ohio twice, once alone, return-
ing. Tbe latter's son, Andrew, was buried above ground
at Hanging Eock, on the homestead purchased by John
Campbell from his widow in 1845 ; these two events
are related in Howe's "History of Ohio."
The Ellisons were a prosi>erous i^eople, some acquiring
large quantities of land in Adams County, and in the
Hanging Eock Iron Eegiou ; going into the iron busi-
ness as early as 1810, when Ellison, James, Paul and
McXickel built Brush Creek Furnace, the first furnace
in Southern Ohio, then they built Old Steam Furnace,
the second in Adams Count}'. About 1825 to 1835 they
began to remove to the Hanging Kock Iron Region.
The Ellison men Mere tall, not of the rugged quality,
rather delicate, quiet, intelligent and influential, receiv-
ing political honors in county and State, ilany of the
Ellison women married prominent i:K?ople. Some of
them were : Robert Hamilton, his first wife ; he was born
in 1705 in Pennsylvania; went to Brush Creek Furnace
in 1818, and to Pine Grove Furnace in 1828; also the
three sons of Col. John Means, of Spartanburg, South
Carolina. One, in 1778, married Anne, sister of the Rev.
William Williamson, and in 1810 went to Adams
County, Ohio, freed his slaves, and was one of those who
built Union Furnace, the fii*st on the Ohio side of the
Hanging Rock Iron region ; Thomas W, Means,
Hugh Means, first wife, and James W. Cleans; also John
Campbell, of Hanging Rock and Ironton, Ohio, and
David Sinton, of Hanging Rock and Cincinnati, Ohio,
the latter a multi-millionaire, whose daughter is married
to Hon. Charles P. Taft, brother to the President. Tliese
names, with the Ellison names, Andrew Ellison,
William Ellison, Andrew B. Ellison, John Ellison and
16
242 lUSTORWAL SKETCHES.
Cyms Ellison, represent, historically, a very long list of
Mast furnaces, rolling mills, foundries, etc., extending
now a century, since they began Ihc Adams County iron
industry. It is even more striking to try to imagine the
vast areas of 'and represented, \\\\q\\ we consider that
each furnace owned from five thousand to fifteen thou-
sand acres, patented from the Government, at nominal
rates.
These names repi'csent also the founders of Ironton,
Ohio, and Ashland, Ky., with their railroads and most
of their iron industries. They were leaders in business
and social life, and Mere located, in early days, at Law-
rence, Etna, Pine Grove, Mt. Vernon, Ohio, and Union
Furnaces, and at Hanging Rock, and in later years at
Ironton, Ohio, and A.shland, Ky.
Prior to 1845, with only corduroy roads for ox teams,
and no towns or large settlements, except Hanging
Rock, the hospitality was necessarily as generous as it
was cordial and dignified. The furnaces were the cen-
ters of business, of political and social life, and the fur-
nace managers were large factors on both sides of the
Ohio River. Having wealth, their children enjoyed
both the public school and private tutors, and later
there was the going away of daughters to Eastern
seminaries and sons to colleges. This early part of
the nineteenth century still retained a goodly portion
of the charm of the eighteenth century courtliness and
grace, and though our modern fashion has swept much
of this away, its memories will long linger in the heart.
Seventy-five years have advanced the art of schooling,
but in the early days of society in this iron region, its
literary and academic features compared favorably with
those of the other cities of the Northwest Territory.
See ''History of Adams County, Ohio," by Judge
N. W. Evans, some sixty pages devoted to the Ellisons,
their relatives, and those families with whom they inter-
married.
CAMPBELL FAMILY. 243
Copied from a Manuscript Loaned by Xfiss Mary
Trigg, the Paper Supposed to Have Been
Written by One A. II. Campbell, Great-
Great-Grandson OF Hugh Campbell,
the Subject of the Sketch.
Jliigh Caiupbell settled in Chester Couiity, Pennsyl-
vania, at New London Cross Eoads. His wife's name
was Margaret, but ber family name is not known,
neither is the date of their marriage known. Their
children, of whom we have record, are John, William,
Benjamin, Thomas, Isabella and another daughter who
was born about 1726, and who, after residing in North
Carolina, moved to Madison County, Kentucky, then
to Tennessee, then back to Kentucky. She married
Hugh Hagan, and their son, Hugh Hagan, married
Margaret Burns ; his second wife was Jean Hamilton.
His sister married Samuel Boyd.
Isabella Campbell, daughter of Hugh Campbell, mar-
ried William King. They had six children; but three
lived. Their home was in Lyecoming County, Pennsyl-
vania.
Benjamin Campbell was born at New Loudon
Cross Eoads, Chester County, Pennsylvania; mar-
ried Mary Adair, January 30, 1775, and settled in
Hagerstown, Md. Mary Adair was born in Belfast,
Ireland, March 5, 1759; died July G, 1S33, at Union-
town, Pa. Benjamin Campbell died at Unioutown, Pa.,
in 1843. Children of Benjamin and Mary Adair Camp-
bell were:
Margaret, born February 4, 1776 ; died December 15,
1855.
John, born February 5, 177S; married Elizabeth
Coulter, December 15, 1821; he died July 27, 1842.
Thomas, born January 5, 1780; married Leah Dar-
man, April 9, 1800; died September 10. 1800.
James, born October 27, 1781; married Catherine
Sample, of Morgantown, Va., April 12, 1805; died at
Stubenville, Ohio, February 6, 1824; his wife was born
near Lancaster, Pa., April 12, 1784 ; died in Ohio, March
244 HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
17, 1854. lie Mas the grandfalhcr of the well-known
authoress, Mrs. Maroarel Deland,
William, born March 9, 17S4 ; married Priscilla Por-
ter, December 12, 1S12; he died October 23, 1854.
Kancy, born May 17, 1786; died January 19, 1787.
Mary, born March 22, 1788; married Joseph Kibler,
May 12, 18—; died ^fay C, 1871.
Samuel Y., born November 25, 1790; married Frances
Brown J. Trigg, the widow of Guy Ti'igg, February 22,
1814; his second wife was Sarah Crozier; married in
1825. He died March 28, 1856.
Benjamin, born October 7, 1792 ; married :Mary Alli-
son ; died in August, 1876.
Hugh, born in 1795; married Susan Baird, August 5,
182.3; she died, and he married Rachel Lyon, in April,
1828. He died February 27, 1876.
Elizabeth, born August 25, 1797; married James
Eammage, September 16, 1829; died July 4, 1865.
Sarah, born August 14, 1802; married, in 1828, Rev.
James Campbell, of Sharpsburg, Pa., who was a son of
Patrick Campbell, son of Patrick Campbell and Frances
Stockton, his wife. Sarah died September 29, 1838,
and was the mother of General Hugh James Campbell,
who in 1876 published at New Orleans "In Memoriam,"
in which is given the genealogy of his branch and that
of .some of the ancestors of A. H. Campbell.
Samuel Young Campbell, eighth child of Benjamin
Cami^bell, was born at Hagerstown, Maryland, Novem-
ber 25, 1790, and married in Abingdon, Virginia, Febru-
ary 22, 1814, Frances Brown Jackson Trigg, widow of
Guy S. Trigg, of that place; the ceremony was per-
formed by the Rev. Stephen Rovelle, pastor of the Pres-
byterian Church. ]Mrs. Trigg had a son, Guy S. Trigg;
he lived in Wythe County, Virginia. The only likeness
in existence of my grandmother is a silhouette, which
shows her to have been a very beautiful woman. She
died at Uniontown, Pa., August 23, 1825. Their chil-
dren were :
Mary S., born December 8, 1814 ; died July 29, 1818.
Alexander H., born at Uniontown, Pa., February 24,
1817; died April 10, 1859.
Benjamin, born Novemebr 4, 1818; died August 11,
1828.
CAMPBELL FAMILY. 245
Mary M., boiii March 31, 1821; died at Baltimore,
Md., September 17, 1895; buried there.
Samuel Y. Campbell Avas married, the second time,
April 2!), 1828, to Sarah Crozier, daughter of John
Crozier, of Springfield, Pa. They had three children,
namely :
Samuel C. ; died in youth.
Henry M. ; died in infancy.
Charles L., born October 14, 183G; died August 7,
18G4.
Samuel Y. Campbell lived in Abingdon, Va., in 1812,
1813 and 1814, and there, by his first marriage, became
connected with the family of Holston Campbells, whose
ancestor, John Campbell, a Scotchman, moved first to
Ireland, and then to Philadelphia, Pa., in 1726. Samuel
Y. Campbell died at Upland, Del., March 28, 1856. His
wife died January 24, 1876.
You wish to know something of William Campbell,
father of Capt. Samuel Campbell.
I learn from the sons of Samuel Campbell that their
grandfather lived in Prince Edward County, Virginia.
Capt. Samuel Campbell has been dead seventeen or
twenty years, ne left numerous AAcalthy and res|;>ect-
able relations. James ITagan has five or six brothers,
who resided in the southern part of the State in 1848^
The first of the Bedford County family of Campbells,
known to me, was Thomas Campbell ; his sons, ^yil]iara
and Eobert, inherited a good estate from him. Col.
William Campbell had for a great many years been in
public life, and died a member of the State Senate of
Virginia in the year 1844 or 1845, leaving no children,
and bequeathing his whole estate to his brother, Robert
Campbell. Mr. Eobert Campbell is an excellent farmer,
a man of good sense and exceptional character. He
has been much in public life as a member of the House
of Delegates, and, having a large estate, is occupied very
much in its management. He has a large family of
children settled in Bedford County, all of whom are
amongst our best citizens; one of his sons, a lawyer, is
regarded as a young man of very high prominence ; this
is Henry Camjibell, removed from Lynchburg, Va., to
New York, N. Y.
246 uisToniCAL sketches.
Robert Ctmipbeirs ginndfather was William Camp-
bell, aud he removed from Pi-JDce Kdward County, Vir-
ginia, to Bedford County, Virginia. His wife's^ name
was Dila Caldwell ; they had four sons, and must have
settled in this country about the year 1770. There was
Samuel, Thomas (Robert's father), William and John.
Samuel Cami)l)ell married a widow Kennedy, and had
a huge family of bolli sexes; two were John and Samuel.
John married a Miss Clark, a sister of Judge Clark, of
Kentucky, and removed to Madison County, Kentucky.
He died without children. William moved to Madison
County, Alabama ; he raised a large family of children ;
all went with him to Alabama.
Extract from Egbert Camprell^s Letter.
"My father, Thomas, died June 7, 1827. My mother
died the August preceding his death.
"They had five children; two died in infancy; the
third, a daughter, married a Mr. Gray. They had eight
children. She died in 1815.
"My brother, William, died without children. My
descendants ai-e the only ones of my grandfather Camp-
bell bearing his name that I know of living in this State.
"I have eight children — five sons and three daughtei*s.
The most of them are living near Liberty. I live on
tlie Lynchburg and Salem Turnpike, about ten miles
west of Liberty. (This writer was a first cousin of
Samuel Y. Campbell, A. IL C.) My sons are: William,
Thomas, Henry (a lawyer, who married Miss Cralley, of
Lynchburg), James and Robert (a doctor, who lives at
Martinsville, Va., 1855)."
Samuel Campbell was captain in the Revolutionary
War and was at the surrender of Cornwallis. He died
in 1820. His wife, Mrs. Kennedy (ifary Anderson)
died in 1822. They had six sons and five daughters,
namely: William, John, Samuel, James, Anderson
(dead), Caldwell, Elizabeth (Mrs. Banton, dead), Anne
(Mrs. Gentry, dead), Mary (Mrs. Anderson, dead),
Judith (Mr.s. Logan, dead) and Minerva (Mrs. Logan,
dead).
Alexander Hamilton Campbell, second child of
CAMPBELL FAMILY. 247
Samuel Y. and Frances Jackson Trigg Campbell, was
born at Uniontown, February 24, 1817; died there when
fortA'-lwo 3ear.s of age, April 10, 1S59. Dr. A. II. Camp-
bell was married May 27, 1845, at St. Luke's Church,
Kew York, by the liev. Dr. Oglesby, to Mary Elizabeth
Howell, of New York City. Mary p]. Howell was born
January 20, 1830; died April 21,'l001. Their children
are :
Benjamin Howell, born March 21, 1848.
Frances Jackson Howell, born January 6, 1851; died
June 10, 1855.
Alexander Hamilton Howell, born July 8, 1853.
Benjamin H. Campliell was married June 14, 1877, at
St. John's Episcopal Church, Elizabeth, N. J., to ^Nfary
Purviance Shiras, of Mt. Holly, N. J. Their children
are: James Shiras, born Octobers, 1878; Mary Howell,
born April 21. 1880; died May 6, 1888. Nannalte Ver-
non Chetwood, born September 7, 1889; died January
25, 1891.
Alexander Hamilton Campbell was married at Holli-
daysburg, Ta., November 2, 1882, to Lilliam May Patti-
son. Their children are: Marguerite, born at Waynes-
boro, Pa., June 15, 1884; Howell Patteison, born at
St. Paul's School, Concord, N. H., February 10, 1888.
Dr. Hugh Campbell, tenth child of Benjamin, was
boin May 1, 17f>5; married Susan Baird, of Washing-
ton, Pa., in 1823; she was born October 14, 179G; had
one son. Benjamin, born June 12, 1824; died July 13,
1824. Susan died July 9, 1824.
Dr. Hugh Campbellmarried, second, April 15, 1828,
Rachel Brown Lynn, of Carlisle, Pa., who was bom
January 10, 1802, and settled in Washington, Pa. Their
children were :
Samuel Lynn, born March 11, 1829.
Susan Ellen, born May 13, 1831; married James
Allison.
, William Ward, born December 28, 1832.
' Benjamin, born October 20, 1834.
John Newlon, born August 15, 1836; died October 25,
1837.
Edward, bom July 24, 1838.
Hugh Frances, born May 2, 1841 ; died June 14, 1809.
Sarah Louise, born September 19, 1843.
248 TTISTORWAL {?K ETCHES.
Some Camphells that Cannot Be Authoritatively
Connected with Those of the Fore<^oing Sketch.
1781 — Lawrence Campbell, a soldier of the Kevohition
of 177G.
17SG — John Campbell, a delegate from Jefferson
County.
179G — John P. Campbell, a delegate from Jefferson
Coimtv, Kentucky, a member of the Convention of 1792,
which formed the first Constitution of the State of Ken-
tucky, held at Danville; was also Senator from Jefferson
County, Speaker of the Kentucky Senate, one of the
original property holders of Frankfort in 1797.
1799 — William Campbell, a member of the Convention
which formed the second Constitution of Kentucky, at
Frankfort, August 17.
1809 — Alexander Campbell, a Presbyterian minister,
afterwards came to this country with his father, Thomas
Campbell.
1774 — Col. John Campbell, one of the first settlers at
what is now Louisville, Ky. ; a very wealthy man; he
o^^^led two thousand acres of land, which he conveyed
to his nephew, Allan Campbell ; Campbell County, Ken-
tucky, was named in his honor; many interesting facts
are related about him in Collins' "History of Kentucky."
1781 — Capt. William Campbell, mentioned in the fight
with Indians in Eoane County, Kentucky.
1781 — Charles Campbell, one of the first deputy sur-
veyors in Kentucky.
1788 — Matthew Cam]>bell, with others, formed a set-
tlement at Cincinnati, Ohio, on December 28, going from
the interior of Kentucky.
178.9 — George Campbell, for whom a survey was made
in Franklin County, Kentucky.
1793 — Michael Campbell was a member of the House
of Representatives of Kentucky, from Nelson County.
179G — James Cami)bell, member of Senate from Fay-
ette County. Kentucky.
1800 — William Campbell, member of the Senate from
Jones County, Kentucky.
CAMPBELL FAMILY. 249
1S2G — Joliu P. Campbell, member of the Senate,
House of Kcpreseutatives, from Christian County, Ken-
tucky.
1S03— Alex. Campbell, member of the Senate, House
of Eepresentatives, from Harrison County, Kentucky.
182;)-32 — Judge James Campbell, then a Senator
from McCracken County, Kentucky.
ISoO — George D. (.'anqibell, member of the House of
Kepresenlatives from Gallatin County, Kentucky.
1S50 — Robert Campbell, member of the House of Kep-
resentatives from AYolford County.
1S35 — Caldwell Campbell, member of the House of
Kepreseutatives from Madison County. He and a
brother, John, were sons of Samuel Camplx?]!, who emi-
grated to Madison County, Kentucky.
1852 — Rev. Duncan Campbell, President of George-
town College.
ISGl — Cyrus Campbell, member of House of Repre-
sentatives from Campbell County, Kentucky.
ls<37_jo}in Campl3ell, member of United States Con-
gress from Kentucky.
1855-57— John P. Campbell, member of Unites States
Congress from Kentucky.
1S45 — Rev. Duncan Campbell, Presbyterian minister.
Thomas Campbell, of York County, son of John, was
born about 1750, in Chiniceford Township, York County.
He was of Scotch-Irish descent. In the revolution of
1776 he enlisted as a private in Captain Michael Don-
ald's company, attached to Col. \Yilliam Thompson's
battallion of ririemen. In July, 1776, he served through
the New England campaign, and was commissioned
First Lieutenant in the 4th Regiment of Pennsylvania
Volunteers. January 3, 1777, he was severely wounded
at Germautown ; w^as promoted Captain ; retired from
service in January, 1783. He died in York County,
January 10, 1817, leading issue, but nothing further is
known of them.
Capt. Robert Campbell, of United States I/egion, was
killed August 20. 1794.
Thomas Campbell, Captain in Colonel Watts' Penn-
sylvania Flying Camp, commissioned September 16,
250 HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
177G, taken prisoDer at Fort Washington, November IG,
1776.
Note.— The following grant to Robert Campbell is
on record in the Virginia land registry ollice: ?>'-M acres
in Orange Connty, February 12, 1742, Book No. 21, p.
1.5G; and of the same date and in the same county, there
appears a grant of 400 acres to James Campbell, Book
No. 20, p. 457. From these grants being of the same
date and in the same county, a strong ground is afforded
for the i)resumption that the grantees were relatives,
perhaps brothers. A prominent representative of the
name was, however, seated in the Colony of Virginia
much earlier. We find that Capt. Hugh Campbell
received, October 20, 1G9G, 5.30 acres on the we.st side of
Eeedy Creek, a branch of the Chuckatuck, Hook No. 9, p.
84, and to the same for a period October 28, 1707 (doubt-
less a typographical error for 1G07) — January G, 1000,
was granted an aggregate of 4,-375 acres in Norfolk
County. It is very desirable that the immediate issue
of the several early settlers, as stated, in Orange County
(later Augusta County), should be definitely ascer-
tained, for many distinguished men of the Southern and
Western States are descended from these settlers.
We may cite Gen. Arthur Cam])bell, the Western
pioneer, born in Augusta County in 3742 ; died at Yellow
Creek, Knox County, Kentucky, in 1815. John Poagc
Campbell, M.ll., Presbyterian minister, of Chillicothe,
Ohio, born in Augusta County in 17G7 ; died near Chil-
licothe, November 4, 1814; Uampden-Sidney College,
1700; licensed to preach in 1702; settled in Kentucky in
1705. lie published "Doctrine of Justification Consid-
ered," ''Strictures on Stone's Letters," 1805; "Vindex,"
in answer to ''Stone's Reply," 1806. Fie left a manu-
script history of the Western country. Hon. John
Wilson, son of William and Elizabeth (Wilson) Camp-
bell, was born February 23, 1782, near Miller's Iron
Works, in Augu.sta County. His parents removed first
to Kentucky in 1791, and a few years later to Ohio.
John, after receiving tuition in the languages under
Mr. John Finley, studied law under his uncle, Thomas
Wilson, of Morganto\\'n (now West Virginia). In 1808
CAMPBELL FAMILY. 251
he was admitted to the bar in Ohio, and fixed his resi-
dence at West Union, in Adams Count}'. He married in
1811, Eleanor, daughter of Col. Robert Doak, of Augusta
County, Virginia. Jle became prosecuting attorney for
Adams and Higbland Counties; member of Ohio legis-
lature; member of Congress, 1S17-1S27, and United
States District Judge from 1S20 to his death, at Dela-
ware, Ohio, September 24, lS."*>o. A biographical sketch
of his life and his literary remains were i)ublished by
his widow in 1837. A brother, Joseph N. Campbell,
born July 4, 1783, Associate Judge of Court of Common
Pleas, married Elizabeth, daughter, of Thomas Kirker;
died of cholera, July, 1833, at Ripley, Ohio.
In connection with the name Wilson, it is well to note
that the name of the father of Charles Campbell, the
historian of Virginia, was John Wilson Campbell. Col.
Richard Campbell, of Virginia, killed at the Battle of
Eutaw Springs, S. C, September 8, 1781 ; commissioned
Captain February 19, 177G; was a Lieutenant-Colonel
at the Battle of Hobkirk's Hill and at the siege of
Ninety-Six.
Richmond Standard, May 29, 1880.
henry family.
Col. John Henry married Mrs. Sarah (Winston)
Syme, and had issue:
I. Jane.
II. William.
III. Sarah.
IV. Susannsa.
V. Mary.
VI. Patrick.
VII. Anne.
VJTI. Elizabeth; married, first, Gen. William Camp-
bell (born in 1745, in Augusta County, Va.), the hero of
Kings Mountain, who died of fever in September, 1781;
she married, second, Gen. William Russell.
Issue of Gen. William Campbell and Elizabeth*
Henry Campbell :
252 niSTORIGAL SKETCHES.
1. Sarah B.,^ married Gen. Francis Preston, and had
issue :
i. Wiliam Campl)€ll,* LL.D., born December 27, 1794;
died at CoJiniibia, S. C, May 22, ISGO; greatly distin-
guished as an orator; United States Senator from South
Carolina. President of College of South Carolina;
married, first, Mary E, Coalter; second, L. P. Davis.
Issue all died in infancy, except Sally Campbell, who
died unmarried.
ii. Eliza Henry,* married Gen. Edward Carrington, of
Halifax County, Virginia.
iii. Susan,* married James McDowell, Governor of
Virginia.
iv. Sophronisba,* married Eev. Kobert J. Breckin-
ridge, D.D.
v. Sarah Buchanan,* married John B., son of Gov.
John Floyd; born in 1805; died August 26, 1863;
Governor of Virginia, 1850-53; Secretary of War,
United States, 1857-61; Major-General C. S. A. No
issue.
vi. Charles H. Campbell,* married Mary Beall.
vii. Maria F. C.,* married John M. Preston.
viii. John S.,* born April 20, 1809; member of the
Legislature of South Carolina ; Commissioner of that
State, and Brigadier-General, C. S. A.; married Caro-
line, daughter of Gen. Wade Hampton, in 1830.
ix. Thomas L.,* married, first, to Elizabeth Watts;
second, Ann Sanders.
X. Margaret B.,* married Gen. Wade Hampton, of
South Carolina (born in 1818), Lieu tenant-General
C. S. A.; Governor of South Carolina; United States
Senator.
EicHMOND Standard^ June 26, 1880.
Gen. Francis Preston married the only daughter and
heiress of Gen. William Campbell, of Kings Mountain
memory. Her mother was a sister of Patrick Henry.
A SKETCH OF THE BOWEN FAMILY.
Partly Written by William B. Campbell^ Jr., from
Conversations With His Grandmother, Mrs.
Catherine Bowen Campbell, a Daughter
OF Captain William Bowen.
Among the early Quaker settlers in Pensylvania was
^Moses Bowen and Rebecca Eeece, bis wife. Tbey emi-
grated, witb a large company, from Wales about the
year IGOS, having purchased ten thousand acres of
land in Guinnedd Township, Chester County, Pennsyl-
vania. This couple probably had a family of children,
but of these we have no account except Mohn Bowen,
the Quaker, who was remarkable for his personal
prowess, and an active, energetic farmer, of cousidei-able
wealth for that day. Late in life he fell in love with a
very beautiful young Scotch-Irish girl, whose family
had just landed in the colonies from Ireland. She
was about seventeen years of age, the daughter of
Henry and Jane Mcllhaney; her father had died when
she was an infant, leaving but two children, Lily and
Henry. Iler mother, who was a beautiful woman,
afterwards married a Mr. Hunter, by whom she had a
large family of children. It was with their mother and
stepfather that Henry and Lily Mcllhaney came to
Pennsylvania.
Mrs. Hunter (her maiden name not known) and her
daughters were expert flax spinners. They were among
the first Scotch-Irish women that brought the small flax
wheel to Pennsylvania.
Friend -John Bowen won the heart and hand of the
beautiful young Scotch-Irish girl, and she became his
loving and helpful wife. She proved to be a vei-y
remarkable woman. She had a strong, discriminating
mind, decision, and energy of character. They pur-
chased slaves as soon as they were introduced into the
colonie.s, to work on their large landed estate; but the
(253)
254 HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
Quakers, as a class, were opposed to slavery. The wife
persuaded lier husband to move to Augusta County,
Virginia, about 1730, at that time a frontier settlement.
The land was rich, and the prospect for a good class of
people moving (o that portion of the State was good.
-John Bowen and LilyMcIlhaney, his wife, had twelve
children, some of them as remarkable as their parents.
The date of his death is not known. She lived to be
very old, and died in 1780. Their children were as
follows :
^Moses died at twenty years of age, while serving in
the Virginia Colonial Army.
^John, married Rachel Matthews, whose family were
of high standing in Virginia. He was in the War of
177G. See SaJTell's Record, pp. 414 and 271. They had
five children: *John, ^William, ^Nancy, ^Rebecca (mar-
ried a Mr. Frazler) and ^Elizabeth (married a Mr.
Clarke).
^Jane Bowen, married a Mr. Cunningham, and had
four children, *two sons and two Maughters. Ue was
killed by the Indians at the Carr's Creek defeat. She
was a beautiful and extremely active woman, and
saved the lives of two of her little children by her fleet-
ness in running at the time of the massacre and this
disastrous defeat. A few years after this she married
Joseph Loving, and they had two children, a ^son, name
not known, and ''Reljccca Loving, who married William
Preston.
^Nancy Bowen, married Archibald Buchanan ; they
had several children, the name of the only one knowTi
being ^James, who lived twelve miles from Nash-
ville, Tenn,; his wife's name is not known. His chil-
dren were: ^Lily, '^Mary, ^Rebecca and ^Nancy Buch-
anan. There may have been other children.
^Rebecca Bowen, married a Mr. Whitley and had two
children; they were the only Tories in this very patri-
otic family. ^Moses Whitley went to Canada in 1776,
was an officer in the British Army, and fought against
the colonists. ''Lily married an Episcojjal minister, a
Mr. Robinson, and went to England to live.
Lieut. ^Reece Bowen, son of ^John Bowen and Lily
Mcllhaney, his wife, married I^visa Smith. They had
BOW EN FAMILY. 255
eight children. He was killed at the battle of Kiugs
Mountain, October 7, 17S0. See "Kings Mountain and
Us Heroes," by Di'aix^r. His children were as follows:
*John Bowen, married and left one daughter; *Reece
Boweu married his cousin, Rebecca Bowen, but had no
children; *Nancy Bowen, married Maj. John Ward;
they left a large family; their children were: 'Lily
Ward, married Lawson H. Hill; names of others not
obtained. They had a son, Capt. Mohn C. Hill, who
married Eliza Davis, and they had a daughter, 'Lily
Hill, who married Walter Boogher, of St. Louis, Mo.
*Peggy Bowen, married Thomas Gillespie, had a large
family. ^Rebecca Boweu, married Mr. Duff. *Lily
Bowen, married Mr. Hildreth ; they went to Kentucky.
*Levisa Bowen, married William Thompson; they had
a large family. Col. ^Henry Bowen, of Tazewell County,
Virginia; married Ella Tate. Their children were:
''Louise, married Dr. John W. Johnson, of Abing-
don, Va. ; they had one son, *^George John.son, who
married Nichette Floyd, daughter of Governor Floyd,
of Abingdon, Va. ^Jane Bowen, married a Mr. Ed-
mondson, and left a large family. ^Reece Bowen, mar-
ried Louisa Perry, and had seven children, viz.: ^Ella,
married a Mr. Watkins; no children. "^Thomas, mar-
ried Miss Stuart; four children. ''Reece, married Miss
Crockett; eight children. *^Henry, married Miss Gil-
lespie; five childi-en. ^'Hattie, married Mr. Watts; one
son. ^Jane, married Mr. Grewer; no children. ^Louise,
married Mr. Knoll; no children.
^Henry Bowen, married Ann Cunningham, and left a
large family of children. One of the daughters, *Lily,
married a Mr. Smith. We have no record of his descend-
ants. He was a soldier in the War of 1776. See
Saffell's Record.
A copy of Capt. William Bowen's commission in the
Continental Army is given. The original belongs to
L. R. Campbell, of Nashville, Tenn. :
THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA.
To Williat^i Boiccn, Gent. —
Greeting — Know ye, that from the Special Trust
and Confidence, which is reposed in your Patriot-
256 HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
isra, Fidelity, Courage and good Conduct, you are
by these Presents, constituted and appointed Cap-
tain of ^filitia in the County of ^Yashington. You
are tlierefore carefully and'diligently to discharge
the Duty of Captain of the Militia,' by doing and
l^erforniing all manner of things thereto belonging:
and you are to pay a ready obedience to all orders
and instructions which from time to time you may
receive from the Governor or Executive I'ower of
this State from the time being, or any of your supe-
rior Officers, Agreeable to the Eules and Regula-
tions of the convention of General Assembly. All
officers and soldiers under your command are here-
by strictly charged, and required to be obedient to
your orders, and to aid you in the execution of this
Connnission, according to the intent and Purport
thereof.
Witness Patrick Ilenry, Esquire, Governor or
Chief Magistrate of the Commonwealth at Will-
iamsburg, under the Seal of the Commonwealth,
this fourteenth day of May in the first year of the
Commonwealth.
Anno Dom. 1777. P. Henry.
Capt. ^Wiliam Bowen, born in Fincastle County, Vir-
ginia, in 1742, married Mary Henley Kussell, a daughter
of Gen. William Russell and his wife, Tabitha Adams,
in 1777. They had eight children, as follows :
*Tabitha Bowen, married Col. Armpstead Moore, of
Virginia; they lived in Smith County, Tennessee, near
Rome, and had eleven children, as follows: "Williaiil,
married, first, Kate Douglas; second, Atlantis White;
lived in Texas, and had two sons and one daughter.
^John H., married Eliza Cummings; he was born in
ISOO in Smith County, Tennessee; emigrated to Texas
while it was a province of Mexico; was in the early
wars on the Texas border; a prominent man, and
acquired wealth; he left five children: "Tabitha,
married Capt. Ira G. Killough, of Lagrange, Texas;
their children are "'Eliza M. (married R. O. Faires, of
Flotonia, Texas), ^Lucy (married Prof. W. H. Saunders,
of Lagrange, Texas), "Maggie (married Waller T.
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Burnes, of Galveston, Texas), ^Annie married J. N.
Moore, of Lampassas, Texas), ^David, Uohn, ^Eobert
and Urn Killon«;h. "Eliza Jloore, married K. V. Cook,
and left one daugliter, 'Jessie Cook. "Kobert Moore,
married Bettie Ligon ; lias three children. •'John
Moore, married Mary Young; had seven children.
®Mary E. Moore, married John Hunt, of Hamilton,
Texas; they have one son. ^John W. Hunt. ^Mary
(Polly) Moore, manied Cofield Ward, and lived near
Rome, Tenn. Her children were: '^Tabitha, married
Dr. James Thompson; their children are: 'Mary (mar-
ried Dr. ^yilliams, of Saundersville, Tenn.), "William
Thompson, a judge, of Meridian, Texas, and 'James
Thompson, of Nashville, Tenn., who married Grace G.
Pittinger, and has two daughters, ^Mary W. and *Lou-
ella G. Thompson. ^John Ward, of Centerville, Tenn.,
married Sarah Charlton; their children were: ''Martha,
■'Samuel and 'David. ^Armpstead Ward, lives in Brazil,
South America; he married Mary Pender. Their chil-
dren are: "Lily, ''Cofield, ''Baker and 'William Ward.
^Fannie Moore, married Dr. Hardwiok; left no children.
^Eobert Moore, married Mary Bangh, and lived in Mis-
souri; their children were: ^Amanda (married Mr.
Jannesse; no children), ^Tabitha, ^Armpstead, "Mary
and Mohn Moore. ^Samuel Moore, M.D. ; married
Mary Hornbeak ; they lived in Centerville, Tenn. ; their
children are: ^Ivcvisa, married Marsh Johnson, of
Dallas, Texas; has one child, 'Mary Johnson, who mar-
ried Denry Grey, of Dallas, Texas. ^Col. John H.
Moore, married Mollie Williams, and had one child,
'Lily. He served in the Confederate Army. ^I^visa
Moore, married Orvillc Green ; no descendants. ^Alex.
Moore, married Jane Boyce, and lived in ]\rissouri ; their
children were: ^Martha, ''Tabitha and ''Mary F. ^Nfoore.
"Annpstead Moore, lived near Gallatin, Tenn. He mar-
ried, first, Susan Crenshaw; second, Mary Crenshaw;
third, Louisa Crenshaw. His children are: "John C,
married Mollie White, of Hartsville, Tenn.; ^William,
married Catherine Campbell, of Texas; ^Tabitha, ®Mary,
^Bettie, "Edward, "Harry, "Virginia and "Robert Moore.
''Katherine ]Moore, married Dr. Frank Gordon, and has
one "daughter, Tabitha Gordon, who married Alex.
258 HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
McCall, of Ixome, TenD. ''Dr. Byid Moore, married
Evelyu Joues; tlieir only child, •^Tabilha B., married Dr.
J. W. McLauglilin, of Austin, Texas. Tlieir children
are: 'Byrd, 'Evelju, 'Minnie, ''Cyrus and 'James
McLaughlin.
*Col. John H. Bowcn was born in 1779, and lived in
Gallatin, Tenn. He was an eminent lawyer, member of
Congress for several years. He was a noble character,
and was universally popular and beloved, lie married
Eliza Allen. Their children were: '^Mary Bowen, mar-
ried Judge Jacob Schall Yerger, of Greenville, Miss.;
her children are: ^AVilliam G., married Jennie Hunter;
he is now a prominent lawyer, living in Greenville, Miss.
His children are: 'Nugent, ^Mary Louise (married
George Wheatley, and has a daughter, ''Genevieve
Wheatley, of Greenville, Miss.), Mames A. Yerger,
^Jennie Yerger (married S. Wilson, of Vicksburg, Miss.,
and had three children : ^William, ^Elizabeth and ^Oscar
Wilson) . *'Hal Yerger, a planter near Greenville, Miss.,
married Sallie Miller; they have four children : ^Schall,
^Hai-vie, ^William G. and ^Bettie Yerger. ^Graut
Bowen, of Greenville, Miss., married Amanda Yerger;
their children are: ®Johu H. Bowen, married Wllsie
Sutton; they had two children: ^John and '^Carrie
Bowen. ''Mar}' B. Bowen, married, first, T. W. Helm;
has one son, 'Neville A. Helm ; married, second, Carneil
Warfield, of Grand Lake, Ark,
*Levisa Bowen, married Capt. James Saunders; they
lived in Wilson County, Tenn., and had five children:
^^lary, married James Perdue; left no children.
^Tabitha, married Baker Harris; had two children:
"Fergus, married Fannie Davis; their children ai-e:
"Kobert and 'Tabitha Harris, of Nashville, Tenn. ®Le-
visa, married Ben Motley, and has five children, namely:
'I^visa, ^Ben, 'Tabitha (married Mr. Hunter), ^Doak
and ^Harris Motley, of Memphis, Tenn. ^Bowen Saun-
ders, married Bettie Hall am. 'John Saunders, married
Martha Dillard. 'Sam Saunders married Ann Keys.
^Catherine Bowen, born March, 17S5, near Gallatin,
Tenn.; died ^Nlarch 7, 18G8, near Lebanon, Tenn., at
"Campbell,''the home of her eldest son, Gov. William B.
Camjjbell ; she was married in 180G, to David Camp-
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bell; he was bora March 4, 1781, in Virginia, and died
June 18, 1841, near Lebanon, Tenn. The names of their
descendants are given in the sketch of the Campbell fam-
ily. Thej Avere both cultivated and intellectual,
Christian people.
^William Bowen married, first, Mary Ranken ; second,
Polly McCall. They had seven children, who lived in
Texas. They are as follows : ^Mary H. I\., married John
King. ^Elizabeth, married W. P. Sanders. Col.
'William B., married Eliza White; at the close of the
war, in 1865, he, with his whole family, went to Bray.il,
South America, to live. ^Adam, married T. Rose.
'Susan Bowen, married Elias Gregg; they left two
children, who lived in Houston, Texas. 'Alex. Bowen,
married Mary Dameron ; and 'John Bowen, married
Emily Gaines.
*Mary Bowen, died young.
^Samuel A. Bowen, married Amanda W. Stone. They
had seven children, namely: ^John H., married Harriet
Blakely. they had two children, ^Samuel and ^Lula
Bowen, of Denver, Col. 'Mary Bowen, married Moses
Gveen, of Hannibal, Mo. 'Barton W. Bowen, married
S.rlly Robards, also of Hannibal, Mo. They had one
child, *"'Clifton Bowen ; she married Dr. David Hayes,
of St. Louis, Mo. 'William Bowen, married Mary Cun-
ningham; his second wife was Dora Gofif. He lived at
Austin, Texas. 'Eliza and 'Samuel Bowen never mar-
ried, and 'Amanda Bowen married Archibald Matson,
of Hannibal, Mo.
*C€lia, daughter of Capt. William Bowen and Mary H.
Russell, his wife, married the Rev. Barton W. Stone, a
noted divine, one of the founders of the "Campbellite"
Church. Their children were: 'William, married Vir-
ginia Grey; 'John, married Catherine Grant; 'Mary,
married Lloyd Hallack, of Hannibal, Mo.; 'Catherine,
married Charles Bowers; 'Barton W., married, first,
Margaret Howard, and second. Miss Smith, and 'Samuel
Stone, married Elizabeth Smith.
'Arthur, son of John Bowen and Lily Mcllhany, his
wife, married Mary McMurrey. They had five children,
namely:
*John Bowen, married Mary Byers.
260 HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
''Rel)Occa Bowen, married Henry W. Thompson. They
had ten children, as follows: 'Mary A., married Basil
C. Uarley; her children were: "C. V. K. llarlcy, mar-
ried, first, Miss Carpenter, and second, Miss Wolf, and
had one danghter, 'Willie A., who married Mr. Saun-
ders, and they have one son, ^Harley Saunders. ®Mar-
garct llarley, married B. P. M. McKennon, of Clarks-
ville, Ark. "J. Harley, married Amanda Ward; they
had two children, "J'^dward W. and 'Mary W. Harley.
^E. L. Harley, married, first, A. Ward, then Miss Cal-
strup; their two children were 'Virgil C, married Ella
Quinn, and "Corinue, married William Hardwick,
whose children were: -William and ^Livingston Hard-
wick. ''Virginia Harley, married E. Linzee. "William
R. Harley, married Mary Sloan. "John T. Harley,
married M. A. Connelly. "Clinton Harley and *=B. A-
Harley. ^Rcece Thompson, married Susan Morgan.
^Louisa Thompson, married W. E. Harley. Their chil-
dren are nine, as follows: "K. C, "W. H., "M. T., "S. C,
"Caroline, "ifargaret, "John B., "James R. and "Virginia
T. Harley. ^Susan Thompson, married a Mr. Haller.
Her children were four, namely: "Edgar I., "H. B.
(married Virginia Sheffey), "A. V. (married J. W.
Fall) and "Reece Haller, married A. Reid; they live at
Marion, Smith County, Va. ^Caroline Thompson, mar-
ried John Whitten, of Trenton, Grundy County, Mo.
■^Amnada Thompson, married Mr. Thurmond. ^America
Thompson, married Richard Johnson. ''John H.
Thompson, married Pauline Mosely, nee Friend. 'Re-
becca and 'Emily Thompson did not marry.
*Nancy Bowen, married Mr. Byers; issue: 'George,
"Arthur, 'John, 'Sally, who married Mr. Hull; 'Jane,
who married Mr. Wample, and a 'daughter, name not
known.
*Arthur Bowen, married Catherine Poston ; issue:
eleven children. Three died young. 'Jerome, killed at
the Battle of Resaca, Ga., in the Confederate Army, in
18G3. 'Texie, married Larkin Perry; they have one
son. "Larkin. 'Virginia, married Robei-t Perry; issue:
"Martha and "Robert Perry. 'Richard P., married Mrs.
Garrett, «rc Tucker; issue: "Reece, "Walter, "Bolivar,
"Posten. "William, "Catherine and "Eva Bowen, who
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married Mr. Wilkerson. She lives in Memphis, Term.
''Mary Bowen, married »lamcs Wright; issue: "William,
"'Arthur, Mohn, '^Klla and "Catherine Wright. ''John
Hamiell Bowou, married, first, Henrietta Polk, and
second, Mary Armour; issue : ^'Henrietta Bowen. ^Jane
Bowen, mairied Moses Allen; issue: '^William Allen.
^William lUnven. married a Mi.ss Stephens. They had a
large family.
•Juibort Bowen, son of -John Bowen and Lily Mc-
Ilhaney, his wife, married Mary Gillespie. He died in
1817, she in is:i2. Tiiey had nine children. He was in
the Continental Army, in Capt. William Bentley's
Company 3d, and 4th Vii'ginia Eegiment, commanded
by Col. John Neville. See Records of Kevolutionary
Soldiers, in Washington, I). C. Their children were as
follows :
*John, left one daughter.
nVilliam.
^Lillian, married Mr. McClure.
^Agnes, married Mr. Pickens, of Pendleton District,
South Carolina. Her descendants remained in South
Carolina. All were distinguished people.
*Mary, married, first, Mr. Helms, and second, Mr.
Barr. She liad thi-ee daughters: ^Rebecca Helms,
married Mr. Grey; ^Mary Barr, married Mr. Shores,
and ^Cynthia Barr, married Mr. Polk.
^Keece Bowen, married a Miss Strong, and had six
children : ^Christopher, ^Charles, ^John, ^Robert, ^Reece
and *Ada Bowen.
^Robert Bowen, married Polly Wilson, and had five
children, namely: ^Mahaley, ^Nelly, married Mr. With-
erspoon ; ^Levisa, ^Rebecca and ^Amanda, who married
D. Lewis.
^Rebecca Bowen, mairied her cousin, *Reece Bowen ;
they had no children,
*Charles Bowen, born in 1790; married Mabulda
Ea>sley, in 1817. She was born in 1800; died in 1863.
He died in 1842. They had nine children, as follows:
two died in early childhood. ^Narcissa Bowen, married
Judge James M. Howry, of Oxford, Miss., a distin-
guished lawyer and jurist. Their children are: ''Susan,
unmarried; "Fanny, married J. Rowan Dashiell, of
262 HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
Col 111111)115?, Miss.; their children are: '^rTarry (married
Miss Siiedicor, of Coliinibiis, Miss.), "Ida (married Evan
Dunn, of liiiminghaiii, Ala., and had four children,
*Fanny Dunn and three others), ^Alice (married Will-
iam F. Patly, of Sherman, Texas), ^I^ee (married
1, 'Irene (married , of Washington,
D. C), 'Charles (married Genie Bojkin, and lives in
IMemphis, Tenn.) and 'Arthur Da.shiell. ''Charles
Bowen Howry, Associate Justice of the United States
Court of Claims, lives at Washington, D. C. He mar-
ried, first, Edmonia Carter, a descendant of ''King
Carter," of Virginia; second, Hallie Harris, of Colum-
bus, ]\ti.ss; third, Mrs. Smith, nee , of Florida,
and has five children, namely: ^Lucian, "Willard,
"Charles, ^Bessie and "Mary Howry. ^James Howry,
married B. Buruey, and had eight children, namely:
^\lice, 'Burney, 'Earl, ^Eugenia, ^Walter, 'Theodore,
'Frederick and "Coriune Howry. *Samuel Howry, lives
at Oxford, Miss. ; married Dona McCord, and has seven
children, namely: 'Frank, "Percy, 'Mabel, 'Narcissa,
'Willard, ^Taylor and 'Edwin Howry. "Herschel
Howry, married Fanny . ^Alice Howry,' mar-
ried James Simms; they had no children. ^Sarah
Howry, married Colonel Flournoy, of Dallas, Texas, and
has two children, namely: 'Howry Flournoy and
'Margie Flournoy. ^Sarah Bowen, married, first,
Edward Taliaferro; second, Harvey Carothers, and has
one child, "Edward L. Taliaferro, who married Alia
Winters. ^Mary Bowen, married William Neilson;
issue : "Charles, married M. Peguese; "ilary E., married
W. Delbridge; "Ella M., "Annie Louise. "Joseph Edwin,
married B. Wohlleban; "Francis Alexander, married
Ella Pratt; "Ada I., married W. M. Burr, and "Halbert
H. Neilson, married Alice Tye. ''Rebecca Bowen, mar-
ried Dr. Garland Taliaferro, of Brownsville, Tenn.,
and had two sons, namely: "William G. Taliaferro, a
Judge of the Chancery Court at Bryan, Texas, married
Mary Fields; they have two sons; one was 'William F.
Taliaferro, married E. Cavett, of Saratoga, Texa.s. "Her-
bert Taliaferro,married Molly Buckley, of Texas. 'Anna
Bowen, married William Butler, and has one child,
^Walter. ^William Boliver Bowen, married Emily
BO WEN FAMILY. 263
Butler; they have five cliildren, iiamelj: "Molly, mar-
ried liev. 1\. G. Fcai'sou ; they live at Lebanon, Teun.,
and have no children. "Emma, married Mr. Pearson;
"Anna, married J. Mason; "Charles and "Lottie Bowen.
"Josephine Bowen, married, fii-st, T. Keith ; second, W.
Black; third, IL A. Barr, a lawyer of prominence at
Oxford, ]\Iiss. ; they have no children.
^Maiy P>o\ven, daiifihter of ''William P,owen and Lily
Mcllhaney, his wife, married a Mr. Poiter.
^'Charles Bowen, married Nancy Gillespie. He was
in the War of 1776. Sec Ramsey's ''Annals of Tennes-
see," pp. 24 and 41; also "Kings Mountain and Its
Heroes," by Draj)er, pp. 254, 2(12 and 263.
^Captain AA'illiara Bowen was born in F'incastle
Count}', Virginia (afterwards Augusta County), in
1742. He was a very active, enterprising man, and by
the time he was thirty-five years of age, he had accumu-
lated quite a handsome fortune by adding to the portion
Lis mother had given him. He was in several campaigns
in the Colonial service before the breaking out of the
revolutionary war, fighting the French and Indians.
He was First Lieutenant in Capt. William Russell's
company in the cami>aign against the Shawnee and
other tribes of Indians in 1774, the confederation being
commanded by Cornstalk, the noted Sachem of the
Sbawnces.
He was in the hotly contested Battle of Point Pleas-
ant on October 10, i774. He was also with Russell
while he was in command of Fort Randolph in 1775,
and was at Kenawha when the garrison was ordered to
be disbanded by Lord Dunmore in July, 1775, fearing
the fort might be held by the rebel authorities. Prior
to this time he was with Russell's Rangers when
they assisted in relieving the besieged fort at Wa-
tauga. The Commander-in-Chief of the forces at the
Battle of Point Pleasant was Gen. Andrew Lewis, a
brother of Meriwether I^wis, the celebrated traveler
and surveyor, who, with Clark, exploied the north-
western portion of this country years ago. Before the
battle. Captain Russell's company was divided into
two sections, and Lieutenant Bowen, who commanded
one-half of it, was thrown, with his men, into the thick-
264 HISTORICAL HKETCUES.
est of the figbt, having been sent forward 1o capture
a breastwork. They became so hotly engaged that all
of his men were killed or wounded but Lieutenant
Bowen and a man naujod Caleb Denon. As these two
fell back to Captain Archer's company, that was then
coming up to their relief, liowen threw himself into a
ravine or ditch to load his gun. Just then a large In-
dian chief, sideiididly accctuli'cd, bolder than his
comrades, Avalked up 'to the bank of the ditch just
above Bowen with his gnn ready to fire. Bowen, not
yet having had time to load his gun, afterwards said
that he felt sure his hour had come, and closed his
eyes to receive the bullet. But, foi'tunately, the Indian
did not see him, and fired over hira at Archer's men,
who were just approaching. Bowen then sprang up
and rushed at the chief with his tomahawk drawn,
the savage at the same time drawing his for conflict.
There, between the two contending forces, they were
engaged in a hand-to-hand struggle, in which no quar-
ter was asked, and none granted. As Bowen rushed
at his foe, the Indian struck at him, but, throwing his
head down, he dodged the blow, and the Indian's toma-
hawk flew from his hand. Then, as Bowen drew back
to strike, the Indian threw himself backward to avoid
the blow, but in vain ; the deadly weapon had entered
his breast, almost severing him in twain. Bowen then,
after the rude manner of the times, took possession of
the dead chiefs sjx^ar, arms, ornaments and other
accourtrements as trophies. This battle was a very
bloody and stubbornly contested one, lasting from
early morning until the setting of the sun. In it fell
Charles Lewis, a brother of Gen. Andrew Lewis, with
many other brave men who gave their lives to win this
glorious countrj from the savages. The whites were
victorious, leaving a large number of the Indians dead
on the plains. William Bowen afterwards (in 1777)
married a daughter of Capt, William Russell, who com-
manded the company in which he was Lieutenant.
This is Governor Isaac Shelby's version ; he was
a participant in the battle, therefore knew the cir-
cumstances from ixM-soual observation : "During the
heat of the battle, Lieutenant Bowen, in his excite-
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ment, advanced beyond the line of the white soldiers,
and was in the midst of the enemy befoie he was con-
scious of his position. lie had discharged his rifle, and
seeing no tree near for cover, he threw himself into a
ravine, and in a stoojiing position was loading his gun,
when an Indian, splendidly accoulered, approached
the bank of the ravine and discharged his rifle across
at the soldiers at a distance, not seeing Uowen at the
bottom of the ditch, lie instantly threw himself in it
for the same purpose which had actuated Bowen, and
came directly in contact with him. Bowen thereupon
sprang to his feet and siezed hold of the Indian, whose
body was naked and well greased, and being a very
large, strong man, easily released himself from the
grasp of Bowen, and instinctively drew his tomahaAvk
and aimed a deadly blow. Bowen sprang forward
quickly, with his head against the Indian's breast,
whose arm struck violently upon Bowen's head, which
threw the tomahawk from his hand without injury to
Bowen, who then, in turn, drew bis great hunter's
knife from his belt, and plunged it into the breast of
the savage, who fell dead at his feet.
"Captain Arbuckle, learning that Bowen was in the
midst of the enemy, engaged in a hand-to-hand tight
with an Indian Chief, rushed his company speedily to
the rescue, beat back the enemy, and enabled Bowen to
rejoin his friends without injury; not, however (ac-
cording to the custom of the day), without his having
seized and brought away with him the war accoutre-
ments of the savage, as trophies of his victory."
William Bowen, at the breaking out of the Kevolu-
tionary War, was appointed to the command of a com-
pany of Virginia Volunteers, and his brother, Reece
Bowen, was First Lieutenant in the same company.
I will now give a brief account of Reece Bowen, who
was so renowned in the early settlement of West Vir-
ginia. He was known over the whole region in which
he lived for his great physical strength, being exceed-
ingly muscular, something like the pugilists of the
present day; but in that day, when the Indian and the
wild beasts were continually prowling around the
homes of the pioneers, seeking whom and what they
266 HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
might devour, it was almost a necessity that each man
should be able to defend his family and property.
There were no courts of justice, no jails or court-
houses; really, every man had, to a certain extent, to
be a law unto himself, and every one gloried in great
physical strength, the possessor being generally
respected in the community. It was a rude, wild life
tho.«;e brave early settlers led in the wilds of Virginia.
Many of Reece Bowen's neighbors said they believed he
was as strong as Samson, and that his chest was a solid
bone. There was not a man who had ever overcome
him in a fist fight, which was a common amusement of
that day. His fame had spread to such an extent
that a man in Pennsylvania named Fork (who was also
noted for his great physical strength) heard of Bowen
and rode all the way to Virginia, with a man for his
second, *'to whip Recce Bowen," as he expressed it.
Fork was a much taller man than Bowen, being almost
seven feet; but Bowen, although no more than six feet
tall, was a very round and exceedingly muscular per-
son. "" Fork, with his friend, rode up to Bowen's house,
and simply stated to him that he had heard of his great
powers, and that he had come to whip him. Bowen
used every argument in his power to dissuade him
from fighting, saying he had no dcsiie to fight, that
he did not want to kill or injure him; but Fork would
not be put otT. He said he had come all the way from
Pennsylvania to whip Bowen, and he intended to do it.
So Reece Bowen had to give up and consent to fight.
With his brother William for a second, they set off
with Fork and his friend to the woods to fight it out.
The mode of fighting at that early day was what was
then called "fist and skull" or "fist' and curt," and
Foi-k, in his own State, was noted for this art.
Having engaged, they did not fight long before Bowen
brought Fork to the ground by a blow. Fork, however,
soon ro.se up as determined as ever, saying: "Reece
Bowen, I will whip you if it kills me." They again
commenced fighting, and Bowen again brought him
down bleeding, and he soon fainted away. This ended
the fight. Fork asked Bowen's pardon, taking all the
BOW EN FAMILY. 267
blame on himself, lie was taken to a neighbor's house,
where he died twenty days afterwards.
Kecce Bowen took counnand of his brother's com-
pany (he being detained at home by the serious illness
of his wife) and marched to the seat of war. In the
meantime, Capt. William Bowen had received orders
to raise a company of mounted rangers to protect the
frontier from the depredations of the Indians and
Tories, who were bolh cruel and vindictive. Keese
Bowen was soon engaged in the great Battle of Kings
Mountain, where he fell, shot in the forehead, while
bravely leading his company up the mountain in his
charge upon Ferguson and his men. (See "Kings
Mountain and Its Heroes," by Draper.) This gives
a full account of his death.
Captain ^^'illiam Bowen was principally engaged in
the partisan warfare on the borders of Virginia and
Tennessee during the Revolution. Belonging to the
cavalry, he was employed in scouting and trying to
protect the frontier settlements. At the termination
of that long struggle for independence, he was leader
of a company of about fifteen men who came through
Kentucky from Virginia to Middle Tenne.ssee. All of
that country was then called the Cumberland coun-
try, as it chiefly lay along the river of that name.
They came prospecting, hoping to select locations to
which they might emigrate with their families. Cap-
tain Bowen had a land warrant from the government
(for military services) of 640 acres, which he located
on Round Lick Creek, in Smith County, Tennessee, not
far from where the village of J\ome now stands. This
tract he afterwards gave to his eldest daughter, Ta-
bitha, upon her marriage to Col. Armpstead Moore,
upon which they settled, raised twelve children, and
both died there at a very advanced age. They and a
number of their descendants are buried upon that
place, which is now in the hands of strangers.
Captain Bowen chose this place on acount of there
being a great bulTalo lick there, where numerous herds
were wont to gather to lick the salt which seemed
plentiful in the great spring. He hoped there might
be large deposits of salt in that region, upon which he
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could establish salt works. But he was disappointed;
the deposits were too small to be of any value. Paths
came into this lick from all directions, made by the
various animals which came to drink of the salt and
sulphur water, of which they were so fond. When
prospecting in this region, which was an almost un-
broken wilderness of cane and other dense under-
growth, Captain Bowen gave orders to his company
that none sljouJd lire upon the butl'alo, but one mis-
chievous young fellow shot into a large herd, which so
frightened them that they scattered up the various
paths that ran through the thick canebrake. One of
animals ran into the path up which Captain Bowen
was leisurely riding. Upon hearing the thundering
footsteps behind, he knew if he could not get out of
the enormous brute's way, he and his horse would per-
haps be crushed to death, so he laid whip, and ran his
horse as hard as he could ; he took one path, and the ter-
rified animal took another; thns his life was saved. The
canebrake in that region was so very dense that neither
man nor beast could get through it except in the beaten
paths.
He returned to Virginia and immediately began mak-
ing preparations to move his family and ertects to what
is now Middle Tennessee, lie started in the fall of
1785, with twenty-one well-broken horses of his own.
Upon these he mounted as many neighbors as would
come. With these and others that joined him later,
and his own family, he had a considerable company.
They came fi-om Virginia, and traveled by Lexington,
Ky., which was a compaj'atively well-settled section at
that time, at which place Col. Kobert Wilson, who had
married his wife's sister, Celia Russell, entertained his
whole company at a large barbecue. Some parts of
Kentucky were still in a very unsettled state, and it was
dangerous for emigrants to travel through it, unless
they were in a large company. The Indians were always
lurking in the woods to waylay any unwary travelers
who were not able to protect themselves. The knowl-
edge of these dangers made Captain Bowen very careful,
so he took every precaution to avoid attack and to pro-
tect his company. He generally rode at the head of the
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troop liimsolf, nnd at other limes would take the rear,
and have his wife ride in the lead, she heing the eldest
daughter of an old and experienced soldier, and used to
the watchfulness of frontier life. They were driving a
large number of cattle and young horses, so had to be
very watchful to keep them from escaping into the
woods. One day, when he was in the rear and his wife
in the lead, she discovered an Indian dog in front of
them. She immediately ordered the company to halt,
and sent a messenger back for her husband. He soon
returned, saying Captain Bowen could not be found,
he having gone back to search for some colts that had
wandered off. She ordered the company to stand still
until Captain Bowen came up. He, in the meantime,
had found the colts and was driving them towards his
party, when he discovered an Indian trail between him
and his friends, and saw the water still muddy where
they had crossed a small stream. He left the colts
and immediately galloped up to his company and moved
on with them as fast as possible to get out of the dan-
gerous neighborhood ; that night they were watchful in
guarding the camp to prevent a surprise by the Indians,
and before morning the lost colts came up. The sav-
ages, they supposed, were following and watching them
all day, but were afraid to attack so large a company.
Thei-e were a number of negroes in the party of emi-
grants, and when they were crossingBarren River, Laban,
a youngGuinea negro, fell from his horse and would have
been drowned had he not caught to the tail of a cow
that was swimming past him, and was carried safely to
the shoi-e. This Laban was a small boy at the time.
He had l)een given to Mr.s. Bowen at the time of her
marriage, by her father. Gen. William Bussell. His
parents were two faithful Africans who were bought by
General Bussell off a slave ship at Norfolk, Va. They
had starved themselves almost to death while on the
voyage, thinking if they were very thin they could not
be killed and eaten upon their arrival in America.
"VMien their new master treated them with kind-
ness, their gratitude knew no bounds. They were in-
dustrious, faithful slaves, and did all they could to care
for General Russell's familv while he was awav from
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home in the Indian and Ixevolutionai-y Wars. These
two old ^^laves were remembered with great affection by
his children. The writer of this, a great-granddaughter
of William Bowen, remembers seeing the above-men-
tioned boy, Laban, when he was very old, bent so that
he seemed to be a small, humi)backed man, white-
haired and feeble, lie walked with a stick, grumbled
at and struck the thoughtless young negroes if they
laughed at him. He was being taken care of in his old
age by a daughter of Mrs. Bowen's, Mrs. Catherine B.
Campbell, at her home, "Camp-bell,'' near Lebanon,
Tenn., when a young negro, named Sumner, who, with
his master, Gov. William B. Cami)bell, was visiting at
that place. This young fellow made much fun of "Uncle
Laban," which made him very indignant, indeed. He
said: "Dese stuck-up niggers comes from Nashville,
thinks they is somebody 'cause they is been waitin' on
a Governor; but I'se waited on Generals in the Revolu-
tionary War, and that's better than waitin' on Gov-
ernors."
On arriving in Middle Tennessee, Captain Bowen set-
tled with his faiuily on Mansker's Creek, in Sumner
County, about twelve miles from Nashville, for the
Indians were in possession of the whole of the country
south of the Cumberland River, where his Bound Lick
warrant was located. Finding that he could not settle
at this place, as he exi)ected, on account of the hostility
of the Indians, he built himself a log house on the bank
of Mansker's Creek. In tho.se days the dread of Indian
ma.ssacre was so great that, in nearly every settlement,
thei*e was a block house or rude fort built for the
protection of the whole neighborhood in times of dan-
ger. Soon after Captain Bowen's settlement in Sumner
County, there was a great alarm about the reported
approach of some hostile Indians. Every able-bodied
man was compelled to shoulder his gun and be ready to
protect the settlement; the old men only were left in
the block house to take care of the women and children.
One day there was an alarm given of the ai)proach of
Indians, and the neighbors all gathered into the block
house, which was on Capt. Casjier Mansker's place. Cap-
tain Bowen and his neighboi-s drove their cattle and
BO WEN FAMILY. £71
liorsos lip with them, tlial theymigbt not be drivcu olT by
the Indians. Wben they were al)Out to drive tbem into
Captain Mansker's lot, be bailed Ibem and forbade it.
Wbile tbey were besitating abont wbat course to pursue,
Captain I3owen boldly rode up and tbrew open tbe gate
and drove all tbe cattle in. Old Mrs. Mansker, wbo was
standing viewing tbe scene, remarked tbat "Captain
I'owen was tbe inipudenlest niati sbe ever did see." Tbe
alarm proved false, and no Indians came. Soon after
tbis alarm, a company was raised to go to tbe soutbern
part of tbe State, and Captain Boweu was chosen its
commander. lie left his wife with three small children
at tbe block bou.'^e among entire strangers, and
started ofl" to tight tbe Indians, wbo bad been very trou-
blesome. Ere be reached the seat of war the decisive
battle of ^'ickajack was fought, and after a short cam-
paign, he, with his men, returned home.
Captain Bowen built a double log house on Mansker's
Creek, above what he thought, at the time, was tbe high-
water mark. When the Cumberland River was very high,
the backwater ran far up into tbe creek, and in the year
17S6 there was an immense rise in tbe river, and tbe
house was found to be below the high-water mark, and
was, consequently, flooded. The family was compelled
to pack everything in tbe two ui)stairs rooms of the
house, and the neighbors came with boats and took
them, with their furniture and bonsebold goods, to a
house that stood on the bluff opposite ; they were com-
pelled to remain there nine days before the water sub-
sided. Cai)tain Bowen then determined to construct
for himself a brick house out of the danger of the over-
flow; be, witb bis friend, Col. Daniel Smith, sent to
Kentucky for brick and stone masons to come and build
their houses, as none but log houses had ever been built
in that portion of the country. Colonel Smith's house
was of stone, and Captain Bowen's of brick — the first
of the kind ever built in Middle Tennessee, even in Nash-
ville. It was often told by their children and grand-
children that the two houses were built in North Caro-
lina, those wbo heard wondering greatly at such a state-
ment, forgetting tbat at the time tbey were built, that
Tennessee was only a province, or a part of North Caro-
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lina, ami had not been admit ted into the Union until
17!H», as the State of Tennessee.
Tiie house built in 1788 was a two story brick one, and
for that day considered a large house; the walls were
made very thick, to be a protection against the Indians'
bullets; there Avere double rooms below and above, in
front. The glass for the windows would be thought
small now. They were Itrought from Kentucky on i)ack
horses. The house is still standing (liJlOj, also the
stone house built by Col. Daniel Smith, in the same
neighborhood, in Sumner County.
Capt. William BoMen died December 15, 1804.
His family was a large one, numbering eight
children. See chart; also the above account.
Catherine, the third child, married David Campbell,
in 1806, and they went to housekeeping on a farm
of one hundred and sixty acres of land given her
by her father, just one mile from his house, and a short
distance from where the creek empties into the Cumber-
land River. Such was the home into wliich William
Bowen Campbell was born, on February 1, 1807.
I have often heard my grandmother, Catherine Bowen
Campbell, tell anecdotes of the Indians and the early
settlers, and of their rude way of living. It seems that
after the Indians became friendly they were anxious to
take on some of the manners and customs of the whites.
There was a chief of a Cherokee tribe, who.se name was
Johnnie Redshoe.<*. He, with his wife and children,
often came to visit the "white chief," as he called Cap-
tain Bowen. He would ride his horse and make his
wife walk and carry the baby, so Captain Bowen told
him that was ''not the way white man did; that he
walked and let his women and children ride," so the
next visit he paid to them he was walking, dressed in the
height of Indian fashion, and his wife was sitting on the
horse astride, with her back to the horse's head, with
two children in front of her, and Sally, the twelve-year-
old daughter, walking beside her father. The api^ear-
ance of this party created a great deal of merriment in
the Bowen household, but Cai)tain and Mrs. Bowen
would not allow their children to show the least amuse-
ment in the presence of their Indian guests. They were
BOW EN FAMILY. 273
obliged always to treat them with the greatest courtesy.
Sally, the daughter, would ofteu spend several weeks at
Captain Bowen's home, her father being anxious for her
to be taught the accomplishments of the white girls-
reading, writing and sewing. She was kind and amiable,
but dull, and did not satisfy the ambition of the Indian
Chief, her father.
There was a little girl friend of Captain Bowen's
children who often visited them. She had been partially
scalped by an Indian in an attack on her home. A deep
cut was made over one eye, which became so drawTi that
the eye could never be closed. I have heard my grand-
mother say that she was always afraid to sleep with her,
because her eye was wide open even while she was
asleep.
A SKETCH OF THE RUSSELL FAMILY.
A large number of the earliest settlers of the Colony
of Virginia were Cavaliers, and younger branches of
noble English houses; they brought with them educa-
tion, influence, and wealth, and shared largely the
tastes, feelings and principles of their order. The large
extent of rich territory to be obtained by patent, or pur-
chase, offered great inducements to the adventurous
youth of the mother countrj', and the granting of this in
large tracts to many, established at fi very early period
all the elements of a landed aristocracy. The histories
of many of the early colonists were doubtless full of
interest, and some of them were of a romantic nature;
but we are denied the pleasure of obtaining much relat-
ing to their early deeds and exploits, as at that period
few records were kept, and comparatively little has been
preserved for posterity.
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RUSSELL FAMILY. 275
The foundei-s of families in America .seem to have
overlooked the importauce of keeping records of
their times, aud of the chief events of their histories, for
the benefit of future generations; consequently, tradi-
tion has largely to be depended on in gathering the his-
tory of Colonial families.
The Russell family, in England, is of great antiquity.
It was originally of Normandy, where the name was
DuKozel. Willin, in his "Memoir of the House of
Russell," says: ''It derives its distinctive api)ellation
from one of the fiefs which the first chieftain of that
name possessed, anterior to the conquest of England by
William the Conqueror, in lower Normandy, in the
ancient Barony of Briquebec. In 10G6, they occupied
the castle and territory of DuRozel, which was a portion
of their appendage, as a younger branch of the Ber-
trands, Barons of Briquebec ; a house, the head of which
took the title of Sire, being accounted second only in
rank to the Barons of St. Sauveur, who were styled
Viscomtes of La Mauche."
Hugh DuRozel, who appears to have been the first of
the name, was born about 1021. Soon after the Norman
conquest, the DuRozels crossed the channel into
England, where they had lands assigned them in North-
umberland, and where the name became Anglicized into
Russell.
Robert De Russell, in 1141, led his company of knights
and greatly distinguished himself in the Battle of Lin-
coln. The earliest coat of arms of the family in England
bore a lyon rampant, gules; on a chief, sable, three
escallops, argent. The family is still represented in
England by the Duke of Bedford.
^Peter Russell and his wife, ^Sarah (maiden name not
given), lived in Orange County, Virginia, prior to 1710;
he died in 1746, she in 1756. In her recorded will she
states: *'I, Sarah Ru-t^sell, of the Parish of St. Marks, in
the County of Culi>e]>er, widow% etc.," and mentions her
three daughters, ^Sarah Reed, -Mary Wright and -Eliza
beth Roberts, and of her son, ^WiUiain, and his wife
Mary. She also makes bequests to her three grand
children, 'William Russell, ^Henry Russell and ^Gather
ine Russell, children of ^William Russell and Mary
276 UISTORIGAL SKETCHES.
Ileulcy, Ill's wife. She appoint?! lier son, -William, and
her gi'andsons, ^William and ^Henry Rnssell, her exec-
utors. No other heirs are mentioned. If her daughters
liad children she does not mention them. See ''Records
of Cul[)e{>er Court House." Will Book A, p. 1G5.
July (5, 1752, William Beverly, of ]':.ssex County, Va.,
sold and convened to -William Russell, Sr., 2,000 acres
of land in Bromfield Parish, Culi)eper County, on the
north branch of Hedgeman's River, and Stoney Run.
Tie also owned large landed estates in the counties. of
Frederick, Berkley, Dunmore, Augusta, Botetourte, and
in New Jersey. In an act of March, 1756, of the Vir-
ginia House of Burgesses, for payment of services in the
militia of Culpeper County in the French and Indian
Wars, there appeal's the following wording: ''William
Russell, for his servant man, John Dixon Wright, a foot
soldier, 180 lbs. of Tobacco." See "Henning's Statutes
of Virginia," Vol. VII.
June 30, 1756, ^William Russell, Jr., was commis-
sioned Ensign in a Virginia Regiment, for services in
the French and Indian War.
Until recently it was supposed that Lieut.-Col. ^Will-
iam Russell, Sr., who served in the French and Indian
War in Virginia, was the founder of the family in that
Colony, but it is now known and proved that his parent-
age was as is here stated, and it is believed that his
father, ^Peter Russell, and his wife, Sarah, came from
Maryland to Virginia, date of removal not known,
"Virginia Magazine of History and Biography," Vol.
VI, No. 2, October, 1898. ^Peter and Sarah Russell left
one son and three daughters, namely: ^Sarah, married
Mr. Reed ; ^Mary, married Mr. Wright, and -Elizabeth,
married Mr. Roberts.
-William was born in 1679. In early youth he was
sent to England to complete his education, which was
the custom of wealthy Virginians at that date, especially
was it the case with the eldest son. He was a student
of law at the Inns of Court, Ix)ndon ; but before return-
ing to Virginia, he obtained a commission as Captain
in the Colonial Army, which was the usual thing for
ambitious young men to do at that time, when every
settler in a new country was necessarily a military man.
RUSSELL FAMILY. 277
He left England for his borne in Virginia in 1710.
-"William lUis.scll, Gent," was given pennissiou (ad-
mitted to the bar), in Frederick County, Virginia, to
practice law, in April, 1713. He was one of the first
attorneys of this county.
Sir Alexander Spottiswood, in bis letters published by
the Historical Society of Virginia, says that "William
Ru.ssell. r.ent, came from i:ngland with said Sjxittis-
wood, and arrived within the Capes of Virginia in the
Deptford Man of War, Tancred Kobinson, Commander,
on the 20tb of June, 1710; on the 21st of June they
proceeded up the river in the Bedford Galley, com-
manded by Captain Lee, who landed his boat at James-
town, Virginia."
Another old account says that "be was an officer in
the British Army of occupation and defense in Vir-
ginia."
He obtained large grants of land from the English
Government. Becords in the Virginia Laud Office sho\v
where many of these grants were located. In 1712 he
purchased from Lord Fairfax several thousand acres,
which were located, in i»art, not far from Germana, the
settlement made by Governor Spottiswood, in what was
afterwards Spott.sylvania County; many entries of
lands ai-e found patented by him, aggregating over fifty
thousand acres. In 1730, he purchased two tracts of
laud, containing, resj>ectively, ten and six thousand
acres, also in Spottsylvania. Records show that he had
ten thousand acres in Orange County, which was formed
from Spottsylvania, in 1734. Upon a portion of this
tract be established his home, which, upon the formation
of Culpei)er County from Orange in 1743, was thrown
into Culpeper. The present location of that portion
of his estate is in the southeastern portion of this
county, extending into Orange. "It bordered on the
old Wilderness road, and reached to the Rapidan River."'
A portion of it is mentioned as being on the North Fork
of the Rappahannock. Emptying into the Rapidan
were two streams, or creeks, known as the "Big Russell
Run" and the "Little Russell Run." In 17.35 two tracts
of land in Frederick County, containing, respectively,
4,950 and 3,650 acres, were patented to him from the
278 HISTORIC Ah SKETCHES.
King's Office, as were otliei- tracts in Augusta County.
In 1730 he was married to Mary Henley. We know noth-
ing relating to her family, except that she was a de-
scendant of Capt. Kohert Uenlev, of Maryland. Tradi-
tion also tells us that -William' Eussell was one of the
party of Cavaliers who accompanied Governor Spottis-
wood in his expedition across the Appalachian -Moun-
tains, into the wilderness beyond, in search of goodly
lands in 171G, which was then considered a great
achievement; they were sixteen, brave, adventurous,
Virginia gentlemen. Upon their return, it is said that
Governor Spottiswood presented each with a small
golden horseshoe, to be worn upon the breast in memory
of their expedition, thereby creating a temporary order
of knighthood in Virginia, called the "Tramontane
Order." The beautiful poem by Dr. Frank O. Tichnor,
"The Virginians of the Valley," was written in commem-
oration of the bravery of those noble Cavaliers of the
olden time. From 1743 to 1748, "Capt. William Kus-
sell" was "Collector of r>evies" on estates in Culpeper
County, Virginia, and attested debts due estates.
From 1750 to 1751, Captain William Russell, Gent,
was one of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace for Cul-
peper County, Virginia. See County Records.
Belonging to the Chuich of England, William Russell
was an active member, and vestryman in the old Colo-
nial Church known as "Buck Run," in St. Marks Parish,
in 175G. He served as Lieutenant-Colonel in a cam-
paign against the French and Indians in 1755. See
"History of St. Marks Parish," by Rev. Philip Slaughter.
He was a warden in this church as early as 1740. He
died October 18, 1757. Will proved October 20, 1757.
His wife, Mary Henley Russell, died in 1784. See "Old
Chui'ches, Parishes and Families of Virginia,"by Bishop
Meade.
The children of ^William Russell and Mary Henley
Russell were:
^William, born in 1735. He received a classical
and scientific education at William and Mary Col-
lege, the olde.st seat of learning in the United States,
except Harvard College. He had decided to adopt the
law as his profession, and was ready to enter upon his
RUSSELL FAMILY. 279
studies to carry out that design wlien lie returned home
from college in the spring of 1755. "J'he unsettled state
of the country and his early marriage Ihis year frus-
trated his plans in regard to the study of law.
^Ilenry liussell was educated in England to be a physi-
cian. He traveled extensively, and was for a time in
the West Indies. He participated with the Virginia
troops in Avhat was then known as Lord Dunmore's War,
and was slain in an engagement with the Indians. He
was never married, and was quite young when he was
killed. His family received a large grant of land in
Kentucky for his military services.
^Catherine Russell, the only daughter and youngest
child of ^William Russell, married a Mr. Roberts, of
Culj^eper County, Virginia. Nothing can be found
relating to her family, except that she was living in
Shenandoah, Va., in 1793, and that her two sons, ^John
and ^Henry Roberts, lived there also. Diligent search
has been made for her descendants, but no trace of them
can be found. It is supposed that none of them are
living. So we have only to trace out the line of
"'William, the son and heir, who married, in 1755,
Tabitha, daughter of Samuel Adams and Chai'trv
Courfs;his wife, who, after Mr. Adams' death, in Charles
County, Maryland, in 1748, married a Mr. Samuel
Moore; consequently Tabitha Adams Russell had three
own sisters, named Adams, and two half-sisters, named
Moore, and one half-brother, by the name of Lieut.
William Moore, of the Continental Army. Maj. John
Courts, of Maryland, an ofitker in the Continental Army,
was first cousin of Tabitha Adams.
^William Russell was not twenty-one when he mar-
ried. He very soon afterwards went to live on one of
his large plantations. The same year he raised a com-
pany of mounted Rangers, and was with Braddock on
his disastrous campaign against the French and Indians
in 1757. Lieut.-Col. William Russell's name is among
the number of those who took part in the campaign
against the French and Indians in 1757, as found in an
old list in Rev. Philip Slanghter's "History of St. Marks
Parish," but this is -William Russell, the elder, who
married Mary Henley. What special campaign this
280 HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
refers to is not known. X^vy little is known of the
personal bistorj of Tabitba Adnnis lUissell, except that
her memory was revered and name perpetuated in
nearly every branch of the families of her descendants.
Her family, the Courts, Yates, Henley, Adams,
and Godfrey, were highly honored in Maryland, their
native colony. It is shown in the records of Frederick
County, A'irgiuia, that in 17<j:'., William Jiussell, Gentle-
man (heir at law of William IJnssell, deceased) and
Tabitha Adams, his wife, disposed of lands which had
been patented to William Russell, deceased, from the
King's Ollice, December 17, 17:35. In 17(J5, Captain
Russell was sent by the British authorities on a mission
to the Chickamaugas, Creeks and other tribes of Indians
that were living in the region of country about where
Chattanooga now stands. He was employed nearly
twelve months in executing this trust. During that
time, he and his men endured great hardships; while
engaged in this work, he kept an accurate account of all
that transpired, in the form of a journal, which was
long preserved and treasured by his children, but, unfor-
tunately, has been lost sighf of. His eldest grand-
daughter, Mrs. Tabitha Boweu Moore, had read this
journal. In 1770 he emigrated, with his family, to
Southwestern Virginia, and settled temporarily on New
River. His design was to go on to Kentucky, where he
had valuable lands, which had been patented to him, for
his and his only brother's (Henry) services in the
Colonial Army.
In the fall of 177.3, with the intention of executing
this purijose, he proceeded, with his family, to ''Castle
Woods," on the Clinch River, but from information re-
ceived, he considered it too dangerous to pass the wilder-
ness of the Cumberland with his family at that time; so
he halted with them and sent his eldest son, *Henry,
a well grown youth of about seventeen years of
age, with several of his negro men, with a large party
of explorers and adventurers, who were going to the
beautiful region of Kentucky. Pie intended to have his
slaves, under the direction of his son, clear the land,
build houses, and plant a crop preparatory to his re-
moval later with his family to that territory. The party
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left the Yadkin, Seplcmbor, 177;J, under lite direction
and guidance of the exi>erienced lunilcr and explorer,
Daniel Eoone, Avbo, with his own fiimily, and that of
his biother-in-law, William Bryan, and a number of
other families, were joined by young Henry IJussell and
his negro men.
The account of what befell them is taken from Flint's
'•Life of r)ani(.'l I'done,'" which is ;is follows: '"The expe-
dition of Boone to Kentucky began its march on the
2Cth of September, 1778. They all set forth with confi-
dent spirits for the^Yestern wilderness, and were joined
by another party in Powell's Valley, a settlement in ad-
vance of that on the Yadkin, towards the Western coun-
try; all counted, they were eighty j^ersons. The prin-
cipal ranges of the Alleghany, over which they must
pass, were designated Powells, Waldens and Cumber-
land Ranges. These high and rugged mountains form-
ing the barrier between the old and the new country;
stretching from northeast to southwest, the asjwct of
these liuge piles was so wild and rugged, as to make it
natural for those of the party who were unaccustomed
to mountains to express fears of being unable to reach
the opposite side. Their progress was not interrupted
by any adverse circumstances, and all were in high
spirits, until the west side of Walden's was reached.
They were now destined to meet an appalling re-
verse of fortune. On the 10th of October, as the party
was advancing along a narrow defile, unapprehensive
of danger, they were suddenly terrified by fearful yells.
Instantly aware that Indians had surrounded them,
the men" sprang to the defense of the helpless women
and children; but the attack had been so sudden, and
the Indians were so superior in point of numbers, that
six men fell at the first onset of the savages. A sev-
enth was wounded, and the party would have been
overpowered but for a general and etTective discharge
of the rifles of the remainder. The Indians took flight
and disappeared. Even had the number of travelers
allowed it, they felt no inclination to pursue the re-
treating Indians. Their loss had been too severe to
l^ermit the immediate gratification of revenge. Among
the slain was the eldest son of Daniel Boone, and
282 HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
young Henry Kussell, son of Col. William Kussell, and
one of his negroes.
"The liorscs and doiiieslic animals accompanying the
ex]»cdi1ion were so scattei-ed by the noise of the aflray
that it was impossible to again collect and recover
them. The distress and discouragement of the party
was so great as to produce an immediate determination
to drop the projected attempt of a settlement in Ken-
tucky, and to return to the Clinch River, which lay
forty miles in their rear, where a number of families
had already settled. They then proceeded to i)erform
the last melancholy duties to the bodies of their unfor-
tunate companions, with all the observances that cir-
cumstances would allow. Their return was then de-
cided upon, and the party retraced in deep sadness the
steps they had so lately taken in cheerfulness and even
joy."
After the massacre, Boone and his party went back
forty miles to Blackmore's Fort, on the Clinch River,
and remained there until 1775.
In 1843 Daniel Bryan, of Kentucky (a nephew of
Daniel Boone's), gave these facts to Lyman C. Draper,
the historian. Bryan was then eightj'-six years of age.
He had heard the story from Daniel Boone himself,
and from his own father, William Bryan, who was with
Boone on this occasion. It is supposed that Flint
received his knowledge from the same source.
Haywood and Ramsey, in their histories of Tennes-
see, gave accounts of this fight. Butler, in his history
of Kentucky, gives an account of the attack in Powell's
Valley, and speaks of the fate of "three promising boys,
the eldest sons of three families — Henry Russell,
Boone's son, and one other who was moving with the
party to Kentucky." An old Virginia Gazette for 1773
gives a similar account, and says Col. Arthur Campbell
went in pursuit of the Indians.
The death of his eldest son was a sad blow to Captain
Russell, and caused him to relinquish the idea of emi-
gration to Kentucky. He owned a tract of twenty-four
hundred acres of land on the Clinch River, which had
been granted to him by the King of England through
the government and Council of Virginia. Upon this,
RUSSELL FAiflLY. 283
he established his home ucar a selllemeut called Cliiuh.
It was about twelve miles from Castle Woods Fort, on
the Clinch Kiver, and immediately on the line of travel
from Virginia to the wilderness of Kentucky. That
locality is now in Kussell County, Vii-ginia, which was
called in honor of General Russell, as was also Russell-
ville. Ky. He was, soon after this occurrence, called
into active service by Governor Dunmore, of Virginia,
as the Indians were becoming troublesome to the fron-
tier settlements. In 1774 he commanded an expedition
against the Shawnee Indians, in Southwestern Vir-
ginia ; he also led a company in the Battle of Point
Pleasant, on October 10, 1774, in Gen. Andrew Ivewis'
Brigade.
An extract from a letter from Governor William
Bowen Campbell, of Tennessee, to Lymann C. Draper:
''Fincastle County, Virginia, was divided into several
counties, one of which was called for General Russell.
His residence, "Castle Woods,' was in this county. He
commanded a company in Gen. Andrew Lewis' exi)edi-
tion against the ShaM^nees and other Northern tribes
of Indians in 1774, and was in the celebrated Battle of
Point Pleasant at the junction of the Great Kanawha
with the Ohio. Capt. William Bowen was First Lieu-
tenant in Russell's company in this campaign. He was
a man of strong mind and good memory, and used to
relate with great clearness the events which occurred
under his ob.^rvation. The enemy was first discov-
ered by two men of Captain Russell's company about
davlight, who went out hunting. One was shot by the
Indians; the other escai^ed to the camp and gave the
alarm. Russell's company and several others were
ordered to make the attack, Col. Charles Lewis com-
manding. The action continued the whole day, and
was a very closely contested battle. My grandfather,
William Bowen, stated that fifteen of their company
were killed dead on the field, and a large number
wounded, I do not remember how many. A most
graphic account of this engagement you have in a letter
sent you by Governor David Campbell, written by Gov-
ernor Isaac Shelby, and it fully agrees with the state-
ments made by Captain Bowen to his family. This
284 HltiTOIilCAL SKETCHES.
letter was written the dn}' after the battle. He was a
Lieutenant in his father's (Cai)t. Evan Shelby's) com-
pany. Jn this letter the details are more accurately
given than is to be found in any published accounts of
that battle. I have read several, but they are all very
general, and in many particulars very imperfect, en-
tirely overlooking many of the most i)rominent actors,
wlnMe others who were not in the battle at all are men-
tioned as participating. Jn 177G General Kussell was
a member of the IIou.'^ of Burgesses of Virginia, from
the large County of Fincastle. Col. Arthur Campbell
was also a member from this county at the same ses-
sion. The good conduct of Kussell at the Battle of
Point Pleasant and his known ability and valor in-
duced the Legislature of Virginia on the beginning of
hostilities Avith England in the summer of 1776, to
appoint him to the command of one of the first regi-
ments raised in that State for her own defense, and
that of the Lnited Colonies,"
Collins, in his "History of Kentucky," says: "The
Battle of Point Pleasant was the most severely con-
tested coutlict ever maintained with the Northwestern
Indians. The action continued from sunrise to sunset.
The ground, for half a mile along the bank of the Ohio,
was alternately occupied by each of the parties in the
course of the day. The Indians, under the command
of their celebrated Chief Cornstalk, abandoned the field
under cover of the night. Their loss, according to
official report, exceeded'that of the English; the latter
amounted to sixty-three killed and eighty wounded."
This report was drawn up by Capt. William Eussell,
Avho was said to have been the most finished scholar in
the camp. Collins also says that the garrison at
Kanawha was commanded by Capt. William Kussell
until the troops were disbanded in July, 1775, by order
of Governor Dunmore, who was apprehensive that the
post might be held by the rebel authorities. Charles
Campbell, of Petersburg, Va., in April, 1S46, sent to
Lyman C. Draper a letter written in 1775 by the
famous Indian Chief, Cornstalk, to Capt. William Rus-
sell, who was at that time in command of a frontier
station called Fort Randolph. This letter is now in
RTSSELL FAiJILY. 285
the "Draper Collection," wliich belongs to the His-
toi'ical Society at Madison, "NA'is.
The above-named Campliell published a short history
of Virginia, to which is aj)[>ended an unpublished
account of the campaign in which tlie l?attle of Point
Pleasant was fought in 1774, written by a deceased
uncle of his. Dr. Samuel Campbell, of Rockbridge
County, Vii'ginia.
In i77G Captain Kussell was promoted to the rank
of Colonel, and commanded a regiment of mounted
men. He was constantly engaged in the latter part of
this year in repelling the aggressive Indians on the
frontiers of Virginia. Haywood's "History of Ten-
nessee," page 65 ; Ramsey's ''History of Tennessee,"
pages 158 and 2G2.
Ramsey, in his "Histoi*y of Tennessee," says:
"Expresses had succeeded in escaping from the be-
sieged fort at Watauga, and in communicating to
the station at Heatons (Eatons), the dangerous con-
dition in which the siege had involved them. Colonel
Russell was immediately sent with five companies to
relieve the besieged fort. On their way they fell in
with a party of forty Cherokee Indians who were busy
skinning a beef on a deserted plantation fifty miles
east of Long Island. Of these Russell's men killed five,
and took one prisoner, and captured twenty rifles."
I insert here an extract from a letter of Lyman C.
Draper to W. B. Campbell in regard to the career of his
great-grandfather: "Gen. William Russell was Captain
of a company in the campaign against the Indians in
the Battle of Point Pleasant, October 20, 1774 ; Major
of a mounted regiment of men from Fincastle County,
Virginia, in the spring and summer of 1775; in the
summer and fall of 1776, was Lieutenant-Colonel in
Colonel Christian's i-egiment in an expedition against
the Cherokee Indians; was full Colonel in 1777; a
Colonel commanding two regiments in 1779 ; a Brevette
General at the close of the war in 1783, thus exhibiting
a continuance in the service of nearly nine years. This
shows what an important part he performed, in the
struggle for liberty; and his memoir should be com-
plete and creditable; creditable alike to his memory
and to his worthy descendants."
286 HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
He was in Geii. Peter Miihlenbiirg's brigade iu 1777.
This and General "Wheedon's brigade were in Gen, Na-
thaniel Green's division at the IJattle of Gennautown,
October 4, 1777. See Sparks' "Life of Washington," also
Marshall's "Life of Washington," and "Winning of the
West," bj Eoosevelt, pp. 345 and 223.
^AVilliam Rnssell was a member of the Virginia con-
vention that met in 'SA'illiamsbnrg, Va., May C, 177G,
from I^otetourt County, lie was also a njember of the
convention of 1775.
In 177G, while a delegate to the convention, he was
appointed Colonel of the 13th Virginia Kegiment on
Continental establishment, lie was one of the Original
Members of the Order of the Cincinnati. See Virginia
Magazine of History, Vol. VI, No. 1, July, 1S98; also
Vol. VII, No. 1, page 26.
He was at Brandywine and Germantown in the fall
of 1777, and at Monmouth, June 2S, 1778. See Judge
Johnston's "Life of Gen. N. Green."
In 1777-78-79, Colonel Russell was in Washington's
Grand Army; was in General Woodford's brigade,
which was ordei-ed to join General Lincoln at Charles-
ton, S. C, at which place they arrived April 10, 1780,
and the surrender took place May 12, 1780. He was
held a captive on a British prison ship which sailed for
the West Indies; while in captivit}^, his relatives in
England made earnest overtures to hira to return to
his allegiance to the King, but he w\as too staunch a
patriot to be corrupted by their offers of high place and
position in England. He was exchanged in November,
1780, and immediately entered Wai^hington's Grand
Army; was at Yorktown on October 19, 1781, when
Cornwallis surrendered. He served until November 3,
1783, when he was brevetted Brigadier General and
retired on half pay for life. See Heitman's "Register
of Officers of the Continental Army," page 354. He
received large grants of land in Kentucky for his ser-
vices in the Colonial and Continental Armies. He was
a man made in the finest mould, military in apix^ar-
ance, straight, spare, muscular, active and over
six feet in height. Col. David Campbell, of Campbell's
Station, East Tennessee (an old Colonial and Revolu-
RUSSELL FAMILY. 287
tionary soldiei'), said that he saw him at Abingdon, Va.,
just after he had received his appointment as Colonel
of one of the Virginia regiments, when lie was on the
eve of leaving to join the army, and he thought he was
the finest specimen of a military man and cavalier that
he had ever seen.
General ^Russell's wife, Tabitha Adams, daughter of
Samuel Adams and Charity Courts, his wife, died in
177(», leaving him with nine children; his eldest daugh-
ter, *Mary Henley, taking charge of the household at
her mother's death ; the father being away from home in
the service of his country, and bravely did this young
daughter fulfill the trust imposed upon her, in caring
for her young brothei*s and sisters, until her marriage
to Capt. William Bowen.
Upon General KusselTs return home from the war,
in 1783, he was married to Mrs. Elizabeth Henry Camp-
bell, the widow of Gen. William Campbell, the famous
leader of the American forces at the Battle of Kings
Mountain, who died a few weeks before the surrender at
Yorktown in 1781. She was a daughter of John Henry,
a native of Aberdeen, Scotland, and his wife, Sarah Win-
ston ; her grandfather, Isaac Winston, married Jane
Robertson, a sister of Dr. William Robertson, the histo-
rian. They were related to the family of Lord Brougham,
the great English orator. Mrs. E. Campbell Russell
was a sister of Patrick Henry. She was a woman
gifted with great intelligence and rare conversational
powers. Her daughter by General Campbell, Sarah B.,
afterwards married Gen. Francis Preston.
General Russell had nine children when he was mar-
ried to Mrs. Campbell. Their life was perfectly happy
and harmonious. He was remarkable for his devo-
tional nature, and as a husband and father was fond
and indulgent. Their daughter, ""Jane B. Russell,
married Col. William P. Thompson, and they left two
daughters, who, after the death of their parents, lived
with their grandmother, Mrs. Russell, near Abingdon,
Va. *Mary Henley, General Rus-sell's eldest daughter,
was married in 1777 to Capt. Wm. Bowen, an officer in
the Virginia Colonial and Continental Armies.
General Russell's eldest son, ^William, was in the
288 HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
Battle of Kings Mountain, though quite a joung man
at the time. He, with his brother, ^]Jobert Spotts-
wood Russell, at the dose of the war, moved to Lex-
ington, Ky., and settled on land given to them by their
father, being a part of his military grant.
The above-named * William Eussell commanded a
regiment in the War of 1R12. He was a brave, i)atri-
otie, excellent citizen, and died in lS2t). ^Kobert S.
Kussell moved from Kentucky to Missouri, and died in
18-41. General Kussell's other children all moved to
the \A''estern country and reared families of respect-
ability. Many of his descendants became prominent
men and women. ^General Russell died at the residence
of Colonel Allen, in Rockingham County, Virginia, on
the Shenandoah, January 14, 1793, and was buried in
the adjoining County of Culpeper, at "Buck Run"
Church, where his father's family, and his wife were
buried. His second wife, Elizabeth Henry, survived
him for thirty years, living near Abingdon, Virginia,
among her children and grandchildren, a noted and
exemplary woman. She was born in 1747; died in
1825.
^Peter Russell's family came to the Colony of Vir-
ginia from England, date of emigration not known.
He was living in Orange County, Virginia, prior to
1710. He married Sarah —. ' He died in 1746.
Her will is dated April 20, 1756, Culpeper County,
Virginia, Will Book "A," page 165. They had four
children, namely: ^Sarah, married Mr, Read; ^Mary,
married Mr. Wright ; ^IClizabeth, married Mr. Roberts.
Col. ^William Russell, born in 1670; married Mary Hen-
ley in 1720. He was Captain and Colonel in Virginia
Colonial service. See Henning's "Statutes of Virginia,"
Vol. VII, and "History of St. Marks Parish," by Slaugh-
ter. He died October 18, 1757. He left three children,
namely: ^Dr. Henry Russell, died in early manhood,
unmarried. ^Catherine Russell, married Mr. Roberts;
they had two sons, "'John and ^Henry; Gen. ^William
Russell, the only one whose line can be traced, was born
in Culpeper County, Virginia, in 1735; married, fii-st,
Tabitha Adams, daughter of Samuel Adams and Char-
ity Courts, his wife, in 1755. She had ten children,
RUSSELL FAMILY. 289
and died in 177G. His second wife was Elizabeth
Henry, a sister of Patrick Henry, and widow of Gen.
William Campbell, one of the heroes of the Battle of
Kings Mountain; by her he had two daughters cand
two sons.
I will now give a connected list of Gen. ^William
EusselTs descendants.
Gen. ''Rnssell's fourteen ( hildron were: MIenry,
killed by Indians in 1773, when he was sixteen years of
age; ^Althaleah, ^Catherine and ^Henley Kussell died
young; the other ten were: *William, ^Mary Henley,
^Tabitha, "Eobert, "John, ^Celia, "Samuel, ^Chloe, "Eliza
and "Jane Russell.
"William Russell, born in 1758, was in the War of
i77G, was at the Battles of Kings Mountain, Whitsell's
Mills and Guilford Court House. He married Nancy
Price, December 17, 1786. They had eleven children.
He died in July, 1825; his wife died in September,
1830. . Soon after the close of the Revolution of 1776,
he emigrated from Culpeper County, Virginia, to Fay-
ette County, Kentucky. He was in a number of expe-
ditions against the Indians under Gen. Charles Scott,
Col. James Wilkerson and Gen. Anthony Wayne. He
commanded a regiment of regulars at the Battle of
Tipj)ecanoe, under Gen. William Henry Harrison. He
served in the Kentucky Ivegislature for a number of
years, then retired to his country home, ''Mount Bril-
liant." Gen. ^William Russell inherited a military
tract of land from his deceased brother. Dr. ^Henry
Russell. This tract comprised two thousand acres.
This he divided equally between his two sons, "William
and "Robert Russell. H was situated about six miles
from Lexington, Ky., on a stream called the Elkhorn.
"William Russell and Nancy Price had, first, '^Eliza,
born September 14, 1787. She was married to Daniel
Bradford on February 14, 1807, son of John Bradford,
who established the Kentucky Gazette. She died in
1850; he in 1857. Their children who left descendants
were: ®Anne, *Julia B. and ^William R. Bradford.
'Anne R. Bradford married Nathaniel L. Turner, of
Fayette County, Kentucky. Their children were: "Car-
oline, married John S. Shields, of Stanford, Ky. They
19
290 UISTOIilCAL SKETCHES.
removed to Galveston, Texas. Their children were:
^Kelson, '*Emma and ^Lewis Shields. ''Kalhaniel Tur-
ner is unmarried, and lives in Wyoming. ®Julia Brad-
ford raanied Di-. Samuel Hatch, in 1831. They moved
to Missouri. Their children were: ^Daniel, ^Clarence
and '^Julia Hatch. ''Daniel B. Hatch married Hattie
Shields. He died in Missouri, in 1880, leaving two
children: ^Daniel B. and ®Anne M. Hatch. ^Clarence
G. Hatch married Mrs. ]iradford, of Texas. 'Julia
Hatch married Judge Andrew Ellison, of Canton, Mo.
Their four children are: ^Israel, ^Julia, ^Samuel and
*James Ellison. ^William K. Bradford married Agues
Bradford, of Georgetown, Ky. Issue: ^Clara, married
Colonel W'Tiitley. • Issue: ^Lambert and ^Bradford
Whitley. ^William K. Bradford married Ida Donahoe,
and lives in Washington, D. C.
\Samuel P. Russell, born in 1795, married Eliza Da-
venport, of Nachitoches, La., in 1824, Issue: •'Samuel
D. Bussell, married Emily D. B. Brandt. Their chil-
dren are: ^William, born in 1855; married Miss Barr;
they had three children. Mane, born in 18G0, married
Charles Hunter, of Fon du Lac, Wis., and has one son,
®Hobert Hunter. ^Clementina Russell, born in 1865,
is the adopted daughter of Bishop Hobert Bro\\Ti, of Fon
du Lac, Wis. ''William E. Russell, married Sally E.
Alexander, of Grand Ecore, La., and has four children.
^Eliza Russell, married J. B. Davenport, and lives in
New Orleans, La.
^Caroline E. Russell, daughter of Col. William and
Nancy Price Russell, born in 1797, married, first. Carter
Henry Harrison, in 1822; her second husband was
Thomas P. Dudley. Her children were: ^Carter Henry
Harrison, born February 15, 1825. He graduated in
Yale College, then completed a course of law at Transyl-
vania University, in Kentucky. He spent several years
in foreign travel. Upon his return he sold his Kentucky
estate and went to live in Chicago, where he became
prominent in city politics. In 1851 he married, first,
Sophia Preston, of Henderson, Ky. She died in Ger-
many in 187G. Their children are: ^Caroline, ''Carter
Henry, ^William and ^Sophia Harrison. The last-
named, ■'Sophronisba Harrison, married Barrett Ea.st-
RUSSELL FAMILY. 291
man. ^Carter H. LTarrison has repeatedly been elected
Mayor of Chicago. His second wife was Margaret
Stearnes, of Chicago. ^Carter H. Harrison was assassi-
nated in his home in Chicago, in 1894. His son, ^Carter
H., Jr., succeeded him in the office, and has also been
repeatedly elected Mayor of Chicago.
^Tabitha Russell, married Robert Wiley; no issue.
^William Russell, married Eugenia McTire; no issue.
"Catherine Russell, married William Whitehead; no
issue.
°Mary Russell, married her first cousin, Edward Wil-
son ; theif" line is given on thei Wilson branch.
^Robert H. Russell, born April 5, 1807 ; married
Elizabeth B. Todd, daughter of Hon. Charles I. Todd,
of Shelby County, Kentucky. He was Minister to
Russia in 1841. ^Robert Russell's five children were:
'Letitia S., married Judge R. T. Posey, of Socarro, New
Mexico. They have one daughter, ^Eliza D. ^William
B. Russell, married Yomasita Rodriguez. Their chil-
dren are: ^Lucia, ^Anita, ^William and "^Francisca Rus-
sell. ^Olga Russell, married John Hall, of Shelby
County, Kentucky, and has one son : ^Russell Hall, of
Shelby County, Kentucky. ^Charles T. Russell, mar-
ried Adelia Burnham, and lived at Socarro, New Mex-
ico. Issue: ^Maud and "^Robert S. Russell. ^Robert E.
Russell is unmarried, and lives at Presidio, Texas.
■^Felix Grundy Russell, born in 1809, married Mary
Dudley, and lived in California. Issue, five children :
«Mary^ married John Clayton, of Covington, Ky. Issue :
^Florence and ''Edward Clayton. ^Elizabeth, married
J. W. Wallis, of Fayette County, Kentucky. Issue:
'William R. ^Caroline, married F. Reece. Issue:
'Mary and 'Arthur Reece. *James Russell, married
Clara Haws, and lived at Yelvington, Ky. Issue : 'Mary
and ^Samuel Russell, of California.
"^Anne Russell, married Abram Dudley. They lived
in Adrian County, Mo. Issue, five children: ®James,
married Sally Hayes. Issue: 'Thomas and 'James
Dudley. ^Mary, married William Thompson, of Adrian
County, Missouri. Issue: 'Ethell^ert, 'Sally, 'Winnie
and 'Willard Thompson. ^William, married Lucy Har-
rison. Issue: 'Ella, 'Guilford, 'Samuel and 'Ethel
Dudley. ^Carter H. and "Eugene Dudley.
292 ni8T0RIGAL SKETCHES.
''Sarah Russell, maiTied Eev. James W. Dudley, and
lived in Adrian County, Missouri. I^^sue, six children :
"William R., married Margaret vSleele, and lived at
Moline, Mo. Issue: 'Gavin, ^Ambrose, 'William, ^Car-
oline and '^Margaret Dudley. °Eliza, married James M.
Patton, of Adrian County, Missouri. Issue: '^William,
■^Florence, 'James, "Anne, "Martha, 'Charles and 'Kate
Patton. *^Robert Dudley, married Mrs. Priscilla Haw-
kins. Issue: 'Virginia, ^Kate, "George and 'Henrietta
Dudley. Dr. «Clifton F. Dudley, born August 28, 1845,
married Eleanor H. Long. They live at Shelbyville,
Ky. Issue: ^Mary and ^Sarah Dudley. "Catherine
Dudley, married William R. Price, of Missouri City, Mo.
Issue : ^Virginia and ^ James Price. "James E. Dudley,
of Adrian County, Missouri, married Caroline Botts.
*Mary Henley Russell, the eldest daughter of Gen.
William Russell, born in Culpeper County, Virginia,
in 1760; married Cai)t. William Bowen. Their descend-
ants are given in the Bowen sketch in this volume.
^Robert Spottswood Russell, third son of Gen.
William and Tabitha Adams Russell, was born in Cul-
pei^er County, Virginia, March 28, 1762. He was in
the War of 1776, and was married, in 1787, to Deborah
M. Allen. They left nine children who had issue,
namely :
'Tabitha A. Russell, married Richard P. Long. They
had five children : "Deborah Long, married Thomas J.
Wilson. Issue: ^Aune, ''Martha (married Mr. Marshall,
of Kansas City, Mo.), 'Richard and ^Mary Wilson (mar-
ried Mr. Raymond, of Liberty, Mo. ) . "El izaebth H. Long,
married James C. Moore. Is.sue: ^Charles Moore, mar-
ried Elizabeth Rinsey. Issue: ^Edward Moore. "Rob-
ert Long, of Independence, Mo., married Fanny Monroe.
Issue: ^Frances, married Mr. Davis; ^Robert, ^Caretta,
^Maud and ^Ota Long. "Anne R. Long, married Isaac
Campbell, of Independence, Mo. Issue: '^Robert W.,
of Warsaw, Mo. ; 'Isaac and '^Claude Campbell. "Tabi-
tha Long, married William Lucas. Issue: 'William
Lucas, of Denver, Col.
'^Elizabeth V. Russell, born in May, 1792; died in
August, 1857; married Judge Joseph Freeland, of
Maryland. They moved to Kentucky, and later to Cal-
RUSSELL FAMILY. 293
loway County, Missouri, where he died in 1854. Their
children were: "^Deborah A., married Gen, John A.
Curd, of Palmyra, Mo. Issue: 'Diana, married Will-
iam H. Smith, of Howard County, Missouri. Issue:
^William C, ^Frazer and ^Carter Smith.
Col. ^Thomas A. Kussell, born in 1794, was in the War
of 1812; he married, first, Anne M. Allen, his cousin.
Their children were: ''Eobert Russell, born October 25,
1818; maa^ried Louise J. Matson. Issue: 'James M.
Eussell, born in 184G; married Caroline White, of
Bourbon County, Ky. Issue : ^Mabel, *Kate and ^Louise
Russell. "Sarah M. Russell, born August 15, 1820;
married Edward Dudley, only son of Jeptha Dudley, of
Frankfort, Ky. They moved to Quincy, 111. In 1824
Col. ^Thoinas A. Russell married, second, Sarah L. Gar-
rard, granddaughter of James Garrard, the second
Governor of Kentucky. She was born in 1810. The
children of this marriage were: *Anna Russell, married
Dr. Hypolite des Coguets. Their only living child,
'Louis des Cognets, lives in Lexington, Ky. ^'Margaret
T. Russell, married Maj. Alexander G. Morgan, only
son of Maj. Alexander Morgan, who fell at Buena Vista
in 1846. They live at Green Cove Springs, Fla. Their
children are: 'Anna, married Claude M. Johnson, of
Lexington, Ky. Issue: ^Margaret and ^Rosa Johnson.
'Alexander G. Morgan, of Lexington, Ky; 'Thomas R.
Morgan, also of Lexington, Ky. ; 'Charles M. Morgan,
of Green Cove Springs, Fla., and 'Laurie A. Morgan, of
Green Cove Springs, Fla. 'Laura V. Russell, married
William J. Hawkins; no issue. "Thomas A. Russell,
was killed at Milton, Tenn., in 1863, in Morgan's com-
mand. C. S. A.
''Rebecca W. Russell, born in 1798; died in 1850;
married Thomas M. Allen, of Columbia, Mo. Issue:
'William and 'Anne R. Allen, married Henry Slack, of
Columbia, Mo.
'Deborah Russell, married W^illiam T. Breckenridge.
Issue: 'Ijetitia, married Thomas Saunders, her cousin.
Issue: 'William, married a Miss Bondurant, and
'Rosa, married a Mr. Hood. 'Eglentine, married
Enoch Hootan. Issue: 'Robert, married Ella Baskin;
'John B., 'William and 'Anne Hootan.
294 HISTORICAL SKETOUBS.
"William H. Russell, married Zanette Freeland, of
Baltimore. lie went to California, and was prominent
as a lawyer and politician in that State, lie died in
Washington, D. C, in 1873. His children were: «Rob-
ert E., of California; ^Egbert F., of Kansas City, Mo.,
married Sarah Lykins. Issue: ^Julia, ''YMq and 'Theo-
dore Russell. "F. W. Russell, of California; "^Thomas
D. Russell, of Fulton, Mo. ; ''G. W. Russell, of New :Mex-
ico, unmarried; "Josephine D. Russell, married, firet,
Eugene Erwin, a grandson of Henry Clay. Their chil-
dren were: ^Lucretia C. Erwin, married Minor Simp-
son, of Fayette County, Kentucky. Issue: ^John
M. C, ^Joseph R. and' "^Eugenia Simpson. '^Nettie
and ^Mary Erwin. ^Josephine D. Russell-Erwin
married, second, John M. Clay, youngest and only
surviving son of Henry Clay, of Ashland. They
lived near Lexington, Ky. ®Henry C. Russell, mar-
ried Fanny Basey. They live in Chicago, 111. Issue:
'Eugenie, 'Henry and 'Clarence Russell.
'^Mary B. Russell, born in 1805; died in 1882; married
Jefferson Garth, of Scott County, Kentucky. Issue:
•^Robert R., married Katie Turner. Their children
were: 'Turner, married Ella M. Donald; 'Mary, mar-
ried Emmett Clinkscales. Issue : ^Robert and "^Emmett
Clinkscales. 'Squire Garth, married Ann Wood. Issue:
^Matilda Garth; 'Maud, unmarried, of Kansas City,
Mo. ^William, was in Federal Army in 1862, of Liberty,
Mo. ; married Kate Berry. Lssue, one son : 'John B.
Garth, of Liberty, Mo. ^Elizabeth, married Col. Thomp-
son Worley, of Columbia, Mo. Issue: 'Mary and 'Katie
Worley. ^Samuel Garth, of St. Joseph, Mo. ; married
Clara Craig. Issue: 'Henry, 'James, 'Russell and 'Ida
Garth. *Henry A. Garth, of Rockport, Mo.; married
Phtt'be Turner. Issue: 'Elizal^eth Garth, married Mr.
Crews, of Rockport, Mo. ^James M. Garth, of Columbia,
Mo., married Emma Spence. Issue: 'Mary and 'Kate
Garth. "Walter Garth, of Columbia, Mo., married Eva
Samuels. Issue : 'Mary, 'Jefferson, 'Lucv and 'William
Garth.
Dr. ''Robert S. Russell, married Sally Ware. They
lived in Calloway County, Mo. Their children were:
"Sarah Russell, married Joseph Wasson. Issue: 'May,
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married Frauk M. Donald, of Covington, Ky. Their
children are: ^Sarah, ^Elizabeth, ^Marian and ^Alexan-
der Donald. ^'Robert T. Russell, married Mrs. Cox, and
lives at Odessa, Mo, "Mary E. Russell, married Charles
W. Innis, of Fayette County, Kentucky. Issue: 'Henry
Innes, of lycxington, Ky,, married Cordelia Richardson;
^Robert Innes, of Fayette County, Kentucky, married
Anne Richardson, Issue: *Mary, 'Sally and ^Willie
Innes. *^Elizabeth D. Russell, married, tirst, Mr. Eggle-
ston ; second, Mr. Alnutt. She had two sons, namely :
'Robert Eggleston, of Odessa, Mo., and 'ClilVord Alnutt.
^Miriam M. Russell, born in 1810; died in 1844; mar-
ried Dr. Matthew R. Arnold, of Nicholas County, Ken-
tucky. They moved to Boone County, Missouri. Issue :
*Maria Arnold, married Prof. B. A. Jones, of Linneus,
Mo, Issue: 'Florence, 'Lily, 'Malvia, "Arnold, 'Barton
and "Elizabeth Jones. "^Robert Arnold, of Mexico, Mo.,
married Miss Morris. Issue: •'Morris, 'Joseph, 'John,
'Robert, 'Julia, 'Ann and 'Elizabeth Arnold.
*Tabitha A. Russell, daughter of Gen. ^William and
Tabitha Adams Russell, his wife, was born in Culr>eper
County, Virginia, in 1764. She married Capt. William
Campbell, of Washing-ton County, Virginia, about 1784.
He was a son of Patrick Campbell, Jr., and Anne Steele,
his wife. His grandfather was Patrick Campbell,
father of Col. Charles Campbell, who was the father of
Gen. William Campbell, one of the heroes of Kings
Mountain. Soon after their marriage they moved to
Cumberland, which was then in Davidson County,
North Carolina. In 1788 they moved to Fayette County,
Kentucky. In 1793, they moved to Muhlenberg County,
Kentucky, and settled permanently at Caney Station,
which was a part of the Russell survey. Captain Will-
iam Campbell was Captain in the 17'th Virginia Regi-
ment in 1779. See Virginia Magazine, October, 1898.
Their children were:
^Tabitha Campbell, married Judge Alney McLean.
He was Captain in the War of 1812, and four years in
'the United States Congress. Their children were:
^Thornton, married and had two children: 'Noland
and 'Margaret McLean. Judge ^Robert, married Mary
"VMiitaker, and lived at Grenada, Miss. Their children
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are: 'Louisa, married Hugh L. Bedford, of Bailey,
Shelby Couuty, Tennessee. Their sons are : ^Benjamin
and «Hugh J. Bedford. Uudge William JIcLean, of
Grenada, Miss., married Susie Collins. Their son, «Kob-
ert D. Mclean, was born in 1883. "Eliza A., married
^Villiam McBride, of Canton. Miss. ^Roberta McTvean,
of Grenada, Miss., and *^TransYlvania IMcI^an, married
William McBride, of Canton, 5liss.
=Mary Campbell, married Ephraim Brank, of Muhlen-
berg County, Kentucky. He was in the War of 1812,
and died in 1874. Their children were : ^Louise, mar-
ried James M. Taylor ; no issue. «Tabitha A., married
Dr. William H. Yost; no issue. Rev. ^^obert C, of St.
Louis, Mo., married Ruth Smith in 1865. Issue : ^Sarah
W., ^Rockwell S. and ^Robert G. Brank, all of St. Louis,
Mo. «Mary J. Brank, married Dr. William G. Yost, of
Greenville, Ky. Their children were: ^Mary W., mar-
ried, first, her relative, Samuel McLean, and second,
Dr. Thomas Slaton. Lssue: ^Henry McLean and ^Brank
Slaton. 'William H. Yost, married Lizzie Reno, and
had three children, namely: ^Addie, ^Edmond and
«Mary B. Y'ost. Dr. "^Ephraim Yost is unmarried.
^Nancy Campbell, married Charles F. Wing. Their
children were: "William, died unmarried; "Jane, mar-
ried Edward Rumsey, a prominent man in Kentucky
politics. They left no children. "Samuel, of Owens-
boro, Ky., married Emily Weir. Their children were:
^Edward R., married Louise R. Scott; no issue. "Weir,
died in 1867. 'Emma Wing, married Prof. W. Yerkes,
Paris, Ky. ^Samuel, of Henderson, Ky., married Miss
Hopkins. They have one child, ^Lucy Wing. '^Charlie
Wing married Anna Hawthorne, of Princeton, Ky.
Issue: ^Charles and ®Emma Wing. "Caroline D., of
Greenville, Ky. "Anna, of Greenville, Ky. "Lucy, mar-
ried J. Short, of Greenville, Ky. Issue: 'Mary, married
Louis Reno, a banker of Greenville, Ky. Issue: ®Lucy,
^Julia and ^Louise Reno. ''Charles Short, married Sue
Reno. Issue: ^Lizzie, ^Anne, ^Reno, ^Afay and ^Kate
Short. ■'Lucy Short married Samuel Saunders. ''Min-
nie Short married J. J. Kahn, of Louisville, Ky. Issue :
*Eva Kahn. 'Anna Short is unmarried. "LuceliaWing
married, in 1859, James K. Patterson, President of the
RUSSELL FAMILY. 297
Slate College at LexingtoD, Ky. They have one son,
'William A. Talterson, born in 18G8.
'^Eliza Campbell, married Elder Barton W. Stone.
She was his first wife, and died in 1809. Their children
were: ^Vmanda W. Stone, born in 1802; married her
cousin, Samuel A. Bowen, September, 1821. She died
at ITaunibal, 'yio., in 1881. For her descendants, see
the I>owen and Campbell genealogy. ^Tabitha K. Stone,
born in 1S03; married, first, James Shackelford, of
Mason County, Kentucky. Their children were: 'Eliz-
abeth C. Shackelford, born in 1829; married Joshua P.
Eichards, of Hannibal, Mo.; died in 1853. 'Barton
W. S. Shackelford, born in 1830; married Jane N.
Smith, of Eockville, Ind. They moved to St. Joseph,
Mo., in 1881. Issue: ^Frank H. E. Shackelford, mar-
ried Effie A, Noel. Issue: ^Barton W. S. Shackelford.
^Tabitha Stone Shackelford, married, second, Perseus E.
Harris, of Eockville, Ind. Their children were: 'Sarah
C. Harris, born in 1839; married Alfred H. Stark, of
Eockville, Ind. They have one son, ^Frederick Stark.
'Mary A. Harris, died unmarried. "^Mary A. H. Stone,
born in 1805; died in 1872; married Captain Chilton
Moore, of Fayette County, Kentucky. Their children
were: 'Elizabeth C. Moore, n)arried Eobert Clark; no
is.sue. 'Hannah A. E. Moore, married Dr. John D. Gris-
sim, a native of Tennessee; they lived at Georgetown,
Ky. Their children were: ^Mary Grissim, married
Charles Keuney. *Eliza C. Grissim, married Samuel H.
Lieb, of San Jose> Cal., a prominent attorney. Their
children are : ®Lida C, "Elna, »Frank, ^\llen and ^Eoy C.
Lieb. ®Anna Grissim, of Lexington, Ky., not married.
^Jeannette D. Grissim, married William B.Gauo, of
Dallas, Texas. They have a daughter, ^AlTena Gano.
^Eva and *John Grissim, not married. 'Charles C.
Moore, married Lucy Peak. Lssue: ^Charles C, *Lea-
land P., ^Thomas B. and ^Lucille Moore. 'Mary A.
Moore, married Maj. Thomas Y. Brent, of Paris, Ky.
He was killed in the Confederate service ' ' ^he Battle
of Green Eiver Bridge, July 4, 1863. The., children
are : ®Mary Brent, married Charles W. Dabney, of Vir-
ginia, now of Cincinnati, O. They have two daughters,
"Margaret and ' Dabney. ^Margaret Brent
298 HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
married . ''Jane C. Moore, married Lieut.-Gov.
James E. Cantrell, of Scott County, Kentucky. She
left one son, Mames Campbell Cantrell. "Eliza Stone,
born in 1807; died in 1831; married, first, Robert
Nuckols; second, Alexander Shackelford; no issue.
"Jane Campbell, died unmarried.
"Samuel Campbell, married Cynthia Campbell; no
issue.
*John C. RuKsell, son of Gen. ^William Kussell and
Tabitha Adams, his wife, was born in CuliKjper County,
Virginia, in 17G8. He died in 1822. In 1703 he mar-
ried Anne Clay. Issue :
"Jane E. Russell, married Rev. Claiborne Duval.
Issue : «Anue Duval, married John Gale. Dr. ^William
Duval, of Pineville, Mo., married four times, his wives'
names being: Paralee Holland, Sarah Pearson, Jane
Boyer and Thursey Woods. Several of their children
died in early youth. Those who left descendants were:
■'Eldora Duval, married J. M. Warmack. Issue: ^Will-
iam, ^Matthew, «Jesse and ^Elizabeth Warmack. ''Clai-
borne Duval, married Mary Hamilton; issue: ^Clarice
Duval. ^Sarah F. Duval, married Dr. S. D. Preston, of
Pinewood, Mo. ''Anne E., ^Mary, ''Clarence and 'Cyn-
thia Duval. ^Caroline Duval, married John Ewell, of
Paducah, Ky. Issue : Mohn G., "Emma B., ''Anne M.,
^Cynthia E., ^Lem H., 'Carrie B., ^Claud D., 'Edwin E.
and 'Louise Ewell. ^Hardy M. C. Duval, of Morgan-
field, Ky., married Eliza Mobley. Issue: 'Claude H.,
of Shawneetown, 111., married . Issue: ^Clara
G. Duval. 'Lavinia, married Louis Meyer, of Morgan-
field, Ky. Issue: *Duval and ^Margaret Meyer.
'Fanny B., married David Brenneke, of Indianapolis,
Ind. 'Maydie, 'Nannie, 'William, 'Claiborne and 'Kate
Duval.
"Tabitha A. Russell, born in 1796; died in 1862;
married Lucius D. Duval, of Union County, Kentucky.
Issue: 'John D., of St. Louis, Mo., married .
Issue: 'Robert Duval, of Monticello, Ark. 'Martha,
married Mr. Ashe, of Texas. 'Elizabeth, married Mr.
Symmes, of Texas. ^Mary A. Duval, born in 1821, mar-
ried Mr. Rowley, of Union County, Kentucky. Issue:
'Robert, married Lucy Hodge. Issue: ^Kenneth and
RUSSELL FAMILY. 299
* ■ Eowley. ^James, married Julia Hodge.
Issue: *Cora aud * Rowley. 'William Kowley,
of New York City ; 'Lee Rowley. "^Martha L. Duval ;
"William H. C. Duval, boru in 1S29, lives at Morey Flat,
Opevedo County, Cal. "Tabitlia A. Duval, born in 1821,
married John R. D. Byrne, of Hopkins County, Ken-
tucky. Issue: ^John, married Hannah Sisk. Issue:
*Kate, ^Lucius and ^^Robert Byrne. 'Sarah, married
John Bruce, of Hopkins County, Kentucky. Issue :
^Charles and ^Walter Bruce. "Charles Byrne. "Samuel
Duval, born in 1834 ; married M. A. Short, and lives at
Alexander, Erath County, Texas. Issue : '^Pearl, ''Cor-
delia and 'Henry Duval. ^Charles T. Duval, born in
1836, married Melinda J. Bruton, and lives at Grass
Valley, Cal. Issue: 'Anne and 'Lucius Duval. ^Daniel
Duval, born in 1841 ; died in C. S. A., in 1861.
^Lavinia G. Russell, born in 1803 ; died in 1874 ; mar-
ried Dr. William Dozier, of Mississippi. Issue: Dr.
*Alney M. Dozier, of Heidelberg, Miss., married Mary
Pool. Issue: "Lavinia, ^Malviua, ^Mary, ^Charlotte,
"William, "Celeste and ^Elijah P. Dozier.
Dr. ^Wiliam C. Russell, born in 1806, lived near Elk-
ton, K}'., and married Mary S. Farley, of Virginia.
Issue : ^Hattie E., married 0. A. McLeod. Issue : "Will-
iam and "Russell J. McLeod. ^John W., 'James D.,
^Corinne E. and 'Claude C. Russell.
'Cynthia A. Russell, born in 1811; died in 1867.
*Samuel Russell, son of Gen. ^William Russell and
Tabitha Adams, his wife, was born in 1770; died in
1835; married, in 1794, Lucy, daughter of Col. William
and Jane Johnson Roberts, of Culpeper County, Vir-
ginia. Soon afterward they removed to Miihlenburg
County, Kentucky. She died in 1851. Their children
were:
"Jane Russell, married her relative, Henley Moore, of
Russellville, Ky. He died in 1821. Their children
were: 'Lucy R. Moore, married Charles Lofland, of
Russellville, Ky. They removed to Memphis, Tenn.
Issue: ^Mary J., married Henry W. Courts, of Clarks-
ville, Tenn. Issue : ^Lucy, ®Argie and ^Fanny W.
Courts, of Russellville, Ky. '^Charles Lofland, of Mem-
phis, Tenn., bom in 1842. 'Russell Moore, married
300 HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
Louisa Eobcrts. They removed to Texas. Issue:
'Lucy, married Afr. :\rarkliam, of Augusta, Ark.; no
issue. 'Jane, married John AVilson, of Ohio. Issue:
^Laura Wilson, of Lancaster County, Ohio. 'Rebecca,
inarricd E. Davidson; no issue. 'Samuel Moore, of
Mempliis, Tenn. "Mary C. Moore, married James Mc-
Callen, of Ttussellville, Ky. Issue: 'James E., of Louis-
ville, Ky. "Jolm, of Unssellville, Ky., married Florence
Emerson. Issue: ^Robert, ^Lizzie C. and nValter E.
McCallen. 'Mary, married Charles M. Griffith, of Rus-
sellville, Ky. Issue: ^Caddy B. Griffith. 'Lucy, mar-
ried John C. Smith, of Hillsboro, Texas. They have
one son, «Henry F. Smith. 'Frances A. McCallen, died
in. Marshall, Texas, in 1873.
Mrs. ^Henley Moore married, second, Francis Brown-
ing. She died in 38G8, a very aged woman.
^Henley C.Russell, married Hannah Patterson. Issue :
one son, ^James S. Russell, of Waverly, Tenn., who
married Evelyn Hobson, of Nashville, Tenn. Issue:
'John (married Amanda Prim), 'Hugh and 'Alice
Russell.
■^Tabitha A. Russell, married, first, William Crum-
baugh; second. Judge Pleasant Hynes, of Bowling
Green, Ky. No issue.
"Catherine Russell, married Richard Jones, of Muh-
lenburg County, Kentucky. No issue.
°:^L^ry Russell, married Louis R. Richards, of Fi-ank-
fort, Ky. Both died in Memphis, Tenn. Issue : *Lucy
R. Richards, married P. G. Kennett; no issue. ^Martha
C. Richards, married John F. Cromwell, of Morganfield,
Ky. ; issue: 'Louis, 'Fix'derick, 'Joseph M. and 'Robert
Cromwell. ^Samuel R. Richards, married Mary Wil-
lett, of Memphis, Tenn.; issue: 'Samuel Richards, of
Memphis, Tenn., 'Joseph, 'Kate and 'Louis Richards.
«Eliza C. Richards, married W. H. Bridges, of Memphis,
Tenn.; issue: 'Mary R. Bridges (married H. X. Morton,
of Caseyville, Ky.) and 'Henry Bridges, of Houston,
Texas. «Bettie M. Richards, married J. W. Pitman, of
Memphis, Tenn.; issue: 'Page and 'Gertrude Pitman,
of Morganfield, Kj.; and ^Douglas Richards, of Mem-
phis, Tenn.
''RolK-rt S. Russell, of Muhlenburg County, Kentucky,
RV SHELL FAMILY. 301
removed to Paris, Tenn., where lie and liis wife died.
He married his relative, "Celia Mclx^an, daughter of Dr.
Kobert McT-^an. Their diildi-en wei-e: ^Lucy K. Ens-
sell, of McKenzie, Tenn.; <=Eebecca M. Russell, of Mc-
Kenzie, Tenn.; "Edward Eu.ssell, of McKenzie, Tenn.,
who married Mabel Carter; issue: ^Willie Eussell.
■"Celia Eussell, daughter of Gen. William Russell and
Tabitha Adams, his wife, was born in 1772. She mar-
ried, in 1790, Robert Wilson, late of Maryland. Their
children were:
^Rebecca A. Wilson, born in 1791 ; married Dr. Rob-
ert ilcl^an, of Greenville, Ky. Their children were:
^Robert McLean, married, first, Nancy Jones; married,
second,; his cousin, Celia Rowland; issue: ''Rebecca
McLean, married H. P. Dank, now of Rockport, Ky. ;
issue: ^Robert W., ^James E., ^Nancy J., ^Elizabeth
and *Ella Dank. '^George McLean, maj'ried Nancy
Dank; issue: ®Sally, ^Rose E., ^Robert H. and ^Marga-
retta McT^an. ''William McLean, of Nelson, Ky.,
married Margaret Kincheloe. "Nancy McLean, unmar-
ried. 'Rowland !McT^an and 'Celia McLean. "Alney
McLean, married Cornelia Herring, and lived at Grand
Gulf, iliss. Issue: ''Cornelius Mclean, killed at Peters-
burg, Va., in Confederate Army; ^William McTvean, of
New Orleans, married Amanda L. Magruder, in 187G.
"Celia McLean, married her cousin, '^Robert I. Russell.
Her children are found among the descendants of
*Samucl Russell. "Eliza Mclean, married John B.
Harvey; issue: ^George W. Ilarvey, of Rocky Springs,
Miss., married Mrs. Mary E. Powers {nee Ilaring) ;
issue: ^John H., ^Robert A. and ^Russell M. Harvey.
Uohn B. Hain^ey, of New Carthage, La., married Mi-s.
Rebecca Adams {nee McClelland) ; issue: ^George M.,
*Emma L. and *James B. Harvey. ^Robert A. Harvey,
married Mrs. E. B. Calthorp {nee Parker); issue:
«Kate, ^Sally, ^Cornelia and *Ella Harvey. "Edward
Mclean, married Dora Payne, of Mississippi; issue:
'Kate McT^ean, married I. M. Cameron, of Vicksburg,
Miss.; they have one child, ^Edward R. Cameron.
'Dora McLean, married James Y. McClelland, of Tal-
lulah, La. 'Sallv McLean, unmarried, of Tallulah, La.
302 HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
^William F. MoTvean, married Marj Ross, of ftlississippi.
Issue : 'Mary W. McLean, of Evansville, lud, ; ^Sally R.
McLean, married M. M. McLean, of Evansville, Ind. ;
issue: ^Cornelius, ^Mary, ^Alice and ^Plorence Mclxjan.
'Chester McLean, of Evansville, Ind. ''Edward J.
McLean, of Peoria, 111. ^Sally G. Mcl^ean, of Tallulah,
La., is unmarried. "'Robina Mclxian, married her cousin,
•'Isatlianiel Rowland; their children are given in the
Rowland family. "Dr. Russell Mclean, of Rocky
Springs, Miss., is unmarried. ^George McLean, of Rocky
Springs, Miss., married Amelia Russell (no relation).
^Sarah F. Wilson, born in 1795; died in 1853; mar-
ried her cousin, Robert Wilson. Issue: ^Robert Wilson,
married Frances Freeland; they had a son,'Russell
Wilson, who married Ida Moore; issue: ^Lillian and
^Raymond Wilson.
Mrs. "Sarah F. Wilson married, a second time. Rev.
Basil Hunt. Their daughter, ^Celia Hunt, married
Mr. Crane. Issue : 'Sarah and 'James Crane, of Flem-
mingsburg, Ky.
"^Edward J. Wilson, born in 1798, married his cousin,
Mary H. Russell. Their children were: "Mary J.
Wilson, married Charles 11. Harold, of Louisville, Ky.
Their daughter, 'Mary Harold, married Albert Baker,
of Louisville, Ky. They have one son, ^Herman H.
Baker. "Caroline B. Wilson, married Calvin Campbell,
of Louisville, Ky. Issue: 'William, 'Edward and
'Catherine Campbell. "Eliza C. Wilson, married Dr.
Payne, of Dayton, Ky. Issue 'Charles E. Payne.
»Celia R. Wilson, bom in 1807; died in 1867; married
Jeremiah Rowiand, of Jessamine County, Kentucky.
Their children were : "Nathaniel H. Rowland, married
his cousin, "Robina McLean ; issue: 'Robert, 'Rebecca,
'Nathaniel, 'Sally, 'Robina, 'Elizabeth and 'Margaret
Rowland. "Celia E. Rowland, married her cousin, Dr.
Robert Mcl>3an. is.sue: 'Rowland and 'Celia McT^ean.
"Mary R. Rowland, married Stephen Walker, of Frank-
lin County, Kentucky. Issue: 'Russell, 'Matilda,
'Celia and 'Rowland Walker. "Tabitha A. Rowland,
married William Ca.ssell, of Canton, Miss. Issue:
'Mary, 'Cornelia, 'Russell, 'Eudora, 'William, 'Frank,
'Catherine, 'Anne, 'Albert, 'Lula, 'John and 'James
RUSSELL FAMILY. 303
Cassell. ^William H. Rowland, of Canton, Miss., mar-
ried Sue M. Cassell. They had one son, 'William C.
Rowland. ^Sallj L. Rowland, married Moses A. Mc-
Lure, of Winchester, Ky. Ls.sue: ^Russell, "James,
'Bertie, ^Loui.*^ and 'Turner McLure. ^Katie R. Row-
land, married Rev. J. D. Turner.
=Tabitha C. Wilson, born in 1810; died in 1840;
married Richard Kecne, of Georgetown, Ky. Their
son, ^Jioben W. Keene, married Mary W. J^owland.
Issue: 'Florrie Keene, who married J. S. Arnold, of
Jessamine County, Kentucky, and "Lizzie Keene.
'^Chloe C. Wilson, born in 1813 ; died in 1845 ; married
Alexander Shackleford; left no children.
*Henley Rus.sell, youngest son of Gen. William Rus-
sell and Tabitha Adams, his wife, was born in 1774.
In 1795 he emigrated to Kentucky and settled upon
land inherited from his father, in Logan County, which
included the present site of Russellville, where he lived
for many years. He served in the War of 1812, and
was at the Battle of Raisin River, He never married.
The later years of his life were spent with his youngest
sister, Mrs. Chloe Sanders, in Sumner County, Tennes-
see, where he died in 1839, aged sixty-five years.
*Chloe Russell, the younge^st child of Gen. ^William
Russell and Tabitha Adams, his wife, was born at their
home on Clinch River, in 1776. She was only six months
old at the time of her mothers death. She was married
in 1792, to Rev. Hubbard Saunders, one of the pioncxir
Methodist preachers in Tennessee. About 1798 they
removed from Virginia to Sumner County, Tennessee,
where they lived and reared a large family. Mr. Saun-
ders died in 1828 ; she in 1850, aged seventy-four. Their
children were:
'^Nancy A. Saunders, bom in 1793 ; married a rela-
tion, Robert Harper, in 1816. Issue : *Lucy A. Harper,
married James Vinson, of Louisiana. Issue: ^R. W.
Vinson, of Jefferson, Texas; married Sophia S. Gibbs.
Issue ^Mary G., ®Lucy S. and ^John M, Vinson. ''Rich-
ard T. Vinson, of Shreveport, La., married Sally Hill ;
issue: ®Ada and *Allen Vinson. ^Alice Vinson, mar-
ried John T. Green, of Nashville. Tenn. ; issue: ^Minnie
L. and *Marvin Green, ^Lilv Vinson, married John M.
304 HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
Harjx^r, of JcfTerson, Texas; ifjsue: ^Charles, ^Robert
and ®Lucy V. Uarper. "Chloe K. ]Iai'i)er, married John
Duncan, of Kussellville, Ky. They moved to Trinity
Mills, Texas. Issue: ^Robert IT. Duncan, of Trinity
Mills, Texas; "Eugene Duncan, married Maggie Dixon;
issue: ^Mary and ^Eugene Duncan. ''Ella Duncan,
married A. D. Dickinson; issue: ^Robert C. and ^A. D.
Dickinson. 'Daniel D. Duncan and '^Hubbard S.
Duncan. "^Maria IIari)er, married Capt. W. T. Sami)le,
of Trinity Mills, Texas. *Anne Harper, married James
Duncan, of Russellville, Ky. "Clara Uarper, married
Prof. C. W. Callender, of Hendersonville, Tenn. Issue:
''William and ^Ewing Callender. "Col. Robert Harper,
married, first, Sophia Valentine. Issue: one child,
''Sophia Harper, married Robert E. Cowart, a lawyer,
of Dallas, Texas. Issue: ^Robert E. Cowart, born in
1881. "Adeline nari)er, married Col. James Turner, a
prominent and distinguished law3'er of Gallatin, Tenn.
Issue: ^Robert, ^\deline and '^Claribel Turner.
^Elizabeth H. Saunders, born in 1795 ; married Capt.
John A. Walker, of Davidson County, Tennessee, about
1817. Issue: "Mary A. Walker, married Benjamin
Hamblen, of Davidson County, Tenn. "Chloe Walker,
married William Pierce, of Davidson County, Tenn.
Issue: 'Mary E. Bierce, married William Allen,
of Kashville, Tenn., and 'William Pierce, of Texas.
"Catherine Walker, married W^illiam Chambers, of
Union City, Tenn. Issue: ^Charles Chambers, of Nash-
ville, Tenn. ; "Mary, ^William and ^Sally Chambers, who
married John R. George, of Union City, Tenn.
''Maria ]?. Sanders, born in 1797 ; married Dr. James
L. Gray, of Tippa County, Mississippi.
°Sally E. Sanders, born in 1799 ; married Peter Byser,
of Sumner County, Tennes.see. Issue: "Chloe R. Byser,
married, first, Benjamin W. Mills, of Sumner County, in
18.39. Their children are : "'Sally Mills, married D. H. I.
Wells; no children. ''Dero Mills, married Anne E.
Shute, in 1867; issue: ^Maggie, ^William, ®Anne, *Lee,
"Bessie and "Mary D. Mills. ^John P. Mills, of Sherman,
Texas, married Ellie W. Wilson, in 1872 ; issue : "Haydie,
"Rowen, "Ethel, "Lawrence and "Mary Mills. ^Minnie
Mills married R. S. Murrey, of Sumner County; issue:
RUSSELL FAMILY. 305
^Samuel and Moliii D. Murrey. 'Bet tie Mills, jiiavried
Moscow Wright, of Hartsville, Tenn. Issue: ^JJussell
and ^Romulus Wright. '''Mrs. Chloe Bysei", married,
second, Hugh Joiner. Their son, 'Thomas II. Joiner,
married Sue Anthony in 18S1.
^Minerva Saunders, died in 1844, unmarried.
''Clara Saunders, born in 1803 ; niarried Samuel Read,
of Davidson County, Tennessee. Issue: '"'Mildred A.
Read, married Madison Marl in, of Sunnier County,
Tennessee. Issue: 'Samuel A. Martin, of Atchi.son,
Kansas, married, first, Eunice V. Crenshaw. They had
one daughter, ^Mary L. Mai'tin. He married, second,
Bettie Crenshaw, of Gallatin, Tenn. ^Emma Martin,
married Lorenzo Stowe, of Rome, Tenn. ''Clara L. Mar-
tin, of Gallatin, and 'Mattie Martin, married Russell H.
Ward, of Arkansas. ^Ohloe R. Read, married John
Drake, of Nashville, Tenn. Issue: 'William Drake,
married Laurie Brodie; issue: ^Medora and ^John
Drake. 'Clara L. Drake, married William Wilkerson,
of Nashville, Tenn. 'Sarah A. Drake, married Belfield
Bratton, of Davidson County, Tennessee. Issue:
^Clarence and ^Hattie Bratton. 'Mary, 'Maud, 'Joseph
and 'John Drake. ''Sarah E. Read, married Rev. James
Warfield. They moved to I>exington, Ark. Issue :
'Samuel, 'Elizabeth, 'Robert O., 'Clara G., 'George H.
and 'Charles M. Warfield. ^Hubbard S. Read, of Da-
vidson County, is unmarried.
^Chloe R. Saunders, bora in 1807; married Alexander
Ewing, of Davidson County, Tennessee, in 1825. Issue:
*Sarah A. Ewing, married, first, Boyd M. Sinims; sec-
ond, Joseph Carter, and third, Judge John M. Gaut, of
Nashville, Tenn. ITer children were: ''Anne Simms,
married J. W. McFadden ; issue: ®Sadie McFadden.
'Mariana Simms, married R. N. Richardson, of Frank-
lin, Tenn. 'William E. Carter, of South Pittsburgh,
Tenn., married . 'Jovseph W. Carter, married
Kate R. French ; issue : ^Joseph Carter. ^Hubbard S.
Ewing, of Franklin, Tenn., married Sallie Hughes;
issue: 'Sallie S. Ewing, married Winder ^McGavock, in
1883; issue: *Hattie McGavock. 'Alexander Ewing, of
Birmingham, Ala. 'Malvina Ewing, married Mr. Tit-
combe; issue: 'Alexander Titcombe, of Columbia,
306 HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
Tenn., maiHt'd Miss S))iiser; they have one son, «Alex-
ander Titconib, Jr. nVilliam R.'Kwing, married Miss
Brown; issue: 'Whcloss 13. Ewing, of Franklin, Tenn.
''William K. Saunders, born in 1810; married Anne
Mills; they moved to Starkville, Miss., in 1844; he died
in 1804; is.sne: "Hubbard T. Saunders, of Starkville,
Miss., married Ella Rogers; is.sne: ^Hubbard T., ^Eliz-
abeth >r. and ^Robert P. Saunders. "Caroline A. Saun-
ders, married C. B. Turnipseed, of Vaiden, Miss. ; issue:
^\nnie, ^Maggie, ^Nettie, '^Hubbard and 'Grosie Tur-
nipseed. "William R. Saunders, of Winona, Miss., mar-
ried Fannie E. Allen. "Thomas E. Saunders, of Coving-
ton, Texas, mai-ried Alice L. Mumbre; issue: ''Dero,
'Anne and 'Willie Saunders. "Chloe B. Saunders,
married Dr. T. L. Wilbounie, of Winona, Miss.; issue:
■'William R. I. W^ilbourne. "Dero A. Saunders, of
Starkville, Miss., married Grosie Ames. "John S.
Saunders, of Starkville, Miss.
^Tabitha T. Saunders, born in 1812; married W. H.
Moore, of Nashville, Tenn.; issue: "Frances Moore,
maiTied William Lellyett; issue: ''John T^llyett, a
lawyer, of Njishville, who married Lady Weakley.
Issue: ^Mary Frances, ^Catherine and Moseph.
"Elizabeth B. Moore, married Mr. Stuart, of Williamson
County, Tennes.see. "Catherine ^loore. married Edward
Jones, of Nashville, Tenn. "Turner :>roore, of Davidson
County, Tenn., married Miss Whitsitt, of Nashville,
"William H. Moore, married Ethel Porter, of Tulla-
homa, Tenn.; issue: 'Margaret, 'Kate and 'Frank
Moore. "Anna F. Moore, married John Whitsett, of
Davidson County, Tenn. "James T., married; issue:
'Maud, married* Lockert Doak. "John, "Alice and
"Benjamin Moore (married Mary Wilson).
''Catherine M. Saunders, born in 1814; married
Peyton R. Bosley, of Davidson County, Tennessee. They
removed to Red River Parish, Louisiana. She died in
1836. Issue: "John R. Bosley, of Bossier Point, La.,
born in 1832; married Mary I. Jones; she died in 1861;
issue: 'John R. Bosley, of Grand View, Texas, bom in
1852; married Ida C. Smith, of Dallas, Texas; issue:
Mohn 11. Bosley, bora in 1881. 'Catherine S. Bosley,
born in 1853 ; married Oren S. Penny, of Coushatta, La. ;
RD8BELL FAMILY. 307
issue: ^Oren S., ^Monty L., ^Ilarvar R., ^Arthur S. and
®Spisar M. Penny. *Jobn R. Bosley, married, secondly,
Josephine L. Huston; issue: "Joseph H. Bosley, of
Bossier Point, La.; ^Wilhelmina, "Ora E., 'Susie S.,
'Eva L. and "Henry R. Bosley. ^Hubbard S. Bosley, of
Coushatta, La., married Mary Powell, in March, 185G;
issue: 'Thomas R., "Marion P., ^Anna, ''Milton H.,
'Hubbard S., 'Perceville L. and 'Walter W. Bosley.
'^Thomas Sanders, born in ISIG ; married E. Leticia
Breckinridge; lived near Nashville, Tenn.; issue:
"William Sanders, married Miss Bondurant. *Rose
Sanders, married Mr. Hood, of Nash\ille, Tenn.
■^Adeline C. Saunders (twin sister of Thomas), born
in 1816; married Dr. Alexander Graham, of Sumner
County, Tennessee.; issue: ^Chloe F, Graham, born in
1857; married George W. Sumner, of Davidson County,
Tennessee; issue: ''Lou C. Sumner, married S. J.
Bloodworth, of Edgefield Junction, Tenn.; 'Hattie,
'George, 'Charles, "Hubbard, 'Adeline and 'Jay H.
Sumner. "Susan A. Graham, born in 1845; married
Prof. Charles S. Douglas, of Gallatin, Tenn.; issue:
'Ada and 'Clare Douglas.
•^Hubbard H. Saunders, bom in 1819; married Eliz-
abeth Bondurant; he died in 1879, at the old Saunders
homestead, in Sumner County, Tennessee; their children
are: ^William Saunders, of Saundersville, Tenn.;
"Jacob T. Saunders, of Saundersville, Tenn., married
a Miss Weaver ; issue : 'Hubbard T. and 'Jefferson W.
Saundere. "Edward, "Joseph and "Elizabeth Sauudei-s,
all of Sumner County, Tennessee.
The children of Gen. 'William Russell and Elizalx^th
Henry Campbell, his second wife, were:
^Elizabeth H. Russell, bom in 1785; married Capt
Francis Smith, of Washington County, Virginia, Jan-
uary 10, 1804. She died October 10, 1804, aged nineteen
years.
*Henry W. and ^Patrick H. Russell died in infancy.
*Jane Russell, bom in 1788; married Col. William P.
Thompson, of Washington County, Virginia. Several
sons died in early youth. Their other children wei'e :
"John H. Thompson, a Methodist minister; died in
Virginia.
308 HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
'^Elizabeth H. Thompson, married TV illiam Williams,
of Asheville, N. C; she died in St. Louis, Mo., leaving
no children.
^Mary A. Thompson, married Dr. David R. McAnally,
the distinguished editor of the Methodist Advocate,
published in St. Louis, Mo. She died in 1861. Issue :
'Charles McAnnally, a Methodi.st minister, married
Miss Bowie, of Yicksburg, Miss.; i.ssue: ^Charle.s,
^Margaret and ^Julia McAnally. "David R. McAnally,
is professor in the State University, of Columbia, Mo.
*Mary A. P. McAnally, married Francis P. Carter, of
Farmington, Mo.; issue: ^Amy M., ^David P. and
'William P. Carter.
This gives the descendants of Gen. William Russell
and his first wife, Tabitha Adams, and his second wife,
Mrs. Elizabeth Henry Campbell.
Russell Coat of Arms.
At. a lion rauip. gn. ; on a chief sa. three escallops of the
first Crest: a goat-passant-ar, armed or. Motto: "Che sara
saia" ("What will he, will be"). Badge: The root of a tree
couped and eradicatc'd or.
ADAMS FAAflLY. 309
THE ADAMS FAMILY OF MARYLAND.
^Francis Adams, of Charles County, Maryland, was
born in 1643, and came to the Colony of Maryland from
England in 1G58. He acquired land in Charles County
in 1GG3, also in 1671; these tracts of land were called
'^Raily," '^Troops Rendezvous," 'Tinnas" and "Bach-
elor's Hope." In 1671 he was man-ied to Grace .
She was administratrix on her husband's will in 1699.
He died in 1698. Thei^ is a document on record in
Charles County, in which is his name, with that of many
other citizens, addressing a petition to the Kmg of
England, written in 1689.
His son, ^Francis Adams, of ''Troops Rendezvous
Farm," Charles County, Maryland, was born in 1675.
In 1704 he was married to ^'Mary Godfrey, daughter of
'George Godfrey, Gentleman, of Charles County, Main-
land, and his wife, 'Mary , widow of John
Payne.
'George Godfrey, Gentleman, came to Maryland in
1664. He was Justice of Charles County Court, and a
Lieutenant in a troop of horse in 1680, in the Colonial
service See Old Charles County Records.
^Francis Adams and his wife, =Mary Godfrey, were
living in Charles County in 1722. His will is dated
November 30, 1760, recorded May 26, 1766. They had
seven children, as follows: .
8Josias Adams, married Anne Jenifer. His will is
recorded in Charles County, Maryland, August 17, 1773.
His childi-en were: *Daniel J., a Major in the Maryland
Regulars in 1777; he died in 1796; ^Elizabeth and
*Aune Adams.
^George Adams.
"Ignatius Adams, inherited the family seat, "Troops
Rendezvous," was a private in the Revolution of 1776,
and received land for his services in 1794.
"Abedncgo Adams was born in 1720; married Mary
310 HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
Peoke, daughter of William Peoke, of Fairfax County,
Virginia. He married three times. The name of his
second wife is not knoA\Ti. The third wife was Hannah
Moss. He was a planter. His will is dated June 28,
1804. He died November 1, 1809, leaving three sons.
^Samuel Adams, married ^Charity Courts, daughter
of Col. ^John Courts and ^Elizabeth Yates, his wife, of
Charles County, Maryland. ^Samuel Adams died when
comparatively a young man, leaving a widow and four
daughters. Five children are mentioned in his will.
One, perhaps, was a posthumous child. His will was
proved September 10, 1748. See Charles County Rec-
ords. Of his daughters, *Tabitha Adajns man-ied nVill-
iam Russell, Jr., of Culjjeper County, Virginia. ^Celia.
Adams married Joseph Stephens. *Athaleali Adams
married Joseph Hopewell. ^Chloe Adams, no record of
her marriage. Two of "Samuel Adams' daughters are
mentioned in old Virginia records as having deeded
tracts of land to Gen. George Washington. After ^Sam-
uel Adams' death, his Avidow married Samuel Moore,
and they had two daughters (names not kuo\\Ti) and one
son, Lieut. * William Moore. He was in the A^irginia
Continental Army. Therefore, *Tabitha Adams Russell
had three own sisters named Adams, and two half-sis-
ters and one half-brother named Moore.
^Francis Adams married Jane , of Charles
County, Maryland. They had eight children, among
whom were: ^Godfrey, ^Walter, ^Francis and ^Samuel.
^Francis Adams died July 17, 1776. His widow
married Dr. William Lindsay.
^Benjamin Adams married . He died before
1760, and left one child, ^Francis Adams. He was liv-
ing in Virginia in 1749.
This connects with the line of ^William Russell, Jr.,
of Culpeper County, Virginia.
COURTS FAMILY. 3II
THE COURTS FAMILY.
The Courts, or Courte, family lived in Sioke-Greijory.
Somerset, EiiglaDd. The founder of the Maryland
branch was the ''Honorable 'John Courts, Gentleman,"
who first apiKiars as "John Courtis, of St. Georges
Hundred," in Charles County, Maryland, as one of the
Freemen summoned to a General Assembly of the Free-
men of the Proyiuce, to be held at St. Marie's, January
25, 1637. His parentage, or date of his arrival in
America, we have so far failed to discover. He is the
earliest paternal ancestor of Charity Courts, wife of
Samuel Adams and mother of Tabitha Adaius, wife of
Gen. William Eussell, that we have on record.
In the following year, 163S, he is again mentioned in
the public documents of theProvince as'"John Courtis,"
in each case in connection with the General Assembly
matters. On the 12th of September, 1047, as '"John
Courts" he was sworn to the oath of fealty, and on June
3, 1650, record is made of his per.sonal "cattle mark,"
showing him to have been not only a man of "affairs,"
but a man of property in the Province, and entitled by
his membei-ship in the General Assembly to the dis-
tinction of Gentleman. He was Burgess and member
of the Governors Council till his de^ith, in 16!>7.
The name of his wife was Margaret, as determined
from the record of the birtlis of their children, begin-
ning in 1655, preserved in the ancient record of births
in Charles County, Maryland, recently discovered at
Port Tobacco, in that county. Her maiden name was
not on the record.
-Capt. John Courts, Gent., born in 1655, was in 1699
granted the "Manor of Clean Drinking" (now owned by
his descendant, Mr. Nicholas Jones). It is situated on
the old Jones Mill road, seven miles out from Connecti-
cut Avenue, Washington, D, C, near Che\7 Chase.
After serving in many public offices in Charles County,
312 HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
he died in 1702, leaving issue: CoJ. ^Jolin Courts, who
died in 1747. Some of his descendants in the South
write their surname as it is pronounced, "Coatei*." The
following extract is from the Vi)-gi?iia Magazine of
History and Biography, Vol. VI, No. 2, October, 1898:
"Capt. 2John Courts, the sou and heir of the
above Hon. ^Jolin Courts, was a member of the
upper Assembly of the Province of Maryland, on
May 10, 1G92. There is a traditiou among his de-
scendants that he was an officer in the Colonial
Army. He was generally known as 'Captain ^John
Courts,' and his son as 'Colonel ^John Courts.' On
October 1, 1699, Captain ^John patented 700 aci^
of land, which tract was subsequently increased to
1,400 acres by inheritance, and further grants.
This estate extended down Rock Creek to what is
known as Jones Ridge, in what was then Charles
County, Maryland."
A complete survey of the estate was made by Henry
Hollingsworth, the Provincial surveyor in 1699, when
by a singular chance a name was given to the place,
which has clung to it for upwards of two hundred years.
Tradition says the surveying party, having finished
their work and exhausted their liquor, named the estate
"Clean Drinking." Any way, an old local ditty goes
thus :
"He broke his bottle
At the Spring with a will,
And the name of Clean Drinking
Clings to it still."
In early limes, all grants of laud, as soon as surveyed,
received names, and it is probable that "Clean Drink-
ing" was given because of a remarkable spring which
was upon the property. This is now one of the most
famous manors in Montgomery County, Maryland.
Captain ^John Courts, son of Hon. Mohn Courts, was
a wealthy planter, and tradition as to his "high life" as
lord of the manor of "Clean Drinking" is backed up by
revelations in his will, dated in 1702, by which he be-
COURTS FAMILY. 313
qiieatbcd to his sou and beir, ^John Courts III, amoug
ollior tliiugs, "One Silver punch bowl marked K. & S. H.,
and 1 doz. silver spoons marked J. & C. C, my sllver-
bilted rapier, and my l>est saddle, with pistols and hol-
sters." To his son, Henley, he left ''My silver flagon
marked J{. H." The silver punch bowl had probably
belonged to Capt. -John Courts' father-in-law, Eobort
Henley, the father of Charity Henley Courts, as it bore
the initials of Capt. Kol>ert Henley and Sarali, his wife.
It affords a clue to the social status of Capt. John
Courts' father-in-law, Capt. Robert Henley.
The spoons bore the initials of ^John and Charity
Courts, and the silver flagon wa.s probably inherited
from Capt. Robert Henley, his father-in-law, as it was
marked ''R. H." Capt. ^John Courts' will, dated and
recorded in 1702, at Annapolis, Maryland, names his
wife, Chaj-ity, and their issue: ^John, ^Robert, ^Henley,
^Charles, ^William, Mun and ^Charity. Births are re-
corded as early as 1G80. Capt. ^John Courts' wife.
Charity Henley Courts, was a daughter of Capt. Robert
Henley, a member of the Maryland House of Delegates
in 1678, See State records.
Col. ^John Courts, the third of the name we have on
record in Maryland, was the second Lord of the Manor
of ''Clean Drinking," then in Charles County, Maryland,
and subsequently in King George County, and from 1748
to 1776 it was in Frederick County, and since 1776 it
has been in Montgomery County, Old Charles County
having been subdivided at these dates.
Col. 'John Courts, it was said, was at home but little,
as his duty as an oflScer in the Colonial Army called him
away on many campaigns. His wife was Elizabeth
Yates, daughter of Maj. Robert Yates, of "Monnt Repub-
lican Manor,'' Charles County, Maryland. He was an
oflScer in the Colonial Ai-my. See State Records, Mary-
land.
Col. 'John Courts' will, dated aJid i-ecorded at Annap-
olis, Md., in 1747, mentions his wife, Elizal>eth, and their
children: *John, *William, *Robert, ^Henley, *Ann,
*Charity Adams, ''Elizabeth Jones and *Mary Ann Mar-
tine. His executors named were William Courts, John
Martine and Charles Jones. Both of the above named
314 HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
John Courts described "Clean Drinking Manor" in
their wills.
Captain -John bequeaths the place to his daughter,
^Ann. It is supposed that Colonel "John bought it
from his sister, as he afterwards owned it. Colonel
^John left it to his son, *John IV, who sold it to his
sister ""Elizabeth's husbajid, Charles Jones, "Gentle-
man." This Mohn Courts IV Avas a Brigade Major in
the Continental Army and a member of the Order of
Cincinnati. See Sallell's ''fJecord of Soldiers of the
Eevolution of 1770," page 488. He was a brother of
Charity Courts Adams, mother of Mrs. Gen. William
Russell. Historic ''Clean Drinking Manor" has been in
one family for two hundred years.
Just beyond the city limits of our National Capital,
or, to be exact, just seven miles from the White House
gates, in Montgomery County, Maryland, about one
mile from Chevy Chase, on the old Jones ^lill road, off
Connecticut Avenue, extended, tourists find one of the
oldest Manor houses of the Potomac region. The elec-
tric cars run to Chevy Chase, about one mile from this
historic mansion. '
A manor was usually granted by royalty to a scion of
good, or aristocratic family, who, leaving the mother
country behind, lived on his isolated American planta-
tian in a manner resembling a feudal baron, with black
slaves to produce the necessaries of living — the luxuries
being imported from England. Indeed, ''Clean Drink-
ing," as this manor has been called for so many yeare,
held white slaves, or ''indentured servants," as well as
negro slaves. In 17.50 Charles Jones, who had married
^Elizabeth Courts, daughter of Col. 'John Courts III,
having bought the old Manor House from his wife's
brother, *John Courts IV, erected the now well-knowTi
Manor House of "Clean Drinking;" it stands on a hill
commanding a fine view. It is, of course, very old-
fashioned, of frame, brick-filled, one and a half stories
high, with dormer windows, in the prevailing style of
the period and region, and flanked by high outside chim-
neys. A veranda approached by a flight of wooden
steps, extends its arms from chimney to chinmey, while
two doors open from it directly into the principal apart-
COURTS FAMILY. 315
ments. TJie mouldering roof and weatber boards are
much decayed, but the doors, some of which are of solid
walnut, and the heavy sashes that enclose the tiny win-
dow panes, are well preserved. On one side of the house
is a cluster of roofless brick buildings, erected at the
same time that the main house was built; the one con-
taining the great brick oven was the kitchen, and the
others were the domicile of the housekeepei', and house
serviints. Near these buildings is a primitive stone
dairy. On the opposite side of the house is the old-
fashioned flower garden. The beds in this quaint jilat
are bordered witJi magnificent boxwood shrubs, said to
be the finest now in this country. These were planted
by Charles Jones, ''Gentleman,'' in the form of a letter
'*J," about the sauie time that Washington set out his
famous boxwood hedges at Mt. Vernon. This historic
old house is still o^\^led and occupied by the descend-
ants of Charles and "'Elizabeth Courts Jones.
All of the former owners of "Clean Drinking" are
buried in the family graveyard near the Manor House.
This Charles Jones, who man-ied Elizabeth Courts,
was one of the judges of the first court held in Mont-
gomery County, Maryland, and it is among his descend-
ants that the surnaiue of the first proprietors, as ''Lords
of the ]\ranor," has been jireserved as "Coates," instead
of ''Courts," which is in all of the old records of the
family. True-hearted hospitality always reigned at
"Clean Drinking Manor," and in the days gone by,
nearly all of the public men sojourning at the National
Capitol have been guests there. One of the heroes of
the old manor was Brigade Major 'John Courts Jones,
who served with distinction in the Revolutionary War
on the staff of General Smallwood. He was a member
of the Order of the Cincinnati. His wife was a daugh-
ter of Col. Robert H. Hari-ison, aide to General Wash-
ington and his private secretary. Descendants of tliis
couple now live at "Clean Drinking;" but the glory of
the place, as imparted by wealth, has vanished. The
old house is filled with almost priceless relics of the
past — books, furniture, china, silver, glass, etc. The
accumulation of hundreds of yeai-s, but here its glory
ends, for the house is falling to decay; the gardens,
316 HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
arbors, graveyard, etc., are overrun with rank weeds,
and an air of general debility prevails, for much free-
heartedness and hospitality has been its ruin.
I return now to the Courts family. The wife of Col.
^John Courts was Elizal>eth, daughter of Maj. Robert
Yates, of "Mount Eepublican Manor," in Charles
County, Maryland. Ch)1. ^John probably divided his
property before he executed his will, or at least gave his
daughter, ■'Charity, her portion of his estate upon her
marriage to Samuel Adams, as he gave but 10,000
pounds of tobacco to her. Tobacco was "currency" then
(1747).
^Charity Courts, daughter of Col. ^John and Elizabeth
(Yates) Courts, of "Clean Drinking Manor," Maryland,
was married to Samuel Adams, of Charles County, Mary-
land, before 1747, as in her father's will of that date she
is mentioned as "Charity Adams." Samuel Adams'
will was proved September 10, 1748. Mrs. Lida C. Lieb
has a copy of this will. She now lives in San Jose, Cal.
(1899). Nowhere in the archives of Maryland is the
surname given as sr>elled otherwise than Courtis, Courts
or Coart, and in no will of the "three John Courts" is
the name Avritten otherwise than "Courts."
All living descendants in the male line write their
name "Courts." The spelling of the name "Coates"
occurs almost only among the Jones branch of the
family.
In connection with this subject and i)edigree, see
"An Account of Old Maryland Manors, and Their
Lords," in the Johns Hopkins Studies, 1883. Also the
publi.shed volumes of the "Archives of Maryland," by
Louis H. Evarts; "History of \Yestem Marsiand," and
the calendar ot Maryland State Papers.
^\o^n.
THE OWEN FAMILY.
The Owen family, which forms the subject of this
sketch, is of Welch origin, descendants of the ancient
Kings of Wales. The Owen Glendowei-s, or Gleudower
Owens, were persecuted by their enemies, and driven
from their estates to the mountain wilds, whei*e they
became shepherds; their ancestral home was in Marion-
ethshire, Wales, one of the extreme western counties,
the coast of which is washed by Cardigan Bay. It lies
not far southwest from the port of Liverpool, and its
principal town is.Barmouth. South of it lies the County
of Montgomery. Here the Society of Friends had many
adherents, and a large number of the Welch people
joined this society. As the hand of persecution fell
heavy upon them, their eyes naturally turned towards
the new Western World, as a much desii-ed haven of
fx^ace and rest from the tyrannies and oppressions of
the Old World. The Welch custom, and that of the
Swiss and Palatines, in settling new countries, were
similar in many respects. They would firet send reliable
pereons across the Atlantic to purchase lands and make
preparations for the reception of the expected colonists,
then send the colony later.
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318 HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
At this lime, in the fourth quarter of the seventeeuth
century, William Peun, the CJiiefest of the Quakers, had
already projected his plans of a government founded on
brotherly love, and from him a large number of AV'elch
Quakere, led by Rowland Ellis, purchased five thousand
aci*es of land in Pennsylvania. They arrived in Amer-
ica in 1682, another colony coming in 1686. There
were also a number of Owens of these colonists, among
them being three brother from Wales, ^Thomas, Mohn
and ^William Owen, who arrived in the Colony of Vir-
ginia about the same time, ajid settled in Henrico
County, twenty miles below where Richmond now
stands. It is not known whether they were related to
the Owens who settled in Pennsylvania or not.
The original will of ^Thomas Owen is recorded in
Henrico County, Virginia, dated 1741, and probated in
1744; but the earliest mention of the family is in the
will of Thomas Brookes, also recorded in Henrico
County, dated 1694, probated in 1695. In it he names
his wife, Joanna, and tn'o sons-in-law, ^Thomas and
^William Owen. ^Thomas Owen married Elizal>eth
P>rookes, and ^William Owen married another daughter
of Thomas Brookes. It is supposed that ^John Ow^en,
the second brother, did not marry, as we have no record
of his family. It is thought that he w^ent to South
Carolina or Georgia. He was lost sight of by his
brothers and their families, who remained for some
years in Virginia. We have no record of the family of
^William Owen, the third brother, who married a Miss
Brookes.
^Thomas Owen is the firet of the family on record in
Virginia. He and his wife, Elizabeth Brookes, lived in
Henrico County and reared a family. There are no
details preserved conceraing either of them, but it may
be safe to state that the life, character and habits of
this couple must have been good, for the character of
their children and the families into which they married,
is suflScient to indicate their high position in life. They
lived and died in the above-named county. ^Thomas
Owen mentions his wife, Elizabeth Brookes, in his will.
Their son, =John Owen, with his wife, Mildred Grant
(daughter of Thomas Grant and Isabella Richardson^,
OWEX FAJIILY. 319
his father-in-law, Thomas Grant, and his brothers-in-
law, William Allen and Daniel Grant, removed to
Granville ConntN', North Carolina, in 1765.
^John Owen, son of ^Thomas, was a vestryman in
Antrim Parish from 1752 to 1765.
^John Owen, brother of ^Thomas, was a member of
Old Brntou Church, Williamsburg, Va., in 1697, where
it is sup}>osed he .«:ettled when his brothers went to
Henrico County.
As we have no record of the descendants of ^John and
^William Owen, we will begin with ^Thomas Owen, who
married Elizabeth Brookes, of Henrico County, Vir-
ginia. They had four children. We suppovse all wei-e
born in Henrico County, Virginia. They were: ^John,
^Thomas, "William and ^Mary.
^William Owen died unmarried.
^Thomas Owen married, first, a Miss Hopson, and
second, a Miss Fontaine. They had six children, as
follows: ^Hopson, ^Fontaine, ^Thomas, ^Betsy (married
a Mr. Cheatham, of North Carolina), ^Susanne (married
a Mr. Barton) and another daughter (name not known)
married a Mr. Bransford. This family lived near
Richmond, Va.
-^fary Owen married William Allen. They had five
children : 'Betsy Allen, married a Mr. Morgan ; ^Susan
Allen, married a Mr. Barton ; ^Polly Allen, married
William Allen (called Shoe Iveather Allen) ; ^Sarah
Allen, married a Mr. Walker; ^Nancy Allen, married
Gideon Johnson, a soldier of the Continental Anny of
1776. See Ramsey's "Annals of Tennes.see'' and Saflell's
"Register of Revolutionary Soldiei*s," page 503. Their
children were eight, as follows: ^William M., ^Gideon,
*Mordecai, *Peter, ^Elizabeth, *Abner (married N.
Brackett), *Mary (married I. Cotton) and *Ursula
Johnson (married John Pillow; issue: "Gideon J.,
''Abnor and ^\nnie Pillow, who married a Mr. Payne,
all of Tennessee).
'John Owen, son of ^Thomas, was born about 1695, in
Henrico County, Virginia. He had eight children :
^Thomas, ^Richardson, ^Isabella, ^Mary, ^Fanny, ^Mil-
dred, 'John and ^Eliza Owen. In 1741 he was married
to Mildred Grant (a daughter of Thomas Grant and Isa-
320 HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
bella Richardson, liis wife). She was born about 1714,
and lived to be over ninety years of age, becoming blind
before her death. Dr. ■'Itichardson Owen, her grandson,
writes in 1844, from his recollection of her: ''She was
a woman of large frame, rather taciturn, industrious to
a proverb, frugal, economical, keen in her observations,
kind to all children, not easily moved in distress, but
firm, and remarkably staid in her mind, in all emer-
gencies, pious, methodical, and had a great contempt
for a mean character." Of his grandfather, -John Owen,
Dr. ^Richardson Owen says: ''I remember him dis-
tinctly. He was a small man, with piercing black eyes,
and when over a hundred years of age, was firm, and
stayed in his mind to a remarkable degree." He does
not give the date of his death.
-John Owen and Mildi-ed Grant's eight children were
as follows: ^Thomas Owen, the eldest son, married
Isabella Allen, his cousin. He enlisted in the Conti-
nental Army, January 25, 1776. See "Safifell's Reg-
ister," p. 181. They went from North Carolina to Ken-
tucky, and lived at or near Elizabethto\\Ti. They had
fourteen children, namely: ^Thomas, *John, * William,
<Fanny, Tolly, '•Richardson, "Sally, "Isabella, "Eliza-
beth. "Robert, "Anne, "Grant, "Daniel and "Alfred.
"Thomas Owen married Elizabeth Webb, and they
had ten children, namely: ^Harriet, 'James, "^Grant,
'David, 'Daniel, 'Eliza, 'John, 'Mary, 'Isabella and
'William.
"John Owen married Eleanor Howard and had four
children, namely: 'Samuel, "William, 'Mary and 'Rich-
ardson Owen.
"William Owen married Charlotte Montague, and had
'Henry Owen and several other children.
"Fanny Owen married William Poole and had several
children.
"Polly Owen married William Montague, and had
'Thomas Montague and other children.
"Richardson Owen died unmarried.
"Sally Owen died unmarried.
"Isabella Owen died unmarried.
"Elizabeth Owen married John Green and had four
children.
Dr. John Owen
Of Carthage, Tenn. B.->rn I7S7; Died 1S26.
OWEN FAMILY. 32I
^Uobei't Owen married a Miss ITardin.
*Aune Owen niarried a Mr. Mooi-man.
^Grant Owen married a Miss Moorman.
^Daniel Owen married a Miss Allen.
^Alfred Owen married a Miss Moorman.
Col, ^Richardson Owen, serond child of ^John Owen
and Mildred Grant, his wife, was born in Henrico
County. \'irjrinia. in 1744. His parents moved I0 Gran-
ville Connly, North Carolina, in 17(>5. He was a
Colonel commanding a regiment in the Revolution of
177G. He married Sarah Doty. They had six children.
They moved I0 Tuscaloosa, Ala., in 1818, where he died
in 1822, and his wife died in 1836. Their children were:
Dr. "William Owen, married Martha Edwards. They
had a son. Judge 'B. F. Owen, of West Point, ^liss.
Dr. '•John Owen, married Anne Keeling. They had a
son, "^vSylvesIa Owen, who married Frances Bartce, and
they have five children, namely: Dr. ^J. Nimrao, ^Sarah
F. (married Edward Burke), ®Anu K., ''Robert and
^Virginia Owen.
Judge ^Thomas Owen, of Tuscaloosa, Ala., married
Dolly Williams. They had nine children, namely:
"Amanda (married Mr. Kirk), ^Marcus, ''Julia, "Emily,
"John, "Sarah, "William (married, and had a son,
"Thomas M. Owen, who married a Miss Bankhead, and
they have a son, ^Thomas M. Owen, Jr., and live at
Carrollton, Ala.), "Thomas and "James Owen.
Dr. "Richardson Owen, married Tabitha Allen, his
second cousin. They had nine children, and live-d in
Columbus, Miss., for some years, then moved to Arkan-
sas. Their children were: "Tabitha G., "Henry R., of
Lake Village, Ark. ; "Edward T., "Sarah H., "Richardson
Bruce, of Lagrange, Ark. ; "Mary F., "Susan E. (married
a Mr. Alexander, of Okalla, Texas), "Anne E. and
"Thomas G. Owen.
"Sarah R. Owen, married a Mr. McKinstry. After
his death she married Dr. John Drisk, of Tuscaloo8a>
Ala.
Judge "Hopson Owen, married Alice Williams. He
was a banker for some years before his death in Tusca-
loosa, Ala. Their children were: "Charles, "Eugenia
and "Augusta Owen.
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322 HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
'Isabella Oweu, third cliild of -Joliu Owen and Mil-
died Giant Owen, married Joseijh Hill. Tliey bad four
children, namely: "Tbomas (married and bad a family
of fonr cbildren), ^Mildred (married Jobn Williams),
'Kobert (man-ied Polly Young) and MJicbard.son Hill.
^Mary Owen, fourth child of -John Owen and ^fildred
Grant Owen, man-ied Seth Moore. They bad six chil-
dren, namely: "Thomas (married a Miss Booker),
'Ik'tsy (died unnjarriedi, ^^largaret (married, fii-st,
Jobn Buruey; second, a Mr, Tarpley), ^Seth, ^Burnett
(married a Miss Billiugsley) and *Jolm Moore (married
a Miss Oliver).
^Fanny Owen, the fiftb child of =Johu and Mildred
Grant Owen, married ^Thomas Grant, her first cousin.
Tiiey bad five children. He was born in 1757, and was
a soldier in the Continental Array. See ''Heitman's
Kegi.ster,'' p. 107. Their cbildren were: ^Daniel, mar-
ried Lucy Crutchfield, and they had three children:
''John T. (married Martha Cobb Jackson ; they bad one
child, ^William D. Grant, of Atlanta, Ga., who married
Sally Fanny Reade ; they have two cbildren, namely:
^Sarah Frances Grant, married, first, Thomas Cobb
Jackson; married, second, John >f. Slaton, of Atlanta,
Ga., and "John W. Grant, who married Anne Innman,
daughter of Hugh Innman and Fanny Van Dyke, bis
wife; they have three cbildi-en. and live in Atlanta, Ga.),
^Mary E. Grant (married Joseph Wilkins) and Mames
L. Grant (married S. J. Morrow). ^William Grant,
married Kitura Mills. ^Thomas Grant, married Mary
Biard. ^Mildred Grant, married J. Billiugsley, and
^Elizabeth Grant, married William Love.
^Mildred Grant Owen, the sixth child of ^John and
Mildred Grant Owen, married George Moore. They
had five cbildren, namely : *Franklin Moore, mai'ried a
Miss Overby. *Andei*son Moore, married a Miss
Chandler. *Fanny ifoore, married a Mr. Wilson.
*Polly Moore, married a Mr. Sinmions and *Mildred
Moore, married a Mr. Puryear.
^John Owen, the seventh child of Mohn and
Mildred Grant Owen, was born in Henrico County,
Virginia, March 25, 1754. His parents removed from
Virginia to North Carolina when he was about eleven
0U7v'A FAMILY. 323
years of age. On September 5, 177(1, lie was married to
bis cousin, Amelia Grant, dau£>,liter of Daniel Grant and
Elizabeth Tait, his wife. IJe served in the Continental
Army. See ''SalVell's Eeeord," p. 223; also a Kegister
of troops in the Noi-lh Carolina line. He was a Lieu-
tenant in May, 1776. His wife, Amelia CJrant, was
born October 20, 1752. ^Jolin Owen was said to have
been one of the noblest of men, tall, erect and robust,
with dark hair and complexion, and a Koman nose; his
face indicating great strength of character. He had a
cheerful disposition, and was always kind to those
around him, a man of marked piety, industrious and
economical without being penurious; having a con-
tempt for all hypocrisy and meanness; frank and dig-
nified in manners and conversation, and prudent in all
things. He and his wife lived in Granville Coimty,
North Carolina, where they reared seven children to be
gro^vll. She died June 28, 1822. He then became un-
happy and dissatistied, gave up his home, divided his
proi>erty and household goods among his children, and
decided to go to Carthage, Tennessee, to live with his
son. Dr. *John Owen, who was then on a visit to his
father, having gone to assist him in settling up his
estate. ^John Owen was then quite an old man, and it
was an arduous journey for one of his age to travel so
many hundred miles over rough, mountainous roads
froni Middle North Carolina to Middle Tennessee. He
rode in a gig, which was a vehicle in common use at
that time, a faithful negro servant driving him, his son,
Dp. *John Owen, and .several negroes were on horseback
attending him. He was taken severely ill at Wythe
Court House, in Virginia, and died December 8, 1824,
and was buried there at Straws Chapel. He was ill
only a few days. His son, with the servants, after the
sad burial, proceeded on their sorrowful journey to his
home in Carthage, Tenn.
'John Owen and Amelia Grant left seven children, as
follows :
The eldest, ''Elizal)eth Owen, bora June 1, 1777; mar-
ried Thomas Anderson. She died August .SO, 1814.
They had six children, namely: '^James (married
and had six children), "^Amelia (married, left no chil-
324 HisTomoAL sketches.
dren), ^Thomas (married a Miss Allen in Georgia, bnt
later went to Mouticello, Ark., where be died, leaving
four children), ^John W. (died during the War of 1860,
leaving one son), "Eliza (married a Mi". Paschal) and
''Daniel Anderson (married a Miss Bivins).
The second child of Mohn and Amelia Grant Owen
was M)aniel Owen, horn May 18, 1770. He married
Sarah Willis, and died in ISGO. They had eight chil-
dren, as follows:
"Mildred Owen, married Joel Burt, of Talbot County,
Georgia, and their children were: ®Sarah, married
Roscoe Gorman ; their children are: ^Mildred (married
Harry Brown), ^Sarah, ^Roscoe, ^Elizabeth, ''Mary
(married John Eden), ^William and ^Joseph Gorman.
^Emily, not married. "Mildred, married Belton Butts;
their children are: Uessie Butts and others; and
''Alpheus Burt.
"James Owen, married, first, Miss Marshall, daughter
of Judge William Marshall ; second, Miss Johnson ; had
five children, as follows: ®Sarah Owen, married John
Leonard, of Talbotton, Ga, ; they have four children,
namely: ^James, ^William, ^Robert and ^Edward Tveon-
ard. 'Mary Owen, married a Mr. Kimbrough, of Car-
rollton, Ga. ^'Rebecca Owen, married Samuel Burt, of
Alabama. ^James Owen and ^Albert Owen, unmarried.
"Mary Owen, the third child of •'Daniel Owen, married
William Holmes. They had eight children, namely:
"Kate (married Stephen Clements), **Mattie (married
Ossian Gorman; their children are: ^Katie and ^John
Gorman and two others), ^William (married Jennie
Evans), "Robert (unmarried), "Fanny (married James
Bryan; their children are: ^William, ''Holmes and
'James Bryan), "Jennie (unmarried), "John and "Emma
Holmes (unmarried).
"William Owen, married, first, Elizabeth Pitts; sec-
ond, Eliza Willis; they had six children, as follows:
"Fanny, married A. P. Dixon, of Woodbury, Ga. They
have three children, namely: 'Robert, 'Mary B. and
'Helen Dixon. "Mary Owen, married Dr. Lewis Stan-
ford, of Waverly Hall, Ga. They have two children,
namely: 'George and 'Owen Stanford. "Isabel Owen,
married T. B. Ashford. "William Owen, married
OWEN FAMILY. 325
; they have two children, namely : "Mary and
'William Owen, and live at Woodbury, Ga. "John
Owen, nnniarried. ®Heieu Owen, married Tliomas
Tignorke.
^Dr. John Owen, married , and has one child,
^Mattie Owen, who married ]iobert B>yar, of Talbot
Valley, Ga., and has ten children.
^Franklin Owen, married, tirst, Sarah Gamble; sec-
ond, Ada Mahone; they had two children, namely:
®Frank and ^Addie Owen.
''Daniel Owen was in the Confederate Army; he mar-
ried, first, Sallie Keed ; second, Emma Reed. He had
two childi'cu by his first wife, namely: *^Sarali Emma
and ^Lizzie Mary Owen, of Talbot County, Georgia.
'^Sydney Owen, married Mary Gorman. They had
six children, namely: ^Sally (married Edwin Golding,
and has one child, "Sallie Golding, of Texas), *John,
^Sydney, *Mary (married Frank Patterson, and has
four children, namely: ^Owen, ^William, ^Mary and
'Margaret Patterson), ®Leila (married Sam Stratton,
of Lebanon, Tenn., and has four children, namely : 'Mil-
dred, 'Julia, 'Mary O. and 'Elizabeth Stratton.
^Alberta Owen, married William Bryan, and had six
children, namely: 'Sydney, 'Amanda, 'Sarah, 'Hardy,
'Leila and 'William Bryan,
*Thom;is Owen, third child of Mohn and Amelia
Grant Owen, was lorn December 8, 1780; died July 32,
1805. He was never married.
^Isabella Owen, fourth child of *John and Amelia
Grant Owen, waf-- born June 12, 1782. She married a
Mr. Dozici". and died in 1833, leaving no children.
*Mildred Owen, the fifth child of »John and Amelia G.
Owen, was born June 6, 1785 ; died in September, 182(5,
unmarried; was buried in the private burying ground
at the home of her brother. Dr. ■'John Owen, near Car-
thage, Tenn.
Dr. *John Owen, the sixth child of 'John and Amelia
Grant Owen, was bora August 31, 1787, in Granville
County, North Carolina; on Deceml>er 17, 1812, he was
married to Mary Amis Goodwin, of the same county
and State. She was born January 30, 1787, and died
January 2, 1870, at Ijcbanon, Tenn! Mary Amis Good-
326 HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
win was the daugliler of Lemuel Goodwin, of Granville
County, North Carolina. He was a Sergeant in the
Continental Army. See Record in the Pension Office
at Washington, D. C, also Record of Soldiers of the
Revolution from North Carolina, compiled by the
Secretary of State of North Carolina. Lemuel
Goodwin owned a large plantation and a number
of slaves. He had only two children, daughtei-s.
He lived to be quite an old man, was active, straight
and erect. PJe rode horseback when eighty years
of age as easily and gracefully as a man of thirty.
He was a kind, affectionate husband and father, a Chris-
tian in every sense of the word.
Dr. *John Owen and his wife were educated at the
best schools in North Carolina, and were refined, cul-
tured people ; he was two years in Philadelphia, attend-
ing the medical college, wiiich was at that time the most
noted in America. Dr. Benjamin Rush was one of his
preceptors, for whom he formed a warm attachment,
and gave his name to his eldest son. After receiving
his diploma from the college, he returned home, married,
and immediately moved to Carthage, Smith County,
Tennessee. He lived there, practicing medicine, a few
years, then bought a large farm Mithin five miles of
Carthage, and settled his and his wife's slaves on it.
For a number of years he continued in the practice of
his chosen profession, was much beloved and respected
in the community in which he lived, was generous, char-
itable and kind to all. None ever appealed to him for
aid without it being cheerfully given. He was a fine
business man, and left his widow and children in good
circumstances. He had seven children. Two died in
infancy and two in early youth. He died September 5,
1826, leaving his wife and five young children. She
was a woman of gre^t piety and strength of character.
She and her husband were members of the Methodist
Church. Their home was always the home for the itin-
erant ministers of that denomination; they assisted in
building churches and school houses in the neighbor-
hood, and did much to advance religion and education
in that new and undeveloijed country. Their eldest
son, 'Benjamin R. Owen, born September 15, 1813,
OWEN FAMILY. 327
was educated at Clinton College, whose president
was the noted educator, Peter Hubbard. It was one of
the best schools at that time in Middle Tennessee. He
then attended the medical college in Philadelphia for
two years, and began the practice of his profession in
Lebanon, Tenn. He was a successful practitioner. On
March 2G, 1840, he was married to Katherine Howard,
of Greeneville, Tenn. During a severe epidemic of
cholera he died of the disease on July 23, 1849, at I^b-
anon, Tenn., a martyr to the cause of humanity, leaving
a widow and three small children, namely:
^Fannie Owen, married Horace H. Lurton, of Clarks-
ville, Tenn., who became one of the Supreme Judges of
the State, and is now (1910) one of the Judges of the
United States Supreme Court. Their children are:
^Kate, died when about grown. '^Leon, also died when
about twenty-one years of age. ^Mary, married, first,
Robert Finley, of New York; second, Horace Van De-
Venter, of Kuoxville, Tenn. ; they have one child, ^Fran-
ces Van DeVenter. ''Horace Lurton, married Margaret
Eichardson. They live in Nashville, Tenn., and have
a son, ^Horace Lurton III, and a daughter, ^Sarah
Evans Lurton.
*Lily Owen, married Richard Morgan, of Dallas,
Texas^ a prominent law;>^er. She died, leaving three
children, namely: "Richard, ^Owen and 'Katherine
Morgan.
^Benjamin H. Owen, married Mary Kennedy, and lives
in Charleston, S. C. He is a man of high standing in
the community and in his church. They had six chil-
dren, namely: 'Sarah. Mohn, 'Mary and 'Katherine
Owen, and two who died in infancy. 'Sarah Owen
married the Rev. Thomas M. Hunter, of Baton
Rouge, La. They have two children, namely : ^Howard
Owen Hunter and *Sally Marshall Hunter. 'Mary K.
Owen married Andrew' J. Geer, of Charleston, South
Carolina. 'John Owen married Irene M. Beltz.
The second child of Dr. ''John Owen and Mary A.
Goodwin, his wife, was '^Fanny Isaljella Owen, born
Februarv 5, 1818; married William B. Campbell, Sep-
tember 10, 1835.
'*Fannv Owen, a woman of many virtues, was a strong
328 iiisTOincAL UKr/rviiES.
thaiacter, full of energy and enteipiise, a charitable
Christian woman, fitted to adoin any society. She had
spent many winters at the National Capital, and there
had met the leading men and women of the nation.
They had ten children. Throe died in early youth, and
one/'William Bowen Campbell, in early manhood, just
twenty-two years of age, a most prcunising young man.
•'Mary Campl>ell, the eldest, married I). C. Kelley.
She was a noble woman, loved by all who came under
her influence. She died in November, 1S90, leaving
three young sons, namely: 'William C, died in Skag-
way, Alaska, in 18!)8; 'David C, married Jane Cowen;
issue: ®Mavy O. C, ^David C, and ''Sarah Donelson
Kelley. 'Owen, died in 1904. One daughter, "Lavinia,
died young.
^Margaret Hamilton Campbell, second daughter of
William B. and Fanny Owen Campbell, married James
Stuart Pilcher, a lawyer of Nashville, Tenn. They have
three children, namely: 'Frances Owen, "Stuart Ca-
rothers (married Martha Douglas, October 27, 1909, a
daughter of Dr. Kichard Douglas and Martha Irving,
his Avife) and ' W. B. Campbell Pilcher (married Septem-
ber 28, 1907, Loretta H., daughter of United States
Senator Robert L. Taylor and his wife, Sarah Baird).
^Fanny Amelia Campliell, third daughter of William
B. and Fanny Owen Campbell, married J. Willis
Bonner, a lawyer of Na.shville, Tenn. He was Judge of
the Circuit Court at that place. They had five chil-
dren. ^Campbell Bonner, Professor of Greek at the
University of Michigan, married Ethel Howell. They
have two children, namely: ^Frances and *Sue Grundy
Bonner. "^Moses Horton Bonner married Georgiana
McNair, and lives in Houston, Texas. "Russell and
^Willis died young; and 'Mary C. Bonner. «Fanny C.
Bonner died February 14, 1900, in Nashville, Tenn.
She was a Christian, a woman of strong, elevated char-
acter.
"Joseph Allen Campbell, son of Fanny O. and William
B. Campbell, is a farmer, and lives at the old homestead,
''Campbell," near I^ebanon, Tenn. He married Alice
Hall, of Carthage, Miss. They have three daughters,
namely : 'Frances (married Frank S. Garden, of Chat-
Mrs. Mary Amis Goodwin Owen.
Wife of Dr. John Owen.
She Was Born ITmI; Died 187S.
OWEN FAMILY. 329
tanooga, Tenn., and has one daugliter, ^Alice Hall),
'Maiy O. and "Jessie Bonner Campbell (married Ed-
ward Graham).
Dr. M. Owen Campbell, son of Fanny O. and William
B. Campbell, is a farmer, and lives near I^ebanon, Tenn.
He married Susie Towson. They have two children,
namely: ^Martha and "Maigaret Campbell.
"Jx?rauel ]\ussell Campbell, younoest child of Fanny
O. and William B. Campbell, is a lawyer, practicing at
the Nashville bar. He married Johnnie Marshall in
December, 1893. They have had three sons and two
daughters, namely : 'William B., ^Matthew McClung,
^Kussell, 'Elizabeth E. and "Ellen M. Campbell. The
two daughters died in infancy.
Dr. '^John Owen, the youngest child of Dr. *John and
Mary Goodwin Owen, was born June 21, 1825; married
Fannv Jameson, November 1, 1853. They had no chil-
dren.' He died April 16, 1889. His wife, a Christian
woman, loved by all who knew her, died several years
befoi'e her husband.
^Mary Owen, the seventh child of ^John and Amelia
Grant Owen, was born October 24, 1794. She married
Frank Oliver, and they had five children. She died
in September, 1>;2G, and was buried at her brother's
home, near Carthage, Tenn., about two miles from Gor-
donsville, at what is now called the Hogan place, near
the banks of Caney Fork Kiver. At this place there is
an old graveyard in the garden that is now almost
obliterated by the soil covering the tombstones that
mark the resting ])lace of Dr. ^John Owen, two of his
sisters, four of his children, and many other members
of the family. Dr. "John Owen and his two sisters,
*Mary Owen Oliver and "Mildred Owen, died the same
year and month of a malarial fever, and are buried at
this place. "Mary Owen Oliver's children were: "^Lu-
cinda Oliver, married, first, a Mr. Lowery; second,
Bennett Hillsman. Their children are: 'Sarah, mar-
ried John Seay; she had two children, namely: ^John
W. (married a Miss Lightfoot, and lives in Texas) and
^Fanny Seay (married a Mr. Loving, of Texas). "Mary
Hillsman; ^William Hillsman, was killed at the Battle
of Chickamauga, in the Confederate Army; Mohn O.
330 HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
nillsman, jnarried Edna Josey, of Athens, Ga.; they
have six cliildreu; ^Augustus P. Ilillsman, married
Eiidora liogers, of Palem, Ga. ; they have six children;
^Lisette Hillsuian, married Thomas Middlehrookes, of
Farmington, Ga. ; they have six children; ^Margaret
Hillsman, married Robert Hester, of Farmington, Ga. ;
they have seven childi-en; ^Luoinda ITillsman. married
Williani Rogers, of Mallorys, Ga., they have two chil-
dren; ''Susan Hillsman, married Edward Smith, of
Greshamsville, Ga. ; they have three children.
'Amelia G. Oliver, married William Wozencraft;
they had .seven children, namely: 'George, killed at the
Battle of Shiloh; ^Mary, married Dr. Stone; they have
three children ; ^Martin L., married and had four chil-
dren ; •''Capt. A. P., of Dallas, Texas; «Frank, of Prince-
ton, Ark.; <^Fanuy, married a Mr. Hardy; they have
eight children, and "Harriette Wozx^ncraft, married a
Mr. McCiity, and they have four children.
'^Fanny Oliver, married, first, a Mr. Drake; second,
Captain Winstead, of Princeton, Ark.; they have no
children.
''Angelina Oliver, married a Mr. Shepherd; they left
four children, who live near Blountsville, Ala., namely :
*'Fanny F. (not married), «Helen (not married), "Ann
Amelia (married Mr. Graves, and has two children) and
^^Alice Shepherd (married a Mr. Self, and they have five
children).
^Elizabeth Owen, the eighth child of =John and Mil-
dred Grant Owen, married Sihorn Smith ; they had four
children, namely : *Thomas, married Elizabeth Hallum ;
■'\Yilliam, mai-ried Rachel Oliver; they had many chil-
dren ; *Marv, married a Mr. Buchanan, and *Ann Smith,
married a Mr. Crowder.
Owen (Ap Grifeth.) Or. A Cross gu.
OR ANT FA^JILY.
THE GRANT FAMILY.
The Grant family livod in iho. norllnvest of Scotland.
The clan was large, and many brave, strong men were
forced to seek other fields for their labor, as is always
the case where the population outgrows the ability of
the land to maintain them.
Early in the seventeenth century, ^Thomas Grant had
a lai'ge tract of land patented to him in New Kent
County, Virginia, about eighteen miles from Richmond
and seven miles from Hanover Court House. After-
wards he had another tract patented to him in 1652.
This is from Virginia records.
'Thomas Grant (the sou of ^Thomas) married Isabella
Richardson. He gave the land upon which the first
Presbyterian church edifice was built in Virginia, and
assisted in erecting the building. He was an elder
in the congregation of Ground Squirrel Meeting House,
Hanover County, Virginia. He died in 1734, and was
buried beside his wife in the yard of the Old Pole Green
Church, twenty miles from Richmond, Va. They had
three children, namely :
^Mildred Grant, married =John Owen. Their de-
scendants are given in the foregoing pages, in the his-
tory of the Owen family.
^Daniel Grant was born in 1724 at the old home near
Ground Squirrel Meeting House, in Hanover County,
Virginia. See the Records in Hanover Court House,
Virginia. He married Elizabeth Tait. They had five
children. He died in 1796. He was a Justice of the
Peace in North Carolina (whence he had removed with
his family from Virginia) during the Colonial period
(see '^History of Methodism in Georgia," by the Rev.
G. G. Smith), and was also for a short time a Lieutenant
in the Continental Army. He was past the age for
active service, being fifty-two years of age in 1776. See
Saflfeirs "Register of Continental Soldiers."
832 HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
^TLomas Grant (son of ^Daniel Gnint and Elizabeth
Tait, his wife) was born in 1757. He was a soldier in
the Continental Army; married liis cousin, ^Frances
Owen. He died in 1828. Their descendanis are
given in the foregoing pages of the Owen history.
^Amelia Grant, married her cousin. ^John Owen.
Their descendants are given in the Owen history.
*Fi-ances Grant, man-ied S. 1). Gaflord.
^Isabella Grant married Richard Davis.
*Anne Grant married Hazlewood Wilkerson.
'Fanny Grant married William Allen. She was his
second wife. His first wife was -Mary Owen, daughter
of ^Thomas Owen and Elizabeth Brooke, his wife. They
had eight children, namely:
*Thomas,nVilliam,*Grant,married Tabitha Marshall;
they lived at Dixon Springs, Tenn.; had five children,
as follows: ''Susan, married William Alexander;
''Thomas, married Frances Taylor; they had a daughter,
^Elizabeth Allen, who married Thomas Bedford. They
lived near I^ebanon, Tenn. After their death their son,
'Thomas Bedford, went to Arkansas, married and had
a family; their two daughters married, names not
known. ^Polly Allen, married William Allen, her
cousin; they had an only child, ^Eliza Allen, who mar-
ried Judge Abram Caruthers, of Lebanon, Tenn.
They had eleven children, as follows : 'William, married
Fanny McCall, his cousin, and had six sons, namely:
®Read, ^Robert, *John, ^William, ^\llen and ^Abra'm
Caruthers. 'Samuel, married and left children ; 'Mary,
died young; 'Louisa, married General Carter, of Geor-
gia, and had two children, namely : "Estelle, died young,
and ^Edward Carter, married Minnie Dunn and died,
leaving two children, namely: ^Rowena D. and "John C.
Carter, of Nashville, Tenn. 'Rebecca, married Col.
Horace Rice, and left one child, ^Margaret Rice, who
married James Harris; they have one son, 'Horace
Harris, who lives in Colorado. 'Sally, married Dr.
Robertson, and has three sons, namely: ^William,
^Robert and *Dixon Robertson. 'Rol)ert, died unmar-
ried. 'Eliza, married Dr. Allsbrooke and left two sons.
'Betty, married Charles M. Ewing, of Dresden, Tenn.,
and has two children, namely: ^Carothers l^^wing, mar-
QRAST FAMILY. 333
ried a Miss Winston, of Memphis, Tcnn. Tbey have two
children, namely: "Estelle and Mnlia Ewiug; ''Cliarlie
Ewing, married Ray Carey, of Memphis, Teun. '^Kate,
married Edwards, and died without issue; and
^Fanny Carothers, married John Hart, of Nashville,
Tenn. They have two sons, namely: ^Winslow and
®Abram Hart. '^Betsey Allen, married Col. John 11.
Rowen, a leading lawyer and member of United States
Congress, from Gallatin, Tenn. They had three chil-
dren, namely: ^Mary Bowen, married Judge Jacob
Schall Yerger, of Greenville, Miss.; they had ten chil-
dren. Three died in the Confederate Army. Only two
left children, as follows: 'William G. Yerger, married
Jennie Hunter; they had four children, namely:
^Nugent, ® James, ®Mary Louise (married George M.
Wheatly, and has one child, ^Genivieve Wheatley),
and ^Jennie (married Samuel Wilson and has three
children, namely: "Will Y. E., ^Elizabeth L. and "Oscar
S. Wilson, of Vicksburg, Miss.). 'Hal Yerger, married
Sallie Miller and left two sons and one daughter,
namely: *Betty, ^Harvey M. and ^Will G. Yerger, of
Greenville, Miss. ^John Bowen died young. ^Grant
Bowen married Amanda Yerger, and has two children,
namely: 'Mary Bowen, married, first, Walter Helm;
second, Carnel Warfield, of Grand Lake, Chicot
County, Arkansas. She has one son, ^Neville Helm.
'John Bowen, married Wilsie Sutton ; lives in Green-
ville, Miss., and has one son, *John Bowen, Jr., and one
daughter, ^Carrie Bowen. '^Tabitha Allen, married Dr.
Bichardson Owen, her cousin. Their descendants are
given in the Owen history.
*Hannah Allen, married Henry Howard.
■'Isabella Allen, married Thomas Owen, her cousin ;
their line is given above.
^Frances Allen.
*Nancy Allen, married a Mr. Howai-d.
*Mildred Allen, married a Mr. Berrv.
334 HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
THE GOODWIN FAMILY.
The following uotes were made from "Virginia
Caroloram," by E. D. Neil (pnblished by Munsel & Co.)
"In a list of Virginia members of the House of Bur-
gesses for 1658 and 1659 is the name of Capt. Thomas
Goodwyn, from upper Norfolk County, Virginia, page
266; also persons appointed to press men and horses
into service for the protection of the frontier in 1676,
was one Col. Thomas Goodwyn."
Samuel Goodwyn died in 1775, in Granville Coimty,
North Carolina, and left one son, Samuel.
'Benjamin Goodwyn, of Virginia, married a Miss
Allen (one Benjamin Goodwyn was pastor of St. James
Episcopal Church in eastern Virginia in 1710. I do
not know that he was the one above mentioned.
See Meade's "History of Virginia'') . They had two chil-
dren, namely: ^Samuel, born about 3748, and -Lemuel
Goodwyn, bora in Halifax County, North Carolina, in
1752. They may have had other children.
^Samuel GoodwjTi married Keziah Tatum, daughter
of John Tatum. They had one son : ^Samuel Goodw^'n,
Jr. -Samuel Goodwyn, Sr.'s, will was probated Febru-
ary, 1775, in Granville County, North Carolina, and is
now on record there. His father-in-law, John Tatum,
and younger brother, ^Lemuel GoodwjTi, were made his
executors; his son, ^Samuel Goodwyn, Jr., who was
quite young when his father died, was reared by his
mother's brother, Robert Tatum, a merchant of Hicks-
boro, Va. When a youth, ^Samuel Goodwin went to
Fayetteville, N. C, and engaged in the mercantile busi-
ness. He prospered, became a wealthy merchant, mar-
ried a Miss Dake, and had two sons, namely: ^Robert
and ^William Goodwyn. ''William died unmarried.
^Samuel Goodwvn was a member of the North Carci
lina Legislature of 1807 and 1808. ( See Wheeler's Hif
torv of North Carolina, Part 2, p. 26). He was afte
GOODWIN FAMILY. 335
wards State Comptroller of the Currency. Upon the
death of his first wife he married Kebecca E. Jelks.
They had one daughter, *Maria Goodwyn, who married
a Mr. Jones, and they had a son, ^William M. Jones, of
No. lOG Sycamore Street, Petersburg, Va.
-Lemuel Goodwyn, son of ^Benjamin Goodwyn and
Allen, was born in Halifax County, North Caro-
lina, in 3 752, and was living there in April. 1770, at
which time he enlisted in the Continental Army, lie
was Sergeant in Captain Allen's company (perhaps a
relation of his mother's) in the First North Carolina
Regiment. It was afterwards commanded by Captain
Thompson, until 1777, when he was honorably dis-
charged at Wilmington, N. C. He was at Charle^stown,
S. C, when Fort Moultrie Avas attacked by the British,
his company being stationed at Haddrells Point in view
of the action. Afterwards, when the British Army,
under Cornwallis, passed through North Carolina, he
performed a tour of service as guard to the General
As.sembly when it was in session at Wake Court House.
See Uecords in Pension Office at Washington, D. C.
-Lemuel Goodwin married ^Frances Amis (daughter
of John Amis and his wife, ^Mary Dillard). They had
two daughters, namely : ^Mary and ^Frances Goodwin.
^Mary Amis Goodwin, bom January 30, 1787, was
married December 17, 1S12, to Dr. *John Owen. He
was born August 31, 1787. Their descendants have been
given in the Owen history.
^Frances Amis Goodwin was born December 4, 1789;
married Maurice Smith in June, 1814. They had five
children, as follows: *Mary, ^Su.san, *Rebecca, ^William
and ''Benjamin.
*Mary Smith married her cousin, Richard Smith, they
had eight children, namely : 'Pensie, married Thomas
Long; "^Fanny; ''William, married Josie Scott; they
live at Onnond P. O., North Carolina; 'Anne, married
William Rainey ; ''Mary, lives as Ormond P. O.. Caswell
County, N. C. ; ^Robert H., lives at Scottsboro, Ky. ;
"Rebecca; 'John, married Anne Long, and they had
eight children, namelv: ^Richmond, ^Ormond, *Helcn,
^'Lily. «Frank, "Robert, "Conner and "Mary Smith, of
Greensboro, N. C.
336 HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
*Snsan Smith and James Patillo, her husband, had
three cliildren, namely: 'James I'atillo, married J. Kow-
land; they had three children, namely: "James, "Anne
and ''Ixowland Patillo. 'Susan Patillo, married George
Smith; they have four children, namely: "Anne, «Rob-
ert, ^Fanny and ^George Smith. ^Mary Fatillo was
never married. In 1808 she was living in Fordyce, Ark.,
with her aged molher. Mrs. 'Susan Smith I'atillo.
^liebecca Smith married Benjamin Tharp. They had
two children: '^Lucy, married I>ewis Smith; ^Molly
Tharp, married Kichard Smith.
*William Smith married Isabella Green; they had
five children, namely : 'Maurice, married —; he
is a wholesale tobacco merchant of Richmond,
Va. (1899). 'Anne, married Dr. Clifton; 'Lewis, of
Oxford, N. C, married Lucy Tharp; "^Mary, married a
Mr. Persons, of Texarkana, Texas, and 'Richard Smith,
married Molly Tharp.
^Benjamin Smith married Anne W. Smith. Their
twelve children are: 'James, married Sally Hunt;
'Fanny, married Mr. Butler; 'Mary, married H. A.
Tillette, a lawj'er of Abilene, Texas; 'Maurice and
'William, died young; 'George, 'Thomas, 'Sanmel,
'Anne, 'Susan, 'Sarah and "Amy Smith.
^mk
THE AMIS FAMILY.
"Amis. — Tboiiias Amis, or Aiuy, was a Cacique in the
Colon3' of South Carolina in the year 1G82 ; he was a Land-
grave in the same Colony in the year 1G97.
"The nobility of the Colony were composed first of Land-
graves, and second of the Caciques.
"The charter granted by the Crown to the proprietors au-
tliorized the establishment of a nobility in the Pi'ovince or
Colony, but required that those composing it should be se-
lected from the inhabitants of the Colony.
"The famous 'Fundamental Constitution' of the Colony,
written by the philosopher Locke, provided for this nobility
in Article IX, as follows: 'There shall be just as many
Landgraves as there are couuties, and twice as many Caciques,
and no more. These shall be hereditary nobility of the
provinces, &c.' The requirements that the nobility be se-
lected from the inhabitants of the Colony was not always ob-
served, for some of those selected were residents of England
or of other Colonies."
The above is from "South Carolina Under Proprietary
Government," by Edward McCrady.
There was a settlement of ITu^enots on the James
Eiver, in Virginia, called Manakin Towti. It was ^t-
tled some time in the early part of the eighteenth cen-
tury, and among them was the family of Amis. It is
supposed that this family left France at the time there
was such a great exodus of the best citizens of that
country, just after the Revocation of the Edict of Nantz,
but some years previous to tliis time there was a family
of Amis in South Carolina.
Ix)uis Amis, according to our first records, lived in
Virginia during the Colonial times. He had three sons.
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338 HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
One or two of tlieiii moved to North Carolina; one
Thomas Amis i-emaiued in Virginia, and Amisvillo,
Eappaliannock County, waa founded by liim, and called
by his name. His sou, Tliomas Amis, was born at this
place. He left two daughtei-s, namely: Mrs. Mohn
Green (Annie Amis), of 1012 Third Street, Louisville,
Ky., and Mrs. *I^onard G. Quinliu (Mary Amis), IS
East Twenty-fourth Street, New York, N. Y.
Mrs. ^William Layman, of St. Helena, Cal., says her
father, ^Thomas Amis, of North Carolina, told her that
the family were Huguenots, who left France, going first
to the French West India islands, then to Virginia, and
that the name was Ami6, not Amis, as it was afterward
spelled in America. Another member of this family
says that the family tradition has always been that
upon leaving France, just after the Revocation of the
Edict of Nantz, the family sailed for the Barbadoes,
and remained there only a short time; then went to the
Colony of Virginia, and settled in Rappahannock
County, establishing themselves in a home, and called
the settlement Amisville.
The first ones on record are three i>ersous, two broth-
ers and their sister, ^Thomas, ^Frances and ^John Amis.
Mohn Amis married ^Mary Dillard. They had five
children, as follows: -Thomas, -William, -Rebecca,
^Anne and -Frances Amis.
^Thomas Amis married Alice Gayle. His name is the
first in the list of the first class that was graduated
from Chai)el Hill University, North Carolina, this being
one of the oldest universities in the United States. He
was in the Third North Carolina Regiment in the Con-
tinental Army, December, 1776. He was also a delegate
to the North Carolina Constitutional Convention from
Halifax County. See North Carolina State Records,
and SafTell's ''Register of Soldiei-s of the Revolution of
1776." They had .seven childi-en, namely : ^Mary, "Will-
iam, 'Alice, ^Frances, 'Rachel and two daughters, names
not kno\Mi. 'William Amis married and left a family.
'Mary Amis married Joseph Rogers, the founder of the
to^^'n of Rogersville, Tenn. They were married in 1785,
then came to East Tennessee, which was at that time the
western porti'^ j of North Carolina. She died at Rogers-
AMIS FAMILY. 339
ville, Tenn., in 1833. They left descendants. "-
Amis married a Mr. Haynes. * Amis married a
Mr. Armstrong. Trances Amis married a Mr. Lamiiton.
*Eachel Amis married a Mr. Hagan. ^Alice (called
Ailsie) Amis married John Gordon. They had eight
children, namely: ^James, *Nancy, ^William', ^Harrison,
*Frank, ^Polly,' ''\A'ylie and Tanny Gordon. ".James
married Harriet Moores. "Nancy married William B.
Moores, of Carthage, Tenn., being his first wife. "Will-
iam married Betsy Harper; issue: ^ Julia, married a
Mr. Sargent, of Wa.shington, D. C, and other children
who lived in Louisiana and left families. ^Harrison
Gordon married Mary Harper; issue: "Alice Gordon,
married Capt. E. S. Williams, of Troy, Ohio; issue:
"Olive Williams. "Frank Gordon married Rhoda
Moores, first; his second wife was Kitty Moore; he
had two daughters, namely: "Rhoda Gordon, married
Cloud Smilh, of Watertown, Tenn.; ''Tabitha Gordon,
married Alex. McCall, of Rome, Tenn. The above-
named Dr. *Frank Gordon was an eminent physician
and educator in his community — Smith County, Ten-
nessee. He was president of Clinton College, after the
death of its first president, Peter Hubbard. "Polly
Gordon married James Wallace; they had two children,
a "son and a daughter, "Antoinette Wallace, who mar-
ried Rev. Dr. McPheeters, and lived in Texas. "Wylie
Gordon married a Miss Russworm, from near Murfrees-
boro, Tenn. They left children. "Fanny Gordon
married John Bowen ; they had three children, namely :
"John Bowen, killed while sei-ving in the Confederate
Army; "Mary Bowen, married John Aust; they have
four children, namely: *Lula, married a Mr. Harj>er;
issue :' ^Earl and ^Estelle Harper ; "John R. Aust IV, an
attorney of Na.shville, Tenn., married Daisy Oliver;
they have one son, ^John R. Aust V; "Carrie Au.st,
married a Mr. Kuntz; they have five ^children ; "Willie
Aust married a Mr. Fisher, of Carthage, Tenn. ; issue :
^Mary and ^ Fisher. "Mildred Bowen married
John Gold, of Gordonsville, Tenn. She left three chil-
dren, namely: "Frances, married Rev. Mr. Prewitt, of
Gordonsville; "Mamie and "Elsie Gold are unmarried,
and live at Gordonsville, Tenn.
340 IIISTORIGAL SKETCHES.
-William Amis, son of Molin Amis and ^^faI•J Dillard,
his wife, married his first cousin, -Susan Welborne. He
was a soldier in the Continental Army, being in the
Third North Carolina Eegiment, in the Commissary
Department, See SafTell's "Register of Soldiers of the
Continental Army," also State Records. They had three
children, namely: 'John, ^Mary and ' Amis.
^John Amis married l?etsy Bynum. They had four
children, namely: nVilliam, *Mary, ^Junius and
*Thomas Amis. *WilIiam Amis died unmarried;
■•Junius Amis married Henrietta Hawkins; they left one
daughter and two sons, namely: '*Anne, married a Mr.
Murdock; '^Emmett, married Fanny Peterkin, and
^Bynum Amis, married Rose Dancy; they had two
children, namely : *Anne and ®Bynum Amis. ^Thomas
Amis married Sarah Davis. He died in California in
1886. His daughter, "^Sarah Amis, married, first, a Mr.
Nowland; second, William Layman; issue: ^James,
^Theodore and ^William Layman. They were living at
St. Helena, Cal., in 1897. Another daughter of *Thomas
Amis and Sarah Davis, his wife, was ''Mary E. Amis,
who married Joseph Hooper, of St. Helena, Cal. Their
children are: ^Ethel and ^Elizabeth Hooper. ■'Mary
Amis (daughter of 'John Amis and Betsy Bjjntium, his
wife), married S. F. Butterworth, of New York City;
issue: two daughters, namely: ^Cora, married James
Pringle; their children are: ^Henry and ^James Prin-
gle; ^Blanche Butterworth, married Louis T. Haggin,
of Lexington, Ky. ; issue: ^Elia Haggin, married Ck)unt
yesletter.' '"'• - - ' '- ''' ■^^'^•"'' ^'/ ^^ ■" '/ '• " "^^ •^^<
'Mary Amis (daughter of ^William Amis and Susan
Welborne, his wife) married Lemuel Long. They had
four children, namely : *John, *Nicholas, *Luusford and
*Martha Long. *John Long married Mildred Williams;
issue: °Ellen, ' and "^John Long. "^Ellen Long
married General Daniel. He was killed in the Confed-
erate Army. ' Long married a Mr. Fanchette;
issue: ' Fanchette. "John Long married ,
and had 'two children. ^Nicholas Long married
Kearney, and had five children, namely : "Sally, married
a Mr. Prescott; "Emily, married a Mr. Gooch; "Mary,
married a Mr. Hill, of North Carolina; no issue. The
AMIS FAMILY. 341
names of the two sons are not known. ''Martha Long
married a Mr. Bond.
^Anne Amis (daughter of ^John and ^>rary Dillard
Amis) married a Mr. Shipman ; they had two daughters,
namely: ^Frances and ^\nne Shipman.
^Rebecca Amis (daughter of Mohn and ^Mary Dil-
lard Amis) married a Mr. Wel)b. They had three chil-
dren, namely: ^Mary. married a Mr. Gee ; ''IJcbecca,
married a Mr. Lassiter, and ^\nne Webb, married John
Gray, all of North Carolina.
^Frances (daughter of ^John and ^Mary Dillard
Amis) married ^Lemuel Goodwin, of North Carolina.
They had only two children, namely: ^Mary Amis
Goodwin and ^Frances Amis Goodwin. ^Mary married
Dr. John Owen, and ^Frances married Rev. Maurice
Smith, all of North Carolina. The.se lines have been
given in the Goodwin and Owen sketches in the forego-
ing pages.
I will now give the descendants of ^Thomas and
^Frances Amis, brother and sister of the above-named
^John Amis.
^Thomas Amis married . They had two
children, namely :
^Thomas Amis, never married.
^Mary Amis, married Richard Benneham. They had
two children, namely: ^Thomas, never married; ^Re-
becca Beneham, married Judge Duncan Cameron, a
leading lawyer and jurist of Raleigh, N. C. Judge
Cameron was the son of an Episcopal clergyman, who
lived at Petersburg, Va., and was at one time rector of
Old Blandford Church, one of the oldest Colonial
churches. They had eight children, as follows: *Mar-
garet, *Paul, ^Mary, *Jean, *Rebecca, *Anne Owen,
^Thomas and ^Mildred Cameron. ♦Margaret Cameron
married George Mordecai. Only one of Judge
Cameron's eight children left issue. *Paul Cameron
married Anne Ruffin : they had eight children,
all of whom lived in North Carolina. He died in Jan-
uary, 1891. nis wife survived him several years. Their
children were: ''Reliecca Cameron, married, fir!?t, Mr.
Anderson; second. Maj. John Grahanie; they had six
children, namely: ''Paul, 'George, "William. "Isabel and
342 HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
'Joseph Anderson and °Anue Grahame. ^\nue Cam-
eron nian-icd Major Collins; their children wei-e:
®Anne, married a Mr. Wall; "Jicbecca, married a Mr.
Wood; ^George, ''Henrietta, «Marj, "Arthur and "Paul
C. Collins. °Marj Amis Cameron died in youth. ^Mar-
garet Cameron married Captain Peebles; they had one
daughter, "Anne Peebles. ^Duncan Cameron married a
Miss Short; they had three daughters. =^Mildred Cam-
ercm; ^Pauline Cameron, married W. B. Shepold; they
had one daughter. ^Beneham Cameron married a Miss
Mayo; they had one child, "Paul Cameron ; they live at
Stageville, N. C.
^Frances Amis (sister to ^Thomas and ^John Amis)
married a Mr. Welborne. They had two childi-en,
namely : ^Susan and ^Tempe.
^Susan Welborae married her first cousin, ^William
Amis. Their descendants are given in the foregoing
pages.
^Tempe Welborne married, but the name of her hus-
band is not know. This record is given as far as I can
obtain data at present.
The family crest of the Amis families of Virginia and
North Carolina is a "Square Collegiate Cap." Mrs. Strother.
of North Carolina, a sister of John and Thomas Aiiiis, owued
the family seal with the crest on it.
Amis. A square collegiate cap sa.
PILCHER GENEALOGY.
For several ceuturies the Pikher family has lived
in Wales and England. The records show that the
family was known there as early as 1520, and men
of the name are now living in London and Liverpool,
and among them are men of prominence and ability.
It would be interesting to deal at some length with
the history of the family in England and \Yales, but
inasmuch "as the connecting link between English or
Welsh ancestors and the founders of the family in
America has not been found, that does not fall within
the scope of this sketch.
The founders of the family in America are said to
have been four brothers, who came from Wales to Vir-
ginia in the early part of the eighteenth century. Dili-
gent search has so far failed to disclose any record
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344 nisTORicAL sketches.
evideuce of the exact date of their arrival in Virginia,
where they first settled, but that they came from Wales
about the time mentioned, and that the founders of the
family were four brothei-s are matters of tradition, gen-
erally accepted by the several brandies of the family.
It is also asserted that the name of the father of the
four brolhere was Richard Pilcher.
Beginning with the four brothers one hundred and
seventy or eighty years ago, the natural result is thar
there are many of their descendants who are scattered
throughout the country, mainly in the Southern, West-
ern and Northwestern States. Not only are the different
branches of the family widely scattered throughout the
country, but the members of given branches are in many
instances widely scattered. The result of this is that
in many localities there are those of the name whose
kinship cannot be stated without greater research than
this writer has been able to bestow. In some of the
branches of the family the idea prevails that the four
brothers came from England. However, in the main, it
is accepted as a fact that they came from Wales.
This writer has been unable to find evidence of the
connecting links between the several branches of the
family in the United States that have sprung from the
original founders, but it is definitely known that there
are several families of the name in the United States
that are not descended from any one of the four broth-
ers, l^ecause the founders of those branches came to the
United States at much later dates.
The names of the four brothers (if there were
four who founded the family) are not positively
knoNMi. The ancestor of the branch referred to in
this sketch was Eobert Pilcher. It is said that
two of the four brothers were John and Benjamin.
In a letter written April 18, 1885, by Rev. Archibald
Mossman Pilcher, a Methodist minister of Eau Claire,
W^is., it is stated that John and Benjamin were
two of the brothers, and that this information was
gotten from his uncle, Jeptha Pilcher, who was bora
at Tx^xington, Ky. The progenitor of one of the fam-
ilies was Caleb Pilcher.
Robert Pilchkb.— The date of the birth of 'Robert
PILCHER FAMILY. 345
Pilcher is ouly approximately kiio^NTi. His grand-
son, •''Eobert Pilclier, who died iu 1S28, in York J3istrict,
South Carolina, was born in the year 1758. If it be
assumed tliat -James Pilcher, the father of ^Eobert
Pilcher, was twenty-five years of age at the date of Uie
birth of ^Robert Pilcher, then this James Pilcher was
born in 1733. And if it be assumed that ^Robert
Pilcher, the father of this -James Pikher. was twenty-
five years old at the birth of -James Pilcher, then
^Robert Pilcher was born about the year 1708. There-
fore, it is assumed that ^Robert Pilcher was bom in
Wales about the year 1708.
'Rottert Pilcher married Pho-be Chapman. The
names of his brothers are not known, unless it be, as
stated by Rev. A. M. Pilcher, of Eau Claire, Wisconsin,
that two of the four brothers were ^Benjamin and Mohn
Pilcher, and, as stated by Mr. Nathan Selby Pilcher, of
Omio, Jewell County, Kansas, who was born in Athens
County, Ohio, in 1808, that his great-grandfather was
Caleb Pilcher, of Virginia.
^Robert Pilcher must have lived in Culpeper County,
Virginia, about the year 1733, as it is known that ^James
Pilcher, his son, was born in that county. He must
have continued to live in Culpei)er County, Virginia,
until after 1758, Ixicause it is kno^\^l that his grandson,
'Robert Pilcher, the son of ^James Pilcher, was born in
that county. After 1758, and prior to the Revolutionary
War, ^Robert Pilcher, and his son, == James Pilcher,
moved from Culpeper County, Virginia, to Yadkin
County, North Carolina. He lived the balance of his
life in that county, and was buried there in the old
"Pilcher Graveyard."
Place of Settlemknt. — It is a matter of definite
statement in that branch of the family to which Dr.
Louis Stephen Pilcher, (1909) of Brooklyn, New
York, belongs, that the original foimders, brothers,
first settled in Dumfries, Prince William County, Vir-
ginia. It is also said that one of the four brothers
afterwards settled in Maryland. There is little doubt
that this one was ^Robert Pilcher, because it is stated
by Mrs. "Charity Pilcher Scott, a great-granddaughter
of ^Rotei-t Pilcher, who in 1890, at the age of ninety
346 insroRKWL smyn/n.'s.
years, was liviiifJi: in llio full possession of a good mem-
ory, that lier great grandfather, ^Kobert Pilcher, lived
in Maryland at one time. About what year he returned
to Virginia and settled in Culixjpcr County, is not
known, but doul)tless that was prior to 1733, because
his son, -James Pikher, as stated above, was born in
Culi)eix^r County about that time. The maiden name
of tlio wife of 'liobert Pilcher was IMnrlje Chapman, and
although it is jirobable he had a number of children, the
name nf only one is known to the writer of this sketch,
namely: -James Pilcher, who married Pho-be Fielding.
^Jame.s Pilcher was born in Culixiper County, Virginia,
about the year 1733. He was reared there, and married
Pha^be Fielding in that county. At least one of his
children ('Rol>ei't Pilcher) was born there, in 1758. He
(-James Pilcher) afterwards removed to North Caro-
lina, and settled within fifty or sixty miles of Tar-
borough, Mhcre he died. ^Mrs. Rebecca Mildred Pilcher
Collins, a great-granddaughter of ^James Pilcher
and his wife, Phrebe Fielding Pilcher, at the age of
seventy-two years, was living in Mississippi, in 1885, in
the possession of a strong, clear memory. She remem-
bered distinctly seeing in her youth the portrait of her
great-grandmother, Phopbe Fielding Pilcher, hanging in
a hall near a stairway in the home of her grandfather,
^Robert Pilcher, in York District, South Carolina.
This portrait made a profound impression upon her
youthful mind, because in those days portraits were
uncommon, and usually were painted only of persons of
importance. 'Mrs. Collins also rememl)ered pronounc-
ing her great-grandraother's given name, Phoebe, incor-
rectly, and of l)eing corrected in the pronunciation.
After the marriage of ^Robert Pilcher to Eunice Bowen,
in 1780, and before the birth of their eldest child, Mohn
Pilcher, they ('Robert Pilcher and his wife, Eunice
Bowen Pilcher) rode on horseback from their then
home on Pedee River, near Tarborough, some tifty or
sixty miles, upon a visit to his father and mother,
Mames and Pha^be Fielding Pilcher. ''Mrs. Collins did
not know the dates of the deaths of ^James and Phcebe
Fielding Pilcher, but she knew that they died prior to
her birth, which occurred in 1813.
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The children of -James Pilcher and his wife, Phoebe
Fielding Pilcher, as far as known to this writer, were:
^Kol)ert, TJanielj-'Mary and ^James Pilcher.
^Kobert Pilcher, the eldest son of -James Pilcher,
was born in Culi)ei>er County, Virginia, in 1758.
In 17S0, he married Eunice Bowen. ^Mrs. Collins (men-
tioned above) thought this marriage took place in
Vii-ginia. They removed to North Carolina, and lived
on I'edee Kiver. ^l\ol)ert Pilcher, a man of fair
complexion, was very active and energetic. For the
time in which he lived, his residence, and the improve
meat of his plantation Avcre pretentious, and his mode
of living was bountiful. lie was an austere man, and
was known for his strict rule over his children. In his
young manhood he was a soldier in the Revolutionary
War, and was in many battles. ''Mi-s. Collins remem-
bered hearing her grandmother, Eunice Bowen Pilcher,
speak of the pei-.^secutions and trials they suffered at the
hands of the British soldiers, who overran that part of
the country for a long time. Upon one occasion, ^Robert
Pilcher visited his home to see his fajnily. His wife,
being anxious for his safety, sat up and watched while
be slept, and in the night the British soldiers came to
search for him. She gave the alarm on their approach,
when he cscaj)ed. She heard several .shots of the sol-
diers, who pursued, and feared her husband had been
killed. She searched the woods and fields for days
afterwards, fearing to find his dead body; and it was
several weeks before she learned of his safe escajx?.
^Robert Pilcher was in the battle of Kings Mountain,
in which his horse was shot. The bullet remained just
under the horse's skin, without injury to the aninuil,
and when riding the horse he could place his hand on
the bullet and feel it.
^Robert Pilcher's house, in York District, South
Carolina, was of frame, built on brick pillars, and on
one occasion, when ''Mi-s. Collins was a child, Indians
came into the yard and frightened her so greatly that
she ran under the house to hide from them. She never
forgot their appearance. They were friendly Indians,
however, who came to the white settlements for the
purpose of barter and trade.
348 HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
^Kobei't Pilclier died in 1828, and was buried in what
was known as tbe Smith's Graveyard, located about a
half mile from where Salem Church, on Broad Eiver,
then stood, and now remains. This church is on the
west side of the river, in Union District, and Smith's
Graveyard is on the east side, in York District.
^Eobert Pilcher's widow, Eunice Bowen Pilcher, sur-
vived her husband some twenty-one years, livinj? to an
extreme old age. About 184:f or 1814, she visited her
son, *John Pilcher, after his removal to Mississippi, but
returned to her home in South Carolina, where she died.
She was buried at Bullock's Creek Church, in York
District, South Carolina.
*John Pilcher, the eldest child of ^Eobert Pilcher
and Eunice Bowen Pilcher, was boni in North
Carolina, :^rarch 1, 1781. In 1806, in York Dis-
trict, South Carolina, he was married to Elizabeth
Edwards Taliaferro, daughter of Richard Taliaferro, a
captain in the army of the Revolutionary War, and of
his wife, Mildred Powell Taliaferro, of Amherst County,
Virginia, later of York District, South Carolina. 'John
Pilcher and his wife, Elizabeth Edwards Taliaferro,
lived in South Carolina until 183G, when they removed
to Choctaw County, Mississippi, one of their children,
Mrs. Collins, removing with them. He died there on
February 4, 1851, loved and respected by all. His body
was buried in the church yard at Lebanon, a Presbyte-
rian church three miles north of Ackerman, the present
(1910) county seat of Choctaw County, ]\rissi.«sippi. A
few weeks after *John Pilcher settled in Mississippi, in
1836, his little grandchild, the daughter of Mrs. '*Re-
becca M. Collins, died. As there was no burying ground
in the vicinity, he selected a beautiful spot within
less than half a mile from his residence, and buried the
child there, with the remark that he would establish a
Presbyterian church there. Accordingly, in the year
1838, a church was established there. For a consider-
able time it was called 'Tilcher's Church." Later it
was named "Lebanon," and it beare that name to this
day. The house of *John Pilcher, built in 1836, still
stands in sight of Lebanon Church.
*John Pilcher was a ruling elder of that church from
PILCHER FAMILY. 349
its organization until his death. Hiswifcwas a cultui-ed
woman of the best type. She was strong in body and
mind. Those in distress and in need of as.sistance
turned to her, and she was ever ready to help. She died
at French Camp, Miss., in 1855, and was buried beside
her husband in the old graveyard at I^banon Church,
which he established, within sight of which they lived
for so many years. She ruled her home with gentle
grace and quiet dignity; and in those days of slavery
she was a constant source of good to all over whom she
ruled. She was tall, handsome and commanding in
appearance, and easily the dominating personality in
the entire circle of her acquaintances.
*Dixou Green Pilcher, brother of *John Pilcher, was
born in 1783. He died in young manhood. He was
long remembered as a strong, extremely handsome and
good man.
^Elizabeth Pilcher, sister of *John and ^Dixon Green
Pilcher, was bom in 1790. She mari-ied a Mr. Wilson ;
they had one son, -''William Wilson, who married Eliza-
beth Perry, and they had one son, ®PiObert Perry Wilson,
who died without issue.
An extended sketch of tiie family of ^Eunice
Bowen, the wife of ^Robert Pilcher, is not at-
tempted here. One of her brothers was 'Samuel
Bowen, who had a son, 'James Bowen, who was only a
few years older than his first cousin, "John Pilcher.
Th is *^ James Bowen moved from South Carolina to the
same neighborhood in which *John Pilcher lived, and
died there only a year or two prior to the death of *John
Pilcher.
'James Bowen, a man of great energy, was very
successful as a cotton planter. He was noted for
his care and skill in the management of his slaves,
the preservation of their health, the liberty he allowed
them in producing some crops of their own. and for
the magnitude of the crops of cotton they (his slaves)
produced for their humane and careful master.
In this connection it should be stated that 'James
Bowen, ''John Pilcher, and the latter's son, ''Dixon Green
Pilcher, were devout Presbyterians and gave scrupulous
attention and care to the morals and honesty of their
350 HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
slaves, nnd saw to it that they should have religious
training. Comfortable accommodations were prepared
iu church for all the slaves who would attend services
with their masters, and all who so desii'ed were encour-
aged to have churches of their own. No member of the
Pilcher family was ever kno^Mi to have a "runaway
slave,'' and corporal punishment of one of their adnlt
slaves was abhorrent to them, and was never allowed.
On the side of the slaves there was no instance of un-
faithfulness, and there could not liave been more loyal,
faithful protectors of the families of the whites, men,
women, girls and boys, than were the slaves that be-
longed to these men.
^James Bowen had seven children, namely : ^William,
*Eunice, ^James, *Seth, *SaraJi, ^Edith and ^Nancy
Bowen. *William Bowen married and had one daugh-
ter, ^Kate, who married Dr. Graham, and removed many
years ago to Hot Springs, Ark. *James and *Seth
Bowen married, and both removed to Texas. * Sarah
Bowen married James Love, and they had five children,
namely: °J. Edwin, ^Elizabeth, ^William, ^Mary and
''Kate Love. ^J. Edwin Love married a Miss Robertson,
and died a few years ago in Octibbeha County, Missis-
sippi, leaving a large family. ^Elizabeth Love married
a Mr. Thompson, and left no issue. ^William Love
married, but the writer has no record of his family.
''Mary Love married Elisha Hillier, and they had a large
family, the eldest child, a daughter, being named ^Jaraes
Stuart. ^Kate Love married a Mr. Drane, and had a
number of children. *Edith Bowen married William
Fair, and they had three childi*en, namely. 'John,
"Columbus and "Nancy. "John Fair married a Miss
Love, and had children. "Columbus Fair married Mai'y
Thomas and had children. "Nancy Fair married Will-
iam J. Houston, and had one son, 'Victor Houston.
^Eunice Bowen, great niece of =^Eunice Bowen, who
married "Robert Pilcher, married William Love, a
brother of James Love, who married her sister, *Sarah.
They had three sons, namely: "Elihu, "John and "Rob-
ert, and two daughters, "Mary and "Kate. All of these
married. "Mary married William Hallum and
moved to Texas about 1867. "Kate married Dr. James
McGovern, and she now lives at Ackerman, Miss.
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The families of James and William Love were sub-
stantial, well-to-do i)eople, and were Iionorcd and re-
spected by all. Jfunes and William Love, the heads of
the respective families, were boOi ruling elders of the
old I^.banon Presbyterian Cluirch for many years.
They lived to a ripe old age, and were buried there in
the church yard Avhere *John Pilcher and his sons,
'^Dixon Green Pilcher and ^Williams Pikher were
buried.
*John Pilcher and his wife, Elizabeth Edwards
Taliaferro, had six children, namely: "Dixon Green,
''Rebecca ^fildred, ^Williajns, "Isabella, "Taliaferro and
"Davis Pikher. The last three died young and without
issue. They were buried in the graveyard at Bullocks
Creek Presbyterian Church, in York District, South
Carolina.
"Dixon Gi-een Pilcher was born in Chester District,
South Carolina, March 29, 1808. He was married on
December 24, 1830, to Jane Hope Carothers, in Union
District, South Carolina. She was born in Union Dis-
trict, South Carolina, July 25, 1811. Two of their
children were bora in South Carolina. Some years
after their marriage they removed to Alabama, and
settled in Eutaw. He purchased the first brick resi-
dence ever built in Eutaw. Some yeai-s after this pur-
chase it develoi)ed that the title to the property
was invalid. He then removed to Mississippi and
settled in the neighborhood to which his father,
*John Pilcher, had previously gone. Later in life he
purchased lands on the headwaters of Poplar Creek,
and built his re^ence two miles north of French Camp,
near the prese^^ line between Choctaw and Mont-
gomery Counties, Mississippi. "Dixon Green Pilcher
was a man of great moral worth and strength of char-
acter. He was one of the ruling eldei*s of T^banon
Presbyterian Church, and for a long time was clerk of
the session. After he took up his residence near French
Camp he became a ruling elder in the Presbyterian
Church there, and so continued until his death, June
26, 1862.
He was above the medium in size, being six feet in
height. He was a handsome man. His massive head
352 HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
and broad forehead and dignified bearing rendered him
notable in any gathering. He was of nnusually robnst
constitution, and bade fair to reach an advanced age,
but died of typhoid fever when fifty-four years of age.
Although he was quiet and dignified in manner, yet he
was afl'able and easy of approach. He was the soul of
honor, and his w^ord carried weight wherever he was
known. While of a serious turn of mind, he had a deep
vein of humor, and was inimitable in his power of anec-
dote. His fund of anecdote was drawn mainly from
his own personal experience and observation; and his
effectiveness in this line was intensified by the peculiar
ity that he never smiled at his own stories, even when
his listeners were convulsed with laughter.
He was a public-spirited man ; especially in meas-
ures for the advancement of all religious matters. He
was most noted for his unostentatious piety, his sound
judgment, his justice towards all, his gentleness and
strength with his family, and his humane treatment of
his slaves. He w^as idolized by his children, and his
word was gladly received by them as law. His slaves
regarded his kindness and justice as without limit.
They were free to make known to him every want,
whether in sickness or in health, and they never applied
to him in vain. His simplest word was all that was
necessary as a command.
In his conduct towards his slaves, the remarkable fact
was, that in their illness, he not only commanded the
best obtainable medical skill, but he gave every case
close personal attention. As an illustration of this, on
one occasion, one of his slaves, a favorite man, was
seized with pneumonia. The moment it was discovered
the leading physician in the vicinity was summoned,
and the slave was taken into his master's house and
nursed as carefully as if he had been a prince; and this
was done, not because the sick man was an exceedingly
valuable slave, but because he was a slave and a man.
This fact is recorded here, in order to show something
of the relations which existed between so many masters
and their slaves in the prosperous and halcyon days of
Mississippi, when the better class of whites were a virile,
dominant and prosperous people, and the blacks were
Mrs. Jane Hope Carothers Pilcher.
Wife of Dickson Green Pilcher.
PIU'IIER FAMIJ.Y. 353
the luippiest aud most i-a])idly uijliftod from barbarism
to Christian civilization, of any people the world has
ever known. It is recorded for the further purpose of
rendering due honor to the memory of ''Dixon Green
rile her.
Jane Hope Carothers, wife of '^nixon Green iMlcher,
was quite as notable as a woman as was her husl»and as
a man. In this volume is jiivcii a sVdch (if her iamily
— that is, the Carothers family — and refercMice is here
made to that sketch. She was the daughter of John
Carothers, who was a ruling elder in the Presbyterian
Church at tlie time of the formation of what was known
as the "Tndei>endent Presbyterian Church."' He was
one of the leaders in the movement, which resulted in
the establishment of that church, and v.as one of the
onicials who assisted in its organization. On her
mother's side she was descended from the Hope and
.Ak^^k families, which at that day wei-e prominent fam-
ilies of South Carolina-
As already stated, she was born in the year 1811, in
ITnion District, South Carolina, which district prior to
the war of 1SG1-G5, was said to have been the richest
agricultural county, save one, in the United States. Her
father's plantation was on Broad River, a few miles
above Pacolett Eiver. Sl»e was reared in attluence, and
in an air of refinement and culture. From that vicinity
sprang manv dominent men. who were known through-
out the nation. She had four brother-s. thi-ee of
whom wei-e graduates of Princeton; two were dis
tinguished Presbyterian ministers, another a prom-
inent educator, and the fourth. Dr. Andrew Meek
Carothers, was the most eminent physician of liis day
in his adopted home in Mississippi. She was the idol of
these four brothers, and fully deserved their admiration
and devotion. ,
She was under medium height and weight. Her hair
was soft and dark brown, complexion fair, eyes grey,
with a blue tint. One of the marked qualities of her
brothers was an unusually sonorous, mellow and far-
reaching voice. Her voice was music itself. Her grand-
father was bom in Scotland, and there was a Scotch
element in the vicinity in which she was reared; the
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354 rusTOh'icAL sketches.
consequence was, that she became j)roficient in the
Scotch dialect. Ilei- ex(niisite pronunciation in reading
aloud books written in the Scotch dialect was mem-
orable to any one who ever heard it. She was a woman
of extensive reading:, and took keen interest in a wide
range of subjects. She liad a knowledge of the political
and governmental history of the country. A South
Carolinian, she liad a irreat admiration' for John C.
Calhoun. Her discriminating analysis of the charac-
ters and achievements of the uotal)le men of the nation
would have done credit to any man of her day. She
was regarded as the most brilliant conversationalist in
the region in which she lived. Her most notable quality
was her interest in and symjtathy with (tthers and their
affairs, and her readiness to share their joys and sor-
rows. ITer devotion to her family and her solicitude
for their welfare were unbounded. To those who were
dependent upon her she was unselfish to a degree. She
was sanguine and of an extremely cheerful and happy
disposition. To crown it all she was an unostentatious,
earnest, devout and unfaltering Christian.
"Elizabeth Mary Pilcher, the eldest child of
■^Dixon Green and Jane Carothers Pilcher, was
born in York District, South Carolina. She married
Judge James Thornton Killough, a lawj-er in illssis-
sippi. They had five children: "'Joanna, "Louise,
'Charles, ^Jane and "Isabelle Killough. ^Jane died
when about grown, and 'Charles died in infancy.
'Louise married James M. Spencer, D.D., a Presbyterian
minister. They live in Lexington, Ky. 'Joanna Kil-
lough also lives in Tvexington. 'Isabelle Killough mar-
ried Judge J. W. Bonner, a lawyer of Nashville, Tenn.,
where they now reside.
*Isal)el]a Taliaferro Pilcher, the second child of
"^Dixon Gi*een Pilcher and Jane Carothei-s Pilcher,
married S. r>eroy Boyd, July 12, 1870. They had four
children, namely: 'Pearl, 'Mary T>ee, 'Ruby and 'J,
Percy Boyd. 'Pearl Boyd married J. W. Daniel, a
lawyer, now of Ackerman, Miss., and they have issue:
^William Percy, *John C, ^James S., ^Isabella M, and
^Margaret Daniel. 'Mary Lee Boyd now lives at Acker-
man, Miss. 'Rub^ Boyd married Polk M. nerudou, of
I'lLCHER FAMILY. 355
Marshall, Texas. They have a daughter, ''Isabella
neriidon. M. Percy Boyd is a lawyer, and resides in
South McAlister, Okla.
One of the children of 'Dixon Green Pilcher and
Jane Hope Carothers Pilcher died in youth, three in
infancy.
^Janies Stiiart Pilcher was horn in Eutaw, Ala., and
was renicd in Mississip])]. Ho married Mar<;nret Ham-
ilton Campbell, in Nashville, Tenn., a daughter of Gov.
William B. Campbell and Frances I, Owen, his wife.
Their children are: ^Frances Owen, "Stuart Carothers
and ^^Yilliam Bowen Campbell Pilcher.
*James Stuart Pilcher was a soldier in the Confed-
erate States Army, a member of the Vaiden Light
Artillery, which was organized at Vaiden, Miss.
He was mustered into the service at Vaiden, and was
paroled by the Federal authorities May 10, 1805, at
Meridian, Miss. He was in the siege of Vicksburg in
18G3, and at the battle at Tui)elo, Miss.
^Rebecca Mildred Pilcher (daughter of *John Pilcher
and Elizabeth Edwards Taliaferro, his wife) married
John Collins in South Carolina. They removed to
Mis.sissippi in 1836, and for many years lived within
one mile of Tx^banon Church, and later at French Camp,
where he died. She died at Ackerman, Miss., Novem-
ber 5, 1SS6. They were both buried in the graveyard
at T^ebanon Church, where her father, mother and
brothei-s were buried. Mr. and Mrs. ''Collins had three
children, namely: *Jane, ^Eudora and ^Taliaferro Pil-
cher Collins.
Mane Collins married Dr. J. W. George. She is now
a widow and lives at Italy, Texas. She had three chil-
dren, namely: ^Cherry, 'J, Whitson and ^ohn C.
George, all of whom now reside in Texas.
'Eudora Collins married Frank Aston. They re-
moved from Mississippi to Florida, and reared a large
family.
"Taliaferro Pilcher Collins married, first, Elizabeth
Cork. They had three children, namely : ^Laura, Uda
and ^Hugh Collins. ^Laura married a Mr. Wood. He
married a second time, and by that marriage had six
children, namely: ^Penn., ^Tell, ^Mark. ^Ruth, "Coit
and ^Earl Collins, of Collins, Miss.
356 HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
^\Yilliams Piklier, son of *Jolin and Elizabeth E.
Taliaferro I'ilclier, was born Angnst 5, 181S, in York
District, South Carolina. He removed with liis father
to Mississipi)i in ]8.''.G. He married Mary M. Smith,
near New Trospect, in Winston County, Mississippi, on
January 2G, 1841. lie died on October 20, 1849, near
Lebanon Church. His wife died on .May 6, 18GG. Both
were buried at the old graveyard at Lebanon Church.
They had five children, namely: *^Sarah Elizabeth, born
January 23, 1842; «Williara,' born , 184—;
"John, born September G, 1846; ''Harriet Eebecca, born
March 15, 1848, and "Mary Williams, born Decembep
12, 1849.
"Sarah Elizabeth Pilcher died in W'inston County,
Mississippi, unmarried.
"William Pilcher married ^Irs. Wade. They had
four children, namely: ^Kobert L., ^Sarah E., ''Martha M.
and 'Eunice Bowen Pilcher. They reside near French
Camp, Miss.
"John Pilcher married Margaret R. Black, February
2, 1876. They have four children, namely: 'Minnie C,
^john W'illiams, 'Mary Ellen and ''Margaret Jane
Pilcher. They live near Weir, Winston County, Miss.
"ITarriet Rebecca Pilcher married Martin V. Black,
February 9, 1871. They had six children, namely:
'Mary Ellen, '^Louisa Anna, Mohn ]'^rwin, "Mildred
Eunice, "Arthur Barksdale and 'Harriet Pilcher Black.
They live near Weir, Winston County, Miss.
"Mary Williams Pilcher married Jo.seph C. Robinson,
January 9, 187G. They had four children, namely:
'Arazi B., ^John J., 'David I^eRoy and 'Mary Bell Ro'b-
inson. They reside in Attalla County, Mississippi, near
Weir.
Having completed the record of the descendants of
^Robert Pilcher, a short reference is here made to the
descendants of his tv\^o brothei-s, ^Daniel and ^ James
Pilcher.
^Daniel Pilcher, one of the sons of -James Pilcher and
Phfebe Fielding Pilcher, married Susan Murphy.
They had seven children, namely: *Daniel, Mames,
^W^illiam, Moseph, *Mary, ^Phoebe and *Charity Pilcher.
^Daniel Pilcher was probably born in Culpeper
PILCHER FAMILY. 357
County, Virginia, Ijccanse his elder brother, ^Robert
Pilcher, was born there. He died in Yadkin County,
NortJi Carolina, about the year 18o5, and his wife died
there in 1830. Both were buried in the ''rilchcr Grave-
yard," in Yadkin County, near the present home of
'Alvis Pilcher.
*DaJuel_inarricd in North Carolina, and about 1824
or ls2,j jnoved to Jackson County, Missouri. His jjost-
ofllce was Lone Jack. The name of his wife and tho.se
of his children are not known to the writer. This
*Daniel Pilcher and his brother ^James, while young
men, went on a visit to their uncle, ^Robert Pilcher, in
York District, South Carolina, going on horseback.
°Mrs. Collins, mentioned above, was then ten or eleven
years of age, and rememl)ered them distinctly. At the
date of that visit they were preparing to move to
Missouri.
*James Pilcher, sou of ^Daniel and Susan Murphy
Pilcher, married Lydia Cornder. They lived in Yadkin
County, North Carolina, and had eight children,
namely : ^Rufus, ^James Enos, ^Cephas, '^Alvis, 'Am-
brose, ^Amos, 'Eunice and 'Ivouisa.
'Rufus Pilcher first moved to Cass County, Missouri,
with his brother, 'James ICnos, and after the death of
his brother, 'James Enos Pilcher, in 1S50, moved to
California, where he died.
'James Enos Pilcher was born in Yadkin County,
North Carolina. When a young man he and his brother,
'Rufus (last named above), moved to Cass County,
Missouri. There he married Mary E. Miller, and died
in 1850. They had three children, namely: ®Emily,
'Suzana and "James Pilcher. His widow, Mary E.
Miller Pilcher, married a second time, and in 1855,
moved with the three children to Dallas County, Texas,
where she still lived in 1900. ^Eniily Pilcher, born in
Cass County, Missouri, married \Villiam Ott, in Texas,
and in 1900 was a widow, and lived in Dallas County,
Texas. ®Suzana Pilcher was born in Cass County,
Missouri, and married Frank Cameron, and in 1900 she
was a widow and lived at Duncanville. Dallas County,
Texas. *James Pilcher, son of 'James Enos and Mary
E. Miller Pilcher. was born in Cass County, Missouri,
358 HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
and ill 1855 moved to Texas with his mother and two
sistei-s. lie married Ellen Brandenburg. In 1000
they were living in the city of Dallas, Texas. The
writer of this sketch knows of only one grandchild of
^James Enos Pilcher, namely : ^Mrs. J. D. ICvans, Ko. 64
St. George Street, Oak Clifl", Texas, who is the daughter
of Frank and ''Suzana Pilcher Cameron.
'■(Vjilins Pilcher was born in Yadkin County, North
Carolina. He married, lived and died there, and left
five children, namely: "William, *^Nancy, ''Amos, ''Eliz-
abeth and "James Pilcher.
^Alvis Pilcher, son of Mames and Lydia Cornder
Pilcher, was born in Yadkin County, North Carolina,
lie still lived there in 1800. He married Millie Phillips,
and they had eight children, namely: "Caroline Eliz-
abeth, "Sarah Frances, "Wiley Eugene, "Bennett Alvis,
"Thomas Williams, "Newton Andrew Cole, "William
Amos and "Lucy E. Pilcher, "Bennett Alvis Pilcher
and "Wiley Eugene Pilcher, childi'en of the said "Alvis
Pilcher, moved from Yadkin County, North Carolina,
to St. Joseph, Champain County, Illinois. "Wiley
Eugene Pilcher married Liunie Swain, in St. Joseph,
111., May 14, 18S0, where he then lived. "Caroline P:]iz-
abeth Pilcher married Wade Hampton Fulp, in North
Carolina. With the exception of "Bennett Alvis and
"Wiley Eugene, "Alvis Pilcher and his children reside
in Yadkin County, North Carolina, near Cana.
^William Pilcher married Marian Lakey, and moved
to Missouri.
*Joseph Pilcher married Kate McCallum. She had
one child and died. He moved West, to what place not
known.
*Mary Pilcher married K. Algood. Both lived and
died in North Carolina, They i-eared a large family,
who moved West, their present places of abode not
knovm.
*Phoebe Pilcher married Thomas Norman in North
Carolina. They had three children, namely: "Daniel
Norman, who married Lynda Spears and moved West;
"George Norman, who died in South Carolina; "Susan
Norman, married Solomon Lakey.
*Charity Pilcher was born in North Carolina about
PILCHER FAMILY. 359
1700. She married William Scott, and lived until after
1800, and at that time had a good memory, and from
her valuable information in regard to the family was
obtained. She had children, but no record of them, or
their descendants, is at hand. One of her grandsons,
"S. ITastin Scott, lived at Sparta, N. C, in 1800, and it
may be still resides there.
"James Pilrher. son of -James Pilcher, and brother
of ^Kobert and Daniel Pilcher, was born shortly
after 1780, probably in Culpeper County, Virginia. He
moved to Yadkin County, North Carolina, and from
North Carolina to York District, South Carolina,
late in life, and settled in about two miles of his brother,
^Robert Pilcher, and died there in 1830, after having
lived there two or three years. , Ilis widow, his sou,
-•John, and two daughters then returned to North Caro-
lina. ^James Pilcher had two sons, "John and
Mames Pilcher, and three daughters, "Nancy, "Pamela
and "Frances Pilcher. "John Pilcher was born in
North Carolina in 1783; married there and moved
to York District, South Carolina. He was called
"Yadkin John," because he was bom near Yadkin
River, to distinguish him from his first cousin, "John
Pilcher, the son "of ^Robert and Eunice Bowen Pilcher,
who was born near the Pedee. He married Pamela
Carringer. in North Carolina. They had several
children.
"James Pilcher, son of ^James Pilcher. was born in
North Carolina and moved to South Carolina, and mar-
ried Elizabeth McSwain in York District, South Caro-
lina. He was a soldier in the War of 1812, and was at
Fort Moultrie, and was in Charleston in 1813. He
was at that time about twenty-five years of age. He
had nine children, namely: ''Robertson (who moved to
Mississippi, and in 1860 lived at Louisville, Winston
County, Mississippi), ^Cephas, "^Lucy, "^Dixon, "^Eunice,
'Alice,' ''Enos, '*Amos and ''Margaret. ''Margaret Pilcher
married a Mr. Thornton. They had a son, «E. Thornton,
who lives at Laurel Springs, N. C.
"James Pilcher left South Carolina in 1845, hav-
ing sold his home on Bullocks Creek, November 26, 1845.
His sale deed is recorded in Book N, page 825, York
District, South Carolina.
360 HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
Other Branches of the Pilcher Famha'.^ — There
are several large branches of the Pilcher family which
the wiiter of these sketches has been unable to connect
with that family whose progenitor was ^Kobert Pilcher.
In the effort to find a connecting link, much informa-
tion has been gathered, through the kindly assistance
of various parties belonging to these other branches.
Inasmuch as some other writer may in future
undertake to pursue the investigation further, it
is deemed advisable to set forth some of the information
gathered, in the belief that it will encourage and assist
him to undertake the labor of further research, and of
a more comprehensive history of the family. In adding
the following sketches, thei-e has been no effort to bring
doA\Ti to date the genealogy of any of these additional
branches. What is known of the older generations
is given, in order to preserve from loss the
information gathered, and enable those now living to
perceive to which branch of the family they belong. In
this way, it may be, some writer will hereafter accom-
plish the task of showing conclusively whether, in fact,
four brothers founded the family in America, and show
the connecting links of all of their descendants.
^Caleb Pilcher was the progenitor of a large branch of
the family. Two of his sons (he probably had othei's)
were -James and -Stephen Pilcher, and one of his daugh-
ters was ^Mary Pilcher. ^James Pilcher married Nancy
Murphy, and his brother, -Stephen, married Chloe
Bland."^
The children of -James and Nancy Murphy Pilcher
were: ^Stephen, ^William, ^Elijah, ^James, ^Edward,
Mohn, ^Nancy, ^Kachel, ^Sarah and 'Elizabeth Pilcher.
The children of ^Stephen and Chloe Bland Pilcher
were : 'Jesse, 'John and 'Moses Pilcher.
'Stephen Pilcher, the son of ^James and Nancy Mur-
phy Pilcher, was born in Dumfries, Va., October 6,
1772. 'He married Sarah Fishback in 1794. His
brother, 'William Pilcher, married a Miss Fishback, a
sister of Sarah Fishback Pilcher.
The children of 'Stephen and Sarah Fishback Pilcher
were: ^Catherine N., born in Fauquier County, Vir-
ginia, December 9, 1796, and man-led Cyrus Gotten
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July 9, 1814; ^George Fishback Pilcher, born March 4,
1800, iu Hampshire County, Virginia, and married
Elizabeth Saunders January 8, 1829; *Henry Echart
Pilcher, D.D., was born April 20, 1802, and married
Mary Ann Sargent iu August, 1835, and for many years
was a prominent and influential member of the Ohio
and Central Conference of the M. E. Church, and was
living in 1885; ^Sarah Fisliback Pilcher was born Jan-
uary 10, 1804.
Sarah Fishback Pilcher died, and ^Stephen Pilcher
married, second, Elenora J. Selby, near Baltimore.
With his family he moved to Athens Count}', Ohio, in
1805. His children by the second marriage were:
*Nathau Selby Pilcher, born February 24, 1808; "Elijah
Holmes Pilcher, born June 2, 1810; "Stephen Nelson
Pilcher, born October 5, 1815 ; "James Fletcher Pilcher,
born July 31, 1818, and "Joshua F. Pilcher, born De-
cember 10, 1820.
This ^Stephen Pilcher died in Ohio, October 14, 1854,
at the age of eighty-four years. He was a man of edu-
cation, and two of his sons, "Henry Echart Pilcher and
"Elijah Holmes Pilcher, were college men, and both were
Methodist ministers and Doctors of Divinity. The
genealogy of this branch of the family was obtained
from said three sons in letters written by them in 1885.
"Elijah Holmes Pilcher, D.D., was a man of great
learning and ability, and of great influence in the M. E.
Church. He was bora at Athens, Ohio, January 2,
1810, and after many years of labor and usefulness in
Michigan, he spent tlie last jears of his life in Brooklyn,
N. Y., with his son, Lewis Stephen Pilcher, M.D., and
died in Brooklyn, April 1, 1887.
"Dr. E. H. Pilcher married Caroline Matilda Packard,
of Michigan, June 4, 1834, a daughter of Dr. Packard,
by whom he had one son, Jason Henry Pilcher. After
the death of his first wife he married Pha^be Maria Fish.
His children by this second marriage were: °Ellen
Maria, ^Lewis Stephens, 'Leander William and '^James
Evelyn. 'Dr. L. S. Pilcher is now a leading physician
of Brooklyn. 'Leander William Pilcher, D.D., was a
missionary in China when he died, in 1893. 'James
Evelyn Pilcher, M.D., for a number of years was a sur-
362 HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
geou in tbe United States Army, with the rank of Major,
and is now connected with Dickinson College, Carlisle,
Pa.
If it be assumed that -James Pikher, the father of
^Stej^hen, was twenty-five years of age at the date of
"Stephen's birth, and that ^Caleb ]Mlcher was twenty-
five years older than his son, -James Pikher, then ^Caleb
Pik'her was born in 17l!2, and -Jnmcs in 1747.
From this it may be inferred that HJaleb Pilcher was
one of the four brothers who founded the family in
America.
There are now living many of the descendants of
^Caleb Pilcher, but they are not traced down to date.
Eev. John Mason Pilcher, a prominent Baptist min-
ister, now of Petersburg, Va., writing in 1890, gave data
on which the following statement of tbe founders of the
family in America, and of the earlier members of his
branch of the family, is made:
The father of the four brothers who came to America
was Richard Pilcher. One of the four brothers had
the following children: -Eichard (who married Doro-
thea Watts), -Mason (who married Beersheba Pickett),
^Stephen, ^Charles and -Winifred (who married John
Dalgarn, November 4, 17S5, and had two sons and two
daughters).
-Pichard and Dorothea Watts Pilcher had five
children, namely: "Richard, ^Nancy (who married a
Mr. Johnson and went to Missouri), ^Chloe (who lived
and died unmarried, in Fredericksburg. Va.), ^Susan
(who married a Mr. Sullivan) and ^Frederick Pilcher,
the youngest, who was bom in 1769, and married Mar-
garet Alsop, in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, Septem-
ber 3, 1792, she being the daughter of George Alsop, an
Englishman, and his wife, Margaret Wise Alsop.
^Frederick Pilcher died in Fredericksburg, Va., Decem-
ber 27, 1827.
Dr. John Mason Pilcher states that these facts, except
dates, which he procured from other sources, he received
from his aunt, Eliza Pilcher. ^Frederick Pilcher
was a manufacturer, and employed a large number of
laborers.
The children of 'Frederick and Margaret Alsop Pil-
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Cher were: ^Sidney A., born in Fredericksburg, Va., in
1794; married Susan Eoberson in Sliepardstown,
Jefferson County, Va., in 1S18, and died at Harper's
Ferry in February, J863. His wife, Susan, died at the
same place, in May, 185G; *John Alsop Pilclier, born in
Stafford County, Virginia, January 28, 171)8; married
in Kichmond, Va., October 25, 1836, Elizabeth Ann
Parsons, daughter of Samuel P. Parsons, civil engineer,
who assisted Moncure l\obinson in laying the first rail-
road built in the United States. ^George Mason
Pilcher, born in Stafford County, Virginia, January 28,
1708; married Jane Terrell, in Orange County,
Virginia, October 27, 1821; killed by Pinkerd in Mad-
ison County, Virginia, September 21, 1827. '^Lucinda
Harriet, born December 2, 1799, in Stafford County,
Virginia; married Benjamin Pilcher, son of Lewis
Pilcher, son of Charles Pilcher, in 1837, and died in
Eichmond, Va., October 30, 1866. ^Hiram, born in
Stafford County, Virginia, September 1, 1801; married
Mary A. Beck, in Fredericksburg, Va., October 23,
1828; died October 2, 1833. ^William Stanton, born
in Stafford County, Virginia, January 5, 1803; married
Dolly Alsop Fisher; removed to Louisyille, Ky., in
1833 ; was a lawyer. General of Militia, Mayor of Louis-
ville, Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky; died while
Mayor of Louisville, August 14, 1859. *Eliza Ann, born
in Fredericksburg, Va.,"December 1, 1807; never mar-
ried ; died in Fredericksburg, March 17, 1871.
''John Alsop and Elizabeth Ann Parsons Pilcher were
married on October 24, 1836. Their children were:
^Samuel Frederick, born January 4, 18.38; ^Margaret
Elizabeth, born January 5, 1839; ^John Mason, born
July 16, 1841, and ^Kebecca Jane Pilcher.
'Samuel Frederick, born January 4, 1838; married
Mary Ellen DuVall, November 20, i860; had two chil-
dren ; died in Kichmond, Va., August 30, 1863. '^Mar-
garet Elizabeth Pilcher, born in Richmond, Va,, Jan-
uary 5, 1839; married Charles Ferrell, May 30, 1860;
died in Scottsville, Va„ July 17, 1899, "John Mason
Pilcher, born July 15, 1841; graduated from Richmond
College in April, 1861 ; married Mary Lucy DuVall,
December 21, 1865. ''Rebecca Jane, born January 11,
1843; married Benjamin Cothcll, December 20, 1860.
364 uinTORiCAL isKjyrciJEs.
Kev. ^John Mason Pildier Las furnished for this
sketch an exlianstive geneological statement of this
branch of the family, and it is a matter of regret that
the connection between this branch of the family with
that of ^Robert Pilcher, who married Phoebe Fielding,
has not as yet been definitely established, in which case
it would be permissible to include the names of all of
the descendants of the above named -Richard. -Mason.
-Stephen. -Charles and -Winifred Pilcher.
The progenitor of a large branch of the Pilcher family
was ^ Pilcher, whose given name is not known
to the writer. He emigrated, it is said, to America
early in the eighteenth century, and settled in Culpeper
County, Virginia. One of his sons was ^Joshua Pilcher.
-Joshua Pilcher was born in Culpeper County, Vir-
ginia, where he married, and where, i>erhaps, all of bis
children were born. He removed to Lexington, Kj., in,
the year 1793. He had eight children, namely : ^Field-
ing, ^Shadrach, ^Benjamin, ^Zachariah, ^Moses, ^John,
^Joshua and 'Margaret Pilcher.
^Fielding Pilcher (son of ^Joshua) was born in Cul-
peper County, Virginia, about the year 1775. He had
two sons, namely : *Mason and *Lewis Pilcher.
*Mason Pilcher was born in or near Lexington, Ky.
While a young man he removed to Nashville, Tenn.,
where he remained for a few years. He then moved to
Louisiana, and for many years was a cotton merchant in
New Orleans. His first marriage occurred in Kentucky,
and one of his children by his first marriage was
'Charles ^fason Pilcher, who was a lawyer and lived at
Lake Providence, La. He died about 1890. He mar-
ried a second time in Louisiana, and one of his sons by
the second marriage was 'Fielding Pilcher. He had a
number of children, but this line is not traced further.
*Louis Pilcher married his first cousin, Nancy Shaw,
who was the daughter of Hiram and 'Margaret Pilcher
Shaw. •'Louis Pilcher had a son, 'Fielding Louis Pil-
cher, who lived at Lexington, Ky. He died about 1865.
'Fielding Louis Pilcher married Ann F. Spiers. They
had five children, namely: 'Louis Pilcher, who lived in
Nicholasville, Ky. ; ^Elizabeth Pilcher, who married
W. H. Spiers, and lived in Louisville, Ky., in 1885;
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«Elmei' Ellsworth Pildier, who lived iu Xicholasville,
Kv.; -^Thomas Fieldiug Pilchev, who, in 1885, lived m
Chattanooga, Tenn., and «Nellie Pilcher.
"Shadrack Pilcher, son of -Joshua Pilcher, was born
iu Cnlwper Connty, Virginia, about the year l.GO. He
married a Miss Proctor. Their children were: ^Ezekiel,
who was born January 4, 1800; ^Moses, born in ls02 :
Mei;11ia Dudlcv, born May L'!), 1808; ^Mary, wlio mar-
ried Anderson' Foreman, and at an advanced age, in
1885, was living in Jacksonville, 111. ; "Margaret, ".Nancy,
*Sarah and ^Shadrach Pilcher.
"Fzekiel Pilcher was born near Lexington, Ky.,
January 4, 1800; settled in Springlield, 111., in 18:24,
and there be married Louisa Ballard, and died at
Woodburn, 111., December IG, 1858. His widow died
in St Louis, Mo., iu 1872. They had ten chiklren,
namely: ^Marv Jane, born in Springfield, 111., February
'^8 1829; ^Caroline, born in Springfield, 111.; ''Richard
Montgomery, born June 8, 1832, in Springfield,^Ill.;
Moseph Warren, born the same time (twins) ; ^Shad-
rach Anthonv, born in 1836; ^\rchibald Mossman, born
January 8, i839; ^Alexander Shields, born December
24, 1841; ^Ellenor. ^Edward M. and -'Clarence Pilcher.
^Mary Jane Pilcher married E. E. Hendry, in St. Louis,
Mo and in 1885 lived iu Buffalo, Mo. ^Caroline Pilcher
married James S. Kalb in St. Louis, and left tlu'ee^^^s,
the eldest being ^Montgomery Kalb, of St. Louis.
■ 'Montgomery Pilcher, lived in St. Louis in 1885.
•^Joseph Warren Pilcher was in New Orleans in 1885,
and at that time his home and family were in St. Louis
Mo ^Shadrach Pilcher, lost in California, ^irchibald
Mossman Pilcher, born in Springfield, 111.; married
Adelaide Swett at Jacksonville, 111., December 28, 1856.
His children, living in 1885, ^^'^^e: ^Julia (born in
1864), ^William Ezekiel (born October ^6 180b),
«Frederick Eugene (born in 1868), "Robert Melville,
«Leroy Sherman and «Della May Pilcher.
*Moses Pilcher settled in Springfield in 1824,j'eai-ed
a family, and died there in or about the year 18 <o. iwo
of his sous, 'Jeptha and ''Johii Pilcher, were living in
Springfield, 111., in 1875. . T;...-^f+o
Meptha Dudley Pilcher was born in Fayette
366 UISTORICAL SKETCHES.
County, Kentucky, May 29, 1S08. lie moved
from ]>exington, Ky., in 1828 or 3830, and lived
in Cliandlersville, 111., in 1885. His oldest daughter,
''Ellen Pilcher, married a Mr. Kcnna. Another daugh-
ter, ^Nancy, married a Mr. Brooks, and in 1885 lived in
Petersburg, 111. His son, "William H. Pilcher, v^as in
partnership with his father, ''.Jeptha Dudley Pilcher, in
18S5, in Chnndlersville, 111., doing a mercanlile business.
The.se were the children of Jeptha D. Pilcher by his
first wife, whose maiden name was Hannah Smith.
"Ellen Pilcher Kenna had a son, E. D. Kenna, who lived
in Chicago in January 16, 1901. He was attorney for
the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Company at
that time.
^Benjamin Pilcher, son of ^Joshua Pilcher, was born
in Culpcper County, Virginia, and removed to Ken-
tucky with his father in 1793. He moved to Ohio about
the year 1813, and reared a large family, none of the
names of whom are know^n to the writer.
'Zachariah Pilcher, son of ^Jo.shua Pilcher, was born
in Culi>eper County, Virginia, and in 1793 went ta
Kentucky with his father. About the year 1823 he
removed from Kentucky to Indiana. He also reared a
large family.
^Moses Pilcher, son of -Joshua Pilcher, had two chil-
dren, namely: ^Merritt and *Nancy Pilcher.
^Merritt Pilcher, son of ^Moses Pilcher, was born in
Fayette County, Kentucky. He moved to Nashville,
Tenn., where he lived to old age, and died there.
For many years he was a successful merchant in
Nashville. He married Nancy Barrow\ He had
two sons and two daughters, namely: "Matthew-
Barrow Pilcher, "Merritt S. Pilcher, "Mrs. Ben.son,
of Na.^^hville, and "Mrs. Barrow, of Louisiana. "Mat-
thew Barrow Pilcher married Judith Winston. He
was a soldier in the Confederate Army, and was
called ''The Fighting Quartermaster," owing to the
fact that he always succeeded in taking part in every
battle in reach. He was a deeply religious man, and
always, while a soldier, carried a Bible in his pocket.
This Bible was pierced in battle by a rifle shot, and his
PILCEER FAMILY. 367
life was saved in Ibis way. Their children are : 'Win-
ston, '"'Matthew, "^Merritt and ''Nannie Dudley IMklier,
^Nancy Pilcher, daughter of -^Moses Pilcher, and sister
of *Merritt Pilcher, married a Mr. Hensley. They had
one son, ^Ilenry C. Hensley, of Nashville, "Tenn. issue:
*^Nannie, married May Overton, and *^Alice, married
Earnest Pillow.
^Joshua Pilcher (son of -.Joshua Pilcher) was horn
in Virginia, in 1700. lie never married. He was
Indian Agent under President Van Buren, and accu-
mulated a large fortune, and died in St. Louis in 1841 or
1842. By his will he made a number of large bequests.
^Margaret Pilcher (daughter of ^ Joshua Pilcher)
was born in Culpeper County, Virginia, in 1777,
and was sixteen years old when her father came
to Kentucky. She married Hiram Shaw in I_^x-
ington, Ky., December 25, 1800. They had three
children who left issue, namely: ^Nathaniel Shaw, born
in Lexington, Ky., January 31, 1804; married Emma
Marsh, in the same place, in September, 1832, and died
February 15, 1849; they had three children; one wag
^Hiram Shaw, who was born in 1835, and had five chil-
dren, namelv: ®Ealph M., ^Hiram, "Clara, "Henry and
"Wiley Shaw.
*Hiram Shaw (son of Hiram and ^Margaret P. Shaw)
was born at Lexington, Ky., in August, 1809, and had
two children, namely: ^Joshua Pilcher Shaw, born in
1839; married in 1867, and lived in Lexington, Ky.
'Agnes Shaw, born in 1840, married a Mr. Hamilton in
1867, and had three children, namely: "Annie S.,
"George L. and "Kate S. Hamilton.
*Nancy Shaw (daughter of Hiram and ^Margaret P.
Shaw) was born in 1812, and iifarried her cousin, Field-
ing Louis Pilcher, who is mentioned in another connec-
tion in this sketch.
The information in regard to the descendants of
^Joshua Pilcher was obtained from many sources, but
in the main was received from his grandson, ''Jephtha
Dudley Pilcher, of Chandlersville, HI.; his great-grand-
son, Eev. ''Archibald Mos.sman Pilcher, of Eau Clair.
Wis., and his great-grandson, 'Joshua Pilcher Shaw, of
Lexington, Ky.
368 HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
The information in re',^ar(l 1o the Stephen I'ilcliei-
branch \va>s obtained, principally, from Rev. Elijah
Holmes Pilcher, D.D., and his son. Dr. Pilcher, of
Brooklyn, N. Y.
From many sources information N\as gained in regard
to the Caleb Pilcher branch. But, to a large extent, it
was gotten from Dr. John Mason Pilcher, D.D., of
Peteishurg, Va.
The coat of arms of the family, described in detail,
was as follows:
(1) Or gold— the tincture of gold or yellow.
(2) Chevron. The chevron (supix)sed by some writers to
have been adopted from the bow of a war saddle which rises
high in front) is formed by drawing two parallel lines from
the dexter base, njeeting pyraniidically, about the fess point,
two other parallel lines drawn from the sinister base.
(.3) Gu. gules — red depicted by perpendicular lines.
(4) Chapeau. See cap of maintenance or dignity, by the
French called chapeau, a headgear of crimson velvet turned
up with ermine.
(5) Coclvatrice — a monster with the wings and legs of a
fowl, and the tail of a snake.
(6) Ducal Coronet— is composed of eight leaves all of equal
height above the rim ; the caps of the coronets are of crim-
son velvet turned up with ermine, with a button or tassel
of gold or silver at the top.
James Stuart Pilcher.
THE CAROTHERS FAMILY.
Carruthees of How mains was an ancient family in
Annandale, distinguished from an early period m
Scotch history. ^\Tien Robert the High Steward (after-
wards King) took the field against Baliol in support of
his uncle, David II, William Carruthers of Howmains
was among the first to join him ; subsequently in the
reign of James III, Thomas Carruthers of Howmains
was especially rewarded for his good service against
"the rebels and the English ;" and still preserving their
devotion to the cause of royalty, the family acted a gal-
lant part in favor of Mary Stuart. Walter Carruthers,
of Inverness, Scotland, says that the original seat of the
Carruthers family was in Carruthers Parish, Dum^rie-
shire, Scotland, and near the present town of Annan,
the parish having been merged in an adjoining parish;
but there is still a ruin near there known as Carruthers
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370 HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
Castle. He also says that all of the male branches of
the family, his among the number, have moved auay
from Diimfrieshire, and there is a tradition in his
family that one branch had, many years ago, emigrated
from Scotland to the English Colonies in America.
One ^James Caruthers and his wife lived in Scotland.
Tradition says they went to the north of Ireland during
the unsettled, troubled times in Scotland, in the early
part of the eighteenth century. Four of their cliildren
emigrated to the Colony of Pennsylvania in the year
1765. There may liave been others, of which there is
no account given,
Mohn, -Sarah, ^James and ^Andrew Caruthers settled
first in Carlysle County, Pennsylvania. It is thought
that John and Eobert Caruthers, who came to the
Colony of Pennsylvania about the same time, and after-
wards moved to North Carolina, were uncles to the four
who came in 1765, but this is not authentic.
^John Caruthers, brother to ^Sarah, ^James and
^Andrew, was in the French and Indian Wars, and was
severely wounded in one engagement. He afterwards
held an important position under the Provincial Gov-
ernor of Pennsylvania. His children were: ^Mary,
^Isabella, 'Sarah and ^Eleanor Carothers. Many of
tlie name live in Pennsylvania and all over the Western
country.
^James and ^Andrew Caruthers were twins, so much
alike that their mother could only distinguish one from
the other by looking on the forehead of one for a small
mark just in the edge of his hair. They married sisters.
-James Caruthers married Nancy Neely, and ^Andrew
Caruthers married Margaret Neely. The descendants
of these twin brothers are the only ones we can trace
for moi-e than one generation.
After coming to America they changed the spelling
of their name to Carothers, through the influence of a
school teacher who lived in the family and taught the
children. The two who went to North Carolina at an
early day, Eobert and John, spelled their name Caruth-
ers, dropping one "r."
^James Carothers, born 1739, was in the French and
Indian Ware, and fought bravely in the Colonial Army.
CAROTHERS FAMILY. 371
He was in General Armfltrong's command at the battle
of Kiltaining Point
He married Nancy Neelj, about 1767, in Adams
County, Pennsylvania- They had five children, and
lived on tlie Juniatta Biver, near Mount Union, Hunt-
ingdon County, Pennsylvania, on a farm called "The
Loop." His wife, Nancy Noely Carothers, died in 1776.
He then married Abigail Henderson, of Baltimore, Md.,
where her family still reside. They had nine children.
Later he lived near Shirleysburg, in the above-named
county. He had fourteen children by the two wiv^.
The first wife's children were:
^Sarah, married Archibald Henderson.
*James, married Mary Fitzsimons, of South Caro-
lina, in 1800 (her mother was a Miss Randel), and
they had seven children, namely: *Nancy, married
Andrew Froman; ^Patrick, born in 1802, and mar-
ried Betsy Barr; they had a son, ^Robert Carothers,
who lived in Cincinnati, Ohio, and he had a son, ^Thomas
P. Carothers, a lawyer living in Newport, Ky., in the
year 1900. ^Sarah, married James Carothers. Her
brother, *James H. Carothers, married Mary Carothers;
they had one son, '^Neely Carothers, of Kenton, Ohio.
*Eliza J., married ; her daughter, °A. E. ,
married a Mr. Gilleland, of Obisonia, Peun. ^Thomas
M., married Nancy Taylor, and ^Samuel H. married a
I Miss Gilmore; they had a daughter, ^Maria Carothers,
J living in Pennsylvania in 1890.
^John Carothers, married Mary Boal. They had a
son, * Carothers, He had a son, ''James F.
Carothers, who lives in Danville, Va.
^Alexander Carothers.
'Samuel Carothers, bom in 1775; married Ann Zim-
merman. He died in 1858; he had seven children, as
follows: Majnes, ^Davis, *Sarah (married a Mr. Alex-
ander), *Abraham, v*Maria (married a Mr. Mapleton),
*Anne (married a Mr. Gollaher) and *Samuel Carothers.
I have given the five children and their descendants
of James Carothers and Nancy Neely, his wife, and will
now give those of his second wife, Abigail Henderson,
nine in number:
'Thomas Carothers, married Peggy Duncan. They
372 HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
had five children, namely: *James, ^William, ^Hannah,
*Nancy and ^Duncan Carothers.
^Andrew Carothers, married Jane Fitzsimmons, and
had one *son.
^Frank Carothers, married Peggy Fitzsimmons.
^Nelly Carothers, married Andrew Carothers. They
had one son, ^Jonathan Carothers.
^Polly Carothers married, first, H. llockenberry, and
second, H. Love, and had four ^children.
^Jonathan Carothers married, first, Kuth Douglas,
and second, Eliza Ainsley. They had six children,
namely: *Kate, is in a convent; ^Cornelia, *William,
^Hannah, *Sarah and *Amanda Carothers.
^D. Neely Carothers, born in 1791; died in 1862;
never married.
^William Carothers.
^Nancy Carothers ; never married.
This finishes ^James Carothers' line, as far as known.
I will now give that of his twin brother, who moved to
North Carolina, ^Andrew Carothers and Margaret
Neely, his wife. ^Andrew Carothers was born in 1789,
and died in Union District, South Carolina, in 1826, at /
the residence of his son, ^John. He married Margaret {UtAj^
Neely, a sister of the wife of his twin brother. She
was born in 1747, and died in York District, South
Carolina, in 1797. They moved from C:aplfsle"^ County,
Pennsylvania, to Cabarrus County, North Carolina,
before the breaking out of the Eevolutionary War, the
exact date not known.
^Andrew Carothers was a soldier in the Continental
Army, and served throughout the war, being severely
"wounded, but in what battle it is not recorded. See
"Kings Mountain and Its Heroes," by L. Draper, page
424. He and his wife, Margaret Neely, had nine chil-
dren, namely: ^Jane, ^Ollie, ^Margaret, ^Anne, ^Mary,
'Martha, "John, "Thomas and "James Carothers.
Mane Carothers, married William Bell.
"Ollie Carothers married Robert Bain.
"Margaret Carothers married Hugh Caruthers, a
cousin.
"Anne Carothers married Andrew Davis. He was an
elder in the Presbvterian Church. She died in 1840.
CAROTHERS FAMILY. 373
They had seven children, as follows: ''Thomas, ^Mar-
garet, "James Neely, ''Wilson, *Mary, •'Tirza and * Ade-
line Davis. J?ev. "Thomas D. Davis, born in 1793 ; died
in 1851, in Mississippi. He was a minister in the Pres-
byterian Church, and married Sarah Mackey. "Mar-
garet Davis, born in 1797; married a Mr. Morrison;
died in 1858. "Wilson Davis, born in 1801, married
Margaret Stuart; died in 185G. "Mary Davis, born in
1803*; married a Mr. Cochrane; died in 1854. "Tirza
Davis, born in 1808; married a Mr. Parks, and was
living near Stageville, North Carolina, in 1883; they
had seven cbildren, as follows: ^Andrew D. (was living
in Stageville, N. C, in 1887), «John, "^Ada (married Dr.
John Blair), ^Thomas M., ^Sarah L. (married J. H.
Coldwell), ^Baxter and ^Margaret E. Parks (married
J. W. Alexander). "Adeline Davis, born in 1812;
married a Mr. Alexander ; died in 1845.
^Mary Carothers, married Andrew Kimmons. They
had seven children, as follows: "Margaret, "Martha,
"Elias W., "Hugh R, "Polly, "John M. H. and "Wilson
Kimmons, "Margaret Kimmons married A. Bam.
"Martha Ivimmons married Kobert McClelland; they
had three children, namely: "^Martha, '^Lizzie and "Al-
bert McClelland. He died in the Confederate Army-
Kev. "Elias W. Kimmons, of Concord, N. C. "Hugh R.
Kimmon.s married Martha Davis; they had two chil-
dren, namely: '^Mary A. and ^James W. Kimmons.
"Polly Kimmons married Elisha Scott; they had one
child, "Mary Scott. "John M. H. Kimmons married
Judith Dillworth; they had seven children, namely:
«John A.. "William G., "Martha M., "Wilson C, "Lee,
"Mack and ^Sally Kimmons. "Wilson Kimmons mar-
ried , of Concord, N. C.
^Martha Carothers married Charles Bain.
sjohn Carothere was born March 19, 1775, in Cabarrus
County, North Carolina. November 22, 1803, he was
married to Mary Hope, daughter of 'John Hope and
Jane Meek, his wife. .
"John Carothers, for years a member of the Legis-
lature in South Carolina when the old State was in her
palmiest davs, was a ruling elder in the Presbyterian
Church, a devoted Christian, a public-spirited, patriotic
374 HISTORICAL SKET0HE8.
citizen, gifted with a fine sense of humor, which many
of his descendants have inherited, entertaining in con-
versation, and alwaj's an interesting person. ^Mary
Hope, his wife, was a model woman, a devoted Christian,
an alTectionate, unselfish wife and mother. She was
born March 10, 1782, and died in 1826. After her death,
^John Carothers married Rachel Burrows; he died in
Union District, South Carolina, May :U, 1854. He
had thirteen children. Four died young. His first
wife left six children, namely: ^James Neely, *M. Mar-
garet, ^Jane Hope, "Andrew Meek, *William Washing-
ton and "Thomas L. Carothers. His second wife's chil-
dren were: "Elizabeth, "Amanda and "Sally Carothers.
Eev. "James Neely Carothere, born in 1805 ; graduated
at Washington College, Tennessee, in 1826; married
Mary Baskin; they had nine children, as follows: "Mar-
garet Rose, married Rufus Bean. ^William, never mar-
ried. '*James Stuart, married, first, Mary Morrow; sec-
one, Eugenia Westbrook, He had four children by his
second wife, namely: ^Stuart, *NeeIy, ''Nerva and *Nelly
Carothers, of West Point, Miss. • "^.Joseph Carothei^
was killed in the Confederate Army, in 1864. ''Samuel
Reid Carothers w^as also a soldier in the Confederate
Army, and died in prison in 1864. =John Carothers,
married Mary Miller; they had five children, namely:
^Francis R., ^Kate B., Moe Meek, «Baskin and M. Stuart
Carothers. 'Mary E. Carothers married a Mr. Woodall ;
they have five children, namely : ^Bessie, ®Mattie, ^Jessie,
'Josephine and "James Woodall. '^Martha Carotbers
married Keith Mofl'ett ; they have five children, namely :
"Mary B., "Jannette W., "James Neely Moffat and two
others. *Leroy Carothers died young.
"Margaret Carothers, daughter of ®John and Mary
Hope Carothers, born in 1813, married Eleazer Parker.
She was his second wife. They had six children,
namely : Dp. 'John Parker, of Houston, Miss., married,
first, L. Sadler, and second, a Mrs. Hill. They had three
children, namely: "Pearl, "Victor and "Louise Parker.
"Naomi Parker, married a Mr. Gouldock. "Mary H.
Parker, married . "Joseph Parker, married
, and had one son, "James Stuart Parker.
"Neely M. and "Martha Parker.
CAROTIIERS FAMILY. 375
*Jane Hope Carotbers was born July 25, 1811, in
Union District, Soutb Carolina, and was married to
Dixon Green Piklier, December 2i, 1S30. He was
born in Chester District, South Carolina, ^<;r^-^ A
1808 and died near French Camp, Miss., June 2'J, 1802.
His wife died at the same place, July 11, 1872 He was
a ruling elder in the Presbyterian Church, a noble Chris-
tian mail, whom all loved and respected ; his wife was a
woman of culture and fine character, devoted to her
husband and children. They had seven children, four
of whom died young. The others were: =E. Mary,
"Isabella T. and "^James Stuart Pilcher. This line is
given in the Pilcher sketch.
Dr. *Andrew Meek Carothers, born in 1818, was a
man of prominence in his state, distinguished in appear-
ance and manners, and a devout Christian. He mar-
ried Martha Caldwell, of South Carolina. They lived
at Starkville, Miss., and had seven children, as follows:
=> Joseph C, ''J. Andrew, "^Kate, "^Neil W., '^Charles G.,
"Julia E and "Thomas M. Carothei-s. Kev. "Joseph C.
Carothers married Belle McCaleb; they have three chil-
dren, namely: •'Neil W., "Andrew M. and "Mary Caroth-
ers of Grenada, Miss. "Kate Carothers married Robert
Montgomery ; they had nine children, two of whom died
young, namely : ^Robert and «Hugh. The others were :
«Evelyn (married Mr. Perkins, of Clemson College,
South Carolina, and has two children, namely : "'Eyelyn
and 'Kate), «Pattie, "Kate (married Stuart ^eir),
«Annie "Paul, "Adelaide Meek and "Margaret Stuart
Montgomery, of Starkville, Miss. "Andrew Carothers
married Rosa Beattie. They have five children, namely :
"Lemira (married Fritz Weddell), "Rosa, "Robert,
"Charles G. and "Beattie Carothers, all of Starkville,
Miss "Neil W. Carothers married Cenie Wallace ; they
had four children, namely: "Neil W., "Wallace (died
young), "Stuart C. and "Katherine, of Austin, Texas.
"Charles Carothers, married Mary Blewett; they have
one child, "Blewett Carothers, of Memphis, Tenn. "Julia
Evelvn Carothers, died in November, 1907. "Thomas M.
Carothers married Adelaide Ragon, and had four chil-
dren, namelv : "Andrew M., "Marian B., "Thomas M. and
"Mildred Carothers (died young), of Chattanooga,
Tenn.
376 njSTOiiiCAL sketches.
The Rev. ^Willicam Washington Carothers, son of
'John and Mary Hope Carothers, was born in 1819;
graduated at Princeton College; married Mary Saddler,
and lived in Alabama. Their children were as follows:
"John Minor Carothers, of Newbern, Ala., married a
Miss Wilson. ^Mary ITojie Carothers, married the Rev.
A. 0. Wilson, and had two children, namely: ^Marie
and ^Margaret Wilson. ^William Carothers, of Selma,
Ala. ^Russell Carothers, married Mrs. Moore, iiee
Morrison. ^Sadler and '^Milton Carothers, of Selma,
Ala.
*Thomas Leander Carother.s, youngest child of ^John
and Mary Hope Carothers, was born in 1821; was a
graduate of Princeton College; was for a while presi-
dent of Washington College, Tennessee, l)efore he was
twenty-eight j^ears of age. He married Mary Miller,
and they had six children, namely : ^John, married
Sally Hill; they are both dead; they left two sons,
namely: ^Joseph H. and ^Thomas L. Carothers, of Mex-
ico (married Argenta McDonald). "Leander, of Deca-
tur, Ala. , married Loulie Enders; no children. "Samuel,
married Stella McAllister; no children. "Addison,
married Nelly Moody; he died June, 1901; left several
children. "Susan, married I. L. Kron, of Mobile, Ala. ;
issue: "Mary, ^C«cil, ^Leonard Carothers and ^Amelia
Kron. "Minnie Carothei*s married D. R. Lindsey, and
has five children, namely: ^Louise, *Jeaii, "Gladys,
"Collin and "Ii^lizaljeth Lindsey.
The children of 'John Carothers and his second wife,
Rachel Burrows, were: ^William and *John, died j^oung.
^Elizabeth Carothers, married, first, Dr. Wade Fowler,
and second, Mr. Lotspitch; she lived at "Sunnyside,"
her father's old homestead. Her only two children, a
son and daughter, died in early youth. ^Amanda Ca-
rothers, married Rufus Poole, and had two children,
namely: "Jessie and "Sally Poole. ^Sally Carothers,
married Sidney Walker, of Union, S. C. ; died in 1908;
they had two children, namely : "William R. and "Minnie
Walker, of Unionville, S. C.
'Thomas Carothers, son of ^Andrew and Margaret
Neely Carothers, was born in 1773 ; married and lived
near Shelbyville, Tenn., and had eight children, namely :
Dr. Andrew Meek Carothers.
SUrkville, Miss.
CAROTIJERS FAMILY. 217
Rev. ^Robertson Carothcrs, a minister in the Cuml>er-
land Presbyterian Church; ^Melissa Carothers, married
Mr. Morrison; *Martha; *Polly, married Ora Bradshaw;
*Betsj, *2seely, ^Stuart and *David Cai'others.
^James Carothers, died young.
The Hope and Meek Family.— Mohn IIo\>e had two
brothers who reared large families in South Carolina.
He married Mane Meek. She also had two brothers,
who had families in the same State. From these two
families sprang many people of distinction in South
Carolina,
^John Hope and ^Jane Meek, his wife, had five daugh-
ters and one son ; the eldest, ^Mary Hope, born March
10, 1782, was married to ^John Carothers, November
23, 1803. She died September 25, 1826. He was born
March 19, 1775 ; died May 31, 1854. Their children's
names are given above.
-Margaret Hoi>e married Joseph Adams. They had
six children, as follows: ^John H., of Yorkville, S. C.
'Jane, married Gen. Richard McLean, of Bethel, N. C. ;
they had one son. Col. "*John R. McTx^an, of Yorkville.
S. C. Dr. ^William E., of Bethel, S. C. ; married a Miss
Hayes. ^Leander, of Bethel, S. C. 'Amanda, married
General Neal, of North Carolina. ^Emily, married H.
Sherrell.
^Nancy Hope married Thomas Black. They had six
children, namely : 'Thomas, of West Point, Miss. ;
married a Miss Smith. 'Jane, married Rev. G. W.
Davis, of South Carolina. 'John, 'Washington, 'Ed-
ward and 'Richard Black.
^Isaac Hope married, and had six children.
^Katherine Hope married a Mr. Byars. They had
four children, namely : 'John H., 'Jane, married Rev.
E. A. Ci^enshaw; 'Emelin, married, first, Eleazer
Parker, and after her de^th, he married her first cousin,
'Margaret Carothers; 'Lorena Byers, married a Mr.
Byers, and lived at Chowdry Creek P. O., N. C.
^Rebecca Hope married William Adams; their six
children were : 'John, of Chowdry Creek P. O., N. C. ;
'Susan, married James McCulley ; 'LeRoy, 'James,
'Jane, married Hamilton Barnett, and 'Margaret,
married David Adams.
378 HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
The above is all that I have been able to collect in
regard to Ihe Carothers, Hope, Meek and Adams fam-
ilies of this immediate branch.
Cabuthers. — I will now give a sketch of another
branch of the Caruthers family, who also settled in
Pennsylvania, and later removed to North Carolina.
They sjjelled their name "Caruthers."
Among the "Black Boys" of Mecklenburg County,
North Carolina, who destroyed the powder of General
Waddell during the Kegulation War, which took place
five years before the Declaration of Independence,
there were two brothers concerned, but on opposite
sides ; they were Robert and James Caruthers. Robert
is said to have made the train for blowing up the kegs
of powder; amidst the hurry and bustle of their prep-
arations for the explosion, James recognized his brother
Robert, notwithstanding the lampblack on his face,
and in a low voice, which was not heard by any one
else, said to him, "You'll rue this, Bob." Robert an-
swered, "Hold your tongue, Jim,'' and went on with his
work.
Robert Caruthers, who was one of the Regulators
before the troubles really assumed a belligerant attitude
between England and the Colonies, was a partisan
officer during the Revolutionary War, and a man of
great courage and enterprise.
The foregoing is taken from the "Old North State"
(North Carolina) in 1776, by Rev. Eli W. Caruthers,
page 37.
Mrs. Margaret Caruthers was doubtless the wife of
Robert Caruthers, though it is not distinctly stated in
the book; tradition says Robert Caruthers married
Margaret Gillespie before they moved from Lancaster
County, Pennsylvania, to North Carolina, and it was
their sons who were in the Revolution of 1776.
This Robert Caruthers is thought by some to have
been the uncle of ^Andrew Carothers, who married
Margaret Neely in Pennsylvania and moved to North
Carolina before the Revolutionary War. 'Robert
Caruthers and his wife, Margaret Gillespie, were among
the first settlers of the middle region of North Carolina.
CAROTllERS FAMILY. 379
They had five sons and several daughters. All were
respectable citizens and consistent meuibcrs of the
church. During the Eevohitiou, three of the sons were
in the service of their country. The eldest son, 'Kobert
Caruther.«!, was an officer with the commission of Cap-
tain, lie was a very active, enterprising officer, and
almost constantly on duty. The youngest son of the
family was kept at home to protect his parents and
sisters and to attend to the farm. Re was killed by
some Tories disguised as Indians. The report of a gun
was heard near the house; the mother and daughters
immediately went out to see Avhat it was, and found the
youngest son on the bank of a creek near by, dead,
with his scalp taken off, and a bloody knife lying on
the ground by his head with which the deed was done.
This knife had the name of a neighbor cut on the handle,
and it was supposed in the agitation of the moment,
arising from the fear of detection, and remorse of a
guilty conscience, he had forgotten the knife. The
other sons were all away in the army, and the father
was too old for military duty. He was born about
1715 or 1720; but it is supposed that he was away from
home at this time with an armed body of Whigs, trying
to protect the border settlements from the barbarities
of the Tories and Indians, as the mother and daughters
were without a protector. This is also from "The Old
North State," by E. W. Caruthers.
From the foregoing it will be seen that at the time
of the Kevolution, ^Robert Caruthers and his wife,
Margaret Gillespie, were perhaps fifty-five or sixty
years of age, and that they were born about 1715 or
1720. Their eldest son, ^Kobert, was perhaps thirty or
thirty-five years of age, as he was the eldest of five sons
and several daughters, the youngest son being old
enough to take charge of the farm, and all of the daugh-
ters had left the parental roof except one or two.
The Kev. E. W. Caruthers says the Caruthers who
married Margaret Gillespie was James, others of the
descendants say that it was ^Robert, and his wife, Mar-
garet Gillespie, w^ho moved from Lancaster County,
Pennsylvania, to North Carolina before the Revolution.
The above-named ^Robert Caruthers and his \rife
380 HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
were the ancestors of Judges Abram and Eobert Ca-
ruthers, of Lebanon, Tenu. Both Avere men of dis-
tinction in their State.
As above stated, it is thought that this Robert Ca-
ruthers was the uncle of James and Andrew Carothers,
twins, who married Nancy and M^argaret Neely, sisters.
-James Carothers and his descendants remained in
Pennsylvania, while -Andrew Carothers went to
Cabarrus County, North Carolina, before the Revo-
lution, and later to South Carolina.
^Rol)ert Caruthere, born about 1715, married Mar-
garet Gillespie, in Scotland, it is supposed. He, with
his two brothers, ^James and ^John Caruthers, settled
in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, with their families,
upon arriving in America. ^Robert and ^John removed
to Middle North Carolina before the Revolution of 1776.
^James remained in Pennsylvania, but one of his sons,
^Andrew, moved to Cabarrus County, North Carolina,
also before the Revolution. His history and that of his
brother ^James has been given in the foregoing pages.
^John Caruthers, brother of 'Robert, had one son called
Jockey ^John Caruthers, and he a son, ^Elias Caruthers,
of Cabarrus County, North Carolina.
'Robert Caruthers and his wife, Margaret Gillespie,
had two daughters and five sons, as follows: -Robert,
^Sarah, Mohn, -James, a daughter, -William and -Sam-
uel Caruthers. Margaret Gillespie had two brothers.
Col. John Gillespie and Daniel Gillespie. Colonel John
was in the Revolution of 1776.
^Robert, the eldest son of 'Robert and Margaret Gil-
lespie Caruthers, married Elizabeth Patillo in North
Carolina. He was a Captain in the Continental Army;
was wounded on the head at the Battle of Kings Moun-
tain, and had a large scar from this wound. See ''Kings
Mountain and Its Heroes," by Draper. He moved from
Burke County, North Carolina, to Columbia, Tenn., in
1812, and died there in 1828. He left four children,
namely : 'Robert, ^Mary, 'Susan and 'Elizabeth
Caruthers.
'Robert Caruthers married Elizabeth Porter. They
had six children, namely : ^Sarah H., *Robert, *Jaraes,
^Elizabeth, *Mary and *Susan Caruthers. *Sarah H.
CAROTHERS FAMILY. SSI
Canitliers married Colonel Myers, of Cohimbia, Tenu.
They had four daughters, namely: "^Belty (married
a Mr. McDowell), 'Annie (married a Mr. Brown), "Lena
(married a Mr. xVnderson, of Jackson, Tenn.) and ^Mary
Myers, of Nashville, Tenn. ■'Robert Caruthers, born
in 1827, married; his children live in Nashville, Tenn.
Mames B. Caruthers, born in 1818. ^Mary Caruthers,
born in 1810; married M. Davidson. ^Elizabeth
Caruthers, married Robert Loouey; they had one son,
^Robert Looney, who lives in Texas. '•Susan Caruthers,
married William J. Sykes, and has two sons, namely:
■* James, of Memphis, Tenn., and '^Charley Sykes, of
Nashville, Tenn. (married Ella Gillespie, and has one
son, ^Gillespie Sykes).
^Mary Caruthers, married George Patton ; they had
three children, namely: "George, married and had two
children ; "Susan, married a Mr. Whitacre, and "Bettie
Patton, married.
^Susan Caruthers married John D. Love, and had
three children, namely: "Joseph (married), "Jane (mar-
ried a Mr. Wilkes) and "James Love (married, and lives
at Culleoka, Tenn.).
^Elizabeth Caruthers, married John D. Love, no kin
of the one her sister Susan married.
^Robert Caruthers and ^fargaret Gille.spie, his wife,
had a daughter who married a Mr. Finley. ITer first
name is not known. They lived in Lincoln County,
Tenn., and had a Maughter who married James Caruth-
trs, probably a relation. They had a son. Judge "John
P. Caruthers, of Memphis, Tenn., who married Flora
McNeil, of Bolivar, Tenn. They now live in Chicago,
111., and have one son, "^Robert Caruthers, and perhaps
other children.
-William Caruthers married, and died in 1830. Tie
owned large landed estates in Texa-s and all of his chil-
dren went there to live. One of them, ^William Caruth-
ers, was killed in Texas.
-Samuel Caruthers married Elizabeth Looney, in
Sullivan County, Tennessee. They had four children.
He died near Dixon Springs, Tenn., in 1810. Their
children were: ^Looney Caruthers, married and went
to Missouri ; he had one son, "Samuel Carothers, and he
382 HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
had a son, 'Smith Carothers, who married Jeuuie Grey
]\idle.y, of Klkton, Ky. They left two daughters.
Jud^^e ^liobert L, Caruthers married Sallie Saunders;
they had one daughter, who died young. lie was Judge
of the Supreme Court of Tennessee, and lived and died
at Lebanon, Tenn.
Judge ^Abram Caruthers married Kliza Allen. lie
was a distinguished lawyer. He founded the law school
at Lebanon, Tenn., the first one establi.shed in the South,
where many eminent men were educated in this school.
Judge 'Caruthers died in Marietta, Ga., in 18G2. His
children were as follows: ^William Caruthers, of
Hartsville, Tenn., married Fanny McCall. Issue,
six sons, namely: ''Reed, 'Robert, 'William, 'John (the
last two were lawyers, and lived in Nashville, Tenn.),
'Allen and 'Abram Caruthers (also of Nashville, Tenn.).
^Samuel Caruthers married and left a family. ''Mary
Caruthers died young. '•Louise D. Caruthers married
General Carter. lie was killed at the Battle of Frank-
lin, in 1865. They had two children, namely: 'Estelle
Carter, died young; 'Edward Carter, left two children,
namely: "Rowena and "Edward Carter. ITis wife was
Minnie Dunn, now Mrs. Cooi>er, of Nashville, Tenn.
■•Rebecca Caruthers married Col. ITorace Rice; she left
one daughter, 'Maggie, who married James A. Harris;
they have one son, "Horace Harris. '♦Sally Caruthers
married Dr. Robertson, and had three sons. '•Eliza
Caruthers, married Mr. Allsbrook, and had two sons.
*Betty Caruthere married Charles M. Ewing, and had
two children, namely: 'Caruthers Ewing, married a
Miss Winstead ; they have two children, namely : Mulia
and "Estelle Ewing, who live in Memphis, Tenn;
■^Charlie Ewing (a daughter) married Ray Carey, a law-
yer of Memphis, Tenn. ^Kate Caruthers married M.
Edwards; has no childben. ^Robert Caruthers, died
unmarripd. *Fanny Caruthers, married John W. Hart,
and has two children, namely: *Winslow and *Abram
Hart.
^Nancy W. Caruthers, born in 180S, married Robert
Maupin, of Haley, Tenn., and was living in 1880. They
had one son, *James A. Maupin, married, of Haley,
Tenn,
GAR0TIIER8 FAMILY. 383
-Sarah Caruthers, daughter of Robert and Margai-et
Gillespie Caruthers, married Finis Ewing; they moved
from Burke County, North Carolina, to Tennessee.
^John Caruthers, called ''Hunting John," married a
Miss Rogers; he was born in 1743; died in 1822; they
had six children, as follows:
Eev. Mamcs Caruthers, born in 1767; lived in Eowan
County, North Carolina; nian'ied Elizal)Oth Lawrence,
She was born in 1772 ; died in 1851). He died in 1861.
They had six children, as follows: Rev. *Eli W. Caruth-
ers, born in 1793. He wrote the "History of the Old
North State in 1776 ;" also a "Life of the Rev. David
Caldwell," both interesting historical works. He never
married ; died in 1805. His life was spent in North
Carolina, his native State. His sister, *Sarah Caruth-
ers, married John Carrigan. *El)zabeth Caruthers
married M, McLaughlin; they had one son, ^E. C.
McLaughlin, of Spartanburg, S. C, and was living there
in 1890. ^Martha Caruthers married James McLaugh-
lin. *John Caruthei-s, born in 1807; married <M.
Knight; they lived in Rocky Springs, N. C, in 1883.
They had four children, namely: ^James E., ^John P.,
''Samuel E. T., and ^Mary E. Caruthers, who married
L. A. Southern, of Rock}' Springs, N. C. •'Catherine
Caruthers married G. S. Townsend. They had two
children, namely: °E. C. Townsend, of Greensboro,
N. C, and a "^daughter.
^Hugh Caruthers married Margaret Carothei'S, a kins-
woman, a daughter of Andrew Carothers and Mar-
garet Neely, his wife. They had one daughter, *Jane
Caruthere, who married Silas Travis.
^Betsy Caruthers married William Caldwell, and went
to Tennessee from North Carolina.
'Martha Caruthers.
'John Caruthers.
'Sarah Caruthers, married James Morrison, They
moved f»om Buncombe County, North Carolina, to
Indiana.
This completes this branch of the Caruthers family,
as far as data cjin be gathered. The name is sj^lled
tAvo ways by the same family — sometimes with "u"
and again with "o." The older members sjielled it
384 IJISTOItlCAL SKIJTCIfFS.
either way. In some of the old South Carolina records
we find it spelled both ways for the same person — often
the father one way, and the son the other.
The Carothers family were prominent in the Conti-
nental Army in the Caroliuas, and were Whigs and
Pal riots.
Family pride was a noted characteristic with them
all. The older members always spoke to their children
and graudchildien of their ''good blood'' as being better
than mere peasants, or even marchauts or traders — an
old-world idea not suited to this Democratic country.
They always spoke of their being "gentle folk" in the
Old Country. They were very hospitable and clannish,
their Scotch characteristics showing plainly. They
were also noted for their retentive memories and close
attention to business. They had many of the fine traits
of the sturdy Scots, and also many of their failings, bnt
altogether the Scotch Presbyterians who emigrated to
America in the early part of the eighteenth century
were a noble race of people, and hare 1x3en largely in-
strumental in making this great Republic the pride of
the world at the present day.
Oarruthors of Scotland coat of arms aud crest: Gu.. two
chev. ongr. between three fleurs-de-lis. (Gu., gules, or red;
chev., chevron ; engr., engraled, or gold, or yellow ; ppr.
proper.) Ci-est — a seraphim volant ppr.; a cherub's head be-
t^veeu three pairs of wings ppr. Motto — proniptus et fidelis
(ready and faithful).
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THE TALIAFERKO FAMILY.
The history of the Normans, who were Scandanavians
wJio settled in Northern Gaul, is siraply a continuation
of the story of the Northmen. The' transformation
which time and favoring influences wrought in these
men is strikingly exhibited by the change that crept over
the face and spirit of all European society at this time.
In the ninth century they were heathen ; in the
twelfth they were Christians. They were rough, wild,
danger-loving Corsairs. They became the most cult ured,
polished and chivalrous people in Europe. But the
restless, careless, daring spirit that drove the >^orse
Sea Kings forth upon the waves in quest of adventure
and booty, still stirred in the breasts of their descend-
ants. They were only changed from heathen Vikings,
delighting in the wild life of the sea rover and jiirate,
into Christian knights eager for pilgrimages and cru-
sades. They united in their characters the strength,
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386 HISTORICAL l^KKTCHES.
im]ci>endeiKe and daring of tlie Scandinavian with the
vivacity, imagination and cullnrc of tliP lioniano-Gaul.
The conntry of Normandy grew more popuk>us, both
throngh the natural increase of the poin.lation at home
and the arrivals of tlie fresh bands of Scandinavians
from the Northern countries. Finally, after one hun-
dred yciirs had passed — years, for the most part, of
uneventful yet steady growth and development, the old
Norse spirit of adventure revived, and Southern Europe
and I'ngland became tlie scene of daring and brilliant
exploits of the Norman warriors. In 3018 a company
of Norman advanturers succeeded in gaining a foothold
in Southern Italy, where they established a sort of
Republic, which eventually included Nai)les and the
Island of Sicily. The fourth President of this com-
monwealth was Robert Guiscard, who died in 1085, a
character almost as celebrated in his time as the
renowned William the Conqueror. Education was
encouraged, and the schools and colleges of the Normans
became celebrated throughout Europe. At the i)re,sent
day there are many descendants of these Norman
knights living in various parts of Italy, which accounts
for the Norman names among the Italians. The con-
quest of England by the Normans was the most impor-
tant of their enterprises, and one followed by conse-
quences of greatest magnitude, not only to the couquei-ed
p>eople, but indirectly to the world. The great battle of
ITastings, which decided the Norman conquest of Eng-
land, was fought October 14, 10C6. While the oi)posing
lines were drawn up in battle array, a horseman rode
out from the Norman lines, and advancing alone toward
the Engli.<<h army, tossing up his sword and skillfully
catching it as it' fell, singing all the time the stirring
battle song of Charlemagne and Roland. The English
watched with astonishment this exhibition of careless
dexterity. The name of this Norman Troubador was
said to have been Taillefer. He was knighted upon
the field of battle for valiant conduct by the victorious
William the Conqueror; the cei-emony consisted in
breaking a sword above the head of the person to be
honored. This Norman knight is supposed to have
been the ancestor of Aymar de Taillefer, Count of
TALIAFERRO FAMILY. 387
Angouleme, who married Lady Alice de Courtenave.
She was the daughter of Peter do Courtenaye, .sou of
Louis VT of France; therefore, she shared the blood of
the Capetian line.
Their daughter. Isabella de Tailleffer, Countess of
Angouleme, married King John (''Lackland"), of
England, in August, 1200, and they were the ancestors
of the subsc'iueut occupants of the British throne. See
Hume's "History of England,'' Vol. T, p. 44L
The Taillellers seltlcd in Devonshire after the Con-
quest. Later some of them went to Scotland, and still
later some of them to the English Colonies in America.
For the origin of the Tailliaferro family of Virginia,
there are rival traditions, the one most generally ac-
cepted is that they were of Norman descent, the original
name having been Taillefer, being derived from the
Latin words taJlis and fcrnim, as the Halian words
tagliori and fcrro signify to cut Avith iron. Another
tradition is that they were of Halian descent, and that
the name was TagliaVerro, but the weight of evidence is
with the idea of Norman extraction. The name Taglia-
ferro is now common in Italy. It is found in Koine,
Florence, Naples, and especially in Milan. It is sup-
posed thev are the descendants of the Normans of that
name who went to Italy in 1018 and established a
Republic there at that time.
The name Isabella is kept up in the Taliaferro family
in America down to the present day. We nowhere find
in the records in Virginia the name spelled Tagliaferro.
It is either Tallifer or Taliaferro. We find a number
of large land grants recorded in the State Land Kegistiy
oflSce, beginning with one to Robert Taliaferro and
Lawrence Smith jointly, of 6,300 acres of land in Rap-
paliannock Countv, Virginia, on May 26, 1661, Book
No. 5, p. 597.
€opii:s OK Land Deeds of the Taliaferros in Virginia,
FROM 1666 TO 1808.
1. Deed fr^m Francis Taliaferro, of the County of
Gloucester, in the Colon v of Virginia, Gent., son and
38- HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
heir apparent of Robert Talliaferro, late of the County
of Rai'p;!., in the Colony aforesaid, reciting that the
safd Koliort Talliaferro jointly with Lawrence Smith,
of thvi C -unty of Glonccster, on the 26th day of March,
1(506, did take up and survey and patent six thousand
and tliioii hundred acres of land in the County of Rap-
pahannock; and conveying to his brother, John Talia-
ferro, one thousand acres of said land, consideration
natural love and afTection, and for the advancement of
the said John, who intended, by the permission of
Almighty God, to marry with Sarah, the daughter of
the said Lawrence Smith. Dated September 28, 1G82.
2. Deed from same, conveying to his brothers, Rich-
ard and Charles Taliaferro, sixteen hundred acres, part
of the same patent dated as above.
3. Deed from Robert Taliaferro, of the County of
Rapp., and Sarah, his wife, to John Battallie, for three
hundred acres on south side of Rappk. River, being a
part of six hundred acres bequeathed to Elizabeth and
Sarah Catlett by Mr. John Catlett, deceased. Dated
March 30, 1087.
4. Deed from Francis Taliaferro and Elizabeth, his
wife, to same for the other half of said land. Dated
September 9, 1687.
5. Bond of John Taliaferro, as Sheriff of Essex
County, commissioned by His Excellency, Francis
Nicholson, Esq., His Majesty's Lieutenant and Governor
General of Virginia, June 19, 1699. Sureties: John
Battallie and Bernard Gaines.
6. Deed from Francis Taliaferro and Elizabeth, his
wife, to Augustine Smith, of Gloucester County, for
four hundred and sixteen acres, one moity of a patent
granted Col. John Catlett, the 11th of September, 1660,
for 792 acres. Dated March 1, 1701.
7. Patent from Sir William Berkley, Knt. Governor
and Captain General, etc., to Robert Taliaferro and
Lawrence Smith for 6,300 acres. Dated March 20, 1666.
Recorded June, 1704.
8. Deed from John Taliaferro and Richard Buckner
to John Loraax and Elizabeth, his wife, who was Eliz-
abeth Wormley, conveying Port Tobago, containing
3,400 acres, and also a parcel of land in Petso Parish,
TALIAFERRO FAMILY. 389
in the County of Gloucester, containing by estimation
400 acres, both of which tracts had been conveyed to
the same Taliaferro and Buckner for the use, etc., of
the said Elizabeth. Dated July S, 1704.
9. Dc^d from Charles Taliaferro to Eobert Slaughter,
for three hundred acres in the freshes of the Rappahan-
nock Kiver, on the south side in the forest, being a part
of a patent bearing date November 2, 1705, to said
Charles Taliaferro, for OGG acres. Dated January 7,
1706.
10. Deed from John Taliaferro and Richard Buckner
to John Lomax and Elizabeth, his wife, conveying the
same property as the deed of July 8, 1704 (Port Tobago
and land in Gloucester). Dated April 1, 1707.
11. Bond of Elizabeth Taliaferro as Administrator of
Francis Taliaferro, dated August 10, 1710. Sureties,
John Catlett and Richard Buckner.
12. Deed from Richard Taliaferro, of the County of
Richmond, and Charles Taliaferro, of the County of
Essex, to William Woodford, conveying 1,G00 acres,
same conveyed to them by Francis Taliaferro. Dated
May 9, 1711.
13. Deed from Robert Taliaferro to Augustine Smith
for 200 acres of woodland in Parish St. Mary's, in Essex
County. Dated August 8, 1711.
14. Deed from same to Samuel Short for 100 acres,
part of a ti-act of 7.S9 acres granted Robert Taliaferro,
deceased, father of said Robert, in Essex County,
August 8, 1711.
15. Deed from John Taliaferro to his son, Lawi-ence
Taliaferro, for 300 acres, March 20, 1716.
16. Bond of John Taliaferro as administrator of
Elizabeth Taliaferro, March 20, 1716. Akso appraise-
ment and account of administration.
17. Deed from Charles Taliaferro to John Bourne
for sixty-seven acres, July 15, 1717.
18. Deed from John Taliaferro to John Taliaferro,
Jr., conveying two plantations containing by estimation
one thousand acres (same conveyed to John Taliaferro,
Sr., by Francis), January 21, 1717.
19. Deed from same to same for 300 acres, part of
patent granted to Robert Taliaferro and Lawrence
Smith. Dated Februarv 17, 1717/8.
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20. Deed from Robert Taliaferro, only son and heir
apparent of Robert Taliaferro, to Thomas Catlett, for
200 acres, August 11, 1718.
21. Deed from same to Samuel Short for twenty-five
acres (part of a patent of 730 acres granted Robert
Taliaferro, Sr.), September 3, 1719.
22. Deed of Lawrence Taliaferro and John Rattallie
to Zachariah Taliaferro for three negroes from the
estate of John Taliaferro in consideration of the said
Zachariah, releasing his interest in the estate of his
father, John Taliaferro, to his brother, Lawrence,
November 20, 1721.
23. Deed from Robert Taliaferro to Henry and
Thomas Samuel, 100 acres, part of Catlett's patent.
24. Deed from Robert Taliaferro to John Battallie
for 600 acres, February 1, 1722.
25. Deed from Robert Taliaferro to Paul Micon for
621 acres, 321 on which the said Taliaferro then resided,
and 300 adjoining, given him by his father, John Talia-
ferro.
26. Deed from Robert Taliaferro to James Noel for
296 acres at the head of Occupacia Creek, adjoining the
land sold Samuels, May 7, 1723.
27. Deed from Charles Taliaferro to Thomas Cash
for 100 acres, September 11, 1723.
28. Deed of gift from Robert Taliaferro, the elder, to
his daughters, Anne and Elizabeth, for two negro girls,
January 18, 1724.
29. Deed from Charles Taliaferro to Charles Talia-
ferro, his son, for seven negro men and six women,
February 1.5> 1724.
30. Deed from John Taliaferro, of Essex, to Robert
Taliaferro, of Stafford County, for 400 acres in Essex
County, July 19, 1725.
31. Deed from John Taliaferro to Thomas Catlett,
ten acres, August 17, 1725.
32. Deed from Robert Taliaferro to Richard Buckner
for a tract of land known as Church Neck, being 600
and odd acres, part of the patent of 739 acres granted
to Robert Taliaferro, Sr., a part (125 acres) having
been sold to Samuel Short, April 20, 1726.
33. Deed from Charles Taliaferro to Thomas Schouler
for 128 acres, October 13, 1726.
TALIAFERRO FAMILY. 391
34. Will of Lawrence Taliaferro, May 7, 1726.
35. Will of Robert Taliaferro, December 3, 1725,
proved June 26, 1726.
36. Will of Zacbariah Taliaferro, dated February 1,
1721/2, proved May 21, 1745.
37. Deed from James O. Taliaferro ajid Wilbelmina,
his wife, to John Pratt, of Caroline, conveying Fox
Hall, containing 1224 acres, March 22, 180S.
Some abstracts from Deed and Will Books now
among the archives of Essex County Court in the State
of Virginia.
James Roy Micon%
June 8, 1883. Clerk.
Land Grants to Taliaferros in Virginia,
The following land grants are exhibited by the State
Land Registry Office:
Roliert Tal lifer and Lawrence Smith, 6,300 acres in
Rappahannock County, March 26, 1061. Book Ko. 5,
p. 597.
Francis Taliaferro and Henry Price, 805 acres in
Essex County, Octol>er 26, 1694. Book No. 8. p. 402.
John Taliaferro, 229 acres in Essex County, May 2,
1705. Book No. 9, p. 673.
Charles Taliaferro, 966 acres in Essex County, No-
vember 2, 1705. Book No. 9, p. 692.
Charles Taliaferro, 1,071 acres in Rappahannock
County, November 5, 1712. Book No. 10, p. 68.
Charles Taliaferro, 5351/2 acres in Essex County,
April 8, 1710. Book No. 10, p. 374.
Lawi-ence Taliaferro, 220 acres in Essex County,
December 19, 1711. Book No. 10, p. 54.
Lawrence and John Taliaferro, Jr., 2,474 acres in
Essex County, July 11, 1719. Book No. 10, p. 118.
Charles Taliaferro, of Essex County, 353 acres in
Spottsylvania County, October 13, 1727, and 1,000
acres in Essex County, September 8, 1728. Book No.
13, pp. 162 and 357.
Mary and Elizabeth Taliaferro, 1,482 acres in Spott-
sylvania County, June 5, 1733. Book No. 15, p. 8.
392 HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
Eichard Taliaferro, 783 acres iu Brnuswick County,
September 5, 1740. Book No. 27, p. 398.
Lawrence Taliaferro, 1G2 acres in Caroline County,
January 12, 1747. Book No. 28, p. 357.
Zachariah Taliaferro, 740 acres in Albemarle County,
September 10, 1755. Book No. 31, p. 085.
Samuel Taliaferro, fifty, forty, and four hundred
acres in Albemarle County, August 19, 1758. Book No.
33, p. 4G6.
Charles Taliaferro, 480 acres in Albemarle County,
May 23, 1763. Book No. 35, p. 197.
Zachariah Taliaferro, fourteen acres in Amherst
County, March 27, 17G8. Book No. 36, p. 1067.
Lawrence Taliaferro, 400 acres iu Amherst County,
1767. Book No. 36, p. 160.
Zachariah Taliaferro, sixty-two acres in Amherst
County, September 10, 1757. Book No. 37, p. 78.
- Zachariah Taliaferro, ninety-nine acres in Albemarle
County, July 14, 1769. Book No. 38, p. 833.
Samuel Taliaferro, 400 acres in Albemarle County,
December 7, 1774. Book No. 42, p. 857.
Colonial and Continental Record of Some of the
Taliaferbos.
2John Taliaferro was a Lieutenant commanding a
company of mounted rangers against the Indians in
1692, and Justice of the Peace of Essex County, Vir-
ginia, in 1695.
*William Taliaferro, of '-Ilockley," was a resident of
King and Queen County, Virginia, a vestryman of
"Stratton's Major" Parish. He was Captain in 2d
Virginia Regiment; commissioned September 29,
1775, and Major February 1, 1777; taken prisoner at
BrandyT\ine, September 11, 1777; died February 1,
1778. He was a man of fine standing.
*Nicholas Taliaferro, Ensign 4th Virginia Regiment;
commission, August 15, 1777; Second Lieutenant,
November 15, 1777. Regiment designated 6th Virginia,
September 14, 1778; taken prisoner at Charlestown,
May 12, 1780 ; exchanged ; First Lieutenant, February,
1781 ; served to close of war.
TALIAFERRO FAMILY. 393
^Benjamin Taliaferro, Second Lieutenant 6th Vir-
ginia Itegimeut, March 4, 1776; First Lieutenant
August 7, 1776; Captain September 23, 1777; trans-
ferred to 2d Virginia Regiment Septemljer 14, 1778;
taken prisoner at Cliarlesto'^u, May 12, 17S0; prisoner
on parole till close of war; died September 3, 1821, in
Wilkes County, Georgia. lie was an original member
of the Order of the Cincinnati.
"Eichard Taliaferro, born May 2.3, 1759, served in the
ai-my in Virginia in 1776 as Captain, and was entitled
to half pay as he enlisted for the war. This promise
was never redeemed by the Government. He died in
Che.ster District, South Carolina, in 1806. See Pension
Eecords at Washington, D. C.
^'Zachariah Taliaferro, of Pendleton, S. C, sixth in
descent from the first Robert Taliaferro, of Gloucester
County, Virginia, often told his children the story
of one of his ancestors, a proud Virginia dame of
the Colonial period, boasting that her father traced his
ancestral lines to one of the noted standard l)earers of
the Norman Conquest, he being the first man to set
foot on English soil and plant the standard of William
the Conqueror, which was never to go down.
Another story is that three Taliaferro brothers came
to Virginia from England. One died young, never
having married; one was supposed to have left no
children by the name of Taliaferro, but left Craig de-
scendants, he having married a widow Craig, taking
her name for reasons satisfactory to himself and his
elder brother, ^Robert Taliaferro. These two brothers
were not friendly, their families having no communica-
tion with one another, and when they separated Ihey
divided some family jewels. One ring, which they con-
sidered a valuable heirloom, each wanted. They
decided the dispute by cutting the ring, making two
complete circles, each taking one. Ex-Governor Smith,
of Georgia, a descendant of ^Robert Taliaferro, is
authority for this story, saying he had seen one of the
rings. The.se two were ^Robert Taliaferro and his
brother, who took the name of Craig. Those who have
394 HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
thoroughly investigated the subject are convinced that
the family were of Norman descent, going to England
from Normandy with William the Conqueror in 10G6.
^Robert Taliaferro, the first of the name that we find
upon record in Virginia, was born about 1(335, and died
about 1700. He married a daughter of the Kev. Charles
Grymes, an Episcopal clergyman; they reared a dis-
tinguished family,
^Eobert's brother, who, tradition says, took the name
of Craig, was lost sight of by ^Robert's descendants,
and only a few members of the family knew that they
were related.
On March 26, 1G66, ^Lawrence Smith, "Gentleman,",
and ^Robert Taliaferro, "Gentleman," located and had
deeded to them a land grant of 6,300 acres jointly in
Rappahannock County, Virginia. ^Robert Taliaferro
lived in Rappahannock County, Virginia, in 1666, and
in 1682 he removed to Gloucester County. This county
was divided in 1602 into what has since been Essex and
Richmond Counties.
It is not known to the writer whether or not 'Robert
Taliaferro had daughters; but he had five sons, namely :
^Francis, ^John, ^Richard, ^Charles and -Robert.
-Francis, the eldest son, married Elizabeth Catlett
He was living in 1682 ; was a Justice of the Peace in
Essex County, and ^Robert, the younge.st son, married
Sarah Catlett, both being daughters of John Catlett,
who was a native of England. He had a grant of land
in 1650 in Rappahannock County, Virginia.
^John Taliaferro married Sarah Smith, daughter of
Col. Lawrence Smith, one of the grantees of the above-
mentioned 6,300 acres of land.
-Francis Taliaferro, "Gent.," who married Eliz-
abeth Catlett, was bom in 1655, and died in 1710.
He had no children, therefore ^John, the second son,
became heir apparent to his father, 'Robert Taliaferro.,
Mohn Taliaferro, "Gent.," of "Powhattan," second son,
born in 1656, married Sarah Smith in 1680, and died in
1720. They had at least five sons (may have had
others), namely: ^Lawrence, ^Zacharias, 'John, 'Robert
and 'Richard Taliaferro.
^Richard Taliaferro, born in 1660, died in 1712,
TALIAFERRO FAMILY. S%
married Elizabeth Eggleston. He had one Maugliter,
and may have had other childreu. This daughter mar-
ried Thomas Turner, and tliey had one son, ^ilenry Tur-
ner. Col. Turner Ashley, of Virginia, was descended
from this family.
^Charles Taliaferro, born in 1663, married Mary
Carter, and died in 1734. He had one son, Tharles,
who lived in Essex County, Virginia, in 1724. Their
daughter, *Mary Taliaferro, married a ^Ir. Grinnan.
They had two daughters, ^Sarah and ^Catherine Grin-
nan. This is from Charles Taliaferro's will, now in
possession of Colonel Grinnan, in Virginia.
^Eobert Taliaferro, bora in 1667, married Sarah Cat-
lett before 1710, and had three children (perhaps
others). ^Robert married , lived in Stafford
County, Virginia, in 1725. T^ft one *daughter, who
married Francis Taliaferro; they had a son, ^Francis
W., who married a Miss Taliaferro, and a daughter,
"Eliza.
^Eobert Taliaferro's two daughter were: ^Elizabeth
and ^Anne. We do not know whom they married, but
on January 18, 1724, their father, -Eobert Taliaferro,
gave each a tract of land and had deed recorded August
11, 1718. He also executed a deed to Thomas Catlett,
in which he calls himself "heir apparent" to ^Eobert
Taliaferro. It seems that ^John and ^Eobert both
claimed to be heir apparent to their father. ^Eobert
Taliaferro's will was recorded in Essex County, Vir-
ginia, in 1726. See County Eecords.
In 1682, "Francis Taliaferro executed a deed as heir
apparent of ^Eobert Taliaferro to his brother, ^John
Taliaferro, for one thousand acres of the 6,300 acres
of land granted to ^Robert Taliaferro and Lawrence
Smith, in anticipation of ^John's marriage to the
daughter of Lawrence Smith. In this deed, ^Francis
is called ^Francis Taliaferro, "Gentleman." This
fact goes to prove that the Taliaferros were English
rather than Italians, as there is no such title among
the Italians.
I have already given the names of the five sons of
=^John Taliaferro and his wife, Sarah Smith. I will
now give their descendants, as follows :
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^Lawrence Taliaferro, born in 1681, died in 1726,
married Sarali . I have a copy of his will.
See Records of Essex County, Virginia. Ilis children
were as follows:
^Francis of "Epsom," married Elizabeth Hay, and
they had seven children, as follows: ^Anne, born in
1731, nianied ]iichard Brooke, of Smithfield, Va., in
1750; they had five children, namely: ''Lawrence
Brooke, was in the navy during the Revolution of 1776;
was on the Bon Jlomme Richard with Commodore John
Paul Jones ; do not know who he married ; he died in
1799. Mohn Brooke, was an oflicer in the Continental
Army in 1776. "Robert Brooke, married Mollie Ritchie;
he was a cavalry officer during the War of 1776, and
was afterwards Governor of Virginia and General.
^Francis Brooke, married, first Mary Randolph Spottis-
wood, a descendant of Gen. Alexander Spottiswood;
second, Mary Champe Carter, a daughter of Edward
Carter, of "Blenheim," descendant of "King Carter."
"Francis Brooke was a Captain in the Continental
Ai'my, and afterwards a Judge of the Snj)erior Court
in Virginia. A "daughter, Miss Brooke, married
Fountaine Jfaury; they had two children, namely:
^Richard and ^Butler Maury. ^Lawrence Taliaferro
(son of ^Francis of "Epsom"), born in 1729, married,
first, Mary Jackson; second, Sarah Dace, of "Rose
Hill." They had eleven children, as follows: "Anne,
married William Fitzhugh. "Sarah, married, first,
William Dace; second, Capt. Francis Dace, of "Rose
Hill." "Hay, born in 1775, married Susan Conway,
daughter of Capt. Catlett Conway, of "Hawfield,"
Orange County; he (Captain Conway) was Captain in
the Revolution of 1776. "Baldwin, married Anne Spot-
tiswood, of Woodstock; they removed to Tennessee.
"Francis, married Henrietta Thornton and removed to
Kentucky. "Elizabeth, married Battallie Fitzhugh,
of Santee, Caroline County. "Pattie, married Dr.
William Fitzhugh, of Faquier County. "Lawrence;
'"Mary; "Verlinda. married Catlett Conway, Jr., of
Greene County ; and "Georgiana Taliaferro, who never
married. "^John Taliaferro, born in 1738. 'Hay Talia-
ferro, born in 1740, married Lucy Taliaferro. 'Eliz-
TALIAFERRO FAMILY. 397
abeth Taliaferro, born in 1741, married, first, Capt.
William Taliaferro; second, Benjamin Humes. ^Fran-
cis Taliaferro, who inherited "Epsom,'' the family seat,
married a Miss Taliaferro; they had three children,
namely: Dr. ^Benjamin, Rev. ^Charles and "^John Talia-
ferro. ^ Taliaferro, married a Miss Zanotte.
^William Taliaferro, brother of ^Francis of "Epsom,"
born in 1710, lived in King and Queen County, Virginia.
The name of his wife is not known. They had nine
children. He was a ve.stryman in "Stratton's Majoi*"
Parish, and Sheriff of King and Queen County in 1742
and 1743. The following is his record in the Eevohition-
ary Army: Captain of 2d Virginia Regiment, commis-
sioned September 29, 1775; Major, February 1, 1777;
taken prisoner at Brandywine, September 11, 1777; died
February 1, 177S. He Avas a man of fine standing in
his county. He is sometimes confounded with Col.
William Taliaferro, of "Snow Creek," a kinsman. This
*William Taliaferro's children were: Col. ^Philip Talia-
ferro, of "Hockley," married Lucy Bay top, daughter of
Col. James or Thomas Bay top, a veteran of the Revolu-
tion. He had large estates in Gloucester County, Vir-
ginia, granted to him by the King of England ; his wife
was a descendant of "King Carter." They had a daugh-
ter, ^Eose Taliaferro, who married Col. Richard Shack-
elford, and they had six children, namely: ^Elizabeth
Lyiine Shackelford, married Gov. Archibald Woods, of
Kentuckv. She was born in 1793, and was living in New
York City in ISSO. She had seven children, as follows:
A ^daughter, married Gen, James Estelle; a ^son, in
United States Army ; a ^daughter, married a Mr. Craig,
of New York; a ^daughter, married David Jones;
^Florrie Woods, married an Englishman ; ^Josie Woods,
married an Englishman; a ^daughter, married William
E. Garrison, of New York, N. Y. 'Philip Shackelford,
of Virginia and Missouri; 'Baytop Shackelford, 'Rich-
ard Shackelford, 'William Shackelford, of Madison
County, Kentucky, and 'Taliaferro Shackelford, who
married Hattie Cotrell, of Baltimore, Md. They had
one daughter, ^Fanny Shackelford, living in Baltimore
unmarried in 1880. "Dr. William Taliaferro (brother
of Col. Philip, of "Hockley') married, first, ^fary;
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second, Harriet Throckmorton; third, a Miss Harper.
They liad three sous, namely: ^Warner, married, first,
F. Boothe, and second, L. Seldon, and left children.
^Alexander Gault, married Agues Marshall, grand-
daughter of Chief Justice John Marshall, of Virginia,
and left children. Dr. nVilliam Taliaferro, left no
children. "^Elizaljeth Taliaferro, married Col. Lynne
Shackelford. They had five children, namely: "Lynne
Shackelford, married a Miss Dabuey; "^John Shackel-
ford, went to North Carolina, and is ancestor of many
distinguished persons of the uame in that State. •'Ben-
jamin Shackelford, went to Kentucky and left many
descendants there. "Richard Shackelford, the fourth
son of Col. Lynne Shackelford and Elizabeth Taliaferro,
his wife, married "Eose Taliaferro, his cousin. They
lived in Virginia and Kentucky. "George L. Shackel-
ford married ISfartha Hockeday!! He was born in 1780,
and married in ISOO, in Kentucky. Their son, ^James
Shackelford, married Melissa Walker, and lived in
Madison County, Kentucky, Their son, *Zack Shackel-
ford, married Annie Goddard, and lives in Denver, Col.
"James Taliaferro married, first, Kate Boothe, and sec-
ond, a widow Thornton ; he had a son, "Thomas B., who
married a Miss Sinclair. Rev. ^ Taliaferro mar-
ried, first, a Miss Oliver, then a Miss Piemounte. He
had three sons, namely : "James, "Benjamin and "Rich-
ard Taliaferro, ^Richard Taliaferro, of ''Hockley,"
married Betsey Wedderbourne. They had a son, "John
Taliaferro, who married Eleanbra Anderson. '^Thomas
Taliaferro married Sarah Oliver. They had four chil-
dren, namely: "Thomas, married ; "Gabrielle,
married a ^fr. Davis ; "Lewis, married Catherine Doss-
well and "Martha Taliaferro, married a Mr. Fox.
"^George Taliaferro, married Louisa Dickson, They had
one "daughter, who married Charles Gwyne, "^Mary
Taliaferro married, first, a Mr. Smithers ; second, a Mr.
Kemp.
The youngest brother of *Francis Taliaferro, of
"Epsom," was *John, of Petersburg, Va. He married a
Miss Hannon. They had three children, as follows:
''Richard, married a Miss Baldwin ; they had one son,
Judge "Norbourne M. Taliaferro. ''John, married Eliz-
TALIAFERRO FAMILY. 399
abeth Thornton. '^Annie Taliaferro, married Nicholas
Taliaferro, her second cousin.
The sisters of ^Francis of "Epsom" were: ^Elizabeth,
*Alice, *Mary and ^Sarah Taliaferro. We do not know
whom they married.
^Zachariah Taliaferro, second son of -John, of 'Tow-
hattan" and Sarah Smith, his wife, was born in 1G83,
and died in 1745. See Essex and Eappahannock County
(Virginia) Records. The name of his wife is unknown
to members of his family now living. He may have
had sons and daughters, but we have record of only
OQe son, ^Richard Taliaferro, who was born at "Talia-
ferro's, Mount," in 1706; married Rose Anne Berryman,
June 10, 1726. He died at Port Royal, Caroline County,
Virginia, September 27, 1748. The above information
was obtained from examination of the family Bible and
original records now in possession of members of his
family.
The following is taken from the Richmond (Virginia)
Critic:
"*Capt. Richard Taliaferro, of Caroline County, Vir-
ginia, a son of Zachariah Taliaferro, was born prior to
V 1706. He married, June 10, 1726. He died September
27, 1748. He patented, prior to 1746, more than 10,000
acres of land in the present Counties of Amherst and
Nelson."
He was called Capt. Richard Taliaferro. He may
have served in the Colonial troops in Virginia, but we
have no record of his services. He and his wife, Rose
Berryman, had eleven children. The record of their
births and deaths is in the old family Bible now in
possession of Judge James Govan Taliaferro's descend-
ants, who live at Harrisonburg, La. Their children are
as follows:
"Sarah Taliaferro, born June 7, 1727; married John
Lewis. They had eight children, as follows: ^Robert,
born in 1752; died in Kentucky in 1799. ^Taliaferro,
born in February, 1755; died in Virginia in July, 1810.
"John, born in 1757 ; died in Georgia in 1840 ; married
Anne Berry Earle, of South Carolina; he was a soldier
in the Revolution of 1776. 'Mildred McCoy, born in
1759; married Thomas Rowland; died in South Caro-
lina in 1847, leaving eleven children ; one son, 'John,
400 HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
married Frances M. T^wis; their daughter, ^Mildred,
man-ied H. H. Thompson; their son, ^William W., mar-
ried Jessie Means; their daughter, ^"Alberta, married
Vernon Mackenfuss, of Spartanburg, S. C. "Charles,
born in 17G1, married Elizabeth Russell; died in North
Carolina. "Jesse, born in 1763; married Nancy Clark-
sou; died in Louisiana. "Richard, born in 1705; mar-
ried Sarah Miller; died in South Carolina. "Henr}^
Lewis, born in 1767; married a Miss Mills; died in
North Carolina.
^Benjamin Taliaferro, born in 1728, the eldest son,
died March 6, 1751; we have no record of his descend-
ants, if he left any.
^Zachariah Taliaferro, born August 29, 1730, was in
early life Captain of a ship; was afterwards Justice of
Amherst County. He married Mary Boutwell, and
they had ten children, as follows: "Benjamin, the eldest
son, of Amherst County, Virginia, born in 1750, and
died in 1821, married Martha Merri weather. He
served under General Washington in 1777-78; also
under General Lee; was made a prisoner at the
capture of Charleston, S. C. ; was promoted to
Captain. He was one of the original members of
the Order of the Cincinnati. He and his brother, "Zach-
ariah, were in love with Martha Merriweather, of Am-
herst County, Virginia; "Benjamin won and married
her. This caused a lifetime estrangement between the
brothers. "Benjamin moved to Georgia in 1784, at tlie
close of the Revolution. He was a member of the con-
vention that formed the State Constitution, before its
admission into the Federal Union ; was Pre^sident of
the State Senate, member of the United States Con-
gress, and afterwards Judge of the Superior Court of
the State. He lived and died a respected citizen of
Georgia, and amassed a large fortune. The present
Taliaferro County was so called in his honor. He had
eleven children, as follows: ^Louis B., married Betsy
Johnson, and lived many years in Madison County,
Alabama, but died in Nathaifloches, Texas. He had one
son, ''Nicholas, who left no children. 'Zachariah; we
have no account of his descendants. ''Betsey; never
married. ''Emily; married Isham Watkins. ^Ben-
Mrs. Elizabeth Edwards Taliaferro Pilcher.
Wife of John Pilcher.
TALIAFERRO FAMILY. 401
jamiii, the third son, inaiiicd ^Martha Watkius; they
moved to Alabama iu 1810, and he died at Demopolis,
Marengo County, Ahibama, in lsr»2. They had tlii-ee
sons, namely: "^Renjamin W., Avho fell under the mnr-
derous hand of Santa Anna, in the slaughter of Fannin's
men at Goliad, Texas, in 1836, when he wa.s just twenty-
one years of age; ^Theophilns W., bom December 20,
1820' in Washington County, Alal)ama. Seived in the
Mexican War of 1845; afterwards went to Califoniia,
where he married a Spanish lady; he became a Judge
of one of the courts in that State, and a man of promi-
nence and wealth. He left three children, namely:
^Marie, Trank and ^Benjamin Taliaferro. All lived at
916 Greenwich Street, in San Francisco, Cal., in
1904. ^David M. Taliaferro, was living at Birmingham,
Ala-, in 1890. The fourth son of Col. ^Benjamin Talia-
ferro was ^David M. Taliaferro, of Montgomery, Ala.,
who married Mayy Barnett; he died in 1828, and left
three daughters. " The fifth son was Col. '^Thornton
Taliaferro, who commanded a regiment of Alabama
troops in 1836, in the war against the Seminole Indians
in Florida ; he married, first, a Miss Ware ; then a Miss
Tichnor, and lived in Montgomery, Ala., and had two
children, namely ^Sally Taliaferro, married, first, J.
Bates, and second, Colonel Taylor; she was living in
Birmingham, Ala., in 1890. ^Thornton Taliaferro, her
brother, was living in Montgomery, Ala., in 1888.
'Nicholas Taliaferro, sixth son, lived and died at his
father's old homestead on Broad Eiver, Georgia. He
married Malinda Hill, paternal aunt of Gen. Ben Hill,
of Georgia, and left several 'sons. 'Martha Taliaferro,
married David Monroe, '^^fargaret Taliaferro, married
Joseph Green, and 'Mary Taliaferro, married .
The second son of ''Zacharias Taliaferro and Mary
Boutwell, ^Richard, never married.
The tbird son, ^Zacharias, bora April 28, 1759, mar-
ried Margaret CheV' Carter (a descendant of King
Carter). He was a member of the Committee of Safety
of Amherst County, Virginia, in 1775 and 1776. and
afterwards went to South Carolina. He was a lawyer
of prominence, and lived in Pendleton, South Carolina,
in 1786; he-died April 14, 1831. They left four chil-
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402 HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
drcn, namely: 'Sarah Taliaferro, born June 2, 1803;
married Dr.'O. B. Broyles, of Anderson, S. C, in 1823;
was living in 3805. Their children were: ^Charles E.,
mariied Lucy Johnson, of Georgia; issue: ^Charles E.,
"Laura, »Sarah A., "Robert, "Frank and "Sterling
Broyles, all of South Carolina. ^William If., married
Rebecca Taliaferro. '"Margaret C, married Dr. Samuel
Van AA'yck, of Pendleton, S. C, and had one son, "Sam-
uel Van Wyck. *'Ozea R., married Ella Keith, of
Charleston, S. C. ; issue: "Anna, "Sarah and "Roberta
Broyles. ^Sarah A. Broylas married William D,
Williams, of Greeneville, Tenn.; issue: "William,
"Lucian, "Margie, "John and "Nannie Williams. *Mal-
lory Broyles, married B. Taliaferro. ^Thomas T.
Broyles, married, first, Mary Rainey, of Georgia; sec-
ond, Betty Harrison ; issue: "Anne, "Matty and "Sarah
Broyles; *John P. Broyles, married Betty Hullard,
of Anderson, S. C. ; is.sue: "Augustine and "John
Brovles. 'Lucv Taliaferro, born in 1800, married Col.
D. S. Taylor, of Anderson, S. C, in 1826. Their nine
children ai-e: ^Rose A., married Dr. Samuel De
Saussure Bacot, of Charleston; they had issue as fol-
lows: "David, "Florence, "Newton (of Richmond, Va.)
and "Laura Bacot (married Paul Jenkins, of South
Carolina). ^Lucy C. Taylor, married R. E. Belcher, of
Anderson, S. C. ; issue: "Robert I'>elcher. ^Susan A.
Taylor, married E. L. Parker, of Charleston, S. C. ;
issue: "Susan Parker. ^Samuel Taylor, died in the
Confederate Army. ^David S. Taylor, married Bessie
Rucker, of Anderson, S. C; issue: "Marion, "Anne and
"Tallulah Taylor. ^Earnest M. Taylor, married Mary
Bacot, of Charleston, S. C. ; issue: "Earnest and
•Louise Taylor. ®Ena W. Taylor, married Annie Bacot,
of Charleston, S. C; issue: "David Taylor. ^Zachariah
Taylor, married Mary Merriweather ; issue: "Mary R.
(married Dr. DeAmpert, of Alabama), "Zachariah
(married Miss Rogers, of Charleston, S. C), "Joseph,
"David, "James, "Samuel, "William and "Gertrude
Taylor; and ^Joseph D. Taylor and Ellen King, his
wife, had four children, as follows: "Elineter (married
W. H. Heynard, of Charleston), "Taliaferro, "Gordon
and "Hugh Taylor. "Mary M. Taliaferro, born in 1808,
TALIAFERRO FAMILY. 403
married Maj. R. F. Sirapsou, of Laurens, S. C, Decem-
ber 27, 1836; issue: "Taliaferro Simpson, killed at the
Battle of Chickamauga, September 20, 1863. ^Richard
Simpson, married ^faria Yarlington, of I/aurens
County, South Carolina, in 1863; isi*ue: "Margaret,
^Mary, ^Conway, ®Jobu, ^Jennie, "Susan, "Anne, "Rich-
ard and "Taliaferro. "Susan married Paul Sloan, of
Pendleton, S. C, June 30, 1886; issue: "Marie L. Sloan.
"Mary Simpson married Thomas L. Williams, of Greene-
villc^Tenn., ]\fay 3, 1870; issue "Eliza S., "Richard F.,
"William D., "Margaret T., "Thomas L., "Catherine
D., "Mary, "Maria L. and "Annie S. Williams. ^Caro-
line V. Taliaferro was married to Dr. H. C. Miller, of
Abbeville, S. C, May 1, 1844; issue: «Henry C, born
January 27, 1845; killed at the Battle of Strasburg,
Va., October 19, 1864. «William G., married Edith
Walker, of Charlestown, S. C, February 7, 1871, and
had nine children, namely: "Henry, born January 5,
1872 ; "Perceville W., born May 7, 1873 ; "Dora M., born
November 8, 1875; "Mattv P., born Februarv 10, 1877;
^Caroline V., born May 2, 1879 ; "Edith R., born June
10, 1880; "Beatrice A., born July 27, 1882; "Sue P.,
born November 16, 1884, and "Henry C. Miller, l)orn
May 17, 1886. ^Caroline T. :Nriller was married to
William W. Sims, of Charlestovsm, S. C, February 24,
1875, and ^Resaca E. Miller was married to Dr. Hook,
of Clemson College, S. C, in 1900.
^Warner Taliaferro, son of ^Zacharias Taliaferro and
Mary Boutwell, married Mary M. Gilmer. Their four
children were: ^Nancy Taliaferro, married Thomas
Rainey. "Charles Boutwell Taliaferro, born in 1808;
married Mildred Merriwether; he died in 1882; they
had eight children ; one is Dr. ^Valentine H. Taliaferro,
bom in 1831; was in the Confederate Army; was
Colonel and Brevet Brigadier-General : is now a sur-
geon in Atlanta, Ga., and ^Rebecca Taliaferro married
William H. Broyles, a cousin, of South Carolina.
'Sophia Taliaferro married James Merriweather.
'Polly Taliaferro married a Mr. Landrum.
'Burton Taliaferro married, first, Sally Gilmer, and
second, Lucy Carter.
"Mary Taliaferro married a Mr. W^atkins. Their
404 IJLSTORICAL SKETCHES.
two children were: 'ZacLariah Watkins, married Edna
Bibh, and 'James Watkins, married Martha Marks.
•^Frances Taliaferro, married M++wiiLPenn; tliey had
three children, namely : Hiichai-d I'enn, married ;
a 'daughter, who married IJev. Dabney Jones, and
a ^daughter, Avho married I'dward Jones.
"Charles Taliaferro was twice married.
•"'Sarah Taliaferro, married Daniel llarvie; they had
two children, namely: "Mary B. llarvie, married Pres-
ley Gilmer, and had two childi-en, namely: ^Frances
Gilmer, married Richard Taliaferro, and they h^ad two
children, namely: ^Elizabeth Taliaferro (married
Governor and Senator Brown, of Mississippi) and
*Mary Taliaferro (married Mr. Adams, of Mississippi).
A daughter, *Miss Gilmer, married Dr. Gratton.
^Martha Harvie, married Thomj^son Gilmer.
^Boutwell Taliaferro.
Dr. Mohn Taliaferro, born in 1733; married Mary
Hardin, and settled in Surrey County, North Carolina,
in 1775 ; he was a doctor and a Baptist minister. He
died in Milledgeville, Ga., in 1820. Issue: eleven chil-
dren, as follows:
®Bichard Taliaferro, married and left two children.
He was killed at the Battle of Guilford Court House.
®Ro.«i:e Taliaferro, married J. Porter, and lived in
Georgia.
''Anne Taliaferro, married P. McCraig.
^Judeth Taliaferro, married Shadrack Franklin.
They had issue as follows: ^Betty, married a Mr. Cun-
ningham ; 'Patsy, maiTied a Mr. Thompson ; ^Lucy,
married a Mr. Johnson ; ^ Wiley and 'Taliaferro
Franklin.
"Betty Taliaferro, married a Mr. Hardin, of Virginia.
"Sally Taliaferro, married a Mr. Lingo.
• "Beheathland Taliaferro, married a Miss Mercer.
"Lucy Taliaferro, married a Mr. Jones, of Georgia.
A "daughter, married a Mr, Priest.
"Henry Taliaferro, never married.
"diaries Taliaferro, married a ^fiss Burroughs. They
left nine children, as follows: 'Elizal^eth, married a
Mr. Jones, of L(»udon County, Tennessee. 'John, born
in 1707; married a Miss Wright; they left ten children,
TALIAFERRO FAMILY. 405
seven sons and three danghlers. "Charles, l)orn in
1799; married, first, a .^liss Whitlock, and second, a
Miss Cleage. He was a Baptist minister; issue: one
son, "Charles, who married P. Thomj^son. 'Kev. Rich-
ard, born in 1801; married a Miss Tiallard; lived in ■
Pine Orove, Surrey County, N. C. "Polly, mari-ied her
cousin, "Wiley Franklin; lived in Surrey County, N. C,
and had six "children, one of whom, ^Pattie Franklin,
maj-ried her cousin, C. Taliaferro; namcii of others not
on record. "Benjamin, born in 1805; married .
'Hardin, born in 1811; married a :Miss Hendrum.
'Dickenson, born in 1S08; married a Miss Harris; lived
at Tunnel Hill, near Dalton, Ga., and 'Sally Taliaferro,
married, first, a Mr. Sutton, and second, a Mr. Petere,
of Varnell Station, Ga.
I will now give the descendants of Col. ^Charles
Taliaferro, of Amherst County, Virginia (sou of *Rich-
ard Taliaferro and Rose Anne Berryman, his wife),
and his wife, Isabella McCulloch. He was born in
Caroline County, Virginia, July 6, 1735; in April,
1758, he married Isabella McCulloch ; in 1760 he moved
to a plantation near Tobacco Row Mountain, in Am-
herst County, Virginia, the land being a grant to his
father. A house was erected on it by his father, which
was standing in a good state of preservation in 1813.
In this house Col. -'Charles Taliaforro died, in 1798. It
is supposed that he was in the Colonial service in Vir-
ginia, as he was called Colonel Charles. He had
eleven children, all born in the old homestead except
•^Richard, the eldest, who was born in NA'estmoi-eland
Countv, Virginia, May 25, 1759. He was a Captain in
the Revolutionary War of 1770; was at the battles of
Long Bridge and Vorktown ;' also in other engagements.
See records in Pension Office, at Wa.shington, D. C.
At the close of the war he went to South Carolina, and
was Clerk of Chester County, South Carolina; after-
wards lived in York District ; he lived twenty-three
vears after the close of the war, but never received the
Captain's half pay for life, to which he was entitled,
the promise of this being given by the Continental
Government to all who enlisted to serve to the close of
hostilities between England and the Colonies. On the
406 HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
19th of July, 1780, he was Diariied to Mildred, daughter
of Lucas Powell, Esq., of Amberst County, Virginia.
They moved to Chester District, South Carolina, in
1785. He died April 4, 1806, in York District, South
Carolina. Mildred Powell, his wife, was born in 1702,
in Virginia, and died in 1843, in York District, South
Carolina. They had ten children, as follows: ^William
Taliaferro (the name of his wife not on record), had
one child, ^Julia Taliaferro, who married a Mr. Moore,
of South Carolina. ^Eebecca Taliaferro, married, fii-st,
a Mr. Brown ; second, James Black ; she left frve chil-
dren, namely: ^Elizabeth (married a Mr. Lipsie), *John
(married ), ^Jane (married a Mr. Ingraham),
^Taliaferro (married Ellen Turnijiseed) and '^Kebecca
(married a Mr. Land). (This family lived in Pickens
County, Alabama.) '^Elizabeth Edwards Taliaferro
was born in Virginia, and married in South Carolina
to John Pilcher. He was born in 1781, and died in
1851. They had six children. Three died unmarried,
namely : ^Isabella, ^Taliaferro and ^Davis. ^l^ixon
Green^Pilchcr, boni :March 29, 1808, in Chester District,
South Carolina, was married to Jane Hope Carothers,
on December 24, 1830, in Union District, South Caro-
lina. She was bora July 25, 1811. He died June 26,
1862, near French Camp, Miss., and she died at the
same place July 11, 1872, They had four children to
die young, namely: ^John, ^Margaret, '-"Martha and
® Joanna Pilcher; and three children married and
reared families. ^Elizabeth Mary, ^Isabella T. and
Mames Stuart Pilcher. This line is given in the
Pilcher sketch. ^Williams Pilcher (brother of ^Dixon),
married Mary Smith. They had five children, namely:
*Sarah; ^William, married Eliza Wade, and had four
children, namely: "Eobert, ^^Sarah, ^"^Martha and
^T.unice Pilcher, of French Camp, Miss. *John Pilcher,
married Sarah Black, and had three children. ''Harriet
married Van Black, and ®Mary Pilcher, married Joseph
Robertson. ^'Rebecca M. Pilcher, married John Collins.
They left three children, namely: ^Jane, married Dr.
George, of Texas; they had three children. "Elizabeth,
married Frank Aston, of Florida, and "Taliaferro P.
Collins, married Elizabeth Cork, and has three children.
TALIAFERRO FAMILY. 407
'Beujamiu Taliaferro, married Jihoda Carter. They
had four cliildreu, namely: ^.Sarah Taliaferro, married
Edward Price; they had four children, namely: '^NYill-
iam Price, married a Miss Miller. He was a lawyer,
practicing in Louisville, Miss., in 1893; "Mary Price,
married a Mr. Windham; "Thomas and "Walter Price.
^Mary Anne Taliaferro, married H. G. Moore. She
was living at De Soto, Miss., in ISSS. They had one
son, •'Hugh Moore. ^EUza Taliaferro, married a Mr.
McCarlie, and "^Emily Taliaferro, married a Mr. Harris.
^John Taliaferro, married Clementine McKinstry. She
was living in 1883, a very old woman. Dr. 'Roderick
Taliaferro, married Nancy Bell; they lived at Colum-
bus, Miss., and had seven children, namely: ^Mildred,
married a Mr. Suddeth; ^Jane, never married, and lives
near West Point, Miss. ^Uegina, married Hugh Mont-
gomery. ^Martha, married, fii-st, a Mr. Hill, and second,
a Mr. Faut. ^Emily, married Frank White. *John,
was never married, and was living near West Point in
1805, and ^Eliza Taliaferro. 'Emily Taliaferro, mar-
ried Wesley Terry, of Alabama. They had four chil-
dren, namely: ^Johu T. Terry, born in 1832;' married,
first, Elizabeth Keer, and second, a Miss Taylor. The
children by his first wife were: "Matilda, married A. O.
Lane, a lawyer, of Birmingham, Ala.; "Reavis I., mar-
ried Lena Elliott; "John T., married Lavinia Richards;
nVilliam K. ; "Percy W. and "Helen I. Terry, married
H. L. Badham, of Birmingham. Ala.; they have seven
sons and one daughter. ^John T. Terry's second wife
had one son, "Benjamin T. Terry. ^Mildred Terry,
married a Mr. Johnson. ^Priscilla Terry, married a
Mr. Johnson. ^Benjamin Terry, married a Miss Waits.
'Richard Taliaferro married a Mi*s. Robertson, who was
a Miss Mobley. They had one son, ^Edward Taliaferro.
'Isabella and 'James Taliaferro died unmarried in
South Carolina.
Col. ^Charles Taliaferro (son of Col. "^Charles Talia-
ferro) was born in 1761; died in 1824. He married
Lucy Loving, and they left six children, namely:
'Belinda, married Reuben Coleman ; we have no record
of this branch. Dr. 'Richard Taliaferro, of Franklin
County, Virginia, bom in 1789; married Mary Hale.
They had ten children, as follows: ^Tazwell, *Henry,
408 HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
^Maij, *Landon, ""Kiiiily ( maniod, first, a Mi'. Claibiirne,
and second, a Mr. Settle; she had no children; was
living near ^Vytheville, Va., in 1000), ^Susan, '^Kichard
McC. (inairied Frances Leftwich, and had one child,
^Nannie Taliaferro, who married H. G, Wadley), '^Lucy
(married llngh ^'elson), -Celeste (married Dr. Greer),
and 'Whitmel Taliaferro (married a Miss Haines, and
has one son, '^Whitmel Taliaferro, who mariied a Miss
Cornell, of New York City). 'Nancy Taliaferro
(daughter of Col. "^Charles Taliaferro and Lucy Loving,
his wife), married Lindsley Coleman; we have no
record of this branch. 'Peter and ^Addison Taliaferro.
'William Taliaferro, born in 1709; married a Miss
Crawford; he was living in Lynchburg, Va., in 1871.
They had three children, namely: ^Van, married a Miss
Pendleton; the.y had one child, ^Nannie Taliaferro;
^William and ^Nathan Taliaferro.
''Peter Taliaferro (son of Col. ^Charles and his wife,
Isabella McCullock), was born in 1708, and died in
1782.
•'John Taliaferro, born in 1765; married a Miss
Loving. He died in 1807. They had six children, as
follows: 'Charles P., married Louise Ro.se. They
moved from Virginia to Brownsville, Tenn., in 1832.
He died in 1830, leaving six children, namely: ^Edwin,
married C. Taylor; ^Charles, married, fii-st,' Eliza Tur-
ner, and .second, Sarah Bowen. ^Julia, married a Mr.
Weir. *Susan, married H. Anderson. ^Robert,
married Jane Turner. Dr. ^Garland Taliaferro, mar-
ried Rebecca Bowen; they had two sons, namely:
®Judge William Garland Taliaferro, of Bryan, Texas,
married Mary Fielding (a great niece of Gen. Winfield
Scott) ; they have two ^"sons. One son, Dr. "William F.
Taliaferro, married Elizabeth Cavitt. ^Herbert Talia-
ferro, married Molly Buckley, and was killed in Texas.
''Sarah Taliaferro, mai-ried Charles Barrett ; she died in
Texas in 188G, aged eighty-six years, leaving nine chil-
dren, as follows: ^Eliza, *Mary, ^John, ^Thomas, ^Emily,
^William, ®Jane, -Taliaferro and ^Virginia Barrett.
'Fletcher N. Taliaferro, married Fanny Lewis; he died
in 1854, leaving one son, Dr. K'harles W. Taliaferro, of
Fort Smith, Ark. 'Lynne S. Taliaferro, born in Vir-
TALIAFERRO FAHILY. 409
giuia ill 17G4, iiiariied Mildred 1*. Taliaferro, his first
coiisiu; he died near Brownsville, TeoD., in 1840,
leaving eight children, namely: "^Benjamin, married
Jane Clements; ''William, married, first, a Miss
Owen, and second, a Miss Jones; ^James, married
Malvina Owen ; -Sarah D., never married, and was
living near Brownsville, Tenn., in 1890; ^David, married
Anne DuPree: ""Ellen, mai-ried ^Malcolm Skeine : ^MqI-
vina, marricMi William Owen, and ""Caruliue Taliaferro,
married William Clements. ^Isabella Taliaferro, mar-
ried Zack Drummoud ; thev had ten children; he died
in 1830. ^Roderick Taliaferro.
'■'Zacharias Taliaferro (fifth son of Col. ^Charles
Taliaferro and his wife, Isabella McCnllock), was bom
in 17G7, in Virginia; married Sally Warmuck; moved
from Virginia to Louisiana in 1806. He died Septem-
ber 12, 1823, leaving two children. His son, 'James
Govan Taliaferro, born in 1708, married Elizabeth
Williamson, of Lexington, Kv. He was Judge of the
Supreme Court of Louisiana, and died in that State in
1876. He had six children, namely: ^James G., mar-
ried ^lary Lacy: they have one son, ^WilJiam Govan
Taliaferro, of Harrisonburg, La. ^Susanna Taliaferro,
married Dr. John Alexander, of Trinity, La.; they
have four children, nanielv : ^James R., ''Taliaferro,
»Sally and Mohn Alexander. ^Rol)ert X., ^David N.,
^Elizabeth, married Richard Wooten ; they have four
children, namely: ^Richard G., "Lizzie B., ''Libbie and
"Flora W^ooten, all of Louisville, Ky., and ^Henry B.
Taliaferro, married . He lived at Harrisburg,
La., in 1883. "Elvira Taliaferro.
^Benjamin Taliaferro (sixth son of 'Tol. Charles
Taliaferro and his wife, Isabella McCullock), was born
in 1770; married Mildred Franklin. They had eight
childi-en, as follows: ^James, married and left ten
children. ^Rose Berryman, married William Bowen
and left five children. 'Lucinda, married Mayo Davis.
'Mildred, married Lynne Taliaferro. This line is given
above. 'Mary A., married R. Henley, and had ten chil-
dren. 'Sarah, married a Mr. Whitehead, and had six
children. "I'lizabeth, married a Mr. Broadus, aud had
one child; and 'Malinda Taliaferro, married I^eonard
Childress and had two children.
410 HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
•^William Taliaferro, born in 1772; died in 1805. —
"Sarah Taliaferro, born in 1774; married Col, >Vill-
iam Loving, of Knssellville, Ky.; died in 1844. They
had six children, as follows: UTarriette, married a Mr.
fcori-ng, of New Orleans, La. 'Isabella, married a Mr.
Moore. A Maughter, married a Mr. Berryman, of Illi-
nois. A "danghter, married a Mr. Gilmer, of Pike
County, Missouri. 'Willis and 'Henry Loving.
'Eodrick Taliafeiro, bom in 1777; died in 1820;
mariied a Miss Price, of Kichmond, Va. They had nine
children, as follows: 'Elizabeth, married a Mr. Rose,
of Memphis, Tenn. ^Isabella, married a Mr. Johnson,
of Memphis, Tenn. Judge "Xorbouitie M., of Franklin
County, Virginia. '^Samuel, '^Charles, '\Yilliam, ^Price,
'Sarah and 'Roderick Taliaferro.
^James Taliaferro, born in 1779; married, first, Lucy
Rice, and second, Su.san Brockman. They moved from
Virginia to Haywood County, Tennessee. He died
there in 1849, lea\nng twelve children; 'James M. ;
'Virginia, married Duke Shina; the names of the other
ten I have not been able to obtain.
^Rose Berryman Taliaferro (so called for her grand-
mother), the youngest of the eleven children of Col.
^Charles Taliaferro and Isabella McCullock, his wife,
was born in 1783, just at the close of the Revolutionary
War. She married Josephus Loving, of Brownsville,
Tenn. They left seven children, as follows: 'Nelson,
married Mary Green. 'Louise, married Nelson Hart-
good. 'IsalTella, married a Mr. Renclew. Gen.
'William, married Ruth Fletcher. 'Elvira, married a
Mr. Price. 'Joseph, married four times; and 'SaraJi
Loving.
^Beheathlaud Taliaferro, son of *Richard Taliaferro
and Rose Anne Berryman, his wife, was bom in Vir-
ginia in the year 1738.
^Peter Taliaferro was born February 12, 1739; mar-
ried Anne Hackley, in Virginia. -
•''Elizabeth Taliaferro, born in 1^41; married
Zack Hawkins in Virginia; moved from Virginia to
Giles County, Tennessee. One of their sons was *John
Hawkins. His wife Avas Maria (name not
recorded) ; they were living in the above-named county
TALIAFERRO FAMILY. 411
in 1815. At that time he wrote a letter to his first
cousin, ^Zachariah Taliaferro, a lawyer of Pendleton,
S. C. The original letter is now preseiTed in South
Carolina. We have no record of the descendants of
*'John Hawkins.
=Mary B. Taliaferro, born in Virginia in 1743; mar-
ried a Mr. Wortham; they moved from Virginia to
Georgia.
^Francis Taliaferro, born in Virginia in 1745.
^Richard Taliaferro, bora in Virginia in 1747.
3John Taliaferro, son of -John Taliaferro and Sarah
Smith, his wife, was born in 1G85 ; married Mary Cat-
lett. He was called ^John Taliaferro, Gentleman, of
"Powhattan," Eappahannock County, Virginia, also of
"Snow Creek.'' He lived at Powhattau in 1730, and
died in 1744. He had four children, as follows:
• ^Lawrence Taliaferro, born in 1721 ; married a Miss
Piner; died in 1748. They had one daughter, ^Sarali
Taliaferro, born in 1746, who married William Dan-
gerfield.
Col. ^William Taliaferro, of ''Hagley," Rappahannock
County, Virginia, also of ''Snow Creek," married, first,
Mary Battallie ; second, Elizabeth Taliaferro. They
had three sons, namely: Mohn, 'James and ^Nicholas
Taliaferro.
'John Taliaferro, of *'Hagley," married Matilda
Battallie. They had two children, namely : *John
Taliaferro, of "Hagley," born in 1768; married a Miss
Seymore. He was a member of the United States
Congress from Virginia for eight years. He died in
1853, leaving one son, ^John Seymore Taliaferro, who
married Lucy Barbour, daughter of Governor Barbour,
of Virginia and Kentucky. They had four ^daughtere.
^Matilda Taliaferro, married a Mr. Marshall, of
Virginia.
'James Taliaferro, of "Ishlam," married the widow of
Sir John Peyton. She was a Miss Dace. They had
two children'. ^Francis Taliaferro, of "The Retreat,"
Orange County, Virginia, married a Miss Willis, a
dei=cendant of Col. Henry Willis, who married two of
Gen. George Washington's aunts; therefore, she was
a descendant of Lawrence Washington. The fol-
lowing is copied from an old manuscript :
412 HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
Col. Byrd Willis, of Fredericksburg, Va., aud Floiida,
in writing of his grandfather, Col. Llenry Willis, says:
"lie courted his three wives as maids and mar-
ried them as widows.
"llis second wife was a widow, Mildred Wash-
ington Brown. After her death he married her
tirst cousin (maiden name the same), Mildred
Washington Gregory, another widow, also a grand-
daughter of John Washington and Anne Poj^e, his
w^ife, and a daugliter of Lawrence Washington and
' Mildred Warner, liis wife; she was, therefore, a
sister of Augustine Washington, the father of
Gen. George Washington.
"In the well-known picture of the baptism of
Washington, it was his Aunt Mildred, then the
beautiful widow of Gregory, who held him in her
arms, and was his god-mother. She had then been
twice married, first to Mr. I^ewis, second to Mr.
Gregory. Soon after this baptism she was married
to Col. Henry Willis. By him she had only one
child, a son, whom she called Lewis Willis, for her
first husband.
"Col. Henry Willis died when his son, Lewis,
was quite a boy. He, the boy, was a schoolmate of
his first cousin, George Washington, though two
yeai-s vonnger; one was bora in 1732, the other in
1734. '
"Lewis Willis married, first, Mary Chami^e, and
second, Anne Carter; he had six children,
namely: Mildred Willi.s, married Mr. Alexander;
Jane Willis, married Mr. Battallie; John Willis,
Henry Willis, William Willis and Byrd Willis."
^Francis Taliaferro and his wife, Miss Willis, had
three sons, namely: Dr. 'Benjamin, ^John and ^Charles.
Dr. ^Benjamin Taliaferro, of "The Mount,'' married
Louisa Carter, a descendant of Ool. Eobert Carter
("King Carter"). Mohn P. Taliaferro, born in 1798,
married Rebecca Mallory. He was in the Confederate
Army, and was in the Battle of Manassas, in Virginia.
He died in 1878, leaving four children, namely: ^Mary,
TALIAFERRO FAMILY. 413
mai-ried Samuel Maxwell ; *Joliu, ^Jaines and ^Rebecca
Taliafen-o. Eev. ^Charles Taliaferro married Louisa
Armpstead, a descendant of "King Carter."
A daughter, ^ Taliaferro, married Judge
Henry Brooke, a distinguished man. They had two
sons, who were leading men in Virginia. 'Kobei-t was
Governor of Virginia, and U^rancis Brooke was Judge
of the Supreme Court of Virginia.
^Nicholas Taliaferro, Gent., brother of -'John, of
"Hagley,-' was born in 1757; married, first, Anne
Taliaferro; second, Fanny Blassiugame. He was a
Lieutenant in the Gth Virginia Regiment in 1784.
*Sarah Taliaferro, daughter of ^John and Mary Cat-
lett Taliaferro, married, first, Francis Conway; second,
a Mr. Taylor, great-uncle of Pre.sident Zachary Taylor,
Francis Conway was a brother of Nelly Conway, mother
of President James Madison.
^Lucy Taliaferro, daughter of ^John and Mary Catlett
Taliaferro, married Col. Charles T^ewis, of "Cedar
Creek," a brother of Col. Fielding Ta'wIs. He was with
Washington at Braddock's defeat. They had three
children, as follows: Dr. ^John I^ewis, married, fir.st, H.
Green, and second, S. Waring. ^Charles A. Lewis,
married C. Battallie. ^Mary Lewi.s, married, first, P.
Lightfoot, and second, Dr. John Bankhead.
^Robert Taliaferro, fourth son of -John and Sarah
Smith Taliaferro, married Elizabeth . They
had two daughters, namely: ^Elizabeth and ^Mary
Taliaferro.
^Richard Taliaferro, youngest son of =John Talia-
ferro, married Elizabeth Eggleston. They had thi-ee
children, as follows:
^Richard Taliaferro, born in 1762; married Rebecca
Cocke, and moved from Virginia to Georgia; they had
nine children, as follows: 'Mary, married Judge
William Nelson, a brother of Thomas Nelson, signer of
the Declaration of Independence. 'Anne, married
Carter Nicholas, a descendant of "King Carter."
^Elizabeth, married Daniel Call. 'Lucy, married Will-
iam Harris. 'Mary, married William McCandlish.
'Sarah, married William Wilkerson. 'Benjamin, mar-
ried a Miss Tazwell. 'Robert, of "Powhattan," married
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a Miss Thornton ; and ^Rebecca Taliaferro, married
William Brown.
^Catherine Taliaferro married Rice Pool.
^Elizabeth Taliaferro, married Chancellor George
Wythe, of Virginia, one of the most learned men of his
time. He was one of the signers of the Declaration of
Independence. They had no children.
In this sketch of the Taliaferro family of Virginia,
we have given every name that is on the Taliaferro
Family Chart, which has been worked up after much
correspondence and research, and with great care.
There may be some minor mistakes, but we think there
are very few, if any. But after the lapse of two hun-
dred and fifty years correct data in regard to family
history is very difficult to obtain. We have endeavored
to use no facts that have not been obtained from
authentic records and histories.
The Coat of Arms of this family Is a shield with a bar of
iron crossing from the sinister Chief to the dexter base, a
sword of gold cutting through the bar of iron ; handle of sword
In dexter Chief; point in sinister base; one gold rowel for a
spur, or mullet, in honor point; another in pacific middle base.
Colors: pure niby in right of shield, pure silver in left, bar of
iron brown, sword gold, rowels gold. Crest above the Shield
Is an arm bent, with hand grasping a drawn sword of gold ;
another crest is an ancient helmet of blue, instead of the arm,
hand and sword. Motto same for both. "Fortis et Firmis"
(sti-ong and firm). In old Norman French it is, "Taillefer
Perogard de gu. Au dextoro chiro di carro. pare' d'argeut
moreo du canton dextre du chief, tennant une ipei? du mime
In bande, garul d' or callant une varre de fer de see iwsi^e en
barre, accompagnfe or deux molettes (8) d'or 1 en chief it
eu P."
THE POWELL FAMILY.
The name was originally spelled Powle. In the early
part of the reign of Queen Elizabeth, the son of Powle
or Powll of Mindenhall, England, married Agues,
daughter of John Webb, Esq., and it is believed that
from this union came the descendants of the American
family of Powells. The present representative of the
family in England is Nathaniel Powell, Esq., of Buck-
hurst Hall, Essex County.
The Powells in America are descendants of the Royal
family of Wales, coming from one of the younger sons
of one of the old Kings of Wales.
Castle Madoc Brecon, in the County of Brechnoc,
Wales, was the home of the Virginia branch of the
family before emigrating to Aiuerica.
Three of the family were Judges on the King's Bench
in England. One Capt. John Powell was the first
Governor of the Isle of Barbadoes under English rule.
They were among the earliest and wealthiest ship
owners and commanders in the Colonies. One Anthony
Powell was military commander of Sir Walter Raleigh's
Colonists who first landed in America in 15S3 at Roan-
oke Island, where Fort Raleigh was built, and Powells
Point on the coast was named in his honor.
Capt. Nathaniel Powell, who came to Jamestown,
Va., in 1607, wrote much of John Smith's ''History of
"Vir^'inia," and it was he who made the first map of
Vir<ini.., and sent it back to England, where it is now
pres-irved in the British Museum. See B^ow^l's "Gen-
esis )f the United Staters," pp. 596, 791-16.
Tie land upon which Williamsburg, Va., was built
was first deeded to Benjamin Powell by the King of
England.
"Ciptains William and Nathaniel Powell had large
grams of land from the Crowm, which they located in
the Colony of Virginia. Lyon G. Tyler, who has inves-
tigated the subject, says that at one time, nearly the
(415)
416 HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
whole of Yoi'k County, ^'il'ginia, was owned by the
Powells; he gets this from old records. The above-
named Captains William and Nathaniel Powell were
oflieers in the ]<]nglisli Army. They came with Capt.
John Smith to the English possessions in America, and
fettled at Jamestown, Va., in 1(107, the tirst ix-rmauent
l^nglish Colon}' in America. William Powell was one
of the Incorpoiators of tlie second \'irginia Charter iu
1G07. See Brown's 'Genesis.' ''
"Sir Stephen Powell (a member of the Virginia
Company), sub. L 37, S 10, and paid L 100. He was
one of the six clerks of Chancery, London, and was
knighted at Theobalds, July 21, 1G04; M. C. for the
Virginia Company, 1G09; was still living in 1G19."
''The name of Capt. Nathaniel Powell is one of the
most prominent in Capt. John Smith's "History." It,
says 'One of the first planters, a valiant souldier, and
not any in the country better knoAMi amongst them.' "
Vol. li, p. G8.
The Powells were a famous group of men in the early
history of the American Colonies. The tirst mention
of the name in connection with America was one Sear-
geant-Major Anthony Powell, who was killed at St.
Augustine in 1586, in the expedition of Sir Francis
Drake against the Spaniards. They were a hardy,
adventurous race of men, possessed with the idea of
colonizing the New World.
In 1G18, Capt. Nathaniel Powell was Goverj-or of
Virginia for a short time. He was appointed a merj*>er
of the Coimcil in 1621. He married a Miss T:r.rv,
daughter of William Tracy, who broi'irht a Co], ;- to
Virginia in 1620, and granddaughter ol Sir Johj: ; r.
A contemporary says "Capt. Nathaniel Powr '
born a gentleman and bred a soldier." He r :i is.
Virginia with the first colonists who settled at J.%^ne^-
town, in 1607. He, with all of his family, weie ir»a>*-
sacred by Opechancanough, at Powell's Brooke, J^arch
22, 1622, near Flower de Hundred, on his plantiiioTi ;
twelve in all were murdered. Another account ;«r.vs:
"Capt. Nathaniel Powell, one of the Virginia CoijLv.iJ i.'i
1622, who had some time been Governor of the Colony,
was killed in the massacre by Oix-chancauoi.gl : lie
POWELL FAMILY. 417
was one of the Original Gentlemen Planters, a brave
soldier, and deserved well in all ways, was universally
valued and esteemed by all parties and factions, none
in the country better kuo^vTi among the Indians. Yet
they slew both him and his family and haggled their
bodies, and cut off his head to express their utmost
height of scorn and cruelty."
Caiit. William l^l^^ell "was also fanums about the time
of the administration of Governor Yeardley. lie was
a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses in 1619.
"Shortly aiter the massacre of 1622, Sir George Yeardly,
Capt. William Powell, and Capt. Richard Butler took
each a company of well-disposed gentlemen, joined
their forces, to avenge the death of their friends and
relatives, and sat upoji the Chickahomonians, that fear-
fully fled, suffering the English to spoil* their land,
not daring to resist them; they destroyed everything
they could find, and returned to Jamestown, where they
staved a month, quartered at Kecoughtan," See Stith's
"History of Virginia," pp. 24, 212, 594.
Capt. AVilliam Powell and all of his family were
murdered in the terrible massacre of 1623, when so
many of the Virginia Colonists lost their lives. It was
thought one of his sons, George Powell, escaped, but
he was not heard of afterwards, and for want of an
heir to the estate, it was returned to the hands of
Governor Berkley, who deeded it to Capt. Henry
Bishop in 1646. What claim Bishop had on it is not
known. In 1626, Thomas Powell (the elder brother of
Capt, Nathaniel Powell) and his brothers and s'sters
then living in England, petitioned to the Government
in regard to his estate; they stated that William Powell,
who had gotten possession of all of Nathaniel Powell's
estate in Virginia, was no relation. How the matter
was decided is not recorded, but in 1653, George,
Eichard and Maud Powell, supposed to have been niece
and nephews of Njtthaniel Powell, made petition for the
property, which would indicate that Nathaniel and
William Powell left no lineal descendants in Virginia
nor elsewhere.
Oapi': John PoMell is mentioned as one of the first
leading adrenturers to the planting of the fortunate
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418 UISTORICAL SKETCHES.
isle (the Barbadoes), and the ''History'' states that
Capt. Henry Powell bronght thither the first planters,
forty English and seven or eight negroes. He was one
of the first planters who bronght the colony to the
Barbadoes in 1G27. After lauding, he got thirty In-
dians, men, women and children of the Arawacos, ene-
mies to the Caribs and Spaniards. See "Smith's His-
tory," p. 504.
One William Powell left two sons, Ciithbert and
Thomas, who were living in Lancaster Coimty, Virginia,
in KjGO. They were the ancestors of the Powells of
Lancaster and London Counties.
John Powell, born in Virginia, was a member of the
Virginia House of Burgesses in 1633 for the District
from Waters Creek to ]\Iarie's Mount.
Another John Powell was a member of the House of
Burgesses from Elizabeth City in 1G57, 1G58, 1G59, 1660,
16G3, 1666 and 1G67.
Sir Stephen Powell, brother of Capt. Nathaniel
Powell, was one of the six Judges of Chancery of the
King's Bench, London, England. ' He was a member of
the Virginia Company in 1619. He had a son, Capt.
John Powell, who, with his cousin. John Powell, came
to Virginia in 1622, the year of the Indian massacre.
^ William Powell came to America from England and
y"^ settled in Somerset, Md., in 1620. Later he moved to
y Loudon County, Virginia, where he left descendants.
r He was a younger brother of Captain John Powell ;
y^. therefore was a sou of Sir Stephen Powell, of England.
' Both Capt. John Powell and his cousin, John Powell,
*j- left large families.
;^, Nathaniel, John, William, Stephen and Hugh were
some of the earliest names of this family, and have been
, kept up in all of the families of Powell since; later the
name of Norbourne, Seymore and Lucas came into the
family by intermarriages with families of those names.
In IGol, Benjamin Powell, of York County, Virginia,
made a deed of land patented by his father, John
Powell. This patent was given February 6, 1635.
Again, on June 7, 1657, Benjamin Powell, of New "Pn-
quasoa, York County, deeds land to his brothejr, William
■'>-Powell, and on October 5, 1655, thei-e is. a deed from
row ELL FAMILY. 419
William Powell, of York County, and his wife, Mary
Tarpley, daughter of William Tarpley. There was a
large family of Powells in York County, at an early
day.
Benjamin Powell was elected a member of the Vir-
ginia Council, held at Williamsburg, 1767. He was
appointed Justice of the Peace in 1784.
In 1GS5, live Powell brothers came to the English
Colonies in America from Brecon, Wales, stopping,
first, in New Jersey. One of them remained in New
Jersey and married a German woman and had twenty-
one children — twenty sons and one daughter. The
other brothers went their several ways, one to Ohio,
one to Pennsylvania, and two to Virginia.
There was a Thomas Powell in Virginia in 1600.
His son, Seymore Powell, was there in 1694. His son,
Thomas Powell, was there in 1735, and his son, Sey-
more Powell, was there in 1776.
Hayden, in his ''Virginia Genealogies," says Lucas
Powell and Col. Levin Powell were brothers, and their
father was William Powell, who was born in Somerset
County, Maryland, but moved to Virginia, where he
married Eleanor Peyton. If this is true, Lucas Powell's
father must have been married three times, as we know
from an old letter, written by Mrs. Rebecca E. P.
Thompson Davis, of Amherst County, Virginia, who
was born in 1805, and died in 1889, in which she says
that her great-grandfather, Lucas Powell's father, was
married to a Miss Seymore and a Miss Lucas. In this
letter she does not mention Eleanor Peyton, who was,
perhaps, his first wife, of whom she, his great-great-
granddaughter, had never heard.
Gen. Ambrose P. Hill, during the Civil War of 1860-
1865, told Col. Richard Powell, of Virginia, that he,
General Hill, was related to the Powells of Virginia,
Miss Hull, of Baltimore, says Ambrose Powell, of Cul-
peper County, Virginia, was father of William Powell,
father of Lucas Powell. George Bledsoe, of Culpei)er
County, Virginia, in his will in 1704, names his daugh-
ter, Mary Bledsoe, and her husband, Ambrose Powell,
and their son, William Powell. See Court Records.
Tradition says that William Powell lived near Will-
420 HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
iamsbui'g, Va., in IGOl, aud that liis first wife was Jane
Scymore; hi.s secoud wife, Jane Lucas. They bad four
sons, namely : Seyniore, James, Xorbourne and Lucas,
perhaps olliers. Lucas Powell was born in 1722, and
ma)Tied Elizabeth, daughter of John Edwards.
There is a tradition that some years before the Kevo-
lution of 177G, Seymour, Jame.s, Nathaniel and Lucas
Powell (Levin is not mentioned as one of the brothers
in this conjiection), brothers, had an estrangement,
which resulted in two of the brothers going South, and
Lucas moving to Amherst County, Virginia. The
other brother, it is thought, remained in Virginia. The
occasion of the separation was a visit Lucas Powell paid
to the Royal Governor, when he placed his cocked hat
under his arm and made the Governor a very profound
obeisance. His brothers construed this into a lack of
Colonial patriotism. One of the brothers was a Royal-
ist during the Revolution. He went back to Wales,
the old home of the family. After two generations, his
descendants emigrated to America. Major Powell,
who was the head of the Bureau of Ethnology in Wa.sh-
ington in 1890, was a descendant of this branch. His
family lived in Illinois.
"In 1775, as one of twenty-one most discreet, fit and
able men of the county, Lucas Powell was elected a
member of the County Committee of Amherst County,
Virginia.
"In 1770 he was one of the two members of the com-
mittee (Colonel Rose being the other) selected to review
the men to be enlisted, to examine them aud to see if they
were healthy, had been regularly sworn and attested,
according to the ordinance, and to pay the recruits as
soon as received." See "The Cabals and Their Kin,"
by Alex Bro\^Ti, pp. 100, 101, 177, 178. He was fifty-
three years of age at this time.
The Powells, during the Colonial days, were all
Church of England people. The women were examples
of piety, but many of the men were like others of the
time — irreligious aud pleasure loving, wasting their
estates in unnecessary hospitality, horse racing and
drinking. The clergy were generally as lax in their
morals as the laity ; cared only for pleasure and riotous
POWELL FAMILY. 421
living — Dion of too little strength of cliaracter or
religion to maintain the resfXict of the community for
themselves or their calling.
When John Wesley came to Virginia, so filled with
the spirit of God, and preached those great sermons
that thrilled his audience with the most earnest relig-
ious enlhusiasm, many of the good women, hoping to
inspire their luisl)ands and sons with a desire to lead
better lives, embraced A^'esley's warmer and more lively
doctrines, and the influence for good was very marked
throughout the State.
Besides, like everything English, the Established
Church became very unpopular with the newly inde-
pendent people of the States. In those days, when the
Western world was intoxicated -oith its new-found
liberty, our forefathers seemed to care but little to
recalTtheir a.ssociation with the Old World. Everything
connected with aristocracy and its usually valued asso-
ciations was despised for several generations later,
therefore records and histories of these connections
with the English were not valued, nor preserved as they
are now, the relations between England and this country
being of the most cordial and pleasant nature, both
socially and politically.
^Ambrose Powell married Mary Bledsoe, daughter of
George Bledsoe, of Maryland. His will is dated 1704,
nis son, -William Powell, was living near Williams-
burg, Ya., in 1691. The date of his birth is not known.
He married, first (Hayden, in his "Virginia Geneal-
ogies," says Eleanor Peyton, but the family of his later
marriages do not mention this wife), Jane Scymore;
again, Jane Lucas. They had five sons, and jierhaps
other children. The sons were: ^Seymore, ^ James,
^Nathaniel, ^Lucas and ^Levin. We have no record of
the descendants of four of the sons, but ^Lucas Powell
was born in 1722 near Williamsburg, \a., and was
married, in 1754, to Elizabeth Edwards, daughter of
John Edwards.
^Lucas Powell and his wife, Elizabeth Edwards, had
seven children. She died in 1774. He then married
Mrs. Cowper, from Chesterfield County, Virginia. She
was a Miss Eoe, related to the Barrons, of Virginia,
422 HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
who attained distinction in the United States Navy;
she had seven children — two sons and five danghters —
when she married ^Lucas Powell. Tier first husband,
Mr, Cowper, w as a cousin of the poet, Cowper. She
had no children after marrying the second time, but
three of her stepsons, the Powells, married her daugh-
ters, the Misses Cowper, and another of the Powell
brothers married a Miss Sally Cowi)cr, cousin of the
above-named Misses Cowjicr.
The children of ^Lucas Powell and Elizabeth Ed-
wards were: ^Elizabeth, ^Mildred, ^Rebecca, ^Nathaniel,
^William, ''Benjamin and *Seymorc Powell.
^Elizabeth Powell was born in 1755 ; married Thomas
Hawkins. They had ten children, as follows: ^Young,
''John, ^Lucas, ^Powell, "Rebecca (married a Mr. Harri- ^
son, and lived near Lebanon, Tenn.),-''Thomas,®William, ^
"Nathaniel, "Peggie (married Lunsford Loving, and had
a son ^Orvalle Loving, born in 1S06, living at Loving-
ton, Va., in 1894) and "Eliza Hawkins (married Spencer
Falconer.
The second child of ^Lucas and Elizabeth Edwards
Powell was ^Mildred Powell; married, July 19, 1780,
to Capt. Richard Taliaferro. This line is given in the
Taliaferro history.
^Rebecca Powell, born September 25, 17G9, at Warren,
Va., was married December 14, 178G, to John Thompson.
He was born in Antrim County, Ireland, in December,
1755, and died at 'farmer's Joy," his residence, in
Nelson County, Virginia, July 25, 1828. They had nine
children, as follows:
"Elizabeth Thompson, bom December 10, 1787 ; mar-
ried, October 12, 1804, to Shelton Crossthwait, and
moved to Rutherford County, Tennessee, near Murfrees-
boro. She died January 15, 18G.3. They had three
children, namely:
^Rebecca E. Crossthwait, married Judge Bromfield S.
Ridley, a prominent lawyer of Murfreesboro, Tenn.
They had eight children, namely: ^Jerome Ridley, mar-
ried Margaret P. Mclean, of Elkton, Ky., December 11,
1856, a daughter of Finis McT^an ; they had three
children, namely: ^Jennie Ridley, married, first. Smith
Caruthers, of Missouri; second, J. O. Street, of Elkton,
POWELL FAMILY. 423
Ky.; her children are: ^Margaret and ^Christiue
Caruthei-s. ^Henrietta Kidlcy, married John Lindsley,
of XaJ^hville, Teuu. ; they have four children, namely:
»John ^Viroiuia, "Henrietta and ^Dorothy Lindsley.
^PaulRidlev, married Elsie DeAntenac; they had two
children, namely: "Earl and "Ethel Kidley, who live in
Antinsta, Ga. 'Bettie Ridley, married ^\'illlanl Blake-
more- had no children. Dr. ^Luke Eidley, married a
Miss'lJobertsun, of Iluntsville, Ala., and had issue.
^Georo-e Bidlev, married twice; had issue. 'Broom-
field L. Eidlev; married Idellette Lyon. They have two
children. lie is a lawyer, of Murfreesboro, Tenn-.
'Charles Ridlev, married a Miss Fitzpatrick, and has
three children, namely : ^Mamie, married Robert Kichol,
of Nashville, Tenn., and has children ; ^Charles, married
Adelle McMurry, and has children ; and ^Broomfield L.,
Jr., married Marv Wells. ^Sallie Ridley, married
Thornton McLean, and has one son, Lieut. ^Ridley
Mclean, U. S. A. ^Jennie Ridley, died young.
«Mary E. Crossthwait, married Dr. James Blackmore,
but they have no children.
Dr. *'George Crossthwait, married Eliza Burton.
Thev had eight children, namely: \Shelton, 'Frank
and 'Broomfield were killed in the Civil War of IS6I-60;
^Lavinia, married Brown Peyton. They live in Texas,
and have children. Dr. "George Crossthwait, mar-
ried and lives near Murfreesboro, Tenn. 'Eliza Cross-
thwait, of Nashville, Tenn., died unmarried. 'Eliz-
abeth and 'Mary Crossthwait, died young.
'Mary Thompson, born April 11, 1TS9; married
Henry Fauntleroy Carter ; she died at -Farmers Joy, '
her brother's residence. May 31, 1830.
''Mildred Thompson, born :March 4, 1791 ; married at
the "Vatican," the residence of her brother, 'Lucas
Thompson, June 15, 1834, to John Hendern. She died
in Augusta County, Virginia, November 1, 1851.
'James Thompson, born January 2, 1792; married
Rachel Shelby Edmondson, of Davidson County, Ten-
nessee, Deceniber 29, 1828. They lived at McMinnyille,
Tenn., and left several children. He died July 2, 1885.
One of his "daughters married a Mr. Spurlock. They
had three children, as follows: "Blanch, married a Mr.
424 insiToincAL skktcues.
Hentley; they luid two sons. 'Frank, married, and
lives in Chattanooga; he is a lawyer; and "Shelby
Pjjnrloek, married David .
^Jolm Tliompsou, born February '], 17i)7; married
Caroline Brown, at "Berry Hill," the lesidcnce of his
father, in Virj>inia. lie was a ja'ominent lawyer of
Richmond, Va.
^Lucas Thom})son, born July 15, ITDo, was married
three times; first, to Caroline Tai)soott, January 15,
1828; second, to Arabella White, in October, 1855;
third, to Catherine Carrington, August 6, 18(i0. He
was a prominent and influential lawyer of Staunton,
Va. He had two daughters; *one married a Mr. Hull,
of Baltimore; the "other married a Mr. Carroll of
Carrollton, Md.
^William Thompson, born August 31, 1808; married,
first, ^fargaret Alexander, August 15, 18115; second,
Martha Brown, December 28, 1842.
^Jane Thompson, married Howell L. Brown, at
"Edgewood,'' January 30, 1843; she died at "Phillipi,"
Kelson County, Virginia, August 17, 1848.
'^Ecbecca E. P. Thompson, born July 11, 1805; was
married at "Edgewood," the residence of her brother,
'John Thompson, to H. L. Davis. She died in 1889
Her home was in Amherst County, Virginia. She was
visited by her great-niece, Mrs. Ida Blackman Cooper,
in 1887, who says she was one of tlie most beautiful,
cultured old ladies that she has ever had the pleasure
of meeting; that she was the highest type of the "Grand
Dame" of Old Virginia.
^Nathaniel Powell married Elizabeth Cowper, who
was a widow, ^Irs. Chamberlayne, at the time of her
marriage to N. Powell. They had eight children,
namely: ^Mildred, ^Rebecca, ^Harriet, ^Mary, ^Sophia,
''Norbourne, ^Seymore and °Lucas Powell.
'Mildred Powell married a Mr. Brooks, of Virginia.
'Rebecca Powell married Littleberry Williamson, of
Tennessee; they moved to Lexington, Mo. They had
no children, but adopted a nephew, William Pemberton,
who is now (1001) one of the Judges of the Supreme
Court of Montana.
'Harriet Powell married a Mr. Goode. of Missouri.
Thev had no children.
POWELL FAMILY. 425
*]Nrai-y and ^Sophia Powell died voimg.
^Norboiiine Berkley Powell married Eliza A. R.
Holmes of Monticello, Ga., in 181S. They bad eight
children, namely: ^Virginia A., ^Richard H., °Holmes,
^Mary E., "Anatasia, ^Nathaniel, ^James and ^Luey
Powell.
•^Virginia A. Powell married Dr. Homer Blackman,
in Talhot Tountv, Georgia, in isi'.n. They liad six
children, as follows: 'Mary E., "Eugenia H., 'Rebecca
B., ^Anatasia, 'John P. and "Ida Blackman. "^Mary E.
Blackman died young. 'Eugenia H. Blackman married
Locke Weems, February 21, ISGO. He was killed in the
Battle of Cold Harbor, in 18G2, leaving an iufaut daugh-
ter, ^Locke Felixiaua. She died at seventeen years of
age, in December, 1873. ^Eugenia B. Weems was mar-
ried, second, to James Mather Goodwin. They had two
children, namely : nirginia P., married Charles G. Mc-
Roberts, of Chicago, and ^Beatrice S. Goodwin. Their
father died at Union Springs, Ala., October 29, 1ST9.
^Rebecca B. Blackman (called ''Johnnie") married Col.
W. B. Locke. She died in September, 1877, leaving
no children. ^\nastasia Blackman married Henley V.
Napier, of Macon, Ga., in 18G8. They had five children,
namely : «Anuie F., married M. A. Edwards ; they have
one son, »Napier Edwards, and live in Logan, Idaho.
^Maud, died young. 'John P. Blackman, died in 1907,
in Oklahoma. ^Henley Y. and «Ida Page Napier.
'John Polk Blackman, the only son of Homer and n^ir-
ginia Blackman, died at Chunnenugga, Ala., aged
twentv years. His sister's eldest son took his full
name' '"Ida P. Blackman married William Page
Coui>er, of St. Simons Island, Ga., in 1874. They lived
in Louisiana in 1905.
^Richard Powell, son of '^Norbourne and Eliza Holmes
Powell, married Mary A. Blackman, at Chunnenugga,
Ala., in 1844. Thev had five children, namely : 'V ir-
ginia E., 'Norbourne, "^Homer, "^Nathaniel and 'James
Powell. ^Virginia E. Powell married Capt. Alex. H.
Pickett, at Union Springs, Ala., in 18G3 Tliey had
seven children, as follows : »Maria P., 'Ada, Ethel C,
»Alma, 'Virginia L., ^^nastasia and 'Callie Pickett.
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426 HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
'Maria P. Picki^tt niarried Dr. L. W. JoJinston, and has
one child. "Noi-bouine Berkley Powell, unmarried,
lives in Union Springs, Ala. 'Homer B. Powell died
in Dalla.s, Texa.s, in 1882, unmarried. ''Nathaniel
PoAvell died on Lake Harris, Fla., in 1881, unmarried.
Barnes B. Powell married Almyra Brown. They lived
near Union Springs, Ala., in 1875. Tbev had five chil-
dren, namely: ^Richard H., '^Benjamin P., ^James B.,
^Floyd and ^\lta L. Powell. ^James Powell and his
wife died in 1888, at Union Springs.
^Mary 0. Powell married James Farrish Carter. She
died, leaving one child, ''Mary Carter, who married
Edward T. Bandel, at Chunnenngga, Ala., in 1866.
They had .seven children, namely : ^Annie E., *Emma C.,
«Mary C, «vSarah, «Troni)e, Jr., ^Lncy and ^Janies C.
Eandel. ''Emma C. Randel married H. I. Rosentill,
and has one child, "Annie K. Rosentill. *Mary C. Ran-
del married Joseph M^irtin, and has one child, "Mary
Martin. "Sarah Randel mai-ried McCall Frazer and
has one child, "Mattie Frazer. All live at Union
Springs, Ala.
''Ana.stasia Powell married James M. Foster. They
left two children, namely: '^Norbourne Foster, died
unmarried. "Mary C. Foster, was the second wife of
A. E. Pitman. Their children are: ®Ana>stasia, ^Foster,
^Mary E., ^Virginia, ^^Norbourne F. and ®A. E. Pitman,
Jr. All live in Union Springs, Ala.
•^Nathaniel Powell, fifth child of ''Norbourne and
Eliza Holmes Powell, died at twenty years of age.
^James L. Powell married Frances Thompson. Their
children were: ^Charles J., ^Norbourne B., ^Benjamin,
^Richard, ''Rebecca and ^Jimmie Lucas Powell. The
youngest, "Jimmie Lucas Powell, married A. E. Single-
ton, and now lives at Union Springs, Ala.
®Lucy Powell, youngest daughter of ''Norbourne and
Eliza Holmes Powell, married Joseph M. Cary, in
Chunnenngga, Ala., in 1863. Thev have four children,
namely : 'Arthur P., 'Joseph M., 'Edward H. and 'Ida
L. Cary. 'Arthur P. Cary, of Dallas, Texas, married
Pearl Buckner, of Paducah, Ky. They have two chil-
dren. 'Joseph M. Cary lives in \Ya.shington, D. C.
Dr. 'Edwai-d TL Cary, of Dallas, Texas, and 'Ida L.
Carv, of Dallas, Texas.
POWELL FAMILY. 42?
Dr. ■''SeYnioi'e Powell maiTied and moved from Vir-
ginia to Alabama.
Dr. ^Liicas Powell married Alicia Moss. They have
five children, namely: ^Jack, «Joe, ^Elizabeth (died
yonng), ^Nathaniel and ^Louise Powell.
^William Powell, sou of ^Lucas and Elizabeth Ed-
wards Powell, married Mary Cowper. They had six
children, namely: 'Charles, ''Amelia, 'Courtney,
'Lucas, 'William and 'Nathaniel Powell.
^Benjamin Powell, son of ^Lucas and Elizabeth E.
Powell, married Jane Cowi)er. They had six children,
namely: 'Rebecca, 'Elizabeth, 'Sally, 'Benjamin, 'Fred-
erick and 'Abraham Powell.
'Sally Powell married a Mr. Butler and had two chil-
dren, namely: "Sally and ^Rebecca Butler.
'Benjamin Powell married, first, Anna Bish, of Am-
herst Countv, Virginia. They had one son, "Goode
Powell, who died unmarried. 'Benjamin Powell mar-
ried, second, a Mi-s. East, of Nashville, Tenn. She left
two daughtei^, namely:
^Elizabeth Powell, married James Parish Cai'ter.
She was his second wife, and left no children.
"Harriett Powell, married E. R. McKean. She has
no children. She lives in Washington, D. C.
^Seymore Powell, son of ^Lucas and Elizabeth E.
Powell, married Sally Cowper in 1795. She was a
cousin of his step-sisters. She died in 1798. Issue:
'Goode and 'Roe Powell. '*Seymore Powell then moved
to South Carolina and married the second time.
THE EDWARDS FAMILY.
This family descended from the ancient Welch Kings
of Powesland. The first who assumed the name of
Edwards (originally written Edwardes) was Robert,
sou of Edward ap Thomas ap Llewellyn, and was lin-
eally descended from Enion Efell, Lord of Cynllaeth in
Montgomerieshire. He married Anne, daughter and
heir of Robert Kyffin, of Cynlleath, and was succeeded
by his son, John, who purchased Ne«s Strange Salop.
The branch of the family that emigrated to Virginia
early in the seventeenth century came from near Cardiff,
Wales, where the ruins of an old castle, known as
''Edwards Hall,' are still to be seen. It is said that
this castle wa>s built in the time of William the Con-
queror, by Sir Godefar de Pomerroi, and came into the
possession of the Edwards family by subsequent inter-
marriages of these families. The present representative
of the Edwards family in England is Col. George Row-
land Edwards, of Ness Strange Salop, born June 23,
(428)
EDWARDS FAMILY. 429
1810; married March 11, 1S17, to Catherine Jane, eldest
daughter of Gen. Edward Armstrong.
Four Edwards brothers came to America, namely:
John, Thomas, l\obert and AVilliam Edwards.
John Edwards was the first of the name to emigrate
to America. He came to Virginia in 1C23, and settled
in Northumberland County. He died in 1G03, bequeath-
ing his proi^crty --to be sold and proceeds to be remitted
to his wife and three children, in London, England."
(Extract from the records of Northumberland County
Court, Virginia.)
Thomas Edwards came to Virginia in 1635, and set-
tled in Surrey County, where he died in 1702, leaving
his property to his sons, John, Thomas and William,
and his daughters, Sarah and Elizabeth. (See Surrey
County Record.)
Eobert Edwards emigrated to Virginia in 1635, and
purchased land in Westmoreland County, Virginia, in
1669. The records of the county show a deed for this
land "from Eobert Edwards, and his wife, Mary," in
1670. He died without issue.
William Edwards, the youngest of the above-named
brothers who emigrated to ^'irginia, was born in 1616.
He was the founder of the family in Virginia, to which
Colony he came in 1635, when only nineteen years of
age, in the bark, "Ye Merchants Hope," and settled in
James City County. He was a member of the Virginia
House of Burgesses in 1653, and patented large areas of
land in the counties of James City, Surrey, Isle of
Wight, Norfolk and Lancaster.
A bond given by him in 1659 is recorded in Surrey
County, witnessed by John Washington, the grand-
father of George Washington, who came to America in
1655.
He died in 1697, at the age of eighty-one, leaving his
propertv, by will dated in 1668, to his sons, John and
William.
John Edwards, son of William Edwards, had two
sons, John and Edward Edwards. Edward was killed
in the Indian wars.
This Edwards sketch is partly taken from a history
of the Edwards family, compiled by Dr. C. W. Chan-
430 mSTORWAL SKETCHES.
cellor, of Maryland, United States CodsuI at Havre,
France, in 1805. He is a descendant of William Ed-
wards.
It is a tradition in the family that these two
brothers bought land in New York City, and leased
forty acres of it about the year 1760. The lease was
for ninety-nine years. This forty acres is now the
most populous part of New York City, Old Trinity
Church being upon this land,
John Edwards' descendants are the only heirs to this
valuable property, which they have never received.
He had eight children, namely: Elizabeth, it is sup-
posed, married Lucas Powell after his father's removal
to Virginia; the others were: John, James, Uriah,
Benjamin, Mary, Eebecca and Mildred Edwards. The
descendants of these eight Edwards brothers and sisters
are scattered over the United States.
Edwards. — Per fesse sa, and arg. a lion rarup. counter
changed. Crest=within a wreath of the colors a lion ramp,
as in the arms.
LAWRENCE SMITH.
Lawrence Smith was an officer in the Colonial Army
of Virginia. Here is given a quotation from Howe's
"History of Virginia," in reference to Major Smith :
''The earliest authentic information we have of
that portion of Virginia now called Spottsylvania,
is found in an Act passed at a 'grand Assemblie at
James Cittie between the 20th of Sept. 1674 and
the 17th of March 1675, in which war is declared
against the Indians, and among other provisions
for carrying it out, it is ordered that "one hundred
and eleven men out of Gloucester County be garri-
soned at some ffort" or place of defense at or near
the fifalls of the Rappahannock Eiver, of which ffort
Major Lawrence Smith to be Captain or Chief
Commander, and that the ffort be furnished with
ffour hundred and eighty-three pounds of shott.'
This fort was built in 1676, as appears by the pre-
amble of a statement of a subsequent act.
"In the vear 1679, Major Lawrence Smith upon
his own suggestion was empowered, provided, he
would settlei'or seate downe at, or near said fort
bv the last dav of March, 1681, and have in readi-
ness upon alfoccasions, upon beat of drum, fifty
able-bodied men, well armed with sufficient ammu-
nition &c and two hundred men more within the
space of a mile along the riv -, and a quarter of a
mile back from the river, prepared always to march
twenty miles in any direction from the fort; or
should thev be obliged to go more than such dis-
tance, to be paid for their time thus employed at
the rate of other souldiers, to execute martial dis-
cipline among said fifty souldiers, and others so
put in arms; both in times of war and peace, and
said Smith with t^^'0 others of said privi edged
(431 )
432 iiisTorx'icAL sketches.
place, to liear and determine all causes, civil and
criminal that may arise within said limits, as a
Conuly Court might do, and to make by-laws for
same."
These military settlers were privileged from arrest
for any debts save those due to the king, and those con-
tracted among themselves, and were free from taxes,
and levies, save those laid within their own limits.
The exact situation of the fort cannot now be deter-
mined with absolute certainty, but as it is known that
there was once a military post at Germana, some ruins
of which are occasionally tunied up by the plough, it is
probable that this was the spot selected by Colonel
Smith for his colony. The Governor fixed the seat of
Justice at Germana, where the first Court sat on the
1st day of August, 1722, when ^ Augustine Smith (son
of Col." 'Lawrence Smith), Richard Booker, -John Talia-
ferro (son-in-law of Col. ^Lawrence Smith), William
Hunsford, Richard Johnson and William Bledsoe were
sworn as Ju.stices, John Waller as Clerk, William
Bledsoe as Sherifl". (See Howe's ''History of Virginia,"
p. 475.)
In March, 1G75, the General Assembly of Virginia
ordered Maj. Lawrence Smith, who was in command of
311 men from Gloucester County to go to the falls of
the Rappahannock River and stop the depredations of
the Indians. He also led a trained band of soldiers
again.st Nathaniel Bacon and his rebels, but was de-
serted on the field by his men, who surrendered to Gen-
eral Ingram.
He lived in the County of Gloucester in 1GS6. "Maj.
Lawi^nce Smith, of Virginia, sustained great losses by
the Rebells, his stock and other estate being Plundered
and Inprisoned by the Rebells." (See Sufferer's
"Bacon's Rebellion," in the Virginia Magazine of
History and Biography," Vol. V, No. 1, July, 1897,
p. 67.)
•'Major Lawrence Smith was an officer in the Colonial
Army in Virginia in 1676." (See "History of the
Colonv and Ancient Dominion of Virginia," by Charles
Campbell, p. ^15.)
LAWRENCE SMITH. 433
lu 1G91, Major Smith laid out the town of Yoiktowu
on land that belonged to Benjamin Keade. Maj. Law-
rence Smith and his wife, Mary, of Gloucester, gave, on
the 12111 of June, IGOl, two plantations in Gloucester
to their son, -John Smith, who was succeeded by his
son and heir, ^Lawrence Smith. (Sc^ Henning's
"Statutes of Virginia," p. 407.)
For accounts of Maj. Lawrence Smith and his de-
scendants, of Gloucester County, Virginia, .see WiUiain
and Mary Quarterly.)
At the session of the Virginia Assembly, in 1679, was
granted to Maj. Lawrence Smith a tract of laud on the
Rappahannock, five miles wide, and one and a half in
length, along the river, provided he seated at the place
on the Rappahannock where the Fort was built in the
year 1076, fifty able-bodied men, and two hundred other
men. He was to be Commander of the armed force, and
to have legal jurisdiction. He owned large tracts of
land in Es.sex County, and in the records of that county
are a number of deeds in reference to this land. Of the
children of ^Lawrence Smith, -Elizabeth married John
Battallie, a Captain commanding a company of rangers
in the service against the Indians in 1692. He was
also a member of the House of Burgesses, the same year,
from Essex County. (See "Calendar of Virginia State'
Paj^ers.")
-Sarah Smith, the* second daughter of Col. ^Lawrence
Smith, married Col. ^Jobn Taliaferro, "Gentleman."
Colonel ^Smith's sons were: ^Charles, ^\ugustine (mar-
ried Susanna ), ^John and ^Lawrence Smith.
This extract is from the Winder papers in the Vir-
ginia State Library (see Virginia Magazine of History,
July, 1895) :
"By order of our Assemble Maj. Lawrence Smith
on ye 1st day of May came up to the.se parts with
110 foot of Horse to our noe little satisfaction, yt
(there was now balme found in Gilliard) we had
not time to surfett ourselves, but in discourse we
found that Major Smith had noe commission but
against the Susquehanoths, tho we had a man
killed within less than a mile of ve Mansatico
434 HISTORICAL SKETCHES.
Townc dui'ing ye session of ye Assemblie. How-
somcver ]\Iajor Smith, like a most loyal subject to
his Prince, by his constant rainging did well defend
these parts."
"In Jn]y,Maj.ThomasHawkings had a commission
gr-ted for ye destroying of our neighboring Indians
as well as the Susquehanoths (yit our neighboring
Indians left their towns within 4 days after ye first
murder was committed). We ytt Major Smith
went downe wth 50 horse & foote to congratulate
ye good news together wth an Intention to sup-
press ye Insolence committed. Several houses
were burned, People killed and wounded in Pascat-
away on ye 10th July, ye worshipfull Major Haw-
kings and ilajor Smith were by Nathaniel Bacon,
Junior, carried away Prisoners." (See Yirginia
Magazine of History,\o]. Ill, No. 1, July, 1895.)
"In July, 1609, the Governor of Virginia recom-
mended Maj. Lawrence Smith among the gentlemen
of estate and standing suitable for appointment to
the Council. Major Smith died in August, 1700.
His will is dated August 8, 1700: and the honor
of which the father was deemed worthy fell upon
his son, John Smith, of Gloucester, who became
Councellor and County Lieutenant, and he died in
1720. ^Lawrence Smith inherited large landed
estates in the Parish of Abingdon and County of
Gloucester." (See Henning's "Statutes of Vir-
ginia," Vol. VI, p. 407.)
^John Smith married Elizabeth . Their son
and heir, ^Lawrence Smith, was living in York County,
Virginia, in 1733. He was a Colonel, Justice and
Sheriff in his county; also a member of the House of
Burgesses, He married Mildred, daughter of Capt.
Thomas Chisman (brother of Maj. Edniond Chisman,
of Bacon's Rebellion). His second wife was Mildred,
daughter of John Keade, she being the widow of Col.
James Goodwin, of Virginia.
■•Edmond Smith, ^Lawrence Smith's son by his first
LAWRENCE SMITH. 435
wife, married Agnes Sclater, of York County, daughter
of Kichard Sclater. The children of his second wife
(Mildred Eeade Goodwin) were: ^Margaret, ^Catherine,
"Robei-t, *Lucy and ^Lawrence Smith.
^Edmond Smith died in 1750, in Yorktown. lie was
a merchant. He married Elizabeth . They
had two children.
The will of -Lawrence Smith (son of Col. ^Lawrence
Smith) was proved in February, 1779. ^Robert, his
son, died in 1814, leaving several sous, among them
being *Thomas, ^John and ^Augustine Smith.
One Augustine Smith, of Virginia, descent, is now
(1895) living in New York City. (This is from William
and Mary Quarterly Magazine.)
-John Smith, of Abingdon Parish, Gloucester County,
Virginia, son of Col. Lawrence Smith, was a member of
the Virginia House of Burgesses in 1GS5; of the Council
about 1706. In the last named year he was appointed
County Lieutenant of Gloucester, and in 1707, also of
Kings and Queens County. (From Sainsbury Ab-
stracts.) He married Elizabeth Cox, daughter of CoL
John Cox and his wife, Arabella Strachey, daughter of
William Strachey, of Virginia, and gi'anddaughter of
William Strachey, of Salton Court, Somerset, England.
This =John SmUh died in 1720. He left a son, =*Law-
rence, who was a Burgess for Gloucester in 1736. He
was authorized by the assembly to sell his entailed
lands in Gloucester for 4,000 acres in Spottsylvauia
County, and 45 pounds sterling. (See WiUiain and
Mary Quarterly, Vol. IV, pp. 192-194; also Yirninia
Historical Magazine, Vol. VII, No. 4, 1900, p. 400.)
^'Tuesday morning, at his home near Yorktown, Va.,
died. Col. Lawrence Smith, for many years Justice of
the Peace and Representative from his county in the
House of Burgesses." (From the Virginia Gazette,
1739.) We suppose this was a grandson of Maj. ^Law-
rence Smith, the first on record.
Col. James Goodwin lived in York County, Virginia.
His wife, Rachel, died in 1666. He then married
Mildred Reade, daughter of John Reade. He died and
she married ^Lawrence Smith, above named. Their
436 niSTORlCAL SKETCHES.
lumb, with coat of arms still engraved upon it, was
standing iu Virginia in 1S95.
When Fredeiicksbnig, Va., was incorporated, in 1727,
there was a warclioiise on its site. The act of incorpo-
ration appointed John Robinson, Henry Willis, Angus-
tine Smith, John Taliaferro, Henry Beverly, John
Waller and Jeremiah Clonder as trnstees. The firet
chnrch was built on the site of the present Episcopal
Church. (See Howe's ''History of Virginia,'' p. 479. )
INDEX.
LIST OF COPIES OF OLD LETERS AND MANUSCRIPTS.
PAGE
Letter from William C. Preston to John Campbell 13
A compact formed by the settlers of Western Virginia
during the Colonial period ^
A call to the Rev. Cbarles Cummings 30
Capt John Campbell's military commission 37
Letter from Isaac Shelby to John Shelby 40
Letter from Col. William C. Preston to Patrick Henry 44
letter from Col. Arthur Campbell to Gov. David Campbell. 47
Letter from Col. Arthur Campbell to Gov. David Campbell. 49
Letter from Thomas Jefferson to '"John Campbell 50
Letter from Gov. David Campbell to Lyman C. Draper 51
Letter from Gov. David Campbell to Lyman C. Draper 60
Letter from Tabitha Moore to Gov. David Campbell 69
Letter from Gov. David Campbell to Lyman C. Draper 70
Letter from Gov. David Campbell to Lyman C. Draper 81
Letter from Gov. David Campbell to Lyman C. Draper 86
Letter from Lyman C. Draper to Gov. David Campbell,
including a quotation from letter of Maj. Benjamin
Sharp „
letter from Gov. David Campbell to Dr. J. G. M. Ramsey. . 92
Criticism of "Annals of Tennessee by Dr. Ramsey," by Gov.
David Campbell ^
For The Virginwn, Old Washington (including the names
of Its first settlers), by Gov. David Campbell 97
An obituary notice of Col. Robert Campbell 119
Letter from Mrs. Catherine Bowen Campbell to William B.
Campbell -■ "/^
Rev. John Poage Campbell, from Perrin's History of ^^^
Kentucky ' "
A manuscript supposed to have been written by A. H.
Campbell
(437)
488 INDEX.
PAGE
Capt. William Bowcn's commission 255
Laud deeds of tbe Taliaferros from 1666 to 1808 387
Laud grants to the Taliaferros in Virginia 391
Part of a letter written by Col. Byrd Willis 412
LIST OF COATS OF ARMS.
PAGE
Campbell Coat of Arms, page 7 ; description 141
Russell Coat of Anns, page 274 ; description 308
Owen Coat of Arms, page 317; description 330
Amis Coat of Arms, page 337 ; description 342
Pilchcr Coat of Arms, page 343 ; description 368
Carotbers Coat of Arms, page 369 ; description 384
Taliaferro Coat of Arms, page 385 ; description 414
Edwards Coat of Arms, page 428 ; description 430
Note. — We find much carelessness in the spelling of proper
names, consequently the same name is not always spelled the
same way by members of the same family.
MILITARY AND CIVIL SERVICES.
439
INDEX OP MILITARY AND CIVIL SERVICES.
PAGE
Adams, George 79
Adams, Ignatius 309
Alexander, Maj. R...148, 1C7
Allen, Hugh 43
Allen, Joseph C 169
Allen, Capt. W. B.
167, 169, 171, 174
Allison, James H 169, 174
Allison, T. P. F 108
Amis, Thomas 338
Amis, William 340
Ampudia, General ... 169, 170
Anderson, John 79
Anderson, Col. S. R.
148, 166, 167
Arbuckle, Captain 42, 265
Archer, Captain 264
Bacon, Nathaniel 434
Battallie, John 433
Baytop, Col. James 397
Beard, Arthur C 106
Bennett, Captain 170
Bentley, Capt. William... 261
Bird, Charles Willing 229
Blackmore, W. M 167, 171
Bland, Theodorick 203
Bledsoe, William 432
Bonner, J. W 328
Booker, Richard 432
Bowen, Charles 263
Bowen, Henry 255
Bowen, 'John 254
Bowen, Col. *John H..258, 333
Bowen, "John 339
Bowen, Reese
142, 254, 265, 267
PAOK
Boweu, Robert 261
Bowen, Capt William
69, 79, 255, 263, 265,
267, 272, 283
Bracken, Matthew 43
Bradfute, Colonel 175
Brank, Ephraim 296
Brent, Maj. Thomas Y. . . . 297
Brooke, ^Francis 396
Brooke, Trancis 413
Brooke, John 396
Brooke, Lawrence 396
Brooke, 'Robert 396
Brooke, 'Robert 413
Brown, Aaron V 165, 166
Brown, Neil S 163
Bryan, William 282
Buchanan, Captain 166
Buchanan, Robert 48, 79
Buford, Thomas 41, 43
Butler, General 149
Butler, Capt Richard 417
Cameron, Judge Duncan. . 341
Campbell, Albert 212, 232
Campbell, Gen. Alexander. 131
Campbell, Archibald 8
Campbell, 'Arthur. .15, 33,
53, 54, 71, 81, 91, 105,
125, 136, 284
Campbell, "Arthur D 106
Campbell, •Charles
12, 123, 295
Campbell, Charles ...197, 205
Campbell, Charles 197
Campbell, Col. *Davld
96, 132, 134, 135, 286
440
MILITARY AND CIVIL SERVICES.
PAGE
Campbell, Judge 'David
33, 48, 114, 116
Campbell, Gov. ""David
14, 37, 39, 109, 138
Campbell, (White) »David 33-
Cami)bell, "David H 107.
Campbell, Duncan 9
Campbell, Frank T 207
Campbell, '"James 57, 107
Campbell, "James C 102
Campbell, Capt. »John
33, 34, 36, 54, 72, 79,
88, 91, 92, 95, 133, 136
Campbell, "John A 102
Campbell, Gen. ^John.137, 138
Campbell, 'John 11
Campbell, Jobn (of Rich
Valley) 79
Campbell, John Wilson
213, 229, 250
Campbell, Dr. John 202
Campbell, >»John B..56, 80, 106
Campbell, John 109
Campbell, John Toage ... 222
Campbell. Johu H 112
Campbell, '"John 101
Campbell, Joseph N,
Harvey 213
Campbell, Joseph N.
213, 230, 251
Campbell, Col. Richard. 66, 251
Campbell, Col. 'Robert
33, 35, 118
Campbell, Robert 245
Campbell, Samuel 246
Campbell, Samuel R 217
Campbell, Gen. '"William
12, 48, 50, 54, 57, 58,
59, 73, 80, 123, 287
Campbell, William 9
Campbell, William W 9
PAGE
Campbell, Gov. William B.
110, ni, 142, 165
Campbell, William P. A.. 104
Campbell, Maj. 'William
131, 134
Campbell, Gen. 'William
131, 135
Campbell, Capt "William 295
Campbell, Col. William... 245
Campbell, "William* 210
Campbell, William M 207
Campbells 248, 249
Cantrell, Lieut. Gov.
James E 298
Carter, General 382
Carter, Colonel 59
Canoe, Dragon. .74, 76, 88, 90
Carothers, Andrev? 372
Carothers, James 370
Carothers, 'John 370
Carothers, 'John 373
Carothers, Joseph 374
Carothers, Samuel R 374
Caruthers, James 378
Caruthers, 'Robert 378
Caruthers, 'Robert ...379, 380
Caruthers, Judge Robt L. 382
Cheatham, Capt B. F.
166, 171, 174, 175
Cheatham, Maj. B. F 175
Childers, Colonel 166
Christian, Gilbert
54, 66, 72, 79
Christian, William. 17, 44,
54, 58, 60, 66, 91, 124
Cleveland, Colonel 126
Cocke, William
74, 75, 80, 87, 88
Colville, Andrew 79
Conway, Capt Catlett... 396
Conyngham, Patrick. . .24, 135
MILITARY AND CIVIL SERVICES.
441
PACK
Cornstalk, Chief 2G3, 2&4
Cornwallis, Lord 125, 128
Courts, Maj. "John
279, 311, 312
Courts, 'John 312
Courts, 'John 312, 313
Courts, "John 31i
Cooper, Hon. Edmund... 160
Craig, Robert 79
Crittenden, John J 78
Crosswait, Broomfield . . . 423
Crosswait, Frank 423
Crosswait, Shelton 423
Cuiumiugs, Rev. Charles
52, 90
Cundiflf, Ensign 43
Cunniughani, Mr 254
Daniel, General 340
Davis, Col. Jeff 149
Davis, Lieutenant 90
Deaderick, Judge James M. 117
Denon, Caleb 204
Dickinson, Capt. John. .41, 43
Dies, Lieut John 175
Dixon, George 109
Dorris, W. D 107
Duncan, John 79
Dunmore, Governor
41, 61, 90, 238, 263,
279, 283, 284
Dysart James 79
Edmondson, Maj. Wm.
17, 20, 79, 80, 89
Edmondson, Robert. 88, 89, 90
Edwards, William 429
Ellison, Andrew 241
Ellison, William 135
Ferguson, General ...125, 127
Farquaharson, Maj. Robt
148, 167, 172, 173
PAGE
Fields, Col. John. . .42, 43, 46
riemming, Col. WMlliam
41, 42, 43, 46, 66
Floyd, Gov. John 15, 252
Foster, Capt Robert C.
166, 170, 175
Friersou. Captain ... .166, 171
Gaines, General .^^. 165
Garland, Colonel Tc ." 174
Garrard, James 293
Garth, William 2&4
Gates, General 125
Gentry, Meredith P 154
Gillespie, Col. John 380
Guiscard, Robert 386
Godfrey, George 309
Goldman, Lieutenant 43
Goodwin, Lemuel 326, 335
Goodwin, Capt Thomas. . 334
Goodwin, Samuel 334
Grant, Daniel 331
Grant Thomas 322, 332
Grant "Thomas 332
Green, Gen. Nathaniel
59, 115, 286
Greer, Andrew 20
Guild, J. C 145, 146
Hamilton, Gen. Alexander 205
Hampton, Gen. 'Wade. .15, 252
Hampton, Gen. 'Wade. .15, 252
Harrison, 'Carter H 291
Harrison, 'Carter H 291
Harrison, Col. Robert H.
41, 315
Harrison, Gen. W. H.. .56, 289
Haskell, Col 172
Hawkings, Maj. Thomas.. 434
Hebb, G. V 167
Heiman, A 167
Hemphill, Admiral J. N... 231
442
MILITARY AND CIVIL SERVICES.
PAGE
Heuley, Capt. Robert 313
Heury, Patrick 12, 65,
238, 239, 251, 256
Howry, Judge Charles B. . 202
Howry, Judge James M. . . 201
Houstou, Gen. Saru 237
Hunsford, William 432
Jackson, Andrew.. 10, 161, 229
Jackson, Colonel 170
John, Hon. John 115
Johnson, General 53, 105
Joliuson, Gideon 319
Johnson, Richard 432
Jones, Charles 315
Jones, John Courts 315
Jones, John Paul 396
Kautz, Admiral Albert... 231
Kincaid, John 79
LaFayette, General 12, 128
Lane, Lieutenant 43
Lauderdale, Samuel 172
La Vega, General 172
Lee, Gen. Henry 198, 400
Lee. Gen. Robert E...152, 198
Lewis, Aaron 79
Lewis, Gen. Andrew
41, 44, 69, 91, 263
Lewis, Col. Charles
41, 42, 46
Lewis, Col. Charles A 413
Lewis, Col. Fielding 413
LewLs, Capt. John. ... .41, 42
Lewis, .John 399
Lewis, Thomas 239
Lockridge, Captain 41
Love, Captain 41
Lurton, Justice H. H 327
Maney, Gen. George 175
Marshall, John 108
Marshall, Justice John . . . 398
Marshall, Wm 108
FAQS
Martin, Joseph 67, 79, 81
Martin, Thomas 79
Matthews, Captain 42
Mauldin, Captain 166, 170
McClaunahan, Robert. .42, 43
McClellan, Lieut G. B.. . . 152
McClelland, Robert 373
McCluug, H. L 181
McClung, P. M 184
McCorey, Mr 173
McDonald, Edward 35
McDowell, Captain 42, 126
McLean, Judge Alney .... 295
McLean, Cornelius 301
McLean, Lieut. Ridley 423
McMurrey, Captain
166, 171, 175
McPhail, Dr 167
Miller, J. G 177
Montgomery, James 79
Moore, Col. John H 257
Moore, Col. Wm 279, 310
Morgan, Maj. Alexander.. 293
Morgan, Daniel 48
Morrison, Archibald ..76, 132
Morrison, Maj. John
76,88,96,132, 135
Morrison, John 76
Mulenburg, Gen. Peter . . . 286
Muuford, Robert 203
Murrey, Capt. John ...... 43
Neal, Henry Safford. .212, 232
Nelson, Thomas 413
Neville, Col. John 261
Nixon, Lieutenant 175
Northcutt Captain... 166, 171
Owen. Daniel 325
Owen. John 322, 323
Owen, Col. Richardson ... 321
Owen, Thomas 320
Patterson, General 171
MILITARY AND CIVIL SERVICES.
443
PAGE
raulia, Captain 42
Peinborton, Judge William 424
Peyton, Col. Bailey. . .149, 170
Pickett, William 202
Pilcher, James 359
Pllcher, James E 361
Pilcher, James S 355
Pilcber, Joshua 367
Pilcher, Ma1:thew B 306
Pilcher, Robert 347
Pilcher, William S 363
Pillow, General ..170, 172, 173
Polk, James K 147
Powell, Anthony 415, 416
Powell, Benjamin 419
Powell, Capt. John 415
Powell, John 418
Powell, Lucas 420
Powell, Nathaniel 415, 416 •
Powell, Major 420
Powell, Sir Stephen. .416, 418
Powell, Capt William. 416, 417
Preston, Gen. Frances. . . . 252
Preston, Col. John S 252
Preston, William C.
13, 200, 252
Preston, William 239
Putnam, Silas M 169
Quitman, General
149. 170, 174
Randolph, John 48
Randolph, Col. Thomas M. 39
Ridley, Judge Bromfleld.. 422
Riley, Judge James 19
Roan/ Archibald 121, 122
Robertson, F. J 167
Robertson, James . .41, 43, 79
Robinson, John B 173
Rose, Colonel 420
Russell, Andrew 17, 35
Russell, 'Henry.. 279, 280, 289
PAGE
Russell, 'Henry 282, 289
Russell, Henley 303
Russell, Robert de 275
Russell, Robert S 292
Russell, Col. "Thomas A. . . 293
Russell, •Thomas A 293
Riissell, Col. ^William
276, 278, 279, 288
Russell, Gen. 'William
41, 61, 66, 74, 110, 143,
256, 263, 270, 278, 279,
280, 283, 284, 285, 286
Russell, 'William. 287, 288, 289
Santa Anna, Gen.. 171, 173, 401
Sevier, Charles 43, 45
Sevier, Gen. John 50, 125
Sevier, Val 41
Scott, Gen. Charles 289
Scott, Gen. Winfield
....110, 151, 152, 171, 172
Scudder, James L 169
Sharp, Col. Benjamin
70, 77, 91
Shelby, Evan... 41, 42, 45,
61, 65, 79, 80, 96, 124, 284
Shelby, Isaac. . .40, 48, 54,
73, 94, 125, 264, 283
Shelby, James.... 74, 79,
87, 88, 89, 95
Shelby, John 79
Shields, General 171, 172
Skidmar, John 43
Smith. Augustine 432
Smith, Daniel 79, 80
Smith, John 434, 435
Smith, 'Lawrence. 431, 432. 433
Smith, 'Lawrence . . . .434, 435
Snoddy. John 79, 81
SiX)ttswood. Gov. Alex.
198. 225, 278
Steele, Col. John 134
444
MILITARY AND CIVIL SERVICES.
PAGE
Street, Oliver D 107
Stuart, Captain 42
Stuart, Gen. J. E. B.. .200, 237
Taliaferro, 'Bonjamin W. . 401
Taliaferro, "Benjamin
393, 400
Taliaferro, Col. Cbarles. . 405
Taliaferro, Francis 394
Taliaferro, James Govan. . 409
Taliaferro, 'John ....392, 394
Taliaferro, "John 411
Taliaferro, 'John P 412
Taliaferro, 'Nicholas 392
Taliaferro, "Nicholas .... 413
Taliaferro, Capt 'Richard
348, 393, 405
Taliaferro, 'Richard 404
Taliaferro, Theophihis W. 401
Taliaferro, Col. Thornton. 401
Taliaferro, Dr. Valentine. 403'
Taliaferro, "William G.
2G2, 408
Taliaferro, 'William. .392, 397
Taliaferro, 'Zachariah . . . 400
Taliaferro 'Zachariah.393, 401
Tate, James 48
Taylor, Gen. Zack 110,
148, 151, 168, 169, 170, 413
Taylor, Senator Robert L. 328
Thompson, James
74, 76, 80, 87, 88
Todd, Col. Charles S.
195, 223, 291
Todd, Judge Thomas 195
Toulman, Judge Henry ... 68
Ti-ousdale, Col. William
....110. 145, 147, 154, 155
Tweed, Archibald 211
Twiggs, General. .151, 171. 173
Van Buren, Martin 10
PAGE
Vance, Lieutenant 43
Van Dyke, John M 117
Van Dyke, Richard 117
Van Dyke, Thomas J.. 116, 117
Vest, Senator George M.. . 119
Waller, John 432
Walton, Capt William B.
166, 168, 170, 175
Ward, Capt James 43
Washington, Gen. George
....239, 286, 315, 400, 411
Wayne, Gen. Anthony 289
Weems, Locke 425
Whcedon, General 286
White, Hugh Lawson 10
White, Gon. James 10, 176
Whitfield, Captain 166, 171
Whitley, Moses 254
Wilkersou, Col. James. . . . 289
Williams, Mark 43
Willson, Edgar 234
Willson. Eugene 234
Willson, Col. John
210, 234, 237
Willson, John 236
Willson, Matthew D 236
Willson, Moses 235
Willson, Thomas 234
Willson, William M 235
Wilson, Capt Samuel. .41, 43
Woodford, General 286
Woods, Gov. Archibald ... 397
Worth, General 170, 171
Wozencrof t, George 330
Wright Col. Charles ...... 109
Wythe. Chancellor George 414
Yates, Maj. Robert 313
Yeardley, Gov. George... 417
Yerger, Judge, J. S...258, 333
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