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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. 


CAMPBELL  FAMILY.  19 

^^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- 


20  HISTORICAL  SKETCHES. 

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. 


22  UISTORICAL  SKETCHES. 

'-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 


HISTORICAL  SKETCHES. 


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 


5  HISTORICAL  SKETCHES. 

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 


28  HISTORICAL  SKETCHES. 

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 


80  HISTORICAL  SKETCHES. 

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. 


32  HISTORICAL  SKETCHES. 

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 


36  HISTORICAL  SKETCHES. 

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 


44  HISTORICAL  SKETCHES. 

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 


3  HISTORICAL  8KETC^E8. 

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 


CAMPBELL  FAMILY.  53 

(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 


54  HISTORICAL  SKETCHES. 

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 


56  HI8TORIVAL  SKETCHES. 

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- 


I  HISTORICAL   SKETCHES. 

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- 


50  HISTORICAL   SKETCHES. 

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- 


62  HISTORICAL   SKETCHES. 

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 


64  niSTOHICAL   SKETCHES. 

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, 
5 


66  HISTORICAL   SKETCHES. 

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 


68  HISTORICAL   SKETCHES. 

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 


70  HISTORICAL   SKETCHES. 

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. 


CAMPBELL    FAMILY.  71 

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 


74  HISTORICAL  SKETCHES. 

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 


76  HISTORICAL  SKETCHES. 

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 


CAMPBELL   FAMILY.  77 

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 


78  HISTORICAL  SKETCHES. 

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. 


CAMPBELL   FAMILY.  79 

"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— 


80  HISTORICAL  SKETCHES. 

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. 


CAMPBELL  FAMILY.  81 

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 


82  niiSTORICAL  SKETCH  EH. 

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- 


CAMPBELL   FAMILY.  g 

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, 


84  UISTORICAL  SKETCHES. 

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 


CAMPBELL   FAMILY.  85 

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- 


,S6  HISTORICAL  SKETCHES. 

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 


CAMPBELL   FAMILY.  37 

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, 


;  HISTORICAL  SKETCHES. 

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 


CAMPBELL   FAMILY.  89 

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, 


90  HISTORICAL  SKETCHES. 

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 


CAMPBELL   FAMILY.  91 

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- 


92  UISTORWAL  SKETCHES. 

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 


J  HISTORICAL  SKETCHES. 

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 

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98 


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. 


106  HISTORICAL  SKKTCHES. 

^"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. 


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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 


108  HISTORICAL   SKETCHES. 

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, 


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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 


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Ill 


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 


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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. 


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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. 


118  HISTORICAL   SKETCHES. 

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- 


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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 


CAMPBELL  FAMILY.  129 

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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132  HIHTORJCAL  SKETCHES. 

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 


CAMPBELL  FAMILY.  147 

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 


148  HISTORICAL  SKETCHES. 

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 


CAMPBELL  FAMILY.  149 

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 


150  HISTORICAL  SKETCHKS. 

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- 


CAMPBELL  FAMILY.  151 

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 


152  HISTORICAL  SKETCHES. 

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 


CAMPBELL  FAMILY.  153 

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. 


154  HISTORICAL  SKETCHES. 

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 


CAMPBELL  FAMILY.  155 

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 


156  HISTORICAL  SKETCHES. 

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- 


CAMPBELL  FAMILY.  I57 

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 


158  HISTORICAL  SKETCHES. 

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 


CAMPBELL  FAMILY.  I59 

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 


160  HISTORICAL  SKETCHES. 

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 


CAMPBELL  FAMILY.  161 

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, 
11 


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- 


CAMPBELL   FAMILY.  ]  63 

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 


164  HISTORICAL  SKETCHES. 

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." 


CAMPBELL  FAMILY.  165 


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. 


166  HISTORICAL  SKETCHES. 

"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, 


CAMPBELL  FAMILY.  167 

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, 


168  HlSTOlilCAL  SKETCHES. 

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 


CAMPBELL  FAMILY.  169 

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. 


170  HISTORICAL  SKETCHES. 

"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 


CAMPBELL  FAMILY.  171 

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 


172  HISTORICAL  SKETCHES. 

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. 


CAMPBELL  FAMILY.  173 

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 


174  IffSTORICAL  SKETCHES. 

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. 

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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 

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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. 


BOW  EN  FAMILY.  257 

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- 


BOW  EN  FAMILY.  259 

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 


BOW  EN  FAMILY.  261 

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- 


BOWEN  FAMILY.  265 

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 


268  lUsTORWAL   SKETCHES. 

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 


BOW  EN  FAMILY.  269 

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 


270  HISTORICAL  SKETCHES. 

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- 


272  nisTORicAL  sketches. 

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. 

(274) 


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 


m.^SELL  FAMILY.  281 

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 

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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- 


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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 


296  HISTORICAL  SKETCHES. 

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 


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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 

(343) 


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. 


PILCHER    FAMILY.  347 

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. 


PILCHER    FAMILY.  251 

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 


PILVUIJR    FAMILY.  361 

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- 


PILCHER    FAMILY.  363 

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; 


PILCH  ER    FAMILY.  365 

«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  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. 


390  HISTORICAL   SKETCHES. 

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, 


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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 : 


396  HISTORICAL   SKETCHES. 

^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; 


398  UISTORICAL  SKETCnES. 

I 
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 


414  HISTORICAL   SKETGUES. 

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 

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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 

27 


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 


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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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