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GENEALOGICAL
NOTES AND ANECDOTES
DESCENDANTS
of
THOMAS CAMP
(1665 - 1711)
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G0499A:
Thomas CAMP I [009]
Birth:1665, <Nasing Parish, County Essex,
England>
Christening: <20 November 1665,
Mashbury or Chignal St. James, County Essex, England>
Death: 1711, King and Queen County,
Virginia, British North America
Marriage: 1689
Spouse: Catherine BARRON (1672, James
City County, Virginia, British North America - 1715, King
and Queen County, Virginia, British North America) [See G0499A:
Catherine BARRON in Descendants
of Robert Barron (ABT 1595 - AFT 1637).]
Child 1:
  Thomas CAMP II
(1691, King and Queen County, Virginia, British North
America - 1751, Culpeper County, Virginia, British North
America) [M]: m. Mary Iva MARSHALL (1697, Westmoreland
County, Virginia, British North America - 1757, Culpeper
County, Virginia, British North America) [See G0498A:
Mary Iva MARSHALL in Antecedents
and Descendants of Thomas Marshall II (1661 - BEF 31 May
1704).]
Child 2:
Mary CAMP (ABT 1708/09,
King and Queen County, Virginia, British North America -
1758, North Farnham Parish, Richmond County, Virginia,
British North America) [F]: m. James TARPLEY II (8 May
1692, North Farnham Parish, Richmond County, Virginia,
British North America - 1765, in or near Charlotte
County, Virginia, British North America: interment at
Charlotte County, Virginia), 5 January 1733/34 [See G0497A:
James TARPLEY II in Descendants
of John Tarpley, Sr. (1627 - 1663/64).]
Note 1: Thomas CAMP I first appears
in the records of New Kent [now King and Queen] County,
Virginia in 1679 as Thomas KEMP. He was transported with
four other persons by John Joy who obtained 220 acres of
land for this service on 23 September 1683. [Virginia
Land Office Patents No. 7, 1679-1689 (vols. 1 and 2) , p.
321 (Reel 7)]
Note 2: Thomas CAMP I owned land on
the Mattapony River on and previous to 21 October 1687,
when John Walker received a 560 acre patent for land in
New Kent County located on the north side of the river.
This land is described as "beginning at Lt. Col.
Thomas Walker, to Mr. John Starke in Jones's Meadow, on
John Adkins; close to William & Thomas CAMP's land;
adjacent to Sylvester Alsworth, and Robert Splencer, on
Tommacoican maine Sw., &c." Walker received this
land for transporting twelve persons. [Virginia Land
Office Patents No. 7, 1679-1689 (vols. 1 and 2), p. 624
(Reel 7)]
Note 3: That Thomas CAMP I was born
in Nasing Parish, County Essex, England is a matter of
conjecture. The supposition is that he was the son of
Thomas CAMPE, Jr. (ABT 1633, County Essex, England - ?)
and Sarah UNKNOWN and that his siblings were: Lawrence
CAMPE (ABT 1659, County Essex, England - ?) [M]; Anne
CAMPE (christened 17 May 1666, Nasing Parish, County
Essex, England - ?) [F]; Johanes CAMPE (christened 9
April 1667, Mashbury or Chignal St. James, County Essex,
England - ?) [M]; Sarah CAMPE (christened 4 October 1668,
Nasing Parish, County Essex, England - ?) [F]; and
Richard CAMPE (christened 23 March 1670/71, Nasing
Parish, County Essex, England - ?) [M].
Thomas CAMPE, Jr. is understood to have been the son
of Thomas CAMPE, Sr. (ABT 1591, County Essex, England -
?) and Unknown UNKNOWN; and his siblings were: Lawrence
CAMPE (ABT 1635, County Essex, England - ?) [M]; Richard
CAMPE (ABT 1637, County Essex, England - ?) [M]; and
Nicholas CAMPE (ABT 1639, County Essex, England - ?).
Thomas CAMPE, Sr. is thought to have been the son of
William CAMPE (ABT 1555, England - ?) and Mary FARMER
(ABT 1560, England - ?) who were married, in London,
England in 1584.
Note 4: From Col. Robert Neville Mann
and Catherine Creek-Mann, Camp-Kemp Family History
(Cedar Bluff, Alabama: 1967), vol. I, p. 5:
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"Historians do not agree on
the origin of the name of this rather large
family, however, they do not have too great a
difference of opinion. They all seem to agree
that these families are one and the same in
ancient times and they changed the spelling of
the name a number of times after about 1000 A.D.
We can find no evidence that a particular `tribe'
maintained one spelling of the name from the
beginning. Those who immigrated to America from
England have chenged from Camp to Kemp and vice
versa from time to time. A brief summary of the
comments of a few historians and genealogists are
given below. "A Dictionary of the
Family Names of the United Kingdom by Mark
Anthony Lower, 1860, says Aluric Camp or Campa
was a champion at the time of Edward the
Confessor. He says the name is doubtless
connected with Kemp, and further that in
Selkirkshire, Camp still means birsk, active,
spirited. Under Kemp - Kempe he gives Jamieson's
definition as: 1. A champion. 2. The idea of
strength and uncommon size. 3. The champion of a
party in controversy. In Scotland the verb to
`kemp' means to strive in whatever way,
especially in the harvest. Further in the
Anglo-Saxon translation of the Gospels made about
1000 A.D., the word which in the Vulgate is
`miles,' and in our version is `soldier,' is
rendered `cempa.' Hence it appears that Kemp and
Champion are closely allied if not identical.
"M. A. Lower in an early edition entitled
An Essay on Family Nomenclature, 1849,
vol. I, says Camp is simply an earthwork and that
Kempe is a soldier, especially one who engaged in
single combat. In this sense it is used in the
works of Sir Walter Scott. A `kemper' is still
used in Norfolk in the sense of a stout, hearty,
old man - a veteran. And he again points out tha
the Anglo-Saxon Cempa has supplied the surnames
Camp, Champ, and Camper. Campion and Champion
have come to us through the French, from the same
root.
"A Dictionary of English and Welsh
Surnames by Charles W. Bardsley, M.S., 1901,
says Camp means: 1. Local, 'at the camp,' i.e.,
field. 2. Official, a 'soldier,' a form of Kemp.
He says there was a Felicia in Camp in County
Cambridge 1273, a William de Campo in County
Oxford 1273, and Johannes de Kempe was mentioned
by P.T. Hodeshire in 1379. William Campe and Mary
Farmer married in London in 1584 and that Thomas
Nash and Anne Camp married at St. Dionis
Backchurch in 1699.
"Fred H. Kemp in A General History of
the Kemp and Kempe Families of Great Britain and
Her Colonies, published in London in 1902,
states that the name Kemp is widely distributed
in the British Isles, chiefly in the Eastern and
Southern counties of England, notably Norfolk,
Suffolk, Essex, Kent, Middlesex, Sussex, Surrey,
and Hampshire. Further the popular etymology of
Kemp is as the Anglo-Saxon word `Campa' - a
champion in modern spelling. He lists the
following spellings of the name: Kemp, Kempe,
Kempt, Came and Campe.
"Mr. Kemp goes on to cite a number of
early Kemp's as follows: John Kempe was Cardinal,
Archbishop of Canterbury and Lord Chancellor of
England. HIs nephew, Thomas Kempe, was Bishop of
London in 1449.
"[Note: In County of Suffolk by
W. A. Copinger, LL.D., F.S.A., F.R.S.A., pub.
London by Henry Sotheran, 1904, Vol. III, p.385:
KEMP al KEMPE family of Cavendish from
Finching-field. Pedigree. ADD 19138 (additional
papers at the British Museum, London, Eng.); with
arms. Harl(eian) 155, 1103, 1154, 1177, 1449,
1484, 1560, 1820; Tanner cclvii. 207; Rawl. B.
76, 393, 422, 429; Arms and quarterings. Tanner
cclvii. 174. Genealogical notes. Rawl.B. 129,
319. Gipps's account of. S.I. viii. 176.- (The
Publications of the Suffolk Institute), Inquis.
p.m. of Robert Kempe. 18-19 Hen. VIII. D.K.R. 10
(Deputy Keeper's Annual Reports, 1840-1902), App.
ii. p. 124 (Appendix) -Grant of land in Suffolk
to Bartholomew Kempe and Edward Wiseman, 5 Eliz.
4 Pars O. Rot. 29. No Camp listed in surnames. B.
Petty]
"William Kempe was Shakespeare's
comedian, the celebrated dancer who danced from
London to Norwich in nine days.
"John Kemp, weaver, settled at Carlisle
about 1335. In this connection the author states
that Kemp is an old spelling of comb and also is
a techincal term used in connection with weaving
denoting a bristly hair often found among wool.
"Stephen Kemp was fined for leaving the
King's Court in 1127.
"Elizabeth, the daughter of Rovert Kemp,
was Lady of the Bedchamber to Elizabeth of York,
the consort of Henry VII.
"Sir James Kempe, G.C.B. was Governor
General of Canada from 1828-1830. He served under
the Duke of Wellington in the war with Napoleon
and was at the Battle of Waterloo.
"Another historian states that Kemp
signifies a fighting man or champion and the name
is derived from the Anglo-Saxon word Cempa - a
soldier.
"The nearest approach to Camp or Kemp in
Domesday Book, which William the Conqueror had
prepared in 1086 after the Norman Conquest of
England, is de Campo. In Domesday and other
ancient records prior to the period when surnames
had come into general use, we find various
descriptive terms relating to the place of abode
or occupation. Instances are de Campo, de Campis,
de Combes, or Combes and Campio, - in the
sixteenth century these became the regular
surname Camp, Kemp, etc.
"According to the Roll of the Battle
Abbey, Radulphus de Campis held land at Wye from
the Abbey.
"The family of John Kemp, the Cardinal
Archbishop are known to have changed the spelling
of their name from de Campis.
"Among County Essex, England wills is one
dated 1539 of Henry Camp al Kamp of Nasing and
another dated 1551 of John Camp al Kempe of the
same place.
"In the Canterbury Probate Registers
1396-1496 the closest spelling is Combe.
"In County Norfolk, England Campe or de
Campo is said to have given place to Kemp about
1270.
"As late as 1624 the auther of a will
signed his name Thomas Campe, while his son
witnessing the same document wrote Thomas Kempe.
"Many Kemps and Kempes in various parts
of England claim descent from the Earls of
Warwick who had the title of de Bello Campo (see
also in County Suffolk by Copinger).
"Arnaldus de Campis was master of the
Nights Hospitallers in 1160.
"The Media Research Bureau, Washington,
D.C., gives the following on the subject: The
name of Camp or Campe was derived in most cases
from the location of its first bearer 'at camp or
field,' but some historians assert that it was in
some cases a variant of Kemp or Kempe, which
means 'Warrior, Champion' and was derived from
the occupation of its first bearers as soldiers.
In ancient English and early American records the
name appears in the various spellings of Campo,
Campa, Kampe, Kamp, Kemp, Kempe, Campe, and Camp.
Of these, the last-mentioned form is that most
often found in America today, while that
immeiately preceding it is also frequently in
evidence.
"Families bearing this name were resident
at early dates in the English Counties of
Cambridge, Lancaster, Suffolk, York, Oxford,
Essex, Howden, and London. They were, for the
most part of the merchant and yeoman classes of
great Britain.
"Among the earliest records of the name
in England are those of Norman de Campo, who was
living about the end of the twelfth century and
who had a son named Roger; Felicia in Campo, of
Cambridgeshhire, in the year 1273; Alan Kempe,
whose name appears in the Hundred Rolls of the
County of Suffolk in the year 1274; William de
Campo, of Oxfordshire, about the same date; John
Kempe, of Lancashire, in 1314; Johannes or John
de Kempe or de Campe, of Howdenshire, in 1379;
and Ricardus or Richard Kempe, of Yorkshire,
about the same date.
"Of the family of the name early
established in London, William Campe, of St.
Dunstan-in-the West, was married at St. Peter
Westcheap, in 1584, to Mary, daughter of Richard
Farner, of the City of London; Thomas Campe, a
native of Nasing, County Essex, yeoman, married
Joane, daughter of Richard Hawkenett, of London,
a weaver, in the year 1605; Thomas Campe,
merchant taylor, of St. Thomas Apostle, London,
was married at St. James Chapel-in-the Wall, near
Cripplegate in the year 1611 to Elizabeth, Widow
of Thomas Woodburne, of London, Haberdasher; Anne
Camp was married in 1699 to Thomas Nash at St.
Dionis, Backchurch; and in the early part of the
following century Mary, daughter of John and
Elizabeth Camp, was baptized at St. James,
Clerkenwell, London.
"The first of the name in America,
according to some historians, was one Thomas
Campe, a native of Nasing or Nazing, County,
Essex, England. He is said to have come to
America in 1635 and to have settled in Gloucester
County Virginia. The records of his immediate
family or descendants, if any, are not available,
but he is believed to have been closely related,
probably a brother, to Nicholas Campe, the father
of the first immigrant of the family to New
England.
"Several coats of arms are described as
having been granted to individuals of the name of
Camp in County. Essex, England.
"We had planned to begin the Camp-Kemp
Family History with Thomas Camp who was born
February 8, 1716/17 in Virginia.
"However, in August 1961 additional
information on the parents and grandparents of
Thomas Camp (1716/17 - 1798) was received from
Judge Zelma W. Price of Greenville, Mississippi.
Judge Price stated that the majority of her
infomation was taken from very old family
records, most of which had been confirmed by Mrs.
Sara Sullivan Ervin of Ware Shoals, South
Carolina.
"In light of this new information, we are
beginning the Camp-Kemp Family History with:
"1. Thomas Camp (1) born c. 1661, Nasing
Parish, County Essex, England; died 1711, King
and Queen County, Virginia; married c. 1689,
James City County, Virginia, Catherine Barron,
born c. 1672, James City County, Virginia; died
1715, King and Queen County, Virginia, a daughter
of Andrew Barron of James
City County.
"2. Thomas Camp (2), son of Thomas Camp (1)
and Catherine Barron, was born in 1691, King and
Queen County, Virginia; married 1715/16,
Westmoreland County, Virginia, Mary Marshall,
born 1697, Westmoreland County, Virginia; died
1757, Culpeper County, Virginia, daughter of
Thomas Marshall and Martha Sherwood."
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Note 5: From Col. Robert Neville Mann
and Catherine Creek-Mann, Camp-Kemp Family History
(Cedar Bluff, Alabama: 1967), vol. I, p. 28 [under Addenda
and Errata]:
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"The following information
was extracted from a Camp and Kemp manuscript
prepared in 1947 by Mr. Leonardo Andrea,
professional genealogist of Columbia, South
Carolina; and is given as a matter of interest to
those who may be interested in further research
on this family in England. "William Campe
in London married Mary Farmer in 1584, and they
had issue: Lawrence Campe, Richard Campe,
Nicholas Campe, and Thomas Camp. The marriage of
the son, Richard Campe was recorded in the Church
of St. Margaret in London in 1615. In 1637 in
Nasing Parish, Essex County, England, Nicholas
Camp and Thomas Camp, brothers were listed to
Jury Duty. These two brothers came to America.
Nicholas Camp settled in New England and became
the ancestor of the Camps of that area.. Thomas
Camp came to Virginia and became the ancestor of
the Camps of the main part of the Camp families
in the South. One branch of the southern Camps
spring from Nicholas Campe who came to New
England.
"Lawrence Camp was a member of the Great
Charter of the Virginia Company granted by King
James I, May 23, 1609 and was of the Company of
the Honorable Drapers and Weavers. He made many
donations to this infant Colony at Jamestown in
Virginia and also took four shares in the company
and then later took three other shares and each
share allowed him to take lands of 100 acres per
share. He took 700 acres in Gloucester County,
Virginia. He also took shares in the New England
Company.
"In England he endowed a fund in
Cambridge University for the maintenance of poor
scholars. He also gave 7000 pounds to found an
Alms House in the parish of Friam Barnet in his
home county in England. He was also the builder
and patron of the church of
All-Hallows-In-The-Wall where he was buried
inside a vault in that church. Lawrence Camp was
never married and upon his death, his estates
came into the hands of his three brothers -
Richard Campe got the estate in England; Thomas
Campe the estate in Virginia; and Nicholas Campe
the estate in New England. This Lawrence Campe
had a special coat of arms.
"Mr. Andrea believed that Thomas Camp
(born 1691), was a great nephew of Lawrence
Camp."
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G0498A:
 Thomas CAMP II [008]
Birth: 1691, King and Queen County, Virginia,
British North America
Death: 1751, Culpeper County, Virginia,
British North America
Father:
Thomas CAMP I (1665, <Nasing Parish, County Essex,
England>; christened <20 November 1665, Mashbury or
Chignal St. James, County Essex, England>)
Mother: Catherine BARRON (1672, James
City County, Virginia, British North America - 1715, King
and Queen County, Virginia, British North America) [See G0499A:
Catherine BARRON in Descendants
of Robert Barron (ABT 1595 - AFT 1637).]
Marriage: ABT 1715, <King and
Queen County>, Virginia, British North America
Spouse: Mary Iva MARSHALL (1697,
Westmoreland County, Virginia, British North America -
1757, Culpeper County, Virginia, British North America)
[See G0498A:
Mary Iva MARSHALL in Antecedents
and Descendants of Thomas Marshall II (1661 - BEF 31 May
1704).]
Child 1:
Thomas CAMP III (8
February 1717, Culpeper County, Virginia, British North
America - AFT 8 January 1798 and BEF April 1798, Island
(Ireland) Ford, Rutherford [now Cleveland] County, North
Carolina) [M]: m. Winifred STARLING (1720, Accomac
County, Virginia, British North America - 1761,
Rutherford County, North Carolina, British North America)
[See G0497A:
Winifred STARLING in Descendants
of William Starling (1625 - 1698).]
Child 2: John CAMP (1719, Culpeper
County, Virginia, British North America - ?) [M]
Child 3: Marshall CAMP (1721,
Culpeper County, Virginia, British North America -?) [M]
Child 4: Ambrose CAMP (1723, Culpeper
County, Virginia, British North America - 11 March 1768,
Culpeper County, Virginia, British North America) [M]: m.
Ann MARSHALL
Note 1: From Elroy Christenson [Elroy
Christenson's Family Records]:
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"Mary MARSHALL was not
mentioned in her father's Will. However, old
documents once in the possession of Judge Zelma
W. Price, late of Greenville, Mississippi, stated
that she was a daughter. "These documents
also related that Mary Marshall CAMP's mother
Martha Sherwood MARSHALL died in the home of her
'son-in-law' Thomas CAMP on the '4th of July
1749.' [Col. Robt. Neville Mann and Catherine
Creek-Mann, Camp-Kemp Family History
(1969), vol. I, p. 6] It also alleged that Thomas
married Mary in Westmoreland County, but since no
records exists in that county, their marriage
must have taken place in King and Queen, no doubt
the place of her residence at marriage time. With
her brother William MARSHALL inheriting the
MARSHALL estate, he probably became the guardian
to the children not named in the Will. He removed
to King and Queen County, not long after his
father's death. As he moved he sold the old
family estate in Westmoreland County to his
brother John MARSHALL, land that lay in
'Washington Parish' in Westmoreland County,
Virginia." [Russ E. Williams, The Kemp,
Turner, and Roberts Families on Little Silver
Creek, Washington, Parish Louisiana. The Story of
Three Pioneeer families of early Louisiana, their
Ancestors and Progeny, 1992. Williams
Genealogical Publishing, 514 Cole Avenue, Monroe,
Louisiana 71203: 1992), p. 6] |
Note 2: Ann
MARSHALL, the wife of Ambrose CAMP, appears to have been
the daughter of William MARSHALL whose identity has yet
to be determined.
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G0498B: Mary CAMP [008]
Birth: ABT 1708/09, King and Queen
County, Virginia, British North America
Death: 1758, North Farnham Parish,
Richmond County, Virginia, British North America
Father:
Thomas CAMP I (1665, <Nasing Parish, County Essex,
England>; christened <20 November 1665, Mashbury or
Chignal St. James, County Essex, England>)
Mother: Catherine BARRON (1672, James
City County, Virginia, British North America - 1715, King
and Queen County, Virginia, British North America) [See G0499A:
Catherine BARRON in Descendants
of Robert Barron (ABT 1595 - AFT 1637).]
Marriage: 5 January 1733/34
Spouse: James TARPLEY II (8 May 1692,
North Farnham Parish, Richmond County, Virginia, British
North America - 1765, in or near Charlotte County,
Virginia, British North America: interment at Charlotte
County, Virginia) [See G0497A:
James TARPLEY II in Descendants
of John Tarpley, Sr. (1627 - 1663/64).]
Child 1: Thomas TARPLEY (28 October
1734, North Farnham Parish, Richmond County, Virginia,
British North America - 8 August 1788, 96th District,
South Carolina: interment at Charlotte County, Virginia)
[M]: m.
Mary CAMP (5 January 1739/40, Orange or Culpeper County,
Virginia, British North America - 11 September 1786,
Charlotte County, Virginia), 3 April 1759, Culpeper
County, Virginia, British North America [See Child
1: Thomas TARPLEY under G0497A:
James TARPLEY II in Descendants
of John Tarpley, Sr. (1627 - 1663/64).]
Child 2: Lucy TARPLEY (17 August
1736, North Farnham Parish, Richmond County, Virginia,
British North America - ?) [F]
Child 3: Sarah TARPLEY (13 September
1738, North Farnham Parish, Richmond County, Virginia,
British North America - ?) [F]
Child
4:
Mary
("Minnie") TARPLEY (30 October 1740, North
Farnham Parish, Richmond County, Virginia, British North
America - 17 August 1789, 96th District, South Carolina)
[F]: m. John CAMP (Sr.) (13
October 1743, Orange County, Virginia, British North
America - 1813, Jackson County, Georgia: Lebanon
Methodist Church cemetery, near Princeton, Laurens
County, South Carolina), 30 January 1764, Lunenburg
County, Virginia, British North America [See G0496A:
Mary ("Minnie") TARPLEY in Descendants
of John Tarpley, Sr. (1627 - 1663/64).]
Child 5: James TARPLEY III (21 July
1743, North Farnham Parish, Richmond County, Virginia,
British North America - ?) [M]
Child 6: Elizabeth
("Betty") TARPLEY (16 August 1746, North
Farnham Parish, Richmond County, Virginia, British North
America - ?) [F]: m. Reubin BENNETT (Sr.)
Child 7: Winifred TARPLEY (9 June
1748, North Farnham Parish, Richmond County, Virginia,
British North America - ?) [F]: m. Nathaniel
CAMP, Corporal (1745, Orange County, Virginia, British
North America - AFT January 1832, Gwinnett County,
Georgia) [See Child
7: Winifred TARPLEY under G0497A:
James TARPLEY II in Descendants of John Tarpley, Sr.
(1627 - 1663/64).]
Child 8: Nancy Anne TARPLEY (6
October 1750, North Farnham Parish, Richmond County,
Virginia, British North America - 1814, Walton County,
Georgia: interment at Old Bethlehem Cemetery, Walton
County, Georgia) [F]: m.
Thomas CAMP IV (1747, Orange County, Virginia, British
North America - AFT 1811, Walton County, Georgia), 1763
[See Child
8: Nancy Anne TARPLEY under G0497A:
James TARPLEY II in Descendants of John Tarpley, Sr.
(1627 - 1663/64).]
Note 1: About James TARPLEY II, from
Elroy Christenson [Elroy
Christenson's Family Records]:
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"James TARPLEY apparently
was a diligent farmer and kept to his business of
farming and raising his family. From the birth
places of the children he stayed in North Farnham
Parish, Richmond County, Virginia for most of his
life. He was not involved in public life and
seldom entered into any court proceedings. Many
documents of this region have been lost and we
may never be able to prove conclusively that all
questions of lineage and marriage have been
answered. "I don't know if story of the
Bruton Church Bell is about the same James
TARPLEY but he certainly was in the area and was
the only one that appears to have the right age
and the money to make such a major donation.
These James TARPLEYs, who are very likely
related, seems to have been deeply committed to
the Williamsburg, Virginia community and, in the
later part of his life, James TARPLEY, donated a
bell, known as the Plantation Bell, to the Bruton
Parish church in Williamsburg, Virginia. The Record
of Bruton Parish Church, by Rev. William
Archer Rutherfoord Goodwin, D.D. LL.D., p. 16,
states:
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'The outside of the
church also received some attention at
this time (1755). The steeple on the
brick tower was erected in place of one
which was beyond further repair, and
arrangements were made to have a belfry
in it. This was soon followed by the fit
of a bronze bell with this inscription on
it: "The gift of James Tarpley to
Bruton Parish, 1761," This bell is
still in use. It is sometimes spoken of
as the "Liberty Bell of
Virginia," as it rang out
proclaiming the passage of the
Declaration of Rights in the House of
Burgesses on May 15, 1776.' |
"Additionally it may have also rung out
the repeal of the Stamp Act in 1766 and the
adoption of the first complete act of sovereignty
by any of the colonies, May 15, 1776, six weeks
ahead of the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia. On
October 19, 1781, it celebrated the surrender of
Lord Cornwallis and later the peace with Great
Britain.
"A plaque in the vestry room of the
church states:
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'The bell in the tower is
engraved: "The Gift of James Tarpley
to Bruton Parish, 1761." In 1766 it
celebrated the repeal of the Stamp Act.
On May the 15th, it celebrated the
passing of a resolution by the House of
Burgesses to establish a State
Constitution and Declaration of Rights,
and to instruct the Virginia Delegates in
Congress to offer a resolution to declare
the united Colonies free and independent
states. In 1783 it celebrated the
ratification of the Treaty of Peace
between the the United States and Great
Britain." [Col. Robert Neville Mann
and Catherine Creek-Mann, Camp-Kemp
Family History (Cedar Bluff,
Alabama: 1967), vol. I, pp. 11 -
13]'" |
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Note 2: About the Bruton
Parish Episcopal Church:
[Image credit: Dr. Ellen K.
Rudolph: Dr.
Ellen K. Rudolph: Photojournalist and Educator]
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Bruton Parish Episcopal Church
Williamsburg,
Virginia, in the Episcopal Diocese of
Southern Virginia
P.O. Box 3520, Williamsburg, Virginia
23187-3520
Phone: (757)229-289 |
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The present structure of the Bruton
Parish Episcopal Church dates from 1715. It was the house
of worship of Thomas Jefferson, George Washington,
Richard Henry Lee, George Wythe, Patrick Henry, and
George Mason.
From Colonial
Williamsburg: Bruton Parish Church:
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"In 1761 merchant James
TARPLEY presented the church with a bell. Bids
for a steeple or belfry to house the bell were
let on January 1, 1769. The vestry awarded a
£410 contract for a brick tower surmounted by a
wooden octagon and for miscellaneous repairs to
Benjamin Powell that September 14. The addition
can be seen from outside the church, as the
steeple bricks have a darker color than the
salmon-hued bricks of the rest of the church.
TARPLEY's bell is still in use." |
Note 3: The James Tarpley - Mary
Oldham Argument by Elroy Christenson [Elroy
Christenson's Family Records]:
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The Oldham
family heirs have claimed that James Tarpley
(born 8 May 1692, North Farnham Parish, Richmond
County, Virginia) actually married Mary Oldham
rather than Mary Camp. In her article, "Who
Was the Mary, Wife of James Tarpley of Richmond
and Brunswick Co., VA?", published inThe
Virginia Genealogist, vol. 37, no. 1, p. 38,
January - March, 1993, Margaret Macdonald claims
that Judge Zelma Wells Price in her book on her
ancestry, Of Whom I Came; From Whence I Came,
published in 1963, made some serious genealogical
errors. Ms Macdonald contends that she
overlooked key facts that should have told her
that the James Tarpley of Brunswick, the son of
James Tarpley who married Mary Biddlecomb, had
married Mary Oldham. It is conceivable that Mary
Oldham did marry a James Tarpley. However, the
numbers of records verifying the marriage to Mary
Camp or Mary Oldham are virtually
non-existant. Judge Price was basing her
information on what were "good family
sources" and Ms. Macdonald is basing it on
census, tax records, and known wills. She
gives no real proof of a recorded marriage any
more than Judge Price. She is largely using
naming patterns and a few existing records and is
making some leaps of faith about the longevity of
James Tarpley. According to Russ Williams'
construction of Judge Price's research, Ms.
Macdonald seems to have skipped one generation of
the Tarpley family and merged two different
James Tarpley documents into one
individual. According to her, James
Tarpley, Jr. is born 8 May 1692 and dies in 1781
in Brunswick County at the age of 89. The first
birth date does belong to James Tarpley (born 8
May 1692 North Farnham Parish, Richmond County,
Virginia), in my records; but he, according to
other researchers, died about 1765, perhaps in or
near Charlotte County, Virginia. There is no will
or record to verify this. He is, according to
Judge Price, the James Tarpley who married Mary
Camp 5 January 1733/34 in King and Queen County,
Virginia. They, in turn, have a son, James
Tarpley Jr. (born 21 July 1743 in North Farnham
Parish, Richmond County, Virginia) , who is about
the right age to have married but we have no wife
listed for him.
The death date Ms.
Macdonald uses for James Tarpley may be more
accurately placed on James Tarpley, the son of
William Tarpley (born 16 March 1695) who, in
turn, was the son of James Tarpley and Mary
Biddlecomb. William Tarpley's wife is
Mary. It is possible that William may have
married an Oldham. This son of William,
James Tarpley, seems to have married a ------
Williams, daughter of John Williams (born ca.
1701, died 1751) whose wife is Mary. Other early
Tarpley deeds suggest that this James Tarpley's
wife is Tabitha. Some researchers have
listed Tabitha as an Oldham. James and his wife
Tabitha made a sale on September 30, 1779, to
Drury Matthews in fee simple, of 200 acres of
land in the parish of St. Andrews in Brunswick
County, before Thomas Edmunds, William Walker,
and John Hawkins, because it was convenient for
her to travel to the courthouse to renounce her
dower. Two of the men were to make sure that she
did so voluntarily. John Hawkins and
William Walker reported to the court on January
30, 1781, that she did so. These documents do not
make any references to any Oldham family in any
capacity, even as a witness, whereas, you do find
Hugh Williams listed. He seems to be a possible
brother of Tabitha. Although Ms. Macdonald states
that Hugh is not the brother of Mary Tarpley, he
could be the brother of Tabitha since Winifred
Tarpley is listed as a niece in his will of 30
October 1780.
The Will
(of my records) gives the death of James Tarpley
I who is not disputed by either Judge Price or
Ms. Mcdonald. If the James Tarpley of my
records existed there is no will to base his
death date on. The only usable Tarpley will
of the approximate time period is the one argued
by Ms. Macdonald to fit her 89 year old ancestor.
This is the last Will and testimony of
James Tarpley found in Brunswick County, Virginia
(Order Book 2 , p. 167) as follows:
Will
of James Tarpley
In the name of God
Amen
I James Tarpley of the parish
of Saint Andrews and County of Brunswick being of
perfect sense and memory to make and ordain this
my last will &Testament in manner and form
following Imprimis I give and bequeath to my son
John Tarpley one feather bed & such furniture
as can conveniently be made, and my blacksmith
tools that he has now in possession. Item I give
and beqeath to my Daughter Winifred Tarpley one
feather bed & furniture one cow & calf,
my mother less colt, and my woman's saddle at my
wife's death, one pewter dish and bason & six
pewter plates and my chest of drawers. Item
I give and bequeath to my son William Tarpley
my two work steers cart & wheels, great
bible, casks of all kinds, and all my tools of
all kinds not already given, Item I
give and bequeath to my sons Thomas & James
Tarpley to each of them one shilling.
Item all the rest of my estate I lend to my
loving wife during her natural life and at her
death to be equaly divided between my following
children, viz: John, Charles, William and
Winifred Tarpley, Sarah Elmore, and
Elizabeth Alling. Item
I make and ordain constitute & appoint my two
sons John and William Tarpley my whole & sole
Executors of this my last will and
Testament In witness whereof I here-unto
set my hand and Seal this 22d day of July
1780. Item my will desire is that my
Estate be not appraised.
Signed Sealed published
&
declared in presence of
Hugh Williams
Charles Matthis
Drury Matthis
The Will above does not
make a reference to any Oldham connections but
the Williams connection is made with Hugh
Williams as a witness. So even if
this James Tarpley is the same person it still
does not give an Oldham family connection. It
does not have the correct children listed
according to the North Farnham Parish records.
The James Tarpley of my record doesn't have a
child named Charles or William, and he does have
a Mary that is not listed. It seems that this
Will is better suited for James Tarpley, son of
William Tarpley below.
The James Tarpley below
(born ca. 1752, died 1791 of Russ
Williams's records) is listed in the Will of
William Tarpley and is the one with the
references to the Oldham family in Brunswick
County . This James made his Last Will and
Testament on 2 November 1791. It was proved 6
February 1792. He lived in Charlotte County,
Virginia and named one of his sons Oldham Tarpley
who married, Mary, widow of William Brown.
The will of this James Tarpley is quoted by Ms
Macdonald as proof of the marriage of James
Tarpley (born 8 May 1692) to Mary Oldham.
Certainly, Winifred Tarpley , James's
sister, marries Isaac Oldham. The family
lineation that I have below comes from the
records of Russ Williams.
William
Tarpley family
William
Tarpley (son of James Tarpley I and Mary
Biddlecombe)
born: 16 March,
1695*
died ? married Mary ______________
Mary Tarpley born
December 7, 1723* married George
Taylor (son of Simon Taylor) had five
children
John Tarpley born Sep. 29, 1729* died
after 1782 married a Starling or
Tillman
James Tarpley born December 8, 1731* died
St. Andrews Parish, Brunswick County, Virginia
1780-81 married ______ Williams (daughter of John
and Mary Williams)
Hannah Tarpley born January 6, 1735 North Farnham
Parish, Virginia*
*childrens' birthdates listed in North Farnham
Parish records [McGhan p. 457]
[records of Russ Williams]
____________________________________________________
James
Tarpley family
James
Tarpley (son of William Tarpley and Mary ___ )
born December
1731
died St. Andrews Parish, Bruswick County,
Virginia 1780-81
married ______ Williams (daughter of John and
Mary Williams)
John
Tarpley married Agnes
Moore 1 June 1775 Charlotte County, Virginia.
Winnifred Tarpley married Isaac Richard Oldham 29
December 1786 Brunswick County, Virginia
William
Tarpley married Betty Almond, Jr. (daughter of
John Almond) Jan. 1782 Charlotte County, Virginia
Thomas Tarpley married Milly Moore 16 October
1786 St. Andrews Parish, Brunswick County,
Virginia (relative of Samuel Moore)
James Tarpley born ca. 1752 died
1791 Cornwall County, Virginia married (?)
possibly Mary Oldham
Charles Tarpley (resident of Brunswick
County, Virginia 1773)
Sarah Tarpley married James Elmore died before
1804 , lived in Charlotte County, Virginia
Elizabeth Tarpley married _______ Alling
[records of Russ Williams]
____________________________________________________
James
Tarpley family
James
Tarpley (son of James Tarpley and ____ Williams )
born about
1752
died 1791 Cornwall Parish, Charlotte County,
Virginia
married ______ unknown (?) possibly an
Oldham
Mary
Tarpley
married John Eudailey 1 October 1787 by Rev.
Thomas Johnston
Elizabeth "Betsey" Tarpley ca.
before 1806
married David Michael Miller 15 September 1791 by
Rev. Edward Almond
William Tarpley died in Charlotte County,
1794 married
Mary Oliver (daughter of John Olliver) 29 May
1792
Robert "Robbin" Thomas
Tarpley
married Jancy Gears 5 April 1799 Prince Edward
County, Virginia (daughter of Thomas Gears)
John Tarpley
Oldham
Tarpley
married Mary (widow of William Brown) June
1810
Peterson Tarpley
Nancy "Ann" Tarpley born 2 July 1768
Brunswick
County
married Carloss Featherston 28 August 1794
[records of Russ Williams]
The Oldham connection
may have gone back much earlier in the Tarpley
and Oldham family than any of these researchers
indicate. The Kentucky Family Records,
vol. 1 p. 65, lists the Tarpley Oldham
Bible. It has Tarpley Oldham born on August 24,
1765; no place of birth is given but he is
supposed to have married Polly (his first wife
died October 1812) in Franklin County, Virginia
in 1790. He died May 21, 1837, probably in
Kentucky. They had ten children, one son
named Tarpley Oldham born March 9, 1800 who died
in 1810 and another son, James Tarpley Oldham
born February 20, 1816 who died February 13,
1893. This Tarpley Oldham could not be the child
of Isaac Oldham and Winnifred Tarpley, the sister
to James Tarpley, because they didn't marry until
1786 according to my records.
The connection of James
Tarpley (of my records) to the Mary Camp family is no easier to
make. Judge Price does seem to be
developing a family with little to no presently
available documentation. What records she
may have had have been lost in subsequent
years. None of this precludes the fact that
any of these James Tarpleys may have had a first
or second marriage to a Mary Oldham or that James
Tarpley actually married a widowed Mary Oldham
who may actually have been originally of the Camp
family. Ms. Macdonald has used
deductive reasoning to come to her conclusion
that this is the only possible explanation based
on her discovery of only three Mary Tarpleys in
Virginia. She states that there is twenty years
difference in the ages of James and Mary. She
also claims that Mary Oldham was born 25 June
1712 in Farnham Parish, Richmond County,
Virginia, the daughter of John Oldham who lived
in the same area as James Tarpley (son of James
Tarpley and ____ Williams ). This means that our
suspect James Tarpley was twenty years old when
she was born. He could easily have been married
and have raised other children before she was of
marriagable age. It seems very reasonable to me,
based on discoveries in my other families, that
James could probably have had a second wife, or
even a third wife, and a prior family within the
twenty years difference, especially if he has the
kind of virility and longevity Ms. Macdonald is
projecting. Even Ms. Macdonald says "The
younger James Tarpley seems not to have married
before 1733." She seems to be using the
marriage date that we have for Mary Camp, as the
marriage date for Mary Oldham and all subsequent
children, hers alone; and I have no earlier
marriage date for James. The Will used to
identify Mary Oldham as a Tarpley was not made
until 29 January1765.
Ms. Macdonald brings up
an interesting series of coincidences and
documents that do need to be fitted into the
makeup of the Tarpley, Camp, and Oldham family
history. But, based on present information in her
records, conflicts over dates, and other
researchers' best efforts, I am not convinced
that we have all the facts or the correct
individuals. The birth date of Mary, daughter of
John and Sarah Oldham on June 25, 1712 comes from
the North Farnham Parish records; but there is no
marriage-record for either Mary Camp or Mary
Oldham to a James Tarpley. The date of birth Ms.
Macdonald uses is very troubling. The
elimination of this James Tarpley/Mary Camp
marriage would drastically alter the ancestral
line and elimnate the Tarpley/Brashear families.
I need more proof, Bible records,
marriage-records, or other Wills to nail this
down. There are simply too many Tarpleys and
Marys in the same region with the same names to
make easy assumptions even if they are living on
the same property. Until such time as as
firm documentation is found, I will maintain the
Mary Camp marriage and family as listed.
1777, June 23 - James
Tarpley (of Ms. Macdonald's records) is excused
from paying further levies. No reason is given
but it is theorized by Ms. Macdonald that it was
due to his being eighty-five years of age. I have
seen other examples for being excused, including
being lame or injured. I would also have expected
that he would have received this kind of excuse
at an earlier age than eight-five since very few
people survived to this ancient age at that
time. [Brunswick County, Virginia
Order Book. 13, p. 156]
1779, March 6 - James
Tarpley Sr.(of Ms. Macdonald's records), sold to
William Tarpley all of Brunswick, 200 acres, for
£100. James and Mary Tarpley were to have use of
the plantation during their lifetimes. Thomas
Tarpley was a witness. [Brunswick Co.,
Virginia Deed Book. 13, p. 243]
Sources:
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Ancestral
Rolls, South Carolina Daughters of the
American Revolution, Compiled 1938 by
Mrs E. T. Crawford, State Registrar. Landrum, Dr. L. B. O. .
History of Spartanburg County, South
Carolina 1900, reprinted 1954.
Macdonald,
Margaret. "Who Was the Mary, Wife of
James Tarpley of Richmond and Brunswick
Co., VA?", The Virginia
Genealogist, vol. 37, no. 1, p. 38,
January - March 1993
McGhan, Judith. Virginia
Vital Records, Genealogical
Publishing Company, Baltimore, Maryland
1982
Price, Judge
Zelma Wells. Of Whom I Came; From
Whence I Came (1963)
Williams, E.
Russ, Jr., The Kemp, Turner, and
Roberts Families on Little Silver Creek,
Washington Parish, Louisiana, TheStory of
Three Pioneer Families of early
Louisiana, their Ancestors and Progeny.,
Williams Genealogical Publications, 514
Cole Avenue, Monroe, Louisiana 71203
(1992)
Mann, Col.
Robert Neville and Catherine Creek-Mann,
Camp-Kemp Family History, vol. II
(1969)
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G0497A:
Thomas CAMP III [007]
Birth: 8 February 1717, Culpeper County,
Virginia, British North America
Death: AFT 8 January 1798 and BEF April
1798, Island (Ireland) Ford, Rutherford [now Cleveland]
County, North Carolina
Interment: Thomas Camp Cemetery on Horse
Creek, Rutherford County, North Carolina
Father: Thomas CAMP II
(1691, King and Queen County, Virginia, British North
America - 1751, Culpeper County, Virginia, British North
America)
Mother: Mary Iva MARSHALL (1697,
Westmoreland County, Virginia, British North America -
1757, Culpeper County, Virginia, British North America)
[See G0498A:
Mary Iva MARSHALL in Antecedents
and Descendants of Thomas Marshall II (1661 - BEF 31 May
1704).]
Marriage: ABT 1737
Spouse: Winifred STARLING (1720, Accomac
County, Virginia, British North America - 1761,
Rutherford County, North Carolina, British North America)
[See G0497A:
Winifred STARLING in Descendants
of William Starling (1625 - 1698).]
Child 1: Edmund (Edward) CAMP, Ensign
(3 May 1738, Orange or Culpeper County, Virginia, British
North America - 1834, Franklin [now Hart] County,
Georgia: interment at Camp Cemetery, Eastanollee,
Stephens County, Georgia) [M]: m1. Mary RAGSDALE, 1760,
Virginia, British North America; m2. Elizabeth CARNEY,
ABT 1784, Pendleton District, South Carolina
Child
2: Mary CAMP (5 January 1739/40, Orange or
Culpeper County, Virginia, British North America - 11
September 1786, Charlotte County, Virginia) [F]: m.
Thomas TARPLEY (28 October 1734, North Farnham Parish,
Richmond County, Virginia, British North America - 8
August 1788, 96th District, South Carolina: interment at
Charlotte County, Virginia), 3 April 1759, Culpeper
County, Virginia, British North America [See Child
1: Thomas TARPLEY under G0497A:
James TARPLEY II in Descendants
of John Tarpley, Sr. (1627 - 1663/64).]
Child 3: Joseph W. CAMP, Rev., M. D.
(ABT 1741, Orange County, Virginia, British North America
- BY 7 January 1820, Pulaski County, Kentucky) [M]: m1.
Unknown ROUNDTREE (ROWNTREE): m2. Susannah TATE
Child 4: Lucy CAMP (ABT 1742, Orange
County, Virginia, British North America - ?) [F]: m.
Dennis HEARN
Child 5:
John CAMP (Sr.)
(13 October 1743, Orange County, Virginia, British North
America - 1813, Jackson County, Georgia: interment at
Lebanon Methodist Church cemetery, near Princeton,
Laurens County, South Carolina) [M]: m. Mary
("Minnie") TARPLEY (30 October 1740, North
Farnham Parish, Richmond County, Virginia, British North
America - 17 August 1789, 96th District, South Carolina),
30 January 1764, Lunenburg County, Virginia, British
North America [See G0496A:
Mary ("Minnie") TARPLEY in Descendants
of John Tarpley, Sr. (1627 - 1663/64).]
Child
6: Nathaniel CAMP, Corporal (1745, Orange
County, Virginia, British North America - AFT January
1832, Gwinnett County, Georgia) [M]: m. Winifred TARPLEY
(9 June 1748, North Farnham Parish, Richmond County,
Virginia, British North America - ?) [See Child
7: Winifred TARPLEY under G0497A:
James TARPLEY II in Descendants of John Tarpley, Sr.
(1627 - 1663/64).]
Child
7: Thomas CAMP IV (1747, Orange County,
Virginia, British North America - AFT 1811, Walton
County, Georgia) [M]: m. Nancy Anne TARPLEY (6 October
1750, North Farnham Parish, Richmond County, Virginia,
British North America - 1814, Walton County, Georgia:
interment at Old Bethlehem Cemetery, Walton County,
Georgia), 1763 [See Child
8: Nancy Anne TARPLEY under G0497A:
James TARPLEY II in Descendants of John Tarpley, Sr.
(1627 - 1663/64).]
Child 8: Starling CAMP (1749, Orange
County, Virginia, British North America - ?) [M]
Child 9: Hosea CAMP (25 February
1751, Culpeper County, Virginia, British North America -
?, Fayette County, Georgia) [M]
Child 10: William CAMP (1 August
1753, Culpeper County, Virginia, British North America -
1827, York County, South Carolina: interment at Buffalo
Church, York County, South Carolina) [M]: m. Rebecca
WOFFORD (ABT 1750, Rock Creek, Prince George's [now
Frederick] County, Maryland, British North America -
1824, York County, South Carolina), ABT 1770
Child 11: Alfred CAMP (1755, Culpeper
County, Virginia, British North America - ?: interment in
Campbell County, Georgia) [M]: m. Unknown JENNINGS
Child 12: Benjamin CAMP (1757,
Culpeper County, Virginia, British North America - ABT
1832, Walton County, Georgia) [M]: m. Elizabeth DYKES
Child 13: Elizabeth CAMP (1759,
Culpeper County, Virginia, British North America - AFT
1850, South Carolina) [F]: m. Reuben BROCK (BEF 27
September 1754, Orange County, North Carolina, British
North America - AFT 4 March 1842, Honea Path Township,
Anderson County, South Carolina: interment at Barker's
Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Anderson County, South
Carolina), 1777, North Carolina
Child 14: Joel CAMP (1761, Culpeper
County, Virginia, British North America -?) [M]
Other Marriage: ABT 1762
Spouse: Margaret CARNEY (20 June 1744,
<County Limerick>, Ireland - 1824, Rutherford
County, North Carolina: interment at Thomas Camp Cemetery
on Horse Creek, Rutherford County, North Carolina)
Child 1: Cranshaw
("Granger") CAMP (5 January 1763, Culpeper
County, Virginia, British North America - 1808,
Rutherford County, North Carolina) [M]
Child 2: James CAMP (1765, Orange
County, North Carolina - 1817, Spartanburg District,
South Carolina) [M]: m. Sarah JENNINGS (24 July 1779,
Nottaway County, Virginia - July 1851, Spartanburg
District, South Carolina)
Child 3: Daniel CAMP (1766 - 2 April
1798, Rutherford County, North Carolina) [M]: m. Sarah
MCKINNEY (1770, North Carolina, British North America -
23 October 1857, Rutherford County, North Carolina)
Child 4: Lewis CAMP (16 January 1768
- ?) [M]: m. Joanna NEAL, 6 November 1800, Charlotte
County, Virginia
Child 5: Adam CAMP (1769 - died in
infancy) [M]
Child 6: Stephen A. CAMP (17
September 1771 - 1846, Rutherford County, North Carolina)
[M]: m. Anne ALEXANDER (ABT 1771, Rutherford County,
North Carolina, British North America - 1841, Rutherford
County, North Carolina), BEF 1804, Rutherford County,
North Carolina
Child 7: Larkin CAMP (1773 - died in
infancy) [M]
Child 8: Unity ("Unica")
CAMP (1775 - ?) [F]: m. Samuel BROADWAY
Child 9: Ruth CAMP (30 September
1780, Virginia - 1852, Spartanburg District, South
Carolina) [F]: m. David PATTERSON (1764, Bedford County,
Virginia, British North America - ?), 20 March 1825,
Rutherford County, North Carolina
Child 10: Aaron CAMP (13 or 21 June
1778, Rutherford County, North Carolina - 6 July 1861,
Ringgold, Catoosa County, Georgia) [M]: m1. Frances
Willis TERRILL (died 10 September 1810, Rutherford
County, North Carolina), 2 August 1803, Rutherford
County, North Carolina; m2. Sarah Byars SUTTLE (12
December 1793, Rutherford County, North Carolina - 28
November 1860, Ringgold, Catoosa County, Georgia), 3
April 1817, Rutherford County, North Carolina
Child 11: George CAMP (24 September
1782, Rutherford County, North Carolina - 1835, Tennessee
[M]: m. Mary NORMAN (1790, Mecklenburg County, Virginia -
1872), 1810
Child 12: Joshua CAMP (10 July 1786,
Rutherford County, North Carolina - 9 January 1849,
Rutherford County, North Carolina) [M]: m. Nancy Neal
GREGORY (24 April 1794, Virginia - 29 May 1875,
Rutherford County, North Carolina: interment at Camp
Family Cemetery, southern Rutherford County, North
Carolina)
Note 1: About Thomas CAMP III:
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"He was a patriot in North
Carolina during the Revolution. He had five sons
at the battle of Kings Mountain. He was born in
Culpeper County, Virginia; died in Ireland Ford
North Carolina. [Daughters of the American
Revolution heir #129342, also #128024]" "He
had 24 children with most living in South
Carolina. He enlisted in the 4th Regiment on 14
February 1776 (NA 853) [Ancestral Rolls,
Daughters of the American Revolution]
"Although of advanced age, Thomas CAMP's
two brothers served in the Revolutionary War.
Thomas CAMP had, along with five sons,
participated in the
Battle of King's Mountain in the 4th Regiment.
Enlisted on 14 Feb. 1776 (NA 853)."
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Though it is not inconceivable that a man could have
enlisted for war at the age of sixty or greater, it is
not necessarily the case that Thomas Camp III served his
cause in the capacity of a combat-soldier.
Note 2: From Judge Zelma Wells Price,
Of Whom I Came; From Whence I Came - Wells-Wise,
Rish-Wise, and Otherwise (Greenville, Mississippi:
1963), vol. VI (Bolling volume), part II, p. 132:
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"Thomas CAMP, Senior, whose
first wife was Winifred STARLING, was born 1717,
died 1798 -- was a Patriot of the Revolution. For
his service to the Patriots, his home was burned
by the Tories. He was born in Virginia; removed
to Ireland Ford, N.C., and is buried in the
burial ground of his homestead, still owned by
the family and Green River, N.C. He had five sons
in the Battle of King's Mountain. See [Daughters
of the American Revolution] National Numbers
20784, 39400, 97237, 128024, 36005.' Camp
Bulletin (Aug., 1924), vol 1, no. 2, p.
2." |
Note 3: From Judge Zelma Wells Price,
Of Whom I Came; From Whence I Came - Wells-Wise,
Rish-Wise, and Otherwise (Greenville, Mississippi:
1963), vol. VI (Bolling volume), part II, pp. 128-135:
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"Thomas CAMP, son of Thomas
CAMP and Mary MARSHALL, was born February 8,
1716/17 in King and Queen (part that was later
part of Spotsylvania, then Orange, then Culpeper
County, Virgina; died 1798, Rutherford County,
North Carolina; buried Rutherford. He married
first 1737/38, in Accomac County, Virginia,
Winnifred STARLING, born 1720, Accomac County,
Virginia, died 1761 Culpeper County, Virginia,
daughter of Richard STARLING and _____ of Accomac
County, Virginia; and married secondly, in 1762,
Margaret CARNEY, born June 20, 1744, possibly in
County Limerick, Ireland; died 1824, Rutherford
County, North Carolina; buried in
Rutherford."
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Note 4: From the Camp
Bulletin, vol. I, no. 1, p. 3, August 1923:
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"The historical data and
records of the CAMP family about to be published
at last, were compiled as a labor of love at
great personal sacrifice by the late William
Allie CAMP. Although he was born in Bradley
County, Arkansas, January 11, 1852, and died in
Boaz, Alabama, October 12, 1906, his life was
spent in three Georgia cities, Dalton, Atlanta,
and Augusta. He was the son of William Addison
CAMP (son of Aaron), and married Miss Sallie
SHEPPARD of West Point, Georgia, who survives
him.
"Thomas CAMP, of Virginia, born in 1691,
married a Miss MARSHALL, of that State. They had
three sons: first, Thomas; second John; third,
Marshall. John and Marshall were officers in the
revolutionary army in Virginia. Thomas CAMP was
too old for the army, but he had several sons and
grandsons who served gallantly. He was born
February 8, 1717. This name of his first wife was
Winifred STARLING. They had eleven sons and one
daughter . . . ." |
Note 5: From Col. Robt. Neville Mann
and Catherine Creek-Mann, Camp-Kemp Family History
(1969), vol. II, p. 10, quoting Mrs. Sara Sullivan Ervin:
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"Thomas CAMP, my
great-grandfather and father of the above
twenty-four (24) children, died in 1798. He first
lived in the upper part of Virginia. Then moved
to Halifax County in same state. Then to where
Durham, North Carolina now is and just before the
Revolutionary War moved to Rutherford County,
North Carolina, and settled in Ireland (Island)
Ford, on the French Broad River. He was a
millwright by profession and built and owned the
first mill erected in that section. He and his
wife were staunch rebels, patriots, and aided the
revolutionary army, for which they were robbed
and pillaged by the British army. Five of their
sons participated in the battle of King's
Mountain. They both are buried in the burying
ground of the old homestead to this day, owned by
a descendant of their youngest son, Joshua. The
descendants of the grand old man are to be found
in every Southern state, and so far as can I find
they number 5,000 or more." |
Note 6: From William Allie Camp, Sketch
of Thomas Camp, Senior:
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"Thomas CAMP and his second
wife, Margaret CARNEY, who was born June 20th,
1744 (some say in Ireland) was of full blood
Irish descent. She died at the old homestead,
Island Ford, Rutherford County, North Carolina.
She was a very fine business woman and, being
much younger than her husband, looked after the
affairs of her husband during the Revolutionary
War. They lived about ten miles down the river
from Island Ford in the forks of Camp Creek
(named after Thomas CAMP her husband) and Broad
River. Thomas CAMP had sons in both armies of the
Revolution and, therefore, did not take sides
either way; but his wife, Margaret Carney CAMP,
was a staunch rebel and, on that account, was
robbed often by the British and the Tories. Their
home was situated in the half-way ground between
the British and Revolutionary soldiers. After the
war was over, they moved up to what is known as
Ireland (Island) Ford, in Rutherford County,
North Carolina and made their final and last
settlement. Here Thomas CAMP, who was a
millwright by profession, built a grist and saw
mill. The mill no longer remains but the small
falls of the river, where the mill stood, can be
pointed out and recognized. Just across these
falls, on the opposite side of the river from
where the mill stood, is the family cemetery of
Thomas CAMP which was selected by him. Here is
buried Thomas CAMP and his wife Margaret (Carney)
CAMP and many of his descendants. The author
visited the cemetery in 1904 in company with John
W. CAMP, a great-great grandson of Thomas CAMP
and great grandson of Joshua CAMP the last and
24th child of Thomas CAMP. Together we endeavored
to locate the grave of Thomas Camp and had about
given up the hope, when one in the party,
selected the grave and considered might be his,
and after scraping away fully two inches of moss
from the plain blue granite rough hewn stone,
found the upper part of some rough letters. We
worked diligently to raise this head-stone from
its placement of 107 years ago and, after
cleaning the imbedded part of the stone, were
able to read very plainly the following: T.
CAMP
B.-
1717 D. - 1798
[Image credit: Russ
Williams]
"In viewing this long neglected grave and
its headstone giving the birth and death of my
great grandfather, my feelings cannot be
expressed. This stone very plainly corroborated
the dates of his birth and death as set down in
his daughter Ruth's Bible, (which I possess). My
mind fairly flew back over the history of this
great and good man, and I yearned for a message
from my great dead ancestor, giving me the key
that would unlock the doors to the great past, so
that my endeavor to unravel the past history of
Thomas CAMP and learn from whence he came and
from where , I shall never forget that day -- to
be in speaking distance of my great grandfather,
who is the great and great grand father of
thousands of his descendants, and unable to hear
nothing but the sighing of the winds among the
trees, was a melancholy situation to be in. A
thousand incidents crowded each other, in my mind
in connection with the history of this grand old
patriarch and his descendants, many of whom had
won renown and fame in the legislative halls of
every southern (state) and on the battle fields
of the Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Mexican
War, War between the States, and in the Spanish
American War. As the pages of the history will
unfold, and thousands of descendants of this
grand old man were men of note in civil and
agricultural pursuits as this history and
genealogy will unfold. This old cemetery is grown
up all around in large trees. The writer has a
letter written by John T. CAMP, son of Joshua son
of Thomas, in which he said that he owned this
old country (that is, the cemetery) and would
will it to his youngest descendant named CAMP, to
be willed by him in like maner, so that it should
never pass into stranger's hands. This cemetery
was reserved separate from the division of the
800 acres of the old homestead. On the rise of
the hill on the cemetery side of the river, can
be pointed out the site of the first home built
by Thomas CAMP. The author was given a piece of
the joist that was put in the last house out of
the first house. It was no loss for this piece of
joist to be sawed off and given to me. . . . This
last house bult by Thomas CAMP is standing today,
after 110 years of storms has swept its sides,
and is in fine state of preservation. The same
material with which it was built, remains intact
and bids fair to remain so for another 100 years.
The only show of decay is of the exposed
chimneys, where the cement used, shows a peeling
off. The weather boarding, ceiling, shingles,
doors, windows and front porch are all put
together with wrought iron nails, made on an
anvil and riveted. The doors and windows (no
glass) as the picture shows, were built strong
and hundreds of these nails were used on each,
making them as stong as a jail-structure. This
was necessary, owing to the fact, that in that
day, this house was on the border of civilization
and in close vicinity to the Indians who infested
all that section 125 years ago. Who can tell the
piping times that have occurred within the walls
of this old mansion? There is no one to do it
correctly. We have much unwritten history that
has been handed down that is awfully interesting
to the descendants. Thomas CAMP like nearly all
of his descendants after him, was a good liver
and genial host and his home was sought by all
the notables of that day, and many are the famous
meetings under that roof of celebrated men of
that day and section. His hospitality was of the
old Virginia pattern learned at the knees of his
mother in old Virginia.
"So far very little is known of his early
life to manhood. At the age of 22, he married his
first wife Winifred STARLING, who was of Welsh
descent. They both lived in the lower eastern
section of Virginia and it is reasonably supposed
that his first wife died in that section of
Virginia, since Thomas married his second wife in
Virginia and children were born by her in that
state. The second wife, Margaret Carney CAMP was
of full blood Irish descent, who was born June
20th, 1744; and it is said she was born in the
County of Limerick, Ireland and emigrating with
her parents to Virginia, while she was young in
years. She was only 18 years old when she married
Thomas CAMP who was then 45 years old at the time
and, judging by his fame and past record, was
still a young man, even if he did have 12
children to stare her in the face. She must have
had great courage to marry Thomas CAMP with so
many children or he must have been way above the
average men of this day and generation, and a
handsome man at that. It has been handed down
through the older set of CAMPs that he was a man
of powerful physique, amiable disposition, very
religious, and a sturdy worker, requisites in
those days, which were like golden apples to fair
sex. His oldest son (whose history follows )
Edmund CAMP was a chip from the old block, like
his father in many respects, and, like his
father, he married the second time and, strange
to say, he married a sister of his father's
second wife, Elizabeth CARNEY, and their union
was happy one and his descendants were almost
equal to that his father, he having 22 sons and
daughters by both marriages.
"All of the first 12 children of Thomas
CAMP married in Virginia, some in Mecklenburg
County and Nottaway County, as their individual
history to follow, will show. As a rule, they all
had a profession; several were carpenters and
builders; and several were noted preachers in
their day. It is known that they all immigrated
westward into the Carolinas, Georgia, and Alabama
and their constant trend has been westward, even
into Texas, California, Tennessee, Kentucky and
even Illinois and Iowa. Wherever they have gone,
they were shining lights to civilization,
prospered well, and been a blessing to every
community in which they located. It is estimated
that the total number of Thomas CAMP descendants
will be not less than five thousand, and perhaps
more. It is surmised very correctly that the most
of these sons emigrated before their father left
Virginia and before, or about the time of, his
second marriage to Margaret CARNEY. His first
wife, as stated, was of Welsh descent, a fact
well handed down. She was small of stature and,
likewise, her sons were small in stature, but men
of unconquerable will, brave as lions, and, at
the same time, very religious as a rule. His
second wife, Margaret CARNEY, was a woman of
larger frame and likewise her sons, who did not
know what fear was, but were cool, collected, and
honorable in all of their walks in life; and,
like their half brothers, were very religious,
and members of either the Baptist or Methodist
church. It is said the Margaret CAMP did not join
the Baptist Church until she was a very old lady
and, being a very large woman and almost
helpless, it took four ministers to baptize her
in the Broad River at Island Ford, North Carolina
and that she had to be baptized in her rocking
chair. She was always a good woman and mother
and, while she was not in the church as a member
until old age, she always attended church
meetings and said that before she would be
baptized, she must feel and know that she was a
fit subject for the church. During the stirring
times of the Revolutiionary War, she was very
outspoken against the British and Tories. Her
character for truth, honesty, and industry was
transmitted to her sons who developed into strong
characters in the formation of society where ever
they went. She outlived her husband, Thomas CAMP,
26 years, dying in 1824 at the age of 84
years." [See Col. Robt. Neville Mann and
Catherine Creek-Mann, Camp-Kemp Family History
(1969), vol. II, pp. 13 - 17.]
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Note 7: From Col. Robt. Neville Mann
and Catherine Creek-Mann, Camp-Kemp Family History
(1969), vol. II, pp. 17 - 18:
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"The burial ground for
Thomas CAMP is 'ten miles from the picturesque
Island Ford on Broad river. . . . A lone, weather
beaten apple tree, crowning an eminence in a
cotton field, marks the site of the original home
while hard by is the rambling, comfortable farm
house 'Joshua's Home' built around the final
dwelling of Thomas, Senior, of logs
"veneered" with lumber. "'Between
these and the creek, whose torrent rushing over a
rocky bed once hummed with the busy wheel of the
mill, in the midst of a large corn field, is the
family burial bround, consisting of a dozen
graves in a row. There lie the remains of our
famous progenitor between his second wife,
Margaret Carney CAMP, and son, Cranshaw, or
"Granger," who died unmarried. Neat
headstones and a cedar designate the graves of
Joshua and wife Nancy Gregory, a growth of aspen
bushes and box ivy vine riot over the others.
"'The present owner of the land has
plowed as near the head and foot stones as
possible and burned cornstalks upon the grave at
the head of which is a granite boulder marked
"T. Camp, Born 1717, Died 1798."
Nowithstanding, the deed specifies that one acre
shall be reserved for burial purposes, A rail
fence once enclosed this acre but a freshet in
the "Eighteen Forties" washed it
away.'"
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Note
8: From Elroy Christenson, The
American Revolution: South Carolina History:
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"Thomas CAMP's five sons who
settled in Laurens and Greenville Counties fought
in the battles of King's Mountain in September of
1780 and in the cattle-grazing area known as
Cowpens in October 1781. The battle of King's
Mountain saw the defeat of the left wing of
Cornwallis's army and the patriots' victory at
the Cowpens enraged Cornwallis even further. This
battle is the battle shown in the recent Mel
Gibson film The Patriot. Thomas CAMP,
Jr. enlisted for the cause and probably fought at
the battle of King's Mountain. Lt. John CAMP was
probably at King's Mountain under Colonel
Benjamin Roebuck. Reverend Joseph CAMP was
arrested as a spy by General Cornwallis.
Nathaniel CAMP was also at King's Mountain and
perhaps killed the British brevet Lieutenant
Colonel Patrick Ferguson (1744 - 1780).
Nathaniel's son had Ferguson's conch-shell battle
horn which later became part of the collection of
the Daughters of the American Revolution. Thomas,
Sr. was probably too old but did provide supplies
to the revolution and was said to have had his
mill and house at Island Ford on the Broad River
taken over by the British and burned. Thomas's
brothers were also supporters of the revolution.
William C. CAMP wrote much later, 'many of the
early settlers of the up-country were of English
extraction and dissenters of the established
Church of the mother country.'" |
Note 9: From Col. Robt. Neville Mann
and Catherine Creek-Mann, Camp-Kemp Family History
(1969), vol. II, p. 19:
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"The bridge on U. S. Route
221 between Chesnee, South Carolina and
Rutherfordton, North Carolina over the Broad
River bisects the island. The Broad River is
approximately one-half mile north of the North
Carolina - South Carolina line at this point. The
island is approximately one half acre in size in
the middle of the river. The old road, long
before the present road and bridge, crossed the
river and island at this point hence the name
'Island Ford.' By the height of the water on the
rocks on the island the early settlers could
determine whether the river was fordable. " |
Note 10: From Col. Robt. Neville Mann
and Catherine Creek-Mann, Camp-Kemp Family History
(1969), vol. II, p. 22:
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"Revolutionary Army
Accounts, Vol. IX, page 11, folio 3, North
Carolina Archives, lists Thomas Kemp as receiving
sum of money with interest. These records contain
incomplete pay records of the Revolutionary
period, denoting that some product or service.
These records do NOT prove military service
unless they carry this information, and many of
them do not indicate for what purpose payment was
made. These records do NOT give any personal
information. Usually payment was for civil
service, military service, or the sale of
supplies to the army." |
Note 11: 8 January 1798: The Last
Will and Testament of Thomas CAMP is signed in Raleigh,
North Carolina [Rutherford County Wills: 1784 - 1833,
Ace-Haw, vol. 1, page 29]:
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In the Name of God Amen I
Thomas CAMP of Rutherford County of No-Carolina
being Sick and weak of Body but of perfect mind
and memory thanks be to God Calling to mind the
Mortality of my Body and knowing that it is
appointed for all men onst to Die Do make and
ordain this my Last Will and Testament that is to
Say as Tuching Such Worldly Estate where with it
has Pleased God to bless me in this Life I give
Didmise & Dispose of the Same in the folowing
maner and form
First I give and Bequeth to Margret my Dearlly
beloved wife all my Stock and household furniture
(Excep a horse Colt that I gave to my Son Aaron
and one heffer to my Daughter Ruth) and the Land
that I live on She is to keep in Peaceable
posesion as Long as she Lives for hur benefit and
the benefit of the three youngest Sons till they
become of age and at hur Decease if before they
become of age then a reasonable a Lowance till
they Should becom and when they becom of age
& if not She is to Continue in persision till
hur Decease then the hole of My Property to be
Equally Divided Amoungst my Children as folows
after giving to my Sons Edward John
Thomas William & Josephe Nathen &
Benjaman five Shillings starlin Each & to my
Daughter Lusey HEARN the same & to (my Son Aaron
) my Daughter Ruth a feather Bead the rest
of all my property to be Equally Diveded amoung
my Last wifes Children viz,
Cranshw James Daniel Lewis Stephen Aaron Unica
Ruth George & Joshua I hereby utterly Disalow
revok and Disanul all and Every other former will
by me in any waise made rattifiong &
Confirming this and no other to be my Last Will
and Testament in witness whereof I have hereunto
Set my hand and Seal this Eighth Day of January
iun the yeare of our Lord one thousand Seven
hundred and Ninty Eight and I appoint Crashaw
CAMP and Daniel CAMP my Executors to this
my Last will and Testament
Signed Sealed Published . .
. Thom CAMP (Seal)
Pronounst & Dclelard
by the Sd Thomas CAMP
as his Last
will and Testament
in the Presence of us
who in his Presence
& in the Presence of Each
other have hereunto
Subscribed our Names
John MCKINNEY
David PATTERSON
Benjm. Hix
Thos CAMP's
last Will and
Testament
Proved in open Ct.
April Term 1798
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Note 12: Real estate transactions:
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2 January 1779: Old First
Register , Rutherford County, North Carolina: No.
507 (granted Nov. 2 , 1779). Thomas CAMP claiming
200 acres of land in Tryon County on the south
side of Main Broad River hawkins shoal on said
River including his own improvement. Januanry 2,
1779. 20 January 1779: No. 508. (granted)
Thomas CAMP claiming 100 acres of land in Tryon
County on the south side of Main Broad River
above pools Branch including John Wilson's
improvement. January 20, 1779.
21 March 1780: Orangeburg District, South
Carolina: Deed Book JL, page 181. Dated March 21,
1780, recorded March 26, 1794. Christopher Hicks,
Orangeburg District, South Carolina, to Thomas
CAMP of Rutherford County, North Carolina, for
80£ land on Sandy Run, a north branch of White
Oak Creek in Rutherford County. Witnesses:
Cranshaw CAMP and Daniel CAMP.
12 April 1795: Deed Book 10-11, page 91. Dated
April 12, 1795, recorded December 26, 1798:
Thomas CAMP to William Womack, both of Rutherford
County, North Carolina, for 20£, 100 acres in
Rutherford County on both sides of Obed Hill's
Creek. mentions Elizabeth Armstrong's corner.
Granted Thomas CAMP November 28, 1792. Witnesses:
Isaac Safield, Daniel Webb, and William Smith.
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Note 13: Edmund CAMP was a veteran of
the Revolutionary War, enlisting as a Private in the
North Carolina militia and being promoted to the rank of
Ensign in June 1776.
Note 14: Mary RAGSDALE, the first
wife of Edmund CAMP, appears to have been the daughter of
Benjamin RAGSDALE and Martha <JONES>. Elizabeth
CARNEY, the second wife of Edmund CAMP, was the sister of
Margaret CARNEY, the second wife of Thomas CAMP III.
Note 15: About Mary CAMP, see Judge
Zelma Wells Price, Of Whom I Came; From Whence I Came
- Wells-Wise, Rish-Wise, and Otherwise (Greenville,
Mississippi: 1963), vol. VI (Bolling volume), part II, p.
132:
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"Thomas CAMP had, in all,
twenty-six children, Mary CAMP, who is not shown
as one of the children in Sara Sullivan Ervin's
book, South Carolinians In The Revolution,
but record of the birth, marriage, etc. of this
daughter Mary is shown from this compiler's
family records. Daughter Lucy ("Lusey")
is also not named in Mrs. Ervin's book but she is
named in her father's will. "Eighteen
children are named in the will of Thomas CAMP.
Some of his children who are known to have been
living when he made his will, are not named
therein. The daughter Mary preceded her father in
death."
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It is Judge Price who states that Mary CAMP married
Thomas TARPLEY.
Note 16: Joseph CAMP, a doctor of
medicine, was a minister in the Broad River Association
(Baptist) and is said to have organized Buffalo Church in
Rutherford County, North Carolina.
Note 17: Nathaniel CAMP was a veteran
of the Revolutionary War.
Note 18: Hosea CAMP was a veteran of
the Revolutionary War.
Note 19: Rebecca WOFFORD, the wife of
William CAMP, was the daughter of Absalom WOFFORD (ABT
1703, Prince George's County, Maryland, British North
America - ABT 1755, Rock Creek, Prince George's [now
Frederick] County, Maryland, British North America) and
Hannah HUSS (HOSEA) (ABT 1710 - ABT 1754, Rock Creek,
Prince George's [now Frederick] County, Maryland, British
North America).
Note 20: Reuben BROCK, the husband of
Elizabeth CAMP, enlisted 1 June 1776 in Capt. John
Atkinson's Company, North Carolina Cavalry and, with this
unit, served six months in the Revolutionary War.
[Pension Claim # S-9286, Certificate # 5614, issued 14
February 1833: Reuben BROCK was residing in Anderson
District at the time of his application and was 78 years
of age when he received his last payment on 4 March
1842.]
Reuben BROCK was the son of Georg Frederick BROCK (2
February 1719, Mimbach, Zweibrücken, Bavarian
Palatinate, Holy Roman Empire [Heiliges
Römisches Reich] - ABT 1807, Greenville
County, South Carolina). Georg Frederick BROCK, as
Frederick BROCK, is recorded as residing on land within
the northeast corner of Gloucester District (South
Carolina) on Cobb Creek below Leasburg adjoining the
present-day Caswell Game Lands, three miles northeast of
Grier's Presbyterian Church (established 1753). Reuben
BROCK was himself a member of Grier's Presbyterian Church
the founding pastor of which was Hugh McAden. [See
Clarence C. Brock, Jr., Frederick Brock: 1719-1807:
His American Family (Clarence C. Brock, Jr.,
Alexandria, Virginia: 1997) and see Robert L. Brock, A
Brock Family History: Swiss Brack - American Brock
(Gateway Press, Inc., Baltimore, Maryland: 1992).]
Note 21: Abstract of the Will of
James CAMP:
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Spartanburg County Will
Abstracts: 1787-1840 by Brent H. Holcomb: Will
Book A: pp. 107-109: Last Will & Testament of
James Camp of Spartanburg District; recorded 15
May 1817:
To my son Alfred CAMP, a negro Carter when he
arrives at 21; to daughter Narcissus CAMP, a
negro girl Riah on her marriage day; to my son
Joseph CAMP a negro Patsum; to my son George CAMP
when he arrives at 21; to my son Langley CAMP
when he arrives at 21; to my daughter Hariet CAMP
on her marriage day; to my two youngest sons
James CAMP & William CAMP, $500 and one negro
boy each; to wife Sarah CAMP, balance of estate
and negroes (named); house and plantation where I
now live adjacent to it over the river; wife to
sell my land in Virginia also my land on Buck
Creek, known by the name of West Harrisses place;
wife, James Young, Executors. 28 January 1817
James CAMP (Seal)
Witnesses: Alexander Copeland, George
McWilliams, William Copeland.
Proven by Alexander Copeland and George
McWilliams, 9 April 1817.
Sarah CAMP qualified as Executrix.
James YOUNG refusing to qualify
W. Lancaster O.S.D.
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Note 22: Sarah JENNINGS, the wife of
James CAMP, was the daughter of Joseph JENNINGS (1739,
Amelia [now Nottaway] County, Virginia, British North
America - 24 December 1804, Jennings Ordinary, Nottaway
County, Virginia: interment at Jennings Cemetery,
Nottaway County, Virginia) and Anne BILLUPS (1749 - 22
November 1811) who were married 30 September 1767 in
Lunenburg County, Virginia.
Note 23: Sarah MCKINNEY, the wife of
Daniel CAMP, seems to have been the daughter of John
MCKINNEY (1740, Pennsylvania, British North America -
July 1804, Rutherford County, North Carolina) and Jean
UNKNOWN who were married about 1759.
Note 24: The death of Adam CAMP, in
infancy, is shown in the personal correspondence of John
Thomas CAMP (5 July 1815, Rutherford County, North
Carolina - 1 September 1897, <Rutherford County, North
Carolina: interment at State Line Baptist Cemetery,
Cherokee County, South Carolina). John Thomas CAMP was
the son of Joshua CAMP and Nancy Neal GREGORY.
Note 25: Anne ALEXANDER, the wife of
Stephen A. CAMP, was the daughter of Col. Elias ALEXANDER
(1749, Maryland, British North America - 13 May 1818,
Rutherford County, North Carolina) and Nancy Agnes MCCALL
(ABT 1751, North Carolina, British North America - 26 May
1826, Rutherford County, North Carolina) who were married
in 1770.
Note 26: The death of Larkin CAMP, in
infancy, is shown in the personal correspondence of John
Thomas CAMP (5 July 1815, Rutherford County, North
Carolina - 1 September 1897, <Rutherford County, North
Carolina: interment at State Line Baptist Cemetery,
Cherokee County, South Carolina). John Thomas CAMP was
the son of Joshua CAMP and Nancy Neal GREGORY.
Note 27: David PATTERSON, the husband
of Ruth CAMP, was first married to Charity SIMMONS (4
October 1774, Amherst County, Virginia, British North
America - BEF 30 March 1825, Rutherford County, North
Carolina) on 9 April 1793 in Amherst County, Virginia.
Note 28: Frances Willis TERRILL, the
first wife of Aaron CAMP, seems to have been the daughter
of Unknown TERRILL and Frances WILLIS. Sarah Byars
SUTTLE, the second wife of Aaron CAMP, was the daughter
of George SUTTLE (1766, Virginia, British North America -
5 February 1816, Rutherford County, North Carolina) and
Nancy BYARS who were married in 1787.
Note 29: Nancy Neal GREGORY, the wife
of Joshua CAMP, was the daughter of John GREGORY (15
December 1765, Lunenburg County, Virginia, British North
America - 19 September 1836, Lunenburg County, Virginia)
and Elizabeth NEAL (27 May 1771, Lunenburg County,
Virginia - 26 May 1837, Lunenburg County, Virginia) who
were married 7 February 1793 in Charlotte County,
Virginia.
____________________________
____________________________
G0496A:
John CAMP (Sr.) [006]
Birth: 13 October 1743, Orange County,
Virginia, British North America
Death: 1813, Jackson County, Georgia
Interment: Lebanon Methodist Church
cemetery, near Princeton, Laurens County, South Carolina
Father: Thomas CAMP III (8
February 1717, Culpeper County, Virginia, British North
America - AFT 8 January 1798 and BEF April 1798, Island
(Ireland) Ford, Rutherford [now Cleveland] County, North
Carolina)
Mother: Winifred STARLING (1720, Accomac
County, Virginia, British North America - 1761,
Rutherford County, North Carolina, British North America)
[See G0497A:
Winifred STARLING in Descendants
of William Starling (1625 - 1698).]
Marriage: 30 January 1764, Lunenburg
County, Virginia, British North America
Spouse:
Mary
("Minnie") TARPLEY (30 October 1740, North
Farnham Parish, Richmond County, Virginia, British North
America - 17 August 1789, 96th District, South Carolina)
[See G0496A:
Mary ("Minnie") TARPLEY in Descendants
of John Tarpley, Sr. (1627 - 1663/64).]
Child 1: Annie Naomi
("Anaomi") CAMP (1762, Orange County, North
Carolina, British North America - 1853, Walton County,
Georgia: interment at Hill Family Cemetery, Barrow
County, Georgia) [F]: m. John HILL (1760, Rutherford
County, North Carolina - 1831, <Walton County>,
Georgia: interment at Hill Family Cemetery, Barrow
County, Georgia), ABT 1782
Child 2: Thomas ("Scary
Tom") CAMP (1765, Orange County, North Carolina,
British North America - AFT 1820, Hall County, Georgia)
[M]: m. Susannah ("Susan") D. WAGGONER (1766,
Spartanburg County, South Carolina, British North America
- AFT 1818, Jackson County, Georgia), 1781, Wolfe's
Crossroad, Greenville District, South Carolina.
Child 3: Winifred CAMP (ABT 1766,
Orange County, North Carolina - ?) [F]: m. Thomas KINMAN
Child 4:
James John CAMP
(ABT 1766, Orange County, North Carolina, British North
America - ABT 1830, <Jackson County>, Georgia) [M]:
m. Mary BERRY (ABT 1759, <Orange County>, North
Carolina, British North America - BEF 16 April 1812,
<Jackson County>, Georgia), ABT 1784, Orange
County, North Carolina [See G0495A: Mary BERRY
in Descendants
of Robert Berry (1726 - AFT 16 April 1812 and BY August
1814).]
Child 5: Sarah CAMP (1770, North
Carolina, British North America - 21 October 1853,
Greenville District, South Carolina) [F]: m. Thomas
GRAYDON (ABT 1770 - BEF 20 February 1840, Laurens County,
South Carolina), ABT 1791
Child 6: Abner Mason CAMP (12 July
1770, Rutherford County, North Carolina, British North
America - 17 September 1853, Winder, Barrow County,
Georgia) [M]: m. Elizabeth RAGSDALE (15 July 1776,
Mecklenburg County, Virginia - 10 March 1854, Winder,
Barrow County, Georgia), 1798, Greenville County, South
Carolina
Child 7: Starling CAMP (24 November
1771, Rutherford County, North Carolina, British North
America - 15 April 1851, McMinn County, Tennessee) [M]:
m. Anna Elizabeth HELM (27 February 1772 - AFT 1816,
<McMinn County>, Tennessee), 25 December 1800
Child 8: William ("Snipe
Bill") CAMP (1773, Rutherford County, North
Carolina, British North America - AFT 1858, Elyton,
Jefferson County, Alabama) [M]: m1. Sarah Elizabeth
REEVES (1776, South Carolina - 12 December 1858,
Jefferson County, Alabama), 1793, Rutherford County,
North Carolina: m2. Unknown DUNN
Child 9: Kezziah CAMP (20 May 1777,
Rutherford County, North Carolina, British North America
- 14 August 1835, Greenville County, South Carolina) [F]:
m. Benjamin ARNOLD (30 July 1769 - 11 January 1858,
Greenville County, South Carolina), 5 February 1795
Child 10: John CAMP, Jr. (8 February
1787, Culpeper County, Virginia - 1823, Greenville
County, South Carolina) [M]: m. Eliza THOMASON
Note 1: From Bobby Gilmer Moss: Roster
of South Carolina Patriots in the American Revolution:
1776 - 1783 (1985, Genealogical Publishing Company,
Baltimore, Maryland), p. 139:
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"CAMP, John -- He served
under Col. Roebuck. Audited Accounts 1014; X3424
[Stub Indent Number]; Columbia State" |
Col. Benjamin Roebuck commanded a company at the
battles of King's Mountain (7 October 1780) and the
Cowpens (17 January 1780), at both of which engagements
John CAMP (1743-1818) served.
From Pat Alderman, The Overmountain Men
(Overmountain Press):
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"John, Nathan, and Thomas
CAMP (probably John's brother), another Thomas
CAMP, a Benjamin CAMP and an Edmund CAMP
participated in the Battle of King's
Mountain." |
From Elroy
Christenson, The
American Revolution: South Carolina History:
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"Thomas CAMP's five sons who
settled in Laurens and Greenville Counties fought
in the battles of King's Mountain in September of
1780 and in the cattle-grazing area known as
Cowpens in October 1781. The battle of King's
Mountain saw the defeat of the left wing of
Cornwallis's army and the patriots' victory at
the Cowpens enraged Cornwallis even further. This
battle is the battle shown in the recent Mel
Gibson film The Patriot. Thomas CAMP,
Jr. enlisted for the cause and probably fought at
the battle of King's Mountain. Lt. John CAMP was
probably at King's Mountain under Colonel
Benjamin Roebuck. Reverend Joseph CAMP was
arrested as a spy by General Cornwallis.
Nathaniel CAMP was also at King's Mountain and
perhaps killed the British brevet Lieutenant
Colonel Patrick Ferguson (1744 - 1780).
Nathaniel's son had Ferguson's conch-shell battle
horn which later became part of the collection of
the Daughters of the American Revolution. Thomas,
Sr. was probably too old but did provide supplies
to the revolution and was said to have had his
mill and house at Island Ford on the Broad River
taken over by the British and burned. Thomas's
brothers were also supporters of the revolution.
William C. CAMP wrote much later, "many of
the early settlers of the up-country were of
English extraction and dissenters of the
established Church of the mother country." |
From Col. Robert Neville Mann and Catherine
Creek-Mann, Camp-Kemp Family History, vols. I - II
(1969, Cedar Bluff, Alabama 35959), vol. I, pp. 48 - 50:
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"The Sullivan Independent
Company of Voluteer Scouts - 1781 was organized
when 96th District, South Carolina was being
terrorised by Tories and Redcoats. "After
the fall of Charleston and the loss of Lincoln's
Army, there were no Americans in arms in the
state except a few small detached bodies of
patriots, mostly old men and young boys. Men of
the regular army had become prisoners of war or
had escaped from the state. Rapacious plundering,
outrages, and murders were the order of the day.
Volunteer bands sprang up like mushrooms, many of
whom are not mentioned in history, but it was
these who played a large part in the salvation of
the state.
"The Sullivan Scouts was organized among
relatives, friends, and neighbors. It was a loose
organization of some 100/150 men, with 4
co-captains, each of whom, in an emergency, would
call together the men nearest him or whom he
could reach and go at once into action, while the
rest of the company was being assembled by
signals or courier. Each of the captains was
directly responsible for defending a certain
territory. Sometime the farm bell, the cow-horn,
or a woman on horseback sounded the alarm. The
women were placed on alert and used their
ingenuity to warn neighbors of impending trouble.
Sometimes the call of a bird or a smoke signal
was used . The men, working the fields or
elsewhere, would at once drop everything, gather
their arms, mount fleet horses, and rush to the
assembling place. Many of the Tories were caught
and hanged. The site is a ford on Reedy River, to
the rear of the Prospect Baptist Church (colored)
where baptisms took place in the river. This
place was near an old tan yard and about two
miles from the old Lebanon Methodist Church of
today. There is a list of men who were hanged
here and some their families are very prominent
today."
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Old First Register. No. 360, granted April 1 1778 to
John CAMP claiming 150 acres on land on the north side of
Broad River joining and below Richard Henderson's land
including his own improvement. Also joining land of Mr.
Hill, Dec. 4, 1778 [records of Rutherford County, North
Carolina. See "Kemp Family Newsletter," vol.
VIII , no. 1, Spring 1996]
Rutherford County, North Carolina, Deed Book MQ, page
49 - 28 -1792, recorded June 3, 1795:
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John CAMP of Greenville County,
South Carolina to Daniel Miles of Rutherford
County, North Carolina, for £35, 150 acres in
Rutherford County, North Carolina on Second Broad
River. Witnesses: James CAMP, Thomas CAMP and
John CAMP. |
1788 -1799: Location Book D Greenville County, South
Carolina [Patent Land Survey (Index of Land Acquisitions:
1770 - 1870, Greenville County, South Carolina)]:
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CAMP, Bradford: p. 449: 500 acres
Fork Rayburn Creek, Laurens
CAMP, John Sr.: p. 449: 276 acres on Pitchin's
Creek, Laurens
CAMP, Cranshaw: p. 28: 555 acres on Bush Creek
CAMP, James: p. 299: 305 acres on Reedy River,
Laurens
CAMP, Larkin: p. 444: 500 acres at Rayburn Creek
of Reedy River, Laurens
CAMP, Shearwood: p. 448: 305 acres on north side
of Reedy River, Laurens
CAMP, William: p. 485: 132 acres at water of
Reedy River, Laurens
CAMP, William: p. 444: 225 acres at Rayburns
Creek, Reedy River, Laurens |
Rutherford County, North Carolina: Deed Book 41- 42,
p. 7, dated 6 September 1810, recorded 7 January 1833:
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John CAMP of Jackson County,
Georgia to Jacob Fisher of Rutherford County,
North Carolina, for $800, 158 acres plus on 2nd
Broad River, Rutherford County, North Carolina
[patent John CAMP, 28 October 1782] Witnesses:
Stephen CAMP, Jurat and Peter Fisher. |
The Gravestone of John CAMP, Sr.
Lebanon Methodist Church Cemetery
near Princeton, Laurens County, South Carolina
[Image credit: Elroy Christenson: John
Camp Family: Virginia, South Carolina, and Georgia]
Note 2: John HILL, the husband of
Annie Naomi ("Anaomi") CAMP and a veteran of
the Revolutionary War, was the son of Abel HILL (1730,
Virginia, British North America - 14 March 1803,
Pendleton County, South Carolina) and Elizabeth WAGGONER
(ABT 1735, Virginia, British North America - AFT 1784)
who were married about 1754, probably in York District,
South Carolina.
Elizabeth
WAGGONER was the daughter of Hans ("John")
WAGGONER, perhaps a native of the Netherlands, and
Elizabeth JOHNSTONE. Her siblings were John WAGGONER (ABT
1742 - BEF 3 September 1811) [M]: m. Unknown UNKNOWN;
George WAGGONER (1747 - AFT 3 September 1811, York
County, South Carolina) [M]; Isaac WAGGONER (ABT 1761 -
AFT 3 September 1811) [M]; Susannah ("Susan")
D. WAGGONER (1766, Spartanburg County, South Carolina,
British North America - AFT 1818, Jackson County,
Georgia) [F]: m. Thomas ("Scary Tom") CAMP
(1765, Orange County, North Carolina, British North
America - AFT 1820, Hall County, Georgia), 1781, Wolfe's
Crossroad, Greenville District, South Carolina; Mary
WAGGONER (died after 3 September 1811) [F]: m. Samuel
MOBERLY; and Ann ("Nancy") WAGGONER [F]: m.
Andrew MCLEAN.
George WAGGONER is known to have been granted land in
York County, South Carolina in 1768. His Will is dated 3
September 1811.
Hans ("John") WAGGONER was second married to
Margaret UNKNOWN.
Note 3: From Camp Family Notes
dictated by Joseph CAMP of Mumford, Alabama between 1895
and 1902 to his daughter, Laura Camp Bailey:
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"Thomas CAMP, son of John
CAMP, married Susan WAGGONER in South Carolina at
Wolfe's Crossroad, Greenville District, and their
children were born in Virginia(?). Deed records
seem to show they were in North Carolina in
1793.They moved to South Carolina and then to
Georgia. Grandmother Susan is buried in the yard
of her youngest daughter, Mrs. Job Smith in
Jackson, now Walton. Think grandsire Tom died in
Tennessee. They settled in Jackson in 1798 and
built a nice large frame house and, there being
no paint in those days, covered it with pitch
which looked like black paint. I stayed all night
in that house in 1886 (then perfectly sound, had
been built almost 100 years) with my cousin Jim
Thompson, who was baptised with me, and another
cousin, Archibald Stroud, at the same time by our
circuit preacher, David Garrison. We (three
sisters sons) were born in the same year, 1811.
We prayed we might all become preachers. My
cousin, Archie and I became preachers and my
cousin James became a classs leader and official
of the church. James's mother, Aunt Drucilla
Thompson, lived and died in that house a short
time after I was there in 1886, at the age of 93
years. "Granny Susan ["Susannah
("Susan") D. CAMP (née
WAGGONER)], while feeding her cows, heard the
firing of guns at the Battle of King's Mountain.
Her husband, Thomas CAMP, was in the battle and
was wounded by a bullet passing across his
forehead just beneath the skin. In the aftermath,
he was called 'Scary Tom.'"
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Susannah ("Susan") D. WAGGONER, the wife of
Thomas ("Scary Tom") CAMP, was the daughter of
Hans ("John") WAGGONER and Elizabeth JOHNSTONE.
See above,
Note 2.
Note 4: From Marriage and Death
Notices from Upper South Carolina Newspapers: 1833-1865:
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1853 - Died on 21st of October at
the residence of her daughter in Greenville
District, Mrs Sara GRAYDON (née CAMP)
in the 84th year of age and her 30th year in
membership of the Baptist church. |
From Laurens County, South Carolina, Judge of Probate,
Box 89, Package 9, LDS film #1029341:
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1840: February 20, - Sterling
GRAYDON (as he signed), Asbury TERRY (as he
signed) and John M. TERRY (as he signed) become
executors to the estate of Thomas GRAYDON. They
post a $10,000 bond as executors and agree to pay
bills and heirs as required. Money is owed to
John M. TERRY, William TERRY, Asbury TERRY,
Sterling GRADON, John GRADEN, G. POOLE, William
GRADON, W. G. VINSON, Drury GRADON, and Nancy
GRADON. Included in the estate were nine slaves
with an estimated value as follows: (man)
"George" $585, (women)
"Charity" $375, "Chloiy"
$700, (boys) "Jacob" $750,
"Dick" $900, "Addam" $850,
"Washington" $775, "Joshua"
$500, and "Bob" $450. W. G. VINSON
purchases - 1 negro woman, "Cloe," for
$625 and 1 boy, "Bob," for $427
Willam T. WATTS, purchases 1 negro man,
"George" for $420
Drury GRAYDON purchases 1 saddle for $100, 1
sorrel mare for $100, 1 negro man,
"Jacob," for $706, 1 negro boy,
"Joshua," for $520
Charles TERRY purchases- 1 heiffer for $6.25
John TERRY purchases - several small items, and
negro boy, "Adam," for $913
Asbury TERRY purchases - several small items, and
negro boy, "Washington," for $757
Moses MYERS purchases - 1 steer for $6.50
Nimrod NEIGHBORS purchases - several small items,
and negro boy, "Dick," for $919
Zacheriah GRAY purchases - 16 bushels of refined
corn for $6.40
Leroy MADISON purchases - 1 bay horse for $69.50
William NIZBITT purchases - 20 dozen oats for
$2.40
There are other smaller sales.
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Note 5: Elizabeth RAGSDALE, the wife
of Abner Mason CAMP, was the daugthter of Peter RAGSDALE
(1732, <Mecklenburg County>, Virginia, British
North America - 16 September 1799, Greenville County,
South Carolina) and Sarah CHARLTON (1737, <Mecklenburg
County>, Virginia, British North America - ?).
Note 6: Benjamin ARNOLD, the husband
of Kezziah CAMP, was the son of Benjamin ARNOLD (1719,
Virginia - December 1797, Greenville County, South
Carolina) and Ann HENDRICKS (ABT 1731 - 1806).
____________________________
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G0495A:
James John CAMP [005]
Birth: ABT 1766, Orange County, North
Carolina, British North America
Death: ABT 1830, <Jackson County>,
Georgia
Father: John CAMP (Sr.)
(13 October 1743, Orange County, Virginia, British North
America - 1813, Jackson County, Georgia: interment at
Lebanon Methodist Church cemetery, near Princeton,
Laurens County, South Carolina)
Mother:
Mary ("Minnie") TARPLEY (30 October 1740, North
Farnham Parish, Richmond County, Virginia, British North
America - 17 August 1789, 96th District, South Carolina)
[See G0496A:
Mary ("Minnie") TARPLEY in Descendants
of John Tarpley, Sr. (1627 - 1663/64).]
Marriage: ABT 1784, Orange County,
North Carolina
Spouse: Mary BERRY (ABT 1759, <Orange
County>, North Carolina, British North America - BEF
16 April 1812, <Jackson County>, Georgia) [See G0495A: Mary BERRY
in Descendants
of Robert Berry (1726 - AFT 16 April 1812 and BY August
1814).]
Child
1:
John
("Big Head") CAMP (ABT 1785, Rutherford
County, North Carolina - 3 July 1877, Smith County,
Texas) [M]: m. Winifred MATTOX (ABT 1784, Virginia - AFT
1853, Clayton County, Georgia, Morgan County, Georgia),
ABT 1809, Jackson County, Georgia
Child 2: Sarah CAMP (9 November 1785,
Rutherford County, North Carolina - 6 February 1832,
Walton County, Georgia) [F]: m. Shadrack HUMPHRIES (9 May
1774, North Carolina, British North America - 1826,
Walton County, Georgia)
Child 3: Robert Berry CAMP (1 April
1787, Rutherford County, North Carolina - 22 April 1863,
Gwinnett County, Georgia, Confederate States of America:
interment at Shiloh Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery,
Walton County, Georgia) [M]: m1. Mary ("Polly")
PEARCE (1796, - ABT 1816, Georgia), 3 November 1810,
Jackson County, Georgia: m2. D. Gillea BAILEY (1800,
North Carolina - 1875, Gwinnett County, Georgia), ABT
1817, Gwinnett County, Georgia
Child 4: Merritt CAMP (ABT 1789,
North Carolina or Georgia - ?) [M]: m. Unknown UNKNOWN
Child 5: Joseph CAMP (ABT 1790, North
Carolina or Georgia - BEF 1847, Selma, Dallas County,
Alabama) [M]: m. Eliza SUTTIFF, 20 May 1823, Dallas
County, Alabama
Child 5: Eli CAMP (ABT 1793, North
Carolina or Georgia - ?) [M]
Child 6: Starling CAMP (22 October
1793, Jasper County, Georgia - 2 April 1830, Jasper
County, Georgia) [M]: m. Mary ("Polly") FISH
(20 August 1805 - 28 May 1862), 23 May 1822
Child 7: Mary CAMP (20 August 1805,
Georgia - ?) [F]
Note 1: As having been a youthful
veteran of the Revolutionary War, James John CAMP who, in
1820, was a resident of Gwinnett County, Georgia was a
"fortunate drawer" in the Georgia Land Lottery
of 1820. Under land lot number 57, he drew land in
district 5 of Gwinnett County. This section of real
estate was awarded to him on 6 April 1826. Under land lot
number 200, he drew land in district 28 of Early County.
This section of real estate was awarded to him on 1
September 1831. [Authentic List of All Land Lottery
Grants Made to Veterans of the Revolutionary War by the
State of Georgia. Taken from Official State Records
in the Surveyor-General Department Housed in the Georgia
Department of Archives and History, Atlanta, Georgia
30334. Compiled by Alex M. Hitz, Former Officer in
Charge, Surveyor-General Department. By Authority of Ben
W. Fortson, Jr., Secretary of State of Georgia. Atlanta
(Second Edition: 1966), p. 15]
James John CAMP appears in the United States Census
for 1790 in Rutherford County, North Carolina. He appears
in the United States Census for 1820 in Gwinnett County,
Georgia.
Note 2: Mary BERRY, the wife of James
John CAMP, appears to have been the daughter of Robert
BERRY, Sr. (ABT 1735 - 1814, Orange County, North
Carolina) and Elizabeth C. CATES (ABT 1735, Orange
County, North Carolina, British North America - AFT 16
April 1812, <Williamston, Martin County>, North
Carolina). Mary BERRY was first married to George
WAGGONER, in Orange County, North Carolina, by whom she
engendered Elizabeth WAGGONER and Ann WAGGONER. George
WAGGONER was the son of Henry WAGGONER and Unknown
UNKNOWN.
From Larry and Elaine Blackman:
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"From the North Carolina
Genealogical Society Journal (NCGSJ) August
1980, vol. 6, no.3, page 192:
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'John CAMP, Robert CAMP, Starling
CAMP, and Shadrack HUMPHRIES (husband of
the former Sarah CAMP), all of Jackson
County, Georgia, on 14 January 1815, give
power of attorney to Joseph CAMP of
Greenville District, South Carolina to
transact business relative to their
grandfather, Robert BERRY, Sr., which
they claim in right of their mother, Mary
CAMP, formerly Mary BERRY; witness: Hosea
CAMP, J.J.C.' [The NCGSJ lists 'Talbert'
CAMP, instead of 'Robert' CAMP. Copies of
the document made from microfilm were so
poor, that it was necessary to examine
the original document in the North
Carolina Archives (Orange County, North
Carolina. Powers of Attorney:
1781-1909, CR.073.928.5, CAMP,
Joseph 1815). This established that the
NCGSJ had named Robert as 'Talbert.' This
was further confirmed by the signature
affixed to the power of attorney, which
was clearly 'Robert Berry CAMP.'] "This
power of attorney confirms Robert BERRY
as the father of Mary KEMP/CAMP. As the
initials of a witness, 'J.J.C.' seems to
refer to "James John CAMP,"
thought to be the full name of James
CAMP.
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"The Will of Robert BERRY, dated 16
April 1812 and proved 1814, Orange County, North
Carolina (Will Book D, p. 408), identifies his
daughter as Mary KEMP, deceased, thus
establishing her death as before the date of the
Will." |
From Kathi Wilcox:
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"In researching the area of
Orange County, North Carolina during the period
between the birth of Catherine BERRY and her
marriage in 1802, we find several BERRY families.
We have located three Robert BERRYs listed as
follows:
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"Robert BERRY who married
Elizabeth CATES. This Robert is thought
to be known as Robert BERRY, Sr. as
indicated in some of the documents. "Robert
BERRY who married Sally CATES 12 August
1799. Marriage date eliminates this
couple as being the parents of Catherine
BERRY. It is possible, however, that this
was a second marriage for the Robert
BERRY who married Elizabeth CATES.
"Robert BERRY who married Mary
KEMP. This Robert is thought to be known
as Robert BERRY Jr, as shown in some of
the documents. Mary is listed as deceased
in the 1814 Will of Robert BERRY Sr.
"Fact - Robert BERRY, Sr. was
married to Elizabeth CATES.
"Fact - Robert BERRY is bondsman
for the marriage of Peter ALDRIDGE and
Judith WAGGONER, 4 February 1786.
"Fact - Robert BERRY, Sr.'s Will
dated 16 Apri1 1812, proved in the
Augusta Court in 1814, lists a Robert
BERRY as a son, possibly Robert BERRY,
Jr. father to Catherine BERRY.
"Fact - Orange County Taxpayers
Lists both Robert BERRY, Sr., 1785 to
1792, and Robert BERRY, Jr., 1786 to
1792, as taxpayers in Orange
County."
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From Benjamin Berry Henderson:
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ROBERT BERRY
born about 1730-40: died 1814 -- ELIZABETH CATE
born about 1730-40: died after 1812
THEIR CHILDREN:
Mary CAMP (née BERRY)
Robert BERRY, Jr.
Joshua BERRY
Thomas BERRY
David BERRY
William BERRY
Henry BERRY
John BERRY
Elizabeth BERRY
Isaac BERRY
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Note 3: Elizabeth C. CATES, the
mother of Mary BERRY, was married to Robert BERRY, Sr. in
Caswell County, North Carolina about 1759. She was the
daughter of John CATES, Jr., who was born in King
George's County, Virginia about 1706, and Margery
UNKNOWN. John CATES, Jr. was the son of John CATES, Sr.
Note 4: The marriage of Robert Berry
CAMP and Mary ("Polly") PEARCE is verified in Georgia
Marriages to 1850. Mary ("Polly") PEARCE,
the first wife of Robert Berry CAMP, was the daughter of
John PEARCE (ABT 1756, near Petersburg, Fauquier County,
Virginia, British North America - 1856, Fayette County,
Georgia) and Margaret ("Peggy") MOON (23
October 1774, St. Phillips Parish, Charleston, Charleston
District, South Carolina, British North America - 9
August 1854, Fayette County, Georgia) who were married 13
April 1790 in Greene County, Georgia.
John PEARCE was first married to Mary WATT who died
shortly after 26 December 1788.
From Mark Moon:
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JOHN PEARCE,
gunsmith-patriot-farmer, was born about 1754,
probably in Petersburg, Virginia, and died
testate before 5 September 1856 (probate),
Fayette County, GA. He married Mary WATT(S) who
died after 26 December 1788, probably in Hancock
County, Georgia. They are thought to have had six
children. John married second 13 April 1790, in
Greene County, Georgia, Margaret
("Peggy") MOON, a Quaker, the daughter
of Richard and Susanna (BROWN) MOON of Greene
County, Georgia. Richard MOON died before 9
August 1854. John PEARCE and Margaret
("Peggy") MOON are said to have had
eighteen children. Orphaned at age fourteen,
John PEARCE was apprenticed to a blacksmith and
learned the trade. He was later a resident of
Granville County, North Carolina, and fought in
the Battles of King's Mountain and Cowpens. While
in service, he was wounded in the hip by an
accidental gun discharge and walked with a limp
the rest of his life. After the war, records
indicate that he moved to Georgia where he
married his first wife and reared a small family.
He next was located Greene County, where, in
1790, he married his second wife and started a
new family, soon moving to nearby Jackson County.
By 1840, John PEARCE had moved to Fayette County,
where he later died.
John PEARCE's Will, dated 9 August 1854 and
witnessed by Daniel K. Gilmer, James M. Pate, and
J. E. D. PEARCE, was admitted to probate in
Fayette County on 5 September 1856. There is
attached an inventory of appraisement of
property, signed on 1 November 1856 by the
executors. His sons, Axum and Micajah, are both
mentioned as owing money to his estate. In his
Will he lists these children: "Sary Kelley;
John PEARCE; Shadrack MORRIS; the children of my
deceased daughter, Mary KEMP; and the children of
my deceased son, James PEARCE; Shadrack PEARCE;
Joshua PEARCE; Elijah PEARCE; Elisha PEARCE;
Susannah MARTIN, wife of Ira L. MARTIN; the
children of my deceased daughter, Nancy WHITAKER;
Rachel PATE, widow of William PATE, deceased; and
Lewis PEARCE; the rest of my children, viz.
William PEARCE, Axum PEARCE, David PEARCE, my
son-in-law Hamlin D. MATTOCKS, having had their
full share of my estate, I devise they have no
further interest in my estate."
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From John Robison:
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Inventory of the
estate of Robert. Berry CAMP. 6 August 1863: |
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Cash $100
4 cows, 4 calves $400
14 head stock cattle $1,000
18 large hogs $900
18 2nd size hogs $500
13 3rd size hogs $200
14 sheep $140
. . .
1 bay mare $300
10 barrels corn $300
1500 bundles fodder $75
400 bags oats $400
140 bushels wheat $560
. . .
5 bales cotton $1,000
. . .
1 still $200
. . .
set blacksmith tools $100
buggy and harness $200
crosscut saw $5
set carpenter tools $12
old bridles $10
plows $100
. . .
loom $10
2 spinning wheels $3
cooking utensils $25
. . .
4 bags onions $16
1 jar lard $2
300 lbs salt $150
500 lbs bacon $500
set barrels and staves $100
. . .
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negro man, George,
50 years old $500
negro man, xxx, 38 years old $1,600
negro man, Levi, 21 years old $2,500
negro woman, Nancy, 70 years old $5
negro woman, Mary, 35 years old $700
negro woman, Easter, 37 years old $1,000
negro woman, Nancy, 17 with child 6 mos $2,000
folding table $3
side saddle $20
13 chairs $13
cup board $20
book case and books $20
bed $5
desk $12
2 sets fire dogs and tenders $10
map $10
. . .
15 lbs wool $50
plane table $2
Total $17,825
Notes owed to R B CAMP, deceased $7,939 |
From LeBron Camp Preston, 1630 Bodega Ct., Walnut
Creek, California 94596-2209:
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Jeannette Holland Austin, 30,638
BURIALS IN GEORGIA (1995, Genealogical Publishing
Co., Baltimore, Maryland), p 110 [Santa Clara
Library, GR 929.3758 A93, Santa Clara,
California] NOTE: Shiloh Primitive Baptist Church
Cemetery, Walton County Georgia, "Robert B.
CAMP, 4-1-1787 -- 4-22-1863." Photocopy in
files of L. C. Preston, Ref. B05.02:1863. UPDATE:
1995-06-24. 1833 June 04 -- R. B. CAMP bought
40 acres for $20.00 from Chainy/Chaney
Hambey/Hamby, both of Gwinnett County, Georgia,
described as "15th District 2nd Section
#99" in the "gould regions."
(Cherokee County, Georgia, Deed Book A, p.273.)
Also on Family History Library Film # D44756.
Wit. Wyatt Chandler, Mary B. Chandler, Oliver C.
Chandler.
1849 -- Gwinnett County, Georgia, Deed Book N
(Family History Library Film #310888), p.642, 13
January 1849, Robert B. CAMP deeds to Timothy
Hayney/Haynie for $125 "a half lot of land
in the 5th District, the North one-half of Lot
#57." Recorded 21 November 1874. Wit. John
(X) Johnson J. S. McAlvany (?), J. P. Robert B.
CAMP John Harbin, J. P.
Lot 57, 5th District, was granted to James
CAMP, father of Robert Berry CAMP, as a Georgia
land grant as a Revolutionary War Soldier.
.
Robert Berry CAMP is listed as grantor in the
following additional deeds of Gwinnett Co.,
Georgia -- Reference:
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By Administrator of his
estate to Ansbery A. Tribble (Adm. Deed),
Recorded 7 October 1889, Book 1, page
209, 100 acres, lot 228, 5th District.
To Johnson CAMP and children (gift deed),
recorded 28 April 1898, Book 8, page 264,
Tract in Lot 229, 5th District.
To Mary Ann Tribble, et al.
(gift deed), recorded 29 November 1915,
Book 31, page 61, 250 acres and two
slaves, lot 226, 5th District.
To Ansley Tribble, et al. (gift
deed), recorded 29 November 1915, Book
31, page 61, same as above.
To Mary J. Bennett (trust.), recorded 27
January 1917, Book 31, page 462, 250
acres, lot 164, 5th District.
By administrator of his estate to Joseph
Livsey (adm. deed), Recorded 28 Apr 1898,
Book 8, page 266, 250 acres, lot 220, 5th
District. |
Additional Camp family deeds are contained in
Gwinnett County, Georgia, Direct Index to
Deed and Mortgages.
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G0494A:
John
("Big Head") CAMP [004]
Birth: ABT 1785, Rutherford County,
North Carolina
Death: 3 July 1877, Smith County, Texas
Father: James John CAMP
(1768, Orange County, North Carolina, British North
America - ABT 1830, Georgia
Mother: Mary BERRY (ABT 1759, <Orange
County>, North Carolina, British North America - BEF
16 April 1812, <Jackson County>, Georgia) [See G0495A: Mary BERRY
in Descendants
of Robert Berry (1726 - AFT 16 April 1812 and BY August
1814).]
Marriage: ABT 1809, Jackson County,
Georgia
Spouse: Winifred MATTOX (ABT 1784,
Virginia - AFT 1853, Clayton County, Georgia, Morgan
County, Georgia)
Child 1: Abner CAMP (11 June 1810,
Jackson County, Georgia - 28 August 1887, Clayton County,
Georgia: interment at Abner Camp Family Cemetery off
Jodeco Road in Jonesboro, Clayton County, Georgia) [M]:
m. Mary M. HARRIS (23 November 1817, Green County,
Georgia - 19 January 1885, Clayton County, Georgia:
interment at Abner Camp Family Cemetery off Jodeco Road
in Jonesboro, Clayton County, Georgia), 25 January 1834,
Henry County, Georgia
Child 2: Joseph CAMP (ABT 1811,
Jackson County, Georgia - 1902, Clayton County, Georgia:
interment at Jonesboro City Cemetery, Jonesboro, Clayton
County, Georgia) [M]: m1. Mary CALLAHAN (25 February
1815, Georgia - 19 February 1897, Clayton County,
Georgia: interment at Jonesboro City Cemetery, Jonesboro,
Clayton County, Georgia): m2. Unknown UNKNOWN
Child 3: James Seaborn CAMP (ABT
1813, Jackson County, Georgia - 9 July 1900, Clayton
County, Georgia) [M]: m1. Mahala BEAVERS, 10 January
1833, Henry County, Georgia: m2. Elizabeth Sissilla
(Sessiller) PARRISH, 21 October 1854, Fayette County,
Georgia
Child 4:
Mary Ann CAMP (1
January 1815, Jackson County, Georgia - 21 December 1899,
Tyler, Smith County, Texas) [F]: m. Whitmill Phillips ALLEN
(6 November 1811, Morgan County, Georgia - January 1868,
Smith County, Texas), 11 January 1833, Henry County,
Georgia [See G0493A:
Whitmill Phillips ALLEN in Antecedents
and Descendants of Whitmill Phillips Allen (6 November
1811 - January 1868).]
Child 5: Adaliza CAMP (23 December
1816, Jackson County, Georgia - 23 August 1896, near
Jonesboro, Clayton County, Georgia: interment 25 August
1896, Jonesboro, Clayton County, Georgia) [F]: m. Thomas
BERRY (ABT 1785, Orange County, North Carolina - BEF
1870, Clayton County, Georgia), 2 March 1843, Henry
County, Georgia
Child 6: John ("Jack")
CAMP, Jr. (31 October 1818, Jackson County, Georgia - 10
March 1901) [M]: m1. Carey Margaret THOMAS (died BEF 13
January 1847), 2 August 1866: m2. Emily C. JOHNSON (6
August 1826, Georgia - ?), 13 January 1847, Henry County,
Georgia
Child 7: Nancy CAMP (13 July 1820, in
Henry [later Clayton] County, Georgia - 15 August 1905,
Smith County, Texas: interment near Tyler [Garden Valley]
at the Dover Baptist Church Cemetery [NW - 19], Smith
County, Texas) [F]: m. Miles MOSELEY (21 January 1814,
South Carolina - 17 February 1877, Smith County, Texas:
interment near Tyler [Garden Valley] at the Dover Baptist
Church Cemetery [NW - 10], Smith County, Texas), 1
October 1840, Fayette County, Georgia
Child
8: William Washington CAMP (24 April 1824,
Henry [later Clayton] County, Georgia - 30 April 1905)
[M]: m. Almeda ("Mittie") ALLEN (ABT 1844,
Georgia - ?), 28 October 1860, Clayton County, Georgia
Child 9: Chlorinda T.
("Tommie") CAMP (17 June 1826, Jackson County,
Georgia - 20 April 1871, Smith County, Texas: interment
near Tyler [Garden Valley] at the Dover Baptist Church
Cemetery [NW - 19], Smith County, Texas) [F]: m. Lewis
SPARKMAN
Note 1: From Jackie S. Camp:
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John and Winifred CAMP came to
Henry County, Georgia from Jackson County about
1823; and family tradition states that they were
the second white family in the
Riverdale-Jonesboro part of the county. John and
"the boys" built a two-room log cabin,
put in a crop of wheat and corn, and then
returned to Jackson County to bring the rest of
the family down to Henry County. On the move
form Jackson County, a huge bear plagued the Camp
wagons. John and "the boys" killed the
bear, dressed it out for the meat they could use,
cured the hide, and used it for the cover of the
log cabin door during the first winter the Camps
were in Henry (now Clayton) County.
John was by trade a carpenter and a farmer. He
lived to the ripe old age of 92 years. At age 85,
he climbed aboard a road wagon and went to Smith
County, Texas, where he died July 3, 1877. This
writer believes that his son, Seaborn, drove him,
since Seaborn is not counted in the local 1870
census records.
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Note 2: From Thomas
Porter, who lived on the Camp property and worked for the
family some ninety years:
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Winifred "Winnie" CAMP
(née MATTOX) is believed to have been
buried off Walt Stephens Road, Jonesboro,
Georgia, beside son Seaborn and his first wife,
Mahala BEAVERS. |
Note 3: Abner CAMP,
near Jonesboro, Georgia, was a planter. During the Battle
of Jonesboro, 31 August - 1 September 1864, many
residents of the locale took refuge in his house.
The marriage of Abner CAMP and Mary M. HARRIS is
verified in Georgia Marriages to 1850.
Note 4: The marriage of James Seaborn
CAMP and Mahala BEAVERS is verified in Georgia
Marriages to 1850. The marriage of James Seaborn
CAMP and Elizabeth Sissilla (Sessiller) PARRISH is
verified in Georgia Marriages: 1851 - 1900.
Note 5: The marriage of Adaliza CAMP
to Thomas BERRY is is verified in Georgia Marriages:
1851 - 1900 under the name 'Adaliza KEMP.'
Note 6: The marriage of John
("Jack") CAMP, Jr. and Emily C. JOHNSON is
verified in Georgia Marriages to 1850.
Note 7: The marriage of Nancy CAMP
and Miles MOSELEY is verified in Georgia Marriages to
1850.
Note 8: In 1866, Whitmill Phillips ALLEN
donated four acres of land for the Dover Baptist Church
and cemetery. There, on the gravestone of Nancy MOSELEY (née
CAMP) is found the inscription "Our Mother."
The gravestone of Miles MOSELEY gives his place of birth
as South Carolina.
Note 9: Almeda ("Mittie")
ALLEN is likely to have been the daughter of Patrick
Henry ALLEN (18 December 1815, Campbell County, Virginia
- ?, Georgia) and Sarah C. HAYES who were married in 1843
in McDonough, Henry County, Georgia. Patrick Henry ALLEN
was the son of Woodson ALLEN and Annis PALMER. [See Note 13 under G0493A: Whitmill
Phillips ALLEN in Antecedents
and Descendants of Whitmill Phillips Allen (6 November
1811 - January 1868).]
Note 10: After the death of Chlorinda
T. ("Tommie") CAMP, Lewis SPARKMAN was married
to Mary A. EASON in Smith County, Texas on 6 August 1871.
Mary A. EASON is likely to have been the daughter of John
EASON and Elizabeth Ann ALLEN. [See Child 2:
Elizabeth Ann ALLEN and Note
4 under G0494A:
George ALLEN in Antecedents
and Descendants of Whitmill Phillips Allen (6 November
1811 - January 1868).] The marriage of Lewis SPARKMAN
and Mary A. EASON is verified in Texas Marriages:
1851 - 1900.
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G0493A:
Mary Ann CAMP [003]
Birth: 1 January 1815, Jackson County,
Georgia
Death: 21 December 1899, Tyler, Smith
County, Texas
Father:
John ("Big Headed") CAMP (ABT 1785, Rutherford
County, North Carolina - 3 July 1877, Smith County,
Texas)
Mother: Winifred ("Winnie")
MATTOX (ABT 1784, Virginia - AFT 1853, Clayton County,
Georgia, Morgan County, Georgia)
Marriage: 11 January 1833, Henry
County, Georgia
Spouse: Whitmill Phillips ALLEN (6
November 1811, Morgan County, Georgia - January 1868,
Smith County, Texas) [See G0493A:
Whitmill Phillips ALLEN in Antecedents
and Descendants of Whitmill Phillips Allen (6 November
1811 - January 1868).]
Child 1: Elijah Sherwood ALLEN (27
December 1833, Fayette County, Georgia - 9 January 1913,
Tyler, Smith County, Texas: interment at Dover Baptist
Church Cemetery ["Father"], Smith County,
Texas) [M]: m. Julia M. LANGFORD (26 September 1838,
Henry County, Georgia - 16 June 1925, Smith County,
Texas: interment at Dover Baptist Church Cemetery
["Mother"], Smith County, Texas), 6 December
1855, Henry County, Georgia
Child 2: John C(amp?) ALLEN (25 June
1835, Fayette County, Georgia - AFT 1 June 1860,
<Garden Valley, Smith County>, Texas) [M]: m.
Ophelia JOHNSON (ABT 1839, Georgia - ABT 1901, Mineola,
Wood County, Texas), 3 December 1857, Fayette County,
Georgia
Child 3: William Camp ALLEN (4
December 1836, Fayette County, Georgia - 2 June 1911,
Frankston, Anderson County, Texas) [M]: m. Jane C.
DEVAUGHN (ABT 1838, Henry County, Georgia - AFT June
1911), 1857, Clayton County, Georgia
Child 4: James
("Mel") Marion ALLEN (18 January 1838, Fayette
County, Georgia - 25 January 1914, Mineola, Wood County,
Texas) [M]: m1. Mary ("Polly") Ann GAY (26
November 1843, Fayette County, Georgia - 27 March 1880,
Smith County, Texas: interment at Dover Baptist Church
Cemetery, Smith County, Texas), 7 October 1858, Fayette
County, Georgia: m2. Isom Jane DAVIS (ABT 1850, Swan,
Smith County, Texas - January 1885, Texas), 28 December
1881, Smith County, Texas: m3. Frances Sophronia
("Safrony") QUARLES (March 1844, Lowndes
County, Alabama - 6 January 1922, Quitman, Wood County,
Texas), 5 August 1885, Mineola, Wood County, Texas
Child 5: Zachariah M. ALLEN (30 June
1840, Fayette County, Georgia - ABT 1840, Fayette County,
Georgia) [M]
Child 6: Martha Emily ALLEN (7 March
1842, Fayette County, Georgia - ABT 1842, Fayette County,
Georgia) [F]
Child 7: Abner C(amp?) ALLEN (10
November 1843, Fayette County, Georgia - 30 November
1864, Battle of Franklin, Williamson County, Tennessee,
Confederate States of America) [M]
Child 8: Mary Luvenia
("Luviney") ALLEN (9 September 1846, Fayette
County, Georgia - ?) [F]
Child
9:
Sarah ("Sallie") Elizabeth ALLEN (13 July
1847, Fayette County, Georgia - 17 April 1884,
Sweetwater, Nolan County, Texas: interment at City
Cemetery of Sweetwater [Alabama Street], Sloan Family
Plot, Sweetwater, Nolan County, Texas) [F]: m. John
Calhoun ("Little Black Jack," "Black
Jack") COX (2 January 1836, Fayette County, Georgia
- 19 February 1917, Sweetwater, Nolan County, Texas), 22
June 1864, Smith County, Texas, Confederate States of
America [See G0492A: John
("Little Black Jack," "Black Jack")
Calhoun COX, in Antecedents and
Descendants of John Cox (1 November 1727 - ABT 1804/05)
and also see G0493A:
John Dennis STELL, Colonel in Antecedents
and Descendants of Michael Stell (1683 - ABT 1706).]
Child 10: Thomas B. ALLEN (23 May
1849, Fayette County, Georgia - ?) [M]
Child 11:
Joseph Polk ALLEN (9 May 1851, Fayette County,
Georgia - 1902, Mineola, Wood County, Texas) [M]: m.
Ellen Malone ("Ella Mae") STELL (6 August 1852,
Louisiana - ?), 13 May 1869, Smith County, Texas [See Child
11: Ella Malone ("Ella Mae") STELL under G0493B:
Robert Malone STELL (Jr.) Reverend, M. D. in Antecedents
and Descendants of Michael Stell (1683 - ABT 1706).]
Child 12: Columbus Elbridge
("Bud") ALLEN (12 June 1853, Fayette County,
Georgia - 20 April 1927, Smith County, Texas: interment
at Dover Baptist Church Cemetery, Smith County, Texas)
[M]: m. Samantha THURMAN (19 February 1855, Missouri - 10
May 1941: interment at Dover Baptist Church Cemetery,
Smith County, Texas), 28 July 1872, Smith County, Texas
Note 1: Whitmill Phillips ALLEN's
first name is also spelled "Whitmel" and
"Whitmeal" in some sources. The spelling
"Whitmill" is found on his Justice of Peace
certificate issued by the state of Georgia and is
presumed to be the spelling he used. Of his middle name,
the only written record is in the EASON family Bible. His
sister Elizabeth married John EASON.
Whitmill Phillips ALLEN was appointed Justice of the
Peace in Fayette County, Georgia, in 1838, was
reappointed in 1841 and served at least until 1842. (His
commissions are in the possession of descendants.)
According to A History of Clayton County, Georgia:
1821-1983, Whitmill Phillips ALLEN built "The Oaks" inter annos
1839 and 1840, approximately four miles north of
Jonesboro on the old Atlanta Public Road. (In 1988, the
site was north of Jonesboro on Tara Boulevard at the
locale of Southland Ford.) Terry Baken's Historic
Clayton County: Home of Gone With the Wind describes
"Stately Oaks" as "a pure example of Greek
Revival architecture so common in the South in the last
century" and said it appears to have been designed
and built by a competent but professionally untrained
carpenter. "The Oaks" was renamed "Stately
Oaks" by Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Orr, who acquired the
plantation in 1889. "Stately Oaks" is
considered an excellent example of the residence of a
substantial small planter. The home has been moved to
Historical Jonesboro (south of Jonesboro on the east side
of the railroad tracks on Jodeco Road), where it was
renovated to serve as a house-museum of the antebellum
era. For more information about this estimable dwelling,
see The Oaks: The Home of Whitmill
Phillips Allen (6 November 1811 - January 1868).
Whitmill Phillips ALLEN and his family moved to Smith
County, Texas around 1858. Reportedly he was following
the westward movement of his family. His uncle, Elijah P.
ALLEN, had moved to Jackson Parish, Louisiana, and other
relatives have been identified in Smith County.
Whitmill Phillips ALLEN was a founding member of the
Dover Baptist Church, near Carroll, Smith County, Texas
in 1863 and, in 1866, he deeded four acres to the Church
which is now the Dover Cemetery. As is known from letters
addressed to him, Whitmill Phillips ALLEN apparently
carried supplies in his wagons to Shreveport, Louisiana
during the War Between the States.
In 1866 and 1867, Whitmill Phillips ALLEN was
identified as a Justice of the Peace in Smith County,
Texas; and he was also an organizer of the Dover Library
Association.
Note 2: The marriage of Whitmill
Phillips ALLEN and Mary Ann CAMP is verified in Georgia
Marriage Record to 1850.
Note 3: From Genealogy:
JimCSmith.net, at http://www.jimcsmith.net/master/progen/wga2.html:
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"Migration. A group of
Georgians moved from Georgia to Smith County,
Texas. There were about 100 in the group
including several families and slaves. The
ALLENs, CAMPs, MOSELEYs, EASONs, and others were
in the group. They made the trip in six weeks and
camped on the Sabine River 27 December 1858. They
came in wagons, hack, on horseback, and in ox
wagons. Elijah rode a horse the entire way.
Elijah's wife had one and rode a hack all the
way. It took an entire day to cross the
Mississippi River by ferry. W. P. ALLEN made a
trip to Texas beforehand and found a location.
They cut poles and made cabins to live in for
quite a while. W. P. gave each of the children
land for a home. W. P. and Mary Ann each died in
the home they built there. Their son Bud took
their home after their death. The ALLEN children
all married in Georgia except Joe, Tom, Bud, and
Sallie. Sallie married a cousin John COX in
Texas. Abner also single was killed in the battle
at Franklin, Tennessee at the age of 21. Elijah
was never in a battle during the Civil War and
was dischared near Galveston, Texas. John and
Bill were captured and imprisoned at Chicago.
They almost died from the severe cold and
exposure and bleeding feet. John had the best
education and was the most polished of the boys.
The country abounded in deer, wolf, and,
rattlesnakes. It was wild unsettled country with
very few other settlers around. It was hard for
Mary Ann to leave all her loved ones in Georgia
while W. P. brought most of his. She did bring
her father, though, and he died in Texas.
Elijah's wife was partly raised in Atlanta,
Georgia and she visited the stone mountains many
times in her young days. All of Elijah's children
were born at an old log cabin country home at
Carroll in Smith County except his first little
girl that was born in Georgia. She was about two
when they made the trip to Texas." Written
by: Nora Allen (daughter of Elijah Allen)
Copied by: Ophelia Peele (granddaughter of John
Allen)
Paraphrased by: Jay Smith (husband of Karen
Stevenson Smith)
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Note 4: In the United States Census
of 1870 for the Garden Valley beat, Smith County, Texas,
enumerated by J. J. Stanford on 13 June 1860, Whitmill
Phillips ALLEN was listed as the proprietor of twenty
slaves, six adults and fourteen children, constituting
four households. These are categorized according to age,
sex (M = Male, F = Female), and colour (B = Black, M =
Mulatto):
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47 F B
45 M B
32 F B
32 M B
32 F B
24 F B
22 F B
15 M B
10 M B
10 F B
10 F B
8 M B
5 F B
3 M B
3 M B
4 F B
2 M B
2 F B
2 M B
1 M B |
Note 5: In
Tyler, Smith County, Texas, during the court term of
February 1867, Hannah Tolaver, a "child of
color" eight years of age, was apprenticed to
Whitmill Phillips ALLEN by Judge Samuel D. Gibbs. The
legal form of apprenticeship was consistent with the
example furnished below:
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February Term 1869
Now at this term of the Court came one to be
heard the application of J. S. O. Brook Jr the
apprenticeship one Mary Ily a minor of the age of
about six years and after --- having been given
and no obligation having been made. It is ordered
by the Court that the said Mary Iley be
apprenticed to the said J. S. O. Brooks under the
Apprentice Law passed at the last Legislature
1866 and the said Mary Ily is to remain with the
said J. S. O. Brooks until she arrives at the age
of eighteen years old unless sooner marries. The
said J. S. O. Brooks is to furnish the said Mary
Iley with good comfortable clothing and food and
he is further required to give her a sufficient
English education to learn her to spell and read
and further when she married, the said J. S. O.
Brooks is to furnish her three cows and calves or
the value thereof to the amount of fifty dollars
cash for the faithful performances of which he
(the said Brooks) is required to give bond in the
sum of two hundred dollars. |
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Under the Apprentice Law, males were were expected to
remain with their masters until they were 21, at which
time they received a good horse, bridle, and saddle worth
at least $100.
It seems to have been understood that apprentices were
to "behave themselves discreetly unto the person
apprenticed to and all his family."
Also during the court term of February 1867, Susan
Tolaver, eight years of age, was apprenticed to John
Calhoun COX, the son-in-law of Whitmill Phillips
ALLEN, by Judge Samuel D. Gibbs. It is possible to
surmise that Susan and Hannah Tolaver were twins, that -
with the termination of slavery - they had been orphaned,
and that - under the regime of slavery - they had somehow
been associated with the old Southern family of
Taliaferro (pronounced "tolliver").
Note 6: According to the 1870 United
States Census for Smith County, Texas, Elijah.Sherwood
and Julia Langford ALLEN's children were Alice - 10, Emma
- 9, Thomas - 6, Bula - 3, and Josephine - 2. All were
born after the family settled in the Garden Valley area
upon their arrival in Texas from Georgia. Elijah Sherwood
ALLEN served during the Civil War in Company C, 17th
Texas Cavalry, C. S. A. (Tyler Daily Courier Times,
11 March 1913, p. 7) This was the same company in which
William Camp ALLEN served. Elijah Sherwood ALLEN’s
obituary stated that he was the oldest of seven children.
Information on William Camp ALLEN includes the following:
Wife, Jane C. DEVAUGHN and seven children whose names
were Olivia, Thomas, Luther, Lucie, Cora, William, and
Olon. The Tyler Daily Courier Times reported
William Camp ALLEN as having died on June 2, 1911:
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"Confederate Army Veteran -
Co. C 17th Texas Calvary (the same Company in
which William M. Capps, who is discussed below,
was said to have served). William Camp ALLEN was
taken prisoner at Arkansas Post and carried to
Chicago. This was Col. Bryan Marsh's regiment. He
is one of the last four survivors of original
membership of the old Dover Baptist Church.
Joined the Baptist Church in 1855." Tyler
Daily Courier Times, 15 June 15 1911. |
[Note: The Confederate pension application for Levina
Moseley, widow of William M. Capps, who served in Company
C of the 17th Texas Cavalry, required the signature of
two witnesses who served with William M. Capps during the
War Between the States. One of the witnesses was W. C.
ALLEN who signed as a witness on 20 September 1915. The
identity of this W. C. ALLEN is unclear.]
William M.(Miles or Mitchell) CAPPS was born 14 July
1832. Census records indicate his birthplace as Georgia,
his father's birthplace as South Carolina, and his
mother's birthplace also as Georgia. William married
Levina MOSELEY in Smith County, Texas on 16 August 1860.
She was born in Georgia on 4 April 1843. Her parents were
Miles MOSELEY and Nancy CAMP from Henry County, Georgia.
William and Levina CAPPS had the following children:
William Washington CAPPS, Luvina C. CAPPS, John CAPPS,
Sarah Elizabeth CAPPS Parnell, Nnacy B. CAPPS Waits,
Mollie CAPPS Glenn, Alma C. Lester, Cora Lee CAPPS
Williamson, Nora Cozelle CAPPS, Lonnie CAPPS, Sterling
Miles CAPPS.
In a handwritten note from a grandaughter of William
M. CAPPS and Levina Moseley CAPPS, it was indicated that
the entire wagon train in which William, Levina, and
other family members traveled to Texas originated in
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia. Also in the wagon train
were Levina's parents - Miles and Nancy Camp MOSELEY,
John CAMP (father of Nancy), Lewis and Chlorinda Camp
SPARKMAN, and several ALLEN family members. This wagon
train would have made the trip from Georgia to Texas
around 1858.
William M. CAPPS was associated with the ALLEN,
MOSELEY, CAMP, and SPARKMAN families all of Clayton,
Fayette, and Henry Counties, Georgia. These families all
relocated to Texas from Georgia. They settled in the
Garden Valley Community of Smith County, Texas.
The children of Elijah Sherwood ALLEN and Julia M.
LANGFORD were: Mary Elizabeth ("Little Lizzie")
ALLEN (27 December 1856, Fayette County, Georgia -
January 1862, Smith County, Texas, Confederate States of
America) [F]; Emma Alice ALLEN (17 February 1860, Smith
County, Texas - 28 December 1881, Smith County, Texas)
[F]: m. James R. COX (1857, Louisiana - ?); Thomas
Langford ALLEN (7 January 1864, Smith County, Texas,
Confederate States of America - 28 April 1951, Tarrant
County, Texas) [M]: m. Billie HARPOLE; Beulah L. ALLEN (6
March 1866, Smith County, Texas - 23 July 1896, Smith
County, Texas) [F]: m. Dr. Houston RATHER (1861,
Mississippi - ?); Josie Barnes ALLEN (26 July 1868, Smith
County, Texas - 17 February 1946, San Antonio, Bexar
County, Texas) [F]: m. W. J. WRIGHT; Lenora ("Aunt
Nora") ALLEN (7 October 1870, Smith County, Texas -
23 May 1966, Terrell, Kaufman County, Texas) [F]; Mittie
Beatrice ALLEN (25 January 1873, Smith County, Texas - 1
January 1907, Wise County, Texas) [F]: m. Dr. B. M.
JONES; Maggie Lee ALLEN (4 March 1877, Smith County,
Texas - 14 August 1963, Wise County, Texas) [F]: m. Dr.
William Americus JENNINGS (20 July 1874, Menlo,
Chattanooga County, Georgia - ?), 10 August 1904, Mt.
Sylvan, Smith County, Texas; Julia Janette ALLEN (15
December 1879, Smith County, Texas - ?) [F]: m. Ulyson W.
PRATER; Lottie May (or Mary) ALLEN (19 October 1884,
Smith County, Texas - ?) [F].
Elijah Sherwood ALLEN lies interred in the cemetery of
the Dover Baptist Church, Smith County, Texas. For this
church and cemetery, Whitmill Phillips ALLEN deeded four
acres of land in 1866. The gravestone of Elijah Sherwood
ALLEN is inscribed: E. S. Allen, 27 December 1833,
"Father."
Julia M. ALLEN (née LANGFORD) lies interred
in the cemetery of the Dover Baptist Church, Smith
County, Texas. Her gravestone is inscribed: Julia M.
Allen, 26 September 1838 - 16 June 1925.
Emma Alice COX (née ALLEN) lies interred in
the cemetery of the Dover Baptist Church, Smith County,
Texas. Her gravestone is inscribed: Emma A. Cox, wife of
J. R. Cox, Luther’s Mama, 17 February 1860 - 23
December 1881.
Beulah L. RATHER (née ALLEN) lies interred
in the cemetery of the Dover Baptist Church, Smith
County, Texas. Her gravestone is inscribed: Beulah L.
Rather, wife of Dr. H. Rather, 6 March 1866 - 23 July
1896.
Note 7: In the United States Census
of 1870 for the Garden Valley beat, Smith County, Texas,
enumerated 1 June 1860, Elijah Sherwood ALLEN was listed
as the proprietor of four slaves, two adults and two
children, constituting a single household. These are
categorized according to age, sex (M = Male, F = Female),
and colour (B = Black, M = Mulatto):
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28 M B
21 F B
5 F B
2 F B |
Note 8: In Tyler, Smith County,
Texas, during the court term of February 1867, Alice
Stuart, a "child of color" eight years of age,
was apprenticed to Elijah Sherwood ALLEN by Judge Samuel
D. Gibbs. For the legal form of apprenticeship, see note
5, above.
Also during the court term of February 1867, on 1
March, Lucies Stuart, eight years of age, was apprenticed
to William Camp ALLEN, the brother of Elijah Sherwood
ALLEN, by Judge Samuel D. Gibbs. It is possible to
surmise that Lucies and Alice Stuart were twins and that
- with the termination of slavery - they had been
orphaned.
Note 9: According to her death
certificate, Julia M. LANGFORD’s father was John
LANKFORD.
Note 10: In the United States Census
of 1870 for the Garden Valley beat, Smith County, Texas,
enumerated 1 June 1860, John C(amp?) ALLEN was listed as
the proprietor of one slave, a black female who was said
to be 27 years of age.
Note 11: In the United States Census
of 1870 for the Garden Valley beat, Smith County, Texas,
enumerated 1 June 1860, William Camp ALLEN was listed as
the proprietor of three slaves, one adults and two
children, constituting a single household. These are
categorized according to age, sex (M = Male, F = Female),
and colour (B = Black, M = Mulatto):
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28 M B
15 F B
8/12 M B [born August 1859] |
Of this household, it seems likely that the bondswoman
of John C. ALLEN was the single mother.
Note 12: Jane C. DEVAUGHN, the spouse
of William Camp ALLEN, was the daughter of Elijah
DEVAUGHN (1794, Nash County, North Carolina - 8 November
1840, Henry County, Georgia; interment at DeVaughn Family
Cemetery) and Eliza Bailey DEVALL (14 October 1805,
Abbeville, Abbeville District, South Carolina - 11
January 1892, Jonesboro, Clayton County, Georgia;
interment at DeVaughn Family Cemetery), married about
1819 and resident in Henry County, Georgia.
Note 13: James Marion
("Mel") ALLEN: Some sources indicate that James
Marion ("Mel") ALLEN may have been born 14 June
1838; and, although he said he was born in Fayette
County, Georgia, his family home may have actually been
in what then was Henry County. The area where he was born
became part of Clayton County in 1858.
James Marion ("Mel") ALLEN and his first
wife, Mary Ann ("Polly") GAY had no children.
According to a record prepared by her sister, Martha
Matilda TRAVIS (née GAY), after she and James
Marion ("Mel") ALLEN were engaged to be
married, Mary Ann ("Polly") GAY broke the
engagement because she did not want to go to Texas with
him and his family. Finally, James Marion
("Mel") ALLEN promised not to go to Texas, if
she would marry him. She was so young, 15 years of age,
that she persuaded her parents, Sherrod Haywood
GAY (2 March 1808, Hancock County, Georgia - 6 June
1894, Hancock County, Georgia: interment at Riverdale
United Methodist Church Cemetery, Pleasant Grove,
Jefferson County, Georgia) and Annis
ALLEN (3 July 1814, Social Circle, Walton County,
Georgia - 4 April 1894; interment at Riverdale Methodist
Church, Pleasant Grove, Jefferson County, Georgia), who
were married 29 May 1838, in Fayette County, Georgia, to
come into the parlour so that he could make the promise
before them.
After he and Mary Ann ("Polly") GAY were
married, James Marion ("Mel") ALLEN decided to
go to Texas anyway, and Mary Ann ("Polly")
GAY's father, Sherrod
Haywood GAY, offered her a large sum of money if she
would not go. She refused, saying she could not disgrace
her sister and her family by breaking up the marriage.
James Marion ("Mel") ALLEN and Mary Ann
("Polly") GAY apparently stayed in Texas about
one year and returned to Jonesboro, Georgia in December
1859, where Sherrod
Haywood GAY furnished a house for them (the
"Renfro Place"). During the War Between the
States, Mary Ann ("Polly") GAY moved in with
her family.
Sherrod
Haywood GAY and Annis
ALLEN, it should be noted, were married 29 May 1838,
in Fayette County, Georgia. Annis ALLEN was the daughter
of Woodson ALLEN (ABT 1774, Charlotte County, Virginia,
British North America - 11 September 1834, Walton County,
Georgia) and Annis PALMER (1778, Charlotte County,
Virginia - ?), who were married 19 August 1794, in
Charlotte County, Virginia and were resident in Social
Circle, Walton County, Georgia. Annis ALLEN is not now
known to have been traceably related to the family of
James Marion ("Mel") ALLEN. Woodson ALLEN, in
Virginia, was a witness to a deed dated 13 October 1792,
signed by Patrick Henry and Dorothea Henry. Woodson ALLEN
and Annis PALMER were, in fact, neighbours of Patrick
Henry and named one of their sons [Patrick Henry ALLEN
(18 December 1815 - ?): m. Sarah C. HAYES, 1843,
McDonough, Henry County, Georgia)] after him. Woodson
ALLEN was a revolutionary army soldier and drew land in
Walton County in the Georgia Land Lottery of 1827.
Woodson ALLEN and Annis PALMER were
married 19 August 1794, in Charlotte County, Virginia. In
1914, Samuel WILKINS, the son of William W. WILKINS and
Lucy ALLEN, copied the dates of birth of the children of
Woodson ALLEN and Annis PALMER: Luke
ALLEN (1 August 1795 - ?) [M]; John ALLEN (8 September
1797 - ?) [M]; William ALLEN (5 December 1799 - ?) [M];
James ALLEN (20 May 1803 - ?) [M]; Woodson Palmer ALLEN
(12 October 1805 - ?) [M]; Mary ALLEN (1 July 1808 - ?)
[F]; Lovic Pierce ALLEN (1 July 1810 - ?) [M]; Lucy
Palmer ALLEN (22 September 1812 - ?) [F]: m. William W.
WILKINS, 1840, Fayette County, Georgia; and Annis ALLEN
(3 July 1814 - ?) [F]: m. Sherrod Haywood
GAY (2 March 1808, Hancock County, Georgia - ?), 29
May 1838, Fayette County, Georgia.
The other children of Sherrod Haywood
GAY and Annis ALLEN were: Asa GAY (7 September 1839,
Clayton County, Georgia - 7 September 1839, Clayton
County, Georgia) [M]; John W. GAY (29 November 1841,
Clayton County, Georgia - 10 April 1844, Clayton County,
Georgia) [M]; Martha Matilda GAY (20 December 1845,
Fayette County, Georgia - 3 March 1929, East Point,
Fulton County, Georgia) [F]: m. Maxmillian
("Max") TRAVIS (6 January 1842, Fayette County,
Georgia - 30 April 1914, Riverdale, Clayton County,
Alabama), 26 December 1861; Polk GAY (13 December 1847,
Fayette County, Georgia - ?, Memphis, Tennessee) [M]:
Marietta GAY (26 November 1849, Fayette County, Georgia -
AFT 1880, Fayette County, Georgia) [F]: m. Perry ARCHER
(ABT 1845 - AFT 1880); John Calhoun GAY (8 February 1851,
Fayette County, Georgia - 17 April 1914: interment at
Riverdale United Methodist Church Cemetery, Pleasant
Grove, Jefferson County, Georgia) [M]: m1. Jackie
MILNER(ABT 1856 - BY 1882): m2. Mary E. MILNER (21 May
1864 - 2 September 1894, Clayton County, Georgia), ABT
1882, Clayton County, Georgia; William W. GAY (2
September 1854, Fayette County, Georgia - 16 March 1934,
Clayton County, Georgia) [M]: m. Ella TERRELL (13
February 1871 - 31 August 1936, Clayton County, Georgia);
and Joanna GAY (14 April 1858, Fayette County, Georgia -
AFT 1889) [F]: m. James MCCONNELL (? - AFT 1889). [See G0495C:
Maj. Zachariah PHILLIPS, note 5, in Antecedents
and Descendants of Whitmell Phillips (ABT 1772 - 1822).]
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A History of Clayton County,
Georgia: 1821 - 1983, p. 249, "Gay
Family," by Ena Mann Wilson and Annis Gay
Mann Richardson: "Sherod Haywood Gay, born
March 2, 1808, in Hancock County, Georgia, died
June 6, 1894, Clayton County, Georgia, married
May 29, 1839, Annis Allen, born July 3, 1814,
near Social Circle, Georgia, died April 4, 1894,
Clayton County, Ga. She was the daughter of
Woodson and Annis Palmer Allen of Walton County,
Georgia. Before coming to Georgia, Woodson Allen
lived in Charlotte and Prince Edward Counties,
VA. He was a Revolutionary soldier. Sherod
Haywood Gay was one of the early settlers of
Fayette County. His home was in a section of
Fayette County which became part of Clayton
County. His granddaughter, Minnie Travis Mann,
remembered his stories about settling on Morning
Creek with his slave Adam, and his telling about
their keeping a fire burning all night to drive
the wolves and panthers away. He became a large
land owner. He and his family were friends and
neighbors of the Philip Fitzgerald family from
whom the famous writer, Margaret Mitchell, [Gone
With The Wind] descended. Sherod Gay served
in the Indian War of 1836. He was a Baptist.
Children of Sherod Haywood and Annis Allen Gay:
1. Asa Gay, born Sept 7, 1839, died in infancy,
2. John W. Gay, born Nov 29, 1841, died in
infancy. 3. Mary Ann [Polly] Gay, born Nov 26,
1843 married Mell Allen, son of Whitmel and Mary
Ann Camp Allen, and moved to Smith County, TX.
The old McCord-Orr home now being restored in
Jonesboro was the Whitmel Allen family home. 4.
Martha Matilda Gay, born Dec 20, 1845. 5. Polk
Gay, born Dec 13, 1847, unmarried, died in
Memphis, TN. 6. Marietta Gay, born Nov 26, 18l49.
7. John Calhoun Gay, born Feb 8, 1852. 8. William
W. Gay, born Sept 21, 1854, married Ella Terrell.
He was graduated from the University of Georgia
law school in 1877, and practiced law for many
years in Atlanta. 9. Joanna Gay, born April 14,
1858." |
On 20 May 1861, in Jonesboro, James Marion
("Mel") ALLEN joined Company E, 10th Georgia
Volunteer Infantry. The company was originally known as
the Clayton Sharpshooters and, later, the Benjamin
Infantry. His company was the first organized in Clayton
County; and his regiment left Jonesboro on 30 May 1861.
He and his regiment arrived in Richmond, Virginia, on 2
June 1861, and were initially stationed at Williamsburg.
Except for furloughs such as that of November 1862, when
his wife had smallpox, James Marion ("Mel")
ALLEN remained with the 10th Georgia until the end of the
War.
A friend, in a letter to his father, said that James
Marion ("Mel") ALLEN was extremely ill himself
when he came home in November 1862; but he had recovered
by the time he left on Christmas Day.
By 1864, James Marion ("Mel") ALLEN was a
corporal. The 10th Georgia Infantry was part of the Army
of Northern Virginia; and it participated in many of the
major, and some of the bloodiest, battles of the War
Between the States, including Sharpsburg (Antietam),
Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, and the Wilderness
Campaign. When told that the 10th Georgia had broken in
one battle, the division commander, General Kershaw,
reportedly refused to believe the report:
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"It is false. The Tenth
Georgia was the first to stem the tide at the
Wilderness, Spotsylvania, North Anna, Topotomoy,
and Cold Harbor. It never breaks." [Col. A.
J. McBride, "Tenth Georgia at
Spotsylvania", Atlanta Journal, 20
July 1901.] |
The 10th Georgia also developed a reputation of a
different sort. When its men were accused of having
stolen some pigs at Fredericksburg, General McLaw refused
to take action against the regiment. He reportedly said
that if the 10th had in fact butchered the hogs, he was
certain its men would have done it near someone else
rather than furnish evidence against themselves.
McLaw may have been right. Dr. George Todd, regimental
surgeon and brother of Mary Todd Lincoln, President
Lincoln's wife, had a cask of smuggled French brandy
stolen by the regiment during a fight staged by the
soldiers to distract everyone's attention. After dividing
the spoils, they hid the empty cask in a tent belonging
to the 53rd Regiment.
James Marion ("Mel") ALLEN surrendered and
was paroled at Appomattox. According to his pension
application James Allen returned to Texas in 1866. He
settled in the Garden Valley area of Smith County,
probably near Carroll, where his parents and other
members of his family lived. The pension application says
that he moved to Mineola, Texas around 1878. However, his
first wife, Mary Ann ("Polly") GAY died on 27
March 1880 and was buried in Dover Cemetery (near I-20
and State Highway 110 in western Smith County),
suggesting that they still lived in Smith County up to
her death.
James Marion ("Mel") ALLEN married his
second wife, Isom Jane DAVIS, on 28 December 1881, in
Smith County. Isom Jane DAVIS reportedly died as a result
of complications from the birth of her second son, Royl.
James Marion ("Mel") ALLEN’s third
wife, Frances Sophronia ("Safrony") QUARLES
outlived him.
In his pension application of July 1809, James Marion
("Mel") ALLEN reported his occupation as
transferman (but drayman, according to Marie LAKE). Henry
ALLEN, his grandson, recalls that James Marion
("Mel") ALLEN was the founder of a motor
freight company in Texas and was very successful.
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The War Years Although
the 10th Georgia reportedly went to Williamsburg
after reporting to Richmond, one document dated 8
July 1861, suggests that the reriment may have
been sent to Lynchburg, Virginia in July. In
mid-1862 (Seven Day's Battle), the 10th Georgia
was in Brigadier General Paul J. Semmes's First
Brigade, Major General Lafayette McLaw's
Division, under the command of Major General J.
B. Macgruder. At Crampton's Gap, Maryland, 14
September 1862, the regiment was was engaged in
heavy hand-to-hand fighting and were described by
Brigadier General Howell Cobb, who commanded
them, as having participated "with great
courage and energy." At Crampton's Gap the
regiment fought in the gap when the lines were
broken and later helped hold a position at
Brownsville with Brigadier General Cobb where
2,200 Confederate soldiers held out against
between 10,000 and 20,000 Union soldiers.
[Official Records of the Union and Confederate
Armies in the War of Rebellion, Vol. XXXI, pp.
870-871, 876-877]
At Sharpsburg (Antietam), 17 September 1862,
the 10th Georgia marched seven miles before going
into action about two miles from Sharpsburg on
the left flank. The regiment attacked under heavy
fire, drove the Union Army back and suffered
tremendous casualties; but it was forced to
withdraw when its men ran out of ammunition. Most
officers, including Company E commander Lt. J. T.
Key and Capt. P. H. Loud, Regimental Commander,
were wounded in the engagement. According to
Brigade Commander Semmes's report, 57 percent of
the 10th Georgia were killed or wounded in the
battle.
While in Semmes's brigade, the regiment was at
Fredericksburg (January, 1863). In May 1863, it
was at Chancellorsville with Semmes. The regiment
was on picket duty opposite Falmouth in April
1863 and ordered to rejoin the Brigade in a night
march on 29 April. Following another night march
on the 30th the brigade was located back and
south of Howison's house. Following another night
march on May 1 the brigade was near Zoar Church,
about one mile from the intersection of the Plank
and the old Turnpike with General Anderson. At
noon on 1 May, the 10th Georgia "contributed
materially" to the repulse of the Union
attack.
Following this action, the Brigade pursued
retreating Union troops to their strongly
entrenched position at Chancellorsville. McLaw
credited them with holding his flank on 2 May. On
3 May, the 10th Georgia captured 454 men,
including the entire the 27th Connecticut, 340
men. Company E was sent back with the prisoners
and missed much of the heaviest fighting around
Salem Church. The 10th, with 230 men, lost 21
killed, 102 wounded and 5 missing or captured at
Chancellorsville.
On 1 June 1863, one source identifies the
regiment as part of.Brigadier General Benning's
Brigade. However, at Gettysburg (1, 2, and 3 July
1863) it was part of Semmes's Brigade, Major
General McLaw's Division, Lt. Gen. James
Longstreet's First Corps. The regiment suffered 9
killed and 77 wounded, twenty of whom were
reported as being left behind.
In the withdrawal from Gettysburg, the 10th
Georgia lived up to its reputation as a hard
drinking and hard fighting regiment. Assigned
with the 15th Georgia to guard the pontoon bridge
at Funkstown, Maryland so that the rest of the
army could cross, the regiment consumed a barrel
of brandy which had been scavenged from a local
farm house en route. After the barrel had
been consumed, Union units approached and the
Confederate units attacked, thanks in part to
courage provided by the liquor. Although their
attack was unsuccessful, the regiment then held
off the Union troops for the rest of the day
while the rest of Lee's army crossed the bridge,
withdrawing that night.
In the fall of 1863, the regiment became part
of Brigadier General Goode Bryan's Brigade and
accompanied Longstreet to join the Army of
Tennessee where it participated in the Battle of
Knoxville. The regiment probably also
participated in the Battle of Chickamauga.
Bryan's Brigade was assigned the task of making
the preliminary attack at midnight before the
main assault. The regiment succeeded in driving
back the Union pickets, although the subsequent
daytime attack failed.
By the time of the Wilderness (May 1864), the
regiment was back in the Army of Northern
Virginia, remaining as part of Bryan's Brigade;
but, in Brig. General Joseph B. Kershaw's
Division, Longstreet's Corps, where the regiment
participated in the Battles of Spotsylvania Court
House and Gaines Mill.
At Spotsylvania, the 10th Georgia was credited
with holding, and then burning, the bridge over
the North Anna River. On the 27th of May the 10th
Georgia was engaged in "sharp
skirmishing" near Pole Green Church, holding
a ridge line between Topotomoy and Beaver Dam
creeks. According to Col.
A. J. McBride, commander at the time, the men
had little to eat -- raw bacon and crackers, some
days only one cracker -- and little rest for days
on end.
On 23 June 1864, the regiment was part of J.
P. Simms’s Brigade at Petersburg where it
occupied unfinished breastworks which it had to
complete under fire. Fifteen men were killed and
31 wounded, many later dying of their wounds. On
31 August 1864, Lt. General R. H. Anderson was
reported as Corps commander.
On 26 July 1864 the regiment moved to the New
Market road. At Russell's Mill the Tenth was one
of two regiments that attacked the Union skirmish
line and captured the advancing Union troops. It
also participated in fighting near Chester
Station, Charlestown, Berryville and Cedar Creek.
At Cedar Creek, the regiment was also reportedly
again engaged in bloody hand-to-hand combat.
During most of this period, Bryan's Brigade was
under the command of Col. James P. Simms and was
part of Jubal A. Early's command.
By 31 December 1864, Kershaw's Division was
back in Longstreet's Corps among the units
defending Richmond and Petersburg. The division
apparently was part of the defense of Richmond,
as when Richmond was occupied on 3 April 1865,
Kershaw's Division withdrew with Lt. General
Richard S. Ewell to join Lee's retreating troops.
Most of Ewell's command, including Major General
Kershaw and Brigadier General Simms, were
captured on 6 April at Sailor's (Sayler's) Creek.
(Approximately 3250 soldiers were captured and
150 were killed or wounded).
At the time of the surrender at Appomattox, 9
April 1865, Lt. J. B. Evans was commanding the
10th Georgia, and Capt. George W. Waldron was
commanding Simms's Brigade. The remnants of the
10th Georgia were with Longstreet as the rear
guard of Lee's army. The regiment was at the New
Hope Baptist Church, just west of the current
town of Vera. In 1988, the remains of the
regiment’s breastworks were barely visible
in the woods opposite the current site of the New
Hope Church.
Only 294 men from Ewell's command, including
eight men from Company E, 10th Georgia are listed
in the parole records for Appomattox. James
Marion ("Mel") ALLEN was not listed in
the records. However, the original of his parole
document signed by Lt. J. B. Evans, regimental
commander at Appomattox, dated 10 April 1865, at
Appomattox, is in his Confederate Veteran's
pension file in Austin, Texas. [Southern
Historical Society Papers, Vol. 2, p. 65; Vol. 3,
pp. 111, 114; Vol. 6, p. 32; Vol. 12, p. 10; Vol
13, pp. 496-498; Vol. 15, p. 182; Vol. 17, p. 83;
Vol. 33, p. 98; Vol. 40, p. 95; Battles and
Leaders of the Civil War, Vol. II, p. 316; Vol.
III, p. 146; Vol. IV, pp. 182, 751; Official
Records of the Union and Confederate Armies in
the War of Rebellion, Vol. XXXI, pp. 877-878,
Vol. XXXVII, pp. 824-829, Vol. XXXVII, pp.
833-839, Vol. XXXIX, pp. 329, 364-365, Vol. LII,
p. 768, Vol. LVIII, p. 1268); Christopher
Calkins, From Petersburg to Appomattox: April
2-9, 1865, pp. 6, 44; Col. Andrew Jackson
McBride, "10th Georgia at
Spotsylvania," Atlanta Journal, 20
July 1901; McBride, "10th Georgia at Zoar
Church and Chancellorsville," ibid.,
31 August 1901, McBride, "10th Georgia
Captures 27th Connecticut", ibid., 14
September 1901; D. I. Walden, "10th Georgia
at Knoxville", ibid., 11 January
1902; Walden, "10th Georgia at
Funktown", ibid., 29 March 1902.)
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Note 14: Columbus Elbridge ALLEN lies
interred in the cemetery of the Dover Baptist Church,
Smith County, Texas. His gravestone is inscribed:
Columbus E. Allen, 12 June 1853 - 20 April 1927.
Samantha ALLEN (née THURMAN) lies interred
in the cemetery of the Dover Baptist Church, Smith
County, Texas. Her gravestone is inscribed: Samantha
Thurman Allen, 19 February 1855 - 10 May 1941.
Note 15: In the cemetery of the Dover
Baptist Church, Smith County, Texas lies interred Luther T. ALLEN. His
gravestone is inscribed: Luther T. Allen, son of W. C.
and Jane Allen, 29 March 1860 - 6 December 1862. Luther
T. ALLEN was the son of William Camp ALLEN and Jane C.
DEVAUGHN.
Note 16: Mary ("Polly") Ann
ALLEN (née GAY) lies interred in the cemetery
of the Dover Baptist Church, Smith County, Texas. Her
gravestone is inscribed: Mary A. Allen, wife of J. M.
Allen, 26 November 1843 - 27 March 1880.
Note 17: Although Marie LAKE believed
that Isom Jane DAVIS’s birthplace was Van, Van Zandt
County, Texas, the birth certificate of the second child
of Isom Jane DAVIS states that her place of birth was
Swan, Smith County, Texas. Isom Jane DAVIS died from
complications with the birth of her second child, Royl
James ALLEN. By Isom Jane DAVIS, James Marion
("Mel") ALLEN engendered two sons: Virgil
D(avis?) ALLEN (September 1883, Texas - ?): m. Nina
Hattie SMITH (27 September 1885, Mount Airy, Habersham
County, Georgia - 16 November 1964, McCamey, Upton
County, Texas), 12 November 1903, Quitman, Wood County,
Texas; and Royl James ALLEN (31 December 1884, Mineola,
Wood County, Texas - ?): m. Pearl Estelle WHITE (8
December 1889, Farmerville, Union Parish, Louisiana - ?),
30 May 1906, Swan, Smith County, Texas.
Note 18: In the United States Census
of 1870 for the Garden Valley beat, Smith County, Texas,
enumerated 2 July 1860, James Marion ALLEN was listed as
the proprietor of a single slave, a male mulatto, thirty
years of age.
Note 19: Map of Morgan County,
Georgia (1895):
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