To add to the long list of those searching for John Camerons in various
locations, may I add the John Cameron family first seen in Lebanon Co, PA
in 1810?
There are records in the Annville Evangelical Lutheran Church for the
children born to John Cameron and his wife Sarah in the years between 1810
and 1820. Those children are: Joseph Cameron, born 14 August 1810, Daniel
Cameron, born 22 June 1812, and Catherine Cameron born January, 1816.
The name is spelled in various records between 1810 and 1870 as: Cameron,
Camron, Cammeron. The Federal census for 1810 and 1820 shows Camerons in
Annville Twp, Lebanon Co. PA (formerly part of Dauphin Co, PA) with the
given names of John and Levi (there are two households headed by a Levi
Cameron).
1810 Federal Census
Annville Twp, Dauphin Co, PA
Currently Part of Lebanon County
Taken from the 1810 Dauphin Co U.S. Census Rolls
Free White Males Free
White Females All
Name 10 16 26 45 +45 10 16
26 45
Levis
Cameron 2 1 1 4 2
1 1
Levis
Cameron 1 1 1 4
1 1
ohn
Cameron 1 1 1 1 1 1
Joseph Cameron said that his parents were born in England in one census,
and in Germany in another.
Joseph Cameron (b.1810, PA) was married to a Sally Hinds (name given in
Fayette Co, Illinois marriage record of their son) in Pennsylvania before
1831, when their first son, William was born. Location of marriage unknown.
The Camerons moved to Knox Co., Ohio (later Richland CO, Ohio) by
January,1835 when Joseph's second son, John, was born. Joseph's brother,
Daniel (b. 1812 PA), married Mary Grubaugh in Knox Co. Ohio in 1838.
Joseph Cameron moved west along the National Road to the area of Howard's
Point, Fayette CO, Illinois in 1839, according to the information he
provided in 1879. His third son, Jeremiah was born there in 1840.
Information from Death Certificate of Joseph Cameron
White, male, age 95 years, 5 months, 21 days, widower
Date of death: February 4, 1902, 8 P.M.
From Chester Co.,PA
Lived 2 1/2 miles north of St. Elmo
Died of Vrarmia, duration of disease: 2 months
Buried Yolton Cemetery February 6, 1902
Undertaker: W.F.Metz of St. Elmo, Physician: E.W. Farthing of St. Elmo
Joseph's brother, Daniel (b.1812, PA) remained in Ohio, living near his
wife's extended family of Grubaughs, Dials, Logues, and McKenzies, and
Logsdons, until about 1852, when some of these families moved to Noble Co,
Indiana, and then on to Fayette Co, Illinois in about 1856. My
great-grandfather, Henry Cameron was the first of Daniel's children born in
Illinois (in 1856).
Both Joseph and Daniel Cameron remained in Fayette Co, Illinois the rest of
their lives. Daniel Cameron died in February, 1875, and his wife Mary
Grubaugh Cameron (b.25 Dec 1811 Ohio) died in 1910 at a daughter's home in
Decatur, Illinois.
I would be delighted to find any trace of John Cameron and wife Sarah
before 1810, and to share any information I have with those interested in
these families.
Judy Cameron Lanclos
Highland CA
Lanclos(a)earthlink.net