Carole
METHODIST I knew that .....my Perry side is Methodist also. Thanks for
sharing the extra info about the history of the church, ect. The Lt must
have gone with his children to Ga where he was buried, the date of death
1818 seems correct. Is the will available online for Lt John?
Do you have any info about the Tarpley house still standing in Jamestown?
Rick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Carole Johnson" <ammcj(a)bellsouth.net>
To: <camp(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2008 2:55 PM
Subject: Re: [CAMP] FW: camp suitcase
Rick,
I am also descended from John. I have been to the church, Lebanon
METHODIST
Church near Laurens. The marker was just put up by the DAR, the
cemetery came
after John's death. The nearby older cemetery has few fieldstone
markers and
mostly snake holes. The farmer owning the adjacent land was kind enough
to let me walk it and then helped me remove my stuck car. It is
pretty doubtful
that John is in either cemetery. One of our kinsmen, Mr. Allen, has
a letter from
one attending the burial indicating that John died in and was buried
in Georgia.
An interesting note to those of us who are United Methodist: Bishop
Francis
Asbury, one of the two bishops appointed to the colonies and subsequent
U.S by John Wesley, indicated twice in his diary that he preached at
"The
Grove" as the church was then called. The church history credits the
Sullivan, Berry and Camp families with founding the church and bringing
the first pastor there from Virginia. It is also thought that a
brother of Mary
Tarpley Camp was an early Methodist Circuit rider; however he appeared
to be one for less than three years and was never "proven" (I believe
that
is the word) which I think might mean ordained.
Carole
On Mar 13, 2008, at 1:33 PM, 3x2389 wrote:
> Jennifer
>
> My Camp line is from Lt John Camp. His son William is in my Camp
> line was he
> mentioned in the will? The one problem is that Lt John was buried near
> Laurens SC. There is a DAR marker at a Baptist Church nearby. I
> have photos
> of the DAR monument with his name shown as Lt. Jno Camp. The DAR
> marker is
> in the church cemetary but he is supposedly buried at the old
> gravesite with
> no marker. They used river stones to mark those graves.
>
> My Camp line
>
> Lt John m to Mary Tarpley
> William Camp he moved to Ga.
> Littleberry Camp he moved to Texas
> Maj Thomas Berry Camp m Laura Kolb settled in Harris Co Ga.
> Ophelia Camp m (1893) into my Perry line to Ben T Perry
>
> I can send you photos of the DAR monument and marker if you want. I
> think
> the chuch name is Lebanon
>
> Rick Perry
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <tfarris268(a)comcast.net>
> To: "Camp Mailing List" <camp-L(a)rootsweb.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 9:29 PM
> Subject: [CAMP] FW: camp suitcase
>
>
>> If anyone would like further information please contact Jennifer
>> at her
>> email address.
>>
>> Barbara
>>
http://carriecampmemoriallibrary.com
>>
>>
>> -------------- Forwarded Message: --------------
>> From: "suitcase1800" <suitcase1800(a)bellsouth.net>
>> To: <tfarris268(a)comcast.net>
>> Subject: camp suitcase
>> Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:37:12 +0000
>>
>> Dear Camp Family,
>> My name is Jennifer O'Kelley. I have for the last 3 years been
>> researching the 3,000 documents in the suitcase. The suitcase
>> starts with
>> the 1818 unrecorded will of John Camp, son of Thomas Camp Born in
>> 1717.
>> Sometimes John Camp is referred to as Lt. John Camp from the
>> Battle of
>> Kings Mountain. I note in his will that he refers to himself as
>> John Camp
>> Sr. - I think something is going on because the will is so bitter.
>> Everyone of his children are mentioned in the 1818 Walton county,
>> GA will.
>> Walton Co. was founded in 1818 and this Dec. 1818 will is assumed
>> to be
>> the first in the new formed county.
>> The papers in the suitcase represent 5 generations of Camp's.
>> Lt. John,
>> James, Robert Berry Camp, Merit Camp and Emma Camp Robertson. The
>> papers
>> start in 1807 and end in 1880. The vast majoirty being from
>> Gwinnett Co,
>> GA and Walton County, GA.
>> Merit was Justice of the Peace of Gwinnett in 1842 and all of those
>> papers are in the suitcase. He was also a patrolman and on the road
>> committee. He was also a founding member of the "SilverGrays" - A
>> group
>> of citizens that banded together to help indigent soldiers
>> families. The
>> bylaws and call together papers as well as the families given aid
>> are all
>> in the suitcase.
>> Thought you might find this interesting. My Email is
>> suitcase1800(a)bellsouth.net.
>>
>> Thank you, Jennifer O'Kelley
>>
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