Hi Annie,
I was wondering if you had any dates on William A. Camp or J. J. Camp? Any
idea what the "J's" stand for? I can't find them in my line at the
moment, but
my mother's (Camp) family comes from Randolph County, Alabama and there are
Methodist ministers. Any other names you are aware of? I don't see an
immediate connection, but Randolph county and Methodist minister caught my
attention.
Susan
In a message dated 3/30/2008 1:32:51 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
bramasole(a)cox.net writes:
Hi Carol:
My name is Annie McMullen and we live in Rhode Island. My mother's mother
was a "Camp" descended from William A. Camp in Wedowee, Randolph County,
Alabama at the time of his death (Cleburn County, I believe before that). I
have only been able to work on genealogy on the web with a one time
exception when we did make it down to Georgia and Alabama to try to trace
her roots (my mother's mother, Mozell Missouri Camp died when mom was only 2
years old and thus she never knew her -- her father would remarry and
nothing was ever mentioned about Mozelle).
Anyway, I did, by a great source of luck hook up with a third cousin who
is part of the Texas Camp family who had a bible in which my grandmother's
name was mentioned so I was able to establish some lineage.
What I do know is that William A. Camp married three times -- his first
born son was "Greenberry Camp" (that name Berry seems to run throughout all
these Camp families thus I wonder if there is a relation somewhere) -- his
second born was Alonzo (or Alonza, aka "Lonnie") who would marry a "Cora
Dunson (? Duncan)" In Randoloph County, ALa who would give birth to Della,
Ira, Mozelle and Emma Camp. My grandmother, Mozelle would eventually marry
a Leroy Cobb in nearby Troup County, Ga and then my grandfather, Robert
James Daniel in Troup County, Ga.
William A. Camp's father, to the best of our knowledge was a fellow by
the name of J.J. Camp who was apparently a Methodist minister (I believe) in
Alabama.
William A. Camp, Lonnie and Cora and Emma are all buried in Forrester's
Cemetery in Wedowee, Randolph County, Alabama.
I am wondering if any of these names might be familiar to "Jennifer". I
have had the darndest time trying to trace this family -- despite having
William's Civil War papers (he was a member of the Alabama 1st UNION
Cavalry!! -- that in itself is an interesting bit of Civil War history one
does not hear about too often!).
Any help would be greatly appreciated and if I can be of any help from
this far way on the Camp family I would gladly do so.
With best regards,
Annie McMullen
Bristol, RI
Bramasole(a)cox.net
----- Original Message -----
From: "Carole Johnson" <ammcj(a)bellsouth.net>
To: <camp(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2008 1:39 PM
Subject: [CAMP] Jennifer's suitcase
Hello everyone,
I don't know how many have read the emails from Jennifer about the
suitcase that is in her possession, but PLEASE continue to read
this even if you don't think it pertains to your Camp line.
My brother, Joe Camp, and I had the very good fortune to take advantage
of Jennifer's hospitality and visit her on Friday. The scope
of the material in the suitcase is unbelievable - and the
quantity - 3,000 items all together.
Among the items - The 1818 unrecorded will of John
Camp who was married to Mary Tarpley. There is much
speculation about him - including now his death date.
It has been recorded (although I've never seen the source)
that he died in 1813, yet here is his will listing children
written in 1818. He also refers to his wife "Marey", so
he must have remarried after the death of Mary Tarpley Camp.
That I actually held this document in my hands was
an unspeakable moment.
Also in the suitcase is an affidavit from Anneyomey Camp
Hill, also known as Annie Naomi, daughter of the above
John Camp and Mary Tarpley Camp. In it she swears
to the names of her brother James and his children.
She was 87 at the time of the affidavit.
Of much interest to me are items related to my ancestor
"Big-Head" John, grandson of the above John. My "Big-Head"
was pretty much impatient and arrogant having rushed
to judgement in settling his nephew's estate and selling
off his property (including slaves) and distributing the
proceeds to the heirs (including himself) without due
authorization. This created a rife among his coexecutor
and brother, Robert Berry Camp, that continued the
rest of their lives. There is a hand-written, angry letter
from my "Big-Head" to his brother Robert dated October
1857. This was no doubt what led "Big-Head" to move
to Texas pre Civil War.
There is so much more in the suitcase - land records,
letters, tax receipts, lawsuit information apparently all
collected by Merit Camp who was born in 1813 and
died in 1883.
That Jennifer has spent the past four years of her life
sorting, copying, transcribing and organizing this wealth
of information is mind boggling. That this information
exists at all is miraculous and in the pristine condition
it is in - and so much in one location unbelievable.
Jennifer is applying for a grant to publish all of the information
in the suitcase, but to do so must research every name,
place, etc to qualify for the grant. SHE NEEDS OUR HELP
to research and help her with this huge task. She is not
directly related to our Camps, but her husband is and
therefore HAS EVERY RIGHT TO THE ITEMS IN THE
SUITCASE - so please do not hassle her
about ownership. The suitcase was in the possession
of Jennifer's mother-in-law (a Camp descendant) and
she requested her son to take care of the suitcase, which
he has.
Jennifer has indexed every name mentioned in any
document in the suitcase. Much is the history of Gwinnett
and Walton Counties and she needs help with those
who were living there and the many other locations.
This has the potential of being one of the best written and
best documented genealogy books ever done. For
Jennifer this has been an unselfish act of love. She
has the intelligence, skill and devotion to see this through.
If you have family in John Camp's line or Camp's
in Georgia, Alabama and Texas, please consider
lending Jennifer a hand.
BLESSINGS!
Carole Camp Johnson
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