Doug,
Thank you for taking the trouble to make certain we received this.
Amazing stuff!
That Thomas, James and John are all mentioned makes it most
likely that these are the correct line. Does anyone know who the
John Jur (I assume was Jr.) was? I guess the story that some of
the Camp siblings locked some others in an out-building to keep
from fighting against each other during the RW is reversed from
what I had assumed.(if that story is true)
I would still like to know the story behind these facts. Guess I
have too much of the movie "Patriot" going around in my head.
If the story we all have heard is true, that Thomas' wife, Margaret
Carney Camp, so hated the British, why was he in involved in
something that would cause him to be labeled a traitor and
surely tick his wife off?
I know someone said "Who cares?". Speaking for myself, I didn't
start genealogy until almost everyone knowing a "story" about
my ancestors was gone.
In my husband's family we found an ancestor who had six
illegitimate children by three different men. Her children and
grandchildren
were embarrassed by this and never talked about her. On the
surface she
appeared to be just a loose woman. Through several years of hard
research two of
us discovered that her father was given land in exchange for his
service in the Civil War for another. He was killed in battle.
With the times as they were she did not want to chance loosing the
land her father died for. She wanted children, but not marriage.
Her obituary in the local paper gave testimony that she was
highly regarded in her community, the same one where she had
raised her children - alone. Rather than be embarrassed,
I admire her.
Learning more than what is written on a census or a grave marker
and the context of the times in which they lived helps me know my
self a little better by putting myself in their place and hopefully,
becoming a better person as a result.
Thank you everyone for all of your input. This has been for me
a very worthwhile endeavor. Out of respect for those who are
tired of seeing "John Camp" in the subject line, I'll be quiet for
now, but will continue trying to flesh this information out. Several
of you "cousins" have given me some excellent suggestions on
where to go from here. It is greatly appreciated.
Carole Camp Johnson