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Sent: 02/27/2001 9:41:15 AM
Subject: Charleston immigrant
arrival?
Dear List,
I knew I had read something, somewhere about a Charleston arrival of
Thomas
Camp. I made a copy of a page in the genealogy area of the historical
society
room of the Crawford Long museum in Jefferson, Georgia. The sources
are
listed as: " Family Bible, Family Tradition and National Bd. of
Mgr. of DAR,
number 39400"
I have no idea how legitimate this is, but maybe a start..... I will
attempt to
type verbatim:
CAMP (Cont'd)
Nathaniel
Camp (b 1745) married Nancy Tarpley. Their children
were:
Winnie
Camp b 12-18-1786 married John Williamson Jr. b
3-26-1780
Hosea
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"Just prior to 1717 six young men, Thomas Camp; two younger brothers from
England and their cousins, Samuel, Edmond and John DeCobbs from Wales landed at
Charleston S.C. and went on foot through the Carolinas into Virginia.
Thomas Camp, Edmond and John DeCobbs settled in Halifax and Bedford Counties
Virginia, the others going farther north. Thomas Camp, the emigrant, born
1691, married a Miss Marshall of Virginia and had three sons, born Feb. 8, 1717,
John and Marshall. The last two were officers of the Revolution in Va. Thomas
removed to Ireland Ford (?), Rutherford County, N.C., soon after the death
of his first wife. There he married Margaret Corney (sic), a very capable
Irish woman. Both of them are buried in the burying ground of the ole
homestead, which is still owned by the family. Thomas Camp was too old for
active military service, but for the aid he gave the colonies, his home was
pillaged by the British. He had five sons in the battle of King's
Mountain. According to family tradition, Nathaniel was a
participant. A few days after the battle, Nathaniel with several relatives
and friends, was walking over the battlefield and found a silver mounted conch
shell. All the men tried to blow it with indifferent success.
Because Hosea, the little son of Nathaniel succeeded, it was given to him and is
still in possession of his decendents. This conch shell was the property
of Col. Ferguson, the British commander and was used by him for signal work with
his troops.
Reference: Family
Bible
Family
Tradition
National
Bd. of Mgr. of DAR, number 39400
--- Carole Johnson
--- Carole Johnson
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