Buck,
I misquoted the name of the book, it is: "Camp, Jones and Related
Families of Connecticut, Illinois, Missouri, Virginia, Carolina,
Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas and Points West", By
Nell Jones Carter, 1534 Golf Terrace Drive, Tallahassee, FL. 1977.
LCCN 77-79629. The book has dark green boards with gilt to front
boards and spine. It is most probably self-published since no
publisher is noted.
I purchased my copy about 10 years ago from
Powells.com . The book
is very rare and hard to find now, but there are some copies
remaining in libraries around the South. I sell used books and will
keep my eye out for any copies and let you know if I find one. This
is not an invitation to sell, which is against the rules of most of
these genealogical boards, but I will forward to the list any
addresses of sellers who have one that I can find.
I have also discovered that the link to Filson that I sent in my
last missive is broken. I am working to repair it and will forward
the repaired link to the Filson Quarterly that I own as soon as it is
ready. The Filson has a picture of Ichabod's Grand-daughter
Margarite. The Filson maintains that Ichabod was estranged from his
son Samuel because of Samuel's support and service to the colonies,
indicating (as have others) that Ichabod was a Tory, which is
probably political and not true as Ichabod was one of the members of
the clergy who signed on the back of The Virginia House of Burgess's
Resolution (which pre-dated the Declaration of Independence)
concerning the Tea Tax and their belief that the Colonies should
break with England and the King. Ichabod was a member of the clergy
employed by the Church of England and knew that he would lose his
income and home at the Glebe when he signed. The Camp version of the
split between Samuel and his father Ichabod is the result of Samuel
marrying Mary Banks and opening a so-called "Public House" that most
probably included a bar that sold whiskey, which his father most
probably did not approve of. There is one Camp story that says
Samuel may have served with Washington at Valley Forge. Ichabod is
maligned in other ways by Filson when they state that his murderer,
Guion, was not prosecuted for his killing of Ichabod, due to
interference by him in Guion's marriage (to his daughter) and
Ichabod's owing a debt to Guion. Actually, Guion came to Ichabod's
home (drinking) and demanded to see his wife who had sought respite
from the scoundrel at her father's home after her husband had beat
her. Ichabod argued with Guion and would not allow him entry, so
Guion shot him. The Camp story goes that friends of Ichabod took
Guion to the middle of the river, weighted him with a stone and
prosecuted him by dropping him over the side of the boat. All of
this error came from a student in Texas who was writing a Master's
thesis (my opinion).
The Archives and History of Alabama, has a rare book room that
contains the earliest records of New Haven, Connecticut. There are
many mentions of the early Camps (1600's) in those volumes. Your
local State Archives may also have these rare books. Our Archives
and History volumes mention Edward Camp and Goodwife Camp, in one
instance, as to where they would sit in church, each sat on opposite
sides of the "style".
I also have a
Ged.com that I will share on a requested basis. I also
will share pictures, .jpgs, that I made on the Samuel Camp homeplace
and graveyard at Jewell, GA.
Good luck to all you Camp descendants!
Bill Horne