Hello, I have looked for the past two years for the ancestors of Jonathan
Kemp. I now learn that he served in the NC Militia [Burkes Regiment] under
the name of Jonathan Camp. Our confusion has been with the use of the name
Camp and Kemp. He was living in St. George Parish [Burke County], Georgia
when with the upheaval in Georgia in the American Revolution he took his
family to North Carolina and served in the NC Militia in Burkes Regiment
[Burke County, NC] under Major McDowell and other officers in the Battle of
Kings Mountain and other related battles.
Lieutenants Camp and William Chew along with Captain Campbell were wounded in
the Battle of Kings Mountain.
Captain Jonathan Camp returned to St. George Parish [Burke County], Georgia
where he and other Camps and Kemps claimed land. A Solomon Kemp seems to be
related to Captain Camp. We find many documents where in the same document
the name is signed Camp and Kemp. We believe another spelling may be Kempf.
It seems Captain Camp on his return to Burke County, Georgia after the
American Revolution is probably using the name Kemp. He left Burke County,
Georgia with his family and settled in St. Helena Parish, Louisiana in about
1802 and definitely took the name Kemp.
None of the above is proved to be as explained in the narrative above. This
is my summary in trying to connect to Jonathan's ancestors. Previous efforts
to connect to the William Kemps in North Carolina has not been successful. It
appears this family may have arrived in America in about 1740 in Savannah, GA
and lived on both sides of the Savannah River in GA and up to the Pendlaton
District of SC. I am new to your list, having been active on the Kemp mail
list. I am listing below information on Captain Kemp [Camp] and hope you find
a connection or corrections and additions to this family with your knowledge
of the Camps in this area or knowledge of Captain Jonathan Camp of Burkes
Regiment in the North Carolina Militia.
Many Thanks,
Don Dunnington
1 Jonathan Kemp, Sr. b: 1742 d: December 02, 1814 in St. Helena Parish,
Louisiana
. +Patsey Womack m: Abt. 1773 in St. George Parish, GA [Burke County] d:
January 20, 1791
*2nd Wife of Jonathan Kemp, Sr.:
. +Elizabeth Cox b: 1768 in South Carolina m: 1791 d: December 23, 1838 in
St. Helena Parish, Louisiana