Hi....I was reading Dwight Allen's letter concerning the Battle of Kings
Mountain...and the Camp's present....I, too have looked long and hard...and
I personally know Dr. Bobby Moss and we have discussed
the subject...I recently bought a book entitled "South Carolina Patriots
in the American Revolution" also by Dr. Bobby Moss....It has listed John
Camp...He served under Col. Roebuck. AA 1014; X3424;C.S.
I am not sure what the notations at the end of the sentence mean, but
I am copying out of the book. Also listed is Thomas Camp, He en-
listed in the Fourth Regiment on 14 February 1776. N.A.853.
And another entry is: Thomas Camp, Jr. B. 1747 D. after 1811
m. Nancy Ann Tarpley He served in the militia. Patriot Index Supple-
ment. I believe everyone has been looking for military service in NC
and I live in Kings Mountain and we are bordering SC. and the battle
ground is actually in SC...but we all know that when the line was being
run....the surveyors had to make the line go by a popular liquor still....
changing history....and if you live in my town, you are born knowing
this..... I have recently bought Dr. Bobby Moss' new book entitled
"The Loyalist at Kings Mountain" which lists names of soldiers who
were with Col. Patrick Ferguson in this battle. He says that he got
actual roll of soldiers from the British...and I personally know he has
acted as historical consultant for some documentaries with the
British....No Camp name is listed in this book....There is one name
William Kemp, served under Capt. Christopher Hatch and Col.
Beverley Robinson in the Loyal American(New York Provincial)
Regiment before coming south. He was detached and was under
Ferguson in the battle of Kings Mountain, where he was taken
prisioner. PAC/RG81/"C"/1868. There is evidence that Nathaniel
Camp was on the battlefield. He found a conch shell horn that had
belonged to Ferguson....and his young son Hosea could produce
sound on it....it was later given to the DAR headquarters in Washington and
sopose to be there now....This too was written
up in a book that is sold at Kings Mountain Battleground. Also
there is a deposition in the pension file for one William Bradley a
soldier at the Battle of Kings Mountain...that he went to Dr. & Rev.
Joseph Camp's house after the battle...because he required a Dr.
services....and later come back and was married by Rev. Camp...
Also documented proof that Rev. Camp was taken prision and held
by Cornwallis three days, because they thought he knew where the
prisioner had been taken after the battle of Cowpens, SC..... I hope
this might be of help.....Elizabeth Camp Anthony
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From: TrlHkr(a)aol.com <TrlHkr(a)aol.com>
To: CAMP-L(a)rootsweb.com <CAMP-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Date: Thursday, November 26, 1998 9:09 PM
Subject: Battle of Kings Mountain
With regard to the exchanges as to the service of Thomas Camp and
members
of
his family in the Revolution, the following book is of interest. It
is
apparently a recent acquisition by our local library. I believe in the
Mann &
Mann opus, the statement is made that some of Thomas Camp's sons
served in
the
Battle of Kings Mountain.
"The Patriots of Kings Mountain", by Bobby Gilmer Moss (975.336 M), lists
all
the participants using only the names gleaned from pension
applications,
muster rolls and other official documents, rejecting those supported only
by
tradition or that appeared in lists that could not be documented. The
only
Camp/Kemp listed as a participant is Jonathan Camp/Kemp of Burke Co.
Mr. Moss has a second category for those known to be in the campaign, but
for
whom no document supported actual participation in the Kings Mountain
battle
itself. They are no Camps/Kemps in this category.
A third category is for men who were possibly in the Kings Mountain
campaign
or were possibly in the battle, but for whom no official source
substantiated
the claims. The names on this list come from a variety of sources,
such as
secondary histories, DAR publications, tombstones and historical markers.
Included in this list are the following Camps: Benjamin, John, Nathaniel,
Stephen, and Thomas.
Mr. Moss states that further research may uncover documentary support for
the
service of these men, but that he was not successful in locating any,
and
that
he would welcome "any conclusive evidence that would remove a
name from
this
list and place it on one of the other two rosters.". I thought
you might
be
interested.
Dwight Allen