USGENProject is a good place to start....again;
www.usgenweb.com
then look for the generation before or after. His sibblings would be a good place to
start. That is how I found my ancestor from Ireland, and the information we had a Campbell
in the first place. My gggrandfather also vanished... although some months ago my half
uncle found a listing of them in a cemetary in Iowa... as well as the wife of my Campbell,
and her son in the 1930 census, which is some years later than you are searching. Maybe
they lived with uncles and aunts and weren't listed in the early years individually.
My ancestors census was listed as such...2 males over age 5-
3 males over 15
1 male over 21
same with females, and no listing of nieces nephews etc...
complete census are later with birth place and more details.
The Gen project may be able to find a marriage record depends on how much information has
been scanned for that region.
good luck
gdw
Cal Campbell <bbatdega(a)bellsouth.net> wrote:
I have searched for 15 years about the ancestry of one John J Campbell of
Darlington, SC. He was born in SC according to all records in which I find
him, 1845/9. His father was from NC or Ireland depending on which of the
census records one chooses to believe is right..
He lived his entire live in Darlington, except for a trip to VA to pick up
his son upon his discharge fom the Coastal Artillery Unit of the US Army in
1910. Maybe this was why he was not on the 1910 census. He died in
Darlington on 20 Jun 1911 from injuries received in a fall from a ladder
while lighting a lamp over the dining room table. He married Cynthia Jane
Elmore. The first listing of John Campbell was when Cynthia joined the
Wesley Chapel Methodist Church in 1876 as Cynthia Campbell. His death date
is confirmed in a Bible Record of the William Robert Hudson Bible, who
married Cynthia's sister Mary Elis Elmore. These two families were close.
However, all inquiries of this family have led to a ZERO.
No Deeds
No Tax Lists
Not in 1850, 1860 or 1870 census
Nothing on him listed in the Darlington Co Historical Society
No obit in Darlington
No Nothing.
Does anyone have any information on my gggrandfather? Does anyone have any
other suggestions?
Cal Campbell
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