AT;
What makes you think that that it was a PROBLEM for our Campbell ancestors
and their neighbor’s to be Moponshiners of Nelson and Amherst County. My
position to you was that there was no evidence that our Ole George Campbell
made his living distilling whiskey as you insisted. . In fact when he
died he left as part of his personal property a small still and a few jars.
But during his life time it was not illegal to distill spirit and most
families had their own little still. It was later that the government
found it necessary to tax the distilling of spirits as a part of the
government’s income. Nelson and Amherst counties became famous as
“moonshine counties” about the turn of the 20th century or shortly after
1900. I would suggest that there were moonshiners in most ever clan in
these counties. The Campbell and the Cash clans perhaps the most
predominant. It was a way of life for some families and a source of income
as was well. That way of life continues today. BH
-----Original Message-----
From: Atpowelljr(a)aol.com
Sent: Sunday, December 22, 2013 2:45 AM
To: campbell(a)rootsweb.com
Cc: campbell_kids(a)yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Campbell] Thomas Campbell, NH in 1700s
WELL HELLO CUZ GEORGE< WE HAVE SOME VERY GOOD RESEARCHERS< BUT THEY SEEM
TO BELIEVE THAt their ancestors just waltzed in to America & took roots
with out incident. AS if our people did not experence the same hardshios
that
thier NEIGHBOURS, QUITE THE CONTEARY, OUR Campbell Ancestors had the same
kind of problems that their Neighbous HAD, THAT IS THE REASON THAT PINEY
RIVER AREA OF VIRGINIA got the name of being a MOONSHINE AREA, WE have a
researcher who still triesto SWEEP THE EXPERENCE"S Of our Ancestors UNDDER
THE
RUG, CUZ BH IT JUST WILL NOT WORK. I talked to A Lady at the CAMPBELL+KIDS
Reunion a few years back & she Informed ME That MOONSHINEING WAS A WAY OF
LIFE IN THE MOUNTIANS OF AMHERST & NELSON COUNTY VIRGINIA & I AM SIRE that
OUR CAMPBELL ANCESTORS HAD THE SAME KIND OF PROBLEMS THAT THEIR NEIGHBOURS
HAD AS we see that most of GEORGE & CATTYS Children did Mary into
Different Families, CUZ The different Families Had Simular PROBLEMS, VERY
ROUGH,
THE Campbell, Wilmer, Johnson, Stinnett, Lawhorne's they All had the same
kind of HARDSHIP. CUZ A T
I want to thank you for the many replies to my original message. Because
of all the hustle and bustle at Xmas I haven’t been able to answer them
individually, but will do so in Jan. But first some general information.
There are three lines of Campbells who immigrated. 1) the Scottish
Campbells of Clan Campbell in Scotland; 2) Scotch-Irish Campbells who were
protestant Scots that the English “planted” in the Ulster Plantation to
subdue
the catholic Irish; and 3) Irish Campbells who were originally members of
the Irish Clan Cathmhoal, pronounced “cammel”, similar to “Campbell” and
eventually was written as “Campbell.” These Irish Campbells were centered
around Tyrone in Ireland. I descended from the Irish Campbells. The
groups
2 and 3 are generally lumped together as Scotch-Irish.
For some reason the Scotch and the Scotch-Irish Campbells didn’t mingle in
America, going to their own separate settlements. An important
Scotch-Irish settlement was Londonderry, NH, where my ancestors went. We
must
remember that immigrating to America in the early 1700s was a hardship
because
America was for the most part a wilderness; therefore, the Campbells
immigrated as families or groups of relatives to support eachother. The
port of
entry was usually Boston. So if your ancestors immigrated to America in
the
early 1700s and then to Londonderry, we might have a relationship.
In closing I want to wish all of you a Merry Christmas,
George Campbell
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