Karen, Do you know where the other Richard served from? and was he an
officer? I glad we have so many participants on this subject, we got their
attention and on a roll, let's keep it going. You are right about the
naming, generation after generation and cousin after cousin, geesh!
I'm off for the week-end see ya all Tues.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Karen Dickerson" <phoenix(a)mo-net.com>
To: <CAMPBELL-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 7:57 AM
Subject: Re: [CAMPBELL] Lt Col Richard Campbell confusion
Karen Dickerson wrote:
> Hi Paul,
>
> There was another Richard Campbell that served in the Am. Rev. War.
> This Richard Campbell was the son of James Campbell Sr (abt. 1720) of
> Va and Susannah (Leak/e) Campbell also of Va. It is thought, if
> memory serves me right now, That poss. my James Sr was the son of
> William, son of John from Ireland, Pa-Augusta Co, Va area. This does
> have yet to be proven, but we do know that these names were carried
> down from his ancestors of Scotland and Ireland. My Richard was
> married to (secondly) Rachel Smith daughter of John Smith Sr.
> My Richard and his siblings were born in N.C.in the mid 1700's.
> His line eventually removed to TN then into Ar.@ Franklin & Johnson
> Counties.
>
> I know that most all of messages lately were abt. the Richard from Va
> but thought that I would throw this in just to keep others from the
> confusion thinking that this was the same person.
>
>
> Karen
>
> Paul Good wrote:
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>I've been trying to put these messages on the screen and do a
comparison.
>>Here are some questions that may help sort this out. (This is
not my
line
>>but I'd like to have it straight in my miscellaneous
Campbells
database.)
>>
>>Is it possible that there are two Richard Campbells? Is one a full Col.
and
>>the other a Lt. Col.?
>>
>>Or, do we have different generations here?
>>Major John Campbell was married Aug 31, 1789.
>>Lt. Col. Richard Campbell served in the war of 1812.
>>
>>Did not a John receive his brother Richard's land? Is it possible that
the
>>father of John and Richard was also a John? Or that Richard
also had a
>>John? However, I'm assuming that since John received Richard's land
that
>>Richard had no heirs.
>>
>>They could all still be related, but not quite the way we had thought.
>>
>>Anna B. Good
>>pgood(a)bmi.net
>>
>>
>>
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