Well, I'm back and will get started once again.
ANNALS OF AUGUSTA COUNTY, VIRGINIA, by Joseph A. Waddell, pp. 396 - 98 has a biographical
section on the Campbell family which essentially is compatible with the other genealogies
presented here. On page 385 of this data, Waddell states:
On the 26th of June, 1740, the following Augusta people "proved their
importation," having come from Ireland through Philadelphia, viz" Hugh Campbell
and his children, Esther and Sarah.
Robert Campbell, son of Duncan (John) and Mary (McCoy) Campbell, immigrated to Ireland
1700 and to Stockbridge County, Virginia about 1730. This Robert (I believe is one of my
direct lines) Robert's son, Charles, m. 1739, Mary Trotter; Charles's son
Charles, b. 1741, d. 1826, m. in 1764 to Mary Downey. Charles was a Trustee of Washington
College. Charles and Mary Ann CAmpbell's son, Samuel Campbell, M. D. was born in 1766
and died in 1840. He married Sarah Alexander. Sarah was the twin sister of Dr. Archibald
Alexander, President of Princeton College, as delineated in the chart presented on page 2
of this genealogy (Sorry I can not copy this chart and send. I do not have a scanner.
abc)
"Black" David CAmpbell (b. @ 1710) and "White" David Campbell (b. @
1706) were descriptive names given two cousins who were early settlers in Virginia.
"Black" David was the son of William Campbell & Mary Byers, William being
the brother of John Campbell ( b. 1675) and Robert Campbell. "Black" David
Campbell first settled in Culpeper County, later removing to Augusta County, Virginia. He
was called "Black" David because of his dark hair, eyes and complexion, and to
distinguish him from his cousin, "White" David, who was very fair.
The Campbell Clan in Virginia,, by Leslie Lyle Campbell, p. 137 gives the following
descendancy
John Campbell (b. 1674 in Drumaboden, Northern Ireland, near Londonderry; son of Duncan
(John) and Mary (McCoy) Campbell m. 1695 Grizzel (Grace) Hay and had six sons and three
daughters;
1. Patrick b. 1696 and married Delilah Thompson, ( Dr. CAmpbell stated that she can find
no records of this marriage except in secondary sources. Deed transactions show
Patrick's wife as either Elizabeth or Elinor) Taylor). He died in Augusta County,
Virginia. He had four sons and two daughters.
A. James
B. William
C. Charles (m. Margaret Buchanan) and was the father of General William Campbell of
Kings
Mountain fame. Charles d. 1767 and had a son
1. William who was born near Staunton 1744 ( 1745 - 1781) who married Elizabeth
daughter of
John (Patrick) Henry, a Scotsman. Gen. William CAmpbell was the hero of
King's
Mountain. Their only child (See correction).
a. Sarah who married Francis Preston. Issue: (10 children and their
prominent families
can be found in: A History of St. Mark's Parish, Culpeper County,
Virginia, p 188
b. William Henry, died at five years of age.
2. Other children of Charles are listed in The CAmpbell Clan in Virginia, by Leslie
Lyle
Campbell, p. 138.
D. Mary who married Col. William Christian, of Virginia
E. Jane who married Richard Spotts
F. Patrick (Dr. CAmpbell said that this Patrick appears to have married Anne Steele)
2. Mary married her cousin, John Patrick CAmpbell
3. James
4. Robert (According to Waddell, hw was appointed 1745 one of the first Justices of the
Peace, for Augusta County. Data to be presented from HISTORICAL SKETCHES The Campbell,
Pilcher and Kindred Families, by Pilcher, states that Justice Robert Campbell was the son
of John CAmpbell & Mary McCoy.
5. Margared who married David Cloyd 1728. Killed by Indians, 1764, Aukgusta Co., Va.
(Don't know if they mean Margaret or David. abc)
6. Catherine
7. John b. @ 1704 who married Mary Martin ... Moved to Washington County when his family
was small.
8. William who died young
9. "White" David (1706 - 1790) who married in 1735 in Augusta County, Va. to
Mary Hamilton, (1716 - 1801), They had seven sons and six daughters. David
"White" was a cousin of David "Black" CAmpbell. "White"
David Campbell was an office in the Colonial Armyh of Virginia. All of his children,
except William (died young), immigrated to the Holstonand settled at "Royal
Oak." 1869, headwaters of the Holston River.
"White" David Campbell & Mary Hamilton had the following children.
A. Capt. John Campbell (1741 -1825), eldest son of David, married Elizabeth McDonald
(1778). History of Augusta County, Virginia, states that John explored the southwest and
purchased lands on the headwaters of the Holston, where, soon after, the family settled
itself.....a duaghter, Margaret, married David Campbell.... John Campbell was a Lieutenant
in Gen William Campbell's Company (History of Aukgusta Coun ty, Virginia, p. 343,
gives Bell), in Col. Christian's Regiment, and was uinder Gen. Lewis in 1774, at the
battle of Long Island Flats of Holston, in Juluy 1776, defeating the Indians October 1776,
in Col. istian's expedition against the Cherokee towns. In 1778, he was appointed
clerk of Washington County. He died April 20, 1825, in his 85th year.
l. David CAmpbell & Mary CAmpbell, David was b. Va., at Royal Oaks, Botetout County,
in 1779. In 1795, in his sixtg year, he was appointed Ensign in the Militia, and in 1700
commissioned Captain of a company of Light Infantry which he raised. He studied law, but
did not practice, and in 1812, was commissioned Major in the United STates Army, being
promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel in 1813. He took part in the arduous campaigns on the St.
Lawrence and toward Lake Champlain. On returning home,
Col. CAmpbell served as aide-de-camp to General Barbour, and was elected General of the
3rd Brigade of Virginia. He was Governor of Virginia from 1837 until he retired in March
of 1840. He died in 1859. His issue were
a. Governor W. B. Campbell (of Tennessee).
b. David C. Campbell, Jr.
2. John, Secretary to Treasury. Died unmarried.
3. Edward (Judge Edward of Hall's Bottom) Campbellborn @ 1785 and married Rhoda
Trigg.
They had the following children:
a. Mary Campbell who married Judge Connally Trigg
b. Eliza Campbell who married Charles Gibson
c. Frank Campbell who married Anne Hickman
d. Anne Campbell who married James K. Gibson
e. Judge John A. Campbell b. 1823 & married Mary Branch
f . Maj. James C. Campbell who married Ellen Kernan
g. Joseph T. Campbell who married Mary C. Preston (Trigg Prestion Campbell's line,
Henry
Campbell b. 1760 - 70, could have been a cousin of this Joseph, but no proof has been
found to date. Note: Trigg, Preston, Joseph and Edward are family names that have
descended)
h. Dr. Edward McDonald who married Ellen Sheffey White.
4. James CAmpbell who married Musidora Anderson had a son William Patton CAmkpbell.
B. Col. Arthur Campbell (1743 - 1811) who married Margaret Campbell
The History of Auigusta County, Virginia, p. 43 speaks of the early beginning of
Washiington and Lee University: ......an institution in which the leading men of
Virginia have always maintained a deep interest, and among whose list of trustees the
names of such distinguished men appear as Col. Arthur Campbell.
Then on p. 342 it states the following. Arthur Campbell was born in Aukgusta County in
1742.....For his services in piloting the army he received a grant of 1,000 acres of land
near Louisville, Ky.
In 1772, his father, David CAmpbell and his family, removed to the Royal Oak on Holstein
river and in 1776, Arthur Campbell was appointed major in the Fincastle militia and
elected to the General Assembly. He was also a member of the convention for forming the
Constitution. When Washington County was formed, he was commissioned Colonel Commandant
and during the time he was in commission, commanded several expeditions, particularly that
against the Cherokees.
He was tall, of dignified air, an extensive reader and good talker. He married a sister
of Gen. William Campbell and left issue at his death, in 1816 in Knox County, Kentucky.
History of the Campbell family p. 93 says:
The War of 1812 again called many CAmpbells to the colors, the following being among those
of the name who held commissions in the Armyh during the war:
Colonel David Campbell (21st Gov. of Va.)
Lieutenant-Colonel John Campbell
Captain Henry M. Campbell; mentioned for distinguished conduct at the Battle of
Chippewa and Niagara Falls.
History of t he Campbell family p. 86 states,
Colonel Arthur Campbell born 1743 was a son of "White" David Campbell of
Virginia. He served as CAptain and Colonel in the War of the Revolution. When only
sixteen years old, he was taken prisoner by the Indians. The hardships which he endured
during the three years captivity were very severe, ujntil he was finally protected by an
aged Chief who carried him to Canada and to the old French post of Detroit. The Jesuit
fathers, who had established a mission for the Indians, taught him while he was there. He
escaped and was recaptured by the English Army in 1760. Afterwards acting as pilot to the
Colonial Armyh in the Northwest. He died in 1811.
History of the Lost State of Franklin, by Samuel Cole Williams, Revised Edition, The
Press of the Pioneers, New York, 1933, pages 5 & 6 says:
A leading spirit on the upper reaches of the Holston, in Virginia, was Colonel Arthur
CAmpbell. His progenitors emigrated from Northern Ireland to Pennsylvania, and thence to
Augusta County in the VAlley of Virginia, where Arthur Campbell was born in 1742. A few
years before the Revolutionary War, he removed to the Holston River section, then a
wilderness, and there along with his cousin, General William Campbell, he was active in
the leadership of his people, serving as coumnty lieutenant, legislator and Indian
campaigner.
In the brain of this virile and strong - willed man, possessed of Scotchh-Irish
initiative, courage and tenacity, was formed the first conception of a separate State for
the study population which was then flowing into the valley of the Holston and its
tributaries in Southwestern Virginia and the close-lying settlements to the south in North
Carolina.
What may be called the genesis of the state of Franklin was this document circulated
(evidently early in January, 1782) by Colonel Campbell among the setters on the border....
Again on page 318 it describes the monumental effort of starting a separate state against
resistance of the United States.
Children of Arthur Campbell:
l. William Campbell who married Sarah Adams. children:
a Alexander
b David
2. John Campbell who married Polly Latham no children
3. Arthur Campbell who married Sarah Thompson children:
a. John T.
b. James M.
c. Mathew M.
d. Arthur S.
e. Andrew I.
C. Margaret Campbell who married David Campbell (cousin)
a. David CAmpbell 1781 - 1841 who married Catherine Bowen no children.
D. David Campbell born 1750 who married Elizabeth Outlaw 1767 - 1821 Tennessee Statae
History of the Daughters of the Revolution, pb. by S. B. Newman & Co., Knoxville,
Tennessee, 1939, p. 27 says
Majoy David Campbell was born Augusta County, Virginia, in 1750 and died in Washington,
Rhea County, Tennessee in 1812. He entered the Continental Army in 1776 and rose to the
position of major in Gen. Nathaniel Greene's division and served for.......
Several paragraphs follow in this biography. David was educated for the bar. He removed
to Tennessee and was the first Federal Judge of Tennessee and one of the two first Supreme
Court Judges of the State of Tennessee; served as Major in the Revolutionary War. He
died in 1812. His children were:
a. Jefferson Campbell who married Sarah Beardon
b. Victor Moreau Campbell who married Penelope Deadrick
E. Anne Campbell born 1753 who married James Rowan 1752 - 1796 James was in
the American Revolution.
F. Robert Campbell born 1752 who married Rebecca McDonald. Robert was an
active leader of the Whig Party in western Va. A volunteer under Lewis in
1774. He was in all the battles with his brother and an ensign at King's
Mountain,
serving in the Continental Army in the Revolutionary War. He was an active,
energetic and useful man. He died in 1831 at age 77. His children were:
a. David Campbell who married first Sarah Cowen and second Sarah Greenway
b. Robert CAmpbell who married Frances Ewell
c. Edward Campbell who married and lived in Texas.
G. Patrick Campbell born in 1758 who married Martha Long, They lived in Tennessee.
He was also in the battle of King's Mountain. He married and left a large
family and died
in his 80th year.
I am going to stop for now but will continue later. Have a good evening,
Beth