The Campbell Family. Chapter 1 9 th and 8 th generations featuring Adam and son Alexander. Late 1700s and early 1800s

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1 The Campbell Family Chapter 1 9 th and 8 th generations featuring Adam and son Alexander Late 1700s and early 1800s 4/4/2012 2:08 PM

2 Many relatives have provided information and photos for the Campbell family story A hundred years ago no one knew computers would easily tell family stories without writing a book Thank you to the historians in our family who saved documents for the next generations

3 Some of our ancestors

4 Ireland - 3 areas are called Campbell

5 Pictured are Arromanus Lyle and son Bill Campbell Detailed information was passed down by family historian Bill Campbell and other relatives

6 Bill and wife Mary traveled to Alabama many times Bill is the largest boy seated on 1 st row 6

7 The 9 th generation Adam and Lucresa Campbell Late 1700s and early 1800s

8 The Campbell story begins The first mother we have details about in this PPT is Rachel, mother of our ancestor, Adam, born about 1802

9 His son Alexander, was born in Pendleton District in 1832 in North Carolina

10 The first reference to Adam Campbell is in 1829 in Pendleton District, South Carolina when he received land from his father-in-law John Green. The property was 50 acres on Rocky River, Pendleton District On December 9, 1829 announcement of a sheriff s sale of 50 acres belonging to Adam Campbell In 1830 this land was sold to James E. Reese. It was to satisfy a levy of $84 against Adam At the time Adam was living in Forsyth Co., Georgia

11 In 1836 Adam served in the Forsythe County Georgia Militia which was called out for the Seminole War Adam was a private in the first company of the Forsythe Guards led by Captain James Gaston In he moved to Walker County, as stated in an affidavit

12 Adam was nicknamed Camel His family lived in North Carolina 12

13 His wife was Lucresa Green Campbell (b.1804) According to a written affidavit Lucresa was Cherokee Indian She passed away at a young age 13

14 The following story tells of her father giving Lucresa land Both marked their name with an X Family historian Bill Campbell copied the document

15 Affidavit In Anderson, South Carolina in 1825, our ancestor John Green gives a tract of land to his daughter and her heirs

16 Deception saves wife and son

17 1835 President Andrew Jackson ordered the Cherokees to move west The event is known as the Trail of Tears Adam Campbell hid his Indian wife, Lucresa and first born child, Alexander, in the brush so they would not be caught and forced to leave North Carolina

18 Eight children were born to Adam Camel and Lucresa Unfortunately, genealogists indicate that Lucresa lived outside the Cherokee Nation when the Dawes Roll was taken in 1896 That indicates she was Cherokee by blood but not by citizenship. Because so many people were applying from the United States, the Dawes Commission rejected all applications in 1896 Changes came in the next few years and in 1900 the Dawes Commission began the final roll To qualify the Cherokee first had to be a legal resident of the Cherokee in Oklahoma, and second, be on the 1880 U S census and then on the 1896 Cherokee Nation census in Tahlequah, OK The Green family was not 18

19 Adam (Camel) and Lucresa s children Alexander our line John R Andrew Jackson Katherine (Kate) Julia Ann General J Byrd Josh b in SC b in SC b 1836 in SC b 1844 in GA b 1847 in GA b 1850 in GA b 1854 in AL b? Never married

20 Adam during the Civil War Family genealogist from Tulsa share Adam s trouble for which he suffered during the Civil War Many Southerners, including Adam in Alabama, were pro-union during the Civil War Family genealogists spent years searching for info about those hard years in Alabama Documents reveal the story

21 Family genealogists reveal more about Adam

22 Other details

23 Old handwritten document in the case file include

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25 Testimony of Adam as to taking of property below are answers to standard questions

26 More answers - then witnesses

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29 Adam and wife Lucresa endured not only the fear of the Trail of Tears and hiding from the soldiers, but the horror of the Civil War Then their eldest son, our direct ancestor, dies of illness during the Civil War What strong people this family must have been

30 Adam and Lucresa Green s gravemarkers in Walker Co., AL Campbell relatives honoring their ancestors

31 The Campbell 8 th generation Alexander and Millie

32 Our 8 th generation Camel and Lucresa s son, Alexander, was born in South Carolina Alexander is the son Adam saved from the Trail of Tears 32

33 Georgia Alexander and Milly Noles (Knowles) were married north of Atlanta, Georgia in 1847 All names listed on map are our ancestors

34 Alexander was the father of six children before age 30

35 Alexander fought on the side of the Union Army in the Civil War along with a cousin named Adam Camel Alexander and Adam Camel enlisted in the same regiment on the same day for the Civil War in Huntsville, Alabama Both soldiers gave their birthplace as Pendleton County, South Carolina

36 The cousins died Our direct line, Alexander passed away in #12 hospital, December 5, 1862 Alexander died of consumption at age 30 while fighting in Nashville

37 Alexander is buried in section B, National Military Cemetery, Madison, near Nashville, Tennessee

38 Cousin Adam Camel died 2 months earlier on October 24, 1862 in hospital #14 and is buried in the National Cemetery also 38

39 Children of Alexander and Milly Thomas Jefferson our line b 1850 in AL John Robert b 1852 in AL Samuel Henry b 1854 in AL Sarah Ann b 1857 in AL Andrew Jackson b 1859 in AL William Green b 1861 in AL Joe Allen b 186_ in AL

40 Milly, a Civil War widow of Alexander, raised her six children and gave birth to two more children by 2 nd husband, William Dock Brown Their children were Dock (Captain) Brown and Mary Jane Brown 40

41 Milly is buried in Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Fayette Co., AL

42 Alabama The Campbell s were on the move in the next decades They lived in northern Alabama Censuses detail their lives in many Alabama counties Each name is our relative

43 The end of Chapter 1

44 Campbell and Smith history A Jeffreys Family by Allen Ray Jeffreys, History and Families 1993 Whitley County, Kentucky, Turner Publishing Company, Paducah, KY 1994 Booklet Prepared for the 250 year of deed conveying land for the Church at Maidenhead, 1948, Hannah Smith, mother of patriot Elijah Smith is buried in their cemetery Sons of the American Revolution, Jacksonville, IL Whitley County Historical and Genealogical Society and Museum, Whitley County Public Library, Williamsburg, KY contact Pat Jones, Kentucky Genealogical Society, Inc., Frankfort, KY Online pension records are available at most public libraries free of charge Go to Click search Persi Click Rev. War link, Type in Smith Elijah All All Click search Select the one from NJ and VA The 26 pages of pension papers will be shown Series: M805 Roll: 747 Image: 255 File: W10501/BLWT Page: 1 of 26 pages legacyhistorycollections.com contact Oklahoma Historical Society use the Historical Photos from Seminole County link University of Oklahoma Western History Collections, Monnet Hall, Norman, OK The Whitley Republican, Thursday, Aug 28,1896 article Then Came the Great Depression If any errors occur in the content, please documentation to The Campbell story will never be told completely but it has been a pleasure to relive the history contained therein. May future generations have the moral fiber of the Campbell family. May our relatives have the spiritual character shown by the ancestors and their connections with the Church. Many thanks to all who contributed to this work. It is a cumulative family project.