Theophilus Campbell (1796 - 1860)

Born 20 Oct 1796 in Marion, South Carolina

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Died 16 Jan 1860 at age 63 in Shelby, Texas

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Biography

Theophilus Campbell was born in South Carolina.

Theophilus was a farmer in Marion County, South Carolina and Shelby County, Texas.

Theophilus Campbell has Scottish Ancestors.

Theophilus was born in 1796. He was the son of John Campbell and Nancy Cribb.

According to an unsourced note on FamilySearch, Theophilus married Celia Perritt in 1825 in Mullins, Marion, South Carolina. He was about twenty-eight and Celia was about seventeen.^[1]

In the 1830 Census, Theophilus is found in Marion County, South Carolina. In the household is a woman between the ages of 20-29 and a girl under five. This is consistent with Celia, his wife, age 22, and their first child, a daughter named Miranda, born in 1828.^[2]

In 1840, Theophilus was still living in Marion County, South Carolina. Age and gender are consistent with he and Celia, three sons (John b. ~1831, David b. ~1832 and George b. ~1836) and two daughters (Miranda b. ~1828 and Sarah Ann b. ~1840). Four people in the household were employed in agriculture, and either Theophilus or his wife reportedly couldn't read or write (likely Celia). ^[3]

In the 1850 census Theophilus (age about 53) was living in Marion, South Carolina. He was reportedly 53 years old, and his wife was 42. Six children were living with them, five sons and one daughter. (Miranda may have married about 1844, according to FamilySearch.) Theophilus was working as a farmer, and had real estate valued at $1000. Their four oldest sons were attending school, though the oldest two were also engaged in farming as well.

According to the 1850 agriculture schedule, Theophilus had two horses, one milk cow, eight working oxen, eighteen other cattle, forty sheep with a total livestock value of $390. He had produced 300 bushels of Indian Corn, two bales of ginned cotton, twenty lbs of wool, ten bushels of peas and beans, and fifty bushels of sweet potatoes that year, as well as twenty lbs of butter. It would appear that his primary crops were corn, sweet potatoes and as well as wool from sheep.

In 1859, Theophilus was taxed in Shelby County on 325 acres of land (located on the Jesse Amason tract of land in Shelby county, west of Shelbyville and north of Huana Creek.^[4] It is viewable by map online at the Portal to Texas History.^[5] He was also taxed for one enslaved person with a value of $300. This person passed first to his wife after his death in 1860, and then, via tax rolls linked on her page, to her son, David J. Wilson Campbell.

Theophilus passed away in January of 1860, at about 63 years old, of typhoid fever.^[6] He left behind his wife and at least one small child still at home (Enos).

Research Notes

• Edited parents' names to reflect the profiles they linked to. Stephens-7069 19:18, 4 April 2023 (UTC)
• Needs source for birth and death dates - the Find a Grave page that is linked points to a cemetery which says the markers are all gone. His dates are apparently recorded in a cousin's diary (see sources for both the limited transcription of Rev. Simeon Campbell's diary and the footnote from Marty Grant's extensive work on the Campbell family) but it would be helpful to have a primary source citation.
• County tax records support a death in 1860. Theophilus is listed in the 1859 Shelby County tax rolls,^[7] and disappears from them the next year,^[8] with his wife now taxed for the same acreage on the same lease with the same number of slaves.
• Possible death record? There is an indexed record for the 1860 Mortality Schedule in Shelby County for a "Theopalus Covington" who died in January, a 64 year old farmer born in South Carolina who died "suddenly". The surname is off (but could be misindexed), but there are no indexed records that are even remotely close for the rest of 1860, and the other details are very close.^[9] Does anyone know how to find an image of this schedule, or whether it's available? Stephens-7069 15:22, 27 April 2023 (UTC) NOTE There are Covington families in Shelby County at the time so that could support either a mistake in local surnames or support a different man also named Theophilus (or similar) with matching age, birth location. Stephens-7069 17:45, 27 April 2023 (UTC)
• Does anyone know of a marriage record for Theophilus and Celia? There is an unsourced date of 1825 in Mullins, Marion, South Carolina on FamilySearch. In History of Shelby County, Mary Campbell Keeter gives the date of 1830.
• The Find a Grave page also contains the following note: War of 1812. 16th Regt. (Burrus) Mississippi Militia.^[10] However, this is for Mississippi and he was both born in South Carolina (via the 1850 Census) and appears to have lived in South Carolina in the 1830 and 1840 Census. In addition, he would have been about 15 years old in 1812. If you have records for this or more information about his service, please add it here!
• If someone has access to the passages of Rev. Simeon Campbell's diary mentioned here (either in transcript or preferably images), please add a better (first hand!) citation if you can.

Sources

1. ↑ Alternately, in Marty Grant's research, the date is between 1820-1830 in Marion District, SC. http://www.martygrant.com/genealogy/familydata/grpf617.html.
2. ↑ Their child's name and date was taken from FamilySearch. It should be independently verified.
3. ↑ Their children's names and dates were taken from FamilySearch. They should be independently verified.
4. ↑ Anonymous, “Huana Creek,” Handbook of Texas Online, accessed April 27, 2023, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/huana-creek.
5. ↑ Map of Shelby County, map, July 1863; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth88962/: accessed April 27, 2023), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas General Land Office.
6. ↑ From Marty Grant's research: "16 Jan 1860 from Diary of Rev. Simeon Campbell: pg 28 Theophilus died suddenly in Texas Jan the 16th 1860, he was an Exorter, age 64." (http://www.martygrant.com/genealogy/familydata/grpf617.html).
7. ↑ "Texas, County Tax Rolls, 1837-1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939J-4Y69-B?cc=1827575&wc=M63N-FWL%3A161800301%2C161393202 : 22 May 2014), Shelby county > 1859 > image 6 of 35; State Archives, Austin.
8. ↑ "Texas, County Tax Rolls, 1837-1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939J-4Y8J-4?cc=1827575&wc=M63N-FPN%3A161800301%2C161399401 : 22 May 2014), Shelby county > 1860 > image 5 of 29; State Archives, Austin.
9. ↑ 1860 Mortality Schedule - Potential Match?: "U.S., Federal Census Mortality Schedules Index, 1850-1880," Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.. AIS Mortality Schedules Index. Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes, (Ancestry Record 3530 #202362 : accessed 27 April 2023), Theopalus Covington (64), FARMER, in Shelby CO., TX.
10. ↑ Possible 1812 Service Record?: "U.S., War of 1812 Service Records, 1812-1815," (Ancestry Record 4281 #292739 : accessed 6 April 2023), Name Theophilus Campbell, Company 16 REG'T (BURRUS') MISSISSIPPI MILITIA., Rank - Induction FIFER, Rank - Discharge FIFER, Roll Box 33, Microfilm Publication M602.

• See also: FamilySearch Person: LHQW-RGY
• WikiTree profile Campbell-4496 created through the import of johnsonwiki2.ged on Aug 5, 2012 by Karen Grady.
• Contributions by Wikitree User Denny Campbell.
• Grant, Marty. "John Campbell (1752) and Nancy Ann Cribb of Marion Co, SC." Personal Website. Marty and Karla Grant, (http://www.martygrant.com/ : accessed 25 April 2023). Copyright 1996-2023.
• Keeter, Mary Campbell. "Campbell Family (F192)." Shelby County Historical Commission. 1988. History of Shelby County Texas. Dallas Tex: Curtis Media Corp. Entry on worldcat.
• "Rev. Simeon Campbell's Diary, Marion County, SC." Marion County, South Carolina Genealogy & History. From the site (https://sciway3.net/proctor/marion/vitals/Diary_SimeonCampbell.html): "The original diary is kept at the Mullins branch of the Marion Public Library and I believe there may be a photocopy at the main branch." Limited transcriptions were done by Betty Jo Stewart in 2001.
• 1830 Census: "United States Census, 1830," citing Page: 11; Affiliate Publication Number: M19, (FamilySearch Record: XHP2-ZNS : accessed 4 April 2023) FamilySearch Image: 33S7-9YYN-3729, Teophilius Campbell in Marion, Marion, South Carolina, United States.
• 1840 Census: "United States Census, 1840," citing p. 174, NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm , (FamilySearch Record: XHRY-Z4X : accessed 4 April 2023) FamilySearch Image: 33S7-9YT5-9J91 Image number 00357, Theopilus Campbell in Marion, South Carolina, United States.
• 1850 Census: "United States Census, 1850," citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), (FamilySearch Record: M8QV-BG7 : accessed 19 October 2022) FamilySearch Image: S3HY-6QCK-ZY Image number 00148, Theophilus Campbell (53) in Marion, Marion, South Carolina, United States. Born in South Carolina.
• 1850 Non-population Census, Agriculture: "U.S., Selected Federal Census Non-Population Schedules, 1850-1880," Census Year 1850, Census Place Marion, South Carolina, Archive Collection Number AD260, Roll 2, Page 193, Line 31, Schedule Type Agriculture, Ancestry Sharing Link - (Ancestry Record 1276 #3510553 : accessed 6 April 2023).
• 1859 County Tax Roll: "Texas, County Tax Rolls, 1837-1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939J-4Y69-B?cc=1827575&wc=M63N-FWL%3A161800301%2C161393202 : 22 May 2014), Shelby county > 1859 > image 6 of 35; State Archives, Austin.
• Memorial: Find a Grave (no image), (Find A Grave: Memorial #33644287 : accessed 19 October 2022), Memorial page for Rev Theophilus Campbell Sr. (20 Oct 1796-16 Jan 1860), citing Campbell Cemetery, Center, Shelby County, Texas, USA; Maintained by Terenda Curtis Wyant (contributor 47333875).