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James White Campbell (abt. 1759 - 1826)

James White Campbell
Born about in Bedford County, Virginiamap
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Son of and
Brother of [half], and
Husband of — married 27 Apr 1784 in Campbell, Virginia, United Statesmap
Descendants descendants
Father of , , , and
Died at about age 67 in New Market, Jefferson, Tennessee, United Statesmap
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Revolutionary War

Biography

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James Campbell is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 127904
Rank: Private

James was mentioned on a memorial in Presbyterian Cemetery, New Market, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA with a death date of 1826.[1]

James was born ca. 1758 near Appomatox Courthouse, VA. James Campbell ... He passed away in 1826. James Campbell, son of Archibald Campbell and Elizabeth Beard.

James enlisted in the 10th Virginia Regiment as a private in Capt. Clough Shelton's Company of Foot Dec 2, 1776. He served three years, his time expiring at Morristown NJ in 1779. He was a wagoner and National Archive records show him at Valley Forge, Brunswick, Camp Middlebrook, Smith's Clove, Ramapoo and Camp Haverstram. He was reported sick at Yellow Springs in August 1778 and sick at New Winsor NJ in October and November of 1778.

James married Jane Means, daughter of Robert and Betsy Robinson Means, in Campbell County VA 1784.

Name James Campbell Military Place Virginia, USA State or Army Served Continental Troops Rank Corporal

Augusta Co., VA Notes This land record was originally published in "Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, 1745-1800. Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County" by Lyman Chalkley. Remarks Patent to James Campbell, 16 Mar 1771. Description Patentee Book 26-209

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Sources

  1. ↑ Memorial: Find a Grave (no image)
    Find A Grave: Memorial #183355756 (accessed 26 August 2023)
    Memorial page for James Campbell (1759-1826), citing Presbyterian Cemetery, New Market, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA; Maintained by C D Bird (contributor 49157592).
  • U.S., Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783
  • "Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, 1745-1800. Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County" by Lyman Chalkley. Book 26-209
  • Virginia, Marriages, 1660-1800, FHL Film Number 31050
  • Campbell info prepared for Rita McGuire 1970 by Dorothy Olinger Range.
  • The will of James Campbell notes his 5 children (Jefferson County, TN Will Book 2 p545-548).

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Campbell-40095 Kevin Guy Campbell
Can you attach James will from Jefferson County, TN, listed in the source section above?
posted by Kevin Guy Campbell
edited by Kevin Guy Campbell
Campbell-44030 Nanette (Campbell) Rohrbaugh
I was doing some research on this same James and I had ruled him out as my ancestor, here's a link for the will of James White Campbell: https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/4064094:9176?tid=&pid=&queryId=fa8aad75-f786-40de-ad32-98a0ba75f143&_phsrc=jhG5614&_phstart=successSource
posted by Nanette (Campbell) Rohrbaugh
Fabry-7 A Fabry
Campbell-19436 and Campbell-5327 appear to represent the same person because: Same person. Manager of the new profile simply dis-attached the existing and correct profile. Proper procedure would have been not to create a new profile in the first place. If done by mistake, they should have proposed a merge of the new profile. Please accept this merge.
posted by A Fabry

Rejected matches › James Campbell (1754-1835) › James Campbell (1760-) › James Mure Campbell (bef.1760-) › James Campbell (1761-1826)

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