Samuel Camp (1753 - 1827)

Born 14 May 1753 in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Banks) Camp — married 12 Nov 1776 in Amherst, Virginia

Descendants

Died 18 Aug 1827 at age 74 in Jewell, Warren, Georgia, United States

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Biography

Quartermaster Samuel Camp served with 2nd Georgia Regiment (1776), Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Samuel Camp is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A018516.

Samuel is the son of Ichabod and Content (Ward) Camp.^[1] He married Mary Banks, daughter of Gerrard Banks, on 12 Nov 1776 at Amherst, Virginia.^[2]

Samuel's father, Ichabod, wanted his son to become a minister but Samuel joined the cause of American Independence instead. Samuel served as Quartermaster Virginia Troops, March 1776, Amherst County, Virginia then as Quartermaster in Colonel Gabriel Penn's Virginia Regiment, Albemarle Barracks, 1779.

In Nov 1778, Samuel bought 200 acres in Georgia. They lived in Wilkes County in that part that later became Warren County.

Samuel was born about 1760. He passed away in 1830.

Sources

1. ↑ Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906
2. ↑ Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940

• Source: S227 Title: Camp, Thomas D., CAMP FAMILY GENEALOGY NOTECamp, Thomas D.. CAMP FAMILY GENEALOGY. http://www.tomcamp.org/.
• United States Census, 1820
• Find A Grave Memorial # 37990029
• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 10 Mar 2024), "Record of Samuel Camp", Ancestor # A018516.

In Jul 1779, Samuel wrote to his father who apparently was not eager to have Samuel join him where he had moved (Illinois country). Samuel tried to obtain a rapproachment with his father. Samuel mentioned he had been to Georgia in Nov 1778 where he bought 200 acres. In a subsequent letter, Samuel indicated he had almost despaired of getting a letter to his father, but is trying again. (letter reporduced in the Carter source, p. 73-74) [Samuel's father moved in 1779 from the Natchez settlement - now in Mississippi - to the Illinois country. Ms. Carter on p. 34 indicates the disagreement between the two men involved Samuel's refusal to become a priest and for marrying a bride who apparently did not belong to the Church of England.]

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Abt 1782-84, Samuel was operationg a "public house" [apparently a tavern/inn] in Henry Co., VA, but emigrated to Wilkes Co., GA where he was deputy surveyor general of Georgia. (Nell Carter, ibid, p. 66, quoting letter of Gabriel Penn to Rev. Ichabod Camp, 25 Feb 1786, then in possession of Robert A. Crawford of Birmingham, AL) [note: the Penns and the family of Samuel's wife were in Henry Co., -later reformed as Patrick Co., - and Mary's father also moved to Wilkes Co.]

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In various purchases, bounty grants and land lotteries, Samuel Camp obtained land in Washington, Wilkes, Warren, Hancock and Putnam Cos. in Georgia. (Nell Carter, ibid, p 67) Samuel lived in Wilkes Co. in that part that later became Warren Co. (southwestern part of the county) Samuel was deaf the last 20 years of his life. (ibid, p 69)

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Samuel's estate was sold 6 Dec 1827, Warren Co., GA. (Warren Co., GA Bk D, Inventories, as quoted in Nell Carter source, p 70)

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Death info from records of Margaret Grace Nuttall.

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Acknowledgments

Thank you to Terry Kraft for creating WikiTree profile Camp-1178 through the import of C-G from Kraft-Banks Family_2013-02-11.ged on Feb 11, 2013.

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