George Washington Kemper (1817 - 1901)

Descendants

Biography

Died Y. 26 SEP 1901. Alleghany Co., Potts Creek, Virginia. Age: 84.

Residence 1880 Age: 62-63. 1860 Age: 42-43. 1900 Age: 82-83. 1850 Age: 32-33.

Buried Bowyer Cemetery.

Note: The 1850 Va. Census: location of birth for he and Lucinda. Harmon, his father, age 80 was living with George & Lucinda.

<p> <p>Additional children listed in the 1850 census, not sure where they fit in? Could possibly be children from his first marriage or children of his sister Elizabeth? <p>Matthew I. or J. Camper age 11

George E. Camper age 13

William F.? Camper age 8

Susan Compton, age 18 was also living with the Camper family.

1790-1870 Virginia Census Index Year / 1860 Surname / Kemper Given Name / George W. <p>County / Alleghany State / VA Page / 059

Township or Other Info / Covington P.O. Record Type / Federal Population Schedule <p>Database / VA 1860 Federal Census Index ID# / VA399118733

1880 Census: Boiling Spring, Alleghany, Virginia Source: FHL Film 1255352 National Archives Film T9-1352 Page 352B <p>Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace

G W KAMPER Self M M W 62 VA Farmer Fa: VA Mo: VA

Lucinda V KAMPER Wife F M W 49 VA Keep House Fa: VA Mo: VA

John Harman KAMPER Son M S W 31 VA Fa: VA Mo: VA

Sarah R KAMPER Dau F S W 19 VA At Home Fa: VA Mo: VA

David B KAMPER Son M S W 15 VA Fa: VA Mo: VA

Elwood D KAMPER Son M S W 13 VA Fa: VA Mo: VA

Agatha O KAMPER Dau F S W 10 VA Fa: VA Mo: VA

Mary B KAMPER Dau F S W 8 VA Fa: VA Mo: VA

Elizabeth CRAFT GMother F S W 72 VA Fa: PA Mo: VA

October 12, 1999 - e-mail from Butch Kemper:

My aunt Wanda who now lives in our family's home place found a box stuck in the rafters containing old papers that belonged to George Washington Kemper and later Elwood Kemper last Sunday and she has given them to me. The most precious item is the pocket book (Not Wallet) of George Washington Kemper. It contains notes in his hand writing from 1853 through 1877. I had always heard that he went west one time and was gone for several months but I never heard the reason for the trip. I still don't know the reason but this pocket book contains a list of his expenses. It states that he left Buchanon Virginia( this is the place that Rhoda told me that he had lived and buried Charles Willie) in 1853. The first leg of his trip appears to have been to the "ten mile house" where he must have spent the night with friends since there was no recorded charge. Then it shows that he spent the night at Crows Tavern which was a famous stage coach tavern on the Kanahaw Trail between Covington and Sweet Springs Virginia. The book shows that he paid Colonel Crow(Who was a well known inn keeper in our local history) 63 cents for his nights lodging and meals. It goes on to tell of his paying tolls to cross a bridge on the Kanahaw River and lists various nights lodging at Charleston, Cincinnati, Louisville, New <p>Albany Indiana and so on. He apparently took the train at some point since all of these cities are on <p>the old C & O route. There are receipts made to him dated in the 1850s in Buchanon and his signature witnessing the mark (X) of Elizabeth Craft in December 1878 on Blue Spring Run(Potts Creek Area of Alleghany County). There is so much to go through and some of it is very fragile. <p><p>.

Sources

• Source: S500016 Peggy Miller, Kemper, Males Web Site <p>MyHeritage family tree

  Family site: Miller, Kemper, Males Web Site

  Family tree: 393852581-2 Discovery Media: 393852581-2 George Washington Kemper Certainty: 3 10 JUL 2017 Added via a Person Discovery Event: Discovery

• "Virginia Births and Christenings, 1584-1917", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTHQ-Z54 : 28 January 2020), George W Camper in entry for Hannah E Camper, 1853.

• "Virginia Deaths and Burials, 1853-1912", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X5TR-L5N : 29 January 2020), Geo. W. Camper in entry for Charles W. S. Camper, 1854.

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4BB-961 : 19 March 2020), George W Kemper, 1860.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCPF-M6H : 15 July 2017), G W Kamper, Boiling Spring, Alleghany, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district ED 1, sheet 352B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,352.

• "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRCG-FSX : 29 January 2020), Geo W. Kemper in entry for Edward D. Kemper, 1894.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMFX-7B4 : accessed 20 July 2020), George W Camper in household of David B Camper, Boiling Spring District (east part), Alleghany, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 1, sheet 7A, family 107, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,698.

• "Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVR7-F4F9 : 16 August 2019), Geo W Kemper in entry for John H Kemper, 10 May 1921; from "Virginia, Marriage Records, 1700-1850," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2012); citing Jordan Mines, Alleghany, Virginia, United States, entry #, Virginia Department of Health, Richmond.

• "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRCG-W8D : 29 January 2020), Geo. W. Kemper in entry for Ro. L. Terry, 1887.

• Find A Grave: Memorial #76223169