Campbells of Botetourt County Virginia

Profile managers: Adam Campbell [send private message] and Kevin Guy Campbell [send private message]

Purpose

The purpose of the Campbells of Botetourt County Virginia is to identify the various Campbell families that settled or passed through Botetourt County, Virginia. The long-term goal of this project is to collect male Y-DNA from Campbell male descendants of these Campbell male settlers.

In an effort to untangle the genealogies of the Campbells of Botetourt County we are collecting marriage, land, probate and tax records of the Campbells of Botetourt County. Click on the links below to see the Campbell Botetourt County Records.

• Botetourt County Probate-Campbell
• Botetourt County Marriages-Campbell
• Botetourt County Land Grants-Campbell
• Botetourt County Deeds (Grantor)-Campbell
• Botetourt County Deeds (Grantee)-Campbell

Also be sure to visit the Campbells in the neighboring counties::

• Campbells of Orange County Virginia
• Campbells of Augusta County Virginia
• Campbells of Rockbridge County Virginia

Will you join me? Please post a comment here on this page, in G2G using the project tag, or send me a private message. Thanks!

County Info

Botetourt County formed 1769 but not organized until 1770

Botetourt County was formed from Augusta County. The following counties were later formed from Botetourt County: Fincastle 1772, Greenbrier 1777, Franklin 1786, Bath 1791

Campbell Families by Haplogroup

Note: The following Botetourt County Campbell lines have Big Y-700 tests that have assigned them a haplogroup. The "kit" followed by a number is the Family Tree DNA test number. To review the raw DNA data by kit number visit FTDNA

Haplogroup: R-FT144475
(Roanoke Family #1)

Malcolm Campbell (1717-1763) of Augusta and Botetourt Co., VA; m: Isabella Houston

Note: kit: 322222 is associated with this haplogroup but the tree is not connected back to Virginia yet.

Sons of Malcolm and Isabella:

Archibald Campbell (1743-1774); no children

William Campbell (ca. 1745-1804) m: 1} Elizabeth LNU, 2) Susanna Dabney

Sons of William and Elizabeth or Susanna:

Archibald Campbell (1761-1871) (kit: 154619)

Thomas Campbell (1770-1845); m: Temperance Hurt

John Malcom Campbell (1790-1855); m: Mary Gish-708 (1800-1871)

William Campbell

James Campbell

Haplogroup: R-FT138216
(Roanoke Family #2)

Roanoke Family #2 Haplogroup: R-FT138216

John “Old Pioneer” Campbell (1775-1863); m: Rebecca Cooke

Note: kit: 980603 is associated with this haplogroup but the tree is not connected back to Virginia yet. Kit: 328468 needs upgrading but most likely will be associated with R-FT138216.

Children of John and Rebecca:

Leroy Campbell (1796-1869); m: Nancy Petty (1814-1852)

Robert Campbell (1804-bef.1851); m: Elizabeth Lawrence (abt.1811-abt.1882) (kit:221171)

Clack Roane Campbell (1809-1881); m: Lucy Petty (1816-abt.1888)

Haplogroup: R-FT357997
(Gilbert Campbell Line)

Gilbert Campbell (abt.1697-1751) m: Prudence Osran
R-FGC10124 > R-FGC10122 > R-FGC10120 > R-BY152990 > R-FT357997

Sons of Gilbert and Prudence:

• James Campbell; m: Elizabeth LNU
  Note: Augusta, VA > Botetourt, VA > ???
• George Campbell (abt. 1740 - abt. 1814); m: Agnes McClure; (kit: 310959)
  Note: Augusta, VA > Botetourt, VA > Rockbridge, VA > Woodford, KY
• Charles Campbell; m: Margaret LNU
  Note: Augusta, VA > Botetourt, VA > ???

Needing Further Review and/or Testing