Campbells of Lee County Virginia

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

Purpose

The purpose of the Campbells of Lee County Virginia is to identify the various Campbell families that settled or passed through Lee County, Virginia.The long-term goal of this project is to collect male Y-DNA from Campbell male descendants of these Campbell male settlers to help resolve the Campbell colonial lines and their migration to other states.

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

• Lee County Land Records-Campbell
• Lee County Probate Records-Campbell
• Lee County Marriage Records-Campbell

Be sure to visit the following pages for Campbell Records pertaining to modern-day Lee County, prior to it's formation:

• Campbells of Botetourt County Virginia (1770-1772)
• Campbells of Fincastle County Virginia (1772-1776)
• Campbells of Washington County Virginia (1776-1786)
• Campbells of Russell County Virginia (1786-1792)

Also, be sure to visit the following pages for Campbell Records pertaining to some of the families mentioned in Lee County:

• Space:Campbells of Claiborne County Tennessee
• Space:Campbells of Lincoln County Tennessee
• Space:Campbells of Madison County Kentucky
• Space:Campbells of Warren County Tennessee

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

Lee County Virginia was formed after the Revolutionary War in 1792 from the lower end of Russell County. Prior to Russell County's formation on January 2, 1786, Washington County, Virginia encompassed the whole lower portion of the state. Washington county was formed in 1776 after the abolishment of Fincastle County. Fincastle County was formed from Botetourt County on April 8, 1772. When looking at early records for the Campbell's of Lee County, Virginia, it's very imperative to also look at Botetourt, Fincastle, Washington, and Russell County Virginia records.

Settlers were moving into modern-day Lee County as early as 1769, when Joseph Martin made his first attempt at building a fort known as "Martins Station" in present-day Rose Hill. Immediately following his settlement, settlers came from the New River, Greenbrier River, Holston River, and even as far as Maryland and Pennsylvania. After the building of the Wilderness Road by Daniel Boone in 1775, this solidified settlements all long the Powell Valley in Lee County and many descendants of first families are still in Lee County today.

Lee County formed 1792

Campbell Families by Haplogroup

Note: The following Lee 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-FT200325 and R-FTA70086
(Greenbrier and New River Campbells)

John Campbell (-aft.1783) m. Anne (Unknown) (-aft.1792)

Cecil Co., MD > Botetourt Co., VA (now Greenbrier/Monroe Co., WV) > Washington Co., VA

Son of John and Anne:

John Campbell (abt.1750-abt.1820)

Cecil Co., MD > Botetourt Co., VA (now Greenbrier/Monroe Co., WV) > Washington Co., VA> Russell Co., VA (Now Lee Co.)> Madison Co., KY

Hugh Campbell (abt.1735-abt.1810) m: Hannah (unknown)

Cecil Co., MD > Botetourt Co., VA (now Greenbrier/Monroe Co., WV) > Washington Co., VA> Russell Co., VA (Now Lee Co.)> Madison Co., KY> Cumberland Co., KY

Thomas Campbell (abt.1732-abt.1796) m: 1) unknown, 2) Eleanor Black (abt. 1741- 22 Aug 1827)

Cecil Co., MD > Botetourt Co., VA (now Greenbrier/Monroe Co., WV) > Washington Co., VA> Russell Co., VA (Now Lee Co.)> Madison Co., KY

James Campbell (abt.1714-1791) m: 1) unknown, 2) Catherine Butcher) Campbell (abt.1750-aft.1810)

Haplogroup: R-FTA70086

Cecil Co., MD > Botetourt Co., VA (now Greenbrier/Monroe Co., WV) > Russell Co., VA (Now Lee Co.)

Sons of James:

James Campbell of Cecil County, MD (1748-1820), m: Mary (Taylor) Campbell

Cecil Co., MD > Lee Co., VA > Warren Co., TN

Sons of James and Mary Campbell:

Joseph Campbell (1773-1826)

(kit no: 974749)

Cecil Co., MD > Lee Co., VA > Warren Co., TN > Lincoln Co., TN

John Campbell (1775-1847); m: Isabella Gibson

Cecil Co., MD > Lee Co., VA > Hempstead Co., AR

Matthew Campbell (1780-aft.1830)

Cecil Co., MD > Lee Co., VA > Hempstead Co., AR > Union Co., AR

James Campbell (1786-1856)

Haplogroup change: R-FT200325; (kits no: 982433 and 26209)

Cecil Co., MD > Lee Co., VA

John Campbell (abt.1760-abt.1840)

Cecil Co., MD > Botetourt Co., VA (now Greenbrier/Monroe Co., WV) > Lee Co., VA > Warren Co., TN

William Campbell (1775-1857)

Fincastle Co., VA (now Lee Co.) > Madison Co., KY > Smith Co., TN (now Warren Co.) > Cannon Co., TN

Isaac Campbell (1783-bef.1840)

Washington Co., VA (Now Lee Co.) > White Co., TN (now Warren Co.)

Haplogroup: R-FTB67122
(South River Campbells)

John Campbell (1674 - 1741) m: Grace Hay
R-FGC10124 > R-FT66561 > R-FT107995 > R-FT107995> R-FTB67122 (~1750)

Sons of John and Grace:

David "White David" Campbell (1706 - 1790), m: Mary Hamilton
R-FGC10124 > R-FT66561 > R-FT107995 > R-FT107995> R-FTB67122 > R-FTB66990 (~1850)
Sons of "White" David:

John Campbell (1742-bef.1825); m: Elizabeth McDonald (1753-1827)

Arthur Campbell (1743-1811); m: Margaret Campbell (1760-abt.1813)

James Campbell (1745-1794); m: Margaret LNU (1748-1799)

David Campbell (1750-1812); m: Elizabeth Outlaw (kits: 9333, 11103)

Robert Campbell (1755 - 1831); m: Rebecca McDonald

Patrick Campbell (1758-1838); m: Martha Long

Col Patrick Campbell (abt. 1696 - abt. 1767), m: 1) Delilah Thompson, 2) Elizabeth Taylor
R-FGC10124 > R-FT66561 > R-FT107995 > R-FT107995> R-FTB67122 > R-FTB79457 (~1800)
Sons of Patrick Campbell:

James Campbell (1714-1776); m: Lettice Taylor (1735-aft. 1782) (kits 983067, 43846, 6361)

Charles Campbell (1715-1767); m: Margaret Buchanan

William Campbell (1723-1744); m: Mary Ann Buchanan

Patrick Campbell, Jr (1727-1799); m: Anne Steele

Block Tree-Haplogroup R-FTB65943

Unknown Haplogroups

James Campbell (1795-1888) m: Eleanor Sims (abt.1802-abt.1871)

Hawkins Co. (now Hancock Co.) TN > Lee Co., VA > Hendricks Co., IN

Son of James and Eleanor:

Robert S. Campbell (abt.1834-1898); m: Charity J. Hamrick

Hendricks Co., IN