Maj. David Campbell b. 26 May 1750 Augusta, Virginia, USA d. 21 Nov 1812 Washington, Rhea, Tennessee, USA: Campbell Genealogy

1750 - 1812 (62 years)

Personal Information | Notes | Sources | All | PDF

Name	Maj. David Campbell [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
Born	26 May 1750	Augusta, Virginia, USA [2, 3]
Gender	Male
Occupation	lawyer [2]
Died	21 Nov 1812	Washington, Rhea, Tennessee, USA [2]
Person ID	I11665	Campbell Genealogy
Last Modified	19 Apr 2024

Father	David Campbell, b. 8 Mar 1706, Drumboden, Kilmachrenan, Donegal, Ireland , d. 17 Oct 1790, Holston, Washington, Virginia, USA (Age 84 years)
Mother	Mary Hamilton, b. Abt. 1719, Londonderry, Ulster, Northern Ireland , d. 1801, Smyth, Marion, Virginia, USA (Age ~ 82 years)
Married	16 Jan 1735	Augusta, Virginia, USA [4, 5, 6]
Family ID	F1051	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Notes

David, first clerk of Washington County, which office he held until March 17, 1779, when he was succeeded by his brother John. Removing to Tennessee, he became distinguished in its annals.

source: Brock, Robert Alonzo and Virgil A. Lewis. Virginia and Virginians: Eminent Virginians, Executives of the Colony of Virginia from Sir Thomas Smyth to Lord Dunmore. Executives of the State of Virginia from Patrick Henry to Fitzhugh Lee. Sketches of Gens. Ambrose Powell Hill, Robert E. Lee, Thos. Jonathan Jackson, Commodore Maury; History of Virginia, from Settlement of Jamestown to Close of the Civil War. Richmond, VA: H. H. Hardesty, 1888.
David Campbell, fifth son of David, was a lawyer and removed to Tennessee. He was first the Federal Judge in the Territory, and then one of the Judges of the Supreme Court of the State. His death occurred in 1812, in the sixty-second year of his age. He had been appointed Federal Judge of the Territory which afterwards formed the State of Alabama, but died before he removed his family to the new country.

source: Waddell, Joseph Addison. Annals of Augusta County, Virginia, from 1726 to 1871, 2nd Edition. Staunton, VA: C. Russell Caldwell, 1902.

[S5968] History of Augusta County, Virginia, John Lewis Peyton, (Staunton, VA: Samuel M. Yost & Son, 1882).
[S5974] Annals of Augusta County, Virginia, from 1726 to 1871, 2nd Edition, Joseph Addison Waddell, (Staunton, VA: C. Russell Caldwell, 1902).
[S5986] "Campbells in Ireland and Virginia," Journal of the Clan Campbell Society, Vol. 24, No. 2, Linda Hart, (Clan Campbell Society of North America, 1997).
[S5971] Virginia and Virginians: Eminent Virginians; Executives of the Colony of Virginia from Sir Thomas Smyth to Lord Dunmore; Executives of the State of Virginia from Patrick Henry to Fitzhugh Lee; Sketches of Gens. Ambrose Powel Hill, Robert E. Lee, Thos. Jonathan Jackson; Commodore Maury, Virgil Anson Lewis, (Richmond, VA: H. H. Hardesty, 1888).
[S13] The Descendants of Capt. Thomas Carter of "Barford", Lancaster County, Virginia, 1652-1912, with Genealogical Notes of Many of the Allied Families, Joseph Lyon Miller, (Thomas, WV: Joseph Lyon Miller, 1912).
[S12] The Families of Joshua Williams of Chester County, PA, and John McKeehan of Cumberland County, PA, with Some Allied Families, Bessie P. Douglas, (Minneapolis, MN: Augsburg Press, 1928).

History of the Campbell Family