David Campbell

1720 - 1753  (~ 33 years)

• Name	David Campbell  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Nickname	Black David
  Born	Abt. 1720	Drumboden, Kilmachrenan, Donegal, Ireland   [1, 2, 3, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Alias	David Campbell Jr.  [4]
  Residence	28 Feb 1749	Augusta, Virginia, USA   [4]
  Residence	28 May 1751	Augusta, Virginia, USA   [4]
  Died	5 Nov 1753	Augusta, Virginia, USA   [5]
  Person ID	I1984	Campbell Genealogy
  Last Modified	19 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	William Campbell,   b. Abt. 1680, Inverary, Argyll, Scotland ,   d. Bef. 1770, Augusta, Virginia, USA  (Age ~ 89 years)
  Mother	Mary Byers,   b. Abt. 1680, Argyll, Scotland ,   d. Abt. 1758, Augusta, Virginia, USA  (Age ~ 78 years)
  Married	1708	Argyll, Scotland
  Family ID	F1045	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jane Cunningham,   b. Abt. 1723, Knocknashane, Shankill, Armagh, Northern Ireland ,   d. Aug 1759, Augusta, Virginia, USA  (Age ~ 36 years)
  Married	1 Mar 1744	Augusta, Virginia, USA
  Children	1. Capt. William Campbell,   b. Abt. 1748, Augusta, Virginia, USA ,   d. 24 Nov 1800, Fayette, Kentucky, USA  (Age ~ 52 years)   2. Martha Campbell,   b. 23 Mar 1749, Augusta, Virginia, USA ,   d. 2 Jul 1825, Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, USA  (Age 76 years)   3. Mary Campbell,   b. 19 Jan 1753, Augusta, Virginia, USA   4. Capt. David Campbell,   b. Abt. 2 Aug 1753, Augusta, Virginia, USA ,   d. 18 Aug 1832, Lebanon, Wilson, Tennessee, USA  (Age ~ 79 years)
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F1044	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  William Campbell and his wife, Mary Byars, had seven children. The eldest, David Campbell, married Jane Conyngham, a granddaughter of Colonel Patrick Conyngham, whose family lived in Ireland on the river Boyne. The head of the house was Sir Albert Conyngham. Colonel Patrick Conyngham commanded a regiment at the battle of Boyne, 1690. David and Jane Conyngham Campbell had four children. William married Mary Ellison, and was prominent in the Indian and Revolutionary wars. His two brothers-in-law, Captain William Ellison, who married Mary Campbell, and Major John Morrison, who married Martha Campbell, were also patriotic defenders of their liberty in the same war. source: Pilcher, Margaret Campbell. “Sketch of Captain David Campbell.” The American Historical Magazine and Tennessee Historical Society Quarterly, Volume 8, Number 2. Nashville, TN: Goodpasture Book Company, 1903. David, was called “Black David” because of his dark hair and complexion, and to distinguish him from his distant cousin, “White David,” who was fair, with yellow hair and blue eyes. These two married half sisters. Black David, who was born in 1710, married Jane Cunnyngham. They came from Ireland with their parents and settled in Virginia, it is thought, first in Culpepper County; later they removed to Augusta County, which at this time was the extreme frontier. They had four children: William, Mary, Martha and David. source: Cisco, Jay Guy. Historic Sumner County, Tennessee with Genealogies of the Bledsoe, Cage and Douglass Families, and Genealogical Notes of Other Sumner County Families. Nashville, TN: Polk-Keelin Printing Company, 1909. David Campbell (called "Black David," because of his dark hair, eyes and complexion, and to, distinguish him from his cousin, "White David" Campbell, who was very fair, with yellow hair and blue eyes) was born about 1710. He married Jane Conyngham, a half-sister of Mary Hamilton (White David Campbell's wife). David Campbell and his wife, Jane Conyngham, came from Ireland with their parents. They settled in the Colony of Virginia, it is thought, first in Culpepper County. Later, they removed to Augusta County, Virginia, which was at that time a frontier settlement. To this section of Virginia had emigrated a large number of Scotch-Irish, a brave, independent, liberty-loving race of people, who were faithful friends and the best of citizens. They gave to our country many of her greatest men. David Campbell, born in 1710, died in November, 1753, and Jane Conyngham, his wife, died in August, 1759. They had four children, namely: William, Mary, Martha and David Campbell. source: Pilcher, Margaret Campbell. Historical Sketches of the Campbell, Pilcher and Kindred Families, including the Bowen, Russell, Owen, Grant, Goodwin, Amis, Carothers, Hope, Taliaferro, and Powell Families. Nashville, TN, Marshall and Bruce Company, 1911.

  
  

• Sources

  [S5984] History of the Campbell Family, Henry James Lee, (New York: R. L. Polk and Company, 1920). [S5] Historic Sumner County, Tennessee with Genealogies of the Bledsoe, Cage and Douglass Families, and Genealogical Notes of Other Sumner County Families, Jay Guy Cisco, (Nashville, TN: Polk-Keelin Printing Company, 1909). [S2239] Historical Sketches of the Campbell, Pilcher and Kindred Families, including the Bowen, Russell, Owen, Grant, Goodwin, Amis, Carothers, Hope, Taliaferro, and Powell Families, Margaret Campbell Pilcher, (Nashville, TN, Marshall and Bruce Company, 1911). [S8] Virginia, U.S., Land, Marriage, and Probate Records, 1639-1850 [database on-line], Ancestry.com, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2004). [S7] “Sketch of Captain David Campbell.” The American Historical Magazine and Tennessee Historical Society Quarterly, Volume 8, Number 2, Margaret Campbell Pilcher, (Nashville, TN: Goodpasture Book Company, 1903).