Not that interesting if you look at the old maps for VA: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mcampbel/va2/va1606a.htm 1606 & 1609 Charter for VA & North America http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mcampbel/va2/1781a.htm 1781 Virginia boundaries (all for North America actually) Note: follow the links at the bottom of these pages for different maps. I have more to include (the ones not yet linked), but my books are packed away. We leave here Saturday for Texas ( Littlefield)....will take couple days or so to arrive, depending on weather. I originally posted the above maps to my web site due to so many saying there were no Campbell's in VA prior to a certain date...I think there were.. If you are up against a brick wall..check the maps on this site against one for current times & you may just find old George in MD, is indeed George of VA, etc...(that's just a sample). Never let a location stop you from considering a line... Boundaries changed a lot & often back during the formation of our wonderful country. Marge -----Original Message----- From: STEVEN.CAMPBELL@sbcglobal.net [mailto:STEVEN.CAMPBELL@sbcglobal.net] Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2005 2:33 PM To: CAMPBELL-L@rootsweb.com Subject: George Campbell database Wow. This George Campbell database certainly opened a can of worms. The objective of the database, I think, is to identify the Georges that entered the colonies in the mid-1700's. So, I guess what we need to do is look for George Campbells who would have been born prior to 1740. In other words, Georges who would have been old enough to appear on land, will, and census records after 1745. I found it extremely interesting that on the 1800 census there were no George Campbells in Virginia. However, I found land records for George Campbells in at least 3 different areas of Virginia who appeared to be unrelated (St. James Fork, Augusta Co., Amherst/Albemarle Co.). However, I've only found 2 wills for George Campbells between 1750 and 1800 (1777 and 1791). Apparently, one of the Georges either didn't have a will, or one of those two Georges owned land in different parts of the state of VA. I'm going to run over to my genealogy library tonight and look up a pension record for a George Campbell in the Revolutionary War. He was neither of the Georges listed above, but his records might shed light on something. ______________________________