Steven; You may be onto something with these Chiles/Childs/or Childress? as possible relatives of George Campbell. I went to my original Alexander Brown's papers on "Early Settlers of Old Amherst County" that I obtained from the Swem Library of William and Mary, Williamsburg and find that what is Nelson county today was saturated with Chiles/Childs/Childress?. Alexander Brown, Esq., wrote the name as indicated herein so members of the Chiles family used Chiles/Childs/Childress? interchangeable, Let me quote a few entries: Henry Chiles or Childs and his brother Joseph in 1747 owned land on Dutch Creek. 1747 was very very early. DC is in Nelson County today. This area was still Goochland County in 1744. There were 13 in all living in Old Amherst or Nelson County prior to 1761. However, none was named Charles. I'm going back to Swem Library on Friday. BH ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lilly Martin" <malik@scs-net.org> To: <CAMPBELL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 1:28 AM Subject: Re: [CAMPBELL] George Campbell (d. 1791) of Virginia > Hello Steven, > So glad to know that you have located that book. Here are several > suggestions: > 1. Go to your local Public Libraray and ask then to get the book sent to > them thru Inter-Library loan program, and then read it when it arrives. > 2. If the Inter libray loan program does not work out, then subscribe to a > mailing list which includes Cincinati OH, it should be Hamilton Co OH, as > I recall. Ask for a volunteer living there to go check the book and > report back to you. > > If this is a Family Lore book, based on handed down hearsy, with out proof > or sources, then we are back to square 1. > > But many times these Family Lore books have at least one grain of truth. > > I think it is IMPORTANT to examine WHO is this author, Mary Childs?, and > know her ancestry, and how does she personally tie back to our George and > Caty Campbell family in Amherst Co VA. > > Where is the tie, that would have delivered this story to Mary? Did a > Childs/Chiles and Campbell marriage occur in Virginia? What is the birth > date and parentage of Mary? What was her maiden name? > > And WHY is this book in Cincinati, OHIO? Did a Campbell descendant get > out there? Or did Mary just happen to live there, and left the book to > the library? > > Since I want to help, I am going to subscribe right now to a mailing list > for Chiles or Childs and ask for help, to know about this woman who wrote > the book, maybe someone will recognise her and give me some info. Then I > will report back to the list here. I will also see if I can find a Childs > or Chiles genealogy group on google, they might have a website of > something. > > Best regards, > Lilly Martin > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <STEVEN.CAMPBELL@sbcglobal.net> > To: <CAMPBELL-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2005 10:58 AM > Subject: [CAMPBELL] George Campbell (d. 1791) of Virginia > > >>A while back I posted a story about George Campbell from a >> "Chiles-Childs Family History" book. It said his father was a >> Charles Campbell who was born in Ireland. I wanted to find the >> book to see if the author provided any sources for the story. I >> managed to find where the only copy of the book is located: The >> Cincinnati Public Library. I haven't contacted them yet, but >> plan to this week, unless someone lives in Cincinnati and is >> willing to visit the library to check for the information. I >> have a feeling the book will say that the story of Charles >> Campbell was an "oral history passed on from generation to >> generation". I still haven't found any proof that the Charles >> Campbell--allegedly born in Ireland in 1694, purchased land in >> Virginia between 1712-1724, and died in Ireland in 1749--ever >> existed. >> >> >> ============================== >> Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. >> Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: >> http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx >> >> > > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >