AT; I would guess that each Campbell researcher has his/her own opinion as to the first Campbell clan to enter our new country. Jamestown has a roster of the Living and the dead in Virginia as of February 1623 and there are no Campbell's listed. The first US head of household) census was the following year in 1624 - I have a copy of this census (719 heads of household) and no Campbell's. I guess our history confirms that the very early immigrants to this country came in from England and were mainly English. My experience reveals that the first Campbell's into Virginia probably came in through NY or PA and down the Shenandoah Valley - namely the "White" and "Black" Campbell Clans. They did not linger long in Augusta County, moving on into the SW and further south and West. For the Campbell's coming into Albemarle, Nelson, Amherst and even Rockbridge, I believe they came in through Baltimore or Philadelphia through Maryland and south via Orange or down from the Chesapeake area into our Albemarle/Goochland and Counties further south. I spent time in Jamestown and Williamsburg last week and have copies of a roster of "Early Settlers of Old Amherst (Nelson) being mailed to me from the Swem Library (37 handscribed pages- takes them 10 days to photocopy). This roster, a copy of the originally handscribed listing done by Alexander Brown, contains significantly more information than that "coded by AB" and in public print (In old Amherst prior to 1761). An example I wrote down was for "John Coffey: On 16 August 1744, on Davis Creek of Rockfish. William, Edmund, Rueben and James Coffey (or as it is generally spelt in old messages Coffery) owned land in Old Amherst prior to 1761". If I recall correctly, we are going to find that John Campbell, better known as Wagoner John Campbell, is going to have been the first Campbell into Old Amherst. Lawrence may have been older but I believe he stopped off in Spotsylvania prior to moving into Old Amherst. I'm anxious to read what Alexander Brown had to write about John Campbell - lots of verbiage that I did not attempt to decipher at that time. The 1938 Richmond Times article you would enjoy - can you pin point to a specific weekend, date, and subject? Regards, BH ----- Original Message ----- From: <Atpowelljr@aol.com> To: <CAMPBELL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2005 11:46 PM Subject: Re: [CAMPBELL] RE: EARLY CAMPBELL EMIGRANTS TO VIRGINIA > HOWDY CUZ, > THE Cousin That is in a position to be Santa's Helper With the Hershey > Candy Factory in his Neighborhood. > Do you have any thing on this Charles Campbell after landing in MD?? I am > still Banking on Our Campbell Pioneer being the One That Stold the Horse & > was > shipped to VA, I would like to get into the Richmond, Va Paper Archives > For > the Sunday Edition for 1938. CUZ A T > > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > >