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    1. George Campbell database
    2. 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.

    12/28/2005 10:32:32