Names and dates can both be so misleading on US censuses. My Campbells are from the mountains of western NC and east TN. I have found my Campbells listed as Campell, Camel, Cambell, Campbel, probably others. Unsure if it was because the census takers were in a hurry or if that is what was given to them. Probably they just put down what was phonetically correct to them. First names are always difficult. The 1850 census has Thomas, the next T.B., the next Baty- all the same person. His son was Albert E. Some how on the census it turned into Albert T. Then later AT, which is on his tombstone. I find I get more results if I pull up the county census, go to the C's and look at them all. Ages are also bugaboos. The earlies census that person can be found on, especially if a child seem to be the most accurate. On my GGgrand father TB's tombstone it says born 1822. The 1850 census has it as 1828. His brother , Elijah, or Jackson or EJ according to 1850 census was born approx. 1825. In 1900 he told the census he was 90. It seems the older one got the more exaggerated one's age got. ----- Original Message ----- From: <Atpowelljr@aol.com> To: <CAMPBELL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2005 12:26 PM Subject: Re: [CAMPBELL] > Atten DUCK: <Campbell??> > On the William E,- VS W. Elijah <Personal Experence of MY past I AM > Arthur > Thomas, that was the way that I signed my name for Years, then For a While > I > Signed A. Thomas, Then To Just A. T.> So Then you Need to Look for A > Nickname > that would not have gotten into Official Records. I see that you Have a > William B. & A- William E. That could be the reason for the Changing the > William E > To W. Eligah. There were three A. T.,s in My neighborhood, <NOW 3> I > would > get my mail & have one of the other A T.,s Mail & some time I would Get my > Paper in the A M & check my Mail box & there was More mail where one of > the A T., > s had dropped of from the Mail man had left in his Box the Day before. So > you > ARE very well on the right Family, BUT see if you can find any thing that > indicates a Nickname. > > My Campbell,s Are & have been in Amherst & Nelson County Va > Since before those Counties were Formed. > Some of our Researches Have our Campbell's Moving from one County to > another. When it was the County line that was Changed. Like they lived in > New Kent > THE 1600,s & the Researcher Has them moving Until they show up in Nelson > County, which was formed in 1808 from the same area that was part of New > Kent County > when the Campbell's Settled there in the 1600,s. Geographical Boundry > Changes > has Moved many people, That are now living right where their Ancestors > first > Settled & They I.D.ed the Same named Family members with the same First & > Last > Name, With A Nickname. > CUZ A T & Leona <atpowelljr@aol.com> > > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >

Very true. I found my grandparents in the 1920 census at Camfield. Strange enough, but true... -----Original Message----- From: L.G. Sheets [mailto:lgsheets@ccvn.com] Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2005 11:15 AM To: CAMPBELL-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [CAMPBELL] Names and dates can both be so misleading on US censuses. My Campbells are from the mountains of western NC and east TN. I have found my Campbells listed as Campell, Camel, Cambell, Campbel, probably others. Unsure if it was because the census takers were in a hurry or if that is what was given to them. Probably they just put down what was phonetically correct to them. First names are always difficult. The 1850 census has Thomas, the next T.B., the next Baty- all the same person. His son was Albert E. Some how on the census it turned into Albert T. Then later AT, which is on his tombstone. I find I get more results if I pull up the county census, go to the C's and look at them all. Ages are also bugaboos. The earlies census that person can be found on, especially if a child seem to be the most accurate. On my GGgrand father TB's tombstone it says born 1822. The 1850 census has it as 1828. His brother , Elijah, or Jackson or EJ according to 1850 census was born approx. 1825. In 1900 he told the census he was 90. It seems the older one got the more exaggerated one's age got. ----- Original Message ----- From: <Atpowelljr@aol.com> To: <CAMPBELL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2005 12:26 PM Subject: Re: [CAMPBELL] > Atten DUCK: <Campbell??> > On the William E,- VS W. Elijah <Personal Experence of MY past I AM > Arthur > Thomas, that was the way that I signed my name for Years, then For a While > I > Signed A. Thomas, Then To Just A. T.> So Then you Need to Look for A > Nickname > that would not have gotten into Official Records. I see that you Have a > William B. & A- William E. That could be the reason for the Changing the > William E > To W. Eligah. There were three A. T.,s in My neighborhood, <NOW 3> I > would > get my mail & have one of the other A T.,s Mail & some time I would Get my > Paper in the A M & check my Mail box & there was More mail where one of > the A T., > s had dropped of from the Mail man had left in his Box the Day before. So > you > ARE very well on the right Family, BUT see if you can find any thing that > indicates a Nickname. > > My Campbell,s Are & have been in Amherst & Nelson County Va > Since before those Counties were Formed. > Some of our Researches Have our Campbell's Moving from one County to > another. When it was the County line that was Changed. Like they lived in > New Kent > THE 1600,s & the Researcher Has them moving Until they show up in Nelson > County, which was formed in 1808 from the same area that was part of New > Kent County > when the Campbell's Settled there in the 1600,s. Geographical Boundry > Changes > has Moved many people, That are now living right where their Ancestors > first > Settled & They I.D.ed the Same named Family members with the same First & > Last > Name, With A Nickname. > CUZ A T & Leona <atpowelljr@aol.com> > > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > ============================== Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx

Have you ever come across an S. A. Campbell or Sandy Campbell in your area? He was probably born around 1835 in the western parts of NC (possibly Lincoln or Catawba area)? "L.G. Sheets" <lgsheets@ccvn.com> wrote: Names and dates can both be so misleading on US censuses. My Campbells are from the mountains of western NC and east TN. I have found my Campbells listed as Campell, Camel, Cambell, Campbel, probably others. Unsure if it was because the census takers were in a hurry or if that is what was given to them. Probably they just put down what was phonetically correct to them. First names are always difficult. The 1850 census has Thomas, the next T.B., the next Baty- all the same person. His son was Albert E. Some how on the census it turned into Albert T. Then later AT, which is on his tombstone. I find I get more results if I pull up the county census, go to the C's and look at them all. Ages are also bugaboos. The earlies census that person can be found on, especially if a child seem to be the most accurate. On my GGgrand father TB's tombstone it says born 1822. The 1850 census has it as 1828. His brother , Elijah, or Jackson or EJ according to 1850 census was born approx. 1825. In 1900 he told the census he was 90. It seems the older one got the more exaggerated one's age got. ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2005 12:26 PM Subject: Re: [CAMPBELL] > Atten DUCK: > On the William E,- VS W. Elijah > Arthur > Thomas, that was the way that I signed my name for Years, then For a While > I > Signed A. Thomas, Then To Just A. T.> So Then you Need to Look for A > Nickname > that would not have gotten into Official Records. I see that you Have a > William B. & A- William E. That could be the reason for the Changing the > William E > To W. Eligah. There were three A. T.,s in My neighborhood, I > would > get my mail & have one of the other A T.,s Mail & some time I would Get my > Paper in the A M & check my Mail box & there was More mail where one of > the A T., > s had dropped of from the Mail man had left in his Box the Day before. So > you > ARE very well on the right Family, BUT see if you can find any thing that > indicates a Nickname. > > My Campbell,s Are & have been in Amherst & Nelson County Va > Since before those Counties were Formed. > Some of our Researches Have our Campbell's Moving from one County to > another. When it was the County line that was Changed. Like they lived in > New Kent > THE 1600,s & the Researcher Has them moving Until they show up in Nelson > County, which was formed in 1808 from the same area that was part of New > Kent County > when the Campbell's Settled there in the 1600,s. Geographical Boundry > Changes > has Moved many people, That are now living right where their Ancestors > first > Settled & They I.D.ed the Same named Family members with the same First & > Last > Name, With A Nickname. > CUZ A T & Leona > > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > ============================== Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx

My favorite saying from another family genealogist is that people during the 1800s walked backward in education for a while. They were very busy being explorers, frontiersmen, and pioneers in the westward movement. ----- Original Message ----- From: "L.G. Sheets" <lgsheets@ccvn.com> To: <CAMPBELL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2005 10:14 AM Subject: Re: [CAMPBELL] > Names and dates can both be so misleading on US censuses. My Campbells > are from the mountains of western NC and east TN. I have found my > Campbells listed as Campell, Camel, Cambell, Campbel, probably others. > Unsure if it was because the census takers were in a hurry or if that is > what was given to them. Probably they just put down what was phonetically > correct to them. First names are always difficult. The 1850 census has > Thomas, the next T.B., the next Baty- all the same person. His son was > Albert E. Some how on the census it turned into Albert T. Then later AT, > which is on his tombstone. I find I get more results if I pull up the > county census, go to the C's and look at them all. > Ages are also bugaboos. The earlies census that person can be found > on, especially if a child seem to be the most accurate. On my GGgrand > father TB's tombstone it says born 1822. The 1850 census has it as 1828. > His brother , Elijah, or Jackson or EJ according to 1850 census was born > approx. 1825. In 1900 he told the census he was 90. It seems the older > one got the more exaggerated one's age got. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Atpowelljr@aol.com> > To: <CAMPBELL-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2005 12:26 PM > Subject: Re: [CAMPBELL] > > >> Atten DUCK: <Campbell??> >> On the William E,- VS W. Elijah <Personal Experence of MY past I AM >> Arthur >> Thomas, that was the way that I signed my name for Years, then For a >> While I >> Signed A. Thomas, Then To Just A. T.> So Then you Need to Look for A >> Nickname >> that would not have gotten into Official Records. I see that you Have a >> William B. & A- William E. That could be the reason for the Changing the >> William E >> To W. Eligah. There were three A. T.,s in My neighborhood, <NOW 3> I >> would >> get my mail & have one of the other A T.,s Mail & some time I would Get >> my >> Paper in the A M & check my Mail box & there was More mail where one of >> the A T., >> s had dropped of from the Mail man had left in his Box the Day before. So >> you >> ARE very well on the right Family, BUT see if you can find any thing that >> indicates a Nickname. >> >> My Campbell,s Are & have been in Amherst & Nelson County Va >> Since before those Counties were Formed. >> Some of our Researches Have our Campbell's Moving from one County to >> another. When it was the County line that was Changed. Like they lived in >> New Kent >> THE 1600,s & the Researcher Has them moving Until they show up in Nelson >> County, which was formed in 1808 from the same area that was part of New >> Kent County >> when the Campbell's Settled there in the 1600,s. Geographical Boundry >> Changes >> has Moved many people, That are now living right where their Ancestors >> first >> Settled & They I.D.ed the Same named Family members with the same First & >> Last >> Name, With A Nickname. >> CUZ A T & Leona <atpowelljr@aol.com> >> >> >> ============================== >> Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the >> areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. >> Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >> >> > > > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > > >