None with that name. Sorry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Catherine Byrd" <catbyrd007@sbcglobal.net> To: <CAMPBELL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, December 16, 2005 3:05 PM Subject: Re: [CAMPBELL] > 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 > > > > > > ============================== > 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 > >