Dear Mr. Campbell, Have you taken the DNA test? That might help you, because it can possibly match you to some other known Campbell familygroup, or groups, and then you can colaborate with other researchers. www.familytreedna.com Just a suggestion. Best regards, Lilly Martin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cal Campbell" <bbatdega@charter.net> To: <CAMPBELL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 11:37 PM Subject: [CAMPBELL] John J CAMPBELL, Darlington, SC > > > > >> >> >> Have searched for 15 years about the ancestry of one John J Campbell of >> Darlington, SC. He was born in SC according to all records in which I >> find >> him, 1845/9. His father was from NC or Ireland depending on census >> records. >> He lived his entire live in Darlington, except for a trip to VA to pick >> up >> his son upon his discharge fom the Coastal Artillery Unit of the US Army >> in >> 1910. Maybe this was why he was not on the 1910 census. He died in >> Darlington on 20 Jun 1911 from injuries received in a fall from a ladder >> while lighting a lamp over the dining room table. He married Cynthia >> Jane >> Elmore. The first listing of John Campbell was when Cynthia joined the >> Wesley Chapel Methodist Church in 1876 as Cynthia Campbell. His death >> date >> is confirmed in a Bible Record of the William Robert Hudson Bible, who >> married Cynthia's sister Mary Elis Elmore. These two families were >> close. >> However, all inquiries of this family have led to a ZERO. >> No Deeds >> No Tax Lists >> Not in 1850, 1860 or 1870 census >> Nothing on him listed in the Darlington Co Historical Society >> No obit in Darlington >> No Nothing. >> >> Does anyone have any information on my gggrandfather? Does anyone have >> any >> other suggestions? >> >> Cal Campbell > > > ============================== > 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 > >