Steven; I can understand your inquiry on both the number of Ambrose questions and also the difference in RW data. Lilly may be able to satisfy your questions on both. If not, when I return I will see if I can give you the data that would seem most logical. I'm going to be gone for a week or so in Richmond with my wife in the hospital. I will tell you that the Ambrose son of George and Caty D1791was married to Nancy and I am confident that he is the one that was under Major Cabell during the War. The Ambrose, son of Henry and Charity served under a different command. He is in the Clan of Phyllis Pengilly. I have seen his pension information. Ambrose, the son of Edward Campbell (son of George and Caty) was not in the RW. Later BH ----- Original Message ----- From: <STEVEN.CAMPBELL@sbcglobal.net> To: <CAMPBELL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 11:56 AM Subject: [CAMPBELL] Ambrose Campbell and the 1787 Tax List Amherst Co VA >I noticed in a recent posting, someone listed the > Campbells which appeared on the 1787 Tax List for > Amherst Co., VA. Lilly Martin then attempted to > identify the Campbells on the list. > > I would like to somehow sort out my Ambroses. I have > one in three consecutive generations. > > Ambrose, son of George and Caty Campbell. I have no > information on him at all. I assume he was born in > Amherst Co., because all his siblings were born there > or in Albemarle Co. > > On the 1810 census there is an Ambrose Campbell. The > other two Ambroses wouldn't have been old enough to > be on the census yet, and were in different counties, > so I assume this is the son of George and Caty. The > census showed: > > Male over 45; female over 45; male 16-25; female 26- > 44; female 16-25; 2 females 10-15; female under 10 > > This would have made the Ambrose born in 1765 or > earlier, right where he would need to be to be a son > of George and Caty. > > This Ambrose is not on any census after 1810. > > There's a marriage between an Ambrose Campbell and a > Nancy Gillispie on July 2, 1799 in Amherst Co., VA. > I'm not sure if this is the son of George and Caty, > considering he'd be at least 34 when he married, a > bit late for the time, unless it was a second > marriage. > > There's an Ambrose Campbell on the 1783 Tax Lists for > Amherst Co., VA. Lilly Martin believes this was an > Ambrose Campbell born in 1740 in Scotland, son of > Henry and Charity Campbell. To me, it would make > sense that the Ambrose on the tax lists in 1783 was > Ambrose, son of George and Caty. Anyone have any > thoughts on this? > > Lynden Harris has an Ambrose Campbell from Amherst > Co., VA on a muster roll. I'm guessing this is > Ambrose, son of George and Caty too. However, if > there is an Ambrose, son of Henry and Charity, in the > same county, and in his 20's or 30's, it could be him > instead. Anyone have any thoughts on this? I didn't > even know there was another Ambrose Campbell, son of > Henry and Charity, in Amherst Co. in the 1770's and > 1780's. > > My other Ambrose Campbells, which add to the > confusion: > > Ambrose, son of Edward and Frances Campbell. This > Ambrose was born in either 1782 (headstone), or 1790 > (county death register), or 1789 (1850 census), > depending where you look. He married Dorcus Edsall > in 1811, and died in 1857. He lived and died in > Rockbridge Co., VA. > > Ambrose, son of Joel and Esther Campbell. This > Ambrose was born in 1809, married Nancy Anna Crist in > 1834, and died in 1887. He was born, lived, and died > in Rockbridge Co., VA. > > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > >