Do you know if any of this family made their way into Kentucky? Rebecca ----- Original Message ----- From: <scraft@cfw.com> To: <CAMPBELL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, October 02, 2005 6:43 PM Subject: Re: [CAMPBELL] Fwd: Woodson's Mill in Nelson Co. built by John Campbell? > Hi,Steven, > > John Campbell did have a mill as part of his land holdings. I have a copy > of his will (Amherst Co. WB9, p.379-380) and the estate's inventory > (Amh.Co. > WB9, p.428-430). The will does not say anything about a mill being on the > tract George inherited, BUT the inventory listed "property was found at > the > house of Mr. Thomas H. Bollings in the county of Nelson and at the Mill > plantation and the following > at the Mansion House in Amherst County." > > Note: Thomas Bolling/Bowling was the husband of Rhoda Campbell, daughter > of > John. Their tract of land inherited from John was across the river to the > north in Nelson County. John Campbell owned land on both sides of the > river > in Amherst and Nelson. Of course, he had purchased the land before Nelson > County was formed from Amherst in 1808. > > James Campbell, the eldest son of John, inherited the tract described as > having the "Mansion House" on it. This land, later owned by Luther > Harvey, > is near the present day Piney River Church. > > George W. Campbell (as written in the will) inherited the the Mill > plantation. The first mill was called "Big > Piney Mill". The mill which stands today was built on the old foundation > since the early structure burned. Mrs. Emma Woodson Massie (who lived to > be > 100 years old), the sister of Dr. Julian Woodson (who bought the Campbell > Mill) and the wife of Rev. Paulus Powell Massie, recorded George > Washington > Campbell was nicknamed "Guliford" because "he told so many extreme tales > of > his travels." It sounds like this was a name comparing him to "Gulliver" > of > "Gulliver's Travels". I have a copy of her notes about the John Campbell > family which were given to be by a Massie relative. Since she was so > closely related and had lived in the immediate area all her life, I give > much credence to her notes. The mill was purchased in 1900 by her > brother, > Dr. Julian Woodson, who besides being a miller, was both a medical doctor > and a dentist. His doctor's office was on the west end of the mill. > > I have been researching the family of John Campbell for many years and > have > proved my descent from him for membership in the DAR. > > George W. Campbell married Polley (actually Mary "Polly") Massee (Massie) > on > 22 January 1817. > Polly was the daughter of John and Susannah Wright Massie. > > I hope this helps everyone. > > Shirley Craft > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tom Hesler" <hesler@mail.bellsouth.net> > To: <CAMPBELL-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2005 6:09 PM > Subject: [CAMPBELL] Fwd: Woodson's Mill in Nelson Co. built by John > Campbell? > > > > > > >Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 08:05:45 -0600 > > >X-From_: STEVEN.CAMPBELL@sbcglobal.net Thu Sep 29 08:05:45 2005 > > >X-ORBL: [207.115.61.21] > > >DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; s=sbc01; d=sbcglobal.net; c=nofws; > q=dns; > > > h=to:message-id:date:from:subject; > > > > b=HJd6iYyLdiz7TDSIPf0P+pZ+aAtNO4vYHMUMYqwLcwL5nCkn1mD5Qv9Su6gKVSSAs > > > 4LTNYbXSYuTsBKaypyaPQ== > > >To: <CAMPBELL-L-request@rootsweb.com> > > >Old-Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 10:05:41 -0500 > > >From: STEVEN.CAMPBELL@sbcglobal.net > > >Subject: Woodson's Mill in Nelson Co. built by John Campbell? > > >X-Spam-Score: 1.192 (*) > > >DNS_FROM_RFC_ABUSE,DNS_FROM_RFC_POST,DNS_FROM_RFC_WHOIS,NO_REAL_NAME > > >X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.16.34 > > >X-Diagnostic: undecipherable, help sent > > >X-Envelope-To: CAMPBELL-L-request > > > > > > > > >I've been going through Lilly Martin's various > > >Campbell reports on Rootsweb and have a question. She > > >gave a history of Woodson's Mill in Nelson Co., and > > >said that it was built by an ancestor of mine, John > > >Campbell, in 1794. I thought the story was great, so > > >I went about confirming it and finding more > > >information. However, everything I've managed to turn > > >up so far has said a Guilford or Guiliford Campbell > > >built the mill in 1794. I haven't found any mention > > >of a John Campbell. I haven't been able to find a > > >Guilford Campbell anywhere in the country until the > > >mid-1800's, so I thought perhaps it was a nickname. > > >John Campbell was on the Guilford Expedition during > > >his service in the Revolutionary War. Does anyone > > >have any reliable sources that show John Campbell > > >built the mill? > > > > > > Regards, > > Tom Hesler > > > > > > ============================== > > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. 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