I had already seen the Margaret Henderson deeds posted by scraft yesterday. They definitely point out that Margaret Henderson was the widow of George Campbell, and later John Henderson. My biggest question remains, is there any connection between George Campbell (d. 1777, h/o Margaret) and George Campbell (d. 1791, h/o Caty)? No evidence has been found so far that indicates they're related at all. For many years I thought Joel Campbell, Sr., of Rockbridge Co., VA (1776-1851) and Joel Campbell, Jr., (1787-1859) of the same county, were somehow father and son (this was before I found Joel, Sr.'s birth year). Then, I discovered they were not father-son. Then, even later, I discovered they were nephew-uncle. I've been looking for George Campbell's (d. 1791) father and mother for several months now. I posted a possible lead a while back: > "The following is copied from the Childs-Chiles Family History > compiled by Mary C. Chiles: There is a legend that has been passed > down from one generation to the next that Charles Campbell, allegedly > born in Ireland in 1693 and died in Ireland in 1749, was abducted into > the British Navy when he was only 12 years old. History has been > recorded that back in the early Colonial days, that sometimes the deck > hands, sailors, cabin boys, and other help that was needed to man the > sailing ship was abducted or kidnapped to get the help that was > needed. The ship that he sailed on came to the new America and while > on shore a local Virginia man learned of his fate and helped him hide > out until the ship sailed back to England. He worked and, in time, > accumulated land and wealth. He > returned to Ireland when he was about 30, married, accumulated land > there, and raised a family. His wife's name is not known but it is > said they had three children, Tabituth, George, and Elizah. Charles > Campbell allegedly died and is buried in Ireland - somewhere. > > George Campbell, son of Charles, was born in Ireland in the year 1724. > He died in Virginia in the year 1790. It is not known the exact year > that he came to the Colonies but it is believed that he may have come > for the settlement of his father's estate. He led an uneventful life, > but did obtain more land and wealth. He had settled in Nelson County, > Virginia. He had married but his wife's name is unknown. They had > seven children, Mary, Sarah, Ambrose, Cathy, Joel, George, and John. > George Campbell died while living on his land in Nelson County, > Virginia, and is buried there somewhere. > > This George Campbell is my ancestor. I'm trying to find a copy of this > "Childs-Chiles Family History" compiled by Mary C. Chiles. I have > tried to search the Web for the document, and the author, with no > success. I also attempted to contact Marilyn Thrush Petty, but the > contact information on her webpage was no longer correct." The only Charles Campbell I've been able to find anything about in Virginia was found in Augusta Co. Ironically, he has a son named George, and is from Ireland. Unfortunately, the birth and death dates are wrong, and the Charles Campbell in Augusta Co., remained in Virginia his entire life. I was given a lead from someone, that Charles Campbell owned his land in Henrico Co. I haven't gone through the land records for the county yet. However, Ancestry.com, which is quite a large database, has no record of any Charles Campbell in 18th Century Virginia, except in Augusta Co. I think if we can work on confirming or refuting this story, the picture on the George's may come into focus. Steve