Dear Rosemary and all others, I had replied directly to Steve Campbell concerning his original question, but I should share my comments with everyone. George Washington Campbell, aka Guilford, was the son of John and Frances. John was the son of George and Caty, of Amherst, Co., VA. When John died in his Will he leaves the MILL to his son George/Guilford, but the plantation next to it to his daughter Rhoda Campbell Bowling. According to the 1850 census, George Washington Campbell was born 1798, and according to the 1860 census he was born 1799. His father John died in 1838, therefor if the original Mill was built 1794, then it was constructed well before the birth of Guilford Campbell. The Mill was originally called Big Piney Mill, and was not called Woodson's Mill until after 1900, from the purchase by a Dr. Julian Woodson, for use as an office. From the Will of John we would know there was already a MILL there which he supposedly built, since it was his land. That pre-existing Mill went to his son, but it is possible that his son Guilford re-habed the Mill or added on, or perhaps he even re-constructed the original Mill, after fire? That I do not know. I suppose we can say the History Books are not stating the exact truth and have slightly mixed up events from 2 mens lives, even though they are father and son. I think it would be a correct statement to say that John Campbell, s/o George built the original MILL which stands at the Woodson Mill site presently. His Will confirms that he gave it to his son G.W. Campbell (aka Guilford). Whether Guilford added, or changed, or re-constructed all or portions of the Mill, is not known to me. Best regards, Lilly Martin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rosemary Bell" <robell12@comcast.net> To: <CAMPBELL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2005 1:27 PM Subject: [CAMPBELL] RE: Woodson's Mill in Nelson Co. built by John Campbell? > Hi, Steven, > George Washington Campbell was nicknamed "Guiliford". I doubt he was > the Guiliford Campbell who built the original Woodson's Mill, since he > was born in 1789, and the Mill was built in 1794. However, he was the > son of John William Campbell and Frances (Fannie) Wright. > > John was born in 1750 in Albemarle County and was married in 1779 in > Amherst County. According to Dr. Cecil Massie in the Amherst County > Virginia Heritage Book, "During the Revolutionary War, he was a private > in the Amherst County Militia. He marched under Capt. James Dillard on > the Guiliford Expedition." It would make sense that the local folks > would refer to him as "Guiliford", and that his son would be nicknamed > "Guiliford". I also think John may have built the original Woodson's > Mill. > > This may not be correct, but it is a direction to start looking. > > Warm personal regards, > Rosemary > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tom Hesler [mailto:hesler@mail.bellsouth.net] > Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2005 5:10 PM > To: CAMPBELL-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: 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 > > ______________________________ > > > ============================== > 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 >