There is a will in the abstracts book for Catawba County as prepared by Elzabeth Bray Sherrill Will of John Campbell 9 Oct 1865 Of sound mind and memory; Executor to provide his body a decent burial, pay all funeral expenses and just debts. To Son Andrew Campbell, all his hogs except a half of a barrow(?) which half of said hog is given to Son, Wesley Cambell. The balance of the estate is to be equally divided among all of his children Executor Soloman Shurm. Witnesses V. M. Ramsour and E. J. Ramsour. In the 1860 census for Catawba County Early Grove TWP are John D. Campbell age 47 with wife Elizabeth age 47, Rhoda age 24, W. A. age 18, Nancy age 16, Perry age 12, M. M. age 9 and John J. P. age 9 months. Any of these your family? If so then maybe we can dig a little deeper. Agnes Cloninger >My g-g-grandfather was named John D. Campbell. All census entries show >him >as being born in NC. I cannot find him in any of the Lincoln County >census entries >prior to 1840, and none of the ages of the other Campbell males prior to >that time >match with his age. His first appearance in the official records is a >marriage bond >in which he marries Elixabeth Bumgarner in 1838. He lived in >Lincoln/Catawba >County until his death. Later Elizabeth Bumgarner Campbell died and he >married >Margaret Elizabeth Link. I suppose I should stop giving all the details >and just point >any interested party to his WorldConnect link: >Thanks, > >Jim Campbell > >