Hi John and all; Happy hollidays to all!!! According to "The N.C. Gazettee" on page 83, Campbellton - see Fayetteville. On page 169: Fayetteville, city and county seat, central Cumberland County, at the head of navigation on the Cape Fear River. The first settlement at the site was about 1730. Inc 1762 as Campbellton, named for Farquhard Campbell. In 1778, Campbellton, and the adjacent trading center of Cross Creek, which see, were consolidated as lower and Upper Campbellton, respectively. Name changed to Fayetteville in 1783 in honor of Marquis de Lafayette (1757 - 1834), who assisted the Americans during the Revolutionary War. The legislature met here in 1786, 1788-90, 1793-94. Location of Fayetteville State Teachers College and the North Carolina Methodist College. Produces textiles, machinery, lumber, and bottled carbonated drinks. Alt 107. Fort Bragg is nearby. On page 128: Cross Creek, colonial trading center in central Cumberland County on the Cape Fear River began about 1760. Appears as Crosscreek on both the Collet map, 1770, and on the Mouzon map, 1775. Consolidated with Campbellton, approx 1 3/4 mi. away in 1778. In 1783, the name was changed to Fayetteville. Hope this helps Will in Phoenix On Fri, 31 Dec 1999 10:57:34 -0600, you wrote: >Where was Campbelltown (or maybe Campbellton) in central North Carolina? >I'm reading about the conflict between the Highland Scot Loyalists and >the >Patriots in 1776. In a contemporary account of the events leading up to >the Battle of Moore's Creek bridge (I seem to have had ancestors on both >sides) the narrative seems to place it somewhere between Cross Creek >(now Fayetteville) and Moore's Creek itself. There is the sentence > > >The Army was ordered to March to Campbelltown to cross the River... >