Thank you, Jan! ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2008 2:35 PM Subject: Re: [NCROWAN] Index C-D -- Campbell? > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: B L Wiggins <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 1:12 pm > Subject: [NCROWAN] Index C-D -- Campbell? > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, Jan, for all your hard work. I know you are getting bombarded > with > requests. If you have time, I would like to know about the Campbells in > the > book. I am helping my adopted daughter research her birth family. We > have > documented back to Michael C. Campbell who was born about 1769 in Rowan > Co, > NC. Michael and son John were in the 1840 Lafayette County, MO, census. > They do not seem to be in Missouri for the 1830 census, so they may have > emigrated during that time. > > Thanks again, > Betty (aka Kelly's Mom) > > > CAMPBELL > > 167 > > Another branch of the Brandon family settled on the north side of Fourth > Creek. > Here James Brandon, in 1760 and 1762, ob tamed grants from Granville and > deed > from Patrick Campbell for one thousand five hundred and ninety-two acres > of land. > > > 187-188 > > From the above figures we gather that Maxwell Chambers was the son of > Joseph > and Mary Chambers, and was born on the twenty-third of January, 1780. > Tradition > states that he was born in the house now the residence of Thomas J. > Meroney, on > Main Street. His early education was probably secured in Salisbury, and he > 188 HISTORY OF ROWAN COUNTY > entered into business here with his uncle, a Mr. Campbell, from which we > infer > that his mother’s maiden name was Campbell. After conducting busines > s here for > awhile, Mr. Campbell and Mr. Chambers went to Charleston and set up in > mercantile business there. > > 240 > > The first Methodist church in Salisbury was organized in November, 1831, > with > thirteen members, four of whom are still living (1880), viz.: Miss > Adelaide Clary > (now Mrs. Rowzee), of Salisbury; John C. Palmer, now of Raleigh; and James > Glover and wife, now of Davidson County. One name of the others is lost. > The rest > were Mrs. John C. Palmer, Mrs. Mary Hardy, Miss Margaret Shaver, Mrs. > Slater, > Mrs. Samuel Fraley, Alexander Biles, Mrs. Eunice Cowan, and Miss Sarah > Bailey. > This church was in the Virginia Conference. Charles P. Moorman was the > first > preacher in charge. The first Quarterly Conference was appointed to he > held in the > courthouse, in November, 1832, but the Presbyterian brethren kindly > offered the > use of their church, which was gratefully accepted, and so the first > Methodist > Conference ever convened in Salisbury was held in the Presbyterian church, > presided over by that singular man, “the stern, the inflexible, the > devoted, the > self-poised, the brave, the witty, the fearless Methodist preacher, Moses > Brock,” > who was at that time presiding elder of the district. > At that Quarterly Conference, money was raised, and a comfortable wooden > church was completed early in the following year (1833). With the > exception of > one year, the church was a part of the Salisbury circuit, until 1845. In > 1834 it was > made a station, and served by Rev. R. O. Burton. It then went back to the > circuit. > D > uring this time (between 1833 and 1845), it had for pastors Revs. Messrs. > T. > McDonald, Tinnen, Yarrell, and others. Rev. Thomas S. Campbell traveled > this > circuit in 1835. > > 286 > > FIRST REGIMENT ENGINEERS, ARTILLERY AND > ORDNANCE OF NORTH CAROLINA STATE TROOPS > COMPANY D (ROWAN ARTILLERY) > Privates > Campbell, W.; w. at Malvern Hill. > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message