The primary lines which I am researching now in Grainger County are the Camerons and Lebows (more on the Lebows in another email) and the collateral lines. An updated and corrected version of my Grainger County Heritage Book article on Absalom and Elizabeth "Betsey" (Gallion) Cameron is appended below. Some of the surnames and full names found in the article [see the article for more names and dates) are: Cameron, Absalom, 1791-1856 Gallion, Elizabeth, c1796-c1857-59 mar. Cameron collateral lines -- Pollard, Ray, Beeler, Stubblefield, Daniel, Hammer, Treadway, etc. Cameron, James, 1819-c1886 Clark, Katherine, 1842-c1861-67 mar. Cameron collateral lines -- Dodson, Grove, Oakley, Jones, Lee, and Morgan Cameron, Hardin, 1851-1926 Lee, Lucinda Jane, 1854-1913 mar. Cameron Lee, William Deadrick, 1822-1889 Turley, Elizabeth Desdemona, 1821-1889 mar. Lee Turley, Thomas, 1782-1833 Taylor, Desdemona, 1788-1877 mar. Turley Taylor, Daniel, 1761-1835 Rowland, Jane, 1761-1843 mar. Taylor Taylor, James, 1731-1815 Owen, Nancy Anne, 1738-1814 ********appended file begins here******** Absalom and Elizabeth "Betsey" (Gallion) Cameron of Grainger County, Tennessee Copyright, 1999, by Ross J Cameron Absalom Cameron, born 30 July 1791, in Virginia, and Elizabeth ABetsey@ Gallion (or Galyon), born about 1796 in North Carolina, were married in Grainger County, Tennessee, on 7 March 1812. Absalom was the son of John Canaday (or Canady) Cameron and the grandson of Donald Cameron. Donald Cameron and his sons, John and Simon, who was the grandfather of President Lincoln's first Secretary of War Simon Cameron, all three immigrated from Beauly, Scotland in July 1775, aboard the "Clementina" which sailed from Stornaway to Philadelphia. They first settled in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Absalom's father, John C. Cameron served as a private in Captain Andrew Waggoner's Company of 12th (or 8th) Virginia Regiment commanded by Colonel James Wood. He served in 1777, at Morristown in 1779, and was a lieutenant in the latter part of the war. He was wounded in the Battle of Brandywine and later was a non-commissioned officer on the frontier. For his service, he received a land gr! ant, of 400 acres, 3 Dec 1781, Jefferson County, Virginia, and another land grant, of 220 acres, 6 Nov 1792, Nelson County, Kentucky Absalom and Betsey had eleven children: John, born 30 Dec 1812, married Mary Ann Pollard (1831); Harden, born 7 Jan 1814, married Elizabeth Ray (1831); Preshey, born 30 Mar 1815; Sarah ASally,@ born 17 Oct 1816, married William Beeler (1838); Wilson, born 16 Apr 1818 (?), married Minerva Stubblefield (1842); James, born 23 Dec 1819, married Katherine Clark (1842); Mary J. Cameron, born 30 Aug 1823, married William Daniel (1852); Absalom, Jr., born 9 Dec 1827, married Elizabeth Hammer (1860); Margaret, born 4 Jun 1830; Franklin, born 22 Jun 1835; and Elizabeth, born 25 Mar 1838, married Lilbern Treadway (1859). In 1811 Absalom worked as a Ahand@ on the road from Blackwell Branch to James Richardson=s on Buffalo Creek. Absalom died 9 September 1856, at their home near Rutledge, Grainger Co., Tennessee. His widow, Elizabeth, apparently died before 1860. John and Mary Cameron had thirteen children: James, Samuel M., John A., Frederick C., Sarah E., Mary M., Wilson G., William B., Susannah R., Henry L, Warham Easley, Melvina, and Robert Frank. Harden and Elizabeth had eight children: William, Barton, and Perasha (all born in Grainger County) and Absalom, Samuel, Mary A., Joseph M., and John M., all born after the family moved to southwest Missouri about 1839. Elizabeth died and Harden remarried in 1856 in Lawrence County, MO, to Anna McCoy, by whom he had five more children: Alfred, James F., Thomas H. B., George Hardin, and Harrison Wright. He died there in 1872. Nothing more is known about Preshey. Sarah and William Beeler had at least seven children: Woolry or Nerney, Mary APolly,@ John, Elizabeth ABetsy,@ Bowyer, Rebecca, and Nancy. Sarah may have died and William may have married again to another woman named Sarah. Wilson and Minerva Cameron had three children: Leander W., Ann E., and George W. Mary and Willia! m Daniel had Isaac W., Sarah A., Eliza (or Louisa) C., Hannah, John J., and William F. Absalom, Jr., and Elizabeth Cameron had no children. Nothing more is known about Margaret. Franklin enlisted as a private in Co. C, 4th Regiment Tennessee Cavalry Volunteers in 1863, rose to the rank of 1st Lieutenant and Adjutant of the 4th Cavalry, was hospitalized in 1865 with typhoid malarial fever, and died later that year, never having married. Elizabeth and Lilburn Treadway had a son, . James and Katherine had seven children: William M., 1843; Nelson Cameron, 1845; James Taylor, 1848; Hardin, 1851; John A., 1853; Mary C., 1856; and Tennessee, 1860. After Katherine=s death, James married in 1868 to Rachel M. (Grove) Dodson, widow of James Dodson with five children: John R., Tempy G., William James, F. J., and Nora. James and Rachel had no children. Like most East Tennesseeans, the Camerons were pro-Union during the Civil War as demonstrated by service in the Union army and reimbursement by the Southern Claims Commission for supplies taken by the 25th Army Corps. On November 25, 1863, General Wilcox=s troops took his 3-2 year old, iron gray mare for troops at Cumberland Gap. And, again, on December 10, 1864, Gen. Bainbridge=s troops took hogs, bacon, oats, fodder, cornmeal, wheat, flour, and an ax for troops garrisoned at Bean=s Station. The Confederates also took wheat and corn for which he was paid in Confederate money. The Camerons lived on a farm about 5 miles southeast of Rutledge, which is still owned by descendants. William Cameron enlisted in January 1863 as a private in Co. C, 4th Tennessee Cavalry with Uncle Frank. He served with the field staff under General Smith during the winter of 1863-1864, fought in the Battle of Franklin in December 1864, and was mustered out in July 1865. By 1870 he had joined Uncle Harden in Lawrence County, Missouri, where he married Sarah Independence Paris (1871). They had six children: Alice M., married Marion L. "Frank" Arnett; Mary Catherine, married William Jeremiah Sullivan; James R. Lafayette "Fate," married Effie Yancy; Albert Perry, married Effie Land; William Clyde, married Ira Johnson; and Emery Cloe, married Regina May. Nelson Cameron, married Lucinda Oakley (1862) before joining his brother and uncle in Company C, 4th Tennessee Cavalry, in March 1863. He was promoted to corporal in July. In May 1864 he was hospitalized with measles and died 19 May 1864, at U. S. Army Hospital No. 19, Nashville, Tennessee, at the age of 19. They had no children. James Taylor Cameron married Mary E. Jones (1869) and had five children: James Nelson, John N., George Henry, Susan Evelyn "Eva," and William Miller "Dick." Mary died on 1 May 1884 and Taylor married Theodosia Cates (1885). They had nine children: Daisy, Frank, Thomas R., Ernest V., Tina Myrtle, Ina M., Bert, Jessie, and Glennie. Hardin Cameron married Lucinda Jane Lee (1871), daughter of William Deadrick Lee and Elizabeth Desdemona Turley. Their children were: William VeNoy, Mary Katheryn, Elizabeth (who died young), James Dedrick, and Ada Beatrice. In 1894 Hardin moved his family to Lawrence County, Missouri, also, near his brother, William. John A. Cameron married Sallie Lee (1875) and had ten children: Rachel C., James Lee, Clyde, Etta F., Minnie C., Dudley Dale, Hugh VeNoy, John Franklin, Rosa Lee, and John Howell "Jack." Mary C. Cameron died at the age of 15 months. Tennessee ATenny@ Cameron married Neal S. Morgan and had at least seven children: Lula May, Landy Reece, Sallie C., Roy Lee, James Franklin, Bessie L., and Ada. Although my great, grandfather Hardin Cameron, and some of his relatives migrated to Lawrence County, Missouri, during the 1800s, most of the Camerons remained in Grainger County, where their descendants are still living. Some of Lucinda Jane (Lee) Cameron=s ancestors were also early Grainger County settlers. Her parents were married in Grainger County, 21 September 1841. Her father, William Deaderick Lee, was born in Hawkins County, 18 February 1822, the son of Thomas Lee, Jr., and Mary Bacon. Her mother, Elizabeth Desdemona Turley, was born in Grainger County, 7 December 1821, the daughter of Thomas Turley (II) and Desdemona Taylor, who were married in Grainger County, 29 June 1811. William and Desdemona Lee were the parents of nine children: Martha Helen, born 27 September 1842, married Thomas E. Pemberton; Mary Desdemona, born 19 January 1845, married Welcome Anderson Pemberton; Thomas B., born 8 May 1847, died young; James Frank, born 1 March 1849, died young; Nancy Pauline, born 2 January 1852, married Mr. Smith; Lucinda Jane, see above; Theodosia Kathleen, born 17 June 1857, married Perry Moody; Alice Rebecca, born 6 March 1860, married Green McDaniel; and William H., born 4 August! 1866, married Kit (?). Thomas Turley was born 8 June 1782 in Virginia, served as a sergeant in Capt. Richardson=s Company of Tennessee Militia in the War of 1812 from January to May 1814, and died in Grainger County, 8 December 1833. Desdemona Taylor was born 19 April 1788 in Henry County, Virginia, and died 17 December 1877 near Marshall=s Ferry in Grainger County. They also had nine children: Daniel, born 29 April 1812, married Martha Peck; John B., born 19 November 1813, married Mary C. Scott; James Monroe, born 21 January 1816, married, first, Lucinda Smith, second, Jane Soules; Mary Jane, born 4 November 1817, married David N. Rich; Thomas Whiteside, born 18 January 1820, married Mary Cocke, elected Judge of Second Circuit of Tennessee, 1856; Elizabeth Desdemona, see above; Robert L., born 30 March 1824, married, first, Mary Mayes, second, Barbara Leffew; William Holliday, born 1826, married Mary A. McFarland; and Nancy, born 1830, married, William McFarland. Desdemona (Taylor) Turley=s father was Daniel Taylor, born 3 August 1761, Cumberland County (part which later became Powhatan County), Virginia, who served as a private in Capt. Thomas Bush=s Company, Col. Abraham Penn=s Regiment, and later in Capt. Henry Cretz=s Companay, Col. Tucker=s Regiment, and was at the Battle of Shallow Ford of the Yadkin, during the Revolutionary War. In 1780, he was married in Henry County, Virginia, to Jane Rowland, born 10 December 1761, Prince William County, Virginia, the daughter of George Rowland and Ann Kenner. They were the parents of thirteen children: George, born 1781, married Catherine Bacon; Morgan, born 1782, married Miss Goulding; Keziah, born 1784, married James Harris; Grinsfield, born 1785, married Susanna Smith; Desdemona, see above; Elizabeth, born 1790, never married; Mouring, born 1791, married William Harris; Daniel, Jr., born 1793, married Martha Thompson; Hughes Owen, born 1796, married Frances Cox; James, born 1798, marr! ied Lucy Jones; Nancy, born 1800, married David McAnally; Jane, born 1802, married Dr. James Law Warren; and William, born 1805, never married. Daniel and Jane (Rowland) Taylor moved to Grainger County, near Bean=s station, about 1796, probably at the same time as his parents, James and Nancy Ann (Owen) Taylor, moved there. Daniel and Jane both died in Grainger County, 25 November 1835 and 3 September 1843, respectively, and are both buried there also. Daniel=s father, James Taylor also served in the Revolutionary War from Cumberland County, Virginia. James Taylor was born in Virginia, 28 February 1831, the son of William and Mary Taylor. Nancy Ann Owen was born in Virginia, 25 September 1738, the daughter of George and Elinor Owen. They were married in Virginia in 1755 and had nine children: Charity, born 1757, married John Mayes; George, born 1759, married three times; Daniel, see above; Martha APatsey@, born 1764, married James Pittman; Bettie, born 1766, married Edward Adams; Mary, born 1769, married Joel Witt; Nancy, born 1772, married John Cannon; Keziah, born 1775, died young; and Hughes Owen, born 1777, married Elizabeth Kennon. Nancy died 12 April 1814 in Grainger County and James died there 4 April 1815. Both are buried in Grainger County. Copyright, 1999, Ross J Cameron 6105 Backlick Road Springfield, VA 22150-2626 Sources: Family Bibles, Federal Censuses, County Court Records, Marriage Records, Military Service and Pension Records, Obituaries, Probate Records, Tombstone Inscriptions, Southern Claims Commission Records, and Published Genealogies. ********appended file ends here******** Ross Cameron