John Campbell

Living in Caswell County, NC by 1778. Served on several juries in August 1778.

On July 28, 1779 a land grant for 100 acres on Country Line Creek was given to John C. & Hugh Dobbin. On Dec. 16, 1779 Hugh Dobbin sold to John C. and Hugh Dobbins, Jr., 251 acres on the North Hico Creek (Hicootee Creek.)

Will probated in SC. (*see below)

Served in N.C. General Assembly/Senate (Person Co.). 1796. Was elected the state senator (NC) from Person County - elected for 3 one-year terms 1796 thru 1799.

Married Lucy Moore about 1783 NC.

John Moore, one of John Campbell's neighbors NC, died in late 1784. He left a widow, Lucy, and six minor children. He named Lucy one of the executors of his estate. John Campbell married Lucy a short time later, on January 26, 1785, in Caswell County.

It appears that Lucy's daughters, Elizabeth, Lucy and Mary Moore, went to live with their mother and John Campbell for at least the first year or two after their father's death. Lucy's sons, John, Patrick, and William Moore, apparently went to live with their uncle, Joseph Moore, for the first few years.

When their father died (1784), the Moore children were legally considered orphans. Yes, even though their mother was still alive.

John Campbell was appointed legal guardian of Mary, the youngest child. Hugh Dobbin was one of the co-signers on the 1787 bond for John's guardianship of Mary. Other guardians were appointed for the other children.

an inventory was taken of all of John Moore's personal property. This was done on April 16, 1785. The executors were then required to hold an estate sale. They did this over two years later on October 11, 1787.

Lucy and John Campbell had four children together: Nancy, Margaret, Arabella and Charlotte. Based on census data, the three older girls were born from 1785 to 1790. Lucy's youngest child, Charlotte Campbell, was born in 1793.

Mary Moore, Lucy's youngest child with  her first husband, continued to live with Lucy and John. From the guardians' accounts, it appears that Lucy's other children with John Moore lived with their guardians and relatives, with their upkeep being paid for out of their father's estate. This was not an uncommon arrangement for the day, although it might seem somewhat strange to us now.

On December 4, 1802, John gave power of attorney for his business affairs in North Carolina to John McFarland. John and Lucy moved to South Carolina sometime between then and 1804.

    Two of their daughters, Arabella and Charlotte, went to South Carolina with them. The other two daughters, Margaret and Nancy, married and settled in Person County.

Owned land in both Abbeville Co., S.C. (Old-Ninety-Six District) - Pendleton, S.C. and Person Co., N.C. He was a planter, had a grist mill & manufactured whiskey at one time. Partnered w/James Cobb in a mercantile business (Campbell & Cobb) (SC) from 1815 on...shared a lumber mill. Their partnership was ended as John became apprised of the fact that James was embezzling more & more of the profits that should have gone to John. Even after John died in 1822 - the fight over his estate went on for several years. Also partnered with George A. Miller in an Abbeville, SC. blacksmithing business.

Margaret married Isham Edwards on September 24, 1803, and Nancy married Benjamin Chambers two weeks later on October 8. Margaret lived in Person County the rest of her life. Nancy did as well, dying there sometime before the 1820 census. Her widower and daughter moved to Abbeville District, South Carolina in the 1820s. Arabella Campbell married Thomas Pleasant Martin in Abbeville District in about 1805. Charlotte Campbell married James Cobb in Abbeville District in about 1809.

Lucy Campbell appears to have died in about 1807. In August of that year, her daughter Lucy Moore filed a suit to reclaim some slaves that her father had willed her mother the use of during her life. After Lucy Campbell's death, the slave were to go to her and John Moore's children. The only reason Lucy Moore would file such a claim, as far as I know, would be because her mother had died and the slaves now legally belonged to the Moore children. John Campbell wanted to keep the slaves who were in his possession, and he purchased at least some of them from his stepchildren.

Children of John Campbell:

Mother unknown:

1. Mary Campbell, wife of Thomas Simmons. John Campbell called her his "natural daughter" in his will. During that time period, that term was commonly used for children born outside of a marriage.

With wife Lucy:

2. Nancy "Fannie" (for Frances?) Campbell--b. 1785-1790 in Caswell County, NC; d. before 1820 census; married Benjamin Chambers in Person County, NC on October 8, 1803

3. Margaret "Peggy" Campbell--b. abt 1787 in Caswell County, NC; d. after 1850; married Isham Edwards in Person County, NC on September 24, 1803

4. Arabella Campbell--b. 1785-1790 in Caswell County, NC; d. 1824 in Abbeville District, SC; married Thomas Pleasant Martin in Abbeville District, SC in about 1805.

5. Charlotte Campbell--b. Jun 1793 in Person County, NC; d. 24 Jan 1885 in Tyler, TX; married James Cobb in Abbeville District, SC in abt 1809.

Possible children:

John Campbell left these two women considerable bequests in his will. However, he did not identify them as his daughters in his will, as he specifically did the women above.

Jane, widow of William McKee of Pendleton District, SC

Elizabeth, wife of George A. Miller of Abbeville District, SC

Will of John Campbell ....

 www.whetstonestudio.com/family/1823/02/15/john-campbell -will-transciption-1823/

LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT

JOHN CAMPBELL deceased

In the name of God, Amen. I John Campbell of Abbeville district and state of South Carolina being of sound and

disposing mind and memory and in a common state of health, calling to mind the uncertainty of life, and being

desirous of disposing of all such worldly Estate as it hath pleased God to bless me with, do make and ordain this

my last will and Testament in manner and form as Follows to Wit.

1st. It is my Will that the Whole of my Estate real and personal be sold on such credit or Credits as my Executors

hereafter named may think most advantageous and most conducive to the Interest of my Legatus, my old Negro

Lewis excepted, and also the land I own in Pendleton District that formerly belonged to Wm, McKee decíd.

Item 2nd. To my grand daughter Arabella Chambers of the State of North Carolina I give and bequeath the sum of

four thousand dollars to be paid her when she attains to twenty one years of age or Marries to her, her heirs and

assigns for ever.

Item 3d. To my Grandson John S. Simmons I give and bequeath the sum of one thousand dallas, to be paid him

when he attains twenty one years of age.

Item 4th. To Elizabeth Miller wife of George Miller of AbbevilleDistrict and State of South Carolina I give and

bequeath the sum of four thousand dollars to her, her heirs and assigns for ever.

Item 5th. To my daughter Charlotte Cobb Wife of James Cobb, I give the sum of fifty dollars to her, her heirs for

ever.

Item 6, The land I own in Pendleton consisting of two tracts containing about eleven hundred and twenty acres,

formerly owned by Wm McKee, I give and bequeath the same to Jane McKee Widow Wife of the aforesaid Wm.

McKee, decíd, to her, her heirs and assigns for ever, pm the Condition that the said Jane shall well and truly pay to

myself or to my Executors the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars if she does not comply with this condition, it is

my Will that my executors sell one or both the tracts aforesaid, or so much thereof, at their discretion as will make

the said sum of two hundred and fifty dollars, and give the balance to her the said Jane as aforesaid.

Item 7th. It is my Will that my Executors retain in their hands the sum of five hundred dollars for casualties and

necessary expenses, until the business of the estate is done or completed.

Item 8th.All the balance of the Estate is, and it is my will that the same be divided into three equal parts and

distributed as hereafter mentioned.

1st. To my Natural daughter Mary A. Simmons Wife of Thomas Simmons [or Semmons] of Abbeville District I give

and bequeath one of those parts,to her, her heirs and assign forever.

   *SOURCE : South Carolina Department of History & Archives / Series: S108093 / Reel: 0003 / Frame 00057 /Item   002 / Record 41 / Date 2/15/1823 

Journal of the Clan Campbell Society (United States of America) - their Autumn 1990 edition published "dau. of JOHN CAMPBELL (1760-1822) and wife of ISHAM EDWARDS whom she married 29 Sept. 1803 in Person Co., NC. Although they had 3 sons and 6 daughters only..." [I need to see what the rest of it is 4/09 - L.C.M.]