Maj. William Campbell of Green River

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William (Major William)3 Campbell (Robert2, Alexander1) was born 17 October 1776 in Montgomery County VA, and died 11 January 1842 in Madison County TN. He married Anne Campbell Abt. 1798 in Washington County TN, daughter of William Campbell and Mary Ellison. She was born Abt. 1780 in Washington County NC.

Major William Campbell was the grandfather of Brigadier General Alexander W. Campbell and the father of John W. Campbell. He was the son of Robert Campbell and his second wife, Margaret Killpatrick. William was probably born in Montgomery County VA in 1776. He and his father's family soon removed to Washington County NC (later part of TN). His father Robert Campbell, settled in the Big Limestone Creek area where he build a grist mill known locally as Campbell's Mill. Williams father, Robert, died in about 1797 and the mill was sold to a close neighbor, George Gilespie. Soon thereafter William removed to Lexington KY where he married Anne Campbell, daughter of his cousin Captain William Campbell (1748-1800). After several years in Lexington, William and his family removed to the town of Greenville in Muhlenberg County KY. In the early 1820's he moved to Nashville where he lived for several years. In about 1828, he was appointed by President Andrew Jackson as the general agent of the Government as receiver of the rents of the mines at Galena, Illinois. After several years in Illinois, William removed to the town of Jackson in Madison County TN where his son John W. Campbell resided. Major William Campbell died in Jackson in 1842.