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- Journal of The Clan Campbell, Vol. 28 No. 4, Autumn 2001. Silas McCaslin doucument
See Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Campbell_(Virginia)
had 12 children as named in the Wilson book.
Washington County, VA Survey records abstracts
1781-1797 (pages 1-100)
Page 1 - Col. Arthur Campbell...treasury Warrant...650 ac...on both sides of the middle fork of Holston River, being the land that he lives on known by the name of Goodwood and including his patent land, being part of the tract of land known by the name of the Royal Oak, containing 490 ac, patent granted to John Buchanan, August 22, 1753, conveyed to John Campbell by deed dated March 2, 1769 and from Campbell conveyed to Arthur Campbell by deeds dated August 15, 1769 the whole being 1140 ac...Beginning corner to David Campbell, Sr...crossing Mill Creek...line between David Campbell & Arthur Campbells
Page 2 - Col. Arthur Campbell...280 ac...treasury Warrant...on both sides of Moccasin Creek in and above big Moccasin Gap...Beginning at the foot of Clinch Mountain and on the west side of creek, corner to Campbells other survey...in the Gap...at the foot of Copper Creek Ridge...crossing little Mockison Creek...at the foot of the mountain above the Gap...in the Gap along an inaccessible part of the Mountain...May 11, 1781
Page 2 - Col. Arthur Campbell...120 ac...Treasury Warrant...on both sides of big Mockison Creek, branch of the North Fork of Holston River and little below big Mockison Gap...Beginning on the east side of the creek...at the foot of Clinch Mountain...May 11, 178
Page 5 - Arthur Campbell...September 15, 1781...500 ac...on the north branch of Holstein River at a place called Margaretta including 180 ac granted to Charles Campbell by patent dated August 22, 1753 and by bequest now the property of Arthur Campbell, the other part a Military Warrant #419 & a Treasury Warrant #5168...new land in survey 320 ac...Beginning on the top of Cove Creek Ridge
adjoining the lands Andrew Lanier...at the mouth of Cove Creek...
Page 9 - Arthur Campbell...773 ac...on both sides of the north and Laurel Forks of Holstein River...including 229 ac...Land Office Warrant...the 544 ac tract granted to Charles Campbell by patent
dated August 22, 1753 and by bequest now the property of Arthur Campbell...Beginning a very high bank of the Laurel fork...above the rock at the Narrows...October 18, 1782
Pg401-500
Page 411 - Arthur Campbell - 50 ac - treasury warrant #5102 - on both sides of Wolf Hill Creek, a branch of Holstein River - on the west side of said Creek in Walkers old line - by a waggon road - on the
west side of the knobs - on the east side of the creek - September 19, 1794
From the Web: 1758captured by Wyandott Indians, held 3 yrs; 1761escaped, hiked 200 mi. wild'ness to army; owner, Royal Oaks on Halston R.;Campbell Co., TN, named for him; md. sis. of Gen'l Wm. Campbell, cousin; irascible, jealous, litigious, overbearing; unsuccess. ran Cong.,id. app't Supt Ind.A.
will, dated 24th August, 1781; Recorded in Washington County, 20th November, 1781.
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p136 He was taken captive by Indians in 1759, and escaped 3 years later, after being held in Canada
From "Virginia, The New Dominion" p.123:
"Whatever the rights & wrongs of [the Proclamation Line of 1763] - and certainly the Indians were swindled out of their lands over & over again by both the British & the Americans - the announcement of the Proclamation Line was not gratefully received by VA's land-hungry frontiersmen. It was, in fact, ignored.
"For example, in about the year 1770, John & Arthur Campbell moved from their home near Staunton to a broad tract near Wolf Hills, on the site of the present Abingdon. This tract on the Holston River was west of the Proclamation Line, a fact which did not disturb the Campbells. Other prominent families from the Staunton area, such as the Russells, Christians, Flemings, Looneys & Prestons moved into the same general region at about this time. These were educated men & women, mainly Scotch-Irish in background, with conspicuous talents for leadership."
p. 134:
"The Virginia Convention of 1776 was not only determined to retain the 'inestimable privileges' to which the Fincastle Resolutions referred, but also to move firmly & inexorably toward complete separation from Great Britain. Delegates arrived from all corners of the colony with that thought in mind. Some were clad in the elegany dress of Tidewater, while others wore buckskin or homespun of the mountain regions. From every section came men with tall & rangy physiques. Hugh Blair Grigsby, the indefatigable chronicler of 3 major Virginia conventions, wrote:
'Washington ... the Lewises, the Randolphs, George Mason, Pendleton, the Cabells, the Carringtons, Henry, Bland, the Lees, Jefferson, the Campbells, Blair, Tazewell were nearly all fully 6 feet ... Madison was probably the only very small man in the Convention of 1776. Of a later date, Marshall & Monroe were tall ... It was for a long time believed in England that the Virginians approached the gigantic.'"
pp9-10 "One of [Col. John Sevier's] closest associates in both war & peace was Col. Arthur Campbell, a brother-in-law of Virginia's distinguished Gov Patrick Henry. Campbell, who had won renown in the war against the British, owned one of the largest farms in the Cumberland & was making experiments to determine what crops produced the biggest yield. Austere in appearance & in manner, Col Campbell became violent when defending the cause of liberty, which he held sacred. Everyone in the area knew that his anger would be aroused & he would become the permanent enemy of anyone who tried to curb personal freedoms."
pp 13-15 "Until that time [When the NC legislature condemned the Confederation Congress for'interfering in matters that are beyond the scope of its authority & none of its concern,' for passing a resolution that separate states should be made from the 'unapportioned western territory of VA, NC, & GA.] the majority of citizens in the West had not shown much interest in separate statehood. Men who had been conquering the wilderness had been too busy for politics &, ever optimistic, had assumed they would be treated fairly. Now they bristled. . . . . .
"The first to draw up a specific plan was Col Arthur Campbell, who said, 'The established states have challenged us by balancing a chip on their collective shoulder. We must knock it off.'
"Unfortunately, the scheme he devised was too ambitious & thoroughly unrealistic. He envisaged the entire West banding together in 1 huge state, but he quickly learned that others did not feel as he did. The Cumberland & KY had no desire to merge, & residents of the Ohio Valley wanted nothing to do with either. Campbell drew up his first plan in May or June, 1782, & by Sept revised it, addressing himself only to his fellow Cumberland dwellers.
"He & John Sevier were close friends, having served together in the war against the British, so it is reasonable to assume that Sevier read Campbell's plan. The man who would become the undisputed leader of the Cumberland made no comment in writing, however, so his precise, immediate reaction is not known. In view of what followed, he probably agreed with every word.
"In any event, Campbell appeared confident that he had the support of his neoghbors & sent his plan to the Confederation Congress in the form of a petition, requesting that the Cumberland be allowed to separpate from NC & form a state of its own. Either by design or a remarkable coincidence, Congress more or less simultaneously received a similar petition from a number of KY residents who wanted to separate from VA."
" Gov Alexander Martin of NC responded to Campbell's petition with the surface calm of a politician who, if he could help it, had no intention of being manuevered into a corner."
p19 Sevier . . . wrote to Col Campbell, 'Our most loyal supporters are those who have just arrived & are still clearing their land. They have said a final farewell to NC, & they clamor for the formation of a new state.'"
p26 ". . . the indignation that swept through the Cumberland was spontaneous when men heard the news of the cession bill. Sevier, Col Campbell & their friends were not reluctant to fan the flames of anger. By now Campbell was considered the 'father of Cumberland independence,' & the ambitions of Sevier, which had been growing rapidly, appeared to be within reach.
"Campbell was the moving spirit in a campaign to call a convention of Cumberland citizens for the purpose of considering whether the territory should accept the NC cession or take 'other steps,' as Campbell vaguely said in letters he sent to virtually everyone he knew. He did not specify the nature of these 'other steps,' & there was no need to spell out his meaning. Wilderness men realized that the real purpose of holding a convention was to determine how & when the territory would declare itself free of NC &, in defiance of Gov Martin & his legislature, set up a free & independent state that would then apply for admission to the Union."
p41 "Col Campbell went off to NC to test the 'true sentiments' of Martin & Caswell & returned with a fresh desire to go ahead with the formation of a new state. Both the old Gov & his successor had made it plain to him that they were unalterably opposed to the secession of the Cumberland. Campbell had asked what would prevent them from repealing a new Cession Act, & their evasive replies convinced him that such an act would be as flimsy & temporary as the earlier one.
"The Cumberland leaders no longer hesitated. Sevier, Campbell & the others closed ranks, & the temporary constitution was put into effect. . . . .
"The state of Franklin was inching its way into being."
p42 " Col Campbell was the author of a long, persuasive petition sent to the Confederation Congress early in the spring of 1785, requesting Franklin be admitted to the Union as a state. During this time he corresponded with a number of KY leaders, urging them to reconsider & jhoin the people of the Cumberland in forming a new state."
p151-2 "Col Arthur Campbell retired from politics & military life after the formation of the Southwest Territory & devoted himself to the management of his large estates. Late in life he moved to KY, where he also owned considerable property. Campbell County, on the TN side of the border with KY, was named after him."
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Colonel Arthur Campbell was one of the most distinguished pioneers of the Southeastern Kentucky. He was of Scottish extraction and was born in Augusta County, Virginia, November 3, 1754, old style, and died at site of present Middlesboro, then Knox, now Bell County, August 8, 1811. He was a man of importance and very influential in the early affairs of Southwestern Virginia and Southeastern Kentucky. He represented Fincastle County in the first constitutional convention of Virginia in 1776; was one of the first justices of the peace of Washington County, and of Fincastle County, 1773; was county lieutenant of Washington County; and was a lieutenant colonel of the (Washington County), Virginia militia. (1) Colonel Campbell married his cousin, Margaret Campbell, daughter of Charles and sister to General William Campbell. In 1766 with his wife, he settled at Royal Oak, a mile east of present Marion, Smyth County, Virginia. Subsequently he settled on his plantation on Yellow Creek, site of present Middlesboro, Kentucky. He had acquired a very large estate of lands in Virginia, Tennessee and Kentucky, negro slaves and other personal property at date of death, which was bequeathed to his widow and their children by will which was proved in the Knox (Kentucky) County Court in 1811. William Campbell John B. Campbell died28 Aug 1814 Charles Lewis Campbell Arthur Lee Campbell James Campbell Elizabeth Campbell Margaret Campbell Mary Campbell Jane B. Campbell Martha C. Campbell Ann Augusta Campbell son Campbell When Middlesboro first attracted the attention of the business people and was being developed, the grave of Colonel Arthur Campbell was discovered in an out-of-the-way place. The remains were removed by his Tennessee relatives and the grave newly marked. The grave was marked by an iron slab bearing the inscription: "Sacred to the memory of Colonel Arthur Campbell, who was born in Augusta County, Virginia, November 3, 1754, old style, and after a well-spent life, as his last moments did and well could approve, of sixty-seven years, eight months and twenty-five days, ere a constitution preserved by rigid temperance and otherwise moral and healthy, could but with reluctance consent. (4) The lamp was blown out by the devouring effects of a cancer on the eighth day of August, 1811, leaving a widow, six sons and six daughters to mourn his loss and emulate his virtues. "Here lies, entombed, a Revolutionary sage, An ardent patriot of the age. In erudition great, and useful knowledge to scan- In philanthropy hospitable, the friend to man, As a soldier brave Virtue, his morality. As a commander, prudent His religion, charity. He practiced temperance to preserve his health He used industry to acquire wealth. He studied physic to avoid disease. He studied himself to complete his plan. For his greatest study was to study man. His stature tall, His person portly, His features handsome, His manners courtly. Sleep, honored, sire In the realms of rest In doing justice to thy memory, A son is blest. A son is inheriting in full thy name, One who Aspires to all thy fame. COLONEL ARTHUR CAMPBELL'' (1) Virginians in the Revolutionary War, 1776-1785", by John H. Gwathmey, pages 1924-5. (4) "History of Southwest Virginia, 1746-1786, Washington County. 1777-1870", by Lewis Preston Summers, 1903,
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