James
Campbell
Family
Ireland
and
South
Carolina
James Campbell*
b. ? Ireland*
d. before June1784
m. Margaret ?
b. d.
her father: unknown her mother: unknown
his father: unknown
his mother: unknown
| Children |
Catherine Campbell
|
b. ? Ireland or S. C. |
d. |
m. Adam Crain Jones |
| ? James Campbell Jr.* |
b. |
d. |
m. ?Margaret |
| I have no other children for this family at this time |
b. |
d. |
m. |
*this family is my own projection, unproved
to
this date.
The below will of James Campbell mentions
of
Adam Crain Jones and, I believe, that James Campbell is the
father of
Catherine. Adam Jones does show up about the same time and are
next to
each other on the same jury lists in the upper Ninety-Six
district of
South Carolina in 1779.
South Carolina assembly urged Protestants
to
immigrate as refugees for their beliefs and passed a Bounty Act
on July
25, 1761. This law was broaden from its original interpretation
and
readopted several times to give other benefits than the original
simple
tax advantages. In order take advantage of these benefits the
applicants had to have certificates showing that they were
indeed
protestants and legally illegible. James Campbell is listed here
as an
immigrant from Ireland by 1763.
Council Journal 29, page 13.
Meeting of February 19, 1763.
His Excellency the Governor acquainted the
Board that a vessel was arrived in the Port of Charles Town with
about
seventy person from Ireland who were come into this Province on
the
encouragement of Bounty given by an Act of Assembly passed the
25th day
of July 1761 That in order no time might be lost in settling
those
persons in either of the two new Townships lately laid out for
Foreign
Protestants he had orderd those people to attend with their
petitions.
His Honor the Lieutenant Governor thereupon observed that in
order to
distinguish those townships from the others in the Province
names should
be given them and proposed that the one at Long Cane should be
called
Boonesborough and the other Belfast the Council agreed in
opinion with
his Honor and it was Ordered accordingly.
The Petitioners were thereupon called in
when
they were severally sworn to their family right and haveing
produced
Certificates of their being Protestants the same were read and
approved
of.
The following petitions for Warrants of Survey of land &ca
were
then presented and read VIZ
The Petition of ------
In Boonesborough
Township. |
| John Forsith |
100 |
acres |
and |
Bounty. |
| Andrew Seawright |
300 |
" |
" |
" |
| Richard Brown |
100 |
" |
" |
" |
| David Martin |
100 |
" |
" |
" |
| Mary Martin |
100 |
" |
" |
" |
| James Seawright |
100 |
" |
" |
" |
| James Wason |
100 |
" |
" |
" |
| James McElrath |
100 |
" |
" |
" |
| John Dickson |
100 |
" |
" |
" |
| William McDowell |
250 |
" |
" |
" |
| Michael Dickson |
200 |
" |
" |
" |
| Elizabeth Seawright |
100 |
" |
" |
" |
| David McCrory |
100 |
" |
" |
" |
| Jean Dixon |
100 |
" |
" |
" |
| Robert Thompson |
100 |
" |
" |
" |
| Alexander McCracken |
100 |
" |
" |
" |
| Henry Templeton |
350 |
" |
" |
" |
| Elizabeth Mathews |
100 |
" |
" |
" |
| Hugh Kingan |
100 |
" |
" |
" |
| Francis Martin |
250 |
" |
" |
" |
| James Campbell |
100 |
" |
" |
" |
| Matuerin Colvill |
100 |
" |
" |
" |
| Samuel Paxton |
250 |
" |
" |
" |
| George Seawright |
100 |
" |
" |
" |
| James Hathorn |
100 |
" |
" |
" |
| John Baxter |
200 |
" |
" |
" |
| Hugh Montgomery |
100 |
" |
" |
" |
| John Seawright |
100 |
" |
" |
" |
| Samuel Seawright |
250 |
" |
" |
" |
| Sarah Martin |
100 |
" |
" |
" |
| John Martin |
100 |
" |
" |
" |
| Grizel Dixon |
100 |
" |
" |
" |
| James Hathorn |
300 |
" |
" |
" |
| John McCulloch |
100 |
" |
" |
" |
| Jane McCulloch |
100 |
" |
" |
" |
| Elizabeth McCulloch |
100 |
" |
" |
" |
| Janet McCulloch |
100 |
" |
" |
" |
| Jean McCulloch |
100 |
" |
" |
" |
| Alexander McCulloch |
100 |
" |
" |
" |
| Helen Seawright |
100 |
" |
" |
" |
| The Rev'rd John Baxter |
500 |
" |
" |
" on proving his family right before a grant passes. 600
acres between Broad and Savannah Rivers, notwithstanding a
survey made
for John Hamilton, deceased. |
Ditto Ordered that the Secretary do prepare warrants fo survey to
the
respective petitioners for the land prayed for and that the Clerk
of
Council do indorse upon the back of the Certificates produced by
the
petitioners of their being Protestants,m that the said
Certificates
were read in Coucil and approved of.
[Revill. p. 5 &6]
p. 390 - Campbell, James- - Box 106 -
Pack 2741 Will dated June 28, 1784. Prov. Feb. 3, 1785. Exr.:
Jas.
Seawright. Wit: Adam Crain Jones Jr., Adam Crain
Jones,
Jas. Seawright. Was of Granville County, of Long Crane. Chn:
Jas.,
Rachel, Mary, Rebecky, Ester, Margaret, Isabell
Campbell.
Wife, Margaret Campbell. Gr. son: Francis Sharp.
p. 388 - Campbell, James - - Box
106, Pack 2723: Est. admnr. Feb. 3, 1785 by Margaret
Campbell,
Gabriel Smithers, Adam Crane Jones Jr. unto John Thomas Ord.
96 Dist
Sum 2000 lbs.
p. 58 - Campbell, James Sr. - -
Box
18, Pack 376: Est. Admnr. July 19, 1803 by Jas. Campbell,
Lewis
Mitchell, Alex. Adams bound to Moses Taggart Ord. Abbeville
Dist. sum
$5000.00 Inv. made Feb 18, 1785 by Jas. Seawright, Saml. Reid,
Adam
Crain Jones as shewn to them by Margaret Campbell. Admr.
Expend:
Aug 28, 1804 Paid Elizabeth Campbell her legacy $1000.00. Paid
Wm.
Philip's legacy $25.00.
......................[So. Carolina Mag. of Ancest. Res., Vol.
3, p.
100]
1767 - James Campbell aged 18 files for land
in
South Carolina under the Bounty Land Act. He seems to have been on
the
boat Nancy, and according to the way I read the record he turns
legal
age after he had been transported to South Carolina from Ireland.
James
Campbell in the earlier record of 1763 was already of legal age
having
received the land grant of 100 acres at that time. I suggest that
this
later James was the younger son of James Campbell that came in
with the
family, which probably included Catherine. This would mean that
they
were all born in Ireland. There is another Robert Campbell age
twenty-two on the same record. [Revill, Janie. p. 79]
source:
Holcombe, Brent H. ed., South Carolina
Magazine of Ancestoral Research, Columbia, S. C., 1973-77,
Vol. 1-5
Revill, Janie. A Compilation of the Original List of
Protestant
Immigrants to S. C., 1763 - 1773, reprinted from original
of 1939,
Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1968
Elroy's
Family Index || Ancestor
Chart #13
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