Early Settlements, Campbell Township, Greene County, Missouri >From "History of Greene County, Missouri," St. Louis: Western Historical Company, 1883. ********************************************************************** Campbell township embraces the settlements of the Campbells, the Roun- trees, the Fulbrights, and other pioneers in the neighborhood of Springfield. William Fulbright, who came to the county in the year 1829, and settled where Fort No. 2 now is, west of Springfield, had previously been through what is now Greene County in 1819, but at that time settled in Crawford County. He returned to Tennessee in 1822, and lived in that State until 1829, and then came back to Missouri and settled in the immediate vicinity of Springfield, as we have stated. Kindred Rose, came to the county in 1831, settled on section 28, town- ship 29, range 22, and has been living there from that date to the present. Alexander McKenzie, from Pulaski County, Kentucky, came in 1829 or 1830, and located three miles south of Springfield. Having disposed of his place to William Townsend about 1833, he moved out to Spring river. Joseph Rountree settled on section 28, 29, 22, in 1831. John P. Campbell and Madison Campbell, Joseph Miller, and others sett- led about Springfield as is fully detailed elsewhere. John Robertson arrived from Tennessee in the fall of 1835, and settled immediately West of Springfield on the farm afterwards owned and occupied by Judge William B. Farmer. Judge Farmer reached Springfield in July, 1840, and after an active business life in Springfield moved to his farm in 1852. Martin Ingram was one of the old settlers of east Campbell township. Coming to Springfield in 1834 he lived one year in the town, and in 1835 moved to a farm in section two. He did a large amount of mechanical work in the days of the early history of the county, and built several mills. Judge Morton settled in the same part of the township in 1836, and the succeeding year brought on his family from Marshall County, Tennessee. William Purselly settled in 1838 on sec- tion 25, of township 29, range 21. Marcus Boyd, in 1840, came from Maury county, Tenn., and settled two miles and a half east of Spring- field. Samuel M. McCorkle, father of N. A. McCorkle, settled on the Ferguson place southeast of Springfield in 1839. He was from Tenn- essee. Other early settlers and settlements in Campbell township are noted in other parts of this history, notably, the first chapter and in the History of Springfield. Joseph Weaver came from Lincoln county, Tenn., (originally from Georgia) and settled on section 27 in the spring of 1830. The same spring Finis W. Shannon came from Williamson County, Tenn., and settled on section 21. Peter Epperson settled on section 27 in 1830. The same year Isaac Wood located on section 8, township 29, range 21. Jesse Blackwell came to section 26 from Wash- ington county (originally from Virginia), in 1831. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Joe Miller Penny Harrell ====================================================================