CAMPBELL COUNTY, VA - HISTORY - Campbell Chronicles and Family Sketches County Formation ----¤¤¤---- CAMPBELL CHRONICLES and FAMILY SKETCHES Embracing the History of CAMPBELL COUNTY, VIRGINIA 1782-1926 By R. H. EARLY With Illustrations J. P. BELL COMPANY LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA 1927 Chapter I Formation CAMPBELL was evolved by a series of slicings from earlier counties, beginning with the original Warrosquoyacki (swamp in a depression of land) which had been named for a tribe of the Powhatan Confederacy of Indians living on the south bank of James river. There was a great stretch of country between the county's eastern border, and its mountain-girdled western boundary, and much of the latter portion was unsettled and unknown: as these conditions became changed division took place, which provided smaller counties. The first change came in 1637 with the conversion of the county into Isle of Wight, and the creation of Surry in 1652: from these two counties Brunswick was taken in 172O and from Brunswick, Lunenburg in 1745; then from the latter Bedford was formed in 1753 and what had been court meeting-place in Lunenburg became county seat of Bedford. Bedford embraced a part of what is now Amherst, but was then included in Albemarle and this territory had also received various christenings through county divisions. Goochland formed 1727 from Henrico, was itself divided in 1745 "because of divers inconveniences attending the upper inhabitants by reason of the great distance from the court house and other places appointed for court meetings." The county then formed was named for the Earl of Albemarle, the governor of Virginia. This was the first regularly organized county in James river valley, and it included the whole of Fluvanna, Buckingham, Nelson, Amherst, the larger part of the present Albemarle and Appomattox, with parts of Bedford, Campbell and Cumberland. Among its justices are found names yet held by their descendants: Fry, Cabell, Jefferson, Howard, Lynch, Daniel, Jordan, Lewis, Read, Reid, Anthony, Randolph, Nicholas, Fleming, and others; many of whom were later recorded in Campbell as residents there. In 1754 the part of Albemarle lying upon the south side of the river, from the mouth of Stonewall creek to the head of Falling river, was added to Bedford: then Albemarle was divided in 1761 to form Amherst; the portion north of the James was marked by a line up the Rockfish river to the mouth of Green creek, thence to the Blue Mountains; east of this line remained Albemarle, west of it was given to form the county then named for General Jeffrey Amherst, hero of Ticonderoga, and it embraced "certain islands in Fluvanna river." This river dividing Bedford from Amherst, now known as James, then called Fluvanna, and in earliest colonial days, Powhatan, —from its confluence with the Rivanna up to the mountains, was the Fluvanna of all early records and in the mountains, Jackson's river. The name of Queen Anne was variously used by the colonists for streams and places: they connected fluv (fluvius, running water) with Anna forming the word Fluvanna, a name later given to a James river county and still retained for it. When divisions occurred and new counties were established, the old ones usually retained all accumulated court records, so that it often becomes necessary to revert to parent counties for information concerning people, who were formerly resident there, but transferred into a newer county. Between 1779 and 1782 a dozen or more petitions were forwarded to Virginia Assembly urging the division of Bedford; with as many opposing any change. Some of these appeals were immediately rejected, some promised later consideration; finally one sent in 1781 bearing the signatures of 3OO residents, judged to be reasonable and practicable, was favorably acted upon. The earlier petitions suggested division running south of Staunton river, fertility of its land then attracting attention to the locality; the last petition added the boundary of Blackwater creek. In the call for division, a reason given was that tax assessors could not make their rounds in the required time as Bedford was 7O miles long and 35 miles wide. The act creating Campbell county did not go into effect for some time after its passage. The Act of Assembly for the division of Bedford and provision for a new county enacted that "From and after the first day of February next, the county shall be divided into two distinct counties by a line to begin at the mouth of Judith's creek on James river, thence to Thompson's mill on Buffalo creek, thence to the mouth of Back creek on Goose creek, then the same course continued to Staunton river, and that part of said county lying east of said line shall be called Campbell and all the residue of said county shall retain the name of Bedford. "The court for Campbell shall be held by the justices thereof on the first Thursday in every month, after division, in such manner as provided by law for other counties, and directed by their commissions. "Justices,—to be named—shall meet at the house of Micajah Terrell upon the first court day and having taken the oaths and administered the oath of office to and taken the bond of the sheriff according to law, proceed to appoint and qualify a clerk and fix a place for holding courts as they think fit, provided always the appointment for a place and of a clerk shall not be made unless a majority of justices be present. "The Governor, with advice of Council, shall appoint a person to be first sheriff of the county, who shall continue during the term upon the same conditions as appointed for other sheriffs. In all elections for a Senator, the county of Campbell shall be of the same district as Bedford. "It shall be lawful for the sheriff of Bedford to collect and make distress for any public dues or officer's fees, which shall remain unpaid by the inhabitants thereof at the time such division takes place, and shall also be accountable for the same in like manner as if this act had not been made. The court of Bedford shall have jurisdiction of all actions and suits in law and equity which shall be depending before them at the time of the division and shall try and determine the same and issue process and award execution thereon. "Whereas by division Bedford shall be inconveniently situated, the justices shall have power to fix on a place as near center as the situation and convenience will admit for building a court house and prison, and until such buildings are completed, to hold court at such place as they may think proper." Bedford then abandoned its previous pivotal center and, like the newly created county, turned attention to the selection of a suitable site for its court buildings, which would prove sufficiently central from all directions of its diminished boundaries. Campbell bounds Bedford twenty-one miles on the west. The act passed in November, 1781, for the formation of Campbell county went into effect February 7, 1782, in the 6th year of the Commonwealth and American Independence. At a meeting held in the house of Micajah Terrell, a commission of the peace directed to Samuel Hairston, Richard Stith, Charles Lynch, John Ward, John Callaway, John Fitzpatrick, Francis Thorp, John Hunter, Robert Adams, Jr., James Callaway, John Talbot, George Stovall, Jr., and William Henderson was read, when John Ward and John Henderson administered the oath of justice of the peace, as by law directed, to Samuel Hairston, who then administered the same oath to Richard Stith and the other justices named. At this meeting Samuel Hairston and John Callaway were appointed commissioners, on behalf of the county, to meet the commissioners who might be appointed by the court of Bedford to superintend running the dividing line between the two counties by survey. Richard Stith, who had served as deputy surveyor to his brother Buckner in Bedford, was appointed surveyor for Campbell and the dividing line was to begin at the mouth of Judith's creek; for running the line Stith was to receive 500 lbs. of tobacco. No change was then made from the military system, long in use in Virginia, as embodied in the code prescribed by George III at the close of the French and Indian war, which provided that in each county there should be a chief military officer known as the county-lieutenant, below him in rank a colonel, lieutenant-colonel and major. A regiment consisted of 5OO men or ten companies of 50 men each; company officers being captain, lieutenant, ensign, and several sergeants. The lieutenant and those above him were known as "field officers" and those of lower rank as "subalterns." James Callaway, who had been county-lieutenant of Bedford, now become a Campbell resident, received this highest office in the new county by commission from Governor Benjamin Harrison. Charles Lynch was appointed colonel of militia; John Callaway, lieutenant-colonel; and William Henderson, major. Owen Franklin, Thomas McReynolds, William Jordan, John Irvine, Josias Bullock and Thomas Johnson were made captains; with Archelaus Moon, Benjamin Arthur, John Helm, Charles Moile Talbot, lieutenants; and Joseph Stith, Plummer Thurston, Shelldrake Brown, Jr., James Stewart, and Charles Gilliarn, ensigns. Francis Thorp received from the governor the appointment of sheriff, with Williston Talbot and Plummer Thurston, under-sheriffs. Robert Alexander, former deputy clerk to James Steptoe of Bedford court, was made clerk of Campbell, and he proposed that James Steptoe be appointed clerk of circuit court. Commissioners to receive the specified tax were: Brown Price; James Campbell to receive the tax at or near Long Mountain; Thomas Lewis to receive it at Ross and Hook's store on Falling river. Christopher Irvine, Josias Bullock and James Adams, commissioners of tax. Harry Innis was admitted to qualify as attorney-at-law. Charles M. Talbot was appointed to make a complete survey of the county in order to find the center for erecting the court house and other public buildings. John Fitzpatrick, surveyor from Molley's creek church to the ford over Falling river; Thomas Jones, surveyor from the ford on Great Falling river to the county line; Hugh McIlroy, surveyor from Jacob's creek past Hat creek Meeting House to the county line; Moses Fuqua, surveyor from Long Island on Staunton river to Seneca creek road; Charles M. Talbot, surveyor from Molley's creek church to Elisha Rodgers' path. Terrell's house furnished the meeting place for county court during the following year. In April, 1783, the court nominated and appointed for erecting a court house and other buildings for county use, the place on the Fish Dam road known as "Rust's Meadows" near Long Mountain, 5O acres of which were given for the purpose that day by Jeremiah Rust. This was the initial movement towards establishing the county-seat now known as Rustburg or Campbell Court House and closed the controversy which had been carried on by two factions in the selection of a site. In 1785 Patrick Gibson was allowed 2356 lbs. of tobacco for building the court house and table bench bar. In 1787 justices formerly appointed were ordered to sell the lots at the Court House to the highest bidder, embracing the old court house and one- fourth of its lot at six months' credit. COUNTY GIVEN A HERO'S NAME General "William Campbell, born 1745 in Augusta county, moved to Washington county. At 29 years of age he commanded a company of militia from Fincastle upon an expedition under General Andrew Lewis to Point Pleasant on the Ohio river. After his return on January 2O, 1775, he was one of a Committee of Safety appointed by the freeholders of Fincastle to draft resolutions to Continental Congress against the misrule and oppression of the British government; they concluded with the assurance "If no pacific measures be proposed or adopted by Great Britain and our enemies attempt to dragoon us out of those inestimable privileges to which as subjects we are entitled and reduce us to slavery we declare that we are resolutely determined never to surrender them to any power but at the expense of our lives." This address was forwarded to the delegates from Virginia then attending Congress at Philadelphia. Less than nine months afterwards Campbell was called into action; a British ship of war was driven ashore near Hampton during a storm and the captain threatened to burn the town and tried to do so but the Virginia Committee of Safety dispatched three companies of riflemen to the assistance of Hampton, and one of these companies was under the command of Campbell. Later he marched with a regiment of 91O cavalrymen and 5O riflemen in 18 hours to meet British Colonel Ferguson with a force of 11O5 men and won his title of general in the battle which followed at King's Mountain, South Carolina, October 7, 178O, when Ferguson was killed. There, as leader of militia troops, he gained the memorable victory considered as the turning point in the fortunes of the hard pressed colonists, which culminated at York-town surrender a year later. For this service Campbell received the thanks of Virginia Legislature and of Congress. But he did not live to see the end of the war, though on March 15th, following King's Mountain battle, he bore a distinguished part at Guilford C. H., North Carolina. In the summer of 1781 he was seized with a fatal illness and died August 22nd at "Rocky Mills," Hanover county, the home of Colonel John Syme, half-brother of his wife who was the sister of Patrick Henry. His recent death, and the laurels he had won, prompted a memorial to him. It seems fitting that Patrick Henry, whose name the American cause had cast upon the screen of history,—should have been the one to suggest the name of this Revolutionary soldier, whose bravery in action had covered him with glory, for the new county formed soon afterwards. And thus Henry assisted in measures for launching the county under favorable auspices by furnishing a name which would keep alive patriotism and inspire efforts for the advancement of the community. Elizabeth, widow of General Campbell m. 2nd General William Russell, also a Revolutionary soldier; her only daughter, Sarah Campbell, married Francis Preston. Though General Russell won his title in the Revolution, his father, who had held a commission as King's Counsel in Virginia Colony, was an uncompromising Tory and was distressed that his son was a rebel. While Colonel Russell was in service on the Virginia Peninsular, finding himself only a few miles from his father's home, he rode over to see him. Hitching his horse to a post on the lawn, he proceeded to the house and was affectionately welcomed, upon his entrance, by his father. A bell summoned them to the dining room. All the while, the horse with showy military saddle and the colonel's sword hanging from the pommel and pistols in the holsters had been an irritation to the Squire. He could harbor no resentment against his son, but the restless horse pawing holes in his lawn and jingling the trappings in his hearing had aroused intense ire. As they proceeded to the table, Colonel Russell told a servant to take the horse to the stable and feed him; the Squire overhearing the order, halted on the way and taking his son's hand said to him, "William, the ties of blood are strong within me when I look at you, in spite of your treasonable toggery, I can only see my dear son, but Sir," dropping the hand and continuing in great dignity, "I would have you understand, Sir, I will give no corn to a d__d rebel horse." The office of sheriff combined as it then was with that of county-treasurer was an important one and entailed considerable risk to one holding it; a heavy bond, bearing signatures of several landholders, was required to obtain the office. Many petitions were presented to the Legislature requesting relief from threatened loss. In 1784 John Hunter, then sheriff, complained that he received in discharge of taxes, notes for tobacco at Manchester, which he credited against accounts of persons paying at the rate established by law. When he offered the notes at the public treasury in April, they were refused. The warehouse storing the tobacco was burned and he risked the loss of large sums in consequence. In 1785-6 John Anthony became security for James Adams, deputy-sheriff, who failed to make good his accounts with the treasurer and he, Anthony, had to pay £193.4- shillings which distressed him very much: he petitioned for redemption of the amount he had paid. Achilles Moorman was deputy in 1785-6 to Alexander Hunter, sheriff, and made complaint that owing to neglect of the clerk, he was not able to prepare a list of insolvents for the year in the time prescribed by law and he was forced to pay the whole sum into the treasury. In 18O4- James C. Moorman, deputy sheriff for John McAllister, sheriff, was instructed by the county justices to carry Lewis Robinson to Williamsburg lunatic asylum and he took William Arthur to assist him in guarding the prisoner: but Robinson was not admitted into the institution because of lack of room there. The trip was made at Moorman's expense and he therefore asked for reimbursement. Robert Franklin, administrator in 1811 on the estate of Owen Franklin (deceased) former deputy sheriff claimed that delinquent taxes were charged against him for which he was not responsible; he asked that the commonwealth's claim be relinquished. Nicholas Harrison, deputy in 1815 to Daniel B. Perrow, sheriff, in danger of heavy penalties, because through circumstances he could not control he was not able to sell as required by law, delinquent lands at the August court, asked leniency as he was sick and not able to attend to his duties and when he made returns they were incorrect and he suffered from the error. In 1822 Thomas Humphreys, late sheriff, asked that certain laws concerning the management of decedents' estates be amended. The shrievalty was the most powerful local office in Virginia and the fees and perquisites made it the most lucrative. The church vestry supplemented in dignity and consequence the shrievalty;—the one was civil and evidenced political importance, the other religious and denoted high social status. CAMPBELL LAND PATENTS 1787. Robert Alexander: 250 acres on Beaver creek; 3O acres 18O3. at southwest end of Long Mountain; 150 acres on Molley's creek. 1789. Christopher Anthony: 9 acres both sides of Trent's ferry road. 1798. Thomas Anderson: 4OO acres on branch of Beaver and branch of Archer's creek. 1784. Savage Bailey: 475 acres west side of Falling river. 1817. Matthew Bellamy: 159 acres on Back creek. 1790. Archibald Bolling: 1,20O acres on Wreck Island creek; 70 acres on Elk creek. 1794. Powhatan Bolling: 138 acres on head branch of Joshua creek. 18OO. Thomas Boteler: 128 acres on east branches of Stonewall creek. 18O8. John Bough ton: 10O acres on Falling river. 1799. Henry Brown, Jr.: 784 acres on branch of Staunton river; 1,2OO acres near Johnson's Mountain. 1792. Peyton Brown: 225 acres on Long branch and south fork of Falling river including its head. 1815. Polly Brown: 2O acres on Pretty creek; 67 acres on Staunton river. 18O6. Stephen Butler: 13 acres adjoining land of William Staunton. 1806. Dr. George Cabell: 688 acres on James river and Blackwater creek. 1810. Frances Callaway: 32O acres on Big Falling river. 1792. James Callaway: 264 acres on Pretty creek, Johnson's and Back creeks, including top of Verdeman's Mountain; 3OO acres between Back creek and Plum Tree. branch; 1801 72 acres on Plum Tree branch; 65 acres on 1802. Back and Goose creeks joining Leftwich and Lee; 80 acres north side of Goose creek; 658 acres joining Moorman and Boatwright. 1807. James Callaway and Jas. Steptoe: 94O acres at mouth of Harold branch of Black water creek, opposite the mill. 1819. William Campbell: 48 acres adjoining Rose and Thompson. 1819. William Cardwell: 56 acres on Manley's branch, fork of Big Falling river. 1786. James Carson: 3OO acres on southeast branches of Wreck Island creek. 1818. Raleigh Chilton: 31 acres on Reedy creek, branch of north fork of Big Falling river. 1818. Robertson Cheatham: 7 acres west side of Big Falling river. 1786. John Clark: 2,177 acres on Flat creek; 40O acres both 1793. sides of Quarry branch. 1803. Micajah Clark: 150 acres on Flat creek, including west end of Waylie's Mountain. 1784. John Cobbs: 30O acres on head branches of Big and Little Falling rivers. 1821. Robert S. Coleman: 1OO acres beginning at Conrad Speece's line. 1785. Robert Cowan: 600 acres on Buffalo creek; 95O acres on Otter and Buffalo creeks. 1811. Charlotte Crawford (nee Austin): 634 acres on Buffalo creek. 18O6. Henry Landon Davies: 55O acres on Little Falling and Cub creeks; 5O4 acres on Cub creek. 1796. Richard Davenport: 4OO acres on north fork of south fork of Cub creek. 1792. Micajah Davis: 5OO acres on branch of Seneca, and branches of Staunton river. 18O9. Samuel Day: 565 acres on Luck branch and Big Falling river. 1793. William Dobbs: 3,621 acres on Little Falling, Entray and Turnip creeks. 1818. Joseph Dinwiddie: 26 acres on Manley's branch on the bottoms leading to Falling river. 18O4. Edward Douglass: 30O acres on Beaverpond branch. 181O. Daniel Driskell: 285 acres on Great Falling river. 1786. William Dudley: 124 acres on the north branch of Staunton river. 18OO. Abner Early: 80 acres on north side of Otter; 2,142 acres on north side of Big Otter. 1831. Peregrine Echols: 110 3/4 acres on a branch of Flat creek and on Sawyin road. 1791. Thomas Eldridge, devisee of John Bolling: 4OO acres on Reedy creek, a branch of Wreck Island. 1789. William Farthing: 39O acres on branch of Rattlesnake, a branch of Falling river. 1787. John Fitzpatrick: 276 acres on Phelps' old road, on branches of Molley's and Buzzard creeks. 1838. Nathaniel W. Floyd: 12 1/2 acres on fork of Turkey Hen branch. 1787. Daniel L. Forbes (legatee of Peter Hairston): 75 acres including head of Fishing creek west branch of south fork of Falling river; 4OO acres on north branch, south fork of Seneca creek. 1787. John Forbes: 4OO acres on head branch of Beaver creek, upon top and north side of Long Mountain. 1792. John Forbes: 85O acres on Opossum, Rock Castle and Flat creeks; 450 acres on Beaver and Opossum creeks, including a great part of Cooper's 1795. Mountain; also 2,5OO acres on a branch of Cub creek and Falling river. 1803. James Fore: 1,OO8 acres on Cub and Jennings creeks. 1804. John Fore: 446 1/2 acres on Rattlesnake and Beaverpond creeks; 127 1/2 acres on Beaverpond creek. 1793. Lewis Franklin: 215 acres on Dixon's fork, branch of Falling river. 1808. William Frazier: 5 acres on Pocket creek. 1809. Philip Gibbs: 5O acres on Button creek. 1786. Preston Gilbert: 26O acres on Staunton, including 6 isles, island sluices, rocks and falls. 1787. Aquilla Gilbert: 1O4 acres between Seneca creek anda fork of Seneca. 1789. Vincent Glass: 4OO acres on Falling; 67O acres on forks 1797. of Rattlesnake branch and east branches of Falling river. 1784. John Hall Glover: 95O acres adjoining land of Dougherty, Moss and Moore. 1809. Daniel Gray: 35 acres adjoining his own land. 1796. Nathaniel Gregory: 4OO acres on Archer's creek, in cluding the head. 1805. Isaac Grishaw: 4O acres on Falling river adjoining his former entry. 1818. John Hancock: 98 acres on Matthew's branch, east side of Falling. 1828. Martin Hancock: 7OO acres in Campbell and Charlotte, principally Campbell. 1782. William Harris: 450 acres on Mound branches, fork 1786. of Falling river; 378 acres between the forks of 1789. Falling; 94O acres on Otter, including heads of 1795. Cheese, Flintstone and Ormsbys creeks; 1,O75 acres, 1796. including branches of Seneca, Minters, Green Spring and Swan creeks and other branches of Staunton river; 1,100 acres, east side of Otter, branches of Troublesome and Flintstone creeks; 35O acres on head branches of Minters, and valleys of Hills creek. 1786. Thomas Harris: 4OO acres on head waters of Falling river. 1796. John Harvey: 177 acres on Panther's branch and other branches of Little Falling river. 1818. Glover Harvey: 1O acres on western branch of Cub creek. 1805. William Harvey: 5O acres on Cub creek. 181O. John Helms: 9O acres adjoining lands of John Caldwell and John Thompson. 1796. Patrick Henry: 2OO acres on east side of Falling river in Campbell and Charlotte, the greater part in Campbell; 125 acres on both sides of Falling river. 1819. Alexander Hunter: 85 1/2 acres in a bottom leading to Mulberry creek, fork of Big Falling. 1815. John Hunter: 1,1OO acres on Martin's creek and branches of Falling. 1815. Robert Hunter: 85 1/2 acres adjoining Jones, Glass, 1844. Turner and Martin; 9 acres and 1 rod on Reedy creek and Stonewall road; 28 acres on ridge between Wreck Island and Reedy. 1799. Samuel Hubbard: 13O acres on Molley's creek, both sides of surveyor's road. 1793. Christopher Irvine-Clendenning: 1,14O acres both sides of Flat creek. 1786. David Irvine: 278 acres on Flat creek. 1797. John Irvine: 9O acres on north branch of Hat creek, including head branch of Falling river. 1797. Thomas Jefferson: 8OO acres on Dreaming and Buffalo creeks; 1OO acres on so. branch Ivy creek. 1799. Jesse Johns: 18O acres on east branches of Little Falling river. 18O6. Jonathan Johnson: 9 acres adjoining the land of Norvell. 1791. Thomas Johnson: 33O acres both sides of Windfall 1796—1799. branch and south branch of Molley's creek; 95 1812. acres on Swan creek; 38O acres on both sides of south fork of Cub creek; 22 acres on Swan creek. 1791. Thomas B. Jones: 374 acres on north branch of main fork of Falling river; 154 acres on Reedy. 18O4. James Jones: 50 acres on south branch of Molley's creek. 1794. Publins Jones: 32O acres on Entray creek, east branch of Little Falling river. 1809. Rowland Jones: 353 acres on Opossum creek. 1813. William Jones: 223 1/2 acres on Reedy creek. 1794. William Jordan: 200 acres on east branches of Little Falling river. 1814. David Lane: 104 acres on Deep branch. 1799. John Lee: 2OO acres on south side of Goose creek. 1827. William J. Lewis: 256 acres on Slippery Gut. 1813. Thomas Logwood: 497 acres on Cub creek. 1793. Charles Lynch: 2,30O acres on the west side of Otter river. 18O6. Anselm Lynch: 2OO acres on Pocket creek; 1810—695 acres on Beaver creek. 1789. John Lynch: 320 acres on so. branch of Lynch's creek 1792. both sides of Lynches ferry road; 16O acres on Fluvanna river, including islands and Lynch's ferry 1795. road; 3,453 acres on James river with islands, rocks and bed of rocks; 45O acres on Opossum creek, Fishing 18O6. creek, Rockcastle creek, including part of Candler's 1810. mountain; 44 acres near Lynchburg; 111 acres on James river; 312 acres on Joe's and Fishing 1814. creeks; 3,6O9 acres on James river and Blackwater and Fishing creeks. 1790. Nathaniel Manson: 55O acres on branches of Little Falling river and Cub creek. 1791. David Martin: 80O acres both sides of Opossum creek; 56 acres on branches of Wreck Island. 1795. Thomas Martin: 230 acres both sides of Opossum creek. 1789. Patrick McCarty: 420 acres on south fork of Catchaway branch, west branch of Seneca creek. 1786. Samuel McCraw: 788 acres on south side of James river. 1818. John Martin: 8O acres on Stanley's creek. 1818. John Merrill: 526 acres on Stovall creek. 1787. Hugh McElroy: 42O acres both sides east branch of Little Falling river. 18O1. James McReynolds: 184 acres on east branch of Falling. 1787. James Miller: 2OO acres head branches of Beaver creek, northwest side of Long Mountain. 1796. Thomas Mitchell: 380 acres on both sides of Opossum creek. 1787. Thomas Moore: 554 acres head branches Hill's and Cheese creeks, including spring of Seneca. 1786. Achilles Moorman: 2OO acres west side of Seneca creek. 1796. Andrew Moorman: 1OO acres on Pocket creek; 17O acres on Pocket and Johnson's creeks. 1784. Zepaniah Neal: 2O4 acres on west branches of Cheese creek. 1810. Thomas Norvell: 81O acres east side Long Mountain; 95 acres on Beaver creek. 1845. Matthew B. Nowlin: 125 acres both sides Hat creek road on branch of Falling river. 1809. Elizabeth and William Pannill (children of David): 1,O7O acres on Opossum creek. 18O1. Samuel Pannill: 9OO acres on Whipping creek and Watkin's road, including head of Little Whipping; 6 islands in Staunton river opposite Big Island, including smaller islands; 141 acres embracing rocks, islands, shoals in Staunton river. 1798. Obediah Patterson: 8OO acres, two parcels of land on Reedy and Wreck Island creeks. 1810. James Pemberton and Griffin Lewis: 386 acres on Big Falling river. 18O8. Daniel B. Perrow: 26 acres on Beaver creek. 1818. Stephen Perrow: 6 acres on Opossum creek. 1821. Ambrose Plunkitt: 351 acres on James river near Stovall’s road. 1808. Zenas Preston: 1OO acres on Dreaming creek. 1790. Michael Prewitt: 3O2 acres on north side of Staunton river. 1787. Thomas Ramsey: 2OO acres on west branch of Seneca creek. 1793. John Reid: 392 acres on Little Mill creek, branch of Falling; 42O acres on Big and Little Falling. 1787. John Robertson: 4OO acres east branch of Flat creek, including part of Waylie's mountain. 18O6. John Robertson, Jarrett Doherty, Catherine and James Russell: 1,314 acres on Flat creek. 1787. David Ross: 4OO acres on south side James river, Opossum, Beaver, Archer's, Joshua and Stonewall creeks; 260 acres on west branches of Beaver creek. 1787. Robert Russell: 1,OOO acres on Cattail branch, Spring branch and other w. branches of Flat creek. 1821. Philip Rohr: 64 acres along Watkins' road. 1804. Samuel Scott: 114 acres and 54 3/4 acres on Ivy creek, and south branch of Ivy. 1795. John Shackleford: 35O acres on east side of Otter river. 1784. Robert Shelton: 525 acres both sides of Little Wreck Island creek. 1788. John Steel and Alexander Steel: 54 acres on Reedy creek; 3O acres on main ridge road. 1796. John Steel: 447 acres on Archer's creek, including the head. 18OO. John Sled: 53 acres on a great branch of Dog creek. 1785. Richard Stith: 164 acres on east branches of Whipping creek, both sides of Little Whipping; 1,O5O acres 1786. north side of Lick creek, including head branches of Molley's creek; 1,O5O acres on west branches of Falling river; 1,1 OO acres on head branches south fork 1787. of Falling River, southeast of Long Mountain. 18O1. Bartholomew Stovall: 75 acres on Archer's creek and Wreck Island creek. 1788. Elizabeth (devisee of George Stovall): 788 acres on south side of James river; 85 acres on head branch of Wreck Island creek, north side of the main road. 1798. Nathaniel Strange: 15O acres on south fork of Falling river. 1792. Reuben Simmons: 271 acres both sides of Manley's creek. 1793. Jacob Stemmons: 4OO acres on head branches of Flat creek. 1813. John Stratton: 7 acres adjoining his own land and land of Thomas Butler. 18O4. Benjamin Tanner: 2OO acres on Big Falling river. 1786. John Talbot: 1,265 acres on west side of Otter, on Callaways and Irvine's creeks. 18O3. Caleb Tate: 290 acres on Green Spring creek. 18O9. Edmund Tate: 16 acres on West side of Blackwater creek. 1794. Nathaniel Tate: 1,OOO acres on east branches of Troublesome creek. 1827. Samuel Tennill: 5O acres between the shores of Staunton river. 1787. David Terrell: 178 acres on east side of Seneca creek both sides of Phelps' road. 18O9. John Thompson: 81 acres on Little Beaver creek. 1792. Francis Thorp: 14O acres on a branch of Buffalo creek. 1789. Walter Urquhart: 5OO acres on west branches of Johnson's creek. 1785. John Ward: 218 acres both sides of Cheese creek of Staunton river. 1799. Robert Watkins: 28 acres at Pilot Mountain, on Campbell's branch, adjoining Bolling's and Campbell's land. 1816. James West: 36 acres lying on Johnson's creek. 1816. Robert White: 268 acres on Beaver creek. 1808. Joseph Wilson: 1OO acres on waters of Opossum creek. 1791. John Wimbush: 6O4 acres both sides of Austin's and other branches of Turnip creek and a branch of Hat creek. 1816. Jonathan Wilson: 36O acres on Big Falling river, east side of Long mountain; 365 acres on Molley's creek. 1805. Benjamin Walraud: 6 acres on main road adjoining Scott and Wilkerson. 1797. Edmund and John Wood: 922 and 5O5 acres both sides north fork of Falling river on both sides of Lawyers’ old road and branches of Molley's creek. 1806. John Wooldridge: 82 acres on waters of Cub creek. 1800. Robert Wright: 34 acres on west branches of Little Wreck Island creek. It may be noted that among the names listed above, in the order of dates, William Harris, John Hall Glover, John Cobbs, Savage Bailey, Robert Shelton, Zephaniah Neal, Richard Stith, John Talbot, John Ward, Achilles Moorman, Preston Gilbert, Thomas Harris, David Irvine, Samuel McCraw, James Carson, Robert Cowan, John Clark and William Dudley were the earliest patentees of Campbell county land. ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. 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