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CAMP/LINDLEY FAMILIES- VA to Jackson Co., Georgia

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CAMP/LINDLEY FAMILIES- VA to Jackson Co., Georgia

pdsain  (View posts) Posted: 27 Aug 2003 9:00PM GMT
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Surnames: Camp, Lindley, Starling, Corney, Giddens, Stewart, Howard, Hill, Williamson, Arnold
"REUNION...excerpt from the Jackson Herald, Sept. 8, 1921.....One of the largest and most interesting family gatherings of the season, was the annual reunion of the Camp and Lindley families, which was held in Grant Park, in Atlanta, on Aug.,19th. At this time about 500 of the descendants of these prominent and widely known families met to spend a delightful day in social intermingling, and learn of their family history and line of propriety. The record shows that Thomas Camp wo was born 1691, came from Essex county, England, to Virginia. His wife was a Miss Marshal; they had two sons, Thomas and John. Thomas, born Feb 8, 1717, is the ancestor of all these Camps of today and their descendants. His first wife was Winifred Starling, who was the mother of eleven sons and one daughter. The second wife was Margaret Corney, of Ireland, who also had eleven sons and one daughter. This interesting list follows in the order of their birth, By 1st wife: Edmund, born 1739; Joseph, 1741, John, 1743; Nathaniel, 1745; Thomas, 1747; Starline, 1749; Hosea, 1751; Alfred, 1753; William, 1755; Benjamin, 1757; Elizabeth, 1759; Joel, 1761; By 2nd wife: Crenshaw, 1763; James, 1765; Daniel, 1766; Lewis, 1768; Adam, 1769; Stehens, 1771; Larkin, 1773; Quincy, 1775; Aaron, 1778; Ruth, 1780; George, 1782; Joshua, 1785. Three of these 22 sons settled in Jackson County, Georgia. One of the daughters approached her father's record in being the mother of 22 children. Nathaniel Camp was the father of the three noted Camp sisters, of Jackson County, Elizabeth, Winnie and Cammie. The former was married three times, first to James Giddens, second to a Mr. Stewart, and third to Hardy Howard. She also was the mother of 22 children, and was the great grand mother of Mrs. G. E. Hill of Maysville. One of her sons, Virgil Stewart, when a young boy betrayed the noted Murrel gang, preacher and horse stealers, and had to flee to Texas to save his life. Winnie married a Williamson, and Cammie an Arnold. These three sisters had altogether 58 children; a large percent of the population of Jackson County are their descendants, and are found among the very best citizens of the county.

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