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Descendants of Edward Campbell

Generation No. 2

2. CHARLES³ CAMPBELL (EDWARD², ALEXANDER OR JOHN¹) was born 1780 in Highlands of Scotland, and died 1829 in Escambia County, in 1840 became a part of Santa Rosa County, Florida. He married NANCY MCEACHERN Bef. 1810 in Old Marion District, South Carolina, daughter of NEIL MCEACHERN and CHRISTIAN UNKNOWN.

Notes for CHARLES CAMPBELL:
Charles Campbell was bom 1780 in the Highlands of Scotland, and died 1829 near the head of Campbell Creek on the east side of Escambia River in present day Santa Rosa County, Florida. Charles was the eldest son of Edward Campbell and Mary MacLellan. Before 1810, Charles Campbell married Nancy MacEachern, the daughter of Neill And Christian McEachern in the old Marion District of South Carolina, on the east side of the Little Pee Dee River, in present day Dillon County, South Carolina. Nancy had a younger sister named Margaret McEachern, who married Charles'younger brother, Duncan Campbell.

Charles and Nancy had two children born in South Carolina, but both died in infancy. During the War of 1812, there was a Charles Campbell and Duncan Campbell who served in the South Carolina Militia under Captain Elisha Bethea's in the 5th Regiment. This company was organized in the Marion District of South Carolina. These were most likely the sons of Edward Campbell and Mary McLellan.

War of 1812
Keith's 5th Regt. SC Militia

Campbell, Charles, Private
Campbell, Duncan, Private

1812 Captain Elisha Bethea's Company of S.C. Militia
From June 29 to September 29, 1812 was in service of the United States near Georgetown, S.C. This company was organized in Marion District, which then included present Marion and Dillon counties, and a part of Florence county. The names are from the original payrolls, copies of which are in the Marion County Library:

War of 1812
Dillon and Marion, South Carolina

Captain: Elisha Bethea
Lieutenant: Gadi Crawford
Sergeants: Keithy Barfield, Peter McKellar
Drummer: Bleakly Shoemaker
Fifer: Robert Moody

Charles Campbell
Duncan Campbell

About 1818--1819, Charles and Nancy Campbell migrated to Western Florida Territory with Charles' father, Edward, and they settled to the upper reaches of Campbell's Creek, on the east side of the Escambia River. This area is now in present day Santa Rosa County. Shortly after they settled in Florida, Nancy gave birth to a son, Neill Campbell. Neill was born on May 30, 1819, in Escambia County, Florida. T
A Report of Claims to Land in West Florida,

Founded on habitation and cultivation,
between February 22, 1819 and July 17, 1821,
Reported in obedience to an act of Congress approved May 26, 1824

CAMPBELL, Charles      10 or 12      Escambia      1819      1824
CAMPBELL, Daniel D.      3 or 4      Escambia      1820      1821
CAMPBELL, Edward      16 or 18      Escambia      1819      1821

PETITION TO CONGRESS BY CITIZENS OF WEST FLORIDA

[NA:HF, 25 Cong., 3 sess.:DS]
[Referred January 21, 1839]
To the Honorable Congress of the United States--
We whose names are undersigned, Citizens of the Western District of Florida, would respectfully represent to your Honorable body that whereas Government is instituted to promote the happiness of the people, in the accomplishment of which object it is necessary that wrongs should be redressed & rights enforced--and whereas it is the bounden duty of all good Government to develope the resources of the country under its controul, particularly where those resources may be of general benefit to the people--We therefore, a portion of your constituents, who have at all times & under all circumstances faithfully fullfilled all our duties which have devolved upon us as good & faithful Citizens, respectfully present to your Honorable body the following statement of facts which we earnestly urge you to take into serious consideration-- Yellow River, a tributary stream of Blackwater Bay, rises in the state of Alabama & pursuing a southerly course through West Florida, discharges its waters into Blackwater Bay, an arm of & conjoining the Bay of Escambia, about twenty miles east of the City of Pensacola-- About twenty miles of this River in Walton County, Florida, is skirted on either side by a body of rich & valuable land, which is now settled by about forty families & is capable of supporting a much larger population-- Many streams valuable for affording mill-seats & the large quantities of excellent timber of various kinds which skirt their borders, are tributary to this River; but the navigation which is naturally good for plying steamboars & other craft of the same draft of water, is at this time so obstructed for about fifty miles by hugh piles of drift wood which have become so matted together as to form rafts of considerable extent in different parts of the River, that its navigation unless cleared out is altogether impracticable-- Were these rafts however, removed, this River would be navigable for all boats necessary to be used here, from the settlements on its borders to Pensacola--& the lands & fine timber skirting its margins & its tributary streams would be greatly enhanced in value-- The people in this section of the country are now compelled, in the absence of water communication, to transport their produce over land for forty miles before they reach navigable water which may float their produce to the nearest market and if they continue on by land, the distance is lengthened to sixty miles in extent, is incurred-- all these inconveniences & disadvantages may be remedied by the removal of the rafts of wood in Yellow River, which we are assured may be accomplished by the expenditure of about six thousand Dollars--
The right of petitioning for a redress of grievances is guarantied to us by the constitution under which we live, and the relative duty of hearing & carefully considering our petitions must devolve upon your Honorable body-- And it is with confidence that we appeal to your Honorable body to do what may be in your power to remove the grievance under which we labour & remedy the evils of which we complain-- Whilst other portions of our Territory have been nurtured & sustained by your fostering care & protection, we have been utterly neglected & have silently borne the wrongs of which we now complain; but we feel convinced that when they are made known to in a respectfull manner, by a faithfull & unobtrusive people, they will be immediately redressed-- We therefore humbly pray that your Honorable body will take this matter into serious consideration & that you will make the necessary appropriation to remove all obstructions to the navigation of Yellow River up to the Settlements on its borders which is, by the river, about one hundred miles above its disemboguement into Blackwater Bay & as in duty bound your petitioners will ever pray

The Petition to Congress offer proof that Charles Campbell, born 1780 in Scotland was living in Escambia County, Florida, present day Santa Rosa County. That he was a citizen of the Western District of Florida and signed a petition to retain the land rights, dated 1819-1824, when Florida bacame a part of the United States of America.

I haven't found any information as to why Charles died prematurely. Perhaps he was injured in the War of 1812. What we do know is that Charles died in summer of 1829 when he was only 49 years old. He was buried in an abandoned cemetery near the head of Campbell Creek, which lies between Jay and Century, Florida. After his premature death, his wife, Nancy MacEachern Campbell, a young widow was left with a ten year old son to raise.

On March 17, 1831, Nancy married again. She married Elijah Gayler from Beaufort, South Carolina. Nancy and Elijah had no children, yet old Elijah wasted no time taking control of Neill Campbell's inheritance. According to the research done by Rachel Campbell in her book on the "Campbell and McCall Family History," Colonel Charles Campbell wrote: "Elijah Gayler made himself the administrator of Charles Campbell's estate and minipulated it to his heart's content with his long sticky fingers. He proceeded to lay claim to as much property as he could lay his hands on, swapping cattle and changing brands, and so forth, but he never settled his administratorship.

Young Neill said nothing but watched and waited, but he said nothing. Elijah died there in September or October of 1853 and he is buried in Santa Rosa Couty,Florida. Nancy may have predeceased him.
But when old Elijah died without issue, an executor was appointed by the courts. Apparently Neill decided to take action against this executor of his father's estate and he won in the settlement. Neill proceeded to lay claim to all that should of been by his.

Sources:

1. American State Papes, Public Lands; The Censuses of Pensacola, Florida 1784-1820; A Genealogical Guide to Spanish Florida Ref. G975.902 Coker. Census of Escambia River, 1820; Chales Campbell and his wife, Nancy "Polly" McEachern was listed as living in the Northwest Florida during 1820 while the Spanish still maintained a fort in Pensacola.
2. Territorial Papers of the United States; Vol. XXII Florida Territory G 975.9; Charles Campbell petition the U.S. Government to retain his land rights.
3. Campbell and McCall Family History published by Rachel M. Campbell in 1983.
4. Muster Roll for men who served in Marion County in the War of 1812, locate at www.rootsweb.com for Marion County, South Carolina.

Notes for NANCY MCEACHERN:
      Nancy McEachern was born in Scotland circa 1780. She was the daughter of Neil and Christian McEachern of Scotland. Nancy married Charles Campbell in the old Marion District of South Carolina sometime before 1810. Her sister, Margaret McEachern married Charles Campbell's younger brother, Duncan Campbell. Nancy and Charles had two children born to them in South Carolina, but they died as infants. Their third child, Neill Campbell, was born on May 30, 1819, after they migrate to western Florida with Edward Campbell. Her husband, Charles Campbell died in the summer of 1829, when Neill was only ten years old. On March 17, 1831, Nancy married a second time to Elijah Gayler in Santa Rosa County. But there was no children born of this union.

Possible McEachern Family Members buried at:
KENTYRE CHURCH CEMETERY
Complete survey by: Linda Christenburg Moody Brown
Row C
4. Sallie McEachern (Wife of Charlie H. Myers) 1885 - 1976

5. Margaret C. McEachern 1887 Ц 1965

6. Charlton McEachern 1881 Ц 1932

7. Amarintha Buie McEachern 1851 Ц 1924

8. Robert B. McEachern 1853 Ц 1924

9. Edwin Wilmore McEachern Aug. 25, 1883 - Aug. 24, 1907

10. Jesse Cottingham McEachern Sept. 19, 1901 - Oct. 5, 1982

11.Jennie C. McEachern 1847 Ц 1933

12.John C. McEachern 1837 Ц 1917

13.James Archibald McEachern Aug. 25, 1873 - July 7, 1952

14.Mary Jane McEachern Oct. 16, 1868 - Feb. 8, 1949

15.John B. McEachern Oct. 25, 1864 - Feb. 26, 1910

16.Ethel McEachern Atkins July 18, 1897 - Aug. 2, 1928

17.William R. Atkins Feb. 17, 1897 - July 31, 1967

18.J. LeRoy McEachern Oct. 14, 1828 - Dec. 24, 1903

12.Ida McEachern Campbell 1875 Ц 1916

14.Katherine McEachern Campbell 1881 Ц 1945

GRAVES MOVED FROM THE Lock Ц McDaniel Ц McDuffie Ц McLellan Cemetery

In the middle 1990Тs (14) graves where moved from the Lock Ц McDaniel- McDuffie- McLellan Cemetery to the Kentyre Cemetery. Those graves are located on Row M numbers 19 thru 23 and Row N numbers 10 thru 18. Names areЕ.Martha R. McDuffie, Flora J. McDuffie, Catherine C. McDuffie, Daniel McDuffie, Duncan McDuffieЕЕЕЕNeill McDuffie, Mary A. McDuffie, N.D. McEachern, Mary M. McDuffie, Alexander D. McDuffie, Sallie McDuffie, Geogre A. McDuffie, James D. McDuffie, Nancy McDuffie.

Excerpt from W.W. Sellers' "History of Marion County"
transcribed and contributed to Marion County SCGenWeb

Some of this McEachern family have been incidentally mentioned already, but one of the family now to be noticed - I mean, the family near Hamer, on the "short -cut" Railroad. Neill McEachern emigrated from Scotland with his then family to Marion County, S. C, in the first part of the nineteenth century; he married, in Scotland, Miss Effa McKellar; they had four sons, Duncan, Daniel, Gilbert and John and two daughers, Sallie and Elizabeth - I think four of his children were born in Scotland.
--A History of Marion County, W.W. Sellers (1902)

References that could apply to the MacEachern family in Kintyre, Argyllshire, Scotland

The Campbeltown Cross is thought to have come originally from Kilkivan although this depends upon equating the 'Kylkecan' found in the inscription with the Kilkivan found in Kintyre. However errors do occur in these inscriptions and the equation seems perfectly reasonable given the fact that the MacEachern family named on the cross have such strong South Kintyre connections. In fact the name also occurs on another cross at Kilkerran.

It should not surprise us to find two of the finest West Highland crosses so close together. Since Norse times Kintyre has always been one of the richest Highland provinces - indeed the Vikings regarded it as second only to the Isle of Man in worth and desirability. The families of Kintyre would have been wealthy and important relative to other areas of the Highlands and in the mediaeval period Kintyre was still very much MacDonald territory - connected with the family who were patrons of Saddell and Iona.

The Iona school of carving produced both the Campbeltown and Inveraray crosses. They bear a striking resemblance to each other and similar stones such as the cross from Eigg. The MacEachern and the MacGillicomgan families would have commissioned them from Iona and then had them brought by boat to points near their final destination. This probably took place in the period c 1380 (the approximate date of the Campbeltown Cross) to c 1425 (when the Kintyre school is thought to have started production at Saddell). We can assume that once crosses were being produced locally at Saddell there was no further demand for products from Iona. We now know of 8 mediaeval crosses from Kintyre: one from Southend (now in Campheltown Museum) is c 13th century and earlier than the rest. Two more (Campbeltown/Kilkivan and Inveraray/Southend) are lona made. The remaining five (2 from Kilkerran, 2 from Saddell and 1 from Kilchousland) was all fashioned by the Saddell masons in the period 1425-1500. From the time of its arrival in Kintyre the new and unusual cross-patonce design of the Inveraray/Southend cross would have acted as an exemplar for the 15th century Saddell crosses and perhaps indirectly for the scalloped grave-slabs at Killean.

A post at ancestry.com by Mike Ferguson on the McEachern family who migrated to South Carolina and might be a possible family members of Nancy and Margaret McEachern.

I am working on my wifes family history. I am wanting to contact individuals from Scotland or the United States that connect into her McEachern lineage. I have listed her immigrant ancestors who came from Kilberry, Argll, Scotland below.

Soursces:
1. 1830 Federal Census of Escambia Co. (east of Escambia River), Western Florida Territory
2. 1850 Federal Census for Santa Rosa County, Florida
3. McDuffie - McLellan Cemetery located in Dillon County, South Carolina. Found listing at Rootsweb site for South Carolina.
4. "A History of Marion County, and It's People" published by W. W. Seller in 1902 located at South Carolina Genweb site.

      Children of CHARLES CAMPBELL and NANCY MCEACHERN are:

INFANT⁴ CAMPBELL, b. Abt. 1814, South Carolina; d. Abt. 1814, McDuffie Cemetery, Old Marion District, South Carolina.

ii.

INFANT CAMPBELL, b. Abt. 1816, South Carolina; d. Abt. 1816, McDuffie Cemetery, Old Marion District, South Carolina.

iii.

NEILL CAMPBELL, b. May 30, 1819, Escambia County, Florida; d. April 13, 1897, Jay Cemetery, Santa Rosa County, Florida.

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