Display Patriot - P-127874 - James CAMPBELL

James CAMPBELL

SAR Patriot #: P-127874

The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
It is considered a research aid and is intended to assist in locating sources that can be used as proof.
 

State of Service: MD      Qualifying Service: Naval Captain
DAR #: A018596

Birth: abt 1745 Dumfries / Dumfriesshire / Scotland
Death: 18 Mar 1821 Alexandria / Alexandria / VA

Qualifying Service Description:
  1. 1LT Captain SAMUEL SMITH, Colonel WILLIAM SMALLWOOD, 8TH CO, MD REGT
  2. Captain OF THE SCHOONER "ENTERPRIZE," AND THE BRIG " STURDY BEGGAR."

Additional References:
  1. Graves report submitted by William Charles Collier, Colonel William Grayson Chapter, VASSAR. 2014
  2. NSDAR Cites: ARCH OF MD
    • VOL 18, pg 5, 17
    • VOL 11, pg 100, 398-399
    • VOL 16, pg 326
  3. CLAGHORN, NAVAL OFFICERS OF THE AM REV: A CONCISE BIO DICTIONARY, pg 48
  4. NSDAR RC #456276

Spouse: (1) Leah XX; (2) Kitty XX;
Children: William; Loudon;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
2012-11-01 VA 49346 Thomas Michael Taimi (174117) William   
Burial:
Trinity United Methodist Church Cemetery (C-0069667)
Location:
Alexandria / Alexandria City / VA / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
152168
Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
38.802059 / -77.057265
Find A Grave Memorial #:
6588419
Marker Type:
Headstone / SAR Stake
SAR Grave Dedication Date:
22 Jun 2017

Comments:
  • Grave Photo (1) and GPS provided by Craig Batten, George Washington Chapter, VASSAR
  • Photo used with permission of Compatriot Paul Walden, George Washington Chapter, VASSAR


Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:


Author: LtCol James Thomas Callender (Ret.)

James Campbell

 

Birth: 1745, citzens and operated important businesses in the Alexandria community.  (His first wife Leah is buried at Christ Church).  

 

The second Enterprise was an eight-gun schooner of 25 tons with a crew of 60 men.  Granted a letter of marque commission from the state of Maryland, it made a remarkably successful cruise (June-December 1776) under the command of Captain James Campbell.  Enterprise was purchased by the Committee of Secret Correspondence of the Continental Congress 20 December 1776.  Under the command of Captain Campbell, Enterprise served chiefly in convoying transports in Chesapeake Bay.  It was also active in reconnoitering the enemy’s ships and preventing their tenders and barges from getting supplies from the shores of Maryland and Virginia. 

 

SOURCES: 

  1. Revolutionary Patriots of Worcester and Maryland, Henry C. Peden, Pg. 44.   
  2. Alexandria Gazette, 20 March 1821 death notice.   
  3. JLARC 1, 2, 23. Pg. 119, 196.

 


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Additional Information:

Born near Dumfries, Scotland, Captain James Campbell came to the Eastern Shore of Maryland, probably about 1772/73. He served as Captain of the "Enterprize" during the Revolution, afterward settling in Alexandria, Virginia. His home, with 2nd wife Kitty, was on Cameron Street at #313. His 1st wife Leah, who died at age 59 in October 1803, is interred in Christ Church Graveyard



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