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State of Service: VA
Qualifying Service: Lieutenant / Patriotic Service
Whitaker Campbell was born in King & Queen County, Virginia in 1727. His mother was Ann Whitaker and his father is unknown. Public claims records indicate that he contributed support to the revolutionary cause by a receipt from King & Queen County representative Robert Hill, Commissioner. The receipt was dated October 25, 1780, for 17 bushels & 2½ peck Rye. Another receipt dated March 1781 is for one beef. also signed by Robert Hill. Whitaker also was a Lieutenant in the King & Queen County Militia. He was a recruiter for the county, as documented in the Virginia Council Journal 1776-77, page 323.
He married Jane Hill (1730-1785) in 1760. I am descended from Alexander Campbell (1774-1829) the fourth child of that marriage. They had a large family with Jane Hill Campbell dying during the birth of their 9th child, Benjamin Campbell on November 27, 1785.
Whitaker Campbell married a second time to Martha de Shazo in 1786. They had at least four children. Whitaker lived the later part of his life at his home, Brewington, in King & Queen Co. He died there in 1814 and is said to be buried on a knoll near the site of the original house, a spot known as Campbell Hill.
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