Display Patriot - P-346672 - John CAMPBELL

John CAMPBELL

SAR Patriot #: P-346672

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State of Service: VA      Qualifying Service: Patriotic Service

Birth: calc 28 Jul 1765 prob / / VA
Death: 22 Jun 1838 / Loudoun / VA

Qualifying Service Description:

1783, he paid personal property tax


Additional References:

Loudoun County Battalion 2, 1783 Virginia Personal Property Tax


Spouse: Elizabeth Beazer/Beasor/Bezer
Children: James; Elizabeth; Asapha; Delilah; John; Robert;
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Burial:
Old Potts Graveyard (C-0374404)
Location:
Purcellville / Loudoun / VA / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
1984924
Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
39.194440 / -77.761666
Find A Grave Memorial #:
114518855
Marker Type:
SAR Granite Memorial
SAR Grave Dedication Date:
28 Oct 2023

Comments:
  • Original upright stone
  • Photo credit: Compatriot Barry Schwo) plot outside this cemetery - needs more research - May 2024
  • Coordinates cited are for an eight Patriot monument which is a memorial (Cenotaph) for the Patriot. Dedication of the Monument was on 28 October, 2023


Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

From Hillsboro VA, head west on Charles Town Pike (Hwy 9) 0.3 miles. At the traffic circle, take the 2nd exit on State Rte 719(Stony Point Rd), go 1.3 miles. Stony Point becomes 751 Cider Mill Road. Go 0.5 miles to a left on State Rte 716 Edgegrove Road. Go 0.4 miles to a right on 714 Shannondale road. Cemetery is on left in 100 yards



Author: Barry Frederick Schwoerer

John Campbell was probably born in Virginia, parents not determined.

On 28 December 1794, he married Elizabeth Bezer/Beasor/Beazor1, daughter of John Bezer/Beasor/Beazor, a Quaker who was in Loudoun County by 1770.2 The couple had at least six children: Elizabeth, Delilah, James, Asapha (Asa), John, and Robert.

John farmed land in the northeast section of Loudoun County in what is known as the 2nd Battalion for tax purposes. This section of land encompasses the villages of Hillsboro and Purcellville. It is located in what is known as the "Gap" in the Short Hill and the "Valley between the Hills," a valley between the Blue Ridge and the Short Hill from Hillsboro to Harpers Ferry. John paid the Loudoun County Virginia 1783 Personal Property tax in the 2nd Battalion. This tax list includes the sons of David Potts, founder of the Potts Graveyard.

The fact that John's wife was the daughter of a Quaker and David Potts was a Quaker helps explain why the couple is buried at Old Potts Graveyard. John left a will signed on 31 May 1838 and proved 13 August 1838. In the will, he identified his children.3

Sources:

  1. Ancestry.com:  U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Meeting minutes 1756-1772, 30 MAR 1770 letter to Fairfax Monthly Meeting are:  John Bezer, wife and children (included Elizabeth), noting the family was in Loudoun County.  Image 325 of 386
  2. Ancestry.com:  Virginia Select Marriages, 1785-1940, John Cample to Elizabeth Beasor, 28 DEC 1794 in Loudoun County
  3. Loudoun County Will Book Vol X-Z, 1836-1841, pp 254-256, will of John Campbell, signed 31 May 1838, proved 13 Aug 1838

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