Collin Campbell (abt. 1740 - bef. 1808)

Biography

Collin/Colin/Collen Campbell was born in about 1740 in Scotland. He resided in Iredell County, North Carolina. In 1790, he had four male children under sixteen, a female (probably his wife) and three slaves in his household. He died before his estate was settled in Apr 1808. ^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

He married Mary Jane Hogston (1673-1831) on Dec 3, 1783 in Rowan County, North Carolina. He died before Sep 2, 1808 in Iredell County, North Carolina.^[7] Their children included:

1. Collin Campbell, Jr. (1774-aft. 1820)
2. Agnes Campbell (1788-1793)
3. Martha "Matty" Margaret Campbell (1791-1856)
4. Elizabeth Campbell (1805-1814)

Under Colin Campbell's leadership (Highland Scots Chief), western Iredell and Alexander counties were settled after the US Revolutionary War. In 1772 about a dozen to twenty families settled not far from the Catawba, in the vicinity of where Sterling Church is today. There were the McKays, McIntoshes, the Matthewsons, the Campbells, etc. Colin Campbell was a kind of chieftain among them. At one of the first meetings of the Iredell County Court, Colin Campbell was appointed to complete a wagon road through the two islands in the Ford in the Catawba River on the side next to Iredell County.^[4][8][9]

He was born in Scotland. His land holdings included land issued in Iredell County: 15 acres on Buffalo Shoals Creek issued in 1802, 400 acres at Island Ford of the Catawba River issued in 1794, 250 acres on the middle for of Rocky Creek issued in 1795, 200 acres on the Catawba River issued in 1801, 200 acres near Robert McLeod issued in 1801; and 100 acres on the Catawba River issued in Rowan County in 1790.78 His home was on Brotherton or Olin Creek.^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ "North Carolina Estate Files, 1663-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2Z7-S1F7 : 21 November 2016), Collen Campbell, 1808; citing Iredell, North Carolina, United States, State Archives, Raleigh; FHL microfilm
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2M-9X1 : accessed 30 August 2017), Colin Campbell, Iredell, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 392, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 7; FHL microfilm 568,147.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHR8-267 : accessed 30 August 2017), Collin Campbell, Salisbury, Iredell, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 615, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 29; FHL microfilm 337,905.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Iredell Piedmont County, by Homer M. Keever, with illustrations by Louise Gilbert and maps by Mildred Jenkins Miller, published for the Iredell County Bicentennial Commission by Brady Printing Company from type set by the Statesville Record and Landmark, copyright, November 1976, see Iredell, Piedmont County, p. 47 and 171
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHL9-Q1V : accessed 30 August 2017), Colin Campbell, Iredell, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 157, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 40; FHL microfilm 337,913.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHGS-SVB : accessed 30 August 2017), Collen Campbell, Iredell, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 240, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 80; FHL microfilm 162,796.
7. ↑ North Carolina, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1665-1998, Will dated Sep 2, 1808, probate in 1808, wife Jane, son, Collan.
8. ↑ Rev. E.F. Rockwell Historical Address 1876, Link
9. ↑ From Stirling to Stirling, The Bicential History of New Sterling Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, by Mildred Miller, 1987, published by The Del Mar Company, pp 1, 9, 13, 15, 16, 34, 37, 45, 121
10. ↑ North Carolina, U.S., Land Grant Files, 1693-1960, 10 Jun 1801, Iredell County, Grant 363, 200 acres, Catawba River, 364, 370 acres near Ireland Ford