Person:Andrew Cameron (2)

Information on Andrew Cameron

From "Historical Sketches of Pocahontas County, West Virginia", Price, p. 250-252:

CAMERON, Colonel Andrew W.--possibly born in Pocahontas Co., West Virginia, accidently shot and died on a mail coach by a passenger in Lexington, Rockbridge Co., Virginia; s/o Major Charles CAMERON & Rachel WARWICK (have sheet); represented Bath Co., Virginia in the Legislature, to near Lexington, Rockbridge Co., Virginia;

Children:

Dr. John H.--of Deerfield, Virginia (have sheet)

Charles (have sheet)

female--married Thomas WHITE (have sheet)

female--married D. WHITE (have sheet)

female--married Judge LEIGH,of Lexington, Virginia (have sheet)

female--married A. W. HARMON (have sheet)

1.   American Genealogical - Biographical Index. (Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States|Middletown, Connecticut: Godfrey Memorial Library).

   Name: Andrew W. Cameron
   Birth Date: 1790-1799
   Birth Place: Virginia
   Volume: S-9
   Reference: Pensioners,1841:134

2.   Find A Grave.

   Col Andrew Warwick Cameron Sr.
   Birth 6 Jun 1806
   Bath County, Virginia, USA
   Death 17 Jul 1861 (aged 55)
   Burial
   Oak Grove Cemetery
   Lexington, Lexington City, Virginia, USA
   
   Andrew Warwick Cameron was the son of Col. Charles E. Cameron (died 14 Jun 1829 in 77th year) who served in Bath Co. during the Revolutionary War and Rachel Primrose Warwick (they married 3 May 1792 in Bath Co., see Rev War Pension App. W6624). His father Charles military marker is beside his grandfather Jacob. Charles and Rachel's gravestone is at Warm Springs Cemetery. Charles's and Jacob's family home is run as a Bed and Breakfast called Warwickton, on the National Register of Historical Places.
   
   Andrew married first to Margaret Gratton/Grafton Miller on 25 Jan 1828. She died 13 Apr 1829 shortly after the birth of daughter Margaret in Jan 1829. He married second to Ellen McCue Hyde, the daughter of John Hyde, on 17 May 1832 in Lexington, VA. On 28 Jan 1833 Andrew, the only remaining child of Charles E. Cameron, was awarded Rev. War bounty land.
   
   https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/145076291/andrew-warwick-cameron