Person:Dugald Campbell (12)

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Dugald Campbell, of Frederick and Berkeley County, VA
d.Bef 19 May 1772 Berkeley County, Virginia
  • HDugald Campbell, of Frederick and Berkeley County, VAAbt 1680 - Bef 1772
  • WFrances Unknown - Bef 1773
  1. Andrew CampbellEst 1743 -
  2. Frances CampbellEst 1745 - Bef 1812
  3. Robert CampbellEst 1747 - Bef 1797
  4. Mary CampbellBef 1756 -
Facts and Events
Name Dugald Campbell, of Frederick and Berkeley County, VA
Alt Name Dugal Campbell
Alt Name Dugall Campbell
Gender Male
Birth[1] Abt 1680 Drumboden, County Donegal, Ireland
Marriage to Frances Unknown
Death? Bef 19 May 1772 Berkeley County, Virginia[Berkeley County was formed from part of Frederick County on 15 May 1772]

Early Land Acquisition in Virginia

Acquisition of Land from Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants:

  • K-130: Dugal Campbell of Frederick County, 300 acres on Opeckon in said County. Surv. John Baylis. Adj. Isaac Evans, Col. George Fairfax, James Strode. 14 May 1760. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 118].
  • P-50: Dugall Campbell Sr. of Frederick County, 308 acres on Opeecon in said County. Surv'd 19 Apr. 1763 for Andrew Campbell on of Dugall Campbell by Thomas Rutherford and forfeited. See Book N. On applicaton of Andrew Campbell Deed to Dugall Campbell. Adj. Dugall Campbell, William Byrns. 22 June 1771. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 212].

Will Abstract

Will of Dugall Campbell of Frederick County and the Colony of Virginia... written this twenty third day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and sixty seven.
Gives son Andrew Campbell two hundred and twenty five acres of land, bounding from Isaac Evans a deed I have for the same land... surveyed by William Riggs... from an original 343 acres
Gives to son Andrew Campbell, ten shillings to be paid in six months after my decease
Gives to daughter Francis Campbell fifty pounds to be paid by son Robert Campbell, with the mare and saddles
Gives to daughter Mary Campbell fifty pounds to be paid by my son Robert Campbell with a horse and saddle, to the value of fifteen pounds to be paid out of my movable estate.
Gives to son Robert Campbell three hundred acres of land where I now live, and one hundred and eighteen acres of land, being the remaining part of that land of three hundred and forty three acres recorded in book M of which my son Andrew Campbell has two hundred and twenty five acres... my said son Robert Campbell paying unto my daughter Francis Campbell and to my daughter Mary Campbell fifty pounds each as aforesaid and to be paid when he comes to the age of twenty one years and if not paid then he is to may interest till the hundred bounds is paid, the whole four hundred and eighteen acres of land to be my said son Robert Campbell's during his natural life...
Also I give to my dear and loving wife the third of ___ the land before given to my two sons Andrew and Robert Campbell during her life and a third part of all my movable Estate after my funeral expenses just debts and legacies is paid and for the remains of my personal Estate I leave to be equally divided between my son Robert Campbell, my daughter Francis Campbell and my daughter Mary Campbell..
Names wife Executrix of this my will in trust for the intents and purposes in this my will contained, and I make my loving friends William Burns and Wm. Campbell overseers of this my Will to take ease and see the same performed according to my true intent and meaning.
[Signed} Dougall Campbell
Witnesses: James Grayham, Andrew Bowman, Jonathan Edwards
Will Probated 19 May 1772, Berkeley County
Will. Drew, Clk.

Records in Virginia

  • N-250: William Smith, 284 acres on Opeckon in Frederick County. Surv. Thomas Rutherford. Adj. John Bryan, William Byrns, Andrew Campbell, Dougal Campbell. 1 Oct. 1766. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 181].
  • O-274: James Strode of Frederick County, 275 acres on Opeckon in said County. Surv. Richard Rigg. Adj. his own land, Dougal Campbell, John Bryan, Jonathan Edwards, Bradford, Francis Baldwin. 2 Feb. 1767. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 189].
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References
  1. American Genealogical - Biographical Index. (Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States|Middletown, Connecticut: Godfrey Memorial Library).

    American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI)
    Name: Dugal Campbell
    Birth Date: 1680
    Volume: 24
    Page Number: 285
    Reference: Vassals of N.E. By Edw. Doubleday Harris. Albany. 1862. (26p.):7
    [Ancestry.com]

  2.   West Virginia. Wills and Probate Records, 1724-1985.

    Page 1 - Dougal Campbell Prob. May 16, 1772.
    Wife not named
    Sons Andrew and Robert
    Daughters Francis and Mary
    Exec. - Wife, William Burns and Wm. Campbell
    Wit. - James Graham, Andrew Bowman, Jonathan Edwards
    [Note: Duguld Campbell's wife, Francis [Frances], is not named in the will itself, but she is named as coming to Court and exhibiting her husband's will along with the oaths of James Grayham and Jonathan Edwards].

  3.   My working theory is that Andrew's wife, Catherine, may have been a Campbell. There are three facts, which taken together suggest this as a possibility: first, that Andrew served as a substitute for Robert Campbell in connection with his second term of service in the Revolutionary War; second, that Andrew moved to Rockbridge County, Virginia, where Campbells from Berkeley County, (West) Virginia also moved; and third, that son David's first son was named Campbell Bowers. Those facts are suggestive that Catherine was a Campbell, and that Andrew's service on behalf of Robert Campbell may have been motivated, at least in part, by family considerations.

    There were two related Dougal/Dugal/Dougall Campbell families who lived in Berkeley County, Virginia at the time of the Revolutionary War. One died in Berkeley County, while the other moved to Rockbridge County, Virginia about 1780 and died there. I will refer to them as the Berkeley County Dougal and the Rockbridge County Dougal, even though both have roots in Berkeley County.

    The Berkeley County Dougal died in 1772. His will, dated 23 Nov 1767, names his wife Frances, his sons Robert and Andrew, and his daughters Frances and Mary. Dougal's son, Robert, is a possible candidate for the Robert for whom Andrew Bower served in the Revolutionary War. Robert Campbell, however, appears to have had no daughters, let alone one who married Andrew. His will, dated 19 Dec 1795, with codicils dated 29 Dec 1795 and 29 May 1797, proved 25 Sep 1797, and recorded in Will Book 3:91, identifies and makes provisions for his brother, Andrew Campbell, his sisters, Mary Andrews and Francis Campbell, and his sons, Robert Campbell, William Finley Campbell, Samuel Davis Campbell and Barton Campbell. While married daughters were often not mentioned in wills of these times, the fact Robert bequeathed the bulk of his estate to the children of Mary Andrew, his sister, in the event none of his sons survived him, suggests he had no married daughters, and, of course, his sisters are accounted for.

    One of Robert's executors was his "kinsman" James Campbell, who himself was a militia leader in Berkeley County in earlier years. He was the son of the Rockbridge Dougal, who remained in Berkeley County when the rest of his family moved to Rockbridge County. However, it does not appear our Catherine was a daughter of James. So, it appears Catherine, if she was a Campbell, was probably a daughter of one of the Rockbridge families. However, there were many such families besides that of Rockbridge Dougal. For example, in 1788, the first year Andrew appears in the tax lists for Rockbridge County, there were thirteen Campbell households there. Sorting out these Campbell families is on my to-do list.

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