(I) Rev. Henry Camden, the first member of this family about whom we have definite information, was born May 4, 1773. Early in the nineteenth century he came from Maryland and settled in Harrison county, Virginia. He married, at Montgomery, Maryland, January 8, 1793, Mary Belt, born in Montgomery county, Maryland, January 9, 1778, daughter of Colonel Frederick and Deborah (Woodward) Sprigg. Colonel Sprigg fought in the revolution, and was the original owner of Chevy Chase, near the city of Washington. ...
Children of Rev. Henry and Mary Belt (Sprigg) Camden:
1. Debby Sprigg, born October 22, 1793.
2. Frederick Sprigg, born May 13, 1796.
3. John Scribner, born September 15, 1798; father of United States Senator Johnson Newlon Camden.
4. Joseph Hill, born February 10, 1801.
5. Lenox Martin, born March 9, 1803.
6. Gideon Draper, born August 31, 1805.
7. Lorenzo Dow, born March 24, 1808.
8. Richard Pindle, of whom further.
9. Minerva Weems, born February 4, 1814.
10. Eliza Poole, born December 25, 1817.
Of these, the first six were born in Montgomery county, Maryland, the next three in Harrison county, Virginia, and the last in Lewis county, Virginia.
