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There were 3 Campbells in Bibb County by 1825, Aaron, David (and
Charity) and Elijah (and Lizzie Kemp). When David died in 1926,
their children, Acy, Lacy and John were left with Charity. Probably
Calvin Glasscock, the husband of Catherine Campbell (David's sister),
accepted responsibility as the male guardian for David and Charity's
children.
1830 Bibb Co., AL Census: Charity is listed with 1 male and 1 female under 5, 2 males 5-10; 1
male 10-15; 1 female 30-40. Joseph, Nancy, John, Nathan "Nace", Asa 'Acey", Charity.
(Elizabeth and Elijah C. were married and moved out).
1840 CENSUS: Bibb, AL, lists Charity as female bet 50 - 60, also
listed 1 male bet 10-15 and 1 female under 5. (Joseph and Susan)
1850 CENSUS: Shelby, AL, Charity listed age 60, Nathan age 32, Nancy
age 20, Susan D, age 17
Charity Yoholo was half sister to Chief Menawa. Menawa was the Warrior
Chief of the Upper Creek Nation and led the battle of Horseshoe Bend.
(From all that I have read, I think Charity was the daughter of Menawa and Hannah. MCM-2004)
Azalia Thomas of Sandy, Utah, stated in a letter to Terri Jean Adams,
114 S. Main St., Weaverville, NC 28787, dated 10-4-1995 that she
corresponded with U.V. Waldrop, who was born in the general area of AL
where the Campbells lived. " It seems that David Campbell married a
Creek Indian girl whose 'white' name was Charity. U.V. says that she
was the sister of a Creek War Chief and that her last name was Yoholo.
When David died, leaving Charity with several children, she began
taking in boarders. Some two years after David's death, Charity gave
birth to a little girl. Indian customs allowed a widow to take lovers.
The Campbells, being good, upright Baptists, were naturally upset, and
Catherine and her husband Calvin Glasscock, went to court and got
custody of all children except for the baby girl. Aaron Campbell and
Patsy reared two of the children, twin boys I believe. " U.V. is a
descendant of that baby girl, Susan. He says his grandfather told him
this story and told him the name of the boarder who was the father.
But, U.V. was young at the time and now that he'd really like to know,
he can not remember the name his grandfather gave him.
On page 136 of Ulysses Abrams book (Early History of Bibb County
Alabama), I found the following:
"James REID vs. Opothle-Yahola and Jim Boy (37)
Trespass, assault, and Battery - This action was tried at the term of
the Circuit Court, which has just terminated. Judgment by default had
been rendered at a previous term. From the evidence, it appeared that
in June, 1828, the plaintiff accompanied a deputy of the sheriff of
Shelby County into the Creek Nation for the purpose of aiding in the
execution of process; that he was seized by the Indians, bound with cords, stripped
of his clothing save a light shirt and pantaloons, carried first to
Tuckabatchee and there, by one of the defendants, bound with
additional cords and ordered on to Thomas Trippett's who was the
sub-agent; and from there, taken to Line Creek by a party of Indians
under command of the other defendants, his back made bare, tied fast
to a tree, and beat with hickory sticks an inch thick and five feet in
length, forty stripes.
The court instructed the jury that the only question for them was
to assess damage. They retired, and in a few minutes, returned with a
verdict of $4,500.00.
The case was argued by Busbee and Hinton for the plaintiff; and
Gordon, Goldthwaite and Campbell for the defendants."
(The Alabama Intellingencer, Tuscaloosa, April, 1830)."
The person, James Reid, mentioned in this case was a neighbor of
Alexander Cobb who my Elijah C Campbell (son of Charity and David) was
the overseer for . . . I am interested in researching this further,
but do not have any idea where to start . . . also am interested in
the Campbell who defended them. (Melissa Hogan-2003)
BIOGRAPHY: From
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Estates/3071/enlisted/uvletter1.htm
l James Lewis Waldrop Sr. married Susan Parolee Campbell December 07,
1856, Columbiana, Shelby County, Alabama. She was half Creek Indian,
the daughter of Robert David Campbell & Charity Yoholo, a Creek
Indian. James Lewis Waldrop Sr. & Susan Parolee Campbell had five
children, plus she raised his children by his first wife. U.V. Waldrop
2187 Woodcreek Drive Germantown, Tennessee 38138
BIOGRAPHY: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cmamcrk4/hbapndx.html A
Christian civilization, especially the Christian part of
it--civilization without the Bible does not amount to much--has made
great changes with the descendants of those brave and fierce and
wronged Muscogees with whom the whites in Alabama and Georgia came
into conflict.
There is now before me a letterhead, the letter written in Indian
Territory, December 24, 1894, which contains the words: "Wetumka
National Labor School, Col. Wm. Robison, Supt.," and among the names
of the faculty I find as matron, Miss Hannah Monahwee, who is a
grand-daughter of that noted chief who commanded the Creek warriors at
the great battle of Tohopeka. His name written by some Menawa, by some
Monahwee. And a grandson of the noted High Head Jim, as mentioned
elsewhere, is a highly respected Methodist minister in the Territory,
the Rev. William Jimboy. The introduction of Christianity into the
Creek, or as the educated Indians now write, the Muskogee Nation,
opens an interesting chapter in the progress of the Gospel. No white
missionaries first bore the Gospel to them, but "an old negro named
Billy " taught it to a young Indian man in the Indian Territory,
Joseph Islands, and they two commenced a work which, with the help of
white missionaries, has been growing until now. See a little tract
called "Joseph Islands, the Apostle of the Creek Indians," written by
Dr. I. T. Tichenor, published at the Maryland Baptist Mission Rooms 10
E. Fayette street, Baltimore. Price, two cents. T. H. B.]
BIOGRAPHY: Post by Keith Campbell in Guest Book:
http://books.dreambook.com/canlm/smcrks.html Name: Keith Campbell
E-mail address: www.bluepondboys@aol.com Homepage URL: http://
Comments: I've just begun a search into my family geneology on the
Campbell side of my family after recieving information from a great
aunt living in Mobile, AL. The tree traces all the way back to the
Creek warrior, Chief Menawa. Your site suggests a daughter of Menawa
possibly known as Charity, who married my direct descendent, Robert
Campbell. A muster roll of names of Creeks listed to be moved west
from Alabama reveals her name as Kurn Chartee,(Charity) in English. I
visited the battlesite 3/26/04 on the anniversary of the Battle of
Horseshoe Bend. Thanks for the site you have and the information I've
found in my search. I'll update as I progress. Sunday, March 28th 2004
- 09:01:46 AM
(Emails from Barbara Rowe - 2005)
"The confusion came because David Campbell's siblings took a dim view
of Charity's 'morals' and took David's younger children to live with
them. Charity had two more daughters after David's death. Since
Charity was raised in the Creek fashion, and if I am not mistaken it
was a matriarchal society like the Cherokee, therefore Charity would
have seen nothing wrong in what she did since David was dead.
One note I forgot to point out; the two daughters that were not
David's were not born until well after guardianship was appointed,
Nancy in 1829 and Susan two years later.
The family story says Charity took in boarders to make ends meet, a
lot of widows did that. So I tend to believe that David's siblings
were just helping out by taking some of the children into their homes
so that Charity would have fewer mouths to feed. She needed the older
boys to help her run the place they lived, so it would make since for
the younger boys to go live with aunts and uncles.
The eldest daughter, Elizabeth (my line) had only recently married
Josiah Beasley and probably could not take in her brothers. Regardless
of what lore was passed down, I prefer to believe the best about the
siblings who were good church going folks and would have been helping,
not judging."
Menewa's (1765 - 1843) boyhood name was Yoholo; the name given to him
by his father was Othlepoya Yoholo. When the Creeks chose him as chief
in 1820, he became known as Menewa. On April 26, 1826, he was chosen
as the principle chief of the Creek Indian tribes. (This information
is from a letter written by Mary Ann Campbell Peigh of Bessemer,
Alabama, on December 28, 1970, to her uncle, Joshua Banks Campbell.)
Menewa married Hannah Cornell, also a Creek. They had two children,
Katee Ann (1786 - 1865) and Little Warrior (1785 - 181?). Katee Ann
married Reuben Weed (Creek, ? - 1814; died in Battle of Horseshoe
Bend), and they had Katee (1804 - 1890), Hannah (died 1880), and
Charity Yoholo (died 1872). Charity, Menewa's grandaughter, married
Robert David Campbell (1767 - 1835), and they had twins Asa and
Nathan, and two girls and another son who seem to have disappeared
with their mother. Asa and Nace were raised by their father's brother,
Alvin (sic Calvin), upon their father's death. (Source: Amanda Givens. Ancestry
Post 4 May 2005)
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Abt 1790 - 1872 (~ 82 years)