Individual Details
Williams Washington Camp
(December 11, 1800 - November 21, 1875)
Information about the Greer, Camp, and Rees family from THE GREER MEN by Ellen Camp (Greer) Rees, Salt Lake City, UT, 1958.
Williams Washington Camp settled his family on 95 acres near Dresden, Tennessee They later had a house in Dresden where Ellen lived as a child. By 1844, the Camps had moved to Nauvoo where Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum held a meeting in the Camp home. During the meeting, the house was protected from mob violence by a Camp slave named "Uncle Ike" who brandished a shotgun and persuaded the mobsters to leave.
"I can't recall who Williams Washington's father was, but he was the grandson of Samuel Camp, born CT about 1752, who moved to Amherst Co., VA with his father, the REv. Ichabod Camp. Ichabod was in London being ordained by the Church of England, about the time that Samuel was born. He served the congregation in Middletown, Ct, until the 1760's when he became the 1st priest of the Amherst Parish in VA. He was the only priest to live in the Glebe. The glebe house is still standing, a private residence, that is open for tours on special days. The Camp family history goes back to England--the first of the line, Edward was in New Haven by 1643. Living in New Haven at the same time, was a Nicholas Camp. He came from a near-by town in England. Also, there was a Thomas Camp, who settled in VA. He had family that went to GA too.
"During the Revolutionary War, Ichabod, his 2nd wife and children, left Amherst Co. for the Natchez country. (British West Fla at the time). He came down the Ohio and MS with George Rogers Clark's soldiers for protection from the British and the Indians. He remained in Natchez for 1 year, didn't like the climate, and had to wait until the soldiers were free to escort him (again for protection) to the Illinois country which was then claimed as part of Virginia. He settled at Kaskaskia and was a missionary to the Indians. I might add, that Ichabod was a graduate of Yale, earning the equiv. of a B.A. and M. A. and he is written up on the biographies of Yale graduates. Also, the trip down the Ohio and Mississippi is chronicled in the Draper Manuscripts.
"Samuel Camp served in the Revolutionary War at Albemarle Barracks in Albemarle Co. He married Mary Banks in 1776 in Amherst Co., VA. The Banks family can be traced way back, too. A great thrill of mine was to be able to hold in my hand the marriage bond of Samuel Camp and Mary Banks, with Samuel's signature and that of Gerrard Banks, the father of Mary, dated 1776, the same year as the declaration of independence!!!After the war, Samuel settled in Georgia. He lived near the town of Jewell's Mills near the Oceegee River. Another thrill of mine was just this past fall, finding the grave site of Samuel Camp and Mary Banks in Warren Co., GA. I found directions in the book, CAMP, JONES, AND RELATED FAMILIES. (see below)
"I have a wonderful book, Camp, Jones, and Related Families, by Nell Jones Carter, Tallahassee, 1977. Mrs. Carter passed away, but her son still has some copies for sale." (Nan Harvey, email: nharvey@fiona.umsmed.edu>.)
Williams Washington Camp settled his family on 95 acres near Dresden, Tennessee They later had a house in Dresden where Ellen lived as a child. By 1844, the Camps had moved to Nauvoo where Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum held a meeting in the Camp home. During the meeting, the house was protected from mob violence by a Camp slave named "Uncle Ike" who brandished a shotgun and persuaded the mobsters to leave.
"I can't recall who Williams Washington's father was, but he was the grandson of Samuel Camp, born CT about 1752, who moved to Amherst Co., VA with his father, the REv. Ichabod Camp. Ichabod was in London being ordained by the Church of England, about the time that Samuel was born. He served the congregation in Middletown, Ct, until the 1760's when he became the 1st priest of the Amherst Parish in VA. He was the only priest to live in the Glebe. The glebe house is still standing, a private residence, that is open for tours on special days. The Camp family history goes back to England--the first of the line, Edward was in New Haven by 1643. Living in New Haven at the same time, was a Nicholas Camp. He came from a near-by town in England. Also, there was a Thomas Camp, who settled in VA. He had family that went to GA too.
"During the Revolutionary War, Ichabod, his 2nd wife and children, left Amherst Co. for the Natchez country. (British West Fla at the time). He came down the Ohio and MS with George Rogers Clark's soldiers for protection from the British and the Indians. He remained in Natchez for 1 year, didn't like the climate, and had to wait until the soldiers were free to escort him (again for protection) to the Illinois country which was then claimed as part of Virginia. He settled at Kaskaskia and was a missionary to the Indians. I might add, that Ichabod was a graduate of Yale, earning the equiv. of a B.A. and M. A. and he is written up on the biographies of Yale graduates. Also, the trip down the Ohio and Mississippi is chronicled in the Draper Manuscripts.
"Samuel Camp served in the Revolutionary War at Albemarle Barracks in Albemarle Co. He married Mary Banks in 1776 in Amherst Co., VA. The Banks family can be traced way back, too. A great thrill of mine was to be able to hold in my hand the marriage bond of Samuel Camp and Mary Banks, with Samuel's signature and that of Gerrard Banks, the father of Mary, dated 1776, the same year as the declaration of independence!!!After the war, Samuel settled in Georgia. He lived near the town of Jewell's Mills near the Oceegee River. Another thrill of mine was just this past fall, finding the grave site of Samuel Camp and Mary Banks in Warren Co., GA. I found directions in the book, CAMP, JONES, AND RELATED FAMILIES. (see below)
"I have a wonderful book, Camp, Jones, and Related Families, by Nell Jones Carter, Tallahassee, 1977. Mrs. Carter passed away, but her son still has some copies for sale." (Nan Harvey, email: nharvey@fiona.umsmed.edu>.)
Events
| Birth | December 11, 1800 | Warren County, Georgia | |||
| Marriage | January 19, 1822 | Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama - Diana "Diannah" Greer | |||
| Marriage | February 17, 1857 | Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah - Amelia Evans | |||
| Marriage | Abt, 1865 | Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah - Margaret Lindsay McLean | |||
| Death | November 21, 1875 | Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah | |||
| Marriage | Delia Chadwick | ||||
| Marriage | Ann Quamby | ||||
| Marriage | Elizabeth Brooks | ||||
| Marriage | Sarah F. Braley |
Families
| Spouse | Diana "Diannah" Greer (1806 - 1876) |
| Child | Mary Wentworth Camp (1822 - 1874) |
| Child | Susan Searcy Camp (1824 - 1825) |
| Child | Elizabeth Jane Camp (1826 - 1836) |
| Child | James Greer Camp (1828 - 1852) |
| Child | Dionysius Paul Camp (1829 - ) |
| Child | Sarah Ann "Susan" Camp (1831 - 1836) |
| Child | Robert Ira Camp (1833 - 1836) |
| Child | John David Camp (1833 - 1867) |
| Child | Martha Damaris Camp (1836 - 1836) |
| Child | Catherine Ellen Camp (1837 - 1929) |
| Child | William Polk Camp (1840 - 1842) |
| Child | Harriet Diannah Camp (1842 - 1908) |
| Child | Emma Eliza Camp (1844 - 1850) |
| Child | Richard Cecil Camp (1846 - 1923) |
| Child | Margaret Henrietta Camp (1848 - 1941) |
| Spouse | Amelia Evans ( - ) |
| Spouse | Margaret Lindsay McLean ( - ) |
| Spouse | Sarah F. Braley ( - ) |
| Spouse | Elizabeth Brooks ( - ) |
| Spouse | Ann Quamby ( - ) |
| Spouse | Delia Chadwick ( - ) |
| Father | Cecillius Camp (1779 - 1842) |
| Mother | Mary "Margaret" Williams (1781 - 1814) |