Thomas Moore’s Genealogy Site - Person Sheet
Thomas Moore’s Genealogy Site - Person Sheet
NamePeter Thomas Campbell 
Birthabt 1827, Essex County, Virginia
ResidenceEssex County, Virginia
DeathApr 1873
OccupationFarmer
Documentation
The death certificate of Peter Thomas Campbell’s son, Peter Thomas Campbell, states that the elder Peter Thomas Campbell was born in Essex County, Virginia. [Commonweath of Virginia, Certificate of Death 13308.]
On 29 December 1851, John H. Clarkson and Sallie Ann (also mentioned as Sarah Ann) his wife sold to Peter Campbell, all of Essex County. For $1,725, a tract of land without regard to the number of acres, it being the same tract conveyed by William R. G. Trible and Penelope his wife to the said John H. Clarkson by deed dated 25 September 1850. Signed John H. Clarkson, Sallie A. Clarkson. Ordered recorded 29 January 1852. The original signature of Peter Campbell is in the margin. [Essex County, Virginia, Deed Book 50, pages 227–228.]
On 11 January 1853, Peter Campbell sold to Joel H. Kidd. For $1,725, a tract of land conveyed to Peter Campbell by John H. Clarkson. Signed Peter Campbell. Ordered recorded 17 January 1853. [Essex County, Virginia, Deed Book 50, page 358.]
On 26 February 1853, Elizabeth Shepherd sold to Peter Campbell. For $1,000, Elizabeth Shepherd conveys right in a tract of land adjacent to that of Jno. Crow and the heirs of Fielding Croxton. Signed Elizabeth her + mark Shepherd. No witnesses. Ordered recorded 30 March 1853. Original signature of Peter Campbell is in the margin. [Essex County, Virginia, Deed Book 50, page 397.]
On 21 July 1856, a deed was made to Peter Campbell by Thomas Croxton Commissioner acting under a decree of 21 July 1856 in the case of Dunn vs. Croxton. To sell land allotted to Emily Croxton in the division of the lands of Fielding Croxton, 27-1/2 acres bounded by the lands of Margaret Dunn, Peter Campbell, and others. Peter Campbell purchased the property on 31 May 1856 for $190. Signed Th Croxton. Ordered recorded 21 July 1856. [Essex County, Virginia, Deed Book 50, pages 847–848.]
On 24 March 1857, William H. Moody and Elizabeth R. Moody his wife sold to Peter Campbell. For $2,200, a tract of about 15 acres, part of 100 acres of the land of Thos N. Clark. Signed W: H: Moody, [here the name “Elizabeth R. Haynes” was crossed out], Elizabeth R. Moody. Ordered recorded 20 April 1857. [Essex County, Virginia, Deed Book 51, pages 72–73.]
On 25 May 1900, Mary E. Campbell of Millers Tavern, Essex County, stated in a Confederate pension application that she and her husband Peter T. Campbell, who served in Company F, 55th Virginia Regiment, were married in Caroline County, Virginia, in 1857. [Essex County, Virginia, Loose Confederate Records (boxed).]
On 17 March 1858, a deed was made from Thomas Croxton, Commissioner, acting under a decree, sold to Peter T. Campbell and Mary E. his wife and from them sold to John L. Boughton. Whereas at a sale made by Thomas Croxton, commissioner, land was purchased by Peter Campbell amounting to 27-1/2 acres of arable land and 13-1/2 acres of woodland, and whereas a deed for the same was never made, and whereas Peter Campbell and Mary E. his wife have sold the woodland to Boughton, this deed therefore acknowledges the sales. Signed Tho Croxton Commr, Peter T Campbell, Mary E Campbell. Ordered recorded 10 January 1860. [Essex County, Virginia, Deed Book 51, page 386.]
On 29 April 1858, Peter Campbell and Mary E. his wife sold to John S. Boughton. For $1,060, a tract called Stumans that the said Campbell bought of Mrs. Elizabeth Shepherd. Signed Peter Campbell, Mary E Campbell. Ordered recorded 15 August 1859. [Essex County, Virginia, Deed Book 51, pages 339–340.]
On 24 June 1858, William R. G. Trible and Penelope his wife sold to Peter T. Campbell. For $10 per acre, a tract of 41-3/4 acres bounded by the lands of Peter T. Campbell, James H. Taylor and others. Signed Wm R G Trible, Penelope Trible. Ordered recorded 19 July 1858. [Essex County, Virginia, Deed Book 51, pages 197–198.]
On 18 January 1859, James M. Jeffries, commissioner, sold to Peter Campbell. Whereas by decree dated 17 May 1858, James M. Jeffries sold three pieces of land, 46-1/8 acres more or less, lot #7 of the estate of John Crow deceased. Purchased by Peter Campbell for $161.87. Signed J M Jeffries. Ordered recorded 17 January 1859. [Essex County, Virginia, Deed Book 51, pages 271–272.]
1860 U.S. Census for Essex County, Virginia:
Dwelling 790, Family 766
Campbell, Peter, 33, farmer, $12,480 real estate, $9,515 personal estate Campbell, Mary E., 34
Campbell, Peter T., 1
Peter T. Campbell fought in the 55th Virginia Infantry in the Civil War: Campbell, Peter T.: Enl. 5/21/61 in Co. F. Elected corporal, 7/17/61. Reduced to the ranks, 5/1/62. Absent sick in hospital, 5/10/62-7/62. Discharged by Civil Authority, 7/16/62. [Richard O’Sullivan, 55th Virginia Infantry (Lynchburg, Virginia: H. E. Howard, Inc., 1989), 110.]
On 18 December 1868, Samuel Davis sold to Peter Campbell. Samuel Davis, in order to pay debts to William J. Davis of King and Queen, $620 due by bond and $150 by account, grants in trust to Peter Campbell all his household goods, etc. Signed Samuel Davis. Ordered recorded 22 December 1868. [Essex County, Virginia, Deed Book 52, page 152.]
On 20 August 1869, Peter T. Campbell and Mary his wife sold to Wm H. Campbell, all of Essex County. For $250, 30 acres mostly of woodland, part of a tract on which Peter Campbell resides, in trust for the benefit of Eliza Campbell the wife of Wm H. Campbell during her life and after her death for the benefit of the issue of Eliza and William Campbell, not to be liable for any debt of William H. Campbell. Signed Peter T. Campbell, Mary C. Campbell, William H. Campbell. Ordered recorded 1 September 1869. [Essex County, Virginia, Deed Book 52, page 177.]
On 18 October 1869, Muscoe R Dunn, Peter T. Campbell and Selden T. Dunn were bound $500 for Muscoe R Dunn’s administration of the estate of Marinda A Dunn. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 29, pages 66–67.]
On 21 April 1873, Mary E. Campbell, Joseph Mann, John H. Kidd and William J Haile were bound $4,000 for Mary’s administration of estate of Peter T. Campbell deceased. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 29, page 318.]
On 20 May 1873 an inventory and appraisal of the estate of Peter Thomas Campbell was recorded. No total valuation, but included a $900 saw mill. He was well off. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 29, pages 320–321.]
The estate sale of Peter T. Campbell was held on 6 May 1873. Total sales $1,703.35. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 29, pages 344–345.]
On 5 December 1874 an account of the estate of Peter T. Campbell from 21 April 1873 to 22 April 1874, by Mary E. Campbell, was recorded. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 29, pages 516–519.]
On 2 November 1876, complainant John M. Owen sued on behalf on himself and all other creditors of Peter T. Campbell deceased. The distributees and heirs of Peter T. Campbell are: Mary E. Campbell his widow, and children Thomas Campbell, William Campbell and Mary E. Campbell. Thomas is above 14; William and Mary are under 14. There is an answer of the children by James Roy Micou stating that they are of very tender years, etc. The answer of Mary E. Campbell states that Peter T. Campbell died in April 1873. “She is in very limited circumstances, with three children, two of whom are quite young and almost uneducated”. [Essex County, Virginia, Box Chancery Ended 89, 1891–92, loose paper.]
According to the birth record of his son, Peter Thomas Campbell, he was a farmer and lived in Essex County.
N.B.: In the 1850 Essex County, Virginia, census, there is another Peter Campbell living with Smith Young and family in Dwelling 512.
On 29 December 1851, John H. Clarkson and Sallie Ann (also mentioned as Sarah Ann) his wife sold to Peter Campbell, all of Essex County. For $1,725, a tract of land without regard to the number of acres, it being the same tract conveyed by William R. G. Trible and Penelope his wife to the said John H. Clarkson by deed dated 25 September 1850. Signed John H. Clarkson, Sallie A. Clarkson. Ordered recorded 29 January 1852. The original signature of Peter Campbell is in the margin. [Essex County, Virginia, Deed Book 50, pages 227–228.]
On 11 January 1853, Peter Campbell sold to Joel H. Kidd. For $1,725, a tract of land conveyed to Peter Campbell by John H. Clarkson. Signed Peter Campbell. Ordered recorded 17 January 1853. [Essex County, Virginia, Deed Book 50, page 358.]
On 26 February 1853, Elizabeth Shepherd sold to Peter Campbell. For $1,000, Elizabeth Shepherd conveys right in a tract of land adjacent to that of Jno. Crow and the heirs of Fielding Croxton. Signed Elizabeth her + mark Shepherd. No witnesses. Ordered recorded 30 March 1853. Original signature of Peter Campbell is in the margin. [Essex County, Virginia, Deed Book 50, page 397.]
On 21 July 1856, a deed was made to Peter Campbell by Thomas Croxton Commissioner acting under a decree of 21 July 1856 in the case of Dunn vs. Croxton. To sell land allotted to Emily Croxton in the division of the lands of Fielding Croxton, 27-1/2 acres bounded by the lands of Margaret Dunn, Peter Campbell, and others. Peter Campbell purchased the property on 31 May 1856 for $190. Signed Th Croxton. Ordered recorded 21 July 1856. [Essex County, Virginia, Deed Book 50, pages 847–848.]
On 24 March 1857, William H. Moody and Elizabeth R. Moody his wife sold to Peter Campbell. For $2,200, a tract of about 15 acres, part of 100 acres of the land of Thos N. Clark. Signed W: H: Moody, [here the name “Elizabeth R. Haynes” was crossed out], Elizabeth R. Moody. Ordered recorded 20 April 1857. [Essex County, Virginia, Deed Book 51, pages 72–73.]
On 25 May 1900, Mary E. Campbell of Millers Tavern, Essex County, stated in a Confederate pension application that she and her husband Peter T. Campbell, who served in Company F, 55th Virginia Regiment, were married in Caroline County, Virginia, in 1857. [Essex County, Virginia, Loose Confederate Records (boxed).]
On 17 March 1858, a deed was made from Thomas Croxton, Commissioner, acting under a decree, sold to Peter T. Campbell and Mary E. his wife and from them sold to John L. Boughton. Whereas at a sale made by Thomas Croxton, commissioner, land was purchased by Peter Campbell amounting to 27-1/2 acres of arable land and 13-1/2 acres of woodland, and whereas a deed for the same was never made, and whereas Peter Campbell and Mary E. his wife have sold the woodland to Boughton, this deed therefore acknowledges the sales. Signed Tho Croxton Commr, Peter T Campbell, Mary E Campbell. Ordered recorded 10 January 1860. [Essex County, Virginia, Deed Book 51, page 386.]
On 29 April 1858, Peter Campbell and Mary E. his wife sold to John S. Boughton. For $1,060, a tract called Stumans that the said Campbell bought of Mrs. Elizabeth Shepherd. Signed Peter Campbell, Mary E Campbell. Ordered recorded 15 August 1859. [Essex County, Virginia, Deed Book 51, pages 339–340.]
On 24 June 1858, William R. G. Trible and Penelope his wife sold to Peter T. Campbell. For $10 per acre, a tract of 41-3/4 acres bounded by the lands of Peter T. Campbell, James H. Taylor and others. Signed Wm R G Trible, Penelope Trible. Ordered recorded 19 July 1858. [Essex County, Virginia, Deed Book 51, pages 197–198.]
On 18 January 1859, James M. Jeffries, commissioner, sold to Peter Campbell. Whereas by decree dated 17 May 1858, James M. Jeffries sold three pieces of land, 46-1/8 acres more or less, lot #7 of the estate of John Crow deceased. Purchased by Peter Campbell for $161.87. Signed J M Jeffries. Ordered recorded 17 January 1859. [Essex County, Virginia, Deed Book 51, pages 271–272.]
1860 U.S. Census for Essex County, Virginia:
Dwelling 790, Family 766
Campbell, Peter, 33, farmer, $12,480 real estate, $9,515 personal estate Campbell, Mary E., 34
Campbell, Peter T., 1
Peter T. Campbell fought in the 55th Virginia Infantry in the Civil War: Campbell, Peter T.: Enl. 5/21/61 in Co. F. Elected corporal, 7/17/61. Reduced to the ranks, 5/1/62. Absent sick in hospital, 5/10/62-7/62. Discharged by Civil Authority, 7/16/62. [Richard O’Sullivan, 55th Virginia Infantry (Lynchburg, Virginia: H. E. Howard, Inc., 1989), 110.]
On 18 December 1868, Samuel Davis sold to Peter Campbell. Samuel Davis, in order to pay debts to William J. Davis of King and Queen, $620 due by bond and $150 by account, grants in trust to Peter Campbell all his household goods, etc. Signed Samuel Davis. Ordered recorded 22 December 1868. [Essex County, Virginia, Deed Book 52, page 152.]
On 20 August 1869, Peter T. Campbell and Mary his wife sold to Wm H. Campbell, all of Essex County. For $250, 30 acres mostly of woodland, part of a tract on which Peter Campbell resides, in trust for the benefit of Eliza Campbell the wife of Wm H. Campbell during her life and after her death for the benefit of the issue of Eliza and William Campbell, not to be liable for any debt of William H. Campbell. Signed Peter T. Campbell, Mary C. Campbell, William H. Campbell. Ordered recorded 1 September 1869. [Essex County, Virginia, Deed Book 52, page 177.]
On 18 October 1869, Muscoe R Dunn, Peter T. Campbell and Selden T. Dunn were bound $500 for Muscoe R Dunn’s administration of the estate of Marinda A Dunn. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 29, pages 66–67.]
On 21 April 1873, Mary E. Campbell, Joseph Mann, John H. Kidd and William J Haile were bound $4,000 for Mary’s administration of estate of Peter T. Campbell deceased. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 29, page 318.]
On 20 May 1873 an inventory and appraisal of the estate of Peter Thomas Campbell was recorded. No total valuation, but included a $900 saw mill. He was well off. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 29, pages 320–321.]
The estate sale of Peter T. Campbell was held on 6 May 1873. Total sales $1,703.35. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 29, pages 344–345.]
On 5 December 1874 an account of the estate of Peter T. Campbell from 21 April 1873 to 22 April 1874, by Mary E. Campbell, was recorded. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 29, pages 516–519.]
On 2 November 1876, complainant John M. Owen sued on behalf on himself and all other creditors of Peter T. Campbell deceased. The distributees and heirs of Peter T. Campbell are: Mary E. Campbell his widow, and children Thomas Campbell, William Campbell and Mary E. Campbell. Thomas is above 14; William and Mary are under 14. There is an answer of the children by James Roy Micou stating that they are of very tender years, etc. The answer of Mary E. Campbell states that Peter T. Campbell died in April 1873. “She is in very limited circumstances, with three children, two of whom are quite young and almost uneducated”. [Essex County, Virginia, Box Chancery Ended 89, 1891–92, loose paper.]
According to the birth record of his son, Peter Thomas Campbell, he was a farmer and lived in Essex County.
N.B.: In the 1850 Essex County, Virginia, census, there is another Peter Campbell living with Smith Young and family in Dwelling 512.
Spouses
BirthMay 1825, Caroline County, Virginia
Marriage1857, Caroline County, Virginia