| 12. | William Campbell was born in 1807 in South Carolina; died on 14 Dec 1877 in Butler, Choctaw Co, Alabama. Notes:
Licensed by Liberty Baptist Association l849, ordained by L.B.A., l853.
William Campbell's name was listed on the 12th Annual Meeting Minutes of Liberty Baptist At Oaky Valley Church in Lauderdale County, Mississipi 15 September 1849 as a delegate of the Providence Church (located a couple of miles west of Butler on the Sandy Cut Road - between Riderwood Drive and Hwy 10). His name appears on the Liberty Baptist Association Meeting held at Hephzibah Church in Clarke County, Mississippi on 14 September 1850. He was listed as the pastor of Antioch Church. His name also appears on the Liberty Baptist Association Meeting held 17 September 1853 at the Buckatunna Churc in Clarke County, Mississippi. At that time, he was the pastor of Black Creek Church at Barrytown and Mt. Pleasant Church in Butler.
His name was listed as attending the Liberty Baptist Association Meeting held at the Fellowship Church in Jasper County, Mississippi on 16 September 1854. At that meeting, he was listed as the pastor of Mt. Sterling, Black Creek, Mt. Pleasant and Bladon Springs.
His name was listed as attending the Liberty Baptist Association Meeting held at the Shady Grove Church in Wayne County, Mississippi on 15 September 1855. At that convention, he was hte pastor of black Creek, Mt. Pleasant and Bladon Springs churches.
At the Liberty Baptist Association Meeting held on 20 September 1856 at the Concord Church in Choctaw County, Alabama, he was listed as the pastor of Black Creek Church.
At the Liberty Baptist Association Meeting held on 19 September 1858 at Ebenezer Church in Jasper County, Mississippi, he was listed as the pastor of Center Ridge in Clarke County, Mississippi and Black Creek and Bladon Springs churches in Choctaw County, Alabama.
His name appeared on the Liberty Baptist Association Meeting held on 18 September 1859 at Black Creek. He was the pastor of Black Creek at that time.
He attended the Liberty Baptist Association Meeting held at Mt. Pisgah in Choctaw County, Alabama on 25 September 1860. At that time, he was the pastor of Mt. Pisgah and Black Creek churches.
He attended the Liberty Baptist Association Meeting held at Mt. Horeb Church in Lauderdale County, Mississippi on 14 September 1861. At that meeting he was listed as the pastor for Isney and Okatuppa Churches.
William attended the Liberty Baptist Association Meeting held at Elim Church in Clarke County, Mississipi 20 September 1862. At that meeting, he was listed as the pastor of Black Creek Church.
At the Liberty Baptist Association Meeting held at the Providence Church in Choctaw County, Alabama on 19 September 1863, he was listed as a delegate for Oaktuppa Church.
At the Liberty Baptist Association Meeting held at Mt. Pisgah in Choctaw County, Alabama on 03 October 1874, he was listed as pastor of Harmony Church.
At the Liberty Baptist Association Meeting held at Bladon Springs Baptist Church (formerly Harmony) on 02 October 1875, he was the pastor of Union Church in Washington County, Alabama.
He was at the Liberty Baptist Association Meeting held at Liberty Church in Lauderdale County, MS on 03 September 1876. At that meeting, he was the pastor of Bladon Springs Church.
William was the first pastor of Mt. Sterling Baptist Church in 1852. He was a pastor at Ulcanush Baptist Church across the Tombigbee River at Coffeeville, AL in 1859.
The following write-up was published in THE HISTORY OF WASHINGTON COUNTY, VOLUME II, compiled by the Washington County Historical Society, Chatom, Alabama, in 1989 (Southern Historical Press, Inc., c/o The Rev. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr., P. O. Box 738, Easley, South Carolina 29641 - Libary of Congress Catalog Card Number 8-70721, ISBN 0-89308-632-0)
"There was a Baptist Church in Bladon Springs in 1854, when it was received into the Liberty Baptist Association. In 1872, the Rev. William Campbell had been the pastor for several years. It is not known when the Baptist Church was constitued or by whom, but the building had become delapidated by the time the Methodists and Presbyterians decided to build a union church, and the Baptists joined in the effort."
The 1850 Census of Choctaw Co., AL, No. 175, had the following for William's family: Wm. Campbell, 44, M, Plant Overseer, 400, SC; Martha H, 48, F, SC, Ellen B, 20, F, SC; John B., 19 M, Laborer, SC, Rosyana, 13, F, SC, Martha J., 11, F, SC; Thomas W., 8, M, SC.
The 1860 Census of Choctaw Co., AL, for Township 9, 10, 11 & 12 Post Office, Bladen Springs, Dwelling 111, Family 111, had the following for William's family: William Campbell, H, 53, SC, Baptist Clergyman; Martha H., F., 57, SC; Rosana, F., 20, SC; Martha J., F, 18, SC; Thomas W., M., 15, SC, Laborer
The 1870 Census of Choctaw Co., AL, p. 386b, line 8, shows the following: William Campbell, Minister, SC, 300, 300; Martha; R. A.
Deed Book M, page 583, Choctaw County, Alabama shows the only recording of information from William Campbell and his wife, Martha A., to their son, Thomas:
Wm. Campbell & Martha Campbell to Thomas Campbell - filed March 9th 1874:
This indenture made this the fourteenth day of May eighteen hundred and seventy two between Wm Campbell and Martha A. Campbell, his wife, parties of the first part and Thomas Campbell party of the second part. Witnesseth that the parties of the first part for an in consideration of the sum of Two Hundred dollars to them in hand paid by the party of the second part the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged do give, bargain, sell, release and convey to the part of the second part his heirs and assigns all of our rights title interest and estate in and to the following described land or parcel of land. Viz. The North East quarter of the North West quarter Section Twenty Township Nine Range Two West containing Forty acres more or less. In the district of lands subject to sale at St. Stephens, Alabama to have and to hold that tract of land to his own proper use and behalf together with all and singular the herediments rights and priviliges thereunto belonging or on any wise appertaining and the said parties of the first part do agree for themselves and heirs to warrant and defend the title of said land to the said party of the second part against the claim or claims of any _____ of any and all persons whatsoever claiming or to claim the same. In testimony whereof the parties of the first part have hereunto set their hands and seals the day and year first above written.
/s/ Wm Campbell (Seal)
/s/ Martha A. Campbell (Seal)
The State of Alabama, Choctaw Co - I Charles H. Tew a Justice of the Peace in and for the State and county do hereby certify that Wm Campbell and Martha A. Campbell whose names are signed to the foregoing conveyance and who is personally known to me acknowledged before me that being informed of the contents of the conveyance they executed the same voluntarily on the day the same bears date.
Witness my hand this 14th day of May 1872. /s/ Charles H. Tew, Justice of the Peace - Recorded March 19th 1874 by J. S. Evans, Judge by T. A. Watson, Clerk.
The following was published in the Butler News, Saturday December 22, 1877, Local Matters column, page 3: "The Rev. William Campbell, a Baptist Minister living in the southern portion of this county, after a lingering illness, died on the14th inst."
The Rev. William Campbell and Martha H. Campbell are probably buried at the Bladon Springs cemetery. Their daughters, Martha J. who married Benjamin Allen Taylor and Rosa Anna who married Pinkney Odom are buried in the same row. There is a space about 4 graves apart with no apparent markings between Martha J. Taylor and Rosa A. Odum's grave. It is possible that whatever markings were there are now gone and that space contains the burial site of the Rev. & Mrs. William Campbell and possibly the burial site of Benjamin Allen Taylor's parents, Robert Anderson Taylor and Rodah Mariah Mixon.
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William married Martha H. Boyd in 1842 in South Carolina. Martha (daughter of John Boyd and Mrs Eleanor (..) Boyd) was born in 1802 in Abbeville Twp, Abbeville Co, South Carolina; died on 27 Mar 1888 in Choctaw Co, Alabama. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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1893 - 1939 (46 years)
