Judge David Campbell Chapter, NSDAR

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PATRIOT DAVID CAMPBELL

Major, Virginia Militia

Chapter Motto:

“Ne Obliviscaris: (“Do not forget”)


Major David Campbell

VA Mil, Rev War

1750-1812


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1925

Marker

Dedication


1925 Marker Ceremony


Chapter records and a Chattanooga Times newspaper article report that over 400 persons, including a number of descendants, attended the ceremony in 1925 to dedicate the headstone marker now standing at Judge David Campbell's gravesite; however, nothing appeared on or near that headstone marker to verify the official NSDAR status of Judge David Campbell as a proven patriot of the American Revolution.

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2011

Insignia

Marker


2011 DAR Insignia Ceremony


Judge David Campbell Chapter members secured the DAR Insignia marker of 2011 to preserve the honor and service of their chapter namesake to future generations. The Insignia marker indicates that all service has been reviewed and verified by the NSDAR Office of the Historian General and that a select firm has sold a marker bearing the DAR Insignia only after receipt of the Historian General's letter of verification.  


   DAVID CAMPBELL, son of David and Mary (Hamilton) Campbell was born in 1750, in Augusta County, Virginia. He received a liberal education for his time and chose the law for his profession. Upon the organization of Washington County, Virginia, in 1777, he was made clerk of the court.

   In 1779, David Campbell married Elizabeth Outlaw, the daughter of Colonel Alexander and Penelope (Smith) Outlaw. During the Revolution David Campbell served as major in the Virginia Militia, and his troops were there with General Nathaniel Greene in his southern campaign.

   In 1783, David Campbell moved with his family to Greene County, North Carolina, and there began a career of usefulness which continued throughout his life. In 1784, he was elected judge of Washington District, but he chose to cast his lot with the State of Franklin, of which he was made chief judge and a member of the Council of State. In 1787, he represented Greene County in the North Carolina Assembly and was made assistant judge of the District of Washington.

   He was appointed by President Washington, in 1790, as one of the judges of the Territory South of the Ohio River, a position which he held until the Territory was admitted into the Union as the State of Tennessee. In 1792, he served as one of the commissioners for the national government to run the boundary line between the white settlements and the Cherokee Indians.

   In the fall of 1797, Judge Campbell was appointed a judge of the Superior Court of the State of Tennessee and remained in this position until the abolition of the court in 1810. In 1811, he was appointed by President Jefferson judge of the Mississippi Territory.

   Judge Campbell died at his home near Washington, Rhea County, Tennessee, in 1812. Elizabeth Campbell sold her Rhea County home in 1818 and moved to Cahaba, Alabama, near Huntsville.

   The Judge David Campbell Chapter, NSDAR, marked Judge Campbell’s grave at his Old Washington home on July 4, 1925. Over 400 persons, including a number of his descendants, attended the ceremony conducted by Mrs. Cyrus Griffin Martin, the chapter regent. The chapter placed a new plaque with the DAR Insignia at Judge Campbell’s grave in April of 2011, Regent Phyllis Carter, presiding.