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DAVID CAMPBELL
1753-1832
David Campbell, Revolutionary War captain,
State of Franklin supporter, and early Knox County settler and
merchant, was born in Augusta County, Virginia, in 1753. His
distinguished career began in 1774, when he served in the
Virginia militia during Lord Dunmore's War; the next year, he
served as clerk of court at Fincastle, Botetourt County,
Virginia. During the American Revolution, he fought at the
battle of Long Island Flats in 1776 and was Captain of the
Virginia militia during the battle of Kings Mountain in 1780.
About 1782 Campbell moved his family to
present-day Washington County, Tennessee; then at an unknown
time, he moved to a new farm near Strawberry Plains in
present-day Jefferson County. By around 1787 Campbell was
residing in western Knox County and built a blockhouse, known
as Campbell's Station, along the present-day Kingston Pike,
where he lived for the next thirty-six years.
His military record led to a political
career, first in North Carolina, then the new state of
Tennessee. He served in the North Carolina House of Commons in
1787, was a member of the Assembly of the State of Franklin,
and was in the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1801 to
1805. In Knox County Campbell managed his farm as
well as a mercantile business in
partnership with Charles McClung of Knoxville. At the end of
1822 he sold his Knox County property and moved to Wilson
County, where he lived until his death in 1832. Campbell is
buried in the Leeville churchyard in Wilson County.
head superintendent of Indian Affairs, died
in early 1779, and in August Cameron was appointed
superintendent for the Southwest in an attempt to gain Cherokee
loyalty. Cameron also tried unsuccessfully to gain the support
of the Creeks and Choctaws in Florida.
During his fifteen years among the
Cherokees, Cameron became influential in tribal decisions and
fathered three children. In 1780 an illness prevented his plans
to travel through the Indian territories, and he died in
Savannah in December 1781.
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Marble Springs is part of the state of Tennessee
Department of Environment and Conservation. The
Tennessee Historical Commission provides management
oversite and the Governor John Sevier Memorial
Assciation (GJSMA for short) is a local organization
which runs the daily operation of the park. The
GJSMA is also in charge of the numerous ongoing
restoration projects around the park, not only to keep
and maintain the exciting eight historal buildings, but
to expand when possible the other buildings and
workshops of John Sevier’s time.
The task has
been monumental in scope in its efforts to recreate the
homestead beginning with the one house. The GJSMA
has been working on fufilling its mandate for the
past 55 years. One of the biggest ways that so
much work has been acomplished over the years is by the
generous help and support from area people who like to
see the site continue and grow to show future
generations our historic past.
One way anyone can
help is to join GJSMA by contacting the local site
manager and asking for information on joining.
Marble Springs
offers an excellent opportunity for any local area
sevice community groups to do projects which help them
earn their hours. Because of the ongoing projects
which both enhance the park and the community at large,
the GJSMA is also looking for corporate, small business
and non-profit sponsors to participate. The
highly visible project offers many benifits for those
interested parties.
For those folks
who are intersted in a close encounter with the
1700’s and would like to participate in
reenacting should ask about the local reenacting group.
They help those who want to learn more about the
people and their way of life by dressing, acting and
living the same way people lived in John Sevier’s
time. For any other help or information on
activities, programs or dealing with the operations and
support, please contact the site manager.
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