Friday, May 27, 2022
Annie Eliza Campbell
Annie Eliza Campbell was a daughter of George Campbell. Annie Eliza was born during the month of January in the year 1872. Like her other siblings Annie Eliza was born in Duck Hill, Montgomery county, Mississippi. 
(Image of Annie Eliza Campbell courtesy of cousin James Rickman).~
The first record that we find Annie Eliza on is the 1880 U.S federal census. Here we see Annie Eliza, Her parents and siblings enumerated under the surname Cameron.
(Source Citation:Federal Census:Year: 1880; Census Place: Montgomery, Mississippi; Roll: 658; Page: 361A; Enumeration District: 141
Description
Enumeration District: 141; Description: 2nd District Embracing 2nd Supervisor's District).~~
Around the year 1888 Annie Eliza Campbell married James Rickman in Montgomery county, Mississippi. During the following decade Annie Eliza and Husband would add children William, Dillie, John, James and Epsy Rickman to their fast growing family.~
When the census year 1900 came around and the census enumerator knocked on Annie Eliza's door we find her still living in Duck Hill, Montgomery county, Mississippi. Two of her neighbors being her brothers Solon and John. You'll notice that Solon is enumerated under his mother's maiden name Carver and her brother John was still going by the surname Cameron. Cameron was a surname used by their father George and also by George's blood relatives living in North Carolina. Counted amongst Annie's household was her husband James and the children previously named.
(Source Citation: Federal Census.Year: 1900; Census Place: Duck Hill, Montgomery, Mississippi; Roll: 820; Page: 7; Enumeration District: 0077; FHL microfilm: 1240820).~
Before the 1910 census Annie Eliza added more little ones to her bustling family. Also just like her parents and some siblings started leaving Duck Hill decades earlier, Annie Eliza,her household, and the households of her brothers Odis and Solon Campbell decided to move to Tallahatchie county, Mississippi. When the census taker walked up to Annie Eliza's door in 1910 that's where her and her children were living. The census enumerator counted Annie Eliza, her husband James and their children James W,George, Lura and Sylvester Rickman in Annie's home. Annie Eliza's son William Rickman was listed as her neighbor. Her brothers Odis and Solon were living in the same town.
(Source Citation: Federal Census.Year: 1910; Census Place: Beat 5, Tallahatchie, Mississippi; Roll: T624_760; Page: 18B; Enumeration District: 0081; FHL microfilm: 1374773).~
Annie Eliza remarried twice. Once in Tallahatchie county, MS to Robert White in 1916. To this union was born a daughter named Bobbie White.
(Source Citation: "Mississippi, County Marriages, 1858-1979," database, FamilySearch)(https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Z4XL-3TMM : 3 May 2020), Mrs Annie or Anna Liza Rickman in entry for Mr Bob White, 28 Nov 1916; citing Marriage, Tallahatchie, Mississippi, United States, 00486, citing multiple county clerks; Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Jackson").
Eventually Annie Eliza would leave Mississippi. She lived in Missouri for sometime but she would eventually settle in Illinois.
On the 1930 and 1940 Federal census we find Annie Eliza living in Cairo,Alexander County, Illinois with her husband Frenchie Lewis. Her child Bobbie and her grandson James Rickman can be seen living in the home as well. In 1940 we see Eliza's daughter Lura is also her neighbor.
(Source Citation: Federal Census.Census Year: 1930; Census Place: Cairo, Alexander, Illinois; Page: 13A; Enumeration District: 0009; FHL microfilm: 2340141
Description
District: 0009; Description: CAIRO CITY (PART), BOUNDED BY (N) 34TH EXTENDED, 34TH; (E) OHIO RIVER; (S) 30TH, WASHINGTON AVE., 28TH, 28TH EXTENDED; (W) MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
(Source Citation: Year: 1940; Census Place: Cairo, Alexander, Illinois; Roll: m-t0627-00758; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 2-3
Description
Enumeration District: 2-3; Description: CAIRO ELECTION PRECINCT, CAIRO CITY BOUNDED BY (N) CITY LIMITS; (E) OHIO RIVER; (S) 28TH; (W) SYCAMORE).
Just as the 1940 census showed Eliza's daughter was also a neighbor, when her son Sylvester registered for the WW2 draft in October of that year he put on his draft card that he also lived on 29th street in Cairo. His address being 331 on 29th and his mother's address being 311 on 29th street.
(Source Citation:National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; WWII Draft Registration Cards for Illinois, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 1503). ~
While researching Annie Eliza I was able to learn oral history passed down from her grandson James Rickmon. He spoke of Annie Eliza's Campbell background and how two of her siblings namely Georgeanna and Sing Campbell often came to visit in Cairo. By the year 1950 Annie Eliza's husband Frenchie Lewis had passed away. On the census for that year we find Annie Eliza still living in Cairo, Illinois. Living in the home was her sister Georgeanna and her grandson James Rickmon. Also in the home were other grandchildren Charles , Lura, Versie and Richard Hogue, the children of her daughter Bobbie.
(Source Citation:United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Cairo, Alexander, Illinois; Roll: 1027; Sheet Number: 6; Enumeration District: 2-7).~
According to oral history passed down from James Rickmon, Annie Eliza passed away in Cairo, Illinois around the year 1955.
(Image of Annie Eliza's daughter Lura Rickman and Lura's husband Eddie Hornbeak courtesy of cousin James Rickman).
The first record that we find Annie Eliza on is the 1880 U.S federal census. Here we see Annie Eliza, Her parents and siblings enumerated under the surname Cameron.
Around the year 1888 Annie Eliza Campbell married James Rickman in Montgomery county, Mississippi. During the following decade Annie Eliza and Husband would add children William, Dillie, John, James and Epsy Rickman to their fast growing family.~
When the census year 1900 came around and the census enumerator knocked on Annie Eliza's door we find her still living in Duck Hill, Montgomery county, Mississippi. Two of her neighbors being her brothers Solon and John. You'll notice that Solon is enumerated under his mother's maiden name Carver and her brother John was still going by the surname Cameron. Cameron was a surname used by their father George and also by George's blood relatives living in North Carolina. Counted amongst Annie's household was her husband James and the children previously named.
Before the 1910 census Annie Eliza added more little ones to her bustling family. Also just like her parents and some siblings started leaving Duck Hill decades earlier, Annie Eliza,her household, and the households of her brothers Odis and Solon Campbell decided to move to Tallahatchie county, Mississippi. When the census taker walked up to Annie Eliza's door in 1910 that's where her and her children were living. The census enumerator counted Annie Eliza, her husband James and their children James W,George, Lura and Sylvester Rickman in Annie's home. Annie Eliza's son William Rickman was listed as her neighbor. Her brothers Odis and Solon were living in the same town.
Annie Eliza remarried twice. Once in Tallahatchie county, MS to Robert White in 1916. To this union was born a daughter named Bobbie White.
Eventually Annie Eliza would leave Mississippi. She lived in Missouri for sometime but she would eventually settle in Illinois.
On the 1930 and 1940 Federal census we find Annie Eliza living in Cairo,Alexander County, Illinois with her husband Frenchie Lewis. Her child Bobbie and her grandson James Rickman can be seen living in the home as well. In 1940 we see Eliza's daughter Lura is also her neighbor.
Just as the 1940 census showed Eliza's daughter was also a neighbor, when her son Sylvester registered for the WW2 draft in October of that year he put on his draft card that he also lived on 29th street in Cairo. His address being 331 on 29th and his mother's address being 311 on 29th street.
While researching Annie Eliza I was able to learn oral history passed down from her grandson James Rickmon. He spoke of Annie Eliza's Campbell background and how two of her siblings namely Georgeanna and Sing Campbell often came to visit in Cairo. By the year 1950 Annie Eliza's husband Frenchie Lewis had passed away. On the census for that year we find Annie Eliza still living in Cairo, Illinois. Living in the home was her sister Georgeanna and her grandson James Rickmon. Also in the home were other grandchildren Charles , Lura, Versie and Richard Hogue, the children of her daughter Bobbie.
According to oral history passed down from James Rickmon, Annie Eliza passed away in Cairo, Illinois around the year 1955.
George Campbell
We pick up on George Campbell's life during a very tumultuous time in American history. Emancipation for formerly enslaved African Americans had just been realized after nearly 200,000 African American men both free and enslaved joined the Union Army to fight for the freedom of their collective people. In 1863 when Lincoln issued the emancipation proclamation black men and women saw that as a call to arms. Many fled the plantations, removed themselves from the Maroon camps in the swamps and returned from freedom in the North to pick up arms and join the fight against the confederates. Some genealogical evidence suggest that our ancestor George Campbell may have been amongst those who took up arms for freedom. We currently seek to gain access to certain civil war pension files held at the National Archives to confirm if this maybe true.
We find George Campbell shortly after the civil war living in Duck Hill, Mississippi. During this time of reconstruction newly emancipated blacks were making real progress. They had entered politics and many had taken up positions of influence and power all over the south. Naturally this did'nt sit right with the former plantation owners and enslavers. There were Union troops stationed throughout Mississippi and the Freedmen's Bureau was established to aid newly emancipated African Americans and some recently improvished whites. This was the enviroment in the year 1867 where on record we find George Campbell registering to vote in Duck Hill, Mississippi. It is important to note that Duck Hill was apart of Carroll County, Mississippi until the year 1870.
(Source Citation: List of registered voters for Duck Hill, Carroll County, Mississippi for the years 1867,1868 and 1869.)~
On the voter's list mentioned above there are names that become familiar to us as neighbors, friends and possible relatives of George Campbell. Names like Armstead, Anderson, Nelson and Jefferson Campbell come to mind. However there was a name that appears along side George's names on tax lists and census records from the 1860's through the 1890's and that was Jacob Campbell. To understand the enviroment that George and his family endured in Duck Hill one can read the Freedmen's bureau records of complaints. These records are rife with reports of racial attacks and kidnapping of black children for the purposes of forced labor. Because Jacob Campbell lived near George Campbell for many decades we can use a report involving him to get a glimpse at life in Duck Hill right after the civil war. Just 1 year before we find George Campbell bravely registering to vote, In August of 1866 Jacob Campbell made a complaint about a violent attack. It was witnessed that Jacob's wife who was "Heavy with child" was tied to a tree near Duck Hill and whipped. When Jacob Campbell tried to stop the attack he was beaten with clubs by the men who were viciously attacking his pregnant wife. One of the men involved in this attack was John Jordan. John Jordan came from a slaveholding family in and near Duck Hill. Interestly and oddly enough George Campbell and children always lived near this Jordan family and evidence suggest that at one point in time George's wife may have been enslaved by the Jordan family.
(Source Citation: The National Archives in Washington, DC; Washington, DC; Records of the Field Offices for the State of Mississippi, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1872; NARA Series Number:: M1907; NARA Reel Number:: 19; NARA Record Group Number::)~
WHAT'S IN A NAME?
As we seek to find information about the life of George Campbell we must use the scarce records available to us. One year after registering to vote we find George on the 1868 Tax List for Duck Hill. Here he is listed along with other "FREEDMEN". On this record we find our ancestor George paying a 50 cent tax on a firearm that he owned. Possibly his firearm from the war. He also paid $2.00 taxes on himself. The total of $2.50 that George Campbell paid in taxes in 1868 is worth approximately $90 today counting inflation.
(Source Citaion:1868 personal tax roll Carroll county, MS
1868
Duck Hill, Carroll county, Mississippi
Personal roll books of assessment of personal property polls, ca. 1851-1906. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C34L-T949-P?i=290&cat=1159103. )~
George Campbell and many of his children often used the surname Cameron. Atleast 3 of his sons used the Cameron surname on their marriage licenses and some identified as Camerons on census records. Many of George Campbell's progeny who have DNA tested have found that their Campbell genetics is also matched with distant cousins who are progeny of people who were on the Cameron plantations in Cumberland, Moore and Harnett counties in North Carolina. I have personally been able to triangulate these many distant DNA matches and isolate the connection specifically to George Campbell. It is likely that a man by the name of Allen Cameron who moved to Mississippi from North Carolina in the 1830's brought enslaved people with him. One being George's mother or father. George most likely used this surname Cameron to indentify with the family left behind and broken apart due to the domestic slave trade in the United States. On the 1869 tax list for Duck Hill we find George listed as George Cameron. Here he is paying taxes on a dog that he owned.
(Source citation:1869 Personal roll books of assessment of personal property polls, ca. 1851-1906
1869
Duck Hill, Carroll county, Mississippi
Personal roll books of assessment of personal property polls, ca. 1851-1906. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C34L-T9WC-R?i=417&cat=1159103.)~
In 1870 we have not located George on the federal census but we did locate Jacob Campbell in Duck Hill. We also have record of George Campbell still in Duck Hill in the year 1870. We find him again enumerated as George Cameron on the 1870 tax list for Duck Hill. He pays taxes on some property that he owned which included 1 cow and 3 pigs. Next to him on this tax list you can find those same familiar names of Sandy,Westly, Jasper, Jefferson and Armstead Campbell. You can also find these Campbells enumerated on the 1870 census for Duck Hill, MS.
(Source Citation: 1870-Personal roll books of assessment of personal property polls, ca. 1851-1906.1870 Duck Hill, Carroll county, Mississippi).~
Oral history informs us that although George Campbell's children did'nt all have the same mother they all knew and loved each other as siblings. We will find them living with and around each other as they migrated and lived out their lives. ~
On the 1880 federal census the enumerator for Duck Hill only identified people by their first initial and Surname. Here we find George Campbell again enumerated under the surname Cameron. We find some of his children living with him and his wife and some living with their mother next door. Turning one or two pages to view the nieghbors you'll find familiar names such as Jacob Campbell and the Jordan family.
(Source Citation: Federal Census;Year: 1880; Census Place: Montgomery, Mississippi; Roll: 658; Page: 361A; Enumeration District: 141).~
We know from records that some of George Campbell's children started leaving Duck Hill for places like Coffeeville as early as 1886. We know that George Campbell left Duck Hill by the year 1890 because we find him in Lodi, Mississippi on the 1890 tax list for Montgomery county, Mississippi. Here he is listed under the surname Cameron. This year in Lodi George was paying taxes on two cows and one horse that he owned.
(Source citation:1890 Tax List for Montgomery county,Mississippi:https://www.familysearch.org/records/images/image-details?place=395863&page=1&rmsId=TH-1951-21859-8530-43&imageIndex=366&singleView=true County Tax Rolls: Lowndes. Tax Records 1884–1892, Tax Records 1).~
In 1892 George's son Odis starts to appear as head of the home on tax list in Lodi so that suggests that's most likely the year that George Campbell left Montgomery county for Coffeeville where his son Sellers Campbell Sr had moved to some number of years prior. On the 1900 census George Campbell can be found in Coffeville living near many of his children such as Hess,Shelby and Herman. Some of his children such as Cliff, Dewitt and Richard were living in Lodi while other such as Annie Eliza, Solon and John were still living in Duck Hill. In George Campbell's home in Coffeeville was his wife Lethia, their two daughters Patient and Doshie Campbell, and also George's grandchildren Clara and Beanna Williams.
(Source Citation:Year: 1900; Census Place: Beat 5, Yalobusha, Mississippi; Roll: 834; Page: 25; Enumeration District: 0109; FHL microfilm: 1240834).~
As of right now we are unsure of when and where George Campbell may have passed away or where he may have been buried. Hopefully further research may lead to more information about the life of our ancestor George Campbell.
We find George Campbell shortly after the civil war living in Duck Hill, Mississippi. During this time of reconstruction newly emancipated blacks were making real progress. They had entered politics and many had taken up positions of influence and power all over the south. Naturally this did'nt sit right with the former plantation owners and enslavers. There were Union troops stationed throughout Mississippi and the Freedmen's Bureau was established to aid newly emancipated African Americans and some recently improvished whites. This was the enviroment in the year 1867 where on record we find George Campbell registering to vote in Duck Hill, Mississippi. It is important to note that Duck Hill was apart of Carroll County, Mississippi until the year 1870.
On the voter's list mentioned above there are names that become familiar to us as neighbors, friends and possible relatives of George Campbell. Names like Armstead, Anderson, Nelson and Jefferson Campbell come to mind. However there was a name that appears along side George's names on tax lists and census records from the 1860's through the 1890's and that was Jacob Campbell. To understand the enviroment that George and his family endured in Duck Hill one can read the Freedmen's bureau records of complaints. These records are rife with reports of racial attacks and kidnapping of black children for the purposes of forced labor. Because Jacob Campbell lived near George Campbell for many decades we can use a report involving him to get a glimpse at life in Duck Hill right after the civil war. Just 1 year before we find George Campbell bravely registering to vote, In August of 1866 Jacob Campbell made a complaint about a violent attack. It was witnessed that Jacob's wife who was "Heavy with child" was tied to a tree near Duck Hill and whipped. When Jacob Campbell tried to stop the attack he was beaten with clubs by the men who were viciously attacking his pregnant wife. One of the men involved in this attack was John Jordan. John Jordan came from a slaveholding family in and near Duck Hill. Interestly and oddly enough George Campbell and children always lived near this Jordan family and evidence suggest that at one point in time George's wife may have been enslaved by the Jordan family.
WHAT'S IN A NAME?
As we seek to find information about the life of George Campbell we must use the scarce records available to us. One year after registering to vote we find George on the 1868 Tax List for Duck Hill. Here he is listed along with other "FREEDMEN". On this record we find our ancestor George paying a 50 cent tax on a firearm that he owned. Possibly his firearm from the war. He also paid $2.00 taxes on himself. The total of $2.50 that George Campbell paid in taxes in 1868 is worth approximately $90 today counting inflation.
George Campbell and many of his children often used the surname Cameron. Atleast 3 of his sons used the Cameron surname on their marriage licenses and some identified as Camerons on census records. Many of George Campbell's progeny who have DNA tested have found that their Campbell genetics is also matched with distant cousins who are progeny of people who were on the Cameron plantations in Cumberland, Moore and Harnett counties in North Carolina. I have personally been able to triangulate these many distant DNA matches and isolate the connection specifically to George Campbell. It is likely that a man by the name of Allen Cameron who moved to Mississippi from North Carolina in the 1830's brought enslaved people with him. One being George's mother or father. George most likely used this surname Cameron to indentify with the family left behind and broken apart due to the domestic slave trade in the United States. On the 1869 tax list for Duck Hill we find George listed as George Cameron. Here he is paying taxes on a dog that he owned.
In 1870 we have not located George on the federal census but we did locate Jacob Campbell in Duck Hill. We also have record of George Campbell still in Duck Hill in the year 1870. We find him again enumerated as George Cameron on the 1870 tax list for Duck Hill. He pays taxes on some property that he owned which included 1 cow and 3 pigs. Next to him on this tax list you can find those same familiar names of Sandy,Westly, Jasper, Jefferson and Armstead Campbell. You can also find these Campbells enumerated on the 1870 census for Duck Hill, MS.
Oral history informs us that although George Campbell's children did'nt all have the same mother they all knew and loved each other as siblings. We will find them living with and around each other as they migrated and lived out their lives. ~
On the 1880 federal census the enumerator for Duck Hill only identified people by their first initial and Surname. Here we find George Campbell again enumerated under the surname Cameron. We find some of his children living with him and his wife and some living with their mother next door. Turning one or two pages to view the nieghbors you'll find familiar names such as Jacob Campbell and the Jordan family.
We know from records that some of George Campbell's children started leaving Duck Hill for places like Coffeeville as early as 1886. We know that George Campbell left Duck Hill by the year 1890 because we find him in Lodi, Mississippi on the 1890 tax list for Montgomery county, Mississippi. Here he is listed under the surname Cameron. This year in Lodi George was paying taxes on two cows and one horse that he owned.
In 1892 George's son Odis starts to appear as head of the home on tax list in Lodi so that suggests that's most likely the year that George Campbell left Montgomery county for Coffeeville where his son Sellers Campbell Sr had moved to some number of years prior. On the 1900 census George Campbell can be found in Coffeville living near many of his children such as Hess,Shelby and Herman. Some of his children such as Cliff, Dewitt and Richard were living in Lodi while other such as Annie Eliza, Solon and John were still living in Duck Hill. In George Campbell's home in Coffeeville was his wife Lethia, their two daughters Patient and Doshie Campbell, and also George's grandchildren Clara and Beanna Williams.
As of right now we are unsure of when and where George Campbell may have passed away or where he may have been buried. Hopefully further research may lead to more information about the life of our ancestor George Campbell.
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