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Col Duncan Greene Campbell

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Col Duncan Greene Campbell

Birth
North Carolina, USA
Death
31 Jul 1828 (aged 40–41)
Washington, Wilkes County, Georgia, USA
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Washington, Wilkes County, Georgia, USA Add to Map
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Col. Duncan G. Campbell was born in North Carolina, attended the college at Chapel Hill, and afterwards removed to Washington, Wilkes Co, GA. There he studied law under Judge John Griffin, became Solicitor-General of that circuit, and later represented Wilkes County in the State House for many years. Col. Campbell, along with Maj. Meriwether, was appointed in 1824 to make treaty with the Creek Indians. In 1825, he authored the treaty with the Creeks which began their removal out west. He served many years as a trustee at Franklin College (Univ of GA).

Col. Campbell was married to Mary Williamson, daughter of Col. Micajah Williamson and Sarah Gilliam, and was the father of the Honorable John Archibald Campbell, (1811-1889), Asst. Justice of the United States Supreme Court and Asst. Secretary of the Confederate War Department. His other children were Sarah Greene Campbell (1809-1887), wife of Daniel Chandler, Lawrence Greene Campbell, who died at the age of 10 in 1826, and Mary Greene Campbell, who died at the age of 6 in 1826.

Col. Duncan G. Campbell was born in North Carolina, attended the college at Chapel Hill, and afterwards removed to Washington, Wilkes Co, GA. There he studied law under Judge John Griffin, became Solicitor-General of that circuit, and later represented Wilkes County in the State House for many years. Col. Campbell, along with Maj. Meriwether, was appointed in 1824 to make treaty with the Creek Indians. In 1825, he authored the treaty with the Creeks which began their removal out west. He served many years as a trustee at Franklin College (Univ of GA).

Col. Campbell was married to Mary Williamson, daughter of Col. Micajah Williamson and Sarah Gilliam, and was the father of the Honorable John Archibald Campbell, (1811-1889), Asst. Justice of the United States Supreme Court and Asst. Secretary of the Confederate War Department. His other children were Sarah Greene Campbell (1809-1887), wife of Daniel Chandler, Lawrence Greene Campbell, who died at the age of 10 in 1826, and Mary Greene Campbell, who died at the age of 6 in 1826.

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