QUICK SITE SUMMARY CAMP REVISED 6/10/01

Email From Gary Aden to Gary Aden
Email Dated 6/9/2001

      I. Old World

              A. England, London

                     1. "All Saints Church Nazeing"
This church is located in an area(not a town or village) of  about 25
square miles north of London, 5 miles southwest of Harlow and 3 miles
due east of Broxbourne. It sits on a high long hill overlooking a patch
work quilt of farm land. Most of their records dating back into the
1400's  were ordered destroyed by the King, but marriage records of
Camps survive from the 1560's.

      II. New World

              A. Georgia and Texas(Site & Literary)
See Site Summary: REVEREND J.W.B. ALLEN

              B. North Carolina
National Military Park, Battle of Kings Mountain, Gastonia, North
Carolina

             C. South Carolina
National Military Park, Battle of Cowpens, Spartanburg, South Carolina

             D. Virginia
Colonial Williamsburg(TARPLEY)

                     1. James Tarpley's Store on Governor Square-
original general store with register to sign if you are a descendant.
General merchandise and curios on sale just as in Colonial Days. 

                     2. Bruton Parish Church- James Tarpley presented
the Bell to the Bruton Parish Church, Williamsburg, Virgina, in 1761,
according to "Records of the Bruton Parish Church by Dr. William Archer
Rutherford. A tablet  placed in the tower of the church  has the
following inscription:"The gift of James Tarpley to Bruton Parish 1761"
engraved on the bell in the tower.

James Tarpley II was the father of Mary "Minnie" Tarpley, wife of John
Camp. 

             E. Washington, D.C.

                    1.National Headquarters of the DAUGHTES OF THE
AMERICAN REVOLUTION- There is a DAR exhibit of the conch shell used as a
horn for signaling by the British commander at the Battle of Kings
Mountain found by Nathaniel Camp in the aftermath.

Gary Carl Aden 6/10/01
 
 

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