Email From Gary Aden to Gary Aden
Email Dated 8/16/2001  

        It is of no consequence to our itinerary, but I realize I have
omitted mention of the family roots of one twig and the progenitors of
three  other twigs having their beginnings in Virginia.   The YOUNG
family roots information is limited to the first family member, Thomas
D. Young, being born on date unknown in Virginia. This twig is discussed
in the TEXAS section of my journey. John TARPLEY was born 1625 in
Yorkshire, England and arrived in Charles City, Virginia about 1650. He
settled in Old Rappahannock County(later Richmond County), Virginia. He
married Mary ? ( ?  ?- ?  ?) in 1652.  Historians do not know this
wife's maiden name, but they note that she remarried Captain William
Barber in 1690. The couple had two children, James I and John. John
Tarpley's date and place of death as well as burial site are unknown.
The second progenitor I have omitted was John OLDHAM who was born in
England and died in Westmoreland, Virginia. He fathered John II( my
pedigree line) by Abigail ?(?  ?-  ?  ?) whom he had married 1648 in
Farnham Parish, Richmond County, Virginia and fathered two more
children. He married Mary Smith 1654 in Orange County, Virginia. His
burial site is unknown. Captain John MARSHALL/William/John, Earl of
Pembrooke(demanded restoration of his title at the Siege of Calais on
January 17, 1558) was born 1596 in England and died 1660 in Westmoreland
County, Virginia. He married Jane McCarthy. He settled first in
Jamestown where he had arrived to serve as Captain of Calvary in the
Royal Army of Charles I. He later moved to Westmoreland County. The
couple had two children, Thomas(1655-1704)  from my pedigree line and
John(1660). Thomas married Martha SHERWOOD, daughter of Phillip
Sherwood, and the couple became the parents of Mary Marshall(1697-1757)
who became the wife of Thomas CAMP II. A descendant of Captain John's
also named  John, was destined to become Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court. Captain's John's burial site is unknown. I should mention to the
unwary that the whole matter of Thomas Camp's marriage to Mary Marshall
suffers from documentation problems and therefore is a matter of
genealogical controversy. 

      Before I proceed on my North Carolina  drive, I will check the
Hunsucker website for any new information on the John Hunsucker family.
This website even has the exact coordinates for the location of the
property that John Hunsucker owned in Moore County(see following
applicable pages). It also summarizes the current theories concerning my
Hunsucker pedigree line. Because the records in Pennsylvania were lost
long ago in a courthouse fire, it appears that the genealogical history
will remain shrouded in mystery and controversy. My next stop will be at
the National Military Park, Battle of Kings Mountain near
Gastonia about 25 miles east of Thomas CAMP III and Margaret's
homestead, which was fought on 7 October 1780 on the property of
Nathaniel Camp, 6th son of Winifred STARLING Camp and Thomas Camp III. I
have already discussed the conch shell at the DAR exhibit in Washington,
D. C. that Nathaniel donated from the scene of the battle. To get there,
from I-85, I will take exit 2 in North Carolina, south on  State Route
161 about 4 miles to the park.

      I may leave the previously discussed gravesite( directions in Part
IV) for Thomas and Margaret Camp to the "Campophiles". Thomas Camp III
has become a legendary character: 25 children by two, some say, three
wives( 12 by the first two and one by the third); then having his house
burned by the British while nearly being accused of treason himself(his
son, John, found guilty of same- see details) to the point the DAR won't
accept these credentials for membership; yet establishing the first
grist mill in Ireland(now Island) Ford. Maybe I will have to make time
for a cemetery visit- the old boy deserves at least as much. In fact, I
might as well introduce the South Carolina vist to the Battle of Cowpens
nearby where seven of Thomas' sons were involved in the battle.
Reportedly, they were split between the British(2) and the Patriot(5)
side. I ask you, what father can say he has contributed combatants to
both sides in a major engagement? 

      Gary Carl Aden 8/10/200l