Thomas Camp
Thomas Camp, the son of Thomas and Mary Marshall Camp, was born February 8, 1717 in King and Queen County, Virginia. He married 1738 in Accomack County, Virginia, Winifred Starling who was born 1720 in Accomack County. Winnifred was of Welsh descent according to family legend. The family lived about ten miles down the river from Island Ford in the forks of Camp Creek and the Broad River, on US Route 221 between Chesnee, South Carolina and Rutherfordton, North Carolina, one half mile from the South Carolina border. The homeplace was situated in the half-way ground between British and American Revolutionary Soldiers.Thomas had sons who served in both Armies during the Revolutionary War. His second wife, Margaret Carney, was a staunch rebel whose political opinions caused her to be frequently robbed by the British. Thomas Camp received a land grant of 200 acres of land in Tryon County, North Carolina on November 2, 1779.
Thomas, a millwright, owned a grist and sawmill. The family cemetery is located just across the small falls of the river where the mill stood. The tombstone of Thomas is marked " T. Camp 1717-1798. " Thomas Camp died 1798 in Rutherford County, North Carolina. Winnifred died 1761 in Culpeper County, Virginia.
Thomas Camp had 26 children (by the first and second wives)