Here was a Campbell clearly born in Georgia, but married and living in Greene County, Tennessee, and no other Georgia-born Campbells were in the area! Very odd...
So, with the vast new array of databases I started digging again. I found her death record that helpfully said her parents were Campbell and Campbell. No first names. Her listing was actually as "Mrs. A. Cox", so it had been awkward to find in the first place. But no matter. She married in 1872, so I threw a search into the 1870 census:
United States Census, 1870
Name: Mary Campbell, Event: Birth, Place: Georgia, Year: 1846-1848
Mary Campbell
birth: 1847 —Georgia
residence: Georgia, United States
Mary P Campbell
birth: 1847 —Georgia
residence: Georgia, United States
Mary Campbell
birth: 1847 —Georgia
residence: Tennessee, United States
Mary Campbell
birth: 1846 —Georgia
residence: Alabama, United States
Mary Campbell
birth: 1848 —Georgia
residence: Georgia, United States
Mary Campbell
birth: 1848 —Georgia
residence: Georgia, United States
Mary F Campbell
birth: 1846 —Georgia
residence: Georgia, United States
Mary Campbell
birth: 1846 —Georgia
residence: Texas, United States
Mary J Campbell
birth: 1846 —Georgia
residence: Florida, United States
Mary Gamble
birth: 1847 —Georgia
residence: Georgia, United States
Mary Jane Gambol
birth: 1848 —Georgia
residence: Georgia, United States
Mary Gamble
birth: 1846 —Georgia
residence: Georgia, United States
familysearch.orgThe Mary P. and the Mary b. Georgia but living in Tennessee both sprang out at me.
noted 3 June 2011
As it turns out the Mary b. 1847 in Georgia but living in Lincoln County, Tennessee was not born in Georgia - but her husband was. So database transcription error there. And Lincoln Co., TN is not near Greene Co., TN, so off to check out the Mary P.
Pulled it up - Walker County, Georgia This was good! Walker County is not an uncommon place for my Tennessee folks to end up. Then I looked at the family. Blink, blink. I knew the family:
1870 Walker Co., GA CensusThat is Sarah Dodd Campbell's family. She and James were married in Greene County, Tennessee on 15 Oct 1828. She is the sister of my ancestor Massey Dodd Hendry.
Page No. 12
Subdivision No 128, County of Walker, State of Georgia
17th June 1870 by Leander H Dickey
P.O. Frick's Gap
line 11, 80/77 CAMPBELL James 61 MW Farmer 1275/600 Tennessee
Sarah 62 FW Keeping house Kentucky cannot r/w
Mary P. 23 FW Keeping house Georgia
Eliza M 21 FW Teaching School Georgia attended school
Cardelia 18 FW At home Georgia
James C 13 MW Farm laborer Georgia cannot r/w [appears to be son of James]
William C 11 MW Farm laborer Georgia cannot r/w [appears to be son of James]
Martha 13 FW At home Georgia attended school cannot write [appears to be daughter of William]
Wiley W 10 ME Farm laborer Georgia cannot r/w [appears to be son of William]
Dora B 6 FW Georgia [appears to be daughter of William]
line 21, 81/78 CAMPBELL Andrew H 36 MW Farm laborer 1250/600 Tennessee
Mary L 32 FW Keeping house Tennessee
George F 7 MW Georgia attended school
Robert I 4 MW Georgia
Daniel W 3 MW Georgia
Landon A 7/12 MW Georgia Oct
Also threw Sarah and her husband into Find-A-Grave and found the most fascinating cemetery photos I've ever seen. There were only four grave (left?) and you had to know they were there to find them. They did a nice job of showing the whole layout. Well worth a look.
So, now we know. I did check a few more of the Mary's but it's pretty obvious how a Georgia girl ended up in Greene County, Tennessee: she had other family there.
And we have yet another case of my husband's cousin marrying mine.
Good grief. I should make a list some time.
