George Camp

1786 - 1866  (80 years)

• Name	George Camp
  Born	12 Jun 1786	Connecticut
  Gender	Male
  Died	October 9 1866	Jacksonville, Illinois
  Buried	Gillham Cemetery Scott County, Illinois
  Person ID	I277	Ramage | Rice Lines
  Last Modified	6 May 2012

  
  

  Father	Joel Camp,   b. 22 Sep 1753, New Milford, Litchfield County, Connecticut ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Anna Gillet,   b. 10 Oct 1759, Sharon, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA ,   d. 23 Jul 1848, Middleton, Connecticut  (Age 88 years)
  Married	26 Oct 1777	Sharon, Litchfield County, Connecticut
  Family ID	F156	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Nancy Felton,   b. 7 Apr 1796, Middleton, Essex, MA(Connecticut) ,   d. 10 Apr 1848, Riggston, IL  (Age 52 years)
  Married	7 Apr 1814	Rutland Vermont
  Children	1. Sarah Camp,   b. Rutland VT ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Marian Camp,   b. Rutland VT ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Harriet Camp,   b. Rutland VT ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Lucy Camp,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. George Washington Camp,   b. Morgan VT ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Abel Bennett Camp,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Warren Putnam Camp,   d. Yes, date unknown   8. Laura Frances Camp,   d. Yes, date unknown   9. Emily Jane Camp,   d. Yes, date unknown + 10. Mary Ann Camp,   b. 15 May 1825, Riggston, Morgan, IL ,   d. 8 Sep 1902, Jacksonville, Morgan, IL  (Age 77 years)
  Headstones		Geoarge and Nancy Camp Headstone
  Last Modified	6 May 2012
  Family ID	F1227	Group Sheet

  
  

• Photos

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  Headstones		George and Nancy Camp Headstone.jpg
  		George Camp Headstone

  
  

• Notes

  p.52, Family History of Morgan County Illinois, May 1976: "George CAMP was born 11 Dec 1786 in Connecticut, the son of Joel Camp, a Revolutionary War soldier, and grandson of Abel Camp, who also served in the Revolution. He married Nancy FELTON, grand-niece of Israel PUTNAM, at Tunbridge, Vermont, 7 Apr 1814 and first came to Morgan County (later Scott County) by foot in 1818. He returned to Vermont for his wife and four daughters, and on November 12, 1823 entered 240 acres of land in Sections 25, 33, and 34, Township 15,Range 12, of Morgan County (later Scott county), where he erected a log cabin. In 1835 he built a large home from lumber which had to be sawed at Alton, IL and sent up the Illinois River to Naples, IL, then overland by oxen. It was the first large frame house in what became Scott County (1839) and was situated on the Phillips Ferry Road, west of the present village of Riggston, IL. The youngest of ten children, Emily Jane CAMP was born in this house, 19 Mar 1837. George Camp was a Free Mason and built a room onto his new home, which was used as a clandestine meeting place of the Masons for many years. In addition to managing his increasing farm land, he owned and operated a carding mill, a general store, and a blacksmith shop. Nancy (FELTON) CAMP died 11 Apr 1849, and on 30 Sep 1850 George married Nancy Langdon, which marriage did not survive. Therefore, after the marriage of his daughter, Emily Jane, George camp went to Jacksonville, IL where he lived with another daughter, Maria Barber until his death 9 Oct 1866. George and Nancy Camp are buried in Gillham Cemetery west of Riggston,IL."