Cameron Killed At The Battle Of Manassas

Hamilton [Canada] Evening Times - Obituary
Wednesday September 24, 1862.  Killed on 30th August at the Battle of Manassas in Virginia, Mr. Alexander Cameron, 18, eldest son of Mr. Thomas Young Cameron, of Manning, Canada West, and grandson of Mr. Alexander Guthrie of this city.

Factory Fire In Richmond, Virginia

The Fayetteville news. (Fayetteville, Ga.) 18??-????, February 28, 1890, Image 1:

Alexander, Cameron and Company

factory fire

William E. Cameron's Petition

Race and Slavery Petitions Project

Petition 21686402 
Location: Petersburg, Virginia
Salutation: To the Worshipful Justices of the Hustings Court of the City of Petersburg.
Filing Date: 1864-February-18


General Petition Information
Abstract: William E. Cameron seeks to sell three slaves conveyed "In Trust for the use and benefit of your complainants mother Elizabeth P Cameron during her life ... and at her death to divide equally said negroes and their increase among the children of the said Elizabeth P. Cameron. 'The petitioner reports that his mother 'departed this life on the 7th day of September 1853 leaving three children... ."

Alexander. Cameron's Deal

The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, March 05, 1904, Image 1:

Alexander Cameron

Export business of *Alexander Cameron sold

*Alexander Cameron (1 November 1832–3 February 1915), tobacco manufacturer, was born in Grantown, Inverness-shire, Scotland, the son of Alexander Cameron, a farmer and merchant, and Elizabeth Grant Cameron. His father died in 1840, and the following year his mother married James Cruikshanks, a shoemaker. In 1841 the family moved to Petersburg [Virginia], where Cameron's mother died in January 1848. 

Allan Cameron's 1775 Letter

The American Archives website featured a letter from Allan Cameron to Duncan Cameron (v4:342)

Intercepted Letter transmitted to Congress by General Washington, with his Letter dated December 18, 1775. ALLAN CAMERON TO DUNCAN CAMERON. On board the ship William, Norfolk Harbour, in Virginia, November 11, 1775.

"No doubt, sir, you would have heard of an unfortunate accident that had happened between one Mr. Cameron, of Mursirloch, and I, in the year ' 72, at which time I believe you was at Fort-William, in Lochaber."

"From the above circumstances, I dare to say you will, and justly, conclude that I am a son of Mr. Cameron, of Erracht."

Charles Cameron's Rejected Virginia Petition

Cameron, Charles: Petition
Legislative Petitions of the General Assembly, 1776-1865, Accession No. 36121, Box 15, Folder 54
Abstract: Asks for compensation for his services as first lieutenant in Stephen's Regiment during the Revolution. Date Issued: 1786-12-06  Spatial: Augusta County
Bibliographic Citation: [title], [locality], [date], Legislative Petitions Digital Collection, Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va.

Alexander Cameron, Died In Richmond, VA

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Died ca 5 February 1915

Born: 1 November 1834

Attested By Gilbert Cameron In The County Of Yohogania

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Duncan Cameron In The Murphey Papers

The papers of Archibald D. Murphey, Volume 1

"Judge Locke resigned from the bench in February, 1814, and Duncan Cameron was appointed temporarily by the governor...".

 Duncan Cameron (1777-1853)

John Cameron In Virginia Military

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Charles Cameron's Virginia Petition

From the Library of Virginia (check via search feature):

Title Cameron, Charles: Petition
Date 1786/12/06
Description Asks for compensation for his services as first lieutenant in Stephen's Regiment during the Revolution.

Hugh Albert Cameron's Obituary

The featured Necrology database, from which the below information was taken, can be found at the Cleveland Public Library:


  Id#: 0449002
Name: Cameron, Hugh
Date: Jun 21 1974
Source: Plain Dealer;  Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #097.
Notes: Hugh [Albert] Cameron, age 83 of 221/2 Riverside Dr., Poland, O., died Thursday at Little Forest Medical Center, Youngstown (retired Assistant Principal of West High School), husband of Ruth (nee Brink), father of Robert C. of Salem, Ore., Hugh E. of Blacksburg, Va., and Mrs. A. P. Van Indersteine of Poland, brother of Neil A. of Detroit and Angus E. of Oakridge, Tenn., grandfather of eight, great-grandfather of one. Private memorial services will be held Saturday 1 p.m. at the residence.

United States Census, 1940

Lakewood City, Cuyahoga, Ohio

Household Gender Age Birthplace

Head Hugh A Cameron M 49 Pennsylvania

Wife Ruth Cameron F 43 Ohio

Daughter Elizabeth Cameron F 20 Michigan

Son Robert Cameron M 16 Michigan

Son Hugh Cameron M 9 Ohio

United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918

Name: Hugh A Cameron

Event Type: Draft Registration

Event Date: 1917-1918

Event Place: Detroit City, Michigan, United States

Gender: Male

Birth Date: 18 Oct 1890

Birthplace: Sylvania, Pennsylvania, United States

Nationality: United States

Cameron Of Erracht

Presented by American Archives online:

Title: Letter from Allan Cameron to Duncan Cameron: He has accepted a Commission under Lord Dunmore, and is to set out tomorrow morning for Detroit with Major Connolly.
Citation: American Archives Series 4, Volume 4, Page 0342


Intercepted Letter transmitted to Congress by General Washington, with his Letter dated December 18, 1775.

"From the above circumstances, I dare to say you will, and justly, conclude that I am a son of Mr. Cameron, of Erracht."

Buried At Point Pleasant, West Virginia

George Cameron died at the Battle of Pleasant Point; his brother, Charles, survived the battle.

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The name of George Cameron (a private), of Captain George Mathews' Company, of the Augusta County Regiment is listed on the Magazine Monument.

A post about Point Pleasant at Detour Through History.

Cameron Land In West Virginia

From "The Transallegheny historical magazine":

"Daniel Cameron, assignee of Frederick Beebles, 150 acres on Cheat River at the mouth of Bull's Run, to include his settlement made in 1776."

"Daniel Cameron, 400 acres on the Cheat River, one mile below the mouth of Licking Creek, in right of residence."

Also:

 Selethiel Goff, 400 acres, on Cheat River adjoining the lands of Dan Cameron to include the actual settlement of the said Goff made in 1774 with a preemption of 1000 acres.

Salathiel Goff, 400 acres on Cheat River, adjoining the lands of Daniel Cameron, to include the actual settlement of Salathiel Goff in the year 1774, with a preemption to 1,000 acres adjoining.

See information about Daniel Cameron's widow and children here.

Camerons In A Draper Collection Index

From The Preston and Virginia Papers of the Draper Collection of Manuscripts, an abstract for Alexander Cameron of Mifflin Co., Pennsylvania, that mentions a pension.


Another entry mentions "...wrote to Cameron about late murder on Watauga..." (see below).

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Cameron mentioned again twice on same page; another mention here (Google version here).

Charles Cameron mentioned here.

Charles Cameron's service (as well as George Cameron's) at Point Pleasant.

Charles E. Cameron Born In Virginia

From the We Relate website:

Charles Edward Cameron...was a soldier at Point Pleasant, where his only brother was killed.

In New York, he [Dr. John Cameron, said to be a nephew of Cameron of Lochiel] met and married a widow, Mrs. Margaret Murray...who had two daughters, Sarah and Mary Murray.  ...came to Norfolk, Virginia, and there his two children [Charles Edward Cameron and George Hugh Cameron].

Charles and George Cameron were Colonel Charles Lewis's brother-in-law (married to their half sister, Sarah Murray).  Lewis County, West Virginia, is named in his honor.

Land Deeded To Malcolm Cameron of Sarnia

Crossposted at In Deeds is a land transaction in Detroit by Malcolm Cameron of Sarnia, Canada.

From Early land transfers, Detroit and Wayne County, Michigan / Michigan Works Progress Administration, Vital Records Project:

Wayne Co., MI, Deeds

74-557

7 April 1858

Recorded: 16 November 1858

Cameron, Malcolm* of Sarnia, Canada West purchased from Lorenzo M. Mason and wife Charlotte, of Detroit

Lot 2 on south side of Jefferson Avenue and Lot 2 on north side of Woodbridge Street on Antoine Beaubien farm (subject to mortgage to Sallie W. Stevenson** of Fredericksburg Virginia)
Witnesses: C. M. Davison and A. H. Dey

*Biography on Page 630 in Early Canadiana Online.
**Possibly this Sallie W. Stephenson, age 28, living in Doctor B.S. Herndon's household in Fredericksburg, VA, in 1860

Charles Cameron In War of 1812

From The British Invasion of Maryland, 1812-...., found in the Appendix section:

CAMERON, Charles C.  Sergeant in Capt. John Miller's co 2d D.I.; b. Jefferson Co., Va.; age 24; joiner.  Listed as Camron here. [War of 1812]

There was a Charles C. Cameron who lived in Harper's Ferry ca 1823 according to this blog.

Was the Charles C. Cameron, a soldier in the War of 1812, the same individual who was living in Jefferson Co., Virginia (now West Virginia) in 1850 as an armorer and in 1860 with "no calling"?