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GRAVEYARD MARKER
IN MEMORY OF GEORGE WASHINGTON CAMPBELL THE SON OF
DR. ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL AND ELIZABETH MC KAY HIS WIFE.
WHO IMMAGRATED TO NORTH CAROLINA IN THE YEAR 1772
HE WAS BORN IN THE PARISH OF TONGUE SUTHERLANDSHIRE
SCOTLAND ON THE 9TH DAY OF FEBRUARY 1769. WAS GRADUATED
AT PRINCETON COLLEGE, NEW JERSEY IN 1794 AND BECAME A MEMBER
OF THE KNOXVILLE BR IN 1798. FROM THE YEAR 1803 DURING SIX
YEARS HE WAS REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS OF THE EASTERN
DISTRICT OF TENN. AND WAS THEN CHOSEN A JUDGE OF THE SUPREME
COURT OF ERRORS AND APPEALS ELECTED IN 1811 A SENATOR IN
CONGRESS FROM TENN. HE SERVED UNTIL 1814 WHEN HE WAS
APPOINTED SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY BY MR. MADISON. HAVING
RESIGNED THAT OFFICE THE NEXT YEAR HE WAS REELECTED TO THE
SENATE IN 1816 AND APPOINTED MINISTER TO RUSSIA IN 1818.
IN WHICH CAPACITY HE SERVED TWO YEARS. BY APPOINTMENT OF
GENERAL JACKSON IN 1832 HE SERVED AS ONE OF THREE COMMISSION-
ERS TO SETTLE CLAIMS UNDER THE TREATY OF INDEMNITY THEN LATELY
MADE WITH FRANCE.
HE DIED IN NASHVILLE ON THE 17TH FEBRUARY 1848
Submitter comment: THE OTHER GRAVES IN THIS PLOT ARE THOSE OF HIS FAMILY.--S.R.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; OLD CITY CEMETERY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Cemetery ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Shrine Memorial BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00-00-1972