Campbell, George Washington
Campbell, Harriot Campbell
Section 28.2
ID
# 280964
In
Memory of George Washington Campbell, the son of Dr.
Archibald Campbell and Elizabeth MacKay, his wife, who
emigrated to North Carolina in the Year 1772. He was
born in the Parish of Tongue Sutherlandshire Scotland on
Ninth day of February 1768, was graduated at Princeton
College, New Jersey 1794, and became a member of the
Knoxville Bar 1798. From the year 1803 during six years
he was the Representative in Congress of the Eastern
District of Tennessee and was then chosen a Judge of the
Supreme Court of Errors and Appeals. Elected in 1811 a
Senator in Congress from Tennessee and 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 Commissioners to settle claims
under the Treaty of Indemnity then lately made with
France. He died in Nashville on the 17th
February 1848.
In
memory of Harriot Campbell, daughter of Benjamin
Stoddert, Secretary of the Navy under John Adams, and of
Rebecca Lowndes his wife. She was born in Georgetown
District of Columbia on the 12th day of April
1789. Married George Washington Campbell on the 18th
day of July 1812, And died in Guyandotte, Virginia, on
the 17th day of July 1849. Her remains rest
by the side of those of her husband beneath this stone.
Documentation
1908 Plat: Geo. W. Campbell Died 1848
Harriot Campbell 1789-1849
Section 28 NE Lot 9
1909 List: Lot owner S.D. Morgan
Interment Index: 2-19-1848 George W. Campbell
12-23-1849 Mrs. H. Campbell
Recorded 2005
Biography for George Washington Campbell