DAVID CAMPBELL
was born in Augusta County, Virginia in 1750; son of David and Mary (Hamilton) Campbell. He was educated for the law;
joined the Continental Army during the American Revolution and rose to the rank of major.
About 1783 he removed to Greene County, North Carolina (now Tennessee). Lawyer and jurist. Married in 1779 to Elizabeth
Outlaw, daughter of Alexander and Penelope (Smith) Outlaw. Thirteen children, eleven of
who were Alexander, Polly, Betsy, Penelope Smith, Dolly, Thomas Jefferson, Victor Moreau,
Carolina, Letitia, Harriet, and Margaret Campbell. Member of First Franklin Convention,
1784, and Third convention, 1785. Judge of the Supreme Court of the
State of Franklin
and member of the Council. One of Franklin commissioners to North Carolina to magistrate separation, 1786. He served
in the North Carolina House of Commons, 1787; representing Greene County, then North Carolina, now Tennessee.
Judge of the superior Court of North Carolina, Washington District, 1787-90. Judge of the territory of the
United States, south of the River Ohio, 1790-96. U.S. Boundary Commissioner, 1792. Appointed a charter member
of Blount College, 1794. Judge of the Superior Court of Tennessee, 1797-1807. Charter trustee of Tennessee
Academy, Rhea County. Lived for a time at the site of Lenoir City, Loudon County. Appointed for a judgeship in the
Mississippi Territory, 1811, but did not serve. Member of Presbyterian Church. Died at Washington, Rhea County, in 1812.
father of Thomas Jefferson Campbell, sometime member of the Tennessee General Assembly and of the U. S. Congress.
Bibliography
Sources: Williams, Lost State of Franklin, 291; Tennessee Reports, Vol. 176, p. 864; Pilcher,
Historical Sketches, 33, 114-18; D.A.R., Rosters and Soldiers, 398.
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