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Subject: [GM] CAMPBELL COLLEGE, N.C.
Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2002 11:16:45 EST

CAMPBELL COLLEGE, Big Miracle at Little Buies Creek (1887-1974), J. Winston
Pearce. (c)1976 Broadman Press. Hardback, x-church library, 284 pages, index,
(many names). James Archibald Campbell, the founding father of Campbell
College, was born Jan. 13, 1862, every 3rd person in N.C. was a slave, and 6
days before he was born there was a sale of slaves:Bett, 65, $800; Ida, 60,
$400; Caroline, 11, $475; Lemuel 32, $550; Louisa, 18, $660; Lizzie, 17,
$535; and Wiley, 80, $1. (!!)
21 students showed up for the 1st day of school at Buies Creek, but 5 of the
boys agreed to help finish building the schoolhouse for James Archibald
Campbell. Family history of the Scottish family and the 1st ancestor who came
to America 1739 with a boatload of other Scots. Photos. $15. postpaid.

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