Brief Life History of James Greer
When James Greer Camp was born on 12 January 1828, in Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States, his father, Williams Washington Camp, was 27 and his mother, Diannah Harriett Greer, was 21. He died on 13 January 1852, in Dresden, Weakley, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 24, and was buried in Sunset Cemetery, Dresden, Weakley, Tennessee, United States.
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- Mormon Battalion Company B return list: James Greer Camp
- James Greer Camp, "Find A Grave Index"
- James Greer Camp, "Utah Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database, 1847-1868"
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1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1830 · The Oregon Trail
Many people started their 2,170-mile West trek to settle the land found by Louis and Clark. They used large-wheeled wagons to pack most of their belongings and were guided by trails that were made by the previous trappers and traders who walked the area. Over time the trail needed annual improvements to make the trip faster and safer. Most of Interstate 80 and 84 cover most of the ground that was the original trail.
1835 · The Hermitage is Built
The Hermitage located in Nashville, Tennessee was a plantation owned by President Andrew Jackson from 1804 until his death there in 1845. The Hermitage is now a museum.
Name Meaning
Dutch (also Van de Camp) and North German: from camp ‘enclosed, fenced, or hedged piece of land, field’, from Latin campus ‘plain’, hence a topographic name for someone who lived by such a field. Compare Kamp .
English: from Middle English kempe ‘warrior’; see Kemp . The spelling Camp may be due to the influence of Old English camp ‘battle’ and campian ‘to fight’, or of Old French campion ‘warrior, champion’.
French: mainly southern form of Champ .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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