Charlotte Camp

Femaleabout 1831–22 July 1853

Brief Life History of Charlotte

Charlotte Camp was born about 1831, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States. She died on 22 July 1853, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 23, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Sources (7)

  • Utah Territorial Census, Great Salt Lake County, schedules 2-6
  • Charlotte Camp, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
  • Charlotte Camp, "Utah Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database, 1847-1868"

World Events (3)

1832 · The Black Hawk War

Age 1

Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Age 5

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

1847

Age 16

Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States

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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Short Biography of Daniel Camp

In 1856, Williams Camp told a Salt Lake county probate court that Daniel was born into his household on 14 October 1833. That means that Camp probably enslaved Daniel's mother at that time. Daniel may …

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