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| Sent: 12/02/07 | By: Kathy Miller | Subject: Re: Martha A. Kemp Go back to Index |
John, Your website is amazing – a treasure trove of information. I’m attaching a descendant report for Martha A. Kemp. It’s still a work in progress. Descendants of Martha A. Kemp Kathy Miller John Scott Kemp wrote: Great to hear that! I'll process your MAK tree. Sincerely, JSK |
| Sent: 11/26/07 | By: Penny Kemp Stafford | Subject: John J. and Chester May Kemp [Family Trees] Go back to Index |
Happy Thanksgiving, Scott, With the holidays growing nearer, it seems I have a more difficult time getting to my e mail. However, I attach Chester May Kemp (son of Joseph Alton) and John J. Kemp (son of Edward W.) I have some of John J's later generation data but due to the living person factor, I thought it prudent not to publish. Love, Penny Chester May Kemp Group Sheet John J. Kemp Group Sheet John Scott Kemp wrote [edited]: Hello Aunt Penny. I hope that you and Dale and family are having great holidays so far, also. Thanx for the sheets. I will publish ... the John J. Kemp sheet then. I fixed the Austin Kemp data [son of Chester May Kemp]. I talked to Mr. Austin when I first went to TENN in 1999, but he was sick and wouldn't meet with me. He said he was three years old and remembered when his 'grandpa Joe' died in 1919. That would be my great-great grandfather Joseph Alton Kemp, Capt. Nathan McDonald Kemp's only son. Then Bob Wilkins and I visited him in the hospital in 2001 just before he died. He and his son and a number of family members have all died within the last six years - both elderly and youth alike. I now dread going to Bethlehem Cemetery for fear that another will have been added. Bob and I also visited Austin's brother Aubrey Kemp's widow Maxine around 2000. Aubrey was on the Bataan death march and later a local police dispatcher who also traveled around and lectured on his WWII experience at schools. .... By the way, if you checked the WHAT's NEW? page, you know that my last Uncle, Barney E. Kemp, died while I was in the Philippines in Oct. Since my Dad died when I was 23, Barney took me under his wings and taught me ten times what I previously knew about Dad. A few days ago, his daughter gave me (from Barney's materials) the original four hand-written pages of my dad's salutatory address to his Class of 1943 - precious. Barney is really missed here in Huntsville, AL where we live now near Barney's children. Love & Sincere thanks, Scott |
| Sent: 11/23/07 | By: Kathy Miller | Subject: Martha A. Kemp Go back to Index |
John, I think you may have helped me break down a brick wall. My great-great grandmother is Martha A. Kemp. According to her headstone in Rocky Mound Cemetery, Fouke, Miller, Arkansas, she was born 19 Sep 1858. That matches your bible records for Nathaniel Elgin Kemp. Martha married Albert Ross Smith on 29 Nov 1877. They had 11 children including twins, Columbus and Alonzo, before she died on 22 Feb 1899 in Miller County, Arkansas. I have traveled from California to visit her grave in Rocky Mound. Do you know anyone else tracing her line? If you think we have a match, I would be happy to share any information that I have. Thanks, Kathy Miller John Scott Kemp wrote: Hello Cousin! Glad to hear that we have a match. Nathaniel Elgin's older brother Joseph W. was my gggg grandfather. Our resident Arkansas Kemps expert is Penny Kemp Stafford. You can reach her at pennystaf@sbcglobal.net. If I have your permission, I will post our correspondence in our Kemp Family Forum. We would be grateful for any photos, family trees, or written family data about your line. Looking forward to it. I'll forward your email to 'Aunt' Penny. Sincerely, John SCOTT Kemp webmaster, www.nathankempnetwork.org |
| Sent: 10/25/07 | By: Penny Kemp Stafford | Subject: Asa Baudy [Kemp - Family Tree Additions] Go back to Index |
Here's Asa! Chester will follow soon. What are you doing in the Philippines? Are you ministering there? I knew that you had spent some time there. However, from your Bio, I didn't fully understand your mission there. Luv, Penny Asa Baudy Kemp Group Sheet John Scott Kemp wrote: Dear 'Aunt' Penny. As I may have said sometime previously, I am back in the Philippines for three weeks now, visiting my wife's family and checking on our Community Fellowship & Youth Center in PHHC, Tacloban City, Northern Leyte (see the complete details on our website at www.communityfellowship.ph) and we are celebrating our First-Year Anniversary. My associates, Rev. Lem and Jo Ibalarrosa, and we established a place where disadvantaged urban youth can receive proper Christian training and opportunities and now some of these youth and young adults help us with nearby rural village kids who can receive the same plus some nutrititional supplement to their meager diet. My partners have been actively involved in outreach programs for years in the Philippines and it is the most rewarding period of my pastoral service. I hope that you and Dale will come and visit us while we're here sometime - if you havent gone abroad to a depressed region of the world - it will be an experience that will change your lives forever. The Filipinos are very friendly, loving, and affectionate people and the children are always appreciative receptive of such opportunities. It will take me some days to format and post your EWK family tree data itself sometime after my Nov. 2nd return to Alabama. Love always, Scott (Pastor Luke) collectorjims@yahoo.com |
| Sent: 10/24/07 | By: Penny Kemp Stafford | Subject: Edward W. Kemp...the rest of the story Go back to Index |
Scott, Attaching a couple of group sheets for addition to your database. Documentation for the "new and enlarged" Edward Kemp family is the 1850 Tishomingo County, MS Census, 4th Dist, Northern Division, Household 710, on which the indexer transcribed the surname as Henry rather than Kemp. Indexer also, erroneously listed Lemuel as Samuel and Docia as Detia. The correct transcription in both the case of Kemp vs Henry and that of Lemuel vs Samuel will be easy for all of us who have spent years of eyestrain scanning documents looking for Kemps and the often repeated given names we've grown so accustomed to seeing. Note that I have a date for the death of Edward N. Kemp (b. abt 1844, son of Edward W.) Interesting footnote regarding the little guy: He enlisted into Hawthorne's Arkansas Infantry (also known as Cocke's Reg't) on 18 February 1863 and died, not in battle but of disease, just 17 days later in Little Rock. Also, the grandson of Edward and son of John J. Kemp, who is listed as Presley Hill Kemp (b 20 March 1857) is actually Pleasant Hill Kemp (referred to as Pleas in many writings) and Pleasant's son's name was Presley Bennet Kemp (born 16 April 1889.) Much affection, Penny Edward W. Kemp Group Sheet Docia Kemp Garner Group Sheet John Scott Kemp wrote: Dear 'Aunt' Penny. Thanx for the additions - you are such a super sleuth 'gene' - glad to post your methodologies for our visitors. People being human, we have to assume the worst sometimes when it comes to those who recorded our precious family census data. I remember going and finding an article and some photos of P.H. Kemp and his wife in the County Heritage Book. I will try to find that article and post it in conjunction with your data. Look forward to much more soon. Love always, Scott (Pastor Luke) collectorjims@yahoo.com |
| Sent: 10/19/07 | By: Penny Kemp Stafford | Subject: Alive and Well in Arkansas Go back to Index |
Hi Scott, I saw Jane's query as to whether you have any contact with me....we haven't corresponded in a very long time but Dale and I are still here and busier than ever. I haven't really dabbled a lot in Kemp stuff for awhile but I have done a lot of research - wrote a 250 page book on my mother's lines and have 100+ copies in circulation. Silly me, I sold them for my cost to produce and the orders keep pouring in. I went to a funeral a couple of weeks ago and a man who had read my book ordered 20 more copies...wanted one for each of his children and grandchildren. My uncle's will leaving me his farm which housed every letter my grandmother ever received (in original envelopes and all the way back to the 1870's) gave me wonderful profiles of their large families. It was a gift that I could write a book with so much more than the "begats." It thrills me that I have been able to excite a few people in our common heritage and that some of the younger generations now know their great greats and beyond. I think it's important that our children and grandchildren realize that their lives didn't just start with the date of their births. Who would we be without all those pioneer genes? I can report that, as I suspected, there were more children of Edward W. Kemp (b.1800 GA). A census index transcriber translated the badly written surname incorrectly and I, and everyone else, was unable to locate the family on a critical census. However, I knew Edward had to be on that census so during a period of travel when I had plenty of free time, I sat down at my laptop and went through the entire county house to house and VOILA there they were. Are you still listing "new finds?" Let me know...right now, I am attempting to chase down descendants of the lost siblings. I was so happy to learn of the DNA between you and Buck. Dale had, several years ago, put his DNA in a genealogical databank in an attempt to make a Stafford connection which we were unable to document. So far that has not proved fruitful for us but we're still hopeful. Have you been able to locate documentation of Nathan's participation in the Indian Wars or the Cherokee Removal? I was able, recently, to document Dale's great grandfather's Cherokee Removal service and obtained an official headstone for him. If he served, a headstone memorializing Nathan's service would go nicely atop the hill in Antioch Cemetery. I'm glad to see that you have added another child to your family. Aren't children wonderful? Sincerely, Penny Stafford John Scott Kemp wrote: Dear 'Aunt' Penny. I'm always delighted to hear from you and Dale because I know you are always into something new (just like me). I myself have traveled to the Philippines and back four times since we last talked and the material on the NKN website has more than doubled adding to the wealth of material that you, Bob Wilkins, Jane Kemp Frey, Tom Kemp and otherfounding members of the NKN have contributed. I know our regular cousins and visitors would like to hear more about your Family Heritage Book and I want you to look at the new "Missing Kemp Info" page and tell me what issues you can fill in. I'll include our correspondances in our "Kemp Family Forum" page. Please share with us when possible....your "more children of Edward W. Kemp" data to update the tree. The only "documentation of Nathan's participation in the Indian Wars" is his posted affidavit, I haven't looked for corroborating evidence yet. Hope to talk to you much more soon. Love always, Scott collectorjims@yahoo.com |
| Sent: 9/03/2007 | By: John Scott Kemp | Subject: Your Nathan Kemp Network submission Go back to Index |
Hello Cousin Jeff, This is John Scott Kemp, webmaster of www.nathankempnetwork.org I apologize for the length of time since our exchange of emails regarding your trip to Camp Cemetery, Cottage Grove, TN. After a tremendously busy year, I have created some webpages and added it to the NKN site. Please look it over and see if I made any mistakes regarding the photos you sent - I think there is a missing photo or an extra comment near the bottom. I would appreciate your clarification and any new data and photos since we have communicated. I put a link in the What's New? page at http://nathankempnetwork.happywebsite.biz/wck-wnew.htm and in the cemeteries page as well. I will also include your family tree and personal biography you provided on the site as well? I'm doing some catch up for the next few months. Glad to talk to you again, Apologetically, Your Kemp Cousin Scott collectorjims@yahoo.com Jeff Washburn Hello Scott, By all means, you have my permission to use any and all photographs, text or other information submitted for publication on the NKN website. I waive any potential rights to copyright and grant blanket permission for any Kemp family members to view, print, or reproduce the information and materials submitted. Do research on various family lines has become one of my favorite past times and I love it even more when I get to share the fruits of my research with other family members. Look forward to seeing the post on-line. Let me know if there is ever anything that I might assist with in regard to family ties in this area. Best Regards, Jeff Washburn |
| Sent: 9/03/2007 | By: Kevin McCann | Subject: Nathan McDonald Kemp photo in Hurst's Wurst book Go back to Index |
Dear Mr. Kemp, While searching for members of the 6th Tennessee Union Cavalry, I came across a photo of Nathan McDonald Kemp on the Sons of Union Veterans website (http://www.suvcw.org/photos.htm) that was credited to you. I am getting ready to release the third edition of my book "Hurst's Wurst" and I was hoping I might be allowed to reproduce this photo (see attachment) and include it. Thanks, Kevin McCann John Scott Kemp Hello. I have very much enjoyed what I have read from "Hurst's Wurst" and related materials over the past decade. I remember when the Confederate descendant who runs the battlefield souvenir store just outside Shiloh NBP found out that my great-great-great grandfather was one of Fielding Hurst's Captains, I thought he wanted to exchange blows with me for a while there.... And while in the Jackson Library, I searched and wanted to know more about the actual and perceived events that caused some to vilify the memory of the TN 6th.... I have better quality scans of the attached photo, as well as the photos of Captain Mack's two younger brothers, also on http://www.suvcw.org/photos.htm, who were Sergeants in the TN 6th as well, if you are interested. If you want to know more about Captain Nathan McDonald Kemp, please see our family genealogy website at www.nathankempnetwork.org (named for the Captain's pioneer grandfather and namesake). Thanks very much, Sincerely, John Scott Kemp On Fri, 17 Aug 2007, Kevin McCann John, I've been to the same souvenir store outside Shiloh and I had a similar experience with an older man who owned the place. I knew better than to mention that my ancestors had fought in the 6th TN. But my father started a conversation and not only mentioned that we had family in the regiment but that I had written a book about it! Some people take this Civil War stuff a little TOO seriously. It gave me a little feeling of what our ancestors must have gone through being Unionists among all the Confederates. I came across testimony that Nathan McDonald Kemp gave on behalf of a fellow Unionist, William C. Hughes, to the Southern Claims Commission. He describes them traveling by foot to Paducah, KY in the fall of 1861 to learn when the Union armies would "deliver" them from Confederate oppression. If you don't have it, I'll send you the documents as .pdf files. This ans other stories and information I've found the last few years will be included in the revised book. I'll look at your website and a scan of this particular photo would be great. So I have your OK to use it in the book? Thanks, Kevin John Scott Kemp Hello. Just call me 'Scott.' Yes, you have my permission to use the requested portrait of Nathan McDonald Kemp and we are delighted that you want to include his photo in the book. And we would appreciate having that NMDK testimony and any other documents relating to our Civil War ancestor - thanks! I also ask your permission to post portions of it on our NKN website when/if appropriate. When I started to research my TN roots in 1999 I met many of my fellow descendants of NMDK, most of whom are second and third cousins. One 99-year-old man when he was a child regularly ate dinner with NMDK and Mollie his second wife. Others still living were intimate with their great grandmother, who was NMDK's daughter and told of hearing the cannons at Shiloh in the distance. NMDK was called 'Captain Mack' by his family and the community after the war and he served as Sheriff of McNairy county as well (shades of Buford Pusser). Here's some more material to save you time roaming our website, which you have permission to use if needed: An earlier portrait of NMDK from the 1880s wearing what I think is a service-related coat is at http://nathankempnetwork.happywebsite.biz/nmk-port.htm Captain Mack's original newspaper obit is posted at http://nathankempnetwork.happywebsite.biz/in-nmk.htm where it states that he was commander of the GAR Adamsville, TN post and master of ceremonies at the annual decoration day (memorial day?) at Pittsburgh Landing, Shiloh. His widow's pension documents are at http://nathankempnetwork.happywebsite.biz/nmk-docs.htm I suppose that you have already extracted the references to TN 6th from: The War of the Rebellion: A Compendium of Official Records of the Union/Confederate Armies Series I: Vol. XXIV - Part III - pg.4; Series II Vol. IV - pg.252 (Washington, D. C. 1889) If not, I have included those referring to Captain Mack in our website at http://nathankempnetwork.happywebsite.biz/nmk-doc2.htm Attached are photos of: 1) Capt. Mack portrait requested (c.1912) 2) closeup view of his Adamsville post GAR 'Fielding Hurst' ribbon 3) NMDK gravesite at Shiloh NMP Cem 4) Lt. Col Wm.K.Breckinbridge gravesite at Shiloh (if you haven't seen that) 5) partial photo of TN 6th 1881 reunion (I wish I knew who was who). I have the rest of this photo somewhere. If you need the original scan of the Capt. Mack portrait for purposes of publication quality (5+MBs), let me know. Please let us know when 'Hurst's Wurst' comes back out so we can get a signed copy. Pardon me for not remembering what is your connection to the TN 6th? Sincere thanks, John SCOTT Kemp webmaster, www.NathanKempNetwork.org Kevin McCann Scott, Thanks for the great images and for permission to use them. I'm hoping to have it published sometime next month. I've been working on the revisions for close to a year. Attached are the documents pertaining to NMK in the Petition of William C. Hughes Southern Claims Commission No. 17798. Hughes went with NMK to Paducah, KY to learn when the Union armies would invade Tennessee. (They walked some 160 miles ON FOOT mostly at night to get there.) When they returned home to Hardin County, the Confederate authorities found out what they were up to and went to arrest them. They decided to get together a group of fellow Unionists and go back to Paducah, but they were apprehended around Decaturville, TN. It's very interesting reading! Kevin On Tue, 28 Aug 2007, John Scott Kemp Hello Kevin, Very nice cover - can't wait to get my signed copy of the new edition. I put a link to the new page concerning our discussions at: http://nathankempnetwork.happywebsite.biz/wck-wnew.htm I will also put a plug and link for the Hurst Wurst website there as well. In anticipation, John Scott Kemp webmaster, www.nathankempnetwork.org |
| Sent: 8/15/2007 | By: Larry Kemp | Subject: My Boss is a 'Camp' Go back to Index |
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Scott, How are you guys doing? Are you keeping busy? How's the business?... I was hoping you might have some info you gathered about the family line going back through the "Camp" line. The head man at my company is Ron Camp and his relatives come from Virginia. Any chance of being related?.... Drop us a line, Larry. John Scott Kemp Larry, In short, we Kemps are from the same line as the VA Camps, all descended from the original three Thomas Camps (father, son, and grandson) whose descendants came from England and gradually settled VA, NC, SC, GA, AL, TN, MS, ARK, TX and so on. If Ron can tell you his specific Camp ancestors that would help make the specific connection. Also, since he is a paternal descendant as we are, we males have the identical 26-point DNA signature. The www.nathankempnetwork.org website discusses the Kemp-Camp connection in some detail through various articles, particularly: the WHAT'S NEW articles at http://nathankempnetwork.happywebsite.biz/wck-wnew.htm on 1) the Kemp-Camp connection at http://nathankempnetwork.happywebsite.biz/our-name.htm, and 2) the DNA connection between me and Buck Camp which lists both our ancestors at http://nathankempnetwork.happywebsite.biz/dna.htm Sincerely, 'Pastor Luke' |
| Sent: 8/10/2007 | By: Buck Camp | Subject: Kemp-Camp Connection Go back to Index |
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Great, Scott!!!!!! [Sounds like an exclamation, except for the comma!] I've had a couple of people queried me about the CAMP-KEMP connection, and I've referred them to your website; and I tried to give them your e-mail address, but I had it wrong.... One recent one was Gary Kemp, and I've reprinted part of the exchange below. You might want to send him a e-mail and tell him you are still around.... Another was from Margo Kimp, and her story about the spelling of the name is interesting. As children, we used to kid about family names being different because some relative "was a horse thief and they made him change his name before they hung him...." I've reprinted Margo's e-mail exchange below. Someone else to add to the Kemp side of the family, but apparently not through Nathan.... REALLY GOOD TO HEAR FROM YOU.... Call if you are in the north Georgia area or near Mount Dora. Plenty of room for you to stop by..... Buck Joseph W. (Buck) Camp, Jr. Brigadier General (ret) Chairman Emeritus, Eagle Support Services Corp. 212 High Trail Vista Circle #20253 Jasper, GA 30143-7208 P.S. Is this still a current e-mail address for you? And are you still living in Jekylll Island? John Scott Kemp Hello Buck. This is my current email address and I only live at Jekyll Island during the winter during some years. I am traveling around quite a bit now, GA, AL, TN, SC, NC, visiting relatives and seeing new sites. Hope you're doing well - our CAMP-KEMP DNA connection has excited a number of people and is getting some notice on the internet. Your sincere cousin, John SCOTT Kemp |
| Sent: 7/16/2007 | By: Buck Camp & Margo Kimp | Subject: Camp DNA Match Go back to Index |
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Thanks, Margo. When I got the confirmation of a match, I couldn't imagine where the spelling "Kimp" came from. I have attached a geneaglogy report in .pdf format for the Thomas Camp, Sr. (b. 1661) you have listed at the top of your husband's line [I'm in generation 9 at the bottom of page 48!], and a file that shows my ancestoral line back to him. [Note: I long ago gave him the moniker Thomas Camp, Sr. to keep 'em all straight!] If you have Family Tree Maker (.ftm), I'll be glad to send you a copy of my database. Since it's about 34 megabytes, I'll have to have a snail mail address to send the CD (no charge, of course!). If you use FTM also, I'd REALLY LIKE to ahve a copy of your database, and I'll be glad to reimburse you for your trouble! My address is below... My problem right now is the one we've worked on for many years, and that's finding a definitive link back to Nazeing, Essex , England , which many/most think was the "ancestral home" of the CAMPs in England from whence Thomas Camp, Sr. (born 1661) emigrated to America in about 1679. There are several possible links, but none I've seen that are supportable. I am in contact with several people in the Nazeing History Workshop in Essex , and perhaps some more searching will turn up something. I will be glad to correspond with you; just let me know if I can give you any more help........ Margo Kimp (bkimp@allegiance.tv) wrote: This is the first time that my husband's dna has a match with the same surname Camp. He has had a few matches, but most of them had other surnames. I have proven Daniel Camp born 1793 in Rutherford Co. , NC is my husband's GGG Grandfather. Prior to that I have just found other people's info, and I don't know if they have proven it with a paper trail or not. Here is what they have listed: Thomas Camp 1661 England Thomas Camp 1691 Virginia Thomas Camp 1716 Virginia John Camp 1743 Virginia Daniel Camp 1793 NC Oscar Fritz Camp 1843 MS Oscar Fritz Camp/Kemp/Kimp 1866 MS Furman Allen Kimp 1908 AR Billy W. Kimp 1949 AR My husband's grandfather would get into trouble and move. He would change his last name and sometimes his first name, too. He never changed the first and middle names of his wife and children, so I could still find him different places, even though he would change his last name. So, my husband's last name is Kimp. He had an uncle named Parvin Kemp, because Oscar Fritz was using the Kemp name when Parvin was born. I hope to hear from you soon. Margo Reed Kimp Mena, AR |
| Sent: 10/26/2006 | By: Gail Forsythe | Subject: Kemp Genealogy Go back to Index |
Scott, I notice you have the wife of Nathaniel L. Nathan Kemp as Nancy Walters. Where did you get this information? I have a Winifred Martha Mclendon in my database. Gail Forsythe granddaughter of Hattie Lee Kemp Phillips Researching Genealogy Lines: (alpha order) Brasfield, Camp, Chambers, Clark, Davis, Dunbar, English, Forsyth/e, Garvin, Helton, Hailey, Ingram, Keen/e, Kemp, Kirk, Marshall, Mullins, Phillips, PInes, Plunk, Schulte, Shepherd, Spencer, Tisdale and Ward John Scott Kemp wrote: Hello. Thanx for your inquiry. That is a different Nathan Camp (1775, NC - 1828, Franklin Co, TN) who settled down in Franklin County, TN and was married to Martha McLendon. I came to the same quandry a while back and traveled up to West TN for some investigation - check out my page on the NKN website at http://nathankempnetwork.happywebsite.biz/fctn.htm. However, I believe he came from our same Camp family of NC. But he is NOT Nathan Camp, the uncle of our Nathan Camp/Kemp. Our Nathan's two wives were 1) Nancy Walters and then 2) Margary Brashiers. Please respond. Your Cousin, John Scott 'Luke' Kemp |
| Sent: 9/29/2006 | By: Connie Johns | Subject: Ethel Kemp Miller Go back to Index |
Hi, My name is Connie Johns. I am the great granddaughter of Ethel Kemp Miller. She was born of the marriage of Nathan and Caroline Josephine Paschell. I was wondering if i could help out a little. I can give you some info on Ethel as sooon as I talk to my mom if you would like me too. I do have the same pic as jeff that my great grandma ethel put the name on it if this would help and I do have pics of Ethel with her children not all but some of them. Just let me know if you would like me to scan them. I am willing to help I just want to let you know I am here. I am only 34 yrs old so that shows you that ethel daughter Novella (my grandma) had children of all ages Novella had 13 kids with only 7 to suvrive. My Uncle G.W. her oldest passed away all most two years ago. He was in his 70s and my mother is only 59. Please let me know if you would like my info. Connie John Scott Kemp wrote: Hello cousin. Nearly all our photos are online on the NKN website. I dont think I have the picture that you say Jeff has. I would be happy to put any info about your branch of the Kemps on the website that you want to share with us. Sincerely, John Scott Kemp collectorjims@yahoo.com |
| Sent: 09/15/2007 | By: Jane Kemp Frey | Subject: Hello Scott Go back to Index |
Hi Scott, It's been years since we communicated and you may have forgotten me. I'm from the Baltis Kemp family in Adamsville, TN., but I live in Nashville now. Remember??? Frank and I are fine. I haven't been into genealogy for some time - even lost the address to the Nathan Kemp Network - but I've found it now! I read about your DNA testing and finding that we are descendants from the Camps. I'm thrilled to have that news. Thank you for all you are doing for our family. The web-site is great! We recently visited the Camp Cemetery in North Carolina. We used the directions from your web-site and found it with no problem. We also visited the Cowpens Battlefield. I've been reading up on the Revolutionary War, but I can't decide which side the Camps fought on. Do you know? Somewhere I read that the British troops had more to eat - so I surmise the Kemps would go where the food is - least I would! As I said earlier, I don't do genealogy anymore and have lost touch with many of the people who attended the reunion in 2000, here at Nashville. If you still communicate with Penny, Tom or Robert Wilkins, please tell them I send regards. My family is doing well. Billy's (my brother) granddaughter just got married. My grandson is in 8th grade. My daughter still works in healthcare and my son-in-law is studying to be a nurse. Frank and I are still enjoying retirement. Keep up the good work on the NathanKempNetwork and stay in touch! Love, Jane Kemp Frey John Scott Kemp wrote: Hello Jane and Frank. Of course I remember you, my visit to your home on Harpeth Lane with little Bingo my puppy, and the memorable 2000 Baltis Kemp Family Reunion where so many of our extended clan came together. I have stayed in touch with Bob and Kristel, Tom and Hamdy, and get occassional emails from some of the others and some that didn't attend as well. I get new contacts all the time - I need to include a section on those who contact me all along and contribute their story to our family history.... You know that Kemp Swiney died I suppose, see his obit on the website. Also my uncle Jim Kemp of OH died recently. Im glad to hear that Frank is doing well, he was awaiting a kidney transplant (?) or something at the time. Yes, it dawned on me in a public library in Brusnwick, GA that if scientists could connect modern people to ancient ones by DNA that we could see if we were Camps in the same way..then I found out that it was a thriving industry and made the connection. We are all as thrilled as you are! Im glad you visited the Thomas Camp III gravesite - walking through the old gate near the SC-NC line is always a nervous delight for the first time. I enjoy Kings Mountain and Cowpens NPs as well where our family's valour was exemplified. I cant decide if there was a Camp with the British or not - its all in how you read the Kings Mountain text... I will respond further when I have more time - my mother needs me now and I am terribly busy helping her right now. Love and thanks, Scott collectorjims@yahoo.com |
| Sent: 8/31/2006 | By: Hugh B. Anderson | Subject: Kemps and Andersons Go back to Index |
Scott, Are You of the Family of Julie Kemp of Gulfport, Ms.? H.B. Anderson John Scott Kemp wrote: Hello. I dont know her. If she's related to the Nathan Camp-Kemp family of the SE, then I am. Are you related to the Andersons whose ancestor married a Kemp girl - the sister of my great-great-great-great-grandfather and moved to Texas? Sincerely, John Scott Kemp Hugh B. Anderson wrote: Hey Scott She was married to Abner Kemp, Jr. of the Monroe, La. area (Malvern, Ar i am sure). As for the Andersons, they came from S.C. ,GA (Franklin County) area in abt 1832 to Calhoun, then Benton cty.,AL. My g grandfather moved to miss,1865, was George W Anderson, M.D., south of Memphis. My group came to Gulfport,1900. The others spread out and I have not located all of them. Haven't seen the Kemp name at this time although I know some came through Franklin, Ga also. Thanks, Hugh B Anderson Gulfport,Ms Great web site!! John Scott Kemp wrote: Hello. Yes, I am from the Camp-Kemp line that settled for a while in Franklin County, GA before moving ever-westerly to Madison Co. AL, then Hardin & McNairy Cos. TN, and then some went down to central AR...if Abner Kemp is from the Malvern, AR area then he is definitely from our line...my ggggg-grandfather Nathan Camp-Kemp is buried near Malvern, AR in Antioch Cemetery... Sincerely, John Scott Kemp |
| Sent: 8/13/2006 | By: Mary Kemp Qualls Cushing | Subject: Nathan Kemp Network Go back to Index |
Good morning.. My cousin, Jane Kemp Frey sent me your website ...(again) I had lost it in my move. Thank you once again, for making this connection to the Camps. I discovered it back in the 90's..and presented it at our Kemp reunion...but, at that time...no one would accept the name change...I have gone back through the Thomas Campes, back to Essex.. I don't have time to read all of your website this morning..but, did you make the connection, about the King of England granting all Kemps the right to attend the college at Oxford for free? Mary Kemp Qualls Cushing John Scott Kemp wrote: Hello cousin, I remember you from the photo of the Baltis Kemp Reunion lineup of grandchildren. I didnt know that information about the Kemps attending Oxford free...Id like to know mnore about that...hope you'll share it with our website. I did follow the original research offered up by the Camp Family Bulletin about the Camps being weavers and coming over probably from Holland and the charter given them by the King, and that the prominence it afforded them would result in participation in settling the New World centuries later... (going by memory). I dont know if you saw from the website that I and a confirmed member of the Thomas Camp line did a DNA test a few years ago and the DNA signatures are identical, point for point. That caused quite a stir in both the Kemp and Camp gene circles...since it ABSOLUTELY CONFIRMED the connection.... Looking forward to your information...See all the recent additions under the "What's New" menu item. Sincerely, John Scott Kemp CollectorJims@yahoo.com Mary Kemp Qualls Cushing wrote: A quick note, to says thanks for responding. I haven't read everything on your website, yet. But, I do plan too. In the mid-90's I was really into the search for Nathan's father. I was SURE it was Edmund Camp...At that time, I went to the Library of Congress and found an old book that an early Kemp had written. It was accepted as the Official History of the Kemp clan. There are no copies in print..so, I paid the Library to print a copy for me. It is rather large. It gives many, many stories about the early Kemps..all about the wool industry.. Archibishop of Canterbury, etc..it tracks different branches of the Kemp families..In one story, it tells how close the King was to the Kemp family. As I remember it, the Kemps worked with him to found "All Souls College" at Oxford. When they show a picture of Oxford..you will see two spires...that is All Souls College... The King granted free tuition for Kemps forever...as long as you can prove you descended from them. That was one reason, I was working to link the family back to England ....and was frustrated when the line ended with Nathan. I am in an apartment now...and I stored all of my information...including the book, at my daughter's house...So, I don't have access to it right now. I believe the name of the author of that old book was Frederick Kemp. (because my father's name was Fred) As soon as I can locate it..I'll try to copy that section and send to you. The book is too large to do it all. Another interesting story: I have an English friend who went to England and went to Canterbury to help me with my search..She found that Sir Thomas Kemp of Olantigh had a son and four daughters..one daughter Mary Kemp... inherited part Sir Thomas's land.. Mary married a man named Sir Dudley Digges and together they build Chilham Castle. .. it was designed by Indigo Jones..and is still standing in the village of Chilham...I have pictures and a couple of books on Chilham castle.. If you have a fax machine..please send the number. I don't know when I can find this book..but will try . Mary |
| Sent: 7/16/2006 | By: Jeff Washburn | Subject: Kemp Cemetery Photos Go back to Index |
Hello Scott, I am an ancestor of Nathaniel L. Kemp and on Sunday I paid my first ever visit to the Kemp Family Cemetery at Cottage Grove, Tennessee and took photos of the Kemp gravemarkers there. I will be glad to share them with you for posting on your web site if you would like to have them. Just let me know. I'm very interested in the DNA research/results that you have posted. Keep up the good work! Best Regards, Jeff Washburn 1530 Evergreen Dresden, TN 38225 (731) 364-2889 John Scott Kemp wrote: Thanks cousin! That's one of the sites I havent been able to get up to in my travels, although I've been very close. We would very much welcome your photos from the Cottage Grove gravesite. Look forward to more as you send them. Your name as contributor will of course be featured at the top of the gravesite webpage. Sincere appreciation, John Scott Kemp |
| Sent: 4/19/2006 | By: Samuel Kemp | Subject: William A J Kemp Go back to Index |
I looked @ your web site & saw a "William A J Kemp" listed as grandson of Nathaniel L. Kemp. Civil war service in Co I, 16th TN Infantry My great grandfather's name was William Andrew Jackson Kemp. William A J Kemp. He served in the Civil War in an Alabama Unit, not a Tennessee unit. He died & is buried @ Beauvoir, the Confederate Old Soldiers Home in Biloxi, MS. Could this be the same person? John Scott Kemp wrote: Hello Cousin. Did you find your ggf listed one of our family trees with his wife and kids? This might help to confirm if he's the same one. Please respond. John Scott Kemp, webmaster collectorjims@yahoo.com Samuel Kemp wrote: no just the name is the same as one of yours John Scott Kemp wrote: Hello. Yes, nearly all the Kemps are descended from the CAMPs/KEMPs from VA-NC-SC and most of the others are from the Northern Camps which is another brother of the same CAMP/Kemp family. Can you give me William A J Kemp's wife and children's names and perhaps some birth and date dates? Sincerely, John Scott Kemp |
| Sent: 10/05/2005 | By: Kathy Baker | Subject: Mary Jane Kemp and James Wiley Adams picture Go back to Index |
Hi Scott, Viewed the website, and there is one thing you left out regarding the pictures. There are four pictures and only three were identified. You missed identifying the third picture as that of Mary Jane Kemp (daughter of Nathaniel Elgin Kemp and Semantha Chamness) and Mary Jane's husband, James Wiley Adams. The identities of the other pictures are correct. Everything looks great! Keep up the good work and will keep you posted on anything new I come across in the future regarding the Nathan Elgin Kemp line. Your Texas cousin, Kathy |
| Sent: 12/08/2004 | By: Hal Camp | Subject: Camp-Arnold Ancestry Go back to Index |
John, I'm attaching three pages out of a "Camp-Arnold" ancestry booklet that a relative made up years ago, and a sort of "spread sheet" that someone did a few years ago both definitely showing your Edmund Camp possible ancestor. Subsequent pages do not show any descendents of Edmund but do show descendents of "Nathaniel" could this be the "Nathan", you're ancestor, or perhaps Edmund named one of his sons Nathan or Nathaniel after his brother. Here is what I've come up with my ancestors. Harold E. Camp, (me)son of, Mark E. Camp, Jr. (my dad) Mark E. Camp, Sr. (my granddad) John Malcolm Walker Camp (my greatgranddad) Benjamin Camp, b1801, 10th son of Thomas, (b1717)(my great, great granddad). Joseph Camp, b1773, was son of Benjamin, b1757, 10th son of Thomas (b1717), son of Thomas Camp, b1717 - d1798 (your relative maybe), son of Thomas Camp, b1691 But, Joseph(above) married his brother John Camp's (b1743)(3rd son of Thomas, (b1717)), grand daughter Elizabeth Camp(b1781), daughter of Thomas Camp,(b1765), who would be Edmund's and Benjamin's niece. To complicate things even further, Thomas Camp's sister Keziah Camp, b1777 married Benjamin Arnold, (b1769). Their daughter, Winifred Arnold, (b1802), married Benjamin Camp, (above b1801) my great great grandfather. If you diagram these cousins and their parents it is more easily understood. H.E. "Hal" Camp Attachments: A Brief History of Our Camp - Arnold Ancestory - Page 3 A Brief History of Our Camp - Arnold Ancestory - Page 4-5 A Brief History of Our Camp - Arnold Ancestory - Thomas Camp Ancestry Chart |
| Sent: 5/18/2000 | By: Penny Kemp Stafford | Subject: Prudence Kemp Go back to Index |
Dear Scott, Success! Found the graves of Prudence (daughter of Nathan) Kemp and her husband Ben Anderson in East Mount Cemetery in Greenville, Texas. I'll send you pictures when I can. We took digital and conventional pictures but both are still in the motor home. I had a very fruitful trip for I was able to gather quite a lot of data on three of my lines and many graves of ancestors, aunts and cousins. I'm already looking forward to going back again sometime this year. We had an interesting experience on Lake Waco in Waco, Texas, We had a lovely site there for our motor home and were there last Friday night when the tornado hit the county. Fortunately, we were on the edge of the storm but the wind, rain and hail were fierce. I was scared silly but Dale has great confidence in his big motor coach. He was rewarded for his faith for not once did that Endeavor rock and not one ding or dent appeared in our motor home or our Saturn tow car. Sitting in that Endeavor and looking at the white caps on that lake lapping at the shores afforded a beautiful sight but I can do without the El Greco skies for a while. Love, Aunt Penny |
| Sent: 6/15/2000 | By: Penny Kemp Stafford | Subject: Nathan Kemp Go back to Index |
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Good Morning, Scott, While browsing through some of my research material, I ran across the following source articles which I had filed for possible future tie-ins. I just wondered if you had found them also. In the "Index to Volunteer Soldiers in Indian Wars and Disturbances, 1815 - 1858" I found listed the following: Camp, Nathan, 2nd Lt, srv in Camp's Co of Wood's Bttn in the 3rd Brig of GA Mil Inf in the Creek War. Camp, Benjamin, Capt. srv in his own Co in Wood's Bttn of the 3rd Brig in the GA Mil Inf in the Creek War. Camp, L.B., Pvt, srv in Smith's Co of Wood's Bttn in the 3rd Brig of GA Mil in the Creek War. These are the only Camp's listed serving in Wood's Bttn. Don't know if that is meaningful or not. It would seem that Nathan Camp served in Benjamin Camp's Company. Could that mean Benjamin was the older of the two, perhaps? Or could it mean that he was just the more literate of the two? I find no KEMPs listed with names compatible to our search. The "Record of Commissions of Officers in the Tennessee Militia" also lists Nathan KEMP Lieutenant, 32nd Regiment, May 21, 1815. In the book "Gone to Georgia," Page 114, there is an article regarding Nathan CAMP which I wonder if you have read. If not, let me know and I'll send it to you. I find that I was in error in recalling that Nathan was listed as the second richest man in Limestone County, AL. It was a Joseph Kemp and he was in Choctaw County in 1850. (I found the record in Limestone County.) When one gets to be this age, the "Senior Moments," which Kemp Swiney refers to, come more and more often. If I'm not looking at my source, I'm never quite sure of my facts. Best, Penny |
| Sent: 6/20/2000 | By: Penny Kemp Stafford | Subject: 'Gone to Georgia' Go back to Index |
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Dear Scott, Good luck on your Kemp Family Association presentation. I'm sure that it will be presented beautifully however you decide to present it. We're about to leave town for a week but I wanted to get the "Gone to Georgia" article out to you before I go. Gone to Georgia Page 114. Profile # 559. "Thomas Camp Sr. was born in Virginia c1717, married Winifred Starling, was a Revolutionary soldier, and died in North Carolina 1798; he had son John, also a Revolutionary veteran, born in Brunswick County, VA., married Mary Tarpley, and died in Jackson County, GA., 1818; and son Thomas Jr., married Susannah Wagner, was a Revolutionaary soldier, died in South Carolina. Thomas Jr., had a daughter Elizabeth who married Joseph Camp (1779-1854) in 1799. Joseph was son of still another Revolutionary soldier, Benjamin Camp, born 11757 in Virginia, married 1776 Elizabeth Dykes, and died in Jackson County, Ga., 1832. (Georgia Roster, p.46). Benjamin and Nathan Camp were enumerated 1790 in Laurens district, S.C., whrre the Rev. Hosea Camp was born 1774. William Camp of Jackson County sold Jan. 3, 18011 tto Philip Awtrey of South Carolina, of South Carolina, land on the Middle Fork of Oconee River. A deed from John Shields to John Evans Oct. 12, 1801, noted that Shields' land adjoined that of Nathan Camp on the Big Pond Fork of Oconee. Hosea came to Georgia as a youth and settled on the Mulberry Fork. He bought land of Drury Strickland later, in 1807. In 1803, Thomas, Benjamin and John Camp had land together in Capt. Key's district. Thomas obtained headright land in 1804. In the 1805 lottery, Burwell, Joseph, Abner, Sterling, John, Thomas, Sherwood, Andrew, Hosea, Hosea Jr., Benjamin, Benjamin Jr.., Thomas and Nathan were listed. Abner, Hosea Sr., Benjamin Jr. and Sherwood were in Cochran's district in the 1807 lottery. Benjamin married Rachel Hogg. In 1820, besides Nathan above, these members of the family were enumerated in Jackson County: Hosea (No. 641); Hosea (Sr.) (No. 656); Mary (No. 724); William (No. 910); and Aramis Camp (No. 1010); IIn Gwinnett County 1820 were Abner (No. 615), Andrew (No. 427), James (No. 447), John ( No. 449), John Sr. (No. 601), Robert B. (No. 417 and Solomon (No. 54); in Hall County, Abner and Susannah; in Walton County, Burrell (who appears to have lived in Jasper County in 1815 and in Henry County in 1827), John, Joseph, Sherwood and Thomas; in Clarke County, Edmund; and in Warren County, Gerrard, Samuel and Shadrack. In 1820 James, a Revolutionary soldier in Gwinnett County, drew Gwinnett and Early Counties land granted April 6, 1826 and Sept 1, 1831. The Rev. Hosea, a Methodist minister, moved to Gwinnett County shortly after 1820 and lived there until his late years, when he moved to Polk County, GA.,. He had 12 children. Joseph, a Revolutionary soldier, was living in Franklin County, Ga., in 1827, and drew Muscogee County land granted Oct. 2, 1827." Note: The numbers following the names denote Profile numbers in the same volume. Regarding our Nathan/Edmund/Thomas theory....I am bothered by sons of Thomas: Nathan Camp (born 1745 died about 1832), son of Thomas whose brother Benjamin Camp (born 1756 died 1832). I don't want them to be the Nathan and Benjamin of Franklin County, Tennessee. Camp - Kemp Family History says that the exact date of Nathaniel's death is unknown , but that it occurred at the home of his son, Hosea, in Gwinnett County, Georgia. He's the one who supposedly brought a conch shell from the battle of Kings Mountain. There is the extreme possibility that Edmund/Edward had sons Nathan and Benjamin named after his brothers. Also, there are those three unknown children of Edward's and Mary Ragsdale after 1761 and our Nathan would fit into that gap before Edward/ Edmund married Elizabeth Carney. We're back to the quilt....puzzle, puzzle. Luv' Aunt Penny |
| Sent: 6/22/2000 | By: Tom Kemp | Subject: Eddie Kemp's Sons Go back to Index |
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Scott: I think that this is the story that I was telling you right before you left Montgomery Bell Inn. This is one of several of my remembrances that my son, Lee has urged me to write down. I am collecting as many as I can, and I will present all of them to my sons and grandsons someday. I am sending you this one plus one other about the chain. When my Dad and his brothers, Burnice, and John left their Hardin County home, they all wound up in Jackson, Tennessee. The brothers were pretty close while in Jackson. John lived with us in Jackson for a while when I was an infant, and he and Dad often worked together when they could find work in the early 1930's. The early 1930's was the time of the Great Depression when times were hard. Millions of people in the United states had no jobs. West Tennessee at that time was a region of hardwoods and hardwood industries. My mother had a regular job working in s skewer factory which manufactured tongue depressors, pop sickle sticks, dowels., and other wood products. She made $8.00 a week, and she supported our family on that plus she was able to hire a black woman to care for me every day. John and Dad went on a hoboing trip, riding freight trains around the country in 1931 or 32. I recall Dad mentioning being in Buffalo, New York. He also mentioned an incident in Arkansas where police pulled all the hobos off the train, and had them assist for several days in cleaning up damage from a recent flood.. He also spoke of the time in Mexico when his older brother, John, was trying to look out for Dad, and led him away from the hobo camp where many of the other hobos were getting high on Marijuana and alcohol, strained from canned heat. I can remember from those days, after their return, my Dad singing Mexican songs that he had learned to me. In 1932 or 1933 John left us, and went to Cleveland, Ohio, where he set up his home, formed his own trucking business, got married, and had one child, John Allen. |
| Sent: 6/25/2000 | By: Kemp Swiney | Subject: 1794 Kemp Massacre Go back to Index |
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Dear Scott and Penny: Our local newspaper just today included with the Sunday paper an insert entitled Anderson Fact Book. You both seen them. Lots of interesting information. Under the heading Points of Interest was the following, and I quote: "Sally Reed Graveyard This graveyard is in the Shady Grove section near Belton. A marker has been erected on the site of one of the bloodiest massacres of white settlers in this area when 15 members of the Kemp family were scalped and mutilated around 1794" No wonder Nathan and others were fighting the Cherokees about that time. Belton is about 18 miles east of Anderson, Oconee Station is about 25 miles northwest of Anderson. While I have not been over to Belton, I have looked at a county map and find a Shady Grove Church and a Shady Grove Church Road. As soon as I can I'll drive over to the area. Hopefully I can find the Graveyard. Will let you know what I find. Kemp |
| Sent: 6/29/2000 | By: Kemp Swiney | Subject: 'Kemp Massacre' - Part 2 Go back to Index |
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Dear folks: I have shared some of this with Scott, but will start at the beginning. In a recent local Sunday paper there was a insert intitled "Anderson County Facts". In the Points of Interest section there was mentioned a Sally Reed Graveyard. Futher discription of the Sally Reed Graveyard said the it was located in the Southeast section of the County near Belton, in community now called Shady Grove. The article futher states that a massacre occurred in the community in 1794, then called Calhoun, in which 15 members of a Kemp family was scalped and mutilated. On Tuesday we set out to find this Point of Interest. We located it in the Shady Grove Community, but did not walk to it. One: it was hot and I had five people with me and didnot want to keep them waiting in the car. Two: the Graveyard is located on private property. I did talk to the owner of the property, and he told me it was allright to visit the graveyard. He said the were a number of Kemps buried there. Some stones you could read, some you could not. Really needed chalk to make out the writing or paper to make tracings. He said he had some informtion in the house, but since he was in the field when I found him, he did not seem ready to go searching for the information at that time. The "History of Anderson County" gave about half page to the massacre. Sorry, no mention of the First name of this Mr. Kemp. Some of those killed were slaves, so the story goes. The "History" is our county library. Scott, That will be a couple places we'll want to visit when you come down. Will keep you informed. Kemp |
