William Campbell's Grave

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The nearby Aspenvale Cemetery contains the grave of Brig. Gen. William Campbell, Revolutionary War soldier, militia commander, and regional political leader. Campbell was born in Augusta County, Virginia, in 1745, and by 1768 he had moved to present-day Smyth County. During the Revolutionary War, Campbell led his soldiers to victory at the Battle of King's Mountain in North Carolina on 7 Oct. 1780. In Jun. 1781, Campbell joined the Marquis de Lafayette in eastern Virginia until Campbell's death on 22 Aug. 1781. He was buried at Rocky Mills in Hanover County. By 1832, his remains were reinterred at the Aspenvale Cemetery.

Department of Historic Resources, 2000

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References/Bibliographic Citation:

Aspenvale Cemetery, National Register of Historic Places File (86-13), DHR, Richmond, Virginia; E. T. Crowson, “Colonel William Campbell and the Battle of Kings Mountain,” Virginia Cavalcade 30 (Summer 1980), p. 22-29; John A. Garraty and Mark Carnes, eds., American National Biography, 23 vols. (New York and Oxford: Oxford University, 1999), 4: 304-305; Calder Loth, ed., The Virginia Landmarks Register, 4th. ed. (Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1999), 490; Elizabeth Lemmon Sayers, Smyth County, Virginia, Volume 1, Pathfinders and Patriots: Prehistory to 1832 (Marion, Va. : Smyth County Historical and Museum Society, 1983).