There is always good information to be found in pension applications. This particular one gives the name of the daughters of George Campbell, his wife, their marriage date and where they lived. Notice in the third paragraph the information was given at Washington City on December 21, 1818 – what we now know as Washington, D.C. Interesting to see the use of its name at that time!

George K. Campbell

Sergeant U.S. Infantry

January term 1829 on motion of John North, satisfactory proof having been made to the court, it is ordered to be certified that Amelia Ann Campbell and Louisa Strother Campbell are heirs and legal representatives of George K. Campbell.

March term – 1817. On the motion of Nancy Campbell, it is ordered that John North be appointed guardian for Amelia Campbell and Louisa Campbell, infants and heirs of Nancy Campbell and George K. Campbell, and that the said North enters into bond in the penalty of $200 with Robert Coleman, his security entered into and acknowledged bond in the penalty of $200 conditioned according to same.

Washington City, December 21, 1818. Having been for many years intimately acquainted with George K. and Nancy Campbell, who reside in my neighborhood, I do certify that the two children, Amelia Campbell and Louisa Campbell, mentioned in the within certificate are the only heirs left by the said George K. and Nancy Campbell, deceased, and Nancy Campbell still remains his widow, this 1818. Signed, Anthony New. Nancy Campbell applied for pension May 12, 1853, in Christian County, Kentucky, at the age of 63, resident of the aforesaid county and state, states she is the widow of George K. Campbell, deceased, who was a sergeant in the war declared by the United States against Great Britain in 1812, that her said husband enlisted under Lieutenant Riley at Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky, in the summer or fall of the year 1814, and died while on his way to New Orleans, near Natchez, from sickness incurred while in the service of the United States and in the line of his duty, states that she received five years half pay under the Act of 1816, which was drawn by John North, the guardian of her children and appropriated to their use, that is the original certificate of pension or draft in her possession and she does not know where it is to be found, states she was married to the said Campbell, in Christian County, Kentucky, on the eleventh day of December 1806, personally appeared before me, A. G. Slaughter on the 12^th day of May, 1853, personally by Finnias Ewing, a Presbyterian Minister, that her name before marriage to the said Campbell was Nancy Strother , on the 12^th day of May, 1853, personally appeared before me, A. G. Slaughter, a resident of Christian County, Kentucky, states that he has been acquainted with Mrs. Nancy Campbell for 26 years and that she has always been reputed and believed to be the widow of George K. Campbell, who was a soldier in the War of 1812 and who died while in the services on his way to New Orleans from sickness incurred while in the service and in the line of duty and I hereby certify that A. G. Slaughter is a reliable witness. Signed, James Richardson, Justice of the Peace.

Affidavit of Richard D. Bradley said that George K. Campbell enlisted in the army at Hopkinsville, Kentucky, about 1814.

A certified copy of the marriage record is filed with the papers showing that they were married December 8, 1806, George Campbell to Ann Strother. It shows that the consent of the guardian was given, but did not give the name of guardian; the person officiating was Finnias Ewing.

George K. Campbell belonged to the 7^th regiment of the U. S. Infantry and died near Natchez, Mississippi, on his way to New Orleans, while in the military service of the United States, on December 3, 1814.

W. T. and Amelia A. Rawlins were neighbors of the widow Nancy Campbell, 1870.