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From: Jesse L Barnett <>
Subject: Re: [CAMP-L] Identity of Thomas Camp
Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2000 11:12:12 -0600


William Thomas Camp was my 1st Cousin 4 times removed. Your explanation of
the event has saved me some typing (in my genealogy notes). Thank you very
much.

I am the Great Grandson of William Alexander Camp, and my name is also
included in the John Steel Camp book, along with a photo.

Jesse Lloyd Barnett
Evansville, IN

Linda Fredrickson wrote:

> The Thomas Camp who committed the crime was William Thomas Camp, born
>
> Oct 18, 1851, and hung on Nov 22, 1872, in Gibson County, Indiana. He
> was the
> 10th child of William O. and Mahala Scales Camp, and a grandson of John
> Steel
> and Dotty Morris Camp. William and Mahala were living in Lynnville,
> Warrick Co,
> Indiana, at the time.
> John Steel Camp was son of Joseph W. and Susannah Roundtree Camp, and
>
> Joseph W. was son of Thomas and Winifred Starling Camp.
> William O. Camp was a brother of Joseph Wilson Camp md Elizabeth
> Thomas.
> Joseph and Elizabeth are my ggrandparents. I remember my dad passing
> this story
> on to me when I was in my teens. He didn't know as much detail, or even
> the
> correct name of the Camp, but he did know that the victim was John Riley
> Bilderback.
> For those in the family (who probably didn't want to believe that one of
> their own
> could do such a thing) the ending to the story was always a deathbed
> confession of
> the crime by an unknown resident, thereby "proving" the innocence of the
> convicted
> man. The conviction of William Thomas Camp took place in July of 1872,
> and the
> death of his mother, Mahala Scales Camp, in August, 1872, attests to the
> tragic and
> profound impact of the proceedings on his grieving mother.
> The book " John Steel Camp and His Descendants" by the 2 Paul Camps
> has a
> brief account of the incident on page 284. Linda Camp Fredrickson

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