I am still searching for information about my g-g-grandmother, whose name was apparently Mary Martha
Campbell. According to a court case on file in the
Colleton Co., court house, her name was Mary, although on the census records it is listed as Martha and she was probably called that. The court record establishes that her mother was the sister of
O'Brian Trisvant
Canaday, and that she (Mary) married
Porter Jackson. There was no mention of her father or her surname, but the
Sineath family book says that she was a
Campbell. (One of their daughters married a
Sineath.) The information it contains is not entirely correct; it says Peter instead of
Porter, and says "Sennie" was born in Islandton. Actuallly, she was born on the old Wire Road near what is now
Grover.
When the 1880 census was taken, A. E. Fralix and his wife, Minervia
Campbell Fralix, lived a few houses away from
Porter and Martha. We know that Minervia was the daughter of Jesse
Campbell. I believe that Martha might also have been his daughter, but there is some confusion about how many times Jesse was married, and who might have been Martha's mother. (Again, according to the court case, Martha didn't have any whole siblings.) A Jesse
Campbell was living next door to William
Campbell in the 1850 census, leading me to believe they were related. If anyone has some good, clear research on this family, please share it with me. It would either confirm Martha's parentage or let me know I still have to search elsewhere.
