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COLONEL JOHN CAMPBELL.

The subject of this sketch was the son of John Campbell, and was born
at Royal Oak in about the year 1791. He was educated at the Abingdon
Academy, and in the year 1811 was elected a member of the House of Delegates
from Washington county, became a member of the Council of State,
and acquired an excellent reputation. In the year 1818 he decided to settle
in Alabama, and President James Monroe, when informed of that fact, addressed
the following communication to Governor Bibb, of Huntsville, Alabama,
in regard to Colonel Campbell:

Louisville, June 24th, 1819.

Dear Sir:

Had I seen you when at Huntsville I should have spoken to you
and recommended to your kind attention Major John Campbell, lately of

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the Council of State in Virginia, now a resident of Alabama. I consider
him a young man of great merit for integrity, strength and correctness of
judgment and purity of political principles. In his welfare I take great interest.
Well knowing his merit, I have thought it proper to communicate
to you the sense I entertain of it, in the hope that it might be of some service
to him.

With great respect and esteem, I am, dear sir,

Yours,

JAMES MONROE.

Gov. Bibb, Huntsville.

Colonel Campbell did not remain long in Alabama, but returned to this
county, and in April, 1829, he was appointed Treasurer of the United

Col. Jno. Campbell.