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State of Franklin theoretically independent of both North Carolina and the United States. He moved to Jefferson Co., Tennessee, and then on to Alabama.

Major Charles Campbell ruminated in his will about his fears that his title to the Saltville lands might be taken from him by the courts. Due to the French and Indian War and the following Line of Demarcation he had not been able to make the improvements to the land as required in the deeds. Aspenvale, as well as title to the Saltville tracts, were inherited by his son, General William Campbell, who commanded the campaign at Kings Mountain in 1780. He showed no interest in Saltville. He died in 1781, and is buried at Aspenvale.

General William Campbell was survived by two infant children, Charles Henry Campbell, and Sarah Buchanan Campbell (later Preston). Virginia awarded the estate of the General free land in appreciation for his Revolutionary War Service. There are three significant tracts of land in Saltville that probably are the results of this gift. They are LO 7-380, a 630 acre tract east of Campbell’s Choice surveyed in 1782 for Charles Henry Campbell (then 1 year old), LO 2-387, a 400 acre tract that includes most of the current town of Saltville surveyed in 1784, and LO 1-344, a 2,055 acre tract surveyed for Sarah Buchanan Campbell in 1785. This massive tract includes the land south of Campbell’s Choice and LO 7-380 running to McHenry Creek.

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CAMPBELL'S CHOICE	Page
INTRODUCTION	1
SALTVILLE GEOLOGY	1
SALTVILLE INDIANS	4
LEGAL MECHANISMS OF LAND TITLE OWNERSHIP IN VA.	6
THE SETTLEMENT OF SALTVILLE	13
INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION AROUND SALTVILLE BETWEEN THE PIONEER PERIOD AND THE CIVIL WAR	27
SALTVILLE IN THE CIVIL WAR	31
AFTER THE WAR	47
A MODERN CHEMICAL FACTORY	52
EPILOGUE	57
BIBLIOGRAPHY	61
INDEX	66

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