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Granted to Charles Henry Campbell in Recognition for His Father’s
Service to the Commonwealth

What is known is that Arthur was also guardian for Francis Preston, the grandson of John Preston and his wife Elizabeth Patton Preston. Francis was educated at William and Mary, where he studied law under George Wythe. He served in both houses of the General Assembly and in Congress. He became a Brigadier General in the War of 1812. He practiced law in Abingdon, where his mansion, built in 1832, became the Martha Washington Inn.

What is bazaar about Arthur Campbell having been guardian for both Sarah Campbell and Francis Preston is that Sarah and Francis later married, and Sarah became the grand mover and shaker in the salt business while Francis was off in the General Assembly and in fighting in the War of 1812.

Arthur, his father “White” David Campbell, and Arthur’s brothers John and David. Jr., and an unnamed sister, had bought adjoining plantations from Col. John Buchanan at Royal Oak, present Marion, Virginia. There Arthur built the first mill in this part of Virginia. He was one of the fifteen signers of the Fincastle Resolutions, which was the first document advocating violent revolution against England.

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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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