Arthur and William were in the forefront of the local Rebel leadership of the militia in the late stages of the Revolution.  When the British, under General Cornwallis invaded the South via Charleston, S. C. in 1780 Arthur led the defense of the Lead Mines by making incursions against the Tories in North Carolina.  When William led the militia in its attack on Ferguson at King’s Mountain, Arthur shared troops, and assumed the task of defense of Holston Valley when most of the militia was away at King’s Mountain. 

           General William Campbell’s widow, Elizabeth Henry, married the widower General William Russell, the father of Henry Russell, the fourteen year old son who was killed by Indians in 1773 on Wallen’s Creek along with Daniel Boone’s son, James.  They moved to Saltville in 1788 to better look after the salt business.  They, themselves, had no ownership in it.