My line is as follows:

William DeCamp (b.abt. 1818, VA -

d.bef. 1860, LA or MS)
m.(?)
JoAnna (JoHanna) Bellew (Ballew)

(b.abt. 1823 - d. abt. 1918)

William DeCamp is shown on the 1850 Census
in TENSAS PARISHL, LA with the following
household:

DeCamp, William - Woodcutter (age 32)
Roustoutl, James - Labourer (age 27)
Balew, Ann (age 27)
Balew, Frances C. (age 2)
Balew, William C. (age 2)

I have not found William on the following
Census:

LA - 1860, 1870, 1880
MS - 1860, 1870, 1880
AL - 1860, 1870
TX - 1860, 1870

JoAnn Balew DeCamp shows up on the 1880
Census in Jefferson Co., MS as follows:

DeCamp, Ann (age 55)
DeCamp, Floid (son, age 25, b. MS)
DeCamp, Walter (son, age 26, b. MS)
DeCamp, Mary (wife of Walter - age 25)
DeCamp, Floid (son of Walter - age 5, b. MS)
DeCamp, Edgar (son of Walter - age 5/12, b. MS)

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Taking William DeCamp born 1818, VA ...
there are TWO (2) DeCamp families ...

DeCamps, Jacob - Brooke Co., VA, p. 82
to 10 yrs - 2 Male
26 to 45 - 1 Male
10 to 16 - 2 Female
26 to 45 - 1 Female
10 to 14 - 1 Male Slave

DeCamp, David - Giles Co., VA, p. 114A
to 10 yrs - 1 Male
26 to 45 - 1 Male
to 10 - 1 Female
16 to 26 - 1 Female
No Slaves

NOTE: In 1863, Brooke Co., VA becomes
Brooke Co., WV ... Brooke Co. is on the
Ohio River and is across from OH ...

I found the following Will --

Brooke Co., WV - 1787-1849

Burt, John
Names:
Wife - Mary Ann Burt (now pregnant)
Brother - Samuel Burt
Father-in-Law - Jacob DeCamps (decd.)
Mentions: 1/8 share of the Steamboat
"Neptune"
Executor: Thos. Jefferson DeCamps
Witnesses: James Palmer, Lewis Applegate,
Jno. M. Wells
Dated: 23 Dec 1841 - signed in New Orleans, LA
Recorded: 28 Feb 1842 - Brooke Co., VA

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DeCamps, Hardin, 28 Jul 1863, 8 months,
6 days, son of Capt. T. J. and Julia
DeCamps, funeral from residence of his
parents and will proced to Wellsburg,
WV

= = = = = = = = =

History of Brooke County by Nancy Lee Caldwell
1975 - Chapter 20, p. 129 -

"Brooke County had its share of early rivermen:
... the DeCamps (lists names of other families)
... who made numerous trips to New Orleans."

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My thinking is that it is POSSIBLE that
Jacob is the father of William as well as
Thomas Jefferson and Mary Ann (Burt) ...

Why -- 1850 Census shows Williams is
a woodcutter in Tensas Parish (just down
from Vicksburg) on the Mississippi River ... IF Capt. Thomas
DeCamp was his brother (or other family
member) he could be engaged in cutting word
for the family's steamboat "Neptune"

It seems the DeCamp(s) family was known as
being rivermen ...

ANY HELP on this appreciated ...

Thanks ... Lynna Kay