Recently I have been searching intensively for the location of a Revolutionary War powder horn which belonged to Edward Evans, thought by many to have been the Drummer Boy for George Washington. The last anyone knew, it was owned by Robert Evans Campbell [a lawyer and judge] of Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio who passed away on 3 March 1936.

The problem is, everyone I’ve been able to locate who was affiliated with Robert has already passed away. So I’m just going to list all the names from several Ohio counties I’ve collected and hope that someone might have information. These come from miscellaneous sources, but the most informative is a book: History of Clermont and Brown Counties, Ohio by Byron Williams.

Connected names:
Robert Campbell, great-grandfather of Robert Evans Campbell
Mathew Campbell, grandfather of Mr. Robert E. Campbell
William Campbell, born near BentonvilIe, Adams county, Ohio.
Mrs. Fannie (Evans) Campbell, born near Carlisle, Brown County,
Mr. Robert Evans Campbell married Miss Mary Lizzie Gilbert
Her parents were Dyas and Harriet (Pence) Gilbert.
Dyas Gilbert was born in Huntington township, Brown County, Ohio,
His great-grandfather was William Gilbert
Alexander Brooks Gilbert, son of William Gilbert and wife was born near Aberdeen, Ohio
John and Dyas Gilbert
Katherine Housh,
Harriet (Pence) Gilbert, born Feb 21, 1832 Her daughter was Mrs. Holton.
Michall Pence, great-grandfather of Mrs. Harriet (Pellce) Gilbert, one of the first settlers of Adams county, Ohio
Children of Dyas and Harriet (Pence) Gilbert were
Albertine Dyas, wife of Samuel Dragoo, residents of Elpaso, Tex.
Sarah Katherine Dyas, married William -from Brown County, Ohio.
Hillis R., Dyas from Dayton, Ohio. Homer Grant, of New Mexico.
Minnie J., Dyas wife of James S. Wilson, from Decatur, Ohio.
Effie Belle, Dyas wife of William B. Holton from Decatur, Ohio.
William Dyas Campbell, born Feb 25, 1881, married Georgia Walker, of Paris, Tex., from Amarillo, Tex., They have one child, Mary Francis, born Nov 10, 1906, in Texas.
Ruth Campbell, born February 6, 1884, married Charles P. Noggle, of Dayton, Ohio; one daughter, Katherine, born Mar 4, 1910.
Lucy Campbell, born Feb 6, 1887, wife of Elbert F. Schweickart, of Fremont, Ohio; one daughter, Ruth Louise, born Dec 25. 1911.
Kate Copple Campbell, born July 28. 1890, is a graduate of the high school of Georgetown and attended Miami University. Taught at the old Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Orphans’ Home at Xenia, Ohio.

Maj. Robert Evans Campbell descended on his mother's side from George Wilson, an officer in the French and Indian war, from 1755 to 1764. On his mother's side Major Campbell descended from Edward Evans, a Revolutionary soldier, who belonged to the Virginia Rifles.

I’m interested in contacting any living relatives of any of these folks listed above. Perhaps others investigating these Campbells might interested in the full quotation from the book, which I have.

You may want to contact me off message board, but be aware that I have Spamblocker and will take a little time for me to respond.

Thanks