History of Daviess County, Kentucky, Inter-State Publishing Co., Chicago, 1883. Reprinted by McDowell Publications, Utica, KY, 1980. p. 671. SQUIRE A. CAMP was born in Todd County, Ky., Oct. 30, 1830. His parents were George and Maria (Adams) Camp. His father was a native of Virginia, but removed to Woodford County, Ky., when a young man, and married Handy Mahon, and they had a family of seven children. They moved to Todd County some three years after their marriage. His wife died here about 1828, and Mr. Camp then married Maria Adams. They had a family of eight children, Squire A. being the eldest. He remained with his parents in Todd County until his marriage to Martha Shreves, Feb. 16, 1854. She was born in Andrew County, Mo., Jan. 10, 1838, and was a daughter of James and Nancy T. (Coleman) Shreves, both natives of Todd County, Ky. After his marriage Mr. Camp was overseer on plantations in Todd County until Jan. 14, 1859, when he came to Daviess County and purchased his present farm in Masonville Precinct, where he and family have since resided. He and wife have had a family of fifteen children--John W., born Dec. 6, 1854, married Minnie K. Dawson, Jan. 14, 1879 (they had two children, one living--Chester C., born Jan. 2, 1882); Alice P., born April 8, 1856, married L. D. Florence (she died Sept. 17, 1876; she had two children, both dead); Nancy E., born Sept. 15, 1857, married W. R. Stewart, and has had three children, two living, Katy and Clara; Mary F., born July 21, 1859, married J. W. Taylor, and has one son, Price A.; Charles E., born March 2, 1861; Anna E., born Oct. 17, 1862, died Sept. 9, 1874; James A., born April 28, 1864; Mattie Z., born Feb. 1, 1866; Rosa L., born Dec. 9, 1867; Susan J., Nov. 23, 1869; Rutha D., born Sept. 28, 1871; Ruama, born April 21, 1873; Arthur H., born June 15, 1875; Clarence C., born March 10, 1879. Mr. Camp owns a fine farm of 187 acres, 120 under cultivation. Mr. and Mrs Camp and eight of their children are members of the Baptist church. Mr. Camp was elected Justice of the Peace of Masonville Precinct in 1872, and held that office six years; was elected Constable in 1880, and re-elected Justice of the Peace in 1882, and still retains both offices. He has held various other local offices in his precinct. His father was in the war of 1812. Mr. Camp is politically a Democrat. He is of English descent. He enlisted in Company E, Captain Sam Taylor's company of Kentucky Cavalry Volunteers; remained in service until December, 1862; was in the battle at Sutherland's farm in Upper Town Precinct. Camp Adams Mahon Shreves Coleman Dawson Florence Stewart Taylor = Todd-KY VA Woodford-KY MO http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/daviess/camp.sa.txt