There are a number of websites that contain information about J.A.P. Campbell.
Listed below are some of them.
Many contain facts that are incorrect but minor in terms of understanding his impact. For example,
- He was born in Lancaster District, not Camden, South Carolina.
- His correct middle name is Josiah Abigail Patterson Campbell (not Adams or Arthur).
- He attended Davidson College at the age of 13, but left at age 15 when his parents moved to Mississippi. Although he did not graduate, he is considered by the college to be a member of the class of 1847.
- When his family moved to Mississippi from South Carolina, they settled in Madison County, not Attala County, as one biography states.
- His highest rank in the Confederate Army was Colonel (not Lt Colonel as one biography states).
- He was elected circuit judge of the 5th judicial district of Mississippi, but he was not “removed by the military authority, and the seat declared vacant” as one biography states.
- He was appointed by the governor and confirmed by the Senate of Mississippi to codify its laws in 1870, and then amended them in 1878, not 1887. The code was adopted in 1880.
- He had seven children (not three, as some sites list) with wife Eugenia Nash, and at least one out of wedlock, with Millie Brown.
Here are several links that will provide details about J.A.P. Campbell Sr.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josiah_Abigail_Patterson_Campbell. – This biography is relatively sparse in terms of details.
https://dc.law.mc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1410&context=lawreview. – A history of the Mississippi Supreme Court from 1916-1996. References to J.A.P. Campbell Sr and his son (also a judge) Robert Bond Campbell.
https://civilwartalk.com/threads/campbell-josiah-abigail-patterson-sr-c-s-delegate-ms.182954/. – This site is dedicated to the Civil War and only focuses on that part of J.A.P. Campbell’s life.
https://mississippiencyclopedia.org/entries/jap-campbel/. – General biography of J.A.P. Campbell Sr. Repeats some inaccuracies published elsewhere.
https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/campbell5.html#039.31.05. – Features a brief summary of J.A.P Campbell’s political career.
http://genealogytrails.com/miss/bios_c.htm. – A highly flattering biography, likely written by a Confederate sympathizer. Contains some genealogically unsubstantiated claims.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11429600/josiah-abigail_patterson-campbell. – Features a short biography and photographs of a graveyard plaque which contains an incorrect middle name.
https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/01798/. – A link to J.A.P. Campbell’s papers from 1862-1914, housed at the University of North Carolina’s Southern Collection. The collection includes Confederate army orders and commissions, scattered personal letters, chiefly 1902-1912, and miscellaneous other papers, including a brief handwritten autobiography written in 1914.
https://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?handle=hein.journals/mislj86&div=28&id. – Subscription based sketch of J.A.P. Campbell’s professional life.
https://perma.cc/3LPE-Y3AB. – J.A.P. Campbell calls for the right to be armed.
https://cwrgm.org/item/mdah_757-930-05-39. – Letter from R. D. Brown to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; May 28, 1860
https://cwrgm.org/item/mdah_757-931-10-25. – Letter from J. A. P. Campbell to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; April 20, 1861
https://cwrgm.org/item/mdah_757-932-03-32. – Letter from J. A. P. Campbell to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; May 17, 1861
https://cwrgm.org/item/mdah_757-943-08-30. – Letter from J. A. Campbell to M. R. Clark; January 16, 1863
https://cwrgm.org/item/mdah_771-956-09-10. – Petition from E. W. Wilkerson to Mississippi Governor William L. Sharkey; September 15, 1865
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Emancipation/1lOIjQUG4aoC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=J.A.P.+Campbell&pg=PA347&printsec=frontcover. – This link displays an excerpt from a chapter, entitled “The Negro and the Law,” that was included in the book The Negro Problem, by Booker T. Washington, et al. Washington’s book featured a collection of essays written in 1903 by leading African Americans. This chapter was written by Wilford H. Smith, the first African-American lawyer to win a case before the Supreme Court of the United States. It praised J.A.P. Campbell as a “fair jurist.”
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Jefferson_Davis_Ex_president_of_the_Conf/-m4VJlxcyOoC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=J.A.P.+Campbell&pg=PA42&printsec=frontcover. – In this excerpt from the book “Jefferson Davis, Ex-president of the Confederate States of America,” J.A.P. Campbell explains how Jefferson Davis became CSA president. The book was written by Varina Davis (1890, originally published by University of Virginia and digitized in November 26, 2008 by Belford Company).
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Mississippi_in_1875/dtpSAAAAYAAJ – Vol. 1 of Mississippi in 1875, Testimony and and Documentary Evidence, of J.A.P Campbell.
https://altchive.org/node/14803. – Digitized copy of a letter to Silas H. Clark from J.A.P. Campbell, July 25, 1861
https://www.mdah.ms.gov/mississippi-hall-fame. – Displays a digital copy of J.A.P. Campbell’s portrait in the Mississippi Archives. Scroll alphabetically to “Josiah A.P. Campbell” for a brief biography.
http://www.civilwardata.com/active/hdsquery.dll?RegimentHistory?1660&C. – Lists J.A.P. Campbell’s war service and ranks.
https://confederatevets.com/documents/campbell_ms_cv_02_17_ob.shtml. – Confederate vets’ obituary of J.A.P. Campbell Sr. Features the earliest known photograph of J.A.P. Campbell (1861).
https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-battle-units-detail.htm?battleUnitCode=CMS0040RI. – National Park Service’s battle unit details for the 40th Regiment of the Mississippi Infantry. Lists J.A.P. Campbell as Lt Colonel at the time.
https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/mss-williams-papers/83/ – “To the Democratic Congress:” A defense of the Democratic party’s “Free Silver” movement against the Gold Standard in 1896. J.A.P. Campbell calls for the establishment of a policy to create equality between gold and silver as financial resources, and asks that he be given a chance to present his proposed policy to the U.S. Congress and President Cleveland. Available through Mississippi State University Libraries.
W.J. Pack Article on J.A.P. Campbell
Judge J.A.P. Campbell: Distinguished Lawyer, Statesman, Soldier and Jurist, W.J. Pack, Sept 25, 1914, Daily Clarion-Ledger.
