| Notes for CLARK CAMP: Clark Camp was elected as Justice of thePeace for Herrick, PA in 1844. "Bradford County Anti-SlaverySociety was organized in 1837 with Deacon Giles N. DeWolf aspresident and Deacon Charles Stevens secretary. However,agitation of this subject has been going on six years. J.Washington Ingham, an authority, says 'In 1831 some Anti-Slaverymeetings were held in Terrytown, which were addressed by Geo. F.Horton and Eben Terry, both speakers holding that slavery waswrong and ought to be immediately abolished'. Five years laterthe subject was warmly discussed in public meetings throughoutthe county, particularly in the townships of Pike, Wyalusingand Asylum. Meetings were frequently held and generally wellattended in the church at Merryall and in the school houses inthe afore mentioned townships. Among the earlier and most activeabolitionists, when the name abolitionist was a term of reproachwere the following: ...Isaac Camp, Clark Camp..." Taken from"Pioneer and Patriot Families of Bradford County, Pennsylvania,1800-1825, Vol. 2, by Clement F. Heverly, 1915. |