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1860 Perry County censuses, or the 1880 census of Marion County, Mississippi. We suspect her husband was this Hugh Cameron that appears in the 1829 and 1830 tax lists for Marion County, Mississippi, and never shows up again in any south Mississippi records. There are two other Hugh Cameron’s living in central Mississippi in the early 1800s. One was bom in Scotland and the other was from North Carolina. What we believe is his widow, Elizabeth “Betsey” Cameron shows up in the 1850 census of Perry County living next door to William Cameron and his family, who we feel was her brother-in-law. In that census she is listed as bom in South Carolina in 1810. In the 1860 census of Perry County, she is still living next to William Cameron and bom in 1805 in South Carolina with one son called “Bigsy Cameron,” bom in 1830. In 1880 Betsey is living in Marion County, Mississippi, a widow, bom in Mississippi in 1820 using the name “Betsey Cameron.” Also in her home that year is “Druciller Cameron,” bom in Mississippi in 1829, widow, with what appears to be Druciller’s daughter, “Elizar Cameron,” bom in 1863. This “Druciller Cameron” was the wife of Alexander Cameron, a brother to William Cameron and our Jesse Cameron.
In the 1850 census, Elizabeth “Betsey” Cameron is listed with 4 children:
A.	Abijah Cameron - bom in 1828 in Mississippi as found in the 1850 Perry County, Mississippi, census. What appears to be him is “A. D. Cameron,” enlisted with the 38th Mississippi Cavalry, Marion County, Mississippi, on March 25, 1862. He died on July 31, 1862, as found in his Civil War files.
B.	Sarah Cameron - bom in 1832 in Mississippi as found in the 1850 Perry County census.
C.	Franklin Cameron - bom in 1837 in Mississippi as found in the 1850 Perry County census. What appears to be him is found in the 1860 census of Mobile, Alabama, living with James and Martha Carpenter.
D.	Erasmus Cameron - bom in 1843 as found in the 1850 census of Perry County. What appears to be him is “E. R. Cameron” who enlisted with the 38th Mississippi Cavalry on March 25, 1862, at Columbia, Mississippi. He was killed at Vicksburg, Mississippi, on June 17, 1863, as found in his Civil War file.
IV.	Alexander “Alex” Cameron - bom in 1810 in South Carolina, as found in the 1850 and 1860 censuses of Marion County, Mississippi. The 1850 census has him bom in South Carolina, while the 1860 census has him born in North Carolina. Looking at his children’s various census records, they state that both parents were bom in Mississippi. Knowing census takers often made mistakes as this, and, based on our research, it is our conclusion that he was actually bom in South Carolina. We first find Alexander Cameron living and paying property taxes in Marion County, Mississippi, in 1838 and 1839 along with his brother, Jesse Cameron, and then he disappears.
We next find him listed in the 1840 Perry County census with one elderly female bom between 1770 and 1780 which we believe is his mother, Hester, as
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