William Campbell (general)

Brigadier General William Campbell
Personal details
Born	c. 1745 Augusta County, Virginia, British America
Died	22 August 1781(1781-08-22) (aged 35–36) Hanover County, Virginia, U.S.
Spouse	Elizabeth Henry
Relations	Patrick Henry (brother-in-law)
Profession	Military Officer Salt mining
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch/service	Continental Army Virginia Militia
Rank	Brigadier General
Battles/wars	Lord Dunmore's War American Revolutionary War Battle of King's Mountain Battle of Guilford Courthouse Yorktown campaign

William Campbell (born c. 1745 and died on August 22, 1781) was a Virginia farmer, pioneer, and soldier of Scottish and Scots-Irish heritage. One of the thirteen signers of the earliest statement of armed resistance to the British Crown in the Thirteen Colonies, the Fincastle Resolutions, Campbell represented Hanover County in the Virginia House of Delegates. A militia leader during the American Revolutionary War, he was known to Loyalists as the "bloody tyrant of Washington County", but to the Patriots he was known for his leadership at the Battle of Kings Mountain and the Battle of Guilford Courthouse.