In 1748 he surveyed off for himself 330 acres called the
‘Buffalo Lick’ at Saltville that included the salt lake and
marsh.
He called it
“Campbell’s Choice”.
It was of no value for either farming or of timbering.
Campbell was not a long hunter.
The land’s only potential value lay in its salt.
In 1750 he produced enough salt here to satisfy himself
of the site’s potential.
In 1753 he received a patent for this tract (LO 31-390).
At the same time he acquired several other tracts around
Saltville, among which were 300 acres west of Broadford (LO
31-383), and 1,400 acres (LO 31-389) north and across the river
from Saltville.
He
seemed committed to the future prospects of Saltville as he
acquired no tracts elsewhere.
For example, his father-in-law, Col. John Buchanan
patented 1,250 acres in the Middle Fork of the Holston on the
Wilderness Road to Kentucky at Aspen Bottom (LO 32-153) just
west of Seven Mile Ford.
He named his plantation there Aspenvale.
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