According to Francis X. Ray in The Heritage of Henderson County, Volume II, “Elbert Abner Camp was born in South Carolina, the son of Amson and Regia Harding Camp on (11 July 1948) and died in Hendersonville, North Carolina on (20 July 1920). In 1880 he lived in Shelby, Cleveland County, North Carolina. He married Elizabeth A. Nelson (29 April 1850 – 28 April 1946). Sometime between 1880 and 1884 he moved his family to Henderson County. Both he and his wife are buried in Pleasant Hill. Pappy, as he was known, and Elizabeth had nine Children. There was a strong attraction between their children and those of Larkin Berry and Matilda Scott Blackwell…. Abner as my great-grandfather, was a highly skilled rock mason who did quite a bit of the rock work around the state capitol in Raleigh.”
