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Jason Harmon: On Putnam vs. Putman "Putman" and "Camel" both have their roots in misspellings following mispronunciations. How the area name(s) came to be; how the Campbell name was also altered at times By Jason Harmon Actually Tennessee's Putnam County lent it's name to the Adair County Putnam/Putman Community. I have always assumed that over the course of 140 Years the local dialect has changed the name from Putnam to Putman. During the Civil War, to avoid Confederate sympathies in Tennessee, the family of William Pickett Campbell migrated from Putnam County, TN to this particular area of Adair County. During the next years more members and extended family members joined their cousins in Adair County. The growth was so extensive that the area became known as Putnam or Putnam County. The Putnam/Putman area still has remnants of the transplants from the Volunteer state that settled the area. The Old Campbell Family Cemetery is high on the ridge hidden from the Allen Schoolhouse Rd. below. There is also a James Marlow Campbell Road in the area. Mr. Campbell was also a descendent of the Tennessee immigrants. The Campbell name also has its own misspelling and mispronunciation. I often see on Adair County maps the name "CAMEL Ridge" and "Camel Ridge Road." To me this is another example of words being spelled as they are pronounced. My grandma always called her grandma, "Marthie Camel." It took me awhile to understand that this was her dialect and the surname was actually "Campbell." The Related Letter This story was posted on 2007-06-25 19:25:23
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