====== Cameron, John ====== 
 (l778-7 Aug. l829), political figure. (John Cameron the Rich, Squire Cameron) Born in New York state or colony. Parents: John Cameron called John Cameron the Wise and his wife Elizabeth Ferguson. He came to Canada with his parents’ family, served in the 1st Glengarry Flank Company of militia in the War of l812, and was MLA for GC l816-1820. He married Elizabeth Summers of the Summerstown family. John Cameron, who lived at his family home, Fairfield, in Charlottenburgh Township, left over 3800 acres of land in his will, in various parts of the province. GC had at least one other Squire Cameron, the father of O’Kane Cameron.


----
<fs small>Sources as for his father * Johnson 179 * Armstrong 97
</fs>
[<6>]