Bartolomé del Campo

Brief Biography

Bartolomé del Campo appears on the Expedition's muster roll as a horsemen. Another expeditionary reported that a search was conducted on the Llano Estacado of west Texas for the lost Bartolomé, but apparently he was never found.

Gender
Male
Date of Death
1541
Death Details Known?
Yes
Died on the Expedition?
Yes
Last Known Location
Llano Estacado, Texas
Position on Expedition
Horseman
Pre-Expedition Occupation
Barber or Surgeon
References-Documentary

pre 1530:

?Orozco y Berra in Dorantes de Carranza, Sumaría relación, [p.400: Bartolomé de Campos signed a 1520 letter, w/Narváez]

1540-1550:

1540, Feb: Muster in Flint & Flint, Documents, Document 12 [horse, native arms]

AGI, México, 206, N.12 [fol. 2r: witness Juan Cordero says that Troyano was sent out to look for “a barbero named Campo, who had become lost on the plains"]