1849 – SIR: In continuation of the report which I had the honor to submit to the honorable Committee on Commerce of the Senate, under date of the 15th December, 1848, in relation to the execution of the law of the 14th August, 1848, entitled "An act making appropriations for lighthouses, light-boats, buoys, &c, and providing for the erection and establishment of the same," and which report was printed by order of the Senate at the special session in March, 1849, and numbered one, I now proceed to detail what has been done under the several appropriations, beginning with:
For a beacon on Campbell’s island, in the same river, $3,500. A contract has been entered into for the erection of this light-house, at a cost of $3,382, and to be completed on the 10th January ensuing.

1855 – Keeper Basil Jackson $350

1867 – Campbell’s island.—The buildings at this station were entirely destroyed during the war, and it is recommended that instead of rebuilding them a screwpile light-house be placed on the shoal at the turn in the channel of the river, just above Campbell’s island. An estimate is submitted for this purpose.

1868 – Campbell’s island.—This station has not been re-established since its discontinuance in 1861.

1873 – Campbell’s Island, Cape Fear River, North Carolina – The re-establishment of this light, which was extinguished during the war, would render the navigation of this river at night comparatively safe. It is one of the most difficult places to pass at night that can be found on the river below Wilmington. The channel is narrow, the river wide; the shoals from the east and west banks approaching close to each other at the point where the course is changed. The establishment of a screw-pile light-house at this point is practically the re-establishment of the light at Campbell’s Island, and it is deemed of more importance at the present time than any other light on the Cape Fear River. Nothing remains of the old light-house. An appropriation of $15,000 is therefore asked for a light-house at or near Campbell’s Island.

1874 – Campbell’s Island, Cape Fear River, North Carolina.—The following remark and recommendation contained in the last annual report are repeated: The re-establishment of this light, which was extinguished during the war, would render the navigation of this river at night comparatively safe. It is one of the most difficult places to pass at night that can be found on the river below Wilmington. The channel is narrow, the river wide; the shoals from the east and west banks approaching close to each other at the point where the course is changed. The establishment of a screw-pile light-house at this point is practically the re-establishment of the light at Campbell’s Island, and it is deemed of more importance at the present time than any other light on the Cape Fear River. Nothing remains of the old light-house. An appropriation of $15,000 is therefore asked for a light-house at or near Campbell’s Island.

Keepers: John Craig (1850 – 1853), Hosea Williams (1853 – 1854), William Woodward (1854), Basil Jackson (1854 – 1860), F.W. Savage (1860 – ).

No known remains of the original lighthouse or a modern light exist at this location today.

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