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Who was the first Douglas
in Tennessee?
Here are some early arrivals:
• Matthew
Douglas was born in 1790 in Washington County Tennessee. He died 1845 in
Elk Valley Tennessee. His father, John Douglas, was born in 1754 in
Surry County, North Carolina. He died in 1842 in Washington County,
Tennessee.
• John Douglas, son of
James Douglas and Mary Verner, was born on 18 Mar 1764 in Surry, North
Carolina, USA.
He married (1) Nancy Jobe on 18 Nov 1838 in
Washington, Tennessee, USA. She was born in 1764. He married (2)
Elizabeth Ford in 1784 in Cabarrus, North Carolina, USA. She was born in
1764 in Surry, North Carolina, USA. She died in 1815 in Jonesborough,
Washington, Tennessee, USA.
John Douglas died on 01 Jun 1842 in
Washington, Tennessee, USA.
• Joseph Douglas, son of William Douglas
and Sarah Berryman, was born in 1735 in Charles, Maryland, USA.
He
married Crotia Mary Bickford on 01 May 1776 in Orange, North Carolina,
USA. She was born on 24 Nov 1895 in Missouri, USA. She died on 04 Nov
1996 in Orange, Orange, California, USA.
Joseph Douglas died in 1810 in
Grainger, Tennessee, USA.
• Bryant F Douglas, son of John Rabon
Douglas and Susan Howee, was born on 09 Sep 1798 in Cabarrus, North
Carolina, USA.
He married (1) Abigail G Fuller in 1839. She was born
on 01 Dec 1816 in North Carolina, USA. She died on 08 Aug 1896 in
Henderson, Tennessee, USA. He married (2) Rhoda D Johnson on 28 May 1821
in Mecklenburg, Virginia, USA. She was born on 24 Apr 1799 in North
Carolina, USA. She died on 12 Nov 1839 in Chester, Pennsylvania, USA.
Bryant F Douglas died on 18 Feb 1867 in Lexington, Henderson,
Tennessee, USA.
His brother, Rayborn Douglas was born in 1803 in
Cabarrus, North Carolina, USA and died on 12 May 1886 in Lexington,
Henderson, Tennessee, USA.
• Martha Douglas, daughter of John
Douglas and Sarah Dunn, was born in 1786 in Pendleton, Anderson, South
Carolina, USA.
She married James Steele Meek on 29 Sep 1808 in Knox,
Tennessee, USA. He was born in 1785 in Virginia, USA. He died in 1865 in
Princeton, Caldwell, Kentucky, USA.
She died on 13 Aug 1858 in
Caldwell, Kentucky, USA.
• The Douglass family has been
prominent in Sumner County since 1785, when Edward Douglass, with all
his children, settled on Station Camp Creek a few miles north from
Gallatin. He was born in Farquier County, Virginia; married about 1740,
Sarah George.
He was a commissioned officer in the War of
Independence, and a man of education, and a lawyer, though he had never
practiced law. He, when called upon, gave legal advice to his friends,
and neighbours without fee or reward, always counselling them not to go
into the courts. He was one of the first magistrates of Sumner County,
and was active in all public affairs. His home was near Salem Camp
Group, on lands apparently still in possession of his descendants.
Edward and Sarah Douglass's children were: John Douglass, killed by
Indians while on a mission to them from Colonel Anthony Bledsoe, William
Douglass, who married Peggy Stroud, Elizabeth Douglass, who married
William Cage, Elmore Douglass, who married Betsey Blakemore, who Ezekiel
Douglass, married May Gibson, Sally Douglass, who married Thomas
Blakemore, Edward Douglass, Jr., who married Elizabeth Howard, Reuben
Douglass, who married Elizabeth Edwards and James Douglass, who married
Catherine Collier.
Edward Douglass, Sr. was a man of education and said to have been a lawyer, though he never practiced law. He was one of the first magistrates of Sumner County. Prior to July, 1796, the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions were held in different places, at Edward Douglass' place in 1788 and 1790, and at the Ezekial Douglass place in 1793-1796. The first term of court held under the organization of the State of Tennessee was in July, 1796, and Edward Douglass, (Jr.) and James Douglass were among those commissioned as justices by John Sevier, the first Governor of the State. Both James and Edward (Jr.) served terms as Sheriff of Sumner County. Edward (Jr.) also served a term as a State Senator. Edward Douglass, Sr. died 2 Feb. 1795, Cage's Bend, Sumner Co., TN.
• Elijah Douglas was born 1783 in Tn.. He
married Rebecca. She was born 1785.
Children:
i. Drewery (Drew)2
Douglas, b. Abt. 1811, Wayne County, Ms; d. 1896, Providence Cem. Wayne
County, Ms.
ii. Milley Douglas, b. 1825; d. March 15, 1877.
iii.
William A. Douglas, b. 1826.
• The Clark House, Sumner County, Tennessee is
the home of four brothers who served in the Confederate army, as did
many of Sumner County’s young men. Their father, William F. Clark, a
Protestant minister, died in 1847 at the age of forty-one, leaving his
wife, Emma Douglass Clark, to rear the boys. Emma Clark, the daughter of
Reuben and Elizabeth Edwards Douglass, was the granddaughter of Col.
Edward and Sarah George Douglass who came to Sumner County in the late
1700s.
Three of the sons died in service. Pvt. Edward Clark, Co.
C, 7th Tennessee Infantry, was killed in action at the Second Battle of
Manassas on August 27, 1862. He was only 18 years old. Pvt. David Fulton
Clark, Co. F, 30th Tennessee Infantry, was killed May 12, 1863, at the
Battle of Raymond, Mississippi. Pvt. Reuben Douglas Clark, Co. C, 7th
Tennessee Infantry, died of wounds he suffered during Gen. John Bell
Hood’s retreat from Nashville in 1864. The fourth brother, Pvt. Charles
Clark, survived the war. He enlisted in 1862 and was discharged in 1865
from the 19th and 20th Consolidated Tennessee Cavalry, in Gen. Tyree H.
Bell’s brigade of Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest’s command.
• Baxter W Douglas was born circa 1892 in
Tennessee, to Lafayette A Douglas and Thena Douglas. Baxter had one
sibling: Clarence A Douglas.
• Harry Douglass was a captain in
1st Regiment of Tennessee Volunteer Infantry under Col Edward Bradley
and fought at the Battle of Talladega (9 November 1813)
• Harry L.
Douglass was a captain in 1st Regiment Tennessee Volunteers under Col
William Hall being part of part of Andrew Jackson's abortive mission to
Natchez. (Probably the same as above)
• William Douglass was a
captain in 3rd Regiment of Tennessee Militia under Col Stephen Copeland
and may have participated in the Battle of Horseshoe Bend (27 March
1814).
• Jesse T. Douglas (3
Nov 1808 - 11 Sept 1863) and his Wife Majincy E. Roughton Douglas were
both born near Murfreesboro, Tennessee
• Agricultural diversification highlights the history of the Douglass
Century Farm, established by Wiley J.
Douglass, b1792, in 1840. Douglass, who married twice and fathered
eleven children, was a significant figure in nineteenth century
agriculture in Sumner County.
• Robert Young's wife, Phebe Douglass, had a sister, Naomi, who married
Valentine Sevier, brother to John Sevier, a major figure in the history
of Tennessee. He fought in the battle of King's Mountain after his move
to western North Carolina and the Watauga Settlements in 1773. The
Young, Douglas and Sevier families moved together through the Shenandoah
Valley from the Augusta County, Virginia, region to the Watauga River
area, apparently in 1772.
• George Preston Douglas, born 20 Nov 1832 in Elk Valley, Campbell
County, Tennessee, son of William M Douglas & Sarah; He married Lucretia
Tressia Wilhite on 24 Mar 1853 in Campbell County, Tennessee. They ad 8
children.
• Jonathan (Jon) Douglas Sr., born 3 Oct 1715 in Shenandoah
County, Frederick County, married Jemima Young in 1740. Parents
of Naomi (Douglas) Sevier. Jemima died 1799 in Sullivan,
Tennessee; Jon died 21 May 1781 in Sullivan, Tennessee.
• John
Douglass, Lawyer, farmer and school teacher; born Newcomb, Tenn., July 31, 1830; son of Matthew and Nancy A. (King) Douglass; father was justice of peace, soldier in war 1812, under Gen. Jackson, farmer; educated in the common schools of Campbell Co., Tenn. and at home; early business occupation farming and teaching; married twice, first Leah Oaks Jan. 29, 1857; second, Mary Davis April, 1889; member F. & A.M., Knights of Labor, Senior and Junior Mechanics, served in all offices of Masons, except Master; representative to legislature for Campbell Co., Tenn. 1892-93; justice of the peace and notary public; former captain of company of Home Guards; census enumerator in 1880-90; member of Missionary Baptist church, and has served as clerk of same for 25 years, also clerk of Southern Union Association of Baptists about 20 years; commissioner of the poor of Campbell Co., Tenn. past 15 years. [Source: Who's Who in Tennessee, Memphis: Paul & Douglass Co., Publishers, 1911; transcribed by Kim Mohler]
• Revolutionary Patriot Lt. James Cyrus Tyree, Richard, born
in 1779, remained in the James River area. On 31 December 1805 in
Campbell County, VA, Richard married Mildred Douglas. Mildred was the
daughter of Achilles Douglas and Elizabeth (Tyrell) Douglas, a
descendant of the notable Lynch and Bolling families of Virginia.
Richard and Mildred had 10 children.
Miscellaneous Tennessee names:
Douglas, Abraham B. "Abe" b. 1 Jun 1863 (Warren County) Tennessee
Douglas, Alexander b. 0___ 1845 (Warren County) Tennessee
Douglas, Elizabeth b. 1848 (Warren County, Tennessee)
Douglas, Hannah b. 6 Mar 1836 (Warren County) Tennessee
Douglas, John b. 5 Apr 1807 Warren County, Tennessee
Douglas, Levander P. b. 27 Nov 1864 McMinnville, Warren County,
Tennessee
Douglas, Manerva b. 0___ 1866 Warren County, Tennessee
Douglas, Mary b. 25 Jul 1869 Warren County, Tennessee
Douglas, Mary Ann b. 0___ 1844 (Warren County, Tennessee)
Douglas, Matilda "Mattie" b. 1850 Tennessee
Douglas, Matthew b. 1842 (Warren County, Tennessee)
Douglas, Millie b. 0___ 1818 Warren County, Tennessee
Douglas, Nancy "Nannie" b. 19 Jan 1863 Warren County, Tennessee
Douglas, Silas A. b. 29 Sep 1897 Warren County, Tennessee
Douglas, Virginia b. 21 Sep 1907 Warren County, Tennessee
Douglas, William M. "Bill" b. 14 Feb 1861 Warren County,
Tennessee
See also:
•
Dr Lewis Douglass
•
Douglas Lake, Dam and Bluff
Notes:
•
It seems likely that Cato, Lewis's father, was a slave held by Bryant
Douglas. In 1860, a male aged 7 is listed, probably Lewis.
• I have
been advised that I need to go back into North Carolina first as
Tennessee was created out of North Carolina. I also need to look at "The
Lost State of Franklin", which existed for a period of about 30 days.
This seems to be covered well, if in a condensed form, by the
Wikipedia article.
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