1760 - 1812 (52 years)
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| Name |
John Douglass |
| Birth |
1760 [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
15 Dec 1812 |
York District, South Carolina  [2] |
| Person ID |
I134381 |
My Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
1 Jul 2015 |
| Father |
John Douglass, b. Abt 1740, Derry Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA d. Abt 1784, Lancaster District, South Carolina, USA (Age 44 years) |
| Family ID |
F52917 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Father |
John Douglass, b. Abt 1740, Derry Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA d. Abt 1784, Lancaster District, South Carolina, USA (Age 44 years) |
| Mother |
Mary McClure, b. Abt 1728, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA d. South Carolina, USA |
| Marriage |
1758 |
| Family ID |
F27633 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Sarah Dunn, b. 1763, Camden District, South Carolina d. 20 Feb 1813, York District, South Carolina (Age 50 years) |
| Marriage |
10 May 1781 |
Claremont County, Camden District, SC |
| Children |
| | 1. Martha Douglass, b. Abt 1786, Pendleton, SC d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 2. Thomas Douglass, b. 1790 d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 3. John Douglass, b. 14 Aug 1795, Sumter County, South Carolina, USA d. 24 Aug 1870, Blackstocks, South Carolina (Age 75 years) |
| | 4. Jennie Douglass, b. Abt 1797 d. Aft 1850 (Age 54 years) |
| | 5. Margaret Douglass, b. 4 May 1799 d. 11 Sep 1870 (Age 71 years) |
| | 6. Joseph Douglass, b. 26 Aug 1803 d. 18 Jan 1865, South Carolina, USA (Age 61 years) |
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| Family ID |
F52811 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
1 Jul 2015 |
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| Notes |
- John Douglass served during the Revolution with the 5th South Carolina
Regiment in Captain Gordon's Company. He enlisted 10 December, 1776 (War
Department Certificate #1758162). Mary Lunsford Thorn Moores' DAR
application dated 23 May 1913 (National Number 86960-A75) documents his
service and her lineage.
John Douglass is buried at Old Waxhaws Presbyterian in Lancaster County,
South Carolina adjacent to the grave of Matilda Douglas, the daughter of
John's nephew Joseph Douglass Jr. On the other side of John's grave is
Moses Cantzon, husband of Joseph Douglass Sr's daughter Margaret. John
Douglass' headstone reads:
Sacred to the
memory of
JOHN DOUGLASS
Who depareted this life
decr 15th 1812
aged 53 years
Go home my friend dry up your tears
I must lie here till Christ appears
When he appears I shall then rise
And see you with immortal eyes.
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| Sources |
- [S2460] Headstone, Hopewell Pres. Blackstock, SC.
- [S2472] Headstone, Old Waxhaws Presbyterian Church.
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