1752 - 1810 (58 years)
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| Name |
Achilles Douglas |
| Birth |
22 Feb 1752 |
Orange Co., Virginia, USA  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
5 Nov 1810 |
Campbell Co., Virginia, USA |
| Person ID |
I8059 |
My Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
21 Feb 2023 |
| Father |
John Bruce Douglas, b. 1698, Edinburgh, Scotland d. 1761, Barboursville, Orange County, Virginia, USA (Age 63 years) |
| Mother |
Judith Moorman, b. 1711, Green Springs, Louisa Co., Virignia, USA d. 1753, Barboursville, Orange Co., Virignia, USA (Age 42 years) |
| Marriage |
1731 |
| Family ID |
F3015 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Elizabeth Terrell, b. 5 Jun 1757 d. 8 Feb 1826 (Age 68 years) |
| Marriage |
10 Oct 1779 |
| Children |
| | 1. Agatha Douglas, b. Abt 1780 d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 2. Robert Douglas, b. 1780 d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 3. Sarah Douglas, b. 1781 d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 4. Judith Douglas, b. 1783 d. 8 Feb 1826 (Age 43 years) |
| | 5. Mildred Young Douglas, b. 1785 d. 1857 (Age 72 years) |
| | 6. Deborah Douglas, b. 1787 d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 7. Elizabeth Douglas, b. 1790 d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 8. Charles Terrell Douglas, b. 1795 d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 9. Mary Terrell Douglas, b. 1795 d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 10. John Lynch Douglas, b. 1797 d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 11. Achilles Moorman Douglas, b. 1800 d. Yes, date unknown |
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| Family ID |
F3053 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
21 Feb 2023 |
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| Notes |
- John Douglas' will devises to his son, Achilles, 800 acres of land, part of which was known as Lynch's tract, also one-half the profits from a mill, certain personal property and a negro boy.
Achilles married Elizabeth Terrell, daughter of Micajah and Sarah Lynch Terrell, in 1779. His father-in-law was a Quaker minister.
He moved to the "Montview" section of Campbell County where he resided the remainder of his life.
He was named in 1791 as one of the two trustees of South River Meeting. He bought and sold considerable land and was frequently a member of the grand jury and road commissions, in which capacity only a free-holder could act.
In 1783 he freed all his slaves by manumission as the record in Rustburg bears witness. He further proved his devotion to the Quaker Society by going with Joshua Brown, a minister to the South in 1778.
While in South Carolina they were arrested and required to take the oath of allegiance and give a bond of 10,000 pounds before leaving the province. They refused to do this on account of religious scruples and were held for six months in nominal custody and were finally released by an Act of the General Assembly.
The children of Achilles and Elizabeth Terrell Douglas were: Sarah, Judith, Mildred, Deborah, Elizabeth, John Lynch and Achilles Moorman.
Judith Married Jonathan Johnson who owned the land where the Odd Fellow's Home is now located. They sold this and moved to Ohio, but Achilles Douglas died here November 5, 1810, and his wife, February 8, 1826.
Both are thought to have been buried in the walled portion of the South River cemetery (Brown, Lynchburg's Pioneer Quakers, p. 61-62.)
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