Ruth A. Douglass
1811 - 1899 (87 years)
Generation: 1
1. Ruth A. Douglass was born on 8 Sep 1811 (daughter of Jesse Douglass and Sarah Ann Estes); died on 25 Jul 1899 in Tunnel Hill, GA. Family/Spouse: Russell Sexton. Russell was born about 1811; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Teresa Sexton was born in 1826; died in 1882.
Ruth married Jacob Charleton Laymance on 7 Oct 1838 in Murray Co., GA. Jacob was born in 1813; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Columbus Laymance was born in 1841; died in 1843.
- Hiram Laymance was born in 1842; died in 1863.
- Virginia Florence Laymance was born in 1845; died in 1900.
- Sarah Caroline Laymance was born in 1846; died in 1906.
- John T. Laymance was born in 1848; and died.
- Jacob Laymance was born in 1850; died in 1850.
- Louisa Ann Laymance was born in 1861; died in 1906.
2. Jesse Douglass was born before 1778 in Cheraw, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, USA; died on 15 Aug 1848 in Gilmer County, Georgia, USA. Notes:
He purchased a small farm in McMinn County, Tennessee where and his family cleared the land and cultivated the soil. They were pioneer settlers struggling to make a meager living on the frontier, and were unable to send their children back east to be educated.
Jesse and Sarah lived in Spartanburg, SC until at least 1813, then moved to TN. They lived on a small farm in McMinn Co, TN until about 1837 when they moved to Murray County, GA. Jesse and his sons Ira A., (Rev.)Hiram, David were Petitt Jurors January 17, 1837 in Murray Co., GA David was a Grand Juror March 1, 1839. In 1840 Jesse and Sarah Ann had one son at home two females in the household and Sarah Ann. Their daughter Didama and family were living in the adjoining household with one child (Martha).
Jesse and Sarah apparently lived in Murray Co, GA until 1849 when their last child Katherine Douglass married. Most of their children had married in Murray County. Jesse and Sarah had moved by 1850 to Gilmer County, GA with Calvin Douglas, their son, and lived by others from McMinn Co, TN. Jesse died 1850-1860 and Sarah Ann was listed as a separate household in the 1860 Gilmer Co. Census 734/645 SARAH DOUGLAS 70 b SC and the next listing was 735/646 REUBEN GUNTER 76 b SC and Gemimah Gunter 38 b NC. Calvin Douglass was living 732/643, and 733/644 was Abner G. Davenport (wife Mary dau of Jesse and Sarah Ann Douglass).
(Research):Formerly linked to William Alfred Douglas and Margaret Stroud as parents, this now seems unlikely.
Jesse + Sarah Ann Estes. Sarah was born in 1787; died in 1889. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Sarah Ann Estes was born in 1787; died in 1889. Children:
- James S. Douglass was born in 1807; died in 1891.
- Ira Alexander Douglass was born on 26 Mar 1810 in South Carolina, USA; died on 19 Feb 1894; was buried in Dixie Cemetery, Loco, Stephens County, Oklahoma, USA.
- 1. Ruth A. Douglass was born on 8 Sep 1811; died on 25 Jul 1899 in Tunnel Hill, GA.
- David Douglass was born in 1812; and died.
- Rev Hiram C. Douglass was born on 10 May 1813 in Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA; died on 24 Jun 1865.
- Didama Douglass was born in 1816; died in 1894.
- Sarah Ann Douglass was born in 1819; died in 1894.
- John Calvin Douglass was born in 1820; and died.
- Hetty Douglass was born in 1822; died in 1853.
- Mary Douglass was born in 1826; died in 1890.
- Catherine Douglass was born in 1828; and died.