1770 - 1815 (45 years)
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Name |
Archibald Douglas |
Birth |
10 Mar 1770 |
Virginia, USA |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
27 Mar 1815 |
Abbeville, South Carolina, USA |
Burial |
Verdery |
- On the tombstone are these words, "to the Memory of Archibald Douglass, who was born March 10, 1770, and departed this life March 27, 1815, Has Left a wife and six children to lament the loss of an affectionate husband and a tender parent".
The grave in question is almost unfindable, deep in a pine thicket some 200 to 300 yards to the left of the highway, doing from Verdery to Bradley and about halfway between these two towns.
It is said that his second wife, "for good and sufficient reasons of her own" as she expressed it, had Archibald buried at the feet of his first wife and had "Douglass" instead of "Douglas" inscribed on his tombstone.
buried on a family cemetery just off Highway 221 about 1 1/2 north of Bradley
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Person ID |
I191385 |
My Genealogy |
Last Modified |
17 Jan 2023 |
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Notes |
- Connected to legend of the Douglas Signet ring and the inheritance of the city of Glasgow.
His brother john lived near him at Abbeville, South Carolina during the 1800 and 1810 censuses.
- (Research):"Alexander Donald - Box 106, Pack 2775 - will dated 5 July 1803 in Abbeville Dist. {SC} Rec. 2 March 1806. "A tract of land lying in Chester Co. which my son James Donald had in his possession when he died." "Grandson: Archibald Douglass land lying on Bever Creek in Fairfield Co. {SC}" "Great Grandson: Donald Douglass land on Bever Creek in Fairfield Co. {SC}" p. 393"
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