1742 - 1814 (72 years)
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Name |
William Alfred Douglass |
Birth |
31 Jul 1742 |
Culpeper Co., Virginia, USA |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
3 Aug 1814 |
Sumner Co. Tennessee, USA |
Person ID |
I105153 |
My Genealogy |
Last Modified |
2 Nov 2015 |
Father |
Col. Edward Douglass, b. 3 Oct 1713, Scotland d. 2 Feb 1795, Sumner County, Tennessee, USA (Age 81 years) |
Mother |
Sarah Elizabeth George, b. 1714, Virginia, USA d. 2 Jan 1795, Sumner County, Tennessee, USA (Age 81 years) |
Marriage |
1740 |
Virginia, USA |
Family ID |
F25746 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Notes |
- Elsewhere, I have a record that says he was born in 1755.
Ira (a grandson) first settled in Smith Twp in then Barry Co, MO (now Dade Co). And settling about the same time was Dr. JAMES DOUGLAS, born 1774-79 moved to Dade settling in Prairie Twp. In the spring of 1848 the doctor's wife MARTHA WHITE was murdered by her slave PETE who had wrested the pistol away from the aged Dr. Douglas and beat Martha over the head so severly she died and would have killed the doctor had not others intervened. Pete also had murdered his own three children because he didn't want them to be slaves. Pete was the first of only two people hung in Dade County. The doctor married only two months later, the widow NANCY C. HENSLEY whose husband James had died in 1837 at Bolivar, MO leaving her with four small children. Dr. Douglass applied for bounty land for his war service twice, for 80 acres each. In 1850 he was living in Greene Co, MO. He died in 1859 2 1/2 miles from Mt. Vernon, Lawrence Co, MO. Nancy died Seneca, MO. Dr. Douglas enlisted War of 1812 in Lincoln Co, MO and was discharged in Dickson Co, TN. He lived there for a time before moving to MO. Nancy applied for and drew his pension. We believe this James is related to Ira Alexander Davis and Didama in some way, possibly as an uncle (brother of Jesse Douglas). (See entry in History section)
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