Descendants of David Douglas

 

Generation No. 1

1. DAVID1 DOUGLAS was born in Scotland. He married MARTHA JONES.

More About DAVID DOUGLAS:

Fact 1: served 7 yrs on Continental Line of Va under Gen Washington

Children of DAVID DOUGLAS and MARTHA JONES are:

2. i. JONES2 DOUGLAS, b. November 25, 1779, Mechenburg, Va; d. October 15, 1846, Gwinnett Co, Ga.

ii. JAMES DOUGLAS.

iii. STEPHEN DOUGLAS.

iv. JINCY DOUGLAS.

v. NANCY DOUGLAS.

vi. MARTHA DOUGLAS.

vii. REBECCA DOUGLAS.

 

Generation No. 2

2. JONES2 DOUGLAS (DAVID1) was born November 25, 1779 in Mechenburg, Va, and died October 15, 1846 in Gwinnett Co, Ga. He married REBECCA TILMAN 1803.

More About JONES DOUGLAS:

Fact 1: veteran of War of 1812

Child of JONES DOUGLAS and REBECCA TILMAN is:

3. i. TILMAN3 DOUGLAS, b. February 25, 1804, Jefferson Co, Ga; d. 1863, Burke Co, Ga.

 

Generation No. 3

3. TILMAN3 DOUGLAS (JONES2, DAVID1) was born February 25, 1804 in Jefferson Co, Ga, and died 1863 in Burke Co, Ga. He married PHOEBE WAMBEZIE CHARLTON 1831, daughter of ARTHUR CHARLTON and FRANCIS MANN.

More About TILMAN DOUGLAS:

Fact 1: Dr. Douglas, successful physician & surgeon

Fact 2: member of Methodist Conference 1827-1843

More About PHOEBE WAMBEZIE CHARLTON:

Fact 1: buried in Old Dublin Cemetery

Children of TILMAN DOUGLAS and PHOEBE CHARLTON are:

i. OCTAVIA JANE4 DOUGLAS, b. January 08, 1834; d. December 04, 1851; m. FEDERICK FELL.

ii. ARTHUR CHARLTON DOUGLAS, b. May 17, 1836; m. (1) MARY VIRGINIA HANKERSON; m. (2) MARTHA MAXWELL.

iii. PEYTON WADE DOUGLAS, b. January 02, 1838; d. November 26, 1863; m. GEORGIA STANLEY.

iv. MARY FRANCES DOUGLAS, b. May 02, 1841; d. January 24, 1861; m. JOHN B. WOLF.

More About JOHN B. WOLF:

Fact 1: educated at the University of Georgia and the University of South Carolina

Fact 2: lawyer, farmer and merchant

Fact 3: represented Laurens County in the Georgia Ledgislature in1882

v. GEORGIA GARVIN DOUGLAS, b. May 11, 1843; d. October 11, 1865; m. DANIEL B. FISHER.

vi. ELLA FEW DOUGLAS1, b. July 26, 1845; d. June 09, 1916; m. HARDY B. SMITH1.

More About ELLA FEW DOUGLAS:

Fact 1: Buried in Northview Cemetery, Dublin, GA

More About HARDY B. SMITH:

Fact 1: Captain, Co. H, 14th Regt., E. L. Thomas Brigade, Ga Vol Inf.

Fact 2: June Self Adams in her book Northview Cemetery says his middle name is Beacham

Fact 3: Abt. 1873, Claudia Ella was 5 years old when the family moved into the house on Gaines St.2

Fact 4: 1891, The family was living in Fielder House on Bellevue Av.

Fact 5: Later, the family moved back to Gaines St.

Fact 6: house was sold after Ella died, then bought in the '40s by Mildred & Mary Elizab

Fact 7: Baptised at Hunger & Hardship Creek, Laurens County

Fact 8: Capt. Smith is buried in Northview Cemetery

vii. EUGENIA REBECCA DOUGLAS, b. June 12, 1848; m. KINCHEN H. WALKER.

viii. OLIN CAPERS DOUGLAS, b. January 20, 1851.

More About OLIN CAPERS DOUGLAS:

Fact 1: died in childhood

 

Endnotes

1. Allen Thomas, Compiled and Edited by, Laurens County Georgia Legal Records 1807-1832, (Roswell, GA: W H Wolfe Associates, 1991), pp. 484-497.

2. David Renzo Moore, Ariel Douglas Gray Oral Interview, via telephone, 17 Janurary 1999.