Description: 58 acres on a small branch of Hiccory Creek.
Source: Land Office Patents No. 37, 1767-1768, p. 79 (Reel 37).
Part of the index to the recorded copies of patents for land issued by the Secretary of the Colony serving as the colonial Land Office. The collection is housed in the Archives at the Library of Virginia.
Other Format
Available on microfilm. Virginia State Land Office. Patents 1-42, reels 1-41.
I had know a bit of this previously. I have info on James Douglas named surveyor in PA. I just have to figure out how to send a link to actual archive pages.
11 May 1833- Rockbridge County Deed Book S, p. 70 William Tolley and Sarah his wife; John Tolley and Abby his wife; Thomas Dente and Julia his wife; Hannah Morris; Martha Nowell; and Elizabeth Taylor; to John Douglas. For $300.00, 450 acres in Arnold's Valley on Back Run, a branch of James River (on top of little mountain, adjoining one other tract containing 170 acres, and one of 450 acres, granted to George Warren Parker, 17 Aug 1787. Signed: William Tolley, Sarah Tolley, John Tolley, Abby Tolley, Anna Morris, Martha Noll, Elizabeth Taylor.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – The Tennessee State Public Library has put a database of family Bibles online and available for searching by the public.
State Librarian Chuck Sherrill told The Chattanooga Times Free Press early Bibles served as the place where families marked milestones such as weddings, births and deaths.
The database of 1,500 Bibles may serve as a treasure trove for genealogists and historians, a record of a time when Tennessee was wildly dangerous and human life seemed especially small and fragile.
Sherrill says among the Bibles in the database are one from 1538 and a book dating to 1753.
Southern Adventist University history department head Lisa Diller says historians are often fascinated by comparisons of information in family Bibles to government data.
"Our Quaker Friends of ye olden time; being in part a transcript of the minute books of Cedar Creek meeting, Hanover County, and the South River meeting, Campbell County, Va"
As evidenced by Captain Russell’s letter, John Douglas was probably killed either on July 5th or 6th. Tradition has it that Douglas was accompanied by his friend William Benham, and that they, as was customary of most people traveling from Abingdon to the Clinch settlements, had stopped in Little Moccasin Gap, and were seated on a large flat rock, eating their lunch when a rifle cracked and Douglas was killed. A bronze plaque has been placed on the rock, probably by the D. A. R., and just east of the spot a wayside has been built, known as the "John Douglas Wayside", perpetuating the memory of this incident.
It has been written that John Douglas was living in the vicinity of Abingdon at the time, but of this I can find no confirmation. He, at the time, was a young unmarried man, and his parents, Edward and Sarah George Douglas were living on a 400 acre tract of land on both sides of Clinch River at the Flour Ford in Scott County, VA, where they had settled in 1776. The Douglas family and that of Captain John Blackmore had intermarried. Sarah Douglas, a sister of the slain John, having married Thomas, a son of Captain John Blackmore, and Almore Douglas was married to a daughter of Captain John Blackmore to the Nashboro settlement when he rafted down the Clinch to that place in 1779.
There was a connection between the Douglas, Benham and Hobbs families which may account for John Douglas’ friend William Benham being with him at the time of the slaying. For the foregoing data I am indebted to Gordon Aronhime, of Bristol, VA.
A man named John Benham settled on the north side of the North Fork of Holston River in 1769. William Benham was likely his son. He, the elder Benham owned about a thousand acres of land along the Holston River, about four miles or less below the village of Holston. John Benham was evidently a brother-in-law of the elder Vincent Hobbs. Benham had a son named Vincent, and the Benhams and Hobbs lived next farms to each other, coming to the area about the same time. John Benham (died 1800) had a fort between those near Saltville (that of Jeremiah Harrison) and the Anderson Blockhouse near Big Moccasin Gap. Benham had built his fort before the Revolutionary War. William Benham married Mary Kendrick.
John Douglas had probably been visiting with his friends and kindred, Benhams and Hobbs over at Holston, and was returning to the Clinch, along with William Benham when he was slain.
At a court held for Washington County, VA, on September 30, 1777, Edward Douglas (his father) was granted administration of the estate of John Douglas, deceased, with his securities being William Wilson and Richard Stanton, the latter living on Stanton’s Creek, below Dungannon, in Scott County, VA. The appraisers of the estate were John Blackmore, Blackmore’s Fort, Andrew Davis who lived at the mouth of Stoney Creek, near Blackmore’s Fort, and Alexander Ritchie, Sr., who lived on Clinch River, below Dungannon in Scott County.
Who were the two men that Captain Russell says were killed at Blackmore’s Fort?
(1) Shelby Family Papers, Vol. I, Item 412, Library of Congress (2) Draper Mss 4 QQ 53.
The Slaying of John Douglas at Little Moccasin Gap
By Emory L. Hamilton
From the unpublished manuscript, Indian Atrocities Along the Clinch, Powell, and Holston Rivers, pages 28-30.
This incident has perhaps suffered more abuse as to correct date than any event on the frontier. L. P. Summers, in his History of Washington County, has John Douglas and William Benham chasing the Indians who had captured the wife and children of Capt. Isaac Newland, near Abingdon in 1789, thirteen years after young Douglas had been killed. Just what age John Douglas was when slain is unknown, but he must have been a fairly young, unmarried man, yet, old enough to have served in the militia as a Sergeant under Capt. William Cocke, August 5, 1774. (1)
Captain William Russell Wrote to Colonel Preston, on July 7, 1776, (2) saying:
Dear Colo. - I wrote you yesterday in great haste intendent to send of the express immediately, but he, being disappointed, shall enclose that one in this. I omitted giving the account of two men (no names Given), being killed at Blackmore’s Fort last week, and since I left Fort Chiswell, poor John Douglas got killed in Little Moccasin Gap, on his way to Clinch. Captain Daniel Smith saw his bones yesterday (July 6th) arriving over here.
I just rediscovered a letter from James C. Douglass to his first cousin, Hannah Douglass Saunders from the mid 19th century. They are all Douglass's of Mordington of Delaware and Virginia, now West Virginia.
His letter provides information on the Douglass's of Nova Scotia.
From that info I realized that the connection is through Sir Robert Douglass of Glenbervie and his son William, 2nd Baron of Glenbervie and Baron of Nova Scotia. The James Douglass mentioned in the James C. Douglass letter appears to be Sir William's first cousin, James Douglas/s 1st Lord Mordington, son of Sir William Douglas, 10th Earl of Angus, and Elizabeth Oliphant. Sir William Douglas, 11th Earl of Angus, 1st Marquis Douglas was his older brother.
James C. says in this letter that James Douglas/Douglass came to America with William Penn in 1682 and formed an ironwork partnership called Douglass, Vaughn and McMooter In Philadelphia.
James C.'s father, Walter, bought an iron mill in Delaware and renamed it Mordington Mills after the family's ancestral Scottish home of Mordington.
James C. was in possession of a family crest with "Jamais Arriere" which he said was of the Scott-Douglass family who owned large estates in Nova Scotia. Their Douglas ancestry (Douglass name was the American version to distinguish between themselves and their Scots family) "being through Sir William Douglas espoused to the daughter of James Douglas" whom he styled as Baron of Ardit "who died 1660-1685 during the reign of Charles the 2nd".
The Sir William mentioned appears to be the 2nd of Glenbervie who married Anne Douglas, the daughter of James Douglas of Stoneypath and Ardit, who became one of the 1st barons of Nova Scotia on May 30, 1685.
This letter is an original document copied and a part of a genealogical book on the Saunders Family of North America. Later another portion of the Canadian family went on to Australia.
I rediscovered all of this information because of a new free website providing access to over 40,000 genealogy books, gengophers.com.
I have a download of that chapter and the entire book. I am a direct lineal female descendant of the daughter of Archibald that is mentioned at the bottom of page two of Chapter 7. She married Conrad Rutter who came on the ship America in 1683 as a member of Daniel Francis Pastorius entourage, Pastorius being agent for William Penn and the Frankfort company.
Everything on that page is all a part of original documents and family lore passed down to me from my female line. I can conclusively document that the Douglass sister/daughter was Conrad's wife. However, I am still working away on the pre- marriage connection, especially since Conrad was purportedly from the Duchy of Kleve.
I am proud that my mother's family has lived in Lancaster County's Earl Township from Conrad Rutter's time until the death of my Grandmother in 1991. That's a very long time for an American family to maintain its position and holdings continuously in a single community.
Abbreviations — Pr Occ: Prior Occupants or Claimants Adj L : Adjoining Landowners Not Listed As Grantees Ch B : Chain Bearers As Noted in Survey Plats
James Douglas , I would say purchased the land he was on , or it was inherited , from friend or family or got it some other way than a grant . I am looking at another piece of info about another James Douglas you should look it over William ... Glad that piece helped with your Moms people .
Gazette and Daily, York, Pa. Q TT Y Friday Morning, August 1 5, 1958 David Bucher Family Holds Annual Reunion William Bucher, 89, Harristburg, was the oldest person present at the reunion of the relatives and friends of David L. Bucher held recently at Williams Grove park. A frankfurter and hamburger roast and corn-on-the-cob featured the picnic menu. Attending were: Mr. and Mrs. David Hoffman and children, Linda, Brenda, Jere and Doug; Mr. and Mrs. Walter Knaub and sons, Donald and Carl; Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Estep and daughter, Connie; Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Walton and daughter, Patty Ann; Mr. and Mrs. Richard Knaub and daughter, Sherry; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Knaub and children, Ronald, Donald, Nevin Shelia, Carla, Nadine and Robert; Mr. and Mrs. Dale Yost and children, Debbie and Butchie. Mr. and Mrs. Dale CraH and sons, Kenneth and Keith; Mr. and Mis. Wayne Knaub, and children, Nancy, Brenda Gloria, Dennis and Jeff; Mr. and Mrs. Ed Beck, Mr. and Mrs. William Walton, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ott, Mr. and Mrs. I. Earl Staub, Mrs. Wayne Bucher, Mrs. Alice Crall, Mrs. Nadene Witmer, Ruth Cassel, Dixie, David L. and William Bucher, Aaron Jacobs, Paul Smith, Robert Lar-kin, John Einsig, Robert Yost, Harry Cassel and Steven Witmer. Douglas Family Stages Reunion Virginia and Andrew Douglas celebrated their birthday anniversaries a tthe Douglas reunion, held at Mt. Pisgah. Cash prizes were presented to the following: Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Douglas, most children present; Virginia Douglas, oldest member; David Douglas Ciccone, youngest; George Haubert, South Carolina, person traveling greatest distance; and Mr. and Mrs. Albert Miller, most generations present. Persons attended from New York, South Carolina, Baltimore, Md., Philadelphia, Havertown, Newton Square, Levittown, Broomall, Lancaster, Columbia, York, Dallastown, Woodbine, Air-ville, Hallam and Red Lion. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. John Douglas, Mr. and Mrs. William Douglas and children, Bonnie, Jeffrey, Billee and Stevie; Mr. and Mrs. J. LeRoy Douglas and children, John, Jan and Janice; Mr. and Mrs. Richard Heaps and son, Richard Douglas; Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Paules, Mr. and Mrs. David Emenheiser, Georgia Brown, George Haubert, Virginia Douglas, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Douglas, Mr. and Mrs. George Douglas and children', Robert, Donald, George, Jr., and Ar-lene; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Douglas and children, Mr. and Mrs. David Fries, Mr. and Mrs. William Worley. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Schofield, Mr. and Mrs. John O'Gorman and children, Helm, Ruth and Jackie; Mrs. William Long and children, Billy and Carol ;Mr. and Mrs. Albert Miller, Mr. and Mrs. William Miller and children, Ricky, Debra and Mark; Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Miller and children, Sam, Jr., Steven and John; Mrs. Joseph Miller, Sr., Walter H. Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Dale Shaull and children, Kenneth and Elaine. Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Pomraning and daughters, Karen and Linda; D. Roy Douglas, Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Keller, Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Steinfelt and daughters, Marie and Loretta; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Campanella and children, Christina and Charles, Jr.; Mrs. Veronica Ciccone and children, Martha Ann Susan and David Douglas; and Mr. and Mrs. William Drummer.
I am a descendant of the Douglas's mentioned in the J. Lufkin Douglas book. My last ancestor listed was Cynthia Etta Douglas, my gg grandmother. Her father was Alonzo Douglas, who homesteader 80 acres in Western Kansas (he's buried in Norton Cemetery). He was a northern veteran of the Civil War and contracted dysentery, which he suffered from all his life. He managed to make a dugout in the rocky outcropping on the side of a hill. His heart was always frail, and when one day he was feeling poorly he walked a mile to the doctor's office, sat down and died.
Pittsylvania County, VA 1850 Federal Census (INDEX - file 3 of 3) http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/pittsylvania/census/1850/indx-n-z.txt 156B 21 Oliver Annetta 11 Virginia pg0152A.txt 156B 19 Oliver Elizabeth 49 Virginia pg0152A.txt 157A 18 Oliver Isaac 28 Virginia pg0152A.txt 156B 20 Oliver John L. 23 Virginia pg0152A.txt 156B 22 Oliver Martha 7 Virginia pg0152A.txt 156B 18 Oliver Yancy 56 Virginia pg0152A.txt
Pittsylvania County, VA 1850 Federal Census (INDEX file 1 of 2) http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/pittsylvania/census/1850/indx-a-p.txt 226B 33 Motley Daniel 4 Virginia pg0225B.txt 225B 16 Motley F*an** 22 Virginia pg0225B.txt 226B 34 Motley Henry 1 Virginia pg0225B.txt 226B 31 Motley James 24 Virginia pg0225B.txt 225B 17 Motley James 10/12 Virginia pg0225B.txt 226B 32 Motley Martha 21 Virginia pg0225B.txt 225B 15 Motley William 24 Virginia pg0225B.txt
Pittsylvania County, VA 1850 Federal Census (INDEX - file 1 of 3 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/pittsylvania/census/1850/indx-a-f.txt Pg# Ln# Last Name First Name Age Birth Place Filename 160A 8 Douglas Martha A. 27 Virginia pg0158A.txt 160A 7 Douglas Mary A. 55 Virginia pg0158A.txt 160A 6 Douglas Samuel A. 76 Virginia pg0158A.txt 160A 9 Douglas Susan R. 26 Virginia pg0158A.txt 140B 14 Douglass Abbott 6 Virginia pg0135A.txt 140B 12 Douglass Asa 13 Virginia pg0135A.txt 140B 8 Douglass Clarissa 46 Virginia pg0135A.txt 140B 10 Douglass Elizabeth 18 Virginia pg0135A.txt 139A 32 Douglass Harrison 46 Virginia pg0135A.txt 140B 9 Douglass Jno W. 20 Virginia pg0135A.txt 139A 35 Douglass John W. 21 Virginia pg0135A.txt 140B 13 Douglass Margaret 10 Virginia pg0135A.txt 140B 11 Douglass Mary M 15 Virginia pg0135A.txt 139A 34 Douglass Nancy 62 Virginia pg0135A.txt 140B 7 Douglass Smith 45 Virginia pg0135A.txt 139A 33 Douglass Tabitha 52 Virginia pg0135A.txt
If you are unable to access the FamilySearch site but are searching for a specific volume. Please add a comment here and I will upload the relevant pdf to this page.
Ronald , thank you. Do you know that the first 5 volumes were available to the public - then if you wanted any thing more - you had to pay the Library of Virginia $10.oo per page.
Russell Lynn Drysdale
Apr 26, 2012
Bob Henry
Good stuff, Russell, keep 'em coming!
Bob.
Apr 28, 2012
Russell Lynn Drysdale
Just a few bits I have found while researching DRYSDALE Parish here in Virginia .
Apr 29, 2012
Patti Oldham Pinkley
Apr 29, 2012
Russell Lynn Drysdale
11 May 1833- Rockbridge County Deed Book S, p. 70 William Tolley and Sarah his wife; John Tolley and Abby his wife; Thomas Dente and Julia his wife; Hannah Morris; Martha Nowell; and Elizabeth Taylor; to John Douglas. For $300.00, 450 acres in Arnold's Valley on Back Run, a branch of James River (on top of little mountain, adjoining one other tract containing 170 acres, and one of 450 acres, granted to George Warren Parker, 17 Aug 1787. Signed: William Tolley, Sarah Tolley, John Tolley, Abby Tolley, Anna Morris, Martha Noll, Elizabeth Taylor.Mar 14, 2013
Russell Lynn Drysdale
Nov 6, 2013
Russell Lynn Drysdale
John Douglas , Hawkins county , North Carolina in 1786 was recorded as a customer in the store books of Thomas Ames ...
Nov 6, 2013
Russell Lynn Drysdale
http://douglashistory.ning.com/forum/topics/passports-of-southeaste...
Dec 8, 2013
Russell Lynn Drysdale
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/07/22/tennessee-offers-database-1500...
Tennessee offers database of 1,500 family Bibles online
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – The Tennessee State Public Library has put a database of family Bibles online and available for searching by the public.
State Librarian Chuck Sherrill told The Chattanooga Times Free Press early Bibles served as the place where families marked milestones such as weddings, births and deaths.
The database of 1,500 Bibles may serve as a treasure trove for genealogists and historians, a record of a time when Tennessee was wildly dangerous and human life seemed especially small and fragile.
Sherrill says among the Bibles in the database are one from 1538 and a book dating to 1753.
Southern Adventist University history department head Lisa Diller says historians are often fascinated by comparisons of information in family Bibles to government data.
Jul 22, 2014
Russell Lynn Drysdale
http://apps.sos.ky.gov/land/nonmilitary/patentseries/vaandokpatents...
Oct 15, 2014
William Douglas
link to Tennessee family bibles: http://tnsos.net/TSLA/Bibleproject/search.php?keyword=&surname=...
There appear to be 7 bibles listed
Oct 15, 2014
Russell Lynn Drysdale
http://archive.org/stream/ourquakerfriends00bell/ourquakerfriends00...
"Our Quaker Friends of ye olden time; being in part a transcript of the minute books of Cedar Creek meeting, Hanover County, and the South River meeting, Campbell County, Va"
Douglass/Douglas References out the wazzoo
Dec 24, 2014
Bob Henry
Hey, Russell, you've been busy with this one!
Have a nice Christmas,
Bob.
Dec 24, 2014
Russell Lynn Drysdale
Can any one link to this couple ?
Rosa Cornelia Douglass
http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/8764916/person/-504083086
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Albert Stuart Tyree
http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/8764916/person/-504110070
http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/8764916/person/-504110070
Jan 12, 2015
Russell Lynn Drysdale
As evidenced by Captain Russell’s letter, John Douglas was probably killed either on July 5th or 6th. Tradition has it that Douglas was accompanied by his friend William Benham, and that they, as was customary of most people traveling from Abingdon to the Clinch settlements, had stopped in Little Moccasin Gap, and were seated on a large flat rock, eating their lunch when a rifle cracked and Douglas was killed. A bronze plaque has been placed on the rock, probably by the D. A. R., and just east of the spot a wayside has been built, known as the "John Douglas Wayside", perpetuating the memory of this incident.
It has been written that John Douglas was living in the vicinity of Abingdon at the time, but of this I can find no confirmation. He, at the time, was a young unmarried man, and his parents, Edward and Sarah George Douglas were living on a 400 acre tract of land on both sides of Clinch River at the Flour Ford in Scott County, VA, where they had settled in 1776. The Douglas family and that of Captain John Blackmore had intermarried. Sarah Douglas, a sister of the slain John, having married Thomas, a son of Captain John Blackmore, and Almore Douglas was married to a daughter of Captain John Blackmore to the Nashboro settlement when he rafted down the Clinch to that place in 1779.
There was a connection between the Douglas, Benham and Hobbs families which may account for John Douglas’ friend William Benham being with him at the time of the slaying. For the foregoing data I am indebted to Gordon Aronhime, of Bristol, VA.
A man named John Benham settled on the north side of the North Fork of Holston River in 1769. William Benham was likely his son. He, the elder Benham owned about a thousand acres of land along the Holston River, about four miles or less below the village of Holston. John Benham was evidently a brother-in-law of the elder Vincent Hobbs. Benham had a son named Vincent, and the Benhams and Hobbs lived next farms to each other, coming to the area about the same time. John Benham (died 1800) had a fort between those near Saltville (that of Jeremiah Harrison) and the Anderson Blockhouse near Big Moccasin Gap. Benham had built his fort before the Revolutionary War. William Benham married Mary Kendrick.
John Douglas had probably been visiting with his friends and kindred, Benhams and Hobbs over at Holston, and was returning to the Clinch, along with William Benham when he was slain.
At a court held for Washington County, VA, on September 30, 1777, Edward Douglas (his father) was granted administration of the estate of John Douglas, deceased, with his securities being William Wilson and Richard Stanton, the latter living on Stanton’s Creek, below Dungannon, in Scott County, VA. The appraisers of the estate were John Blackmore, Blackmore’s Fort, Andrew Davis who lived at the mouth of Stoney Creek, near Blackmore’s Fort, and Alexander Ritchie, Sr., who lived on Clinch River, below Dungannon in Scott County.
Who were the two men that Captain Russell says were killed at Blackmore’s Fort?
(1) Shelby Family Papers, Vol. I, Item 412, Library of Congress
(2) Draper Mss 4 QQ 53.
This file contributed by: Rhonda Robertson
Jan 26, 2015
Russell Lynn Drysdale
http://douglashistory.ning.com/photo/albums/john-douglas-wayside
From the unpublished manuscript, Indian Atrocities Along the Clinch, Powell, and Holston Rivers, pages 28-30.
This incident has perhaps suffered more abuse as to correct date than any event on the frontier. L. P. Summers, in his History of Washington County, has John Douglas and William Benham chasing the Indians who had captured the wife and children of Capt. Isaac Newland, near Abingdon in 1789, thirteen years after young Douglas had been killed. Just what age John Douglas was when slain is unknown, but he must have been a fairly young, unmarried man, yet, old enough to have served in the militia as a Sergeant under Capt. William Cocke, August 5, 1774. (1)
Captain William Russell Wrote to Colonel Preston, on July 7, 1776, (2) saying:
Dear Colo. - I wrote you yesterday in great haste intendent to send of the express immediately, but he, being disappointed, shall enclose that one in this. I omitted giving the account of two men (no names Given), being killed at Blackmore’s Fort last week, and since I left Fort Chiswell, poor John Douglas got killed in Little Moccasin Gap, on his way to Clinch. Captain Daniel Smith saw his bones yesterday (July 6th) arriving over here.
Part 2 below
Feb 6, 2015
Russell Lynn Drysdale
"Douglass, John 1698 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, , Scotland 1761 - Barboursville, Orange, Virginia, United States"
Mar 1, 2015
Patti Oldham Pinkley
His letter provides information on the Douglass's of Nova Scotia.
From that info I realized that the connection is through Sir Robert Douglass of Glenbervie and his son William, 2nd Baron of Glenbervie and Baron of Nova Scotia. The James Douglass mentioned in the James C. Douglass letter appears to be Sir William's first cousin, James Douglas/s 1st Lord Mordington, son of Sir William Douglas, 10th Earl of Angus, and Elizabeth Oliphant. Sir William Douglas, 11th Earl of Angus, 1st Marquis Douglas was his older brother.
James C. says in this letter that James Douglas/Douglass came to America with William Penn in 1682 and formed an ironwork partnership called Douglass, Vaughn and McMooter In Philadelphia.
James C.'s father, Walter, bought an iron mill in Delaware and renamed it Mordington Mills after the family's ancestral Scottish home of Mordington.
James C. was in possession of a family crest with "Jamais Arriere" which he said was of the Scott-Douglass family who owned large estates in Nova Scotia. Their Douglas ancestry (Douglass name was the American version to distinguish between themselves and their Scots family) "being through Sir William Douglas espoused to the daughter of James Douglas" whom he styled as Baron of Ardit "who died 1660-1685 during the reign of Charles the 2nd".
The Sir William mentioned appears to be the 2nd of Glenbervie who married Anne Douglas, the daughter of James Douglas of Stoneypath and Ardit, who became one of the 1st barons of Nova Scotia on May 30, 1685.
This letter is an original document copied and a part of a genealogical book on the Saunders Family of North America. Later another portion of the Canadian family went on to Australia.
I rediscovered all of this information because of a new free website providing access to over 40,000 genealogy books, gengophers.com.
Mar 15, 2015
William Douglas
Russell,
Is Judith Moorman's husband John Bruce Douglas (1698-1761)?
Mar 15, 2015
William Douglas
Patti, that is very interesting.
You might light to look at this Saunders Family History
Mar 15, 2015
Patti Oldham Pinkley
Everything on that page is all a part of original documents and family lore passed down to me from my female line. I can conclusively document that the Douglass sister/daughter was Conrad's wife. However, I am still working away on the pre- marriage connection, especially since Conrad was purportedly from the Duchy of Kleve.
I am proud that my mother's family has lived in Lancaster County's Earl Township from Conrad Rutter's time until the death of my Grandmother in 1991. That's a very long time for an American family to maintain its position and holdings continuously in a single community.
Mar 16, 2015
Russell Lynn Drysdale
Executive journals of the Council of Colonial Virginia
Vol. 1http://www.archive.org/details/executivejournal01virg
Vol. 2 http://www.archive.org/details/executivejournal02virg
Vol. 3 http://www.archive.org/details/executivejournal_c03virg
Vol. 4 http://www.archive.org/details/executivejournal04virg
Vol. 5 http://www.archive.org/details/executivejournal_e05virg
Also a map that will help alot
http://historical-county.newberry.org/website/Virginia/viewer.htm
Mar 16, 2015
Russell Lynn Drysdale
This is rather interesting, and rather long .
https://www.facebook.com/notes/russell-lynn-drysdale/colspotswood-l...
Dec 2, 2015
Russell Lynn Drysdale
http://www.genealogywise.com/group/drysdalearchives/forum/topics/ar...
Dec 2, 2015
Russell Lynn Drysdale
https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/symposia/newriver-84/s...
This piece , if you scroll down almost all the way to the bottom of the list , shows 208. Richard LEWIS Pr Occ: John ROBINSON
Adj L: James DOUGLAS
the map locating Lewis lot , which Douglas was adjoining
Dec 6, 2018
William Douglas
Russ,
Re the settlers, do you know what the abbreviations Ch B and Adj L mean?
Dec 7, 2018
Russell Lynn Drysdale
Abbreviations —
Pr Occ: Prior Occupants or Claimants
Adj L : Adjoining Landowners Not Listed As Grantees
Ch B : Chain Bearers As Noted in Survey Plats
James Douglas , I would say purchased the land he was on , or it was inherited , from friend or family or got it some other way than a grant . I am looking at another piece of info about another James Douglas you should look it over William ... Glad that piece helped with your Moms people .
Dec 8, 2018
Steve Douglas
I descend through John Douglas, (5/13/1651 - ca. 1712), who immigrated at the ripe old age of 9, without his family. Here's a great page with excellent detail: https://georgiadouglases.wixsite.com/genealogy/copy-of-john-douglas-1
Mar 19, 2019
Russell Lynn Drysdale
Gazette and Daily, York, Pa. Q TT Y Friday Morning, August 1 5, 1958 David Bucher Family Holds Annual Reunion William Bucher, 89, Harristburg, was the oldest person present at the reunion of the relatives and friends of David L. Bucher held recently at Williams Grove park. A frankfurter and hamburger roast and corn-on-the-cob featured the picnic menu. Attending were: Mr. and Mrs. David Hoffman and children, Linda, Brenda, Jere and Doug; Mr. and Mrs. Walter Knaub and sons, Donald and Carl; Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Estep and daughter, Connie; Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Walton and daughter, Patty Ann; Mr. and Mrs. Richard Knaub and daughter, Sherry; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Knaub and children, Ronald, Donald, Nevin Shelia, Carla, Nadine and Robert; Mr. and Mrs. Dale Yost and children, Debbie and Butchie. Mr. and Mrs. Dale CraH and sons, Kenneth and Keith; Mr. and Mis. Wayne Knaub, and children, Nancy, Brenda Gloria, Dennis and Jeff; Mr. and Mrs. Ed Beck, Mr. and Mrs. William Walton, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ott, Mr. and Mrs. I. Earl Staub, Mrs. Wayne Bucher, Mrs. Alice Crall, Mrs. Nadene Witmer, Ruth Cassel, Dixie, David L. and William Bucher, Aaron Jacobs, Paul Smith, Robert Lar-kin, John Einsig, Robert Yost, Harry Cassel and Steven Witmer. Douglas Family Stages Reunion Virginia and Andrew Douglas celebrated their birthday anniversaries a tthe Douglas reunion, held at Mt. Pisgah. Cash prizes were presented to the following: Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Douglas, most children present; Virginia Douglas, oldest member; David Douglas Ciccone, youngest; George Haubert, South Carolina, person traveling greatest distance; and Mr. and Mrs. Albert Miller, most generations present. Persons attended from New York, South Carolina, Baltimore, Md., Philadelphia, Havertown, Newton Square, Levittown, Broomall, Lancaster, Columbia, York, Dallastown, Woodbine, Air-ville, Hallam and Red Lion. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. John Douglas, Mr. and Mrs. William Douglas and children, Bonnie, Jeffrey, Billee and Stevie; Mr. and Mrs. J. LeRoy Douglas and children, John, Jan and Janice; Mr. and Mrs. Richard Heaps and son, Richard Douglas; Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Paules, Mr. and Mrs. David Emenheiser, Georgia Brown, George Haubert, Virginia Douglas, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Douglas, Mr. and Mrs. George Douglas and children', Robert, Donald, George, Jr., and Ar-lene; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Douglas and children, Mr. and Mrs. David Fries, Mr. and Mrs. William Worley. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Schofield, Mr. and Mrs. John O'Gorman and children, Helm, Ruth and Jackie; Mrs. William Long and children, Billy and Carol ;Mr. and Mrs. Albert Miller, Mr. and Mrs. William Miller and children, Ricky, Debra and Mark; Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Miller and children, Sam, Jr., Steven and John; Mrs. Joseph Miller, Sr., Walter H. Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Dale Shaull and children, Kenneth and Elaine. Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Pomraning and daughters, Karen and Linda; D. Roy Douglas, Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Keller, Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Steinfelt and daughters, Marie and Loretta; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Campanella and children, Christina and Charles, Jr.; Mrs. Veronica Ciccone and children, Martha Ann Susan and David Douglas; and Mr. and Mrs. William Drummer.
Apr 1, 2019
Maria Mahala
I am a decendent of the Douglas and Boyd families. I am searching for those that might also be so that we can help one another.
Most of mine I have records of are from 1800-1900 and they immigrated through Canada.
Nov 9, 2019
Lane Kraft
I am a descendant of the Douglas's mentioned in the J. Lufkin Douglas book. My last ancestor listed was Cynthia Etta Douglas, my gg grandmother. Her father was Alonzo Douglas, who homesteader 80 acres in Western Kansas (he's buried in Norton Cemetery). He was a northern veteran of the Civil War and contracted dysentery, which he suffered from all his life. He managed to make a dugout in the rocky outcropping on the side of a hill. His heart was always frail, and when one day he was feeling poorly he walked a mile to the doctor's office, sat down and died.
.>>>> Is this him?
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/48934443/alonzo-douglas William Douglas
Apr 3, 2020
Lane Kraft
That is his gravestone, William!
Apr 3, 2020
Russell Lynn Drysdale
Douglass [B]
The English burned Virginia’s 1790 Census during the War of 1812.
Most of what we know about Head of Households comes from tax lists
Name county tax list page
Douglass, John Halifax 1789PersonalB06
Douglass, John Henry 1790PersonalB05
Douglass, John KingQueen 1790 Land 04
Douglass, John KingQueen 1790PersonalB04
Douglass, John Orange 1790PersonalA04
Douglass, Jonathan Caroline 1789 Land 03
Douglass, Jonathan Caroline 1789Personal 05
Douglass, Robert Orange 1790PersonalA04
Douglass, Thomas Albemarle 1789PersonalB05
Douglass, Thomas Augusta 1790PersonalC05
Douglass, Thomas Halifax 1789PersonalB07
Douglass, Thomas Washington 1787PersonalB04
Douglass, Thomas, Jr (BC) Halifax 1789PersonalB07
Douglass, William Caroline 1789Personal 05
Douglass, William CharlesCity 1790 Land 06
Douglass, William Culpeper 1791PersonalA07
Douglass, William Halifax 1789PersonalB06
Douglass, William NewKent 1791Personal 07
Douglass, William NewKent 1790 Land 05
(of Sherman)
Douglass, William, Jr Halifax 1789PersonalB07
Douglis, Archabild Stafford 1789Personal A03
Jan 17, 2021
Russell Lynn Drysdale
Douglass [A]
The English burned Virginia’s 1790 Census during the War of 1812.
Most of what we know about Head of Households comes from tax lists
Name county tax list page
Douglass, Adam CityWinchester 1792Personal 05
Douglass, Alexander Halifax 1789PersonalB07
Douglass, Andrew Halifax 1789PersonalB07
Douglass, Benjamin Culpeper 1791PersonalA07
Douglass, Caly Gloucester 1789PersonalB08
Douglass, Catharine Prince William 1788PersonalB05
Douglass, Catherine Cumberland 1791PersonalB 04
Douglass, Charles Albemarle 1789PersonalB06
Douglass, Daniel Fairfax 1789PersonalA04
Douglass, George Amherst 1790PersonalB04
Douglass, George Frederick 1791PersonalA 06
Douglass, George Halifax 1789PersonalB07
Douglass, Hugh Loudoun 1789PersonalB07
Douglass, James Cumberland 1791PersonalB04
Douglass, James Halifax 1789PersonalB07
Douglass, John Botetourt 1789PersonalB03
Douglass, John CityPetersburg 1790LandB13
Douglass, John CityPetersburg 1790PersonalB05
Jan 17, 2021
Russell Lynn Drysdale
Douglas
The English burned Virginia’s 1790 Census during the War of 1812.
Most of what we know about Head of Households comes from tax lists
Name county tax list page
Douglas, John Halifax 1789 Personal A09
Douglace, William Richmond 1789 Personal A03
Douglas, Edward Northumberland 1788 Personal A04
Douglas, Henry Greenbrier 1791 Personal A02
Douglas, James City of Norfolk 1789 Personal 04
Douglas, James Pendleton 1792 Personal A02
Douglas, James, Jr Accomack 1788 Personal B06
Douglas, Joseph Fauquier 1790 Personal C06
Douglas, Joseph Rockingham 1789 Personal A07
Douglas, Robert CityPetersburg 1790 Land B12
Douglas, Thomas Pendleton 1792 Personal A02
Douglas, Thomas Rockingham 1789 Personal A08
Douglas, Thomas, Jr Pendleton 1792 Personal A02
Douglas, William CityPetersburg 1790 Land B06
Douglas, William CityPetersburg 1790 Land B16
Douglas, William CityPetersburg 1790 Personal B05
Douglas, William Fauquier 1790 Personal C06
Jan 17, 2021
Russell Lynn Drysdale
Fannie J. Douglas (1846 - )
wife of husband of 2nd cousin of wife of 3rd great grand uncle
Harvey Goodbar (1827 - 1885)
husband of Fannie J. Douglas
Phoebe Ann Clark (1831 - 1875)
wife of Harvey Goodbar
Mary or Polly Ford (1805 - 1883)
mother of Phoebe Ann Clark
Rachel Clark (1778 - 1818)
mother of Mary or Polly Ford
John Edward Clark Sr (1740 - 1820)
father of Rachel Clark
Sarah Clark (1776 - 1840)
daughter of John Edward Clark Sr
John C Conner (1797 - 1855)
son of Sarah Clark
Sarah M Conner (1853 - 1925)
daughter of John C Conner
Savellen Lyelyn TYREE (1840 - 1876)
husband of Sarah M Conner
Charles E Tyree (1814 - )
father of Savellen Lyelyn TYREE
Margaret Tyree (1835 - 1921)
daughter of Charles E Tyree
Alfred C. Clark (1870 - 1905)
son of Margaret Tyree
Eva Blanche Clark (1893 - 1948)
daughter of Alfred C. Clark
Judith Dandeline Mason (1923 - 1940)
daughter of Eva Blanche Clark
Gladys Marie Clark (1940 - 2012)
daughter of Judith Dandeline Mason
Russell Lynn Drysdale
the son of Gladys Marie Clark -
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Fannie J. Douglas was the of daughter of R. Douglas & M. Douglas.
Sep 23, 2023
Russell Lynn Drysdale
Virginia%20Statistics-1850-Douglas-Motley-Oliver-Document.odt
Apr 23
Russell Lynn Drysdale
Pittsylvania County, VA 1850 Federal Census (INDEX - file 3 of 3)
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/pittsylvania/census/1850/indx-n-z.txt
156B 21 Oliver Annetta 11 Virginia pg0152A.txt
156B 19 Oliver Elizabeth 49 Virginia pg0152A.txt
157A 18 Oliver Isaac 28 Virginia pg0152A.txt
156B 20 Oliver John L. 23 Virginia pg0152A.txt
156B 22 Oliver Martha 7 Virginia pg0152A.txt
156B 18 Oliver Yancy 56 Virginia pg0152A.txt
Apr 23
Russell Lynn Drysdale
Pittsylvania County, VA 1850 Federal Census (INDEX file 1 of 2)
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/pittsylvania/census/1850/indx-a-p.txt
226B 33 Motley Daniel 4 Virginia pg0225B.txt
225B 16 Motley F*an** 22 Virginia pg0225B.txt
226B 34 Motley Henry 1 Virginia pg0225B.txt
226B 31 Motley James 24 Virginia pg0225B.txt
225B 17 Motley James 10/12 Virginia pg0225B.txt
226B 32 Motley Martha 21 Virginia pg0225B.txt
225B 15 Motley William 24 Virginia pg0225B.txt
Apr 23
Russell Lynn Drysdale
Pittsylvania County, VA 1850 Federal Census (INDEX - file 1 of 3
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/pittsylvania/census/1850/indx-a-f.txt
Pg# Ln# Last Name First Name Age Birth Place Filename
160A 8 Douglas Martha A. 27 Virginia pg0158A.txt
160A 7 Douglas Mary A. 55 Virginia pg0158A.txt
160A 6 Douglas Samuel A. 76 Virginia pg0158A.txt
160A 9 Douglas Susan R. 26 Virginia pg0158A.txt
140B 14 Douglass Abbott 6 Virginia pg0135A.txt
140B 12 Douglass Asa 13 Virginia pg0135A.txt
140B 8 Douglass Clarissa 46 Virginia pg0135A.txt
140B 10 Douglass Elizabeth 18 Virginia pg0135A.txt
139A 32 Douglass Harrison 46 Virginia pg0135A.txt
140B 9 Douglass Jno W. 20 Virginia pg0135A.txt
139A 35 Douglass John W. 21 Virginia pg0135A.txt
140B 13 Douglass Margaret 10 Virginia pg0135A.txt
140B 11 Douglass Mary M 15 Virginia pg0135A.txt
139A 34 Douglass Nancy 62 Virginia pg0135A.txt
140B 7 Douglass Smith 45 Virginia pg0135A.txt
139A 33 Douglass Tabitha 52 Virginia pg0135A.txt
Apr 23
Ronald Drysdale
Hi
One of the best sources of information on Early American settlers is the 34 volumes of Virginia Colonial abstracts compiled by Beverly Fleet.
These volumes are available online in a number of places, but frequently only a few of the volumes are available for download at any one location.
The FamilySearch website is one location where all 34 volumes may be viewed and downloaded for free, the relevant web address is;
https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/1949959?availability=Fa...
If you are unable to access the FamilySearch site but are searching for a specific volume. Please add a comment here and I will upload the relevant pdf to this page.
Best regards
Jul 23
Russell Lynn Drysdale
Ronald , thank you. Do you know that the first 5 volumes were available to the public - then if you wanted any thing more - you had to pay the Library of Virginia $10.oo per page.
Jul 23
Ronald Drysdale
Hi all,
Uploading Virginia Colonial Abstracts (34 pdfs total)
Virginia colonial abstracts volumes 1-5
Virginia colonial abstracts vol 1 Lancaster County, Record Book
Virginia colonial abstracts vol 2 Northumberland County Records
Virginia colonial abstracts vol 3 Northumberland Co. Record of Births
Virginia colonial abstracts vol 4 King and Queen County
Virginia colonial abstracts vol 5 King and Queen County
More to come
Jul 28
Ronald Drysdale
Virginia colonial abstracts volumes 6-10
Virginia colonial abstracts vol 6 King and Queen County
Virginia colonial abstracts vol 7 King and Queen County
Virginia colonial abstracts vol 8 Essex County
Virginia colonial abstracts vol 9 Essex County-
Virginia colonial abstracts vol 10 Charles City County
Jul 28
Ronald Drysdale
Virginia colonial abstracts volumes 11-15
Virginia colonial abstracts vol 11 Charles City County
Virginia colonial abstracts vol 12 Charles City County
Virginia colonial abstracts vol 13 Charles City County
Virginia colonial abstracts vol 14 King and Queen County
Virginia colonial abstracts vol 15 King and Queen County
Jul 28
Ronald Drysdale
Virginia colonial abstracts volumes 16-20
Virginia colonial abstracts vol 16 Richmond County
Virginia colonial abstracts vol 17 Richmond County
Virginia colonial abstracts vol 18 Acchawmacke
Virginia colonial abstracts vol 19 Northumbria Collectables
Virginia colonial abstracts vol 20 Northumbria Collectables
Jul 29
Ronald Drysdale
Virginia colonial abstracts volumes 21-25
Virginia colonial abstracts vol 21 Henrico County - Southside
Virginia colonial abstracts vol 22 Lancaster County
Virginia colonial abstracts vol 23 Westmoreland County
Virginia colonial abstracts vol 24 York County
Virginia colonial abstracts vol 25 York County
Jul 29
Ronald Drysdale
Virginia colonial abstracts volumes 26-30
Virginia colonial abstracts vol 26 York County
Virginia colonial abstracts vol 27 King and Queen County
Virginia colonial abstracts vol 28 King and Queen County
Virginia colonial abstracts vol 29 Essex County Records
Virginia colonial abstracts vol 30 Huntington Library Data
Jul 29
Ronald Drysdale
Virginia colonial abstracts volumes 31-34
Virginia colonial abstracts vol 31 Lower Norfolk County
Virginia colonial abstracts vol 32 Accomacke County
Virginia colonial abstracts vol 33 King and Queen County
Virginia colonial abstracts vol 34 Genealogy of Washington County
Finished!
Jul 29
Russell Lynn Drysdale
Well done Ronald Drysdale!
Jul 30