I have some Douglases in my family. A gg grand mother named Martha Douglas. hence a lot of Marthas in the family. My oldest was James Douglas 1745-90 d Franklin County N C. Edgecombe Cy seems to be where they lived. Would appreciate hearing of any connections. At 10:00 AM 7/9/2010, you wrote: >For several years persons descended from David Douglass have been >searching for more information about him. I have a marriage bond that >is dated 6 November 1777. He married Martha Jones in Mecklenburg >County, VA. Francis Lightfoot signed the bond. David and Martha's >children appear to be born in Mecklenburg County. > > > > We have a copy of a land transaction 27 December 1779. David and >Martha sold about 115 acres to Robert Brooks Rose of Mecklenburg for >3500 pounds of tobacco. He is reported to have served in the >Revolutionary War and was given land in Georgia for this service. Then >we have a twenty year void until he arrived in Louisville, Jefferson >County, Georgia about 1798 or 1799. In Georgia he is reported to have >been a glove maker and also to make other clothing...I think from >leather. I think this is interesting and could hold a key about his >background in VA and during the twenty year period he is missing. It >seems he would have learned this skill in VA from a family member. > > > >I have talked with the genealogist at the library in Boynton and little >is available. We have ordered many reels from LVA searching for >information about the Jones family and Douglass family and searched in >the genealogy library in Fort Wayne, IN. > > > >David's children were very involved in Georgia life and his son, Jones >Douglass, started the first Sunday school in Gwinnett County GA...it is >now the greater Atlanta area. Others also were very involved in the >Methodist church so it is likely David was a Methodist. Jones married >Rebecca Tillman, and I know there were Tillmans in VA too. > > > >David is reported to be born in Scotland about 1752. I am not certain >that this is true. His father may already have been in VA., and he >could have been born in VA. I have found a David Sr. and Jr. in >Mecklenburg and also in Granville County, NC. In Granville I found >notation dated 21 September 1759, of a Sus'a Douglas, orphan of David >Douglas deceased, allowed to chose her brother William Douglas of >Lunenburg to be her guardian. > > > >David and Martha had three sons, James, Stephen and Jones and several >daughters. I descend from Jones Douglass. I also a found a 1805 >marriage bond for a James Douglass in Mecklenburg county. He married >Nancy Johnson. He may be David's son. I do not know. > > > >In October, I will be in VA and would like to continue exploring this. >If you have any thoughts about David Douglass, all of the Douglass clan >will appreciate your input. > > > >Sandra > > > > > > > >Sandra M. Long, Ph.D > >The OMNI Centre for Public Media, Inc. > >P.O. Box 302 > >Carmel, IN 46082-0302 > >Phone: 317-846-2345 Ext.112 > >Fax: 317-846-6664 > >[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > > > > >To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at >http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html Joe in Austin eqitare arcum tendere et veritatem dicere Never try to teach a hog to sing. It is a waste of time and will annoy the hog. To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html