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About Capt. William Alfred Douglass
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/151052545/william-alfred-douglass
Capt William Alfred Douglass BIRTH 31 Jul 1742 Culpeper County, Virginia, USA DEATH 3 Aug 1814 (aged 72) Sumner County, Tennessee, USA BURIAL Non-Cemetery Burial, Specifically: Grave unmarked on private property MEMORIAL ID 151052545 · View Source
William Douglass was the 2nd child of Col Edward Douglass and Sarah George Douglass. He was born in Virginia based on evidence that indicates his parents were in Virginia at that time. His birth date is given as July 31, 1742 and birthplace as being Culpepper, Colony of Virginia. In the 1790 US census he is found living at Orange, North Carolina. William must have come to Sumner county after his father and siblings who had settled in the area that later became Sumner county about 1785. William Douglass was in North Carolina during the American Revolution and served in the North Carolina Militia during the campaigns in the Carolinas.
William Douglass served as the Captian of a company of mounted riflemen in North Carolina during the American Revolution. Douglass and his company had routed the Torries at the engagements of Brush Creek and Hillsboro. His older brother John was killed in 1776 on a scouting mission during the Revolution.
The Douglass family was prominent in the early affairs of Tennessee. On January 11, 1796, the Constitutional convention assembled at Knoxville, Tennessee for the purpose of the formation of a constitution preparatory to the admission of the Tennessee territory as a State into the Federal Union. The members of the Cumberland settlement were as follows: From Davidson County, John McNairy, Andrew Jackson, James Robertson, Thomas Hardeman, and Joel Lewis. From Sumner County. David Shelby, Isaac Walton, William Douglass, Edward Douglass, and Daniel Smith. From Tennessee County - Thomas Johnson, James Fort, William Fort, Robert Prince, and William Prince.
William Douglass married Margaret "Peggy" Stroud in Orange, North Carolina, May 01, 1776 That union produced seven children. All of their children were probably born in North Carolina
Ref: 1.Historic Sumner County, Tennessee, By Jay Guy Cisco, 1909, Chapter 11 2.Early History of Middle Tennessee, By Edward Albright, 1908, Chapter 39 3.Will of William Douglass 1814, Sumner, Tennessee 4.Revolutionary War Veterans and Patriots of Sumner County, Tennessee, Sumner County Archives, Revolutionary War Veterans and Patriots of Sumner Co. TN
Family Members Parents Photo Edward Douglass 1713–1795
Photo Sarah Elizabeth George Douglass 1714–1797
Spouse Photo Margaret Stroud Douglass 1757–1816
Siblings Photo John Douglass 1741–1776
Elmore Douglass 1753–1819
Photo Elizabeth Douglass Cage 1754–1792
Sarah Douglass Blakemore 1759–1829
James Douglass 1762–1851
Photo Reuben Douglass 1763–1832
Children Mary Polly Douglass Dement 1785–1807
Alfred Mason Douglass 1791–1822
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Capt. William Alfred Douglass's Timeline
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July 31, 1742
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VA, United States
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| 1778 |
1778
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Cheraw, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, United States of America
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1779
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Orange, North Carolina, United States
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1785
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1791
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August 28, 1796
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New York,USA
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August 3, 1814
Age 72
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TN, Sumner, United States
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