Carol Middleton's Douglass line

In the early 19th century, a number of Scots living in Richmond Co. North Carolina, made the decision to move to the Southwest to make new lives. Catharine Douglass, young wife of John Love MacKinnon, and mother, packed their belongings, helped her mother Sarah Curry, widow of Angus Douglass, gather things for the journey to the Wilderness. Catharine's mother-in-law, Christian MacKinnon, widow of Neill MacKinnon, went with the others.

Many of the Douglasses left North Carolina. Some went to Chesterfield Co., SC. Among those who went on to Walton Co., FL were Catharine's brothers Angus Douglass and Alexander Douglass. Catharine's aunt, Flora Douglass and her husband Daniel McDonald, went to Mississippi where there was a large settlement of Scots.

DOUGLASS RESOURCES

Daniel DOUGLASS and Effie McLEAN

Angus DOUGLASS and Sarah CURRY

Flora DOUGLASS and Daniel McDONALD
Not of my direct line but of interest to others

Duncan DOUGLASS and his wives Margaret McLAURIN and Mary HANCOCK
Not of my direct line but of interest to others

Catharine DOUGLASS and John Love MacKINNON

Mary Catherine DOUGLASS and Allen MORRISON
Not of my direct line but of interest to others

Much information based on the research of Bee Lane, and with thanks to Mona Spears, Johnny Douglass, Angie Rayfield, Myrtle Bridges, Carol Shrader, Linley Katherine MacKinnon Allen and Brian Dameral

The Douglas / Douglass clan (Gaelic name Dubhghlas) fought with William Wallace; stood with Robert the Bruce (one of the Douglas men, James, carried Bruce's heart to the Holy Land); one Douglas, William, became the Duke of Hamilton by marriage. Clan motto: Jamais arriere (Never behind)

Daniel DOUGLASS and Effie McLEAN

Husband: Daniel Douglass

LifeNotes: May have been named Donald at birth and later chose to use the English version Daniel. He and Effie immigrated to America from Isle of Skye, Scotland, before the Revolutionary War. He was in Richmond Co., NC by 1778. On 7/30/1779, he applied to State of North Carolina for a grant in (then) Montgomery Co., NC (formerly Anson Co) -- 50 acres including improvements. This was land on which Daniel was already living, located "beginning at a black jack in Caleb Tombstone's line and running hence south forty-five degrees east forty-five poles to a stake in Allen McSwain's line, etc." Shown on a tax list, paying taxes on the land for 1780-82. It is speculated that the land was adjacent to the property of the legendary heroine Flora McDonald and her husband Captain Allan McDonald; they bought their land-425 acres- from Caleb Tombstone in late 1775 (this land was confiscated from them in 1777, due to their being Loyalists and the couple left the area). Daniel Douglass is not shown as loyal to any side during the War. Since he received the grant, that would indicate he was not an active Tory.

Note: Many Scots immigrated into North Carolina and other areas in the 1700s. Bee Lane tells us that all immigration ceased from late 1775 until the peace treaty was signed in 1783.

Daniel moved to Richmond Co., NC in 1784 (Richmond Co. was formed from Anson Co., 11/10/1779). Daniel Douglass bought Richmond Co. property in 1785 (100 acres), 1792 (50 acres), 1795 (30 acres), 1799 (25 acres), 1806 (50 acres, a 25-acre swap, 355 acres). Most of this land now lies in Scotland Co., NC which was part of Richmond until 1889. Daniel Douglass was considered a very successful planter.

Born: ca 1734 in Scotland
Married: ca 1758
Died: 1816, Richmond Co., NC, will dated 8/13/1815. See the will.
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1st-Wife: Effie McLean

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Born: in Scotland
Married: ca 1758
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Angus DOUGLASS and Sarah CURRY

Husband: Angus Douglass

LifeNotes: Arrived in America -- in Richmond Co., NC after late 1785, before 10/1787. He settled some 10-15 miles from his father's home, closer to Rockingham, the county seat.

From Bee Lane: In the Court of Law and Equity of Richmond Co., NC on 29 Sept 1813 he became a naturalized citizen of the USA., along with 38 other aliens who had arrived before Jan 1795. Great Britain prohibited emigration from there to the American colonies during the Revolutionary War (1776-1783). Only those who came after the war were considered aliens, thus being required by the States to register, swear allegience to the USA and seek citizenship. The War of 1812 with Britain stirred up the enforcement of this law.

Bought 75 acres north of Mark's Creek from Norman McLeod in 1793. In 2/1815, bought 150 acres at Sheriff's sale for $300, property of Daniel Munroe, on Mark's Creek near Hall's (Hale's?) Bridge joining land of Daniel Lackley (this land was sold by his son Duncan C. Douglass on 8/14/1819 to Peter M. Cole). In 10/1817, bought 200 acres, land joining McCaskill and McIntosh. The chaincarriers for the survey were Angus Douglass and his son Alexander Douglass.

Born: 1759 in probably the Highlands of Scotland, according to grandson, John Love MacKinnon, Jr., author of "The History of Walton Co." [FL]
Married: ca 1793
Died: 6/30/1819 in Richmond Co., NC. Died intestate-without a will. See the estate records. Angus was buried Old Sneads Grove Cemetery, Laurel Hill, NC, which is an abandoned cemetery near present-day Laurenburg in that part of Richmond Co., NC which is now Scotland Co., NC.
Parents: Daniel and Effie McLean Douglass

Wife: Sarah Curry

LifeNotes: it is said she was quite young when she married Angus Douglass. She was named in her father's will (dated 11/15/1807; probated 6/1813, Richmond Co., NC) in which she received a cow, as did her sisters Mary Curry Nicholson and Abigail Curry McDuffie. Their brother William Curry and their mother received the bulk of the Curry estate which included 200 acres on each side of Mark's Bridge.

Born: 1773
Married: ca 1793
Died: 1/30/1833 Walton Co., FL
Parents: Angus and Christian (-?) Curry. Angus's will dated 11/15/1807, probated 6/1813, Richmond Co., NC.

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Flora DOUGLASS and Daniel McDONALD
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Wife: Flora Douglass

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Born: 2/10/1781, Richmond Co., NC
Married: 1802
Died: 9/3/1850, Neshoba Co., MS, buried Old Carolina Cemetery.
Parents: Daniel Douglass and Effie McLean

Husband: Daniel McDonald, Sr.

LifeNotes: Conveyed land in Fayetteville, NC.

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Duncan DOUGLASS and his wives Margaret McLAURIN and Mary HANCOCK
Not of my direct line but of interest to others. This is the SC branch of the family. With many thanks to Angie Rayfield, Johnny Douglass, Angie Rakes and most of all to Bee Lane to whom we all owe so much

Husband: Duncan Douglass

LifeNotes: He grew up in Richmond Co., NC. They migrated to Chesterfield Co., SC.

Born: 9/6/1790, Richmond Co., NC.
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Died: 7/26/1858, Chesterfield Co., SC; buried Douglass-Mill Baptist Church Cemetery.
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1st-Wife: Margaret McLaurin

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Born: 3/7/1801, Richmond Co., NC
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Parents: Major Duncan and Nancy Carmichael McLaurin

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2nd-Wife: Mary Hancock

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Catharine DOUGLASS and John Love MacKINNON

Wife: Catharine Douglass

LifeNotes: She migrated from the green North Carolina mountains with her husband, babies, and many other Gaelic-speaking families to the exotic beauty of the Florida Territory. Catharine and John settled on Bruce Creek, west of the Indian Fields. They called their home Pleasant Hill. They were friendly with the Euchee Indians who lived in the Valley. Later the Euchees left the Valley, and relations with other Natives deteriorated.

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Born: 1803 Richmond Co., NC
Married: 4/26/1821 in Richmond Co., NC
Died: in Walton Co., FL
Parents: Angus and Sarah Curry Douglass

Husband: Col. John Love MacKinnon

LifeNotes: In 1783, came to North Carolina from Isle of Skye, Scotland with his parents and siblings. They settled in Richmond Co., NC. See his MacKinnon page. The frontier in west Florida was beginning to open up for new opportunites. John MacKinnon made several trips there with cousin Neill McLennon to look at the possibilities.

In 1826, a large group of Gaelic-speaking Scottish families - all kin -- made the long journey to Florida, moving themselves and belongings in wagons. They were the McKinnons, the Douglasses (Catharine's brothers and sisters), the MacIvers, the Campbells, the MacRaes, the McLeans and others. These families settled in Euchee Valley, Knox Hill, Euchee Anna on Bruce Creek and in Mossey Bend. in the lush beauty of the Florida panhandle.

John Love MacKinnon built the first cotton gin in west Florida. He raised prime cattle. He established the town of Freeport. He traveled often to Pensacola on business. He was the first Justice of the Peace of Walton Co., FL. In 1835 he was elected as representative to the Constitutional Convention at St. Joseph's FL when the state was admitted to the Union; Daniel G. McLean was also elected.

Born: 2/12/1790, Strath Parish, Isle of Skye, Scotland
Married: 4/26/1821 in Richmond Co., NC
Died: in Walton Co., FL
Parents: Neill L. MacKinnon and Christian MacKinnon. See their page.

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In the 1840s, Col. John Love MacKinnon went to Tallahassee and bought 40 acres below Genoa (Geneva?); he had his workers clear the land and set up a town, calling it Freeport. He then had a broad road cut straight to the roads leading to Euchee Anna and Mossey Bend (all these roads later became public roads). Giles Bowers built a merchantile business there, the first successful business of its kind in the county.

In 1850, A. D. MacKinnon journeyed to Texas and helped to rescue a couisn who had been captured as boy by the Comanches. The boy was now a man called Bosque John, had lived most of his life with the Indians, was returned to his relatives in FL whom he loved to entertain with stories of his wild life among the Natives. See the story on Neil McLennan's page.

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Mary Catherine DOUGLASS and Allen MORRISON
Not of my direct line but of interest to others and with many thanks to Mona Spears

Wife: Mary Catherine Douglass

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Born: ca 1802, North Carolina
Married: ca 1826
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Parents: Angus Douglass and Sarah Curry

Husband: Allen Morrison

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Born: ca 1800, North Carolina
Married: ca 1826
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Parents: John Morrison (b.1759; d. 1849)

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