DOUGLASS.
A family of Douglass was living in the Cove neighborhood
as early as 1751, two of which were James and George,
probably brothers. They were among the first members of
the Cove Presbyterian Church. George died in 1785.
Three brothers named Douglass resided in the north part
of the county in 1761, Charles, Thomas and John. Their
farms were situated on the Barboursville Road near the Orange
line. Charles married a daughter of Robert and Mourning
Adams, and died in 1823. His children were Robert and
Charles, to whom he gave lands he owned in Kentucky, and
who removed to that State, Ann, the wife of Joseph Timberlake,
Judith, the wife of John Dickerson, and Sarah.
Thomas died in 1830, leaving four children, James, Achilles,
Nancy and John. Achilles was appointed a magistrate in
1796, and acted a prominent part in the affairs of the county.
He served as Sheriff in 1823. He married Nancy, daughter
of Jason Bowcock, and died in 1844. His home the latter
part of his life was on the north fork of Priddy's Creek, near
the present station of Burnley's. John Douglass Jr., married
Mildred Bowcock, a sister of Achilles's wife.
