Other Events:

• Census: 1880, New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV
• Census: 1900, 1910, Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV
• Occupation: 1900, 1910; merchant (general store)
• Residence: 1900, 1910, Sedalia, Doddridge Co, WV
• Census: 1920, Punta Gorda, Charlotte Co, FL
• Occupation: 1920; salesman in feed store

Notes:

Local news item, "West Union Record," Thursday, Aug 31 1916, in its entirety:
REWARD
On July 29 or 30 1916, there was stolen from my safe all my deeds, receipts, telephone stock, three shares of stock in the Barly Foods Co. of Morgantown, saving deposit book in the Lownd savings bank, two insurance policies, etc. A liberal reward will be paid for the return of same to me at Miletus, W.Va.
T. P. Douglass

Local news item, "West Union Herald," Thursday, Jan 25 1917, in its entirety:
"T. P. Douglass, of Miletus, is spending the winter at Punta Gorda, Florida, and is enjoying the warm air of southern Florida immensely."

Local news item, "West Union Herald," Thursday, Jan 6 1921, in its entirety:
"T. P. Douglass, who for many years kept a store at Sedalia, this county, died at his home at Punta Gorda, Fla., last week. His body was laid to rest in the Sunny South, where he had lived several years."

Thomas married Carrie W. TOWLES 10 Sep 1896, Doddridge Co, WV. Carrie (daughter of Joseph Emory TOWLES and Hester A. HUTSON) was born Feb 1867, Harrison Co, WV. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Census: 1870, 1880, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV
• Residence: 1896, Doddridge Co, WV
• Census: 1900, 1910, Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV
• Census: 1920, Punta Gorda, Charlotte Co, FL
• Census: 1930, Lakeland, Polk Co, FL
• Residence: 1935, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV
• Census: 1940, Nashville, Davidson Co, TN

Notes:

Census:
In household of daughter & son-in-law, Hester & Douglas Maynard.

Other Events:

• Occupation: farmer
• Census: 1870, 1900, New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV

Notes:

Buried:
His death record states burial location as Childers Cemetery, but there is a joint marker for him and his wife at Archbold Cemetery. It is unclear whether William is actually buried at Archbold, or if the marker is simply a memorial to him. Jemima's death record indicates Archbold Cemetery.

William married Jemima WHITE 1 Feb 1855, Barbour Co, (W)VA. Jemima (daughter of Joseph WHITE and Elizabeth "Betty" ROBERTS) was born 28 Apr 1833, Barbour Co, (W)VA; died 29 Nov 1925, Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV; was buried , Archbold Cemetery, Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Census: 1850, Barbour Co, (W)VA
• Census: 1900, New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV
• Residence: 1911, Smithton (now Smithburg), Doddridge Co, WV
• Census: 1920, West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV

Notes:

1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (New Milton District):
William H. H. Douglass, 64, b. Oct 1835, married 46 yrs; wife Jemima Douglass, 68, b. Apr 1832, mother of 9 children (all still living); son-in-law George H. Snider, 29, b. Oct 1870, married 7 yrs; dau Jennie J. Snider, 25, b. Feb 1875, mother of 2 children (both still living); grandson Ira C. Snider, 6, b. Jul 1893; grandson Henry H. Snider, 4, b. Sep 1895; boarder Leverna Fleming, 37, b. Feb 1863, widowed, no children.

Other Events:

• Occupation: 1870; boot & shoe manufacturer
• Census: 1870, 1880, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV
• Residence: 1895, Doddridge Co, WV

Joseph married Hester A. HUTSON. Hester (daughter of Evan HUTSON and Charlotte DAVIS) was born 10 Feb 1839; died 1 Nov 1881; was buried , Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (old SDB section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Census: 1850, 1860, Doddridge Co, (W)VA
• Census: 1870, 1880, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV

Other Events:

• Census: 1860, 1900, Barbour Co, WV

William married Mary "Polly" NUTTER 6 May 1832, Harrison Co, (W)VA. Mary (daughter of Thomas Christopher NUTTER and Lois PARKS) was born 4 Aug 1810, Ohio; died 29 Mar 1901, Barbour Co, WV. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Census: 1860, 1900, Barbour Co, WV

Notes:

1860 Census, Barbour County, Virginia (now West Virginia):
Wm Douglas, 49; Mary Douglas, 50; Franklin Douglas, 22; Edgar Douglas, 18; Semington Douglas, 15; Thomas P Douglas, 8; Lewis T Hatfield, 10; Fauton b Douglas, 21, Barbara Douglas, 26.

Other Events:

• Census: 1850, Barbour Co, (W)VA

Notes:

Birth:
Birthplace either Maryland or Massachusetts, per 1850 Census.

Joseph married Elizabeth "Betty" ROBERTS. Elizabeth was born CA 1811, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Census: 1850, Barbour Co, (W)VA

Other Events:

• Census: 1850, 1860, Doddridge Co, (W)VA
• Census: 1870, New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV

Evan married Charlotte DAVIS 11 Sep 1834, Harrison Co, (W)VA. Charlotte (daughter of Jesse DAVIS and Hannah DAVIS) was born CA 1815; died Apr 1891, Doddridge Co, WV. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Census: 1850, 1860, Doddridge Co, (W)VA
• Census: 1870, New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV

Other Events:

• Census: 1850, 1860, Harrison Co, (W)VA
• Census: 1870, Barbour Co, WV

Notes:

Died:
The Harrison County death record for Levi Douglass of May 3 1871 is either in error or pertains to a different Levi Douglass. The deceased is identified as Levi Douglass, widowed, age 75, born in 1796, parents "not known," occupation farmer, died May 3 1871 in Elk Twp, Harrison Co WV, cause of death "old age." Informant: J. H. Taylor, Recorder. "Cemeteries of Elk District, Harrison County WV," p. 26, reports headstone for Levi Douglas Jr., d. May 2 1871, age 87y 5m 21d. That age with that death date calculates to a birth date of Nov 11 1783.

Levi married Nancy HAILEY 25 Apr 1806, Harrison Co, (W)VA. Nancy (daughter of Anthony HAILEY and Mary DENNISON) was born 1 Nov 1791; died 27 Nov 1864, Harrison Co, WV; was buried , A. D. Douglas Family Cem, Raccoon Run, Bristol, Harrison Co, WV. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Census: 1850, 1860, Harrison Co, (W)VA

Notes:

1850 Census, Harrison Co, (W)VA:
Levi Douglas, 64, farmer; Nancy Douglas, 59; Louisa Atner, 16.

1860 Census, Harrison County, (W)VA:
Levi Douglas, 76, farmer, b. Virginia; Nancy Douglas, 69.

1870 Census, Barbour Co, WV (Elk Twp), enumerated on Nov 17 1870:
John Douglass, 63, farmer; Eliza, 54; Emily, 23; Melvill D., 20; Silas, 17; Calvin, 15; Mary Ann, 12; Levi Douglass Sr., 85, farmer.

Other Events:

• Occupation: carpenter
• Residence: (SETTLED), Holbrook, Ritchie Co, WV
• Census: 1870, Union District, Ritchie Co, WV

Notes:

Census:
In household of son Christopher.

Thomas married Lois PARKS. [Group Sheet]

John married Esther DAVIS 7 Oct 1812, Harrison Co, (W)VA. Esther was born CA 1771, New Jersey. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Medical Condition: 1850; blind
• Census: 1850, Doddridge Co, (W)VA

Notes:

Census:
Listed as Ester Hutson, 79, b. New Jersey, blind, in household of son Winter Hutson and his family.

Jesse married Hannah DAVIS 11 May 1806, Harrison Co, (W)VA. Hannah (daughter of Joshua G. DAVIS and Content DAVIS) was born CA 1784, New Jersey; died 24 May 1880. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Levi Douglass was born possibly in Virginia, but more likely on the eastern shore of Maryland in present-day Wicomico County. His date of birth is generally accepted as being around 1750, but may have been as late as about 1760. In about 1777, just prior to his 1778 marriage to Nancy Anne Merrick in Monongalia County, Virginia (now West Virginia), Levi Douglass signed a petition for the formation of Harrison County, which came about in 1784. In May 1785, a survey for Levi Douglass was recorded for 400 acres in Harrison County on the Brushy Fork of Elk Creek, adjoining the land of Benjamin Coplin.

Excerpts from "History of Harrison County West Virginia," by Henry Haymond, 1910:

"On the 31st December, 1771 a party of explorers consisting of John Merrick, Samuel Cottrill, Andrew Cottrill, Levi Douglass and Sotha Hickman, encamped on Ann Moores run near the present town of Grasselli in Clark District.
They were engaged in hunting and looking out for lands upon which to make permanent settlements. On New Year's day 1772 they turned out to hunt, and passing south through the low gap where Lemuel D. Holden afterwards lived for so many years, and near there killed a bear and several turkeys.
On the little bottom where Brushy Fork empties into Elk Creek their dogs discovered a herd of buffalo and in a short time the hunters had killed seven of them. One of the largest of the herd being fatally wounded in attempting to escape down Elk Creek fell dead into the bed of the little stream that puts into Elk below the mouth of Brushy Fork, and lay in such a position that they could not pull him out, and he was left to lie there with regrets that they could not get his robe.
The party remained in this camp all winter and were visited by a friendly Indian who hunted with them for some time.
They discovered the abandoned camp on the "West Fork River of Robert Lindsay a trapper, and also where he had made one or more canoes to transport his furs down to Fort Pitt.
In the Spring of 1772 they selected lands on which to establish permanent homes. Andrew Cottrill located his claim and built his cabin at the site of their camp, on Ann Moore's run, where Grasselli is now located. Samuel Cottrill just east of where Clarksburg now stands, near the Jackson grave yard. Sotha Hickman on the opposite side of Elk Creek near where the Elk View Cemetery now is, and Levi Douglas preempted four hundred acres on the Brushy Fork of Elk. John Merrick did not permanently locate in this country but probably went further West.
There are still residing in Harrison County many descendants of the two Cottrills, Hickman and Douglass, and they have the satisfaction of knowing that their ancestors were among the very first permanent settlers in the present limits of Harrison County." [p. 21]

"It appears that at the June Court 1787 appraisers were appointed for the estate of Levi Douglass and that at the September Court of the same year Mrs. Ann Burrowes was appointed guardian for Thomas Cottrill orphan of Andrew Cottrill, deceased. This indicates that both of these men died in that year, which is a
matter of interest as they were both among the original pioneer settlers of Harrison County, as is related elsewhere, and had borne the hardships of frontier life for sixteen years." [p. 208]

"Levi Douglass. In company with Sotha Hickman he was captured by Indians, an account of which is given elsewhere. He was a man of sterling worth and for that day accumulated considerable property.
The census of Monongalia County taken in 1782 before Harrison County was formed, shows that at that date his family consisted of four members.
The inventory of his estate was dated August 4, 1787, the exact date of his death being unknown.
His descendants still reside in the County." [p. 382]

"Sotha Hickman. ... While trapping on the Liitle Kanawha River in Company with Levi Douglass they were captured by a party of Indians and taken to their towns on the Sciota River in Ohio.
One night while the Indians were holding a grand dance and festival the prisoners were left in charge of an old man who fell off into a sleep. They each then quietly seized a gun and equipments and struck out for home and liberty.
Travelling only at night they were four days without food and after reaching the Virginia side of the Ohio River they were fortunate enough to kill a bear and ate so much of it that they both became very sick and were relieved by drinking what was called rock oil, which was found floating on the surface of Hughes River." [p. 383]

"To show the household articles in use, and the personal property belonging to a well to do pioneer, the following is taken from the appraisement of the estate of Levi Douglass, who died in 1787 :
2 horses, 1 colt, 2 steers, 2 heifers, 1 cow, 1 calf, 17 shoats, 1 plow, 1 negro boy, 1 rifle gun, shot pouch and powder horn, 1 woman's saddle, 2 bridles, 1 man's saddle, drawing knife, stillyards, pot and hooks, hackle-bell, pans, spinning wheel, wooden ware, knives and forks, pewter ware, beds and bedding, flax seed, wheat, hemp seed, beehives and hominy block." [p. 427]

Birth:
or the eastern shore of Maryland in present-day Wicomico County

Levi married Nancy Anne MERRICK 1778, Monongalia Co, (W)VA. Nancy was born 1758, West Augusta Co, VA; died 1838, Jackson Co, (W)VA. [Group Sheet]

Anthony married Mary DENNISON. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Barbour County Will Book 1, p. 9, contains the following entry for Christopher Nutter:
Rebecca, wife; Thomas C. Nutter, oldest son; George Nutter, second son; James Nutter, grandson, son of George.
Will was executed on March 25 1844, presented/proved in court in Feb 1845, recorded in March 1845.

Christopher married Rebecca MOREHEAD 28 Jun 1785, Harrison Co, (W)VA. Rebecca (daughter of George MOREHEAD and Martha ___) was born 20 May 1768; died 10 Oct 1862, Barbour Co, (W)VA. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Military: Harrison County Woodrangers
• Military: Revolutionary War

Notes:

A brief biography of William "Bottom Billy" Davis:
http://www.us-data.org/wv/harrison/bios/davis_william.txt

Military:
Calvin Davis, grandson of William Davis, said that since the fall of 1830 he heard Ephraim Bee of Harrison County, Virginia, say that "William Davis was a Tory for he had killed his father and he could prove it." Calvin also said that there had been a misunderstanding between Ephraim Bee and William Davis over a year ago. He said that Ephraim Bee was "a malicious ill-disposed person." Reuben Davis also overheard Ephraim Bee say the same thing and that Ephraim Bee would endeavor to stop William Davis from receiving a pension.

Military:
James Davis from Clark County, Ohio, in a sworn deposition, said that he and William Davis served in 1794 in the Harrison County Woodrangers under Col. William Lowther, Capt. Cornelius Bogard and Ensign Jonathan Coburn for 9-1/2 months.

Died:
Clark or Shelby County

William married Elizabeth Anna HAVENS 1773. Elizabeth (daughter of John HAVENS and Anna DAVIS) was born 1754, Shrewsbury, Monmouth Co, NJ; died 1834, Clark Co, OH; was buried , Asbury Cemetery, North Hampton, Clark Co, OH. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Residence:
In 1820, the tax list for Harrison County, Virginia (now West Virginia), shows that William "Bottom Billy" Davis had one slave, gender not stated. But the 1820 Federal Census for Harrison County does not show him has having any slaves.

Joshua married Content DAVIS CA 1785. Content (daughter of James DAVIS and Judith MAXSON) was born 27 Feb 1758; died 27 Jul 1840; was buried , Seventh Day Baptist Church Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV. [Group Sheet]