24th Generation

285. James J. DOUGLAS was born in 1817 in Pattonsburg, Botetourt Co., Virginia. He owned in 1829 in Botetourt Co., on Pergatory Creek.²⁷¹ this deed shows James and Francis Douglas of Henderson Co., Kentucky selling 56 and 1/4 acres. This was part of his inheritance from his father. He appeared in the census 1850 Census in Henderson Co., Kentucky.²⁷² James J. Douglas traveled to Warren county, Kentucky in June of 1857 to settle with his brother, William Buchannon, over the family farm , 200 acres in Warren county which he owned twenty percent of resulting from his fathers estate. William B. paid him $60.00 for his share and he traveled back to Henderson county, Kentucky and dissappeared. No trace has been found of either him or his wife Frances.. One of his sons, William A. Douglas did survive as he was a party of a law suit in Botetourt county, Virginia in 1882 which was the final liquidation of John B. Douglas Sr.'s estate. Research to find William A. has not been sucessful to date.

James J. DOUGLAS and Frances Ann WOODS had the following children:

404	i.	James R. DOUGLAS was born in 1849 in Henderson Co., Kentucky. He appeared in the census in 1850 in Henderson Co., Kentucky.273
405	ii.	William A DOUGLAS was born about 1853 in Henderson Co., Kentucky. He died after 1882. Willam A Douglas Was alive in 1882 as he was named in a law suit to settle the estate of his grandfather John B.Douglas Sr.