Dr. JAMES DOUGLASS, wife Nancy pension App. War 1812, TN, MO
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In reply to:
The JAMES MURRAY/DOUGLAS/HENSLEY/GLAS Puzzle
Mildred Dotterer 8/24/02
James Douglass was an early settler of Dade County Missouri.Hisfirstwife,MARTHA WHITE,was murdered Rock Prairie Twp, Dade Co, MO,in March of 1848 by her negro slave Peter Douglas and also two or three of his own children near Everton.
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The following was a deposition for Nancy's pension of James Douglass' War of 1812 service:
SARAH C. ECCLESTON aged 49 years (and on the 21 Jul 1887)-
(Note: Sarah was born in 1838-she was ten years old when MARTHA WHITE was murdered!)-Mildred Dotterer: her story in an affidavit 21 Jul 1887:
" I resided in Dade County Missouri in 1848 and was well all and personally acquainted with the above named JAMES DOUGLASS and his first wife MARTHA DOUGLASS.I know that the said MARTHA DOUGLASS was killed by a negro in the Spring of 1848....the said MARTHA DOUGLASS was the wife of the said JAMES DOUGLASS who at the time of the killing of his said wife was living with her in Dade County State of Missouri.The said JAMES DOUGLASS at said time owned a negro slave by the name of PETERand the said negro slave killed MARTHA DOUGLASS by striking her over the head with a gun.What caused the killing was the fact that he said PETERdid not want to be a slave and did not want his children to be slaves and so he killed his three children and then attempted to kill himself when the said JAMES DOUGLASS interfered and was hit by the said PETER then he, said JAMES DOUGLASS, went and got a gun which the said PETER took from him and beat him with the gun over the head until he fell.The said PETER then turned and beat the said MARTHA DOUGLASS with the gun which beating caused her death.And I went to the burial with my father and the rest of the family."
"NANCY C DOUGLASS formerly MRS. NANCY C. HENSLEY was married to JAMES DOUGLASS at my father's home in Dade County MO on 16th day of JUly 1848 and I was present when the marriage ceremony was performed an I was well acquainted with both of the said parties."
Peter Douglass was hung in Dade County.James Douglas married July 16, 1848 a young widow, Mrs. Nancy Caroline Hensley. Theymoved before 1850 to Greene Co, MO and in 1851 emancipated seven of his eleven slaves (Deed records):
Springfield County, MO records (source: Pension records of Mrs. Nancy Douglass, 60 pp. (War 1812, James Douglass.Slaves emancipated 1853, The Springfield-Greene County Library on-line records:
Dr. JAMES DOUGLASS freed the following persons giving Deed of Manumissions to all of them, on the 15 day of August, 1853 (note that their surname will allbe Douglass as PETE DOUGLASS was the name given for his slave who killed the wife of Dr.James Douglass (MARTHA WHITE) in 1848 Dade Co, MO and was hung in Greenfield, Dade Co, MO in the 1850's:
ALBERT (DOUGLASS), a person of colour
Hagar (DOUGLASS), a person of colour
Henry (DOUGLASS), a person of colour
Franklin (DOUGLASS), a person of colour
Mary (DOUGLASS), a person of colour
Sarah (DOUGLASS), a person of colour
Mahala (DOUGLASS), a person of colour
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Land Records Springfield Office Sales Book 1833-1892
Greene Co, MO
DOUGLAS---James T30 R24 Sec 35 40 acres 12 Jun 1851
DOUGLAS James T30 Range 24 Sec 3580 acres 11 Dec 1851
The land is in the same section located almost exactly in the middle of the direct-line distance of Ash Grove and Bois Des Arc
Springfield County, MO records (source: The Springfield-Greene County Library)
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Mrs. Nancy Caroline HENSLEY was the widow of James S. HENSLEY.(1840 Barry Co, MO).She may have been nee Nancy Glas/Barron, wife of Thomas Douglass and James Murray with some or all being alias'.Her children used the surnames of Murray and Hensley. I have a copy of the original marriage certificate signed by William DUNN, JP that is in the hands now of Bert Dunn, a descendant.
Nancy had the children below from her marriage James S. Hensley abt 1836 (he was in what was then Barry Co, MO 1840):
1850 Greene County, Missouri, Cass Twp
#352DOUGLASS JAMES73 Tenn ( 0 value on property given)
NANCY C. 30 Tenn
HENSLEY JOHN K. 12 Missouri
JAMES F. 10 Missouri
ORLENA C. S. 8 Missouri
ALEXANDER D. 6 Missouri
VIRGINIA 3 Missouri
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Descendants of Nancy Caroline BARRON
Generation No. 1
1. Nancy Caroline1 (Glas) BARRON (Wife of Thomas DOUGLASS) was born 1820 in Tennessee, and died Abt. January 1900 in Seneca, Newton Co., Missouri.
She may have m1 Thomas DOUGLASS.(Thomas Douglass in MO 1840, War of 1812 Pension papers, wife is Nancy BARRON.
She married (2) James S. HENSLEY Abt. 1836. He died August 01, 1847 in Bolivar, Polk County, Missouri.(from Nancy's pension application papers)
She married (3) Dr. James DOUGLASS July 16, 1848 in Dade County, Missouri. He was born Bet. 1774 - 1779 in Tennessee, and died February 12, 1859 in Mt. Vernon, Lawrence County, Missouri. (I have a copy of their original marriage certificate signed by JP, William Dunn).
I believe Nancy had all these alisas.Her children used MURRAY and HENSLEY.
Children of Nancy (GLAS) BARRON and James HENSLEY are:
2. i. JOHN K2 HENSLEY, b. November 02, 1839, Missouri.
3. ii. JAMES F. HENSLEY, b. 1838, Polk Co, MO. Lived Lawrence Co, MO.
iii. ORLENA C. S. HENSLEY, b. 1844, Missouri.
iv. VIRGINIA E. HENSLEY, b. 1847, Missouri.
4. v. ALEXANDER D. HENSLEY, b. March 19, 1846, MO; d. March 12, 1904, Dublin, Erath Co, TX.
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James DOUGLASS enlisted for theWar of 1812 at Fayetteville, Tenn (present Lincoln County, TN, about 40 miles due east of Chattanooga and just above the Alabama state line. onSep 1814.James was discharged in Dixon County(Dickson County just west of Nashville across the river at Nashville).
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James DOUGLASS died at one of his farm's near Mt. Vernon, MOFeb. 12, 1859. He also owned land previously in Greene Co, MO that he paid cash for and had Bounty land for his war service. (Atlas' of Greene Co, MO, Lawrence Co, MO (pub. by Greene County Archives & Records Center, 1126 Boonville, Springfield, MO 65801, Probates Mount Vernon, MO Court house, newspaper records Dade Co, MO, History of Dade Co, MO.
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See also Estate settlement of Dr. JAMES DOUGLASS, Lawrence Co, MO, this forum.
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