Person:George Douglas (38)
George Douglas, of Rich Cove
b.Abt 1720 Scotland
d.Jul 1785 Virginia
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  • H.  George Douglas, of Rich CoveAbt 1720 - 1785
  • W.  Mary _____Abt 1723 -
m. Abt 1741
  1. James DouglasAbt 1742 - 1810
  2. David DouglasAbt 1745 - 1791
  3. George Douglas, Jr.Abt 1748 - 1812
  4. John DouglasAbt 1750 -
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Name George Douglas, of Rich Cove
Gender Male
Birth[1] Abt 1720 Scotland
Marriage Abt 1741 Albemarle County, Virginiato Mary _____
Death[1] Jul 1785 Virginia
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Records in Virginia

  • October 11 1779 - George Douglas, Sr.. and wife. Mary, to William Maxwell. 400 acres in the Rich Cove. [Source: Albemarle County, Virginia, Deeds. 7-441].
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From Rootsweb Message Board:
"A small but active group of Presbyterians pioneers had settled near Rich Cove along Cove Creek in the southern Albemarle County by the 1740s, becoming the first settlers of the Covesville area. Originally too small a group to warrant a minister, the group met regularly in the home of George Douglas, a landowner along Cove Creek."
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ERA OF 1747
About the time of reverend Black's settlement in Albemarle County, Reverend Samuel Davies commenced his work in Hanover County. He had at first no little trouble with the State Authorities, whose intervention was invoked by some bigoted ministers of the establishment under the old repressive laws against non conformity. He however boldly and skillfully appealed to the provisions of the English At of Toleration, which he claimed applied to the colonies no less than to the Mother Country, and was soon able to pursue his labors without molestation. He gathered several congregations, reaching from Hanover County through Louisa and Goochland in Charlotte County. In 1755 the Presbytery of Hanover was formed. At their first meeting they received a petition from the people of Albemarle near Wood's Gap asking for preaching and Mr. Davies himself being appointed spent with them the 2nd Sunday of March 1756. From that time through a number of years they had besides the services of Reverend Black, those of Reverend Davies, John Todd, John Brown, John Martin, Henry Patillo and others. These ministers occasionally preached to the people of Buck Island at Mr. Lewis's unquestionably at Mounteagle, to those living between the Secretary's Ford and the mountains, no doubt in Charlottesville Courthouse and at the D.S. Church to those at North Garden and at Mr. Garland's and to those at the Cove at GEORGE DOUGLAS'S. [Source: Albemarle County History by Reverend Edgar Woods, ISBN # 1-933268-51-4: Published 1901 by Michie Company Printers Charlottesville V, Virginia].
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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 International Genealogical Index. ( The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint, 1999-2008).
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