The Douglass family has been prominent in Sumner County since 1785, when Edward Douglass, with all his children, settled on Station Camp Creek a few miles north of Gallatin. He was born in Farquier County, Virginia; married about 1740, Sarah George. He was commissioned officer in the War for Independence, and a man of education, and lawyer, though he had never practiced law. He, when called upon, gave legal advice to his friends and neighbors without fee or reward, always counseling them not to go into the courts. He was one of the first magistrates of Sumner County, and was active in all public affairs. His home was near Salem Camp Ground, on lands still in possession of his descendants.
From Jay Guy Cisco, Historic Sumner County, Folk-Keelin Printing Company (Nashville 1909).
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