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).
Sunday, March 16, 2008
William Cage
William Cage, the head of the Sumner County Cages, was born in Virginia in 1745; served in the Revolutionary War with the rank of Major. Married, first, Elizabeth Douglass, daughter of Colonel Edward Douglass; second, Ann Morgan. Removed to Sumner County, Tennessee, in 1785, and settled at Cage's Bend. When the Territorial Government was organized, in 1790, he was appointed by Governor Blount, Sheriff of Sumner County, and by successive appointments served to 1796, when he was succeeded by his son, Reuben Cage, who served to 1800, when he was in turn succeeded b James Cage., William Cage died at his home in Cage's Bend, March 12, 1811. His tombstone bears this inscription: "William Cage, a major in the Revolutionary War. Died March 12, 1811.
From Jay Guy Cisco, Historic Sumner County, Folk-Keelin Printing Company (Nashville 1909).
From Jay Guy Cisco, Historic Sumner County, Folk-Keelin Printing Company (Nashville 1909).
Saturday, March 15, 2008
Dr. Redmond Dillon Barry summary of life and work
Surgeon, Lawyer, Horse Breeder and Farmer
Note: This article is from a photocopy of an unsourced article found among the papers of Benjamin Franklin Barry.
On the bluff, south of the Nashville Pike where it crosses upper Station Camp Creek, Dr. Redmond D. Barry once lived. This residence, a two story brick, was recently torn down and a brick cottage built on its site. Dr. Barry was a native of Ireland, a descendant of the nobility, and a schoolmate and friend of Gen. Packenham at Dublin University. Through the influence of Charles James Fox, he secured a position as a surgeon in the British Navy, but his sympathies being with the colonies, he resigned, settled in North Carolina, practiced medicine and made a fortune. He then studied law in the office of John Breckenridge (Attorney-General in Jefferson's cabinet) in Louisville, removed to Gallatin, married Jane Alexander, of the Mecklenburg (N.C.) Alexanders, and became a successful lawyer. But he was best known to local fame as the man who brought the first thoroughbred stallion, Gray Medley, and the first bluegrass seed into the country west of the Cumberland Mountains.
Dr. Barry's horse, "Polly Medley" and General Andrew Jackson's "Indian Queen" ran the first race of note in Gallatin, in which Polly Medley won. The grandstand was where the L&N depot now is and the track was between Blythe and Water Streets, running north from the depot.
His reputation as a farmer, race horse breeder and lawyer firmly established, Dr. Barry was not without opportunity to show his skill as a surgeon in this section. Going to Nashville in response t a message brought by a rider whose horse fell dead of exhaustion at his gate, Dr. Barry trepanned the skull of a prominent citizen -- the first time this operation had been performed in Tennessee. None of the Nashville lawyers would attempt it.*
Opie Reid pictured the Barry home in The Tennessee Judge.
*According to The Historic Blue Grass Line, published by the Nashville-Gallatin Interurban Railway, Nashville, Tenn., 1913.
Note: This article is from a photocopy of an unsourced article found among the papers of Benjamin Franklin Barry.
On the bluff, south of the Nashville Pike where it crosses upper Station Camp Creek, Dr. Redmond D. Barry once lived. This residence, a two story brick, was recently torn down and a brick cottage built on its site. Dr. Barry was a native of Ireland, a descendant of the nobility, and a schoolmate and friend of Gen. Packenham at Dublin University. Through the influence of Charles James Fox, he secured a position as a surgeon in the British Navy, but his sympathies being with the colonies, he resigned, settled in North Carolina, practiced medicine and made a fortune. He then studied law in the office of John Breckenridge (Attorney-General in Jefferson's cabinet) in Louisville, removed to Gallatin, married Jane Alexander, of the Mecklenburg (N.C.) Alexanders, and became a successful lawyer. But he was best known to local fame as the man who brought the first thoroughbred stallion, Gray Medley, and the first bluegrass seed into the country west of the Cumberland Mountains.
Dr. Barry's horse, "Polly Medley" and General Andrew Jackson's "Indian Queen" ran the first race of note in Gallatin, in which Polly Medley won. The grandstand was where the L&N depot now is and the track was between Blythe and Water Streets, running north from the depot.
His reputation as a farmer, race horse breeder and lawyer firmly established, Dr. Barry was not without opportunity to show his skill as a surgeon in this section. Going to Nashville in response t a message brought by a rider whose horse fell dead of exhaustion at his gate, Dr. Barry trepanned the skull of a prominent citizen -- the first time this operation had been performed in Tennessee. None of the Nashville lawyers would attempt it.*
Opie Reid pictured the Barry home in The Tennessee Judge.
*According to The Historic Blue Grass Line, published by the Nashville-Gallatin Interurban Railway, Nashville, Tenn., 1913.
The Birth Date's of David Chenault Barry and David Franklin Barry
The Chenault book lists David Chenault Barry's birth date as October 3, 1875, but papers from Benjamin Franklin Barry, his son, include typewritten notes on the back of a photocopies article about Redmond Dillon Barry's descendant's show the date as October 30, 1875. Logical assumptions derived from knowing Ben Barry and his wife,, Frances Dean Smith Barry, allow that the record was typed by her at his instruction. Since that record's source is closer to the subject individual, it seems more likely that the 30th is the correct date.
Likewise, the Chenault book lists David Franklin Barry's birth date as January 8, 1846. The typewritten notes refer to his birth date as 1845, which favors the 1845 date.
The "Chenault book" is Chenault, Belle Montgomery, Descendants of Estienne Chenault, 1991 Ed. Gregath Publishing, (Cullman, AL 1992).
Likewise, the Chenault book lists David Franklin Barry's birth date as January 8, 1846. The typewritten notes refer to his birth date as 1845, which favors the 1845 date.
The "Chenault book" is Chenault, Belle Montgomery, Descendants of Estienne Chenault, 1991 Ed. Gregath Publishing, (Cullman, AL 1992).
Friday, March 14, 2008
Estienne Chenault
Estienne (or "Stephen") Chenault arrived in March 1701 at the mouth of the James River near Yorktown, Virginia, and settled in Essex County where he died after 1740.
From Chenault, Belle Montgomery, Descendants of Estienne Chenault, 1991 Ed. Gregath Publishing, (Cullman, AL 1992).
From Chenault, Belle Montgomery, Descendants of Estienne Chenault, 1991 Ed. Gregath Publishing, (Cullman, AL 1992).
William Chenault
William Chenault was a Revolutionary soldier in Captain Henry Terrill's company of Col. Josiah Parker's 5th Regiment of Virginia Continental Line. He spent the winter at Valley Forge, was in Washington's march in pursuit of the British in 1778 through New Jersey to New York. He was in the battles of Stillwater, Brandywine, and Saratoga.
He emigrated to Kentucky in 1786 and settled in Madison County, Kentucky, on a farm purchased from Josiah Phelps. Phelps in turn bought it from George Boone, Daniel Boone's brother.
Chenault was a signer, in 1779, of the Albemarle Declaration of Independence.
He and his wife, Elizabeth Mullins Chenault, are listed on a monument at Fort Boonesboro State Park, KY as being among those who were with Daniel Boone at the old fort and fought the Indians. William Chenault died in 1813 of "The Cold Plague" (tuberculosis).
He and Elizabeth had 11 children.
From Chenault, Belle Montgomery, Descendants of Estienne Chenault, 1991 Ed. Gregath Publishing, (Cullman, AL 1992).
He emigrated to Kentucky in 1786 and settled in Madison County, Kentucky, on a farm purchased from Josiah Phelps. Phelps in turn bought it from George Boone, Daniel Boone's brother.
Chenault was a signer, in 1779, of the Albemarle Declaration of Independence.
He and his wife, Elizabeth Mullins Chenault, are listed on a monument at Fort Boonesboro State Park, KY as being among those who were with Daniel Boone at the old fort and fought the Indians. William Chenault died in 1813 of "The Cold Plague" (tuberculosis).
He and Elizabeth had 11 children.
From Chenault, Belle Montgomery, Descendants of Estienne Chenault, 1991 Ed. Gregath Publishing, (Cullman, AL 1992).
Amer Via
Amer Via was one of the early Huguenots, born before 1664 in France. He probably died in New Kent County, Virignia.
From Chenault, Belle Montgomery, Descendants of Estienne Chenault, 1991 Ed. Gregath Publishing, (Cullman, AL 1992).
From Chenault, Belle Montgomery, Descendants of Estienne Chenault, 1991 Ed. Gregath Publishing, (Cullman, AL 1992).
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