The Boone family; a genealogical history of the descendants of George and Mary Boone who came to America in 1717; containing many unpublished bits of early Kentucky history. By Ella Hazel Atterbury Spraker; Jesse Procter Crump ©1974   Page 518 The Douglass Family        I   William DOUGLASS, son of William, was born in Scotland of the old DOUGLASS family, and married Jane -----.  He moved to Ireland, where the following children were born:  --1st, William; 2nd Adam, who came to Virginia about 1760 and had two children named Sallie and Parker; and 3rd, a daughter known as “Aunt Steel,” who lived to be of great age.    II.  William2 DOUGLASS, first son of William I and wife Jane, was born in Killinchy, Down Co., Ireland, 1746; died at Brookfield, near Belfast, Ireland, 1832 of apoplexy.  Married Margaret WAKER or WALKER, who was born of Scotch parents at Killinchy, Down Co., Ireland, 1763; died at Brookfield, near Belfast, Ireland, Hallow Eve, Oct. 31, 1846.  William DOUGLASS was a Captain in the Irish Rebellion of 1799 under Theobald Wolf TONE, or Archibal Hanable BOWEN.  Their children, all born in Belfast Ireland, were:  -- 1st Jane, b. 1786, married William GAMBLE and lived to the age of 78; 2nd, Anne, who married a Mr. DUNVAL and lived to the age of 77; 3rd, Dorcas, who married a Mr. TRIPP and lived to the age of 66; 4th, Adam, b. 1790; And 5th, William, b. 1799.   III   Adam DOUGLASS, fourth child of William and Margaret, was born in Belfast, Ireland, Nov. 1, 1790; and died at Laconia, Indiana, USA. June 28, 1849.  When seven years of age, just after the failure of the Irish Rebellion, he came to the United States with his uncle Adam, but returned to Ireland in 1812.  There he joined the Irish Regiment and took part in the Battle of Waterloo (1815), where he was twice wounded and had his horse shot from under him.  Soon afterward he returned America and settled at New Market, Va., where he taught school and did surveying.  He wrote two books, one of which, “The Irish Emigrant: An Historic Tale Founded on Fact,” was published by John T. SHARROCKS, at Winchester, Va., in 1817.  On April 27, 1819, Adam DOUGLASS married Nancy PENNEBAKER (or PENNYBAKER) daughter of Benjamin, granddaughter of Capt. Dirk PENNEBAKER of the Revolutionary War, and sister of Isaac PENNEBAKER, US Senator from Virginia.  She was born in New Market, Va., 1834, and died at Laconia, Ind., Nov 9, 1843.  They moved to Laconia, Ind., where both Adam DOUGLASS and his wife are buried in the old Goshen Cemetery one mike north of Laconia on the Corydon road.   Their children were: ---- 1.  Benjamin Pennebaker DOUGLASS born 22 July, 1820; died 31 Dec. 1904 at Corydon, Ind. 2.  Sarah DOUGLASS, b. 13 May 1822; died unmarried. 3.  Charlotte DOUGLASS, m. 1st  ----- NANTZ; 2nd C.B.H. MARTIN 4.  Catherine DOUGLASS, b. 10 Mar. 1824; m. 28 Feb 1848, Joel BARTLEY 5.  Dorcas Anne DOUGLASS, b. 27 Apr., 1828; married 29 Jan. 1853, George LUCKETT. 6.  Mary Jane DOUGLASS, b. 14 Mar, 1830; married 1853, Samuel B. LUCKETT. 7.  Samuel Walter DOUGLASS, b. 9 Sept., 1832; d. 5 Sept., 1867; married 19 Nov. 1861, Annie E. STOCKALAGER