Burrell Douglas Sr.
  Burrell Douglas Sr. is the son of Seaborn Douglas and ? Yates, daughter of Burrell Yates and Sarah Cothern (her first name is unknown at this time). Burrell's siblings were a Sister (name unknown) b. circa 1821 d. ?, William Riley b. circa 1830 d. circa 1880, Robert b. circa 1832 d. 1864, Albert B. b. circa 1833 d. circa 1865, Rosean b. circa 1839 d. 1905, a Sister (name unknown) b. circa 1840 d. ?.  Burrell was born circa 1825 in Appling County, GA, present day Bacon County, GA at land lot # 20 in the 2nd Land District of Appling County, GA. Burrell joined Captain Johnson's Florida Mounted Militia in 1839, to fight in the Florida Seminole Indian War, along side his father Seaborn Douglas.  Then in 1850 Burrell Sr. is on the 1850 Hamilton County, FL census along with his 2 brothers, Robert and William Riley and his family.
  Burrell moved back to Georgia and received a land grant in Wayne County, GA in 1853. When the Civil War broke out he enlisted in the 24th Battalion, Georgia Cavalry, Co. A. on September 22, 1862 at Camp Fort, Waynesville, GA. The 24th Battalion, Georgia Cavalry merge into the 7th Georgia Cavalry and Burrell's company was Company G. In April of 1863 he deserted at Camp Lee, Bryan County, GA. Then in 1864 he joined the Satilla Rifles in Appling County, GA which was under the command of Captain Mann. The War Department in Richmond, VA got word of this and Burrell was arrested and placed in Oglethorpe Barracks in Savannah, GA.  A court martial trial found him guilty and sentence him to die by firing squad. In May of 1864 the sentence was suspended, but Burrell was still under arrest in Oglethorpe Barracks. Then on November 19, 1864 Burrell and 23 other men were pardoned by Jefferson Davis (who was the president of the Confederacy) and restored back to duty. Burrell fought as an irregular till the end of the War.
   Burrell Douglas Sr. was on the 1862 Ware County, GA tax digest and had 490 acres of land in the 8th land district, but the land lot was not recorded . This proves he had planned on moving to Ware County, GA but the Civil War broke out. He did move after the Civil War to Ware County, GA  with his wife, Mary Ann and his seven children, James R., Nancy, William, Henry, Martha Jane, Seaborn, Mary Ann and Burrell Jr. A later Ware County, GA tax digest tells us that he owned 490 acres of land lot #443 in the 8th district of Ware County, GA. He would also own 490 acres of land lot #399 in the 8th district of Ware County, GA.
  His wife, Mary Ann, daughter of James A. Strickland Sr. and Lavinia Harper, died July 1869 according to the 1870 Ware County, GA Mortality Schedule record. Burrell Sr. is on the 1870 Ware County, GA census with his children, William, Henry, Jane, Seaborn, Mary Ann and Burrell Jr. In his household there was a female named Nancy Carter and her son William. Burrell Sr. would married Nancy Carter and raise her son as his own. Burrell Sr. appears on the 1880 Ware County, GA census with his new wife Nancy, her son William, and with his other children, Seaborn and Burrell Jr.  While James R., Henry, Martha Jane and Mary Ann were all married by this time and his son William had been tragically killed.
  While in Ware County, GA Burrell made a pretty good life for himself and his family. He farmed, raised cattle, worked honey bees and turpentine farming. He died on September 8, 1884 and his estate was administered by his two sons James R. and Henry Douglas.  After his death his wife Nancy remarried a John Godwin. Then in 1913 she filed a widow's pension application for Burrell's service in the CSA. Her application said Burrell died as a result of injuries he received during the Civil War. A man named David Cason sworn on an affidavit that Burrell did die as results of injuries he received during the war. Burrell Douglas was laid to rest in Mt. Plesent Cemetery in Ware County, GA just outside of Waycross, GA.  A CSA marker has been place there to mark the burial place.