Burchett Douglass
1793-1849
Born Oct. 6, 1793, in Sumner Co. Tenn. Married 1819 to Martha McGee, seven children. Private, War of 1812, enlisted Jan 28, 1814 in Capt. Allen Wilkinson's Company, discharged April 2, 1814. Established Bank of Fayette Co., president until death. Was elected to the Tenn. House and Senate. Speaker of the Tenn. House during 22nd and 1st session of the 24th General Assembly. Presidential elector, 1840, on the Whig ticket.
Marker is on Dancyville Methodist Church Road 0.2 miles south of Dancyville Road (Tennessee Route 179), on the left when traveling south.
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