Douglas - Fortune - Montgomery InGenWeb Project

An immense fortune of $40,000,000 has been discovered in England waiting for the descendants of the great Earl Douglas to come along and get their share. Every person bearing the name of Douglas is now an interested person in this estate. There are eight families in this city bearing that name, and it now depends upon whether they can prove their heirship, as to the amount they will receive from this estate. The American line of descendants came through James Douglas, a son of the Earl, who came to America soon after the Revolutionary War. He was soon afterward drowned at sea and a controversy sprang up in the settlement of the estate, consequently the ready cash of the estate, amounting to many millions, has laid in the bank of England ever since. There are also highly valued landed interests. James Douglas was the only heir and left a son, Joseph Douglas. Samuel Douglas, who died near Frankfort in 1887, was a son of Joseph Douglas, as was also the father of Dr. Samuel Douglas, the physician there. There are also a large number of other heirs at Frankfort, Richmond, Shelbyville, and Lafayette.