Located at 2115 Long Hollow Pike at Station Camp Creek in Gallatin, the 4 room Douglass-Clark was built in 1786 by Capt. Elmore Douglass (1753-1819) and Elizabeth “Betsy” Blakemore Douglass. The family migrated from Virginia and settled on a Revolutionary War land grant. Capt. Douglass, James Franklin, James Cain and other very early settlers built a station first to protect themselves and establish a settlement.
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Capt. Douglass was a lawyer by training who never practiced. Situated on Big Station Camp Creek, the home actually served as the county’s second courthouse for two years from 1788-90. Sumner Co. was the second county to be created in Mid TN - out of Davidson Co.
In the 1790s, ownership was passed to Elmore’s brother, Reuben Douglass (1763-1832). He was married to Elizabeth Edwards Douglass (1774-1839); they wed in 1791. Reuben owned the home, but did not live in it. After her marriage, Reuben’s daughter, Emma Douglass Clark (1810-1881), and her husband, William Fulton Sanders (F.S.) Clark (1806-1847) lived at the Douglass-Clark House. When Reuben died, he passed it to his son Bennett Edwards Douglass (1804-1868) , and the Clarks continued residing there.
At Bennett’s death, he willed the home directly to Emma. After William died, Emma lived at the house until her death. She left the house to her daughter, Ellen Clark Brown (1845-1928). After Ellen passed, her nephew (William) Roland Dorris (1911-1973) became the new owner. By 1963, Kenneth and Mildred Knight resided at the Douglass-Clark home until 2006. In 2007, Sumner County bought property to restore it, and it was reopened to the public in 2014. NRHP 2011
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