Douglass, Brigadier General Hugh
The Alexandria Herald -- May 12, 1815 -- Died, in Loudoun county, Va. on the morning of the 2d inst. Brigadier General Hugh Douglass, in the 55th year of his age. The life of this excellent man was eminently distinguished by those virtues which meliorate and sweeten society...As a husband, father and brother, he was most affectionate and tender; he was ardent and sincere in his friendships....(long eulogy omitted, but no further mention of family, military service).
submitted by: Dena Whitesell

Lee, Ludwell -- March 25, 1836 – At Belmont, Loudoun co., Va., aged 76, Ludwell Lee, second son of Richard Henry Lee, a gentleman highly respected. ["Historical Collections of Virginia" by Henry Lowe, Babcock & Company, Charleston, S.C., 1845. p. 406-407; submitted by Robyn Greenlund]

Swan, Thomas -- Jan. 19, 1840 —At Morven, Loudoun co., in his 75th year, Thomas Swan, an eminent lawyer, and formerly attorney of the U. S. for the Dist. of Columbia. "He attained the highest rank in his profession, uniting to the most extensive learning the most effective eloquence as a pleader. His influence over juries, arising from this cause, and partly from the universal confidence in the purity of his character, is believed to have been seldom, if ever, surpassed, in the instance of any other American advocate.” ["Historical Collections of Virginia" by Henry Lowe, Babcock & Company, Charleston, S.C., 1845. p. 406-407; submitted by Robyn Greenlund]

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