Alexander Scott

• Birth Notes
  • B: Abt. 1740

• Death Notes
  • D: Abt. Sep. 1828

• General Notes
  •      PETITION FOR A NEW STATE
        (List alphabetized from "The Ten Mile Country and Its Pioneer Families").
        Fayette, Washington & Greene Co PA and Ohio & Monongalia C o VA
    
        (From an original petition for a new state located in the Library of Congress. No date on document. Papers of the Continental Congress No 48, Folios 251-6, pages 89-96). The names in this petition, which is not dated, seem at times to be taken from the militia rolls, and if circulated after 1780 contains names of persons deceased or moved from the district. There is no attempt to conceal the fact that the signatures were written by the prime agitators of the movement as many of those names which appear here could only make their mark.
    
        John Bartley, Abraham Scott, Alexander Scott, Andrew Scott , Ebenezer Scott, James Scott, John Scott, Robert Scott, Wi lliam Scott
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        The 1787 Russell County, Virginia Personal Property Tax List First Section
        Name White Males 21+ White Males 16-2 1 Blacks 16+ Blacks under 16 Horses Cattle
        Scott, Alexand r 1 - - - 9 3Scott, James 1 1 - - 1 -Scott, James 1 - 1 - 1 6 13
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        Wahington / Russell County Deeds
    
        Page 53 - Alexander Scott...272 ac...Commissioners Certificate...on both sides of a small branch the waters of the north fork of Cedar Creek, branch of Clinch River...Beginning by a branch near the foot of the House & Barn Mountain... corner to Richard Prices land...corner to Henry Smiths land ...January 20, 1783 - Alexander Scott...300 ac...on Cedar Creek, branch of Clinch River, includes improvements, actual settlement made in 1774...August 22, 1781
    
        The Washington County Surveyors Record 1781-1797
        Page 16 - Phillip Crume...400 ac on the north side of Clynch in new garden adjoining John Lewis and Alexander Scott, includes his improvements, actual settlement made in 1776... September 4, 1782
    
        77 - November 9, 1789 - William Priest - 147 ac - part 2 Tr easury Warrants: 100 ac by 9806 dated December 11, 1781 & 4 7 ac by 12668 dated June 28, 1782 - on both sides of the north fork of Cedar Creek - on the north side of Priests Mountain, line of tract granted to David Priest - crossing the north fork of Cedar Creek - corner of Alexander Scott
    
        195 - September 17, 1794 - James McFarland, assignee of Alexander Scott - 23 ac - part Treasury Warrant 8174 dated Feb ruary 2, 1782 - on both sides the north fork of Cedar Creek - corner to John Horton, Samuel Robertson and Richard Price - corner to William Priest - crossing the north fork of Cedar Creek
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        WILSON, WILLIAM.--Augusta, Sept. 25, 1832. Born in Augusta , Nov. 7, 1745. Volunteered late in August, 1774, under Capt. Alexander McClenahan, Lt. William McCutchen, and Ensign Joseph Long, and marched to Point Pleasant together with the companies of Captains John Morrison, Samuel Wilson, George Mathews, and John Lewis. Captains McClenahan, Morrison, and Wilson were killed, the total loss being about 160 . The army then advanced about eighty miles toward the Indian towns, returning to Point Pleasant, and waited there a week for provisions before resuming the return. In second tour volunteered in July, 1776, under Capt. John Lyle, Lt. William McCutcheon, and Ensign Joseph Long. From the rendezvous at Lexington the troops marched under Col. William Christian to the Holston river to protect the frontier against the Indians. There were only some light skirmishes. Disbanded in December. Drafted in 1781, serving under Capt. Thomas Rankin, Lt. Alexander Scott, and Ensign William Buchanan, his colonels being Sampson Mathews and William Bowyer. Rendezvous at Waynesboro, Jan. 11th, marching to Richmond, then Fredericksburg, then Portsmouth, where they joined Gen. Steuben's army. On 11th January, 1781, he mar ched from Widow Teas's as Sergeant; marched to Richmond, thence to Fredericksburg, thence to Portsmouth, where they jo ined the main body of soldiers under Baron Steuben; was in two slight skirmishes with the British at this place; returned home and were disbanded about the 17th April; was under the command of Sampson Mathews; William Bowyer was his Colonel; Alexander Robinson was Major; the Company Officers were Capt. Thomas Rankin, Lieut. Col. Alexander Scott
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        VIRGINIA MILITIA IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR
        PART III
        Virginia's Share in the Military Movements of the Revolution
        page 184
        Scott, Alexander, S. L., R. Dec. 16, 1777--under A. Roberts on, res. 1781.
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        1795 Tax List Green County, Kentucky
        Alexander Scott, 7-4-1795, 1 -- 1 -- -- 6 -- 18
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        Scott, Alexander KY GREEN CO. 1800 TAX LIST
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        Possible Family Group Record FamilySearch® Ancestral File ™ v4.19
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        Husband's Name
        James SCOTT (AFN:KBXB-0J)
    
        Born: 1710 Place: , Dipple, Moray, Scotland
        Died: 1784 Place:
        Married: Abt 1741 Place: , , VA
    
        Father: John SCOTT (AFN:KBXH-07)
        Mother: Helen GRANT (AFN:KBXC-BD)
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        Wife's Name
        Sarah BROWN (AFN:KBXB-93)
    
        Born: 29 Aug 1715 Place: , Rich Hill, Charles, Maryland
        Died: 1784 Place:
        Married: Abt 1741 Place: , , VA
    
        Father: Gustavus BROWN (AFN:8MSJ-4X)
        Mother: Frances FAWKE (AFN:KBXD-71)
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        Children
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        1. Sex Name
        M John SCOTT (AFN:RLQJ-2T)
    
        Born: Abt 1744 Place: <, Overwharton, Stafford, Virgin ia>
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        2. Sex Name
        M Charles SCOTT (AFN:RLQJ-1N)
    
        Born: Abt 1746 Place: , , VA
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        3. Sex Name
        F Christian SCOTT (AFN:KBX9-7L)
        Born: 4 Mar 1745 Place: , Overwharton, Stafford, Virg inia
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        4. Sex Name
        F Helen SCOTT (AFN:KBXB-N0)
    
        Born: 7 Jun 1737 Place: , Overwharton, Stafford, Virgi nia
        Died: 15 Sep 1795 Place:
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        5. Sex Name
        M Alexander SCOTT (AFN:KBX9-43)
    
        Born: 10 Jul 1740 Place: , Overwharton, Stafford, Virginia
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        Alexander
        Sex: U
    
        Event(s):
        Born: 10 Jul 1740
        Of Clearmont', Fauquier, 'Virginia
    
        Parents:
        Father: James SCOTT
        Mother: Sarah BROWN SCOTT
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        Source Information:
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        Film Number: 1239623
        Page Number: 166
        Reference Number: 6023
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        6. Sex Name
        F Catherine SCOTT (AFN:KBXB-QB)
    
        Born: 22 Jan 1741 Place: , Overwharton, Stafford, Virginia
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        7. Sex Name
        M John SCOTT (AFN:KBXB-SN)
    
        Born: Abt 1747 Place: , Westwood, Prince William, Virginia
        Died: Apr 1785 Place:
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        8. Sex Name
        M Robert SCOTT (AFN:KBXB-V1)
    
        Born: 1749 Place: Of, Westwood, Prince William, Virginia
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        9. Sex Name
        M William SCOTT (AFN:KBX9-B4)
    
        Born: 1751 Place: , Westwood, Prince William, Virginia
        Died: Dec 1787 Place:
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        10. Sex Name
        M Gustavus SCOTT (AFN:KBXB-XC)
    
        Born: 1753 Place: , Westwood, Prince William, Virginia
        Died: 1801 Place:
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        11. Sex Name
        M James SCOTT (AFN:2PQR-60)
    
        Born: 1 Aug 1742 Place: , Overwharton, Stafford, Virginia
        Died: 1779 Place:
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        Possible family Connection
    
        Aquia Church in Stafford County, Virginia, was built betwee n 1751 and 1757, however there are no original tombstones that date before 1838. In the early days, most nonclergy were interred in private cemeteries near their rural homes.
    
        The Reverend John Moncure was buried under the chancel in 1764, as was his wife, Frances Brown Moncure, in 1770. John Moncure II and Anne Conway Moncure, his son and daughter- in-law, were also buried there about 1784. In consideration of repairs to the church made by Henry Wood Moncure, a ha lf dozen or so members of his immediate family were allowed burial under the chancel in the latter part of the 19th century.
    
        The oldest known plat of the cemetery was made in 1904 by E .H. Randall, Surveyor of Stafford County. These were lot s 1 through 33, directly behind the church. Lots 35 throug h 66 were added in 1931 by George L. Gordon, a successor i n the office of Stafford County Surveyor. Lots 67 through 1 33 were added in 1949, and lots 200 through 211 were added in 1977. The United States Government made a plat of th e Dipple and Somerset sections in 1942.
    
        In 1943, the ten graves from Dipple (home of the Rev. Alexander Scott, Rector from 1711 until his death in 1738) and the 52 graves from Somerset (home of his successor the Rev . John Moncure) were moved to the south side of the Aquia churchyard, because the U.S. Marine Corps Reservation was enlarged to include their original sites on Chopawamsic Creek . Miss Theresa Scott had erected a wall around the Dipple cemetery in 1913, and given $1,000 to create a perpetual car e fund for the Dipple cemetery.
    
        The ten graves from Dipple were these:
        ALEXANDER SCOTT, 1686-1738. He was not only a minister but a shrewd speculator in frontier lands, owning thousands of acres throughout the counties of Stafford, Fairfax, Prince William and Fauquier. After his wife's death, having no children, he invited his younger half-brother (the Rev. James Scott, also of Dipple Parish, Elgin, Scotland) to join him in Virginia and inherit his estate. Their father, the Rev . John Scott, 1651-1726, was also an Anglican clergyman. I n his will, Alexander Scott asked that a communion service be made for Aquia. This is the handsome 1739 silver servi ce used today on special occasions. (Manuscript: Scotts o f Dipple Parish, Scotland, and Stafford, Prince William, an d Fauquier Counties, Virginia, Phyllis T. Scott, Fauquier C ounty, Virginia, 1987). The tombstone of Alexander Scott i s the only remaining tabletop stone. There is, in relief, an hourglass, beneath which is a skull and crossbones, and under that an angel, head and shoulders, winged. Beneath the inscription is the coat of arms of the Rev. Mr. Scott, surrounded by the motto, "Gaudia Nancio Magna." (See Register of Overwharton Parish, 1723-1758, George H.S. King, 1961 , reprinted 1986, Southern Historical Press, Easley, S.C. , page 1186).
        SARAH GIBBONS BRENT SCOTT, 1692-1733, wife of Alexander Scott. She had been the widow of William Brent, of Richlands , two miles down the Potomac River from Dipple, and had one son, William Brent.
        Her tombstone has lost its original legs, and is now only a slabtop. It has, in relief, two winged angels, each holding a globe in the one hand and a palm branch in the other . Under these are the words, "Memento Mori", with the usual skull and crossbones.
        JAMES SCOTT, 17??-1782, brother of the Rev. Alexander Scott , his wife SARAH BROWN SCOTT, 1715-1784, and their son WILLIAM SCOTT, are thought to have been buried in the three original unmarked graves in the Dipple section. We think the slabtop one, long since unreadable, is the son William. Sarah was the daughter of Dr. Gustavus and Frances Fowke Brown , of "Rich Hill", Charles County, Maryland. The first five of the nine children of Rev. James Scott were born at Dipple. James moved in about 1745 to become Rector of Dettingen Parish in Prince William County, where he remained until his death 37 years later. He inherited from his brother William 8,623 acres and 30 slaves. His nine children were Helen, Alexander, Catherine, James, Christian, John, Robert , William, and Gustavus. Many of his descendants still live in that area.
        RICHARD MARSHALL SCOTT, 1807-1857: The eldest son of Gustavus Hall Scott, who was the youngest son of the Rev. James Scott.
        FRANCES FOWKE BROWN, 1691-1744: She was the wife of Dr. Gustavus Brown of Charles County, Maryland, and mother of twelve children. She died while visiting her four daughters here: Sarah Brown Scott, Frances Brown Moncure, Christian Brown Graham, and Anne Brown Horner. One son and seven daughters survived her.
        CHRISTIAN BROWN GRAHAM, 1719-1742: She had been married not quite two months at her death; she was the wife of John Graham, founder of Dumfries, Virginia, and daughter of Dr. Gustavus Brown and Frances Fowke Brown.
        ROBERT HORNER, 1718-1773: He had married Anne, daughter of Dr. Gustavus Brown.
        HAWKEN STONE, 1748-1810, had moved from Charles County, Maryland, to Stafford County. He was a great grandson of Governor William Stone of Maryland, a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
        JOHN CAILE SCOTT, Admiral, U.S. Navy, 1904-1969: He was a direct descendant of Richard Marshall Scott, and so was permitted burial in the Dipple section.

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