David Scott (1768 - 1846)

Born 1768 in Looneys Creek, Augusta, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Rachael (unknown) Scott — married about 1789 (to Jun 1815) in Monongalia, Virginia, United States

Husband of Mary (Brand) Scott — married 28 May 1817 (to 13 Mar 1846) in Monongalia, Virginia, United States

Descendants

Died 13 Mar 1846 at about age 78 in Monongalia, Virginia, United States

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Biography

David Scott was born in 1768 in Looneys Creek, Augusta, Virginia, son of James Scott (1744 - 1781) and Elizabeth (unknown) Scott (~1745 - ). ^[1]

His siblings were:

1. Judith Scott (1765 - 1793)
2. Jemima Scott (1771 - )
3. Hannah (Scott) Chipps (~1778 - ~1857)

David (~21) married Rachael unknown (~22) (1767 - ~1815) in 1789 in Monongalia, Virginia. Their children were:

1. Jacob Scott (1789 - 1870)
2. Enoch Scott (1790 - 1875)
3. Jemima Scott (1793 - 1870)
4. Phoebe (Scott) Hess (1797 - >1846)
5. Judith Scott (1799 - 1863)
6. James H Scott (1801 - 1888)
7. Jefferson Scott (1803 - 1847)
8. Catherine Scott (1805 - 1875)
9. Rachel Scott (1805 - 1880)
10. Hannah Scott (1805 - 1845)
11. Cynthia H Scott (1808 - 1891)
12. Maria Scott (1811 - 1869).

David (~48) married Mary Brand (~49) (1767 - 1853), dau of James Brand, on 28 May 1817 in Monongalia^[2][3].

David died on 13 Mar 1846 in Monongalia, Virginia, United States aged ~77.^[4][5]

Research Notes

Original Details:

Two family lines:

• The David Scott born in 1737 and died in 1818 was not the military Scott. The similarity of names requires careful scrutiny to delineate family lines.
• Other published genealogies show that David Scott, the father of Enoch, was the son of James Scott. Whereas the David Scott (not Enoch's father) was probably the son of John Scott. David, the father of Enoch, was a Major in the Militia of 1796 and with the 4th Regiment of Virginia Regulars from 1805 through the War of 1812. He was born in 1768 and died in 1846 as a military service pensioner.
• This David Scott was active in military occupation. Military records are an abundant source for his life's activities. However, they do not enumerate his family. HIs Last Will, recorded in March of 1847, for the purpose of bequests, names his wife and children. He names his wife "Mary", as she was known affectionately to him by her middle name. He mentions his daughter Hannah by her married name, Hannah Chesney (see attached Will page 1 & 2).
• David Scott was born 1768 in Looneys Creek, Augusta, Virginia^[6]
• 1785 Virginia Revolutionary War service pension record for David Scott ^[7][8]
• Another pension document names David Scott as "captain" David Scott instead of major David Scott^[9]
• abt. 1789 - marriage to 1st wife, Rachel_____ (source/calculated from childbirths)
• 1805 • Virginia: David was major with the 4th Regiment of Virginia Regulars from 1805 through the War of 1812 (source needed)
• 28 May 1817 - marriage to 2nd wife Mary Brand in Monongalia County, Virginia (record names bride's correct father)^[10][11]
• 1820 residence Western Division, Monongalia, Virginia shows a household under name of David Scott^[12]. Males 26-44 (1) Males 45+ (1) / Females <10 (1) Females 16-25 (1) / Slaves, Females <14 (1); Total Free White Persons (4) / Total Slaves (1)
• 1830 residence Western Division, Monongalia, Virginia shows a household under name of David Scott^[13]. Males 20-29 (2) Males 60-69 (1) / Females <5 (1) Females 15-19 (1) Females 50-59 (1) / Total Free White Persons (6)
• 1840 residence West Monongalia, Monongalia, Virginia shows a household under name of David Scott^[14]. Males 70-79 (1) / Females 60-69 (1) / Persons Employed in Agriculture (1) / No. White Persons >20 Who Cannot Read and Write (1) / Total Free White Persons (2)
• 26 Nov 1842 - Last Will & Testament: Monongalia County West Virginia Births and Wills; 1828-1906; Morgantown Court House Records; p 258; FHL film 0848655 item 1; NOTE: Written 26 Nov 1842 probated 10 Mar 1846^[15]
• Jan 1846 codicil to his 1842 Will, stating that David had a change of heart concerning his son, JEfferson, and added a 2nd bequeath for him. However, this codicil is puzzling in that it was added a year after his youngest daughter, Hannah, had died. Yet David did not note her passing in the document.
• David Scott died in early 1846 (13 Mar 1846)^[16].

Notes about maj. David Scott's wives

• It seems he married 2x
• Vercoe says that David 1st married Rachel _____ and 2nd, Mary Brand, with whom he had no children. Some say Rachel _____ was Rachel Walker, with whom all of his children were born:

- Judith

- Maria Mariah

- Jacob

- Enoch

- Jemima

- Cintha

- James

- Jefferson

- Rachel

- Phoebe

- Catherine

- Hannah (not necessarily in that order).

• Their 1st child, Enoch, was b. abt. 1791 (or so he reported in 1856 & 1870 census). So, one assumes maj. David m. Rachel Walker at least a year before Enoch's birth
• 1789 - marriage to 1st wife, Rachel 1789 in Monongalia County, VA.
• 1815 - 1st wife Rachel dies 3 yr after 1810-birth of her last child (source).
• 28 May 1817 - marriage to 2nd wife Mary Brand in Monongalia County, Virginia. The marriage record lists Mary's correct father.^[17][18]

• There are a few records from North Carolina saying that a David Scott m. a Rachel Walker in 1801 or 1807, which is absurd, considering they's had 7-10 children by then.
• David's 1842 Last Will & Testament informs us that he had a wife named Mary, who, through David's Will, we surmise is the sister of JAMES BRAND, who David calls brother-in-law, and with his wife, Mary, names as co-executor of David's estate. So, according to Vercoe, Mary Brand is major David's 2nd wife with whom he had no children. David and Judith's last child, Maria Mariah, was b. 1810 (ref: headstone).
• Reconciling Vercoe with Rachel and David... in the calculated year of their marriage, Rachell would have been 22 years old, David 21.
• "The Brand Family of Monongalia County, VA" confirms much of Vercoe and more, including county & court records, and excerpts from Family Bible^[19]

excerpt from " A Sketch of Powderly Past & Present " ^[20] By Amy Longest. Published in The Greenville Record, Thursday, March 02, 1911, page 2.

... At that time the Indian's hunting ground was not bereft of its game; squirrels played in the trees, “the wild fox dug his hole unscared and the rank thistle nodded in the wind.” The incidents which led to the arrival of Eli Fortney from Virginia also, who settled the old Fortney place, three miles east of Powderly, are more romantic than the imaginary romance produced by the average novelist.

Going back into the history of Virginia, the story begins when one Major Scott of revolutionary fame was in the war. At intervals during the major's absence, he sent money to his wife at home. As it was not always convenient for her to go to the office and get the money in person, a friendly neighbor kindly offered his services, which were accepted. He got the money but kept it himself. In all he stole about $1800. He went into business as a merchant with the money, but possibly fearing detection, he sold the store and invested the money in four tracts of land in Kentucky, two of which were on the Big Clifty, and the other two in what is now Muhlenberg County.

Major Scott was an industrious man himself and was a firm believer in manual labor. His broad fields in Virginia after the war required a great deal of physical work. People were not surprised that when his daughter Cynthia ran away and married Eli Fortney, a well-educated young man though not such an enthusiast of physical labor. Her father's anger was great. He would not help the newly married couple financially or in any way; his daughter had married against his will and would have to abide the result...

• Cintha's sisters managed to smuggle some bedding and household articles to her & Eli. The Major managed to take possession of the ill-gotten Kentucky land, which he largely gave to his children. In time his heart softened toward Cintha & Eli, who eventually received a 170-acre track from the Major, which the two developed w the help of their 12 children. (more on this @ Cynthia Scott & Eli Fortney)

• record says David was b. 1786, but that is after his dad's death. David m. 1st Mary _____ and 2nd Rachel Brand. He was known as major David. ^[21]

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S2 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Cynthia Nancy Scott
2. ↑ "West Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1776-1971", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2ZF-SLP9 : 9 November 2021), David Scott and Mary Brand, 1817
3. ↑ "West Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1776-1971", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2ZF-NXJH : 30 September 2021), David Scott and Mary Brand, 1817
4. ↑ [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/155665129/david-scott link to F.A.G. page
5. ↑ Source: #S2 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Cynthia Nancy Scott
6. ↑ First-hand information as remembered by Robert Atherton, Friday, April 3, 2015. Replace this citation if there is another source.
7. ↑ "U.S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900" in Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files (NARA microfilm publication M804, 2,670 rolls). Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group 15. National Archives, Washington, D.C from Ancestry.com. U.S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Ancestry.com link to source card
8. ↑ "U.S., Revolutionary War Pensioners, 1801-1815, 1818-1872 for David Scott" in The National Archives; Washington, D.C.; Ledgers of Payments, 1818-1872, to U.S. Pensioners Under Acts of 1818 Through 1858 From Records of the Office of the Third Auditor of the Treasury; Record Group Title: Records of the Accounting Officers of the Department of the Treasury; Record Group Number: 217; Series Number: T718; Roll Number: 3 / via Ancestry.com. U.S., Revolutionary War Pensioners, 1801-1815, 1818-1872 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007. Ancestry.com link to source page
9. ↑ captain David Scot "Revolutionary War Pension Index" in Washington, D.C.: A. and G. Way, Printers, 1813. Taken from a book in the collection of the Leavenworth County Genealogical Society titled Letter from the Secretary of Way, communicating A Transcript of the Pension List of the United States showing the Number of Pensioners in the Several Districts. Also, The Amount Allowed to each Pensioner dated June 1, 1813, Referred to the Committee of Claims / via Graden, Debra, ed.. Revolutionary War Pension Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. Ancestry link, no digital copy
10. ↑ "West Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1776-1971", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2ZF-SLP9 : 9 November 2021), David Scott and Mary Brand, 1817
11. ↑ "West Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1776-1971", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2ZF-NXJH : 30 September 2021), David Scott and Mary Brand, 1817
12. ↑ "1820 United States Federal Census for David Scott" in 1820 U S Census for Western Division, Monongalia, Virginia; Page: 58; NARA Roll: M33_142; Image: 115 Ancestry link to digital copy of census
13. ↑ "1830 United States Federal Census for David Scott" in 1830 US Federal Census for Western District, Monongalia, Virginia; Series: M19; Roll: 191; Page: 418; Family History Library Film: 0029670 Ancestry link to digital copy of census
14. ↑ 1840 residence "1840 United States Federal Census for David Scott" in Year: 1840 US Federal Census for West Monongalia, Monongalia, Virginia; Roll: 567; Page: 94; Image: 553; Family History Library Film: 0029689 Ancestry link to digital record
15. ↑ Will dated 26 Nov 1842 "West Virginia, Wills and Probate Records, 1724-1985 for David Scott" in Wills, 1819-1957; Author: West Virginia. County Court (Monongalia County); Probate Place: Monongalia, West Virginia Ancestry link to digital record
16. ↑ Find A Grave memorial for David Scott https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/155665129
17. ↑ "West Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1776-1971", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2ZF-NXJH : 30 September 2021), David Scott and Mary Brand, 1817
18. ↑ "West Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1776-1971", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2ZF-SLP9 : 9 November 2021), David Scott and Mary Brand, 1817
19. ↑ Link to digitized image
20. ↑ link to the original published image
21. ↑ Verico, Josephine, McCord, "A Genealogical History of the Scott Family". unpublished manuscript, 1939. Pages 24 - 30. Link to digitized manuscript via Internet Archive

• https://archive.org/stream/brandfamilyonmon00bran/brandfamilyonmon00bran_djvu.txt

• 1846 death established by proven Will of David Scott as seen in "West Virginia, Wills and Probate Records, 1724-1985" / Wills, 1819-1957; Author: West Virginia. County Court (Monongalia County); Probate Place: Monongalia, West Virginia Source Information: Ancestry.com. West Virginia, Wills and Probate Records, 1724-1985 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: West Virginia County, District and Probate Courts. [1]

• David and his wife Mary are mentioned in DAR roster of American Patriots https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/29740/images/dvm_LocHist013467-00040-0?usePUB=true&usePUBJs=true&pId=74

• Source: S2 Author: Ancestry.com Title: Public Member Trees Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006; Repository: #R2

• Repository: R2 Name: www.ancestry.com Address: E-Mail Address: Phone Number:

Name: David /Scott/^[22]

Acknowledgements

• Scott-13785 was created by Robert Atherton through the import of Atherton4.ged on Mar 28, 2015.