William Thomas Scott (abt. 1834 - 1862)

Born about 1834 in Caswell, North Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Elmina P (Little) Scott — married 22 Nov 1857 in Haralson, Georgia, United States

Descendants

Died 25 Jul 1862 at about age 28 in Charlottesville, Albemarle, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Corporal William Scott served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: Apr, 1862
Mustered out: Jul 25, 1862
Side: CSA
Regiment(s): Company I, 48th Alabama Infantry

William Thomas Scott was the oldest son of Jesse M. Scott and Senia P. Malone. He was born circa 1834 in Caswell County, North Carolina. The family moved first to Carroll County, Georgia circa 1839 then settled into the Kemp's Creek area of Benton County, Alabama in 1849.

William married divorcée Elmina P. Little on Sunday, 22 November 1857 at her grandfather’s plantation in Haralson County, Georgia. Justice of the Peace Joseph Little, Elmina’s grandfather, presided.

The couple had the following children:

• Francis L. Little, a son from Elmina's first marriage to Daniel Dodson.
• Martha Jane Scott, a daughter.
• Mary Elizabeth Scott, a daughter.
• John William Thomas Scott, a son.

In April 1862, William and two of his brothers, Willis Lee Scott and John Henry Scott, were conscripted into the Confederate Army at Abernathy, Calhoun County, Alabama. They were assigned to Company I, Newman Pounds Guards, of the 48th Alabama Infantry Regiment. Their term of service was for three years or the end of the war. William's rank upon entering the service was Private.

William never saw action in the war. He was immediately stricken with typhoid fever and sent to Charlottesville General Hospital in Virginia. He was admitted on 21 July and died four days later on 25 July. His unit's first recorded battle was Cedar Run in August, a month after his death. William was posthumously promoted to Corporal.

William was interred in an unmarked grave in what became the Confederate Cemetery at the University of Virginia. The site is now memorialized by a statue and plaque bearing the names of the buried. William is listed on the plaque as "Scott, W. F." followed by his regiment, "48th."

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