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Thomas was born about 1730. He passed away after 25 Jan 1767 when he signed his will and before 19 Feb 1867 when his will was entered into probate.
Will: Will Book O, page 215-216 Written 25 Jan 1767 Probated 19 Feb 1767. Names his wife, Lurana SCOTT, as co-executor with Frances BRANDON. Halifax County, Virginia. [1]
Thomas left a will in Halifax Co., VA naming children Nimrod Scott, Sr., John Scott, and Jacob Scott.
from a court order of 1777 Pittsylvania Co. VA. Susana Scott widow of Thomas Scott (desc) currently remarried to Smallwood Coghill Marlow brought suit against Nimrod Scott son of Thomas Scott. It looks like Thomas first wife had died and the children were all minors and even still at his death. Much of this info comes from Kenneth R. Scott's history on John Scott of 1761 - 1843.
History of John Scott, 1761-1843, by Kenneth Scott. John, Jacob [and their families], and their nephew Allen Clement Scott (son of Nimrod Sr) along with his wife and his sister, Sallie who was married to William Scott, came in the same wagon train to their new home in Kentucky, Nimrod, Sr. followed 1817-1820. This group of Scotts were located in the south central section of the county and were spread early north from the satate line along Kettle Creek and on PeaRidge up to at least Galloway Creek. This group of Scotts by far have the largest number of descendants in the Cumberland, KY area.
Birth Date: 1740 Birthplace: Virginia Volume: 155 Page number: 32 Reference: Historical reg. Of Virginians in the Rev., soldiers, saliors and marines, 1775-1783. Ed. By John H. Gwathmey. Richmond, Va. 1938. (13, 872p.):696
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