She was mentioned in the last Will of her father, Rev. James Scott (dated: 22 Aug 1782 ...
"Item - I confirm the half of a tract of land given to Dr. Brown & my daughter Catherine by a deed."
"Item - I give the remaining third of the money arising from such sales to the separate use of my daughter, Catherine Brown during her natural life without the interposition of her husband Doctor William Brown and without the interposition of any future husband that my said daughter may marry hereafter and I give to my said daughter full power by her last will and testament whether she be married or single to dispose of the same in any manner she may think proper to any child or children that she now hath or hereafter may have by the said Doctor William Brown and in case my said daughter shall make no such disposition then I direct the same after her death to be equally divided amongst all the children of the said Doctor William Brandt and his said wife which shall be then living and the children of those who shall be dead, the children of those who shall be dead taking such part as their deceased parent would have taken if living."
Sources
Family Data Collection - Individual Records compiled by Edmund West on ancestry.com
Virginia genealogies: a genealogy of the Glassell family of ... by Horace Edwin Hayden 1837-1917 page 593, 596 is the page that gives their children, including John Scott, b: 1747; d: April 1785; m: 1768 Elizabeth Gordon
WikiTree profile Scott-5621 was created on 10 Aug 2012 by Jennifer Justice through the import of My Tree.ged
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