BRIEF SKETCH OF THE SCOTT FAMILY
A revision by Andrew Scott Dennison.


Matthew Scott, the original settler, came from County Tyrone, Ireland, and, 
according to family tradition, settled in the eastern portion of what is 
now Floyd County about the year 1770.  He is buried near his old home, in 
Salem Primitive Baptist Churchyard, and his tombstone bears the following 
inscription:  "Mathew Scott, died 1818".  The name of his wife is unsure at 
this time.  They had two sons, John Scott and Thomas Scott, both of whom 
married girls of German descent.  They also, possibly, had two daughters.  

Note:  The actual spelling of Matthew Scott's first name is unclear.  In 
the original sketch, he is mentioned as 'Matthew' and as 'Mathew' on his 
tombstone.  In the book "Floyd County - A History of its People and Places" 
by Dr. Amos D. Wood, his name is spelled as 'Mathew' with 'Matthew' being 
on his tombstone.  

Thomas Scott married Sarah (Sallie) Shelor.  Her grandfather, Lawrence 
Shelor, was born in Germany and came to America some twenty-five years 
before the revolutionary war.  Sarah's father, Daniel Shelor, (1750-1830)  
was captain in the Revolutionary War, and was buried in Pine Creek Church 
Cemetery, Floyd County, Virginia.

Thomas and Sarah Shelor Scott lived in the neighborhood of Meadows of Dan 
in Patrick or Carroll County, and reared a family of nine children, as 
follows:  Daniel S. (b. abt. 1820), who married Mary Ann Spangler 
(b. abt. 1821); Mary (b. abt 1820) (known as Polly), a twin of Daniel, who 
married Joseph Banks; Helen M. (b. abt. 1812), who married Bartlett Smith 
(b. abt. 1808 - d. 25 April 1888); Lucretia (Oct. 1813 - Oct. 1899), who 
married Richard Spangler (1813 - 1897); Eliza (b. abt. 1810), who married 
Tirea Barnard (b. abt. 1807 - d. 1 May 1877); Margaret (Peggy) (1807 - 
1887), who married John Monday; Jehu, who married a McGrady, but they had 
no children; Thomas D. (11 Apr. 1825 - 22 Feb. 1910), who married Lucinda 
Sandifer (21 Feb. 1842 - 30 Jan 1928); Wolford (2 Nov. 1827 - 26 Oct. 1908), 
who first married Samatha Howell, and after her death married Eliza Jane 
Gilham (b. abt. 1845), daughter of Ezekiel and Bianna Wade Gilham.

Daniel S. Scott, son of Thomas Scott, Sr., married Mary Ann Spangler 
daughter of John Spangler (b. 8 Apr. 1783) and they established their home 
in Patrick County a few miles southeast of Meadows of Dan.  They reared 
eight children: John W. (b. abt. 1845), Joseph G. (b. abt. 1847), Winfield 
(b. abt. 1851), Samuel (b. abt. 1858), Abraham L. (b. abt. 1863), Daniel 
Webster (24 Jun. 1865 - 28 Jul. 1954), Jenny Lind (b. abt. 1853), who never 
married, and Sarah J. (Sallie) (b. abt. 1859 - d. 19 Sep. 1880), who married 
a Simmons and died giving birth..

Thomas D. Scott, Jr., and his wife Lucinda, daughter of Gabriel Penn 
Sandifer and Martha Ruth Howell also lived at Meadows of Dan.  He was a 
farmer, Missionary Baptist preacher and longtime member and preacher at the 
Meadows of Dan Baptist Church.. They reared four boys and three girls.  The 
boys were Samuel Cephas (8 Aug. 1863 - 17 Aug. 1926), a merchant, Simon 
Peter (24 Nov. 1857 - 09 Jan. 1944) , Stephen M. (24 Nov 1867 - 2 June 1954) 
and James (b. aft. 1870), all of whom married and settled in the community.  
Of the girls, Martha Ann (b. abt. 1855) married Willie Bolt, Sarah Ellen 
(b. abt. 1861)  married William Dickerson, and Susan (b. abt. 1867) married 
her first cousin Daniel Webster Scott.  Thomas D. and Lucinda Scott also had
two children who died when young.  Thomas (the third) who died of diphtheria
at the age of one on 3 July 1862.  V.R. Scott who died of whooping cough at 
the age of two on 20 September 1879.

Simon Peter Scott, the son of Thomas D. Scott married Mollie A. Bower 
(30 Dec. 1852 - 8 Jan. 1884) and had two sons, Lane Scott and Penn Bower 
Scott (1 Jan 1884 - 29 Jan 1965).  Lane married a woman named Delma and 
they had eight children; Russell, Woodrow, Ruby, William, Lucille, Henry, 
Mead and Samuel.   Penn married Fannie Alphie Hart the daughter of Drewy 
Edgar Hart and Mary Janette Stanley on 11 Mar 1917 and they had nine 
children, Mollie Juel, Iva Ruth, Wilbur Penn, Hattie Lee, Cornelia Margareet, 
Nora Ellen, Robert Loren, Alma Jerline and Carolyn Marie.  Simon's first 
wife, Mollie, died a week after giving birth to Penn.  Simon married again 
to a woman named Ella and they had some children.  D. Burton, Una, Nina, 
Clyde and Claude are mentioned in an obituary.

Wolford Scott lived a number of years at Laurel Fork, Carroll County, but 
in the year 187_  moved to Camp Creed in Floyd County.  In 1886 he moved 
to Howell, Patrick County, but about 1904 sold his farm in Patrick and 
purchased one at East View in Floyd County, where he lived until his death, 
When a young he married  Samantha Howell and to this union three children 
were born; Davy, Adeline and Samuel, the first two of which died in infancy.
On December 5, 1861, he married Eliza Gilham who was then 16 years of age.  
To this union were born eight children; A baby which died at the age of six 
weeks, Venora Anise, who died when five years of age, Alice, Jennie, 
Millard, Harrison, Rosa and Luther.  Alice married Marion Gates, a farmer 
and merchant, and lived at Ararat, Virginia.  They had two children, Herman 
Gates and Arthur Gates, both of whom married and lived in the same 
neighborhood.  Jennie married Giles Dobbins, a farmer, and they established 
their home on Beaver Creek, Floyd County.  They had three daughters, Grace, 
Pattie and Myrtle, and one son, Gordon, who married and lived on a farm 
near Pulaski, Virginia.  Jennie died in November, 1930, and is buried at 
Christiansburg, Virginia.  Millard married Althea Graham and lived in the 
neighborhood of Basham, Virginia.  They had three children, Hazel, who 
married Carl Laymen and lives in Botetourt County, Virginia; Glada, who 
died when about Eighteen; and Kahle, who married, had three children, and 
lived near Pilot, Montgomery County, Virginia.

Harrison married Kittie Agnew and lived near Fincastle, Botetourt County.  
They had two children; Thurmon, who was a teacher in the University of Ohio, 
Athens, Ohio, and who married and had two children; and Leslie, who married 
Woodrow Mathews and lived in New York at the time of her death in November 
1930.

Neither Rosa nor Luther married,  They lived at Bluefied, West Virginia.

Samuel Scott, the son of Wolford Scott by his first wife, was married twice, 
and reared a large family, but died about the year 1907 at his home at 
Laurel Fork, Carroll County, Virginia.  His first wife was Cary Bolt, and 
they had one son and four daughters, The son, Elmer Scott, lived in the 
neighborhood of Plainfield, Indiana,  He was married twice, but has lost 
both of his wives.  He has several children, who live in Indiana.  The girls 
were Nettie, who married Pete Mooney and lived in Colorado; Lula, who 
married Ennis McGrady and lived in Maryland; Elive, who married Sam Bolt 
and lived in Indiana; Claudia, who married John Thompson and lived in 
Colorado until her death, which occurred a number of years ago.

Sam Scott's second wife was Mary Webb.  Their Children were Otis, who, who 
died when about grown; Lizzie, who married Walter Stanley and lived in 
Carroll County, Virginia; Retta, who died several years ago; Sherman, who 
married Geraldine Jones and lived at or near Plainfield, Indiana; and Wavie, 
who married Fred Hawkins and also lived in the neighborhood of Plainfield.

John Scott, the brother of Thomas Scott and son of Matthew Scott, as 
mentioned above, was the head of another branch of the Scott family, but 
this is another story.  

The information for this sketch was secured from several sources including: 
"Floyd County - A history of its people and places" by Dr. Amos D. Wood; 
death records of Patrick County, Virginia; the 1850 and 1870 censuses; 
"History of Patrick & Henry Counties, Virginia" by Virginia G. Pedigo & 
Lewis G. Pedigo; "Tombstone Inscriptions of the Cemeteries of Patrick 
County, Virginia" by O.E. Pilson;  my own personal knowledge of some of 
this information, the memories and knowledge of my aunts who were born 
between 1918 and 1936,  as well as the personal knowledge of the original 
author of this sketch.

Submitter note:  In writing this revision I used the original writing by a 
grandson of Thomas Scott as a basic start in my quest for family history, so
I hope someone else will find this file helpful also.  The revision is as 
accurate as I can tell at this point.  I make no guarantees however and 
encourage all to verify this information on their own.  The original writing
can be found on this page under the file name scott1.txt.

Submitted by Andrew Scott Dennison <AndyInMD@aol.com>

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