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John Scott[1]

Male Est 1720 - 1781  (~ 61 years)


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  • Name John Scott 
    Born Est 1720 
    Gender Male 
    Died 1781  Caswell Co., North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • In Halifax Co., Virginia in 1768
    Person ID I5636  My Reynolds Line
    Last Modified 8 Feb 2017 

    Family Mrs. John Scott,   b. Est 1720,   d. Yes, date unknown, Prob. Caswell Co., NC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. William Scott,   b. 1740, Lunenburg Co., Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Aug 1779, Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 39 years)
    Last Modified 8 Jan 2015 
    Family ID F2116  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S84] Rootsweb, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=caswellcounty&id=I4022.
      John Scott (d. 1781)

      Caswell County, North Carolina
      Will Book A, Page 176
      December Court, 1781

      John Scott - Will - written 16 June 1781. Sons Robert, John, and deceased son William; daughters Cathrine McAden, Mary McFarland; son in law Samuel Cunningham; son in law David Logan; daughter in law Rebecca Scott; Grandchildren: John and Hannah Cunningham; David, Cathrine, and Mary Hannah Logan; Sarah, Rebecca, Cathrine, Eamy ,Elizabeth, Loften, and John Graham Scott. Executors: sons Robert and John. Witnesses: Archibald Murphey, Fed Debo, Jno. McAden.

      Source: Caswell County North Carolina Will Books 1777-1814 and 1814-1843 (Two Volumes In One), Katharine Kerr Kendall (1979 and 1983) (Volume I at 8.

      John Scott had seven children. The name of his wife is unknown:

      1. Robert Scott married Rachel Burton
      2. John Scott, Jr., married Dicey Moon
      3. William Scott married Rebecca Brown
      4. Mary Scott married Unknown McFarland
      5. Catherine Scott married Rev. Hugh McAden
      6. Jean Scott married Samuel Cunningham
      7. Unknown Scott married David Logan.

      John Scott, Sr., might be the son of John Scott and Sarah Cross of Westmorland County, Virginia. He had a sister, Jane Scott, who married James Cunningham from Cub's Creek, Virginia. Sarah Cross's previous husband was George Cross.

      Source: RootsWeb Caswell County Message Board

      The Scott family was from Lunenburg County, Virginia. See: The Heritage of Caswell County, North Carolina, Jeannine D. Whitlow, Editor (1985) at 373-374 (Article #472 "Hugh McAden" by Mary McAden Satterfield).