Baldwin County GaArchives History .....History of Baldwin County - Scott Biography 1925 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00001.html#0000031 October 7, 2004, 6:46 pm p. 444-447 SCOTT FAMILY Rev. Elijah St. Clair (Americanized Sinclair) was a Methodist minister and educator. He founded Wesleyan College at Macon, having been particularly interested in the higher education of women. This is the oldest female College in the world. He married Cecilia Wells. The children of Elijah and Cecilia were: Sarah, who died in infancy; Fannie, who married (1) William Reischburg; (2) Mr. Pelly; Carrie Belle, the Southern War poetess, who, after all claims of authorship were thoroughly investigated by historians, was acknowledged to be the composer of the "Homespun Dress," which on battle fields and in the camps, was sung to the tune of "Star Spangled Banner" and cheered many a Confederate soldier in the hour of battle and suffering. She died unmarried. Sarah, II, married Mr .Mason; Maria married Mr. Bennett; Ella, died in infancy; Martha, married William H. Scott; Ada Oriana married C. Irvine Walker. William H. Scott and Martha St. Clair had children as follows: Ella, who married Tom Mapp; William Sinclair Scott, who married Annie Eliza Jarrett; Mary Emma, who married Frank B. Mapp. Ella Scott and Tom Mapp had children as follows: Charlie Mapp, Eugene Mapp. William Sinclair Scott and Annie Eliza Jarett had children as follows: Lily Scott (St. Clair), married (1) Dr. Edward Ashley Cason, (2) W. A. Reeves, of La Grange, Ga; Leora Azeline Scott, who died in childhood; Minnie Lizzie Scott, who married W. S. Bennett; Fannie Herty Scott; William Jarrett Scott; Oliver White Scott, who died in infancy. Lily Scott and Dr. Edward Ashley Cason had two children: Lily Sinclair (St. Clair) Cason, who died when thirteen years of age, and Edward Ashley Cason, who died when nine months old. Minnie Scott and W. S. Bennett had four children: Abbott Scott Bennett; Floyd Lawson Bennett; Edward Ashley Cason Bennett; Francis Bennett. Mary Emma Mapp and Frank B. Mapp had three children: Rosa, who married Randolph Mapp; Roxie, married C. Irvine Walker, Jr., 2nd son of C. Irvine Walker and Ada Oriana Sinclair (St. Clair). Annie, married F. M. M. Beall, Col. U. S. A. Reg. Rosa Mapp and Randolph Wright had one daughter: Mary Frances Wright, who married S. D. Copeland, and now lives in Augusta. They have one daughter, Mary Frances Copeland. Roxie Mapp and C. Irvine Walker had two daughters: Mary Cornelia Walker, who married J. Lee Groves, Jr., and now lives in Atlanta. They have one child, Mary Elizabeth Groves; Ada Virginia Walker, who married Louis Young Dawson, Jr., and now resides in Charleston, S. C. As to lineage of Elijah St. Clair, read Encyclopedia Brittanica under Norway and Normandy, and see who ROGENWALD was and who were his cendants. Read Burke's Vicissitudes of Families, Vol. 1, and find the surnames of the Earls of Orkney. Read also in Encyclo. Brittanica about Queen Emma and her sons and daughters, who were kings and queens after her. Read the "Sinclairs of England" by Thos. St. Clair, and see where printed Documentary proofs by the hundreds may be found. These authorities are accepted the world over, especially the works of Sir Edmund Burke, which are classed as the best authority on Genealogy of Europe. After Emma's sons and daughters, as queens and kings, follows William St. Clair, the Conquerer, her nephew, then his sons and grandsons. I have in my possession Elijah St. Clair's pedigree, which is authentically traced back to A. D. 600, and at that time the St. Glairs were on the Throne of England; they were, also, by the female side, on or near the thrones of Scotland, France, Denmark, Norway and Sicily. As to the lineage of Elijah St. Clair's wife—Cecilia Wells—it is authentically traced back as follows : Cecilia was the daughter of Arnold Wells, who married Hannah Hibben. He was the son of Samuel Wells who married Sarah Margaret Singletary. Her sister married William Capers, of the South Carolina Diocese, for many years a prominent figure in Episcopalian circles. Sarah Margaret was the daughter of John Singletary and Sarah Margaret Warnock. Sarah Margaret Warnock was Miss Fannie Alston, a family well known in the early history of South Carolina. Her husband was a Scotchman, a lineal descendant of "Black Douglas" and had the Douglas coat of arms, of the "bleeding -heart" on his carriage. William Sinclair Scott married Annie Eliza Jarrett, daughter of William A. Jarrett and Eliza Martin. Dr. William A. Jarrett was a graduate of the Univer-ity of Georgia, later graduating from the Medical College of Philadelphia. He was a large land owner and had many slaves. These interests requiring all of his attention and his father dying suddenly, he did not actively follow his profession. He, and his father and mother, had been invited to dine with the Governor, his father declining at the last minute on account of not feeling well. His father insisted that he and .his mother should fill their engagement. His father died suddenly after they left. Dr. Jarrett brought his bride, Eliza Martin, to the beautiful old place covering nearly a square across from the State College for Women. This house was known as "The Cedars" and had one of the most famous gardens of the South, with its avenues of cedars and oaks, beautiful shrubbery and flowers. It was one of the show places of historic old Milledgeville. Additional Comments: From: Part V HISTORY of BALDWIN COUNTY GEORGIA BY MRS. ANNA MARIA GREEN COOK ILLUSTRATED ANDERSON. S. C. Keys-Hearn Printing Co. -1925— File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/baldwin/history/other/gms324historyo.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 6.1 Kb