Newspaper article about Captain Elijah Scott Place 
in Richland Parish from Beacon News in 1969
Submitted by Dot Golliher



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 An old frame building know to generations of Richland Parish 
people as the “Scott Place” stood on Boeuf River until 1951.
Built of heart cypress and native woods, the home was the residence 
of Captain Elijah Scott, and during the 1830 served as a stage coach stop. 
It stood 3 miles north of Rayville on the river.Descendants of Captain and 
Scott lived in the house for many years, during which it was the of much 
social activity. Here held the soirees and bounteous dinners so dear to 
the hearts of the beaus and belles of those formal days. Dr. Harrison Jordan 
recounted with delight his dance of the wedding of  Octavia Scott Pettit. 
Though he was only six years old at the time, Dr.Jordan remembered clearly 
the song the bride sang for a select few before the arrival of the other 
wedding guests. Mr. R. H. Brown was born there, as were a number of children and 
grandchildren of the family.. Dan and Scott Pettit owned the property for the 
many before it was sold to R. C. Key, who razed the house to make room for a 
modern residence. Much of the beautiful red cypress used in the original 
construction. was found to be in perfect condition when the house was demolished.
Older parish residents carry the memory of the old house and the lovely 
“Scott – girls”. These young ladies became Mrs. Allen Buie,  Mrs. Felix Hemler,
 Mrs. George B. Franklin, Mrs. Lane ONeal, and Mrs. L. H. Hubbard.  One, 
Miss Lizzie Scott, never married. (Richland  Beacon News, January 1969)