CAROLINE COUNTY, VIRGINIA - BIBLE RECORD

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"William R. Scott" <wscott@groupz.net


     The record, the birth of James Scott, is missing from the old
Scott Bible of 1715; but it is known that he had his origin in the
Highlands of Scotland, and that his people belong to the Clan
McGregor.
     He was the progenitor of the Scott families of Caroline,
Prince Edward, Campbell, Bedford and Amherst Counties of Virginia.
He and his son, Thomas, bought large tracts of land from royal
Governors of the Colony of Virginia and were among the early
settlers.  He married.  Note that the record of his wife is also
missing, all his children except Thomas and his family.  The
following record is all that remains and I certify that I have
copied it faithfully.

A. M. Scott, 1894

     Thomas Scott, son of James Scott, was born in St. Margaret's
Parish, Caroline County Virginia, on the 15th day of June, 1718.
Thomas Scott married Martha Williams, daughter of Rice Williams and
Francis, his wife, on the 2nd. day of November, 1742.

[Note.  Memorandum of the ages of the children of Rice Williams and
Frances Williams:
     1.   Frances, daughter of Rice Williams and Frances his wife,
was born December 2nd, 1721.
     2.   Ann, daughter of Rice Williams and Francis his wife, was
born December 2nd, 1723.
     3.   Martha, daughter of Rice Williams and Francis his wife,
was born May 2nd, 1727.]

     Rice Scott, son of Thomas Scott and Martha his wife, was born
12th day of August 1743.
     Frances Scott, daughter of Thomas Scott and Martha his wife,
was born 27th day of June 1745.
     John Scott, 2nd son of Thomas Scott and Martha his wife, was
born 19th day of October, 1747.
     Thomas Scott Jr., 3rd son of Thomas Scott and Martha his wife,
was born 29th day of February, 1749. He was a captain in the Army.
     James Scott, 4th son of Thomas Scott and Martha his wife, was
born 17th day of February, 1752.
     Samuel Scott, 5th son of Thomas Scott and Martha his wife, was
born 14th day of March, 1754.
     William Scott, 6th son of Thomas Scott and Martha his wife,
was born 15th day of December, 1756.
     Robert Scott, 7th son of Thomas Scott and Martha his wife, was
born 30th day of December, 1758, and died August 1st, 1781.

Marriages

     Frances Scott, daughter of Thomas and Martha Scott, married
December 30, 1766, to James Gatewood, son of Dudley Gatewood and
Sarah his wife.
     Thomas Scott, Jr., and his wife, were married August 1, 1767.

Deaths

     Isabel Scott, wife of Thomas Scott, Jr., died May 20 (or 25),
1770.
     Martha Scott, wife of Thomas Scott, Sr., died April 8, 1777

     Note:  William Scott, the 6th son of Thomas and Martha Scott,
was a Lieutenant and Captain in the Revolution.  He enlisted in
1776 and went with Captain Thomas Scott2 to Savannah;  was assigned
to Capt. Lally (?) Mosby in Col. Crittenden's Georgia Regiment.
Fought at Great Bridge, Va.3, was taken prisoner at Brier Creek4,
carried to and confined at Savannah during the siege probably 1779.
He married Miss Ann Jones, of Culpeper County, Va., March 1, 1781,
at Spotsylvania, Va.  He and his brother Samuel, left Caroline and
settled in Campbell County, Va. at the close of the War.  He died
Oct. 6, 1818.  His widow, b. in 1763, d. there June 6, 1846.  [This
ends the records.]

     In another part of the Bible in a totally different
handwriting are recorded the births of some slaves.  They must have
been recorded by James Scott, for Thomas Scott, born in 1718, was
only 4 years old when the record began.  They are a curio in these
days.  In the curios record on the other page, the handwriting
changed at the 18th line.  Someone else takes up the pen and the
old fashioned "ye" for "the" is given up.  It is the same writing
as that of the will, I dare say that the son took it up where the
father left off.  The writing is older and more faded than that of
the will, which was not written until 1773.  The Bible was printed
at Oxford, England in 1715, and this is 1894.  It is very large.
It contains, besides Old and New Testaments, the Psalms and the
Apocrypha and the Prayer Book.  One back is gone and many leaves.
Looks as if they fought with it during the Revolutionary War, but
the Scotts were too good Episcopalians for that.  Anyhow, se shall
take good care of what is left of the fine old Relic.
     The record of some salves from 1722 to 1758 on the Plantation
of Thomas Scott, of Caroline County.  A memorandum of the age of
young Negroes: (Then follows the names of about 60 young negroes.
I see nothing to gain in giving the names of the slaves more than
to show where the old "ye" gives place to the "the".)
     1.   Harry was born ye first of Sept. 1722.
          (Then follows 14 names when the "ye" is used until)
     16.  Leah was born March the 10th 1745. [This shows the time
when the old "ye" gives way to "the".]


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