SCOTT FAMILY

Henrico County

1.    Joane¹ Scott, born say 1670, was living at Mr. Henry Lound's when she was indicted in Henrico County on 1 June 1695 for having an illegitimate child. She was discharged from the indictment on 1 February 1695/6 when the court ruled that the law against having illegitimate children did not apply to her, "She being an Egiptian, & noe Xtian woman" [Orders 1694-9, 81, 88]. She may have been related to Francis Scott who was sued for trespass in Henrico County court by Bartholomew Chavis on 2 September 1708 [Orders, 1707-9, 28]. And she may have been the ancestor of John, James, and Nicholas (no family name) who were "Mulatto" servants of John Woodson, Jr., in August 1724 when the Henrico County court ordered them to serve him additional time for running away [Minutes 1719-24, 352]. Two members of the Scott family owned adjoining land in Henrico County in 1735. They were

2    i. Anne¹, born say 1690.

3    ii. Jane², born say 1695.

 

2.    Anne¹ Scott, born say 1690, made a deed of gift of 50 acres in Henrico County adjoining John Scott, Abram Childers and Jane Scott to her son Benjamin Scott on 4 August 1735. This was the lower half of 100 acres which she had purchased from John Price. She had already given the other half to her son John Scott [Miscellaneous Court Records, Vol. 3, 1727-37, 757]. Jane, John and Benjamin Scott owned land in Henrico Parish when their land was processioned in accordance with the 6 December 1735 order of the vestry. Jane and Benjamin Scott were present when the land marks between their property were renewed on 6 February 1739 [Brock, Vestry Book of Henrico Parish, Virginia, 1730-73, 27, 54]. Anne was the mother of

4     i. John¹, born say 1712.

ii. Benjamin¹, born say 1714, perhaps the Benjamin Scott who was taxable in the Lunenburg County household of Thomas Maclin in 1752 [Bell, Sunlight on the Southside, 192].

 

3.    Jane² Scott, born say 1695, owned land in Henrico Parish when she and Abraham Childers processioned their land near Four Mile Creek in accordance with the order of the Henrico Parish Vestry of 6 December 1735 and 6 February 1739. She was called "Negro Jane" when she and Abraham Childers processioned the land by the vestry's order of 16 July 1743 [Brock, Vestry Book of Henrico Parish, Virginia, 1730-73, 27, 54, 70]. She sold 100 acres on the north side of the James River in Henrico Parish, Henrico County, adjoining Benjamin Scott to John Pleasants, Jr., on 10 April 1747 [DB 1744-8, 331]. She sued five men in Henrico County court on 3 October 1752 for chasing and driving away her horse. The court awarded her £10 damages. She was presented by the court on 6 November 1752 for failing to list herself as a tithable but was acquitted after "being heard." Perhaps she was excused due to old age. She may have been identical to Joana Scott who was security for Pat Scott in the suit brought against her by the churchwardens on 2 April 1753. She was called Jane Scott the following day when she pleaded not guilty to Benjamin Burton's suit against her for dealing with his slaves. The court ordered that she remain in prison for a month and then find security of £10 for her good behavior for a year [Minutes 1752-5, 7, 19, 27, 51, 67, 102]. She may have been the ancestor of

5     i. Elizabeth², born say 1722.

6    ii. Pat, born say 1725.

iii. Lucy¹, born say 1730, presented by the Henrico County court on 6 November 1752 for failing to list herself as a tithable. She was fined 500 pounds of tobacco. On 21 January 1764 she was ordered to appear at the General Court in Williamsburg to give testimony against David Scott who was tried for breaking into Isaac Youngblood's warehouse and stealing goods valued at £8. Jacob Burton posted her bond of £20 [Minutes 1752-5, 19, 27; 1763-7, 176].

7    iv. Sarah, born say 1731.

8    v. Agnes, born say 1735.

9    vi. Ann², born say 1736.

vii. Joseph¹, born say 1738, bound out by the churchwardens of Henrico Parish in February 1744/5 [Orders 1737-46, 295].

10   viii. Susannah, born say 1739.

ix. Betty/ Elizabeth³, born say 1740, a "Mulatto" ordered bound out by the churchwardens of Henrico Parish in February 1744/5 [Orders 1737-46, 295], perhaps the Elizabeth Scott who married William Lansford, "Mulattoes, he in this parish (Goochland County) and she in Hanover," on 24 December 1761 [Jones, The Douglas Register, 347].

11    x. Phebe, born say 1742.

12    xi. Molly, born say 1747.

 

4.    John¹ Scott, born say 1712, may have been identical to John (no family name), the "Mulatto" servant of John Woodson, Jr., in August 1724 when the Henrico County court ordered him to serve additional time for running away [Minutes 1719-24, 352]. He received 50 acres in Henrico County from his mother Anne Scott before 4 August 1735. His suit against Miliner Redford, executor of John Redford, was dismissed by the court on 6 November 1752. On 6 November 1752 he was presented for not listing his "Mulatto" wife Hannah as a tithable and was fined 500 pounds of tobacco. Perhaps Hannah was the Hannah Scot who entered a petition in court against John Redford in December 1743. On 2 December 1754 the court ordered the churchwardens to bind out John Scott's children Ezekiel and Sarah Scott (no race indicated). He may have been the father of Sarah, Jane and Kizia Scott, "Mulatto's," who the court ordered bound out on 3 February 1755 [Minutes 1752-5, 19, 20, 28, 237; 1737-46, 241, 244; Orders 1755-62, 239]. He was the father of

13   i. Robert, born about 1735.

ii. Ezekiel¹, born say 1748.

iii. Sarah, born say 1750, daughter of John Scott bound out on 2 December 1754, perhaps the Sarah Scott, a "Mulatto" bound apprentice on 3 February 1755.

14   iv. ?Jane⁴, born say 1752.

15    v. ?William, born say 1753.

vi. ?Kesiah, born say 1754, a "Mulatto" bound apprentice on 3 February 1755, perhaps the Kesy Scott who was the parent of James Scott, a "Mulatto" who was bound to Didier Colin in Richmond for four years to become a barber on 4 April 1791 [Hustings DB 1:506-7].

 

5.    Elizabeth¹ Scott, born say 1720, was living in Henrico County in February 1743/4 when the court ordered the churchwardens of Henrico Parish to bind out her children Harry and Jenny Scott (no race indicated). In June 1744 the court ordered the churchwardens of Henrico Parish to bind out her son Jack (no race indicated). Jack was a seven-year-old "Mulatto Boy" ordered bound to John Coles in August the same year [Orders 1737-46, 246, 264, 276]. She was presented by the court on 6 November 1752 for failing to list herself as a tithable and fined 500 pounds of tobacco [Minutes 1752-5, 19, 27]. She was the mother of

i. Harry, bound apprentice in February 1743/4.

ii. Jane³/ Jenny, daughter of Elizabeth bound apprentice in February 1743/4.

iii. Jack/ John², born about 1737, a seven-year-old "Mulatto" boy ordered bound apprentice in August 1744.

 

6.    Pat Scott, born say 1725, was presented by the Henrico County court on 6 November 1752 for failing to list herself as a tithable and fined 500 pounds of tobacco. She was sued by the churchwardens for debt on 2 April 1753, probably for having an illegitimate child [Minutes 1752-5, 19, 27, 51, 112]. She may have been the mother of

16   i. Elizabeth⁴, born about 1748.

ii. Frances, born say 1752, a "Mulatto" (no parent named) ordered bound out by the churchwardens of Henrico Parish on 7 April 1755 [Minutes 1752-55, 286].

iii. John³, born say 1753, a "Mulatto" bound out by the court on 6 January 1755 [Minutes 1752-5, 238]. He was taxable in Henrico County from 1783 to 1813: taxable on 2 horses and 3 cattle in 1783; listed as a "free Negro" starting in 1806; listed as a "Mulatto" in 1809 and 1810; taxable on a horse in 1814 but exempt from personal tax [PPTL 1782-1814, frames 39, 185, 243, 436, 518, 622, 689, 707, 775, 793]. He and John Scott, Jr., were among the hands ordered by the Henrico County court to keep in repair the road from Cornelius's to Four Mile Creek bridge on 3 August 1789 [Orders 1789-91, 35]. He refused administration of the estate of Ann Scott, deceased, before 5 September 1791 when Francis Scott provided security of £200 for John James's administration of the estate [Orders 1787-9, 430, 583; 1789-91, 35, 608]. He was taxable on 50 acres in the lower district of Henrico County in 1801 and 1802, taxable on 50 acres in 1803, called John Scott, Sr., in 1809, a "Mulatto" taxable on 80 acres in 1811, and taxable on 50 acres near Talman's Tavern in 1815 [Land Tax List, 1799-1816].

17   iv. Zachariah, born say 1754.

 

7.    Sarah¹ Scott, born say 1731, was presented by the Henrico County court on 6 November 1752 for failing to list herself as a tithable and fined 500 pounds of tobacco [Minutes 1752-5, 19, 27]. On 7 November 1757 the court ordered the churchwardens to bind out her sons Pompey and Sampson Scott, on 4 April 1765 the court ordered her son Isaac bound out, and on 2 February 1767 ordered her daughter Milley bound out [Orders 1755-62, 207; 1763-67, 441, 463, 646]. Her children were

i. Pompey, born say 1754, ordered bound out on 7 November 1757 and on 3 June 1765.

ii. Sampson, born say 1756.

18   iii. Benjamin², born say 1758.

iv. Isaac, born say 1760, son of Sarah Scott bound out on 4 April 1765.

v. Milley, born say 1764, "Mulatto child of Sarah Scott" ordered bound out by the Henrico County court on 2 February 1767 [Orders 1763-67, 646].

vi. James/ Jemmy, born say 1765, child of Sarah Scott, ordered bound out by the Henrico County court on 7 August 1769 [Orders 1767-69, 491]. He petitioned the court on 1 December 1788 against his master Alexander Young for misusage, and the court ruled that he was above the age of twenty-one and was, therefore, free and should be paid £3.11 (his freedom dues). He was one of the hands ordered by the Henrico County court to keep in repair the road from Cornelius's to Four Mile Creek Bridge [Orders 1787-9, 496; 1789-91, 20, 35]. His Henrico County tax was charged to Zachariah Valentine in 1789 and he was charged with his own tax in 1790 [PPTL 1782-1814, frames 185, 243]. He married Betsey Clarke, 14 December 1790 Henrico County bond, Thomas Clarke surety.

vii. Fatha, born say 1766, child of Sarah Scott (no race mentioned), ordered bound out by the Henrico County court on 7 August 1769 [Orders 1767-69, 491].

 

8.    Agnes Scott, born say 1735, may have been identical to "Aggy, a poor orphans girl," who was bound out by the churchwardens of Dale Parish, Henrico County, in March 1738 [Orders 1737-46, 76]. She was sued by the churchwardens for debt on 7 May 1753, probably for having an illegitimate child [Minutes 1752-5, 76, 114]. Her "Mulatto" son Jacob Scott was bound out in Henrico County in May 1759 [Orders 1755-62, 324]. Her children were

i. Jacob, born say 1756, a "Mulatto" son of Agnes Scott ordered bound out by the churchwardens of Henrico Parish in May 1759 and again on 5 May 1760 [Orders 1755-62, 324, 420].

ii. Sarah, born say 1758, a "Mulatto" child of Agnes Scott ordered bound out by the churchwardens of Henrico Parish on 7 April 1760 and on 7 May 1764, perhaps the Sarah Scott, an orphan girl, who was bound to Elizabeth Woodson until the age of twenty-one on 4 July 1764 [Orders 1755-62, 324, 409; 1763-7, 239]. She may have been the Sarah Scott, "free Negro," who was taxable with "free Negro" Rosetta in Richmond City in 1787 [PPTL 1787-99].

 

9.    Ann² Scott, born say 1736, was a "Mulatto" ordered bound out by the churchwardens of Henrico Parish, Henrico County, in February 1744/5 [Orders 1737-46, 295]. She may have been the Nanny Scott whose "Negro" son Thomas complained to the Cumberland County court on 24 November 1760 against his master John Burch [Orders 1758-62, 285]. And she may have been the Ann Scott whose children Joseph and Sarah (no race mentioned) were ordered bound out by the churchwardens of Henrico County about fourteen years later on 4 July 1765. On 3 August 1767 the Henrico County court bound out her children Benjamin and Squire Scott [Orders 1763-7, 474; 1767-9, 93]. Nanny Scott was living in Cumberland County on 27 April 1767 when the court ordered the churchwardens of Southam Parish to bind her "mulattoe" children Drury and John Scott to Robert Moore. On 3 August 1767 the Cumberland County court bound her "mulattoe" daughter Charity Scott to Edward Clements, and on 27 February 1769 the court summoned Robert Moore to court to answer a complaint regarding his usage of orphan children John and Drury Scott who were bound to him [Orders 1764-7, 459; 1767-70, 62, 307]. On 2 June 1777 she purchased for £16 a tract of land in Henrico County containing 10-3/4 acres and sold this land for £20 to "free Mulatto" Ben Bettis on 18 September 1786 when the land was located in the town of Richmond [Hustings DB 1:92-3]. She may have been the Nanny Scott who testified with Andrew Scott in Henrico County on 4 February 1788 that Axom (Exum) Scott was the legal representative of John Scott, a soldier who died in the service of the state [Orders 1787-91, 169]. Her children were

i. ?Jesse, born 11 September 1747, registered in Petersburg on 26 January 1798: a dark brown Mulatto man, five feet seven inches high, stout well made, short thin black hair & rather inclined to be a little bald on top of his head, was born free, age fifty years 11 September 1797 [Register of Free Negroes 1794-1819, no. 129]. He was the administrator of Ann Scott, deceased, on 7 July 1783 when William Scott sued him in Henrico County court [Orders 1781-4, 308].

ii. Thomas, "Negro" son of Nanny Scott.

19   iii. ?Francis, born say 1750.

iv. Joseph², born say 1755, son of Ann Scott, ordered bound out by the Henrico County court on 7 November 1757 (no race mentioned) [Orders 1755-62, 207] and bound out again with his sister Sarah by the court on 4 July 1765 [Orders 1763-67, 474]. He was taxable in Henrico County from 1783 to 1801 [PPTL 1782-1814, frames 21, 82, 111, 168, 185, 243, 260, 297, 309, 322, 335, 347, 359, 391, 436].

v. Sarah, born say 1757, ordered bound out by the Henrico County court on 7 November 1757 and on 4 July 1765 [Orders 1755-62, 207].

vi. Benjamin³, born say 1759, son of Ann Scott ordered bound out by the Henrico County court on 3 August 1767 [Orders 1767-9, 93], perhaps the Benjamin Scott who was security for the 18 November 1796 Henrico County marriage of Mary Scott and Adam Armstrong. He was taxable in Henrico County from 1794 to 1796 [PPTL 1782-1814, frames 78, 95, 111, 168, 185, 322, 336, 347] and head of a Buckingham County household of 11 "other free" in 1810 [VA:835]. On 10 January 1797 he and Zachariah Goff were charged in Botetourt County court with stealing a "Negroe woman slave the property of Thomas Rowland by the name of Dinah," but they were found not guilty [Orders 1793-7, 426].

vii. Squire, born say 1761, son of Ann Scott ordered bound out by the Henrico County court on 3 August 1767.

viii. Drury, born about 1761, "mulattoe" son of Nanny Scott bound as an apprentice blacksmith to Robert Moore on 27 April 1767 in Southam Parish, Cumberland County (which became Powhatan County in 1777) [Orders 1764-7, 459]. He was taxable in the southern district of Bedford County from 1800 to 1809: called a "free m" in 1807, listed in the same district as Daniel Scott in 1802 who was called a "Neg^o" in 1813 and 1814 [PPTL 1782-1805, frames 463, 479, 496, 531, 658; 1806-16, frames 30, 100, 153, 219, 288, 402, 469]. He was a 59 or 60-year-old "free man of colour" who appeared in Clarke County, Kentucky court on 1 July 1820 to make a declaration to obtain a pension for service in the Revolution. He stated that he enlisted in Powhatan County for 3 years in the 10^th Regiment. He was a rough carpenter with no one in his family but his wife who was a slave [NARA, S.35644, M804, Roll 2135, frame 994 of 1004; http://fold3.com/image/14186355].

ix. John, born say 1762, "mulattoe" son of Nanny Scott, bound as an apprentice blacksmith to Robert Moore in Cumberland County on 27 April 1767 [Orders 1764-7, 459]. He may have been the John Scott who was a soldier that died in the service of the state according to testimony of (his mother?) Nanny Scott and (brother?) Andrew Scott in Henrico County court on 4 February 1788 [Orders 1787-9, 169].

x. Charity, born say 1767, "mulattoe" daughter of Ann Scott bound out in Cumberland County on 23 November 1767.

xi. Lewis, born say 1764, orphan of Nanny Scott, ordered bound out the Henrico County court on 7 October 1782 [Orders 1781-4, 103]. He was taxable in Henrico County in 1789 [PPTL 1782-1814, frame 186].

xii. ? Tempy, born say 1766, married John Jones, 1 June 1797 Henrico County bond, John Scott surety.

 

10.    Susannah Scott, born say 1739, was the mother of "orphan" children Ezekiah and Milner Scott who were in Prince Edward County on 15 March 1773 when the court ordered the churchwardens of St. Patrick's Parish to bind them out [Orders 1771-81, part 1, 218]. They were probably identical to Ezekiel and Milner Scott, "Melatto" boys named in the 7 January 1774 Chesterfield County will of Daniel Stone [WB 2:342]. Susannah was the mother of

i. Ezekiel², born say 1760, a "Mellato boy" bound to Daniel Stone by the Henrico County court until the age of twenty one and serving him when he made his 7 January 1774 Chesterfield County will by which he left Ezekiel's remaining time to his son Daniel Stone [WB 2:342]. He was a "Mulatto" taxable in Chesterfield County from 1792 to 1807 [PPTL, 1786-1811, frames 125, 491, 644, 689], counted as a "FB" in Powhatan County in 1813 [PPTL 1787-1825, frame 444].

ii. Milner, born say 1762, a "mellatto boy" bound to Daniel Stone by the Henrico County court until the age of twenty one and serving him when he made his 7 January 1774 Chesterfield County will [WB 2:342].

iii. ?Priscilla, born about 1766, an apprentice bound to Daniel Stone by the Henrico County court until the age of twenty one and serving him when he made his 7 January 1774 Chesterfield County will by which he left her remaining time and service to his daughter Charity Stone [WB 2:342]. On 3 May 1790 the Hustings Court of Petersburg indicted her for keeping a disorderly house and entertaining slaves [Orders 1784-91, 316]. She registered in Petersburg on September 1, 1794: a brown Mulatto woman, five feet two and a half inches high, twenty eight years old, born free & raised in the Town of Petersburg [Register of Free Negroes 1794-1819, no. 90].

 

11.    Phebe Scott, born say 1742, was a "Mulatto" ordered bound out by the churchwardens of Henrico Parish in February 1744/5 [Orders 1737-46, 295]. She was the mother of

i. Elizabeth⁵/Betty, born say 1763, daughter of Phebe Scott, bound out by the churchwardens of Henrico Parish on 7 October 1765 (no race indicated) [Orders 1763-67, 525]. She was taxable on 2 horses and Anderson Scott's tithe in the lower district of Henrico County in 1803 [Land Tax List, 1799-1816].

 

12.    Molly Scott, born say 1747, was living in Henrico Parish on 2 May 1768 when her "Mulatto" children were bound out by the court. Her children were

i. Walter, born say 1766, a "Mulatto" child of Molly Scott ordered bound out by the Henrico County court on 2 May 1768. On 7 June 1790 Richard Timberlake recorded a certificate in Henrico County court which he had written for Walter on 6 October 1787: This is to certify that Walter Scott is free and that he has been a good and faithful servant and whoever employs him will find him so [Orders 1767-69, 237; 1789-91, 296; DB 3:220]. He married Sarah Nichols who consented, 23 July 1790 Henrico County bond, Peter Hay surety.

ii. Lucy³, born say 1766, a "Mulatto" child of Molly Scott ordered bound out by the Henrico County court on 2 May 1768 [Orders 1767-69, 237]. She married James Baker, 7 April 1787 Henrico County bond.

 

13.    Robert Scott, born say 1735, mortgaged 100 acres in Henrico County adjoining Hayse Whitlow, Robert Pleasants and William Frazier on 19 June 1756 to secure a debt of £30 he owed William Frazier. The land was sold to Frazier for £35 on 26 April 1765 [Miscellaneous Court Records 6:1949-50]. He was taxable with (his brother?) John Scott, "Mulattos," in Norfolk County in the district of Portsmouth and Southern Branch in 1767, living near (their sister?) Betty Scott, a "negro" tithable in David Cross's household [Wingo, Norfolk County Tithables 1766-80, 45, 47]. The churchwardens of Henrico Parish were paid 300 pounds of tobacco for him on 16 April 1770 [Brock, Vestry Book of Henrico Parish, Virginia, 1730-73, 138]. Esther Mayo's suit against him for debt was dismissed by the Henrico County court on 6 October 1788 at his costs [Orders 1787-9, 430]. He was taxable in Henrico County from 1786 to 1794: taxable on his own tithe, a free male 16-21, 2 horses and 4 cattle in 1786; taxable on his own tithe, John Scott and 3 horses in 1788 [PPTL 1782-1814, frames 82, 168, 243, 260, 297, 309, 322]. He married Martha Scott who consented, 23 October 1793 Henrico County bond, Edward Bowman surety. He was probably over the age of 60 on 6 July 1795 when the Henrico County court excused him from paying taxes [Orders 1794-6, 394]. Robert was the father of

i. Catherine, "daughter of Robert and Mary Scott," married Edward Bowman, 28 December 1786 Henrico County bond, John and Andrew Scott sureties.

ii. Milender, "daughter of Robert Scott and Mary Scott," married Andrew Scott, 14 August 1787 Henrico County bond, Edward Bowman and John Scott sureties.

iii. John, born say 1767, married Charity Scott, with the consent of their parents Robert Scott and Sarah Scott, 4 January 1788 Henrico County bond. Their daughter Polly Scott registered in Henrico County on 12 June 1810: a woman of Coulour is a free woman born in the County of Henrico, Daughter of Charity Scott, her mother and John Scott her Lawfull farther, all born in the County of Henrico and free Molattos. This is from my own knowledge. Geo. W^mson. Her mother Charity registered at the same time: aged thirty five years, five feet four 1/2 (?) inchs in hight and dark Olive Coulor [Scott, Polly (F): Free Negro Certification, 1810, African American Narrative Digital Collection, LVA].

iv. Mary, spinster daughter of Robert Scott, married Edward Bradby Edwards, of Charles City County, 14 February 1789 Henrico County bond, John Scott and Edward Bowman sureties.

v. Abby, born about 1787, a poor orphan of Robert Scott, deceased, bound out by the overseers of the poor of the lower district of Henrico County to Francis and Mildred Williams on 12 May 1798 [Orders 1798-9, 97]. She registered in Henrico County on 11 November 1831: age 44, a mullatto woman, 5 feet 1 inch, Born free per register of the Richmond Hustings Court [Register of Free Negroes and Mulattoes, 1831-1844, p.4, no.635].

 

14.    Jane⁴ Scott, born say 1752, was a "Mulatto" bound out in Henrico County on 3 February 1755. Her grandson Samuel Scott proved to the Davidson County, North Carolina court that she was a "dark complected woman" (also referred to as a "girl") who was brought to North Carolina from Henrico County by James Alley about 1771. Alley bound Jane out to a man named Creson and Jane "married one of Creson's negro fellows and had several children" including a daughter named Jemima. The Surry County, North Carolina court ordered Jane's unnamed children bound out in 1779. Jemima was bound to Joseph Williams, Sr., in Surry County, North Carolina, in 1789. She was the mother of

i. Jemima, born say 1775, indentured to Joseph Williams, Sr., in Surry County, North Carolina, in 1789. She was the mother of Samuel Scott who sued for his freedom from Joseph Williams, Jr., in Davidson County, North Carolina Superior Court in spring term 1828 [Minutes 1824-1860, n.p.]. The case was appealed to the North Carolina Supreme Court which stated that the plaintiff had proved that he was the son of Jemima who was the daughter of Jane Scott [North Carolina Supreme Court 12 N.C. 376].

 

15.    William Scott, born say 1755, sued Jesse Scott, administrator of Ann Scott, deceased, on 7 July 1783 in Henrico County court [Orders 1781-4, 308]. He may have been the William Scott, a "free Mulatto," who was charged by the Richmond City court on 11 December 1789 with stealing several turkeys and a shoat, the property of John Harvie, Gent. He chose to receive thirty-nine lashes rather than be sent for trial at the Capitol [Orders 1787-92, 467]. He was taxable in the lower district of Henrico County from 1783 to 1810: taxable on a slave from 1789 to 1791; called William Scott, Sr., from 1792 to 1795; taxable on his son Jack in 1801; taxable on his sons Jack and William Scott, Jr., from 1802 to 1804, called a "Mulatto" in 1803 and 1804. He was taxable on 25 acres in the lower district of Henrico County on the Four Mile Creek near Talman's Tavern from 1799 to 1816; called William Scott, Senr., in 1800; a "Mulatto" in 1809, 1810, and 1812 [PPTL 1782-1814, frames 32, 62, 77, 111, 186, 243, 260, 309, 322, 424, 436, 468, 518, 560, 579, 622; Land Tax List, 1799-1816]. He was head of a Henrico County household of 9 "other free" in 1810 [VA:989]. He was the father of

i. John/ Jack, born say 1783, taxable in Henrico County from 1801 to 1812: listed as a "Mulatto" in 1809 and 1810 [PPTL 1782-1812, frames 518, 580, 623, 689, 707], head of Henrico County household of 2 "other free" in 1810 [VA:992].

ii. William, Jr., born say 1785, taxable in Henrico County from 1802 to 1813 [PPTL 1782-1814, frames 468, 518, 560, 580, 623, 689, 707, 775], perhaps the Billy Scott who was head of a Henrico County household of 8 "other free" in 1810 [VA:992]. He may have been the William Scott whose seven children registered in Henrico County on 6 July 1840. The oldest was Ellen Charity: late Ellen Scott (daughter of W^m and Frances Scott), age 17, a woman of very light complexion, has long straight hair, 4 feet 11-1/2 inches, Born free as appears from evidence of Ro: H. B. Taylor [Register of Free Negroes and Mulattoes, 1831-1844, p.35, nos. 956-62].

 

16.    Elizabeth⁴/ Betty Scott, born about 1748, was a "Mulatto" bound out by the Henrico County court on 6 January 1755 [Minutes 1752-5, 238]. She was a "Mulatto" living in Henrico County on 2 January 1769 when the court ordered her daughters Caroline and Lucretia bound out [Orders 1767-69, 377]. She registered in Henrico County on 19 December 1808: a woman of Colour was born in the county of Henrico of free parents and is at this time above sixty years of age. I have known her and her mother for upwards of forty years. Geo. Wm^son [Scotts, Elizabeth (F, 60): Free Negro Affidavit, 1808, African American Narrative Digital Collection, LVA]. She may have been the Betsy Scott whose son Arvey Scott was bound out in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, on 15 April 1788 [Orders 1787-92, 176]. She was probably related to Francis Scott, a "Mulatto" taxable in Mecklenburg County from 1784 to 1792 [PPTL, 1782-1805, frames 64, 330, 383, 451].  She was the mother of

i. Caroline, born say 1765, ordered bound out on 2 January court 1769.

ii. Anne, born say 1766, married Johnson Smith, 10 August 1787 Henrico County bond, apparently the parents of William Scott who received a certificate of freedom in Henrico County on 24 August 1810: a man of Colour is a free man Born in the County of Henrico of free parents...Dark Coulour, five feet four inches high, about twenty six years of age...was registered in the county some years past and sayeth he has lost his papers. The father and Mother of William was married as negroes...is the Reason that I put his name as Scott...his fathers name was Smith. He was born two miles of my plantation and I know him from his infancy Geo: W^mson [Scott, William (Alias Billy Scott, M, 26): Free Negro Certification, 1810, African American Narrative Digital Collection, LVA].

iii. Lucretia, born say 1767, "Mulatto" daughter of Betty Scott bound out in Henrico County on 2 January 1769.

iv. Phebe, born say 1780, daughter of Betsey Scott, married Jacob Chavous, 24 December 1800 Charlotte County bond and 8 December 1800 Mecklenburg County bond, Thomas A. Jones and James Wilson security, with a note from James Wayne.

v. Arvey, born say 1787, called "Avory Scott a bastard child at John Cox's Senr" on 15 May 1787 when the Mecklenburg County court ordered the overseers of the poor to bind him out and called "bastard of Betty Scott, deced" on 15 April 1788 when the court ordered the overseers of the poor to bind him out. He was bound to Lewis Burwell on 9 December 1799 and to Thomas Rowlett on 8 December 1800 [Orders 1787-92, 29, 176; 1798-1801, 283, 472]. He was to marry Elizabeth Chavous, 9 January 1809 Mecklenburg County bond, with the permission of Elizabeth Chavous (widow of Jacob) but married her sister Martha instead. He and his wife Martha Scott released their rights to land due to her from the estate of her father Jacob Chavis, Sr., to her brother Jacob Chavis, Jr., of Charlotte County by deed proved in Mecklenburg County on 10 July 1809 [DB 14:107, 308].

 

17.    Zachariah Scott, born say 1754, was a "Mulatto" (no parent named) living in Henrico Parish on 7 August 1758 when the court ordered the churchwardens to bind him out [Orders 1755-62, 273]. On 7 August 1788 he purchased 10 acres in Henrico County adjoining William Young and Jackson Fraser from Samuel Red who stated in the deed that he had purchased the land from Francis Scott. Actually, Red's 2 June 1783 deed says it was from Jackson Frayser, so perhaps the land at one time belonged to Francis Scott [DB 2:113, 649-50]. Zachariah was one of the hands ordered to keep the road in repair from Cornelius's to Four Mile Creek Bridge on 3 August 1789 [Orders 1787-9, 430; 1789-91, 35]. He was taxable in Henrico County from 1783 to 1802: taxable on 2 horses and 3 cattle in 1783; taxable on James Scott in 1789; taxable on son Peter and 3 horses in 1801 and 1802; taxable on a slave and 3 horses in 1803 and 1804; taxable on 10 acres in the lower district from 1799 to 1804. In 1804 he was taxable on an additional 50 acres which had been transferred to him by John Scott. His estate was taxable on the 10 and 50 acre tracts from 1805 to 1807. In 1809 John Scott, Jr., "Mulatto," was taxable on the two tracts [PPTL 1782-1814, frames 76, 111, 168, 185, 243, 260, 297, 309, 322, 335, 391, 437, 468; Land Tax List 1799-1816]. His 7 March 1805 Henrico County will was proved on 2 September 1805. He left his wife Lucy and daughters Fanny, Polly, Kesiah, and Eliza Scott his land during their single lives, and at the death or marriage of his wife the land was to go to his son John Lansford Scott. His son John L. Scott was to pay his son Harrad Scott £10 on his twenty-first birthday. He named his son Elijah Scott and Jesse Frayser executors and asked that they relinquish a proper right to the land he had sold William Young by his paying $6 per acre and that they get a right for the lands he had purchased from Edward Bowman and relinquish the same to his son John L. Scott [WB 3:196-7]. He was the father of

i. Peter, born about 1781, taxable in Henrico County from 1801 to 1814: listed as a "Mulatto" in 1803 and from 1812 to 1814 [PPTL 1782-1814, frames 518, 560, 580, 708, 775, 794; Land Tax List 1799-1816], head of a Henrico County household of 6 "other free" in 1810 [VA:1009]. He registered in Henrico County on 7 August 1804: a man of Coulour was born in said County of Henrico of Free parrants and is twenty three years of age in September Next [Scott, Peter (M, 23): Free Negro Certificate, 1804, African American Narrative Digital Collection, LVA].

ii. John, called John Lansford Scott when he was taxable in the lower district of Henrico County in 1797 and 1799, called John L. Scott, a free negro, when William Goodwin made a Henrico County deed of gift to him of 140 acres adjoining William Randolph, Rowland Bottom and Edward Bowman for 5 shillings on 24 April 1802 [DB 6:369]. This was land that Goodwin paid tax on in 1802 as commissioner for Miles Selden & Company. He was called John Scott, Jr., a "Mulatto," when he was taxable in 1809 on tracts of 50 and 10 acres in Henrico County which had been charged to the estate of Zachariah Scott from 1805 to 1807 [PPTL 1782-1814, frames 358, 391; Land Tax List, 1799-1816]. On 7 February 1803 he and his wife Lucinda sold 55^1/2 acres to Jesse Frayser for $200, and for 6 shillings made a deed of gift to Zachariah Scott of 50 acres adjoining Rowland Bottom, Edward Bowman, William Randolph, and the residue of John's land. And on 7 December 1807 he, his wife Lucinda and William B. Jordan (signing) and his wife Peggy sold 10 acres adjoining William Randolph and Rowland Bottom for $49. John and his wife Lucinda sold 1 acre adjoining their land, Rowland Bottom's and Red's land to Mourning Red and her son Moses Red for $6 on 7 August 1809 [DB 7:27; 8:161; 10:125]. (William Jordan married Margaret Amey, above the age of twenty-one and resident of Richmond, 18 January 1806 Richmond City bond, David Logan surety.) John was taxable on 50 acres from 1810 to 1813 and his estate was taxable on 50 acres near Hith's Mill in 1814 and 1815 [Land Tax List, 1799-1816].

iii. Elizabeth, born about 1782, registered in Henrico County on 31 August 1804: a woman of Coulour, was born in the county of Henrico of Free Mulatto parents, and is in the twenty second year of her age [Scott, Elizabeth (F, 22): Free Negro Certificate, 1804, African American Narrative Digital Collection, LVA].

iv. Elijah, born say 1784, a "free Negro" taxable in Henrico County from 1800 to 1809; taxable in Bowler Cocke's household in 1801 and 1802, called a "free Mulatto" in 1804 [PPTL 1782-1814, frames 424, 461, 518, 560, 579; Land Tax List, 1799-1816].

v. Harrad, not yet twenty-one in March 1805.

 

18.    Benjamin² Scott, born say 1758, was ordered bound out by the churchwardens of Henrico Parish in March 1759, no parent or race mentioned [Orders 1755-62, 319], called son of Sarah Scott (no race mentioned) when he was ordered bound out by the court in March 1767 [Orders 1763-67, 715]. He was taxable in Henrico County from 1785 to 1789 [PPTL, 1782-1814, frames 78, 95, 111, 168, 185]. He was one of the hands ordered by the Henrico County court to keep the road in repair from Cornelius's to Four Mile Creek bridge on 3 August 1789 [Orders 1787-9, 430; 1789-91, 35]. He and Mary Brandon owned property in Petersburg on 25 September 1788 when the executor of Edward Stabler sold land adjoining theirs [DB 1:405]. He was living in Petersburg on 7 March 1791 when the grand jury of the Hustings Court indicted him for having a log house with a wooden chimney. He died before 7 November 1791 when his son Griffin was bound out by the court. On 4 March 1792 Jacob and Aaron Brandon were granted letters of administration of his estate on £20 bond. Before he died, Benjamin sold a 3/4 acre plot in Petersburg to Jacob and Aaron Brandon's parents, Mary Brandon and Plato Cook. But Benjamin died before the deed was proved in court. So the parties agreed to divide the property to give Griffin, David and Isaac Scott, sons of Benjamin Scott, deceased, their 1/3 right to the property on 9 June 1808 [Minutes 1791-7, 27, 94; Orders 1791-7, 136, 147; Petersburg DB 3:433]. His orphans John and Elisha Scott were bound out by the Henrico County court to Joseph Goode, farmer, on 5 October 1795 [Orders 1794-6, 496]. He was the father of

i. Griffin, born 25 May 1780, orphan of Ben Scott, bound out by the Petersburg Hustings Court on 7 November 1791 [Orders 1791-7, 8]. He registered in Petersburg on 30 December 1805: a dark brown free Negro man, five feet eight inches high, twenty four years old the 25th May last, born free & raised in the Town of Petersburg [Register of Free Negroes 1794-1819, no. 370]. He married Lavina Ash, 21 June 1817 Petersburg Hustings Court marriage. He and his wife Viney were listed with children Rose Ash, Griffin Scott and Isaac Scott in Petersburg in 1821 [List of People of Couler in Petersburg, 1821, African American Narrative Digital Collection, LVA].

ii. David, born in June 1783, married Polly Stewart, 21 December 1805 Petersburg bond, William Brandon surety. David registered in Petersburg on 21 November 1804: a yellow brown Mulatto man, 5'7^1/2" high, 21 yrs old in June last, with short knotty hair. Born free and raised in Petersburg [Register of Free Negroes, 1794-1819, no. 283].

iii. Isaac, born about 1785, registered in Petersburg on 29 July 1807: a dark brown free Negro man, five feet seven ^3/4 inches high, twenty two years old, brought up in the tanners business, born free & raised in the Town of Petersburg [Register of Free Negroes 1794-1819, no. 414]. He married Sally Morris, 23 December 1808 Petersburg bond, Jacob Page (signing) surety. He was head of a Petersburg household of 3 "other free" in 1810 [VA:121b]. On 29 March 1817 he and his wife Sally, "both people of colour," sold part of a lot on the east side of the road leading from the upper end of Old Street to the west end of High Street for $250, being his one-third part of the estate of his father Ben Scott, dec^d [DB 5:144].

iv. John, born say 1785.

v. Elisha, born about 1787, registered in Petersburg on 20 May 1818: a free man of Colour, dark brown Complection, five feet seven and a half inches high, thirty one years old, born free p. certificate of the City of Richmond [Register of Free Negroes 1794-1819, no. 909].

 

19.    Francis Scott, born say 1750, was ordered bound to a trade by the Chesterfield County court on 7 September 1764 [Orders 1759-67, 580]. He and his wife Elizabeth of Henrico County sold 33 acres in Henrico County adjoining John Depriest, Peyton Randolph and William Young on 6 March 1786 [DB 2:293-4]. He was taxable in the lower district of Henrico County from 1783 to 1800: taxable on 2 horses and 4 cattle in 1783; taxable on slaves Lucy, Mark, Jupiter and Phillis in 1784; charged with Andrew Scott's tithe in 1784 and with Anderson Scott's tithe from 1786 to 1788 [PPTL 1782-1814, frames 21, 68, 82, 111, 111, 168, 185, 243, 261, 296, 309, 322, 335, 347, 358, 392, 436]. Joseph Bailey sued him in Henrico County court on 8 April 1789 for £4 due by note. He, Andrew and Anderson Scott were among the hands ordered to keep the road in repair from Cornelius's to Four Mile Creek Bridge on 3 August 1789. On 5 September 1791 he provided security of £200 for John James's administration of the estate of Ann Scott, deceased, after John Scott refused to administer it [Orders 1787-9, 430, 583; 1789-91, 35, 608]. He married Rachel Scott, "widow," with the consent of her sister Patience Scott, 25 February 1792 Henrico County bond, Andrew Scott security. Rachel was taxable on a horse in Henrico County in 1790, perhaps the Rachel Scott who was counted in the list of "Blacks free above the age of sixteen" in the upper district of Henrico County with her unnamed daughter in 1813 [PPTL 1782-1814, frames 243, 760]. Francis was probably the father of

i. Anderson, born say 1769, taxable in the lower district of Henrico County from 1786 to 1810: his tax charged to Francis Scott from 1786 to 1788; his tax charged to Elizabeth Scott in 1803; called "free" when he was taxable on a horse in 1804; listed as a "free Negro" starting in 1806 [PPTL 1782-1814, frames 82, 111, 168, 185, 261, 309, 322, 335, 347, 358, 391, 436, 518, 579, 622]. The Henrico County court awarded him £30 in his suit against Francis Gaddy on 10 March 1791 [Orders 1789-91, 484].

 

Other members of the Scott family in Henrico and the surrounding area were

i. Nicholas, born about 1728, a "free Mulatto man" living in Halifax County, Virginia, on 6 May 1758 when he was tried for having shot and killed John Herring with Jacob Cogar as his accomplice. He was sent to Williamsburg for further trial where he was reprieved by the governor but ordered to leave Virginia. The Halifax County court bound out his children John, Mary, and Elizabeth to William Wright of Antrim Parish. In July 1759 Scott was accused of being frequently in Virginia and threatening the life of William Wright because he still held Scott's children. In August 1759 his suit against James Collings was dismissed by the Halifax County court because he was not a resident of Virginia [Pleas 2:330, 336, 452, 471]. He may have been the Nicholas Scott who was living in Henrico County on 6 March 1769 when the court ordered the churchwardens to bind out his son Exum Scott [Orders 1767-9, 384]. He enlisted in the Revolution while resident in Charles City County for 18 months on 22 September 1780: age 52, 5'4-1/2" high, a sailor, born in Henrico County, yellow complexion [Register & description of Noncommissioned officers & Privates, LVA accession no. 24296, by http://revwarapps.org/b69.pdf (p38)].

20   ii. James, born about 1738.

iii. William, born about 1753, enlisted in the Revolution for the length of the war while resident in Dinwiddie County, Virginia, probably in September 1780 (no date but dates on either side of him are in September 1780) and was sized on 1 March 1781: age 28, 5'6-1/2" high, a carpenter, born in Charlestown, Bk Hair, Blk Eyes, Yellow Complexion [Register & description of Noncommissioned officers & Privates, LVA accession no. 24296, by http://revwarapps.org/b69.pdf (p.60)]. He registered in Petersburg on 16 August 1794: a light Mulatto man five feet six inches high, about forty one years old, who served in the American Army during the Revolution [Register of Free Negroes 1794-1819, no. 10]. He may have been the William Scott, a "free Mulatto," who was paid $3 for 3 months out of the public taxes by the Petersburg Hustings Court on 4 April 1796 [Orders 1791-7, 164b]. His wife Sarah registered in Petersburg on 13 August 1800: a bright yellow Mulatto woman, five feet three inches high, thirty eight years old, bushy hair, born free by the name of Spruce & raised in York County, had afterwards married to William Scott [Register of Free Negroes 1794-1819, no. 154].

iv. Lucy², born say 1753, a "Mulatto" (no parent named) ordered bound out by the churchwardens of Henrico Parish on 4 February 1754 [Minutes 1752-55, 161] and again on 7 November 1757 [Orders 1755-62, 207]. She may have been the Lucy Scott who was a "free Negro" taxable on 3 horses in the lower district of Henrico County in 1806 [PPTL 1782-1814, frame 518].

21   v. Edward, born say 1754.

vi. Jesse, born about 1760, registered in Petersburg on 16 August 1794: a light Mulatto man five feet six & 1/2 inches high who served as a Soldier & a free man during the American Revolution about thirty four years old [Register of Free Negroes 1794-1819, no. 9]. He was taxable in Henrico County in 1786 [PPTL 1782-1814, frame 93]. He acknowledged a debt of £5 to James Stevens in Henrico County court on 2 August 1790 [Orders 1789-91, 321].

vii. John, born say 1760, a "person of color," or "a free black man," received bounty land for his service in the Revolution in the 10^th Virginia Regiment commanded by Captain Thomas Posey which he sold to Charles Jones of Prince Edward County, Virginia. He was in Clement County, Ohio, on 2 November 1809 when he appointed an attorney to receive his warrant. He was in Hamilton Township, Warwick County, Ohio, when he made a declaration to obtain a pension [NARA, S.46522, roll 2137, frame 805 of 1207 and http://fold3.com/image/16237261].

viii. Littleberry, born about 1763, enlisted as a substitute in the Revolution for the length of the war while resident in Henrico County on 28 March 1781 and was sized on 27 April the same year: age 18, 5-2-1/2" high, yellow complexion, a farmer, born in Charles City County [The Chesterfield Supplement or Size Roll of Troops at Chesterfield Court House, LVA accession no. 23816, by http://revwarapps.org/b81.pdf (p.45)]. Captain Stoakley received his final pay of £17 on 9 August 1783 [NARA, M881, Roll 1095, frame 993 of 2014; http://fold3.com/image/286702864.  He registered in Petersburg on 2 June 1801: a light brown Mulatto man, five feet four inches high, forty years old, born free & raised in Charles City County [Register of Free Negroes 1794-1819, no. 256].

ix. Polly (Mrs.), married Samuel Redd, 20 July 1798 Henrico County bond. Samuel was emancipated by deed of Robert Pleasant acknowledged in Henrico County court on 4 November 1782 [Orders 1781-4, 114].

22   x. Hannah, born about 1763.

xi. Benjamin, born say 1764, taxable in Henrico County from 1794 to 1796 [PPTL 1782-1814, frames 322, 336, 347].

xii. Abby², born say 1765, married Isaac Wood, 18 December 1789 Henrico County bond. Isaac was a "Negro slave" emancipated by John Orr's deed proved in Henrico County court on 7 July 1788 [Orders 1787-9, 346].

xiii. Mary, born say 1765, married Thomas Gilliat, 12 November 1789 Henrico County bond, probably the Mary Scott whose orphan "Mulatto" children Anthony and James were ordered bound by the Henrico County court to Edward Clarke on 3 September 1787 and again on 6 July 1789 [Orders 1787-9, 135; 1789-91, 20]. Anthony was taxable in Henrico County in Edward Clarke's household in 1799 [PPTL 1782-1814, frame 387].

xiv. Anne, born say 1766, married Johnson Smith, 10 August 1787 Henrico County bond.

xv. Jeffrey, born say 1767, taxable in the lower district of Henrico County in 1788, 1791, 1806, and 1807 [PPTL 1782-1814, frames 168, 260, 518, 560], a "free Negro or Mulatto" taxable in Richmond City in 1793, 1796, and 1797 listed near "free Negro or Mulatto" John and Claiborn Scott [PPTL 1787-99].

xvi. Joshua, born about 1770, registered in Petersburg on 27 August 1800: a dark brown Mulatto man, five feet six and a half inches high, thirty years old, born free & raised in the Town of Petersburg [Register of Free Negroes 1794-1819, no. 197].

xvii. Nancy, born say 1771, married David Cooper, 11 August 1792 Henrico County bond, Robin Smith surety. David Cooper was a "free Negro" taxable in Henrico County in 1790 [PPTL 1782-1814, frame 213].

xviii. Charles, born say 1774, a poor orphan bound out in Henrico County to William Woodfin on 4 September 1786 [Orders 1784-7, 569]. He married Betsy Howell, "daughter of Isaac Howell," 3 June 1800 Goochland County bond, consent for Betsy by Judith Howell, Junior Howell surety. Charles was taxable in the lower district of Henrico County from 1789 to 1814: his tax charged to George Williamson in 1792 and 1793; called a Mulatto" in 1803, "free" in 1804; listed as a "free Negro" starting in 1806, a "Mulatto" in 1810 [PPTL 1782-1814, frames 185, 261, 310, 347, 436, 518, 622, 708, 793]. His suit against Andrew Scott for trespass, assault and battery was dismissed by the Henrico County court on 5 March 1798 when his attorney stated that he had not been instructed by his client [Orders 1796-8, 594]. He was head of a Henrico County household of 2 "other free" in 1810 [VA:989].

xix. James, born say 1775, his Henrico County tax charged to Alexander Young in 1792; charged to Andrew Frayser in 1793 and 1794 [PPTL 1782-1814, frames 299, 303, 316].

xx. Daniel, born about 1775, a "free Negro" taxable in Richmond City in 1793 and 1796 [PPTL 1787-99], a "F.N." taxable in the upper district of Henrico County from 1801 to 1807 [PPTL 1782-1814, frames 452, 495, 540]. He obtained a certificate of freedom in Henrico County on 23 November 1801: I do hereby that Dan^l Scott has served his time & one year within which his Grand father W^m Moss, a free man said he had to serve & that he the s^d Dan^l Scott is a free man of the age of 21 years. Watson Patmon. He registered again on 5 February 1811 and recorded the certificate in Lynchburg [Scott, Daniel (M, 21): Free Negro Certificate, 1801, African American Narrative Digital Collection, LVA]. He married Susannah Howell, daughter of Thomas and Lucy Howel, 4 December 1811 Richmond City bond, Thomas Howell, father of the bride, surety.

xxi. Jephtha, born say 1776, taxable in Henrico County in 1792 [PPTL 1782-1814, frame 297].

xxii. Nicholas, born about 1777, registered in Petersburg on 9 July 1798: a dark brown Mulatto man, five feet five and a half inches high, bushy hair, twenty one years old, born free & raised in Dinwiddie County near the Town of Petersburg [Register of Free Negroes 1794-1819, no. 141]. He purchased 2 acres in Petersburg from John Lee and was taxable on the land in 1799 [1799 Land Tax List A, p.12]. He was a "free Negro" shoemaker in Dinwiddie County n 1802 and 1803 [PPTL, 1802 B, p.20; 1803 A, p.22].

xxiii. Ned, born say 1778, bound apprentice to Joseph Goode on 2 October 1786 [Orders 1784-7, 580], a "free Negro" taxable in the lower district of Henrico County from 1794 to 1814: listed with Samuel Red in 1794; charged with his own tax in 1806 and 1807; listed with his unnamed wife in the upper district of Henrico County in 1813 [PPTL 1782-1814, frames 321, 518, 560, 759, 824].

xxiv. Abraham, born say 1780, bound apprentice to Arthur Giles on 2 October 1786, paid by the sheriff of Henrico County on 6 February 1797 for digging a grave and burying "Negro Harry, an old negro who died in jail" [Orders 1784-7, 580; 1796-8, 232].

xxv. Ritter, head of a Henrico County household of 5 "other free" in 1810 [VA:998].

xxvi. Susan, a "free Negro" taxable on a slave and a horse in the lower district of Henrico County in 1807 [PPTL 1782-1812, frame 560].

xxvii. Polly, born about 1782, registered in Petersburg on 7 June 1810: a yellow brown Mulatto woman, five feet three inches high, twenty eight years old, born free and raised in the County of Chesterfield [Register of Free Negroes 1794-1819, no. 521].

xxviii. Isaac, born about 1779, a ship carpenter in Petersburg. He registered in Petersburg on 16 September 1800: Isaac Scott or Mitchell, a brown Mulatto man, 5'6" high, 21 yrs old, born free and raised in Petersburg [Register of Free Negroes, no. 207].

xxix. Christian, born 15 August 1783, registered in Petersburg on 2 June 1801: (son of Hannah Scott, a free woman) a brown Mulatto lad, seventeen years old 15 Aug. last, five feet three inches high, short bushy hair [Register of Free Negroes 1794-1819, no. 216]. He was head of a Petersburg household of 5 "other free" in 1810 [VA:122b]. On 2 May 1811 he made a deed of gift to his 6-year-old son Jesse Mitchell (born 3 December 1804) and Jesse's mother Charlotte Cook, by which he gave them household furniture, a bay mare and two cows [DB 5:124]..

xxx. Buck, born say 1785, a "free Negro" taxable in the lower district of Henrico County from 1807 to 1814: his tax charged to Miles Turpin in 1807 [PPTL 1782-1814, frames 560, 579, 622, 751, 793].

xxxi. Lenn, born say 1787, a "free Negro" taxable in the lower district of Henrico County in 1809, 1813 and 1814: his tax charged to Bowler Cocke in 1813 [PPTL 1782-1814, frames 579, 767, 794].

xxxii. Aaron, born say 1789,  married Sophia Beale, ward of William Richardson, 14 February 1809 Richmond City bond, and was a "Mulatto" taxable in Henrico County from 1810 to 1814 [PPTL 1782-1814, frames 623, 689, 708, 775, 794] and head of a Henrico County household of 4 "other free" in 1810 [VA:998]. He and his wife Sophia purchased a lot in Port Mayo on the road to Richmond for $170 by Henrico County deed on 5 January 1811 [DB 9:229]. He was taxable on a lot in Port Mayo near Rockett's from 1812 to 1816 [Land Tax List, 1799-1816]. On 23 May 1826 he and his wife Sophia (she signing) made a deed of gift of this land as well as 3 horses, a colt, 3 cows, a dray and all the groceries in his store to their son Thomas [DB 28:404].

 

20.    James Scott, born about 1738, registered in Petersburg on 23 August 1794: a dark brown Mulatto man, five feet seven inches high, fifty six, born free & raised in James City [Register of Free Negroes 1794-1819, no. 81]. He may have been the father of

i. Harriet, born about 1776, registered in Petersburg on 28 August 1804: a light brown Mulatto woman, five feet five inches high, twenty eight years old, short bushy hair & holes in her ears, born free in James City [Register of Free Negroes 1794-1819, no. 280] and was head of a Petersburg household of 1 "other free" in 1810 [VA:121a].

 

21.    Edward Scott, born say 1754, purchased 100 acres in Bedford County on the south fork of the Little Otter and the top of Lick Mountain for ,35 on 28 February 1785, and he (signing) and his wife Ann sold this land for ,60 on 28 April 1788 [DB 7:465; 8:69]. They were the parents of Ned Scott who sued his master James Kenner in Alexandria, Arlington County. Elisha Williams of Bedford County deposed on 8 November 1797 that, he was acquainted with a Black Man present Ned Scott, Sen^r who is a free man and has Always been reputed as such and his wife who is Also a free woman and nearly white, that the plaintiff is his son and was raised by the said Ned Scott, as free people of upwards Eleven years, that the Old Man removed from towards Richmond into the County of Bedford where he purchased land and resided thereon for eight years. he then sold said land and removed out with his family to the French Broads together with his son Ned and this deponent was present when his wife was privily examined and released her Right of Title of Dower to John Chanahan the purchaser of said land. Question: how many Brothers and Sisters has the said plaintiff. Answer Eight viz. Israel, Pleasant, Moses, (Ned the pltf), Billy, Aaron, John, Isaac, all free people [Scott, Ned: Freedom Suit, 1797, African American Narrative Digital Collection, LVA]. Edward was the father of

i. Israel, born say 1775, a "mulatto" apprenticed as a forgeman to Robert Goggin of Elk Ridge, Franklin County, on 24 October 1795 according to the Lynchburg and Farmer's Gazette [Headly, Genealogical Abstracts from 18^th Century Newspapers, 301].

ii. Pleasant, born say 1777.

iii. Moses, born about 1779, obtained a certificate of freedom in Bedford County in January 1802: on the motion of Moses Scott a free mulatto child of Edward Scott late of this county...free born...25, 15 March 1804 [Scott, Moses (M): Free Negro Certificate, 1804, African American Narrative Digital Collection, LVA].

iv. Ned, born say 1781, won his suit against his master James Kenner for his freedom in Alexandria, Arlington County in 1797.

v. Billy.

vi. Aaron.

vii. John.

viii. Isaac.

 

22.    Hannah Scott, born about 1763, registered in Petersburg on 14 August 1800: a stout, thick made brown Mulatto woman, five feet three inches high, thick bushy hair, thirty seven years old, born free & raised in the Town of Petersburg [Register of Free Negroes 1794-1819, no. 168]. She was a 44-year-old seamstress living in Petersburg with Isaac Scott, age twenty four, a ship carpenter, and Sukey Scott, age 19, who was also a seamstress [List of People of Color in Petersburg 1803, 1803, African American Narrative Digital Collection, LVA]. She was the mother of

i. Rebecca, born about 1778, registered in Petersburg on 27 September 1797: a dark brown Mulatto woman, five feet two inches high, nineteen years old, short bushy hair, straight & well made, born free daughter of Hannah Scott of the Town of Petersburg & raised in the sd. Town [Register of Free Negroes 1794-1819, no. 124].

ii. Isaac, born about 1779, a ship carpenter in Petersburg.

iii. Christian, born 15 August 1783, registered in Petersburg on 2 June 1801: (son of Hannah Scott, a free woman) a brown Mulatto lad, seventeen years old 15 Aug. last, five feet three inches high, short bushy hair [Register of Free Negroes 1794-1819, no. 216] and was head of a Petersburg household of 5 "other free" in 1810 [VA:122b].

iv. Sukey, born about 1784.

 

Indian ancestry

A member of the Scott family of Henrico County apparently had a relationship with an Indian woman who was held as a slave. According to the Henrico County certificate of freedom provided by David Ross to Joseph Scott on 6 May 1802:

His ancestors were descended from an Indian family and to my Certain knowledge obtained their freedom by due course of law, his mother's brother belonged to me at the time [Scott, Joseph (M): Free Negro Certificate, 1802, African American Narrative Digital Collection, LVA]. (David Ross was one of the largest slaveowners in Virginia. See W&MQ, Vol. 31, April 1974, 189-224).

 

Members of the family with Indian ancestry were

i. William, born say 1740, an "Indian" taxable on 2 horses in the lower district of Henrico County on 2-3 horses in 1783, 1786, and from 1799 to 1804: taxable on a slave and 2 horses in 1803; taxable on John Scott's tithe in 1801 [PPTL 1782-1814, frames 21, 82, 390, 468; Land Tax List 1799-1816].

ii. John, born say 1758, married Sarah Bowman and was the father of Archer Scott, orphan of Sarah Scott, who was ordered bound out in Henrico County on 7 July 1788 and bound to Daniel Vanderval on 5 January 1789 [Orders 1787-9, 347, 508]. He may have been the Archer Scott who was taxable in the upper district of Goochland County in 1792, 1797 and 1798 [PPTL, 1782-1809, frame 303, 471, 487]. He was a "free Negro" taxable in Henrico County from 1799 to 1814, called Archibald in 1802 [PPTL 1782-1814, frames 380, 411, 436, 519, 560, 579, 622, 689, 708, 793; Land Tax List, 1799-1816]. He registered in Henrico County on 12 July 1810: a man of Coulor is a free man, born in the County of Henrico of free parents, his mother Sally Bowman and John Indian (alias) John Scott was free Molattoes. The said Archer served his apprenticeship with Marks Vandervall of the City of Richmond...five feet Eight inches high, aged thirty year of age, of a Dark Olive Coulor. Geo. W^mson [Scott, Archer (M): Free Negro Certificate, 1810, African American Narrative Digital Collection, LVA]. They may also have been the parents of William Scott, orphan of Sarah Scott, who the Henrico County ordered bound out on 6 May 1783 [Orders 1781-4, 280].

iii. _____, born say 1762, the mother of Joseph Scott who obtained a certificate of freedom in Henrico County on 6 May 1802: the bearer Joseph Scott is well known to me. His ancestors were descended from an Indian family...I also know this man from a boy to be free. David Ross. 5'8-3/4", 26 years, no. 63 [Scott, Joseph (M): Free Negro Certificate, 1802, African American Narrative Digital Collection, LVA].

 

Lancaster County, Virginia

1.    Catherine Scott, born say 1675, a "Molattoe Woman," was the servant of Elizabeth Spencer, widow of George Spencer, who had married William Man by 8 September 1697 when Catherine petitioned the Lancaster County court for her freedom. Catherine claimed that John Beaching had purchased her and her son Daniel from Elizabeth Spencer with the intention of marrying her but had died about a year after the purchase. The jury found in Catherine's favor [Orders 1696-1702, 26, 27, 42-4]. She was the mother of

i. Daniel, born say 1695.

 

Goochland County

The Scott family was in Goochland County by 24 December 1761 when Elizabeth Scott and William Lansford, "Mulattoes," married there [Jones, The Douglas Register, 347]. A male member of the family probably had children by a slave since Strangeman Hutchings of Goochland Couny emancipated twelve slaves named Scott on 21 October 1782: Jemme (born 1746), Joe (born 1748), Hannah (1750), Lucy (1754), Judith (1764), George (1765), Isham (1767), King (1768), Stephen (1770), Bob (1773) [DB 13:259-60]. Free and former slave members of the Scott family in Goochland County were

i. Stephen, born say 1752, married Molly Ferrar, "Molattoes," on 10 November 1773 in Goochland County [Jones, The Douglas Register, 347], perhaps the Stephen Scott who was head of a Northampton County, North Carolina household of 5 "other free" in 1790 [NC:72].

ii. Abbie¹, born say 1754, married Charles Howell, "Mulattoes both," on 18 June 1775 in Goochland County [Jones, The Douglas Register, 347].

1    iii. Elizabeth, born say 1755.

2    iv. Joseph, born say 1756.

v. ?John, won a suit against Daniel Ferguson for £7.19.7 in Franklin County, Virginia, on 3 November 1806. He and his wife Jane registered in Franklin County on 3 October 1808: a free Black Man who lives in this county about forty eight years of age, about five feet 7 Inches high. Jane Scott the wife of John Scott a Bright Mulatto, about thirty eight years of age, five feet three Inches high. They may have been the parents of Fanny Scott, a "free negro Woman" of Franklin County who Chapman Stewart was accused but found not guilty on 14 August 1807 of carrying away to sell as a slave [Minutes 1806-11, 74, 152, 234].

 

1.    Elizabeth Scott, born say 1755, was living in Goochland County on 11 March 1790 when her daughter Barbara married Elisha Sims. She was the mother of

i. Barbara, born say 1774, "daughter of Elizabeth Scott," married Elisha Sims, 11 March 1790 Goochland County bond, George Payne surety, 27 March marriage [DB 15:452]. Elisha was head of a Goochland County household of 4 "other free" in 1810 [VA:715].

ii. Fanny, born say 1775, "daughter of Elizabeth Scott," married John Lile, 18 February 1791 Goochland County bond, Elisha Sims surety, 26 February marriage [DB 16:34].

iii. ?Sally, married Francis Tyler, 15 January 1802 Goochland County bond, Henry Cockrun surety, 18 February marriage.

 

2.    Joseph Scott, born say 1756, was a "Mulattoe" taxable in Goochland County from 1787 to 1790 and from 1796 to 1816: charged with Isham Smith's tithe and 2 horses in 1787; charged with Lewis Scott's tithe in 1789; charged with Meredith and Royal Scott's tithe in 1798; a "Free Born Ditcher" living on Thomas Stratton's land in 1805; charged with Joel Scott's tithe in 1806, 1809 and 1810; charged with Grief Scott's tithe in 1812; living with his wife Jenny on William Bolling's land in 1813 and 1814 [PPTL, 1782-1809, frames 156, 183, 227, 245, 429, 487, 535, 554, 677, 750, 791, 834, 876; 1810-32, frames 85, 110, 174, 208, 293]. He was head of a Goochland County household of 6 "other free" in 1810 [VA:715]. He was the father of

i. ?Riley, born say 1778, married Nancy Johns, 18 October 1799 Goochland County bond, Joseph Scott surety, 19 October marriage [Ministers' Returns, 287]. He was taxable in Goochland County from 1804 to 1816, a "Mulatto" shoemaker at Joseph Scott's in 1813 [PPTL, 1782-1809, frames 697, 751, 792; 1810-32, frames 17, 84, 174, 293]. Riley was head of a Goochland County household of 2 "other free" in 1810 [VA:714].

ii. ?Joel, taxable in Goochland County from 1806 to 1811, listed as a "Mulatto water man" or ditcher at Joseph Scott's from 1811 to 1813, a "Mulatto" shoemaker at Rily Scott's in 1814 [PPTL, 1782-1809, frames 791, 876; 1810-32, frames 85, 110, 175, 207].

iii. ?Grief, taxable in Goochland County in Joseph Scott's household in 1812, listed with Joseph R. Royster in 1813 [PPTL, 1810-32, frames 110, 173].

iv. ?Joshua, born about 1783, head of a Goochland County household of 1 "other free" in 1810 [VA:715]. He obtained a certificate of freedom in Chesterfield County on 13 March 1823: forty years old, bright yellow complexion, blue eyes, straight hair, born free [Register of Free Negroes 1804-53, no. 480, 598].

xii. Nancy, born say 1788, "daughter of Joseph Scott," married Harris Nichols, 24 May 1804 Goochland County bond, Edward Morris surety, 29 May marriage [Ministers' Returns, 93]. Harris Nicols was a Mulatto planter on Tho^s Stratton's land in Goochland County in 1805 [PPTL, 1782-1809, frame 746].

v. ?Morris, married Charity Jenkins, 7 July 1806 Goochland County bond, Harris Nichols surety, 8 July marriage.

xiv. ?Patsy, born say 1777, married Orange Freeman, 19 September 1800 Goochland County bond, Riley Scott surety, 20 September marriage. Orange Freeman was head of a Goochland County household of 7 "other free" in 1810 [VA:692].

 

Caroline County, Virginia

1.    Mary Scott, born say 1720, was living in Caroline County on 13 May 1748 when the court ordered the churchwardens of Saint Margaret's Parish to bind out her "mulatto" children Sarah, Nicholas and James Scott to Thomas Wild, Gent. On 10 March 1748/9 the court ordered her son Tom (no race indicated) bound to Thomas Wild [Orders 1746-54, 81, 131]. She was the mother of

i. Sarah, born say 1743.

2    ii. Nicholas, born say 1745.

iii. James, born say 1747.

iv. Tom, born say 1748, son of Mary Scott ordered bound to Thomas Wild on 10 March 1748/9.

 

2.    Nicholas¹ Scott, born say 1745, was a resident of Prince George County on 22 October 1776 when he purchased 60 acres in Surry County, Virginia, adjoining Simmons [DB 10:492]. He was head of a Surry County household of 9 "Blacks" in Captain Lucas's District in 1782 [Virginia, Surry County, public records, Census of persons and buildings; http://familysearch.org/search/film/004131664, frame 23 of 49], 11 in 1784 [VA:78] and 6 "other free" in 1810 [VA:616]. He was taxable in Cabin Point District of Surry County from 1782 to 1815: taxable on 2 horses and 8 cattle in 1782; charged with Drury Walden's tithe in 1790; taxable on slave George in 1798; taxable on John Scott's tithe and slave George in 1800; taxable on John and Graham Scott's tithes in 1803 and 1804; free from personal tax in 1815 [PPTL, 1782-90, frames 351, 379, 605; 1791-1816, frames 116, 346, 500, 617, 675, 829]. He was called a "mulatto" in Surry County on 21 June 1814 when he made an affidavit as to Elizabeth Peters's age and was surety for her marriage bond to Randolph Valentine. He made a 14 January 1816 Surry County will, proved 26 February the same year, by which he left his son Nicholas G. Scott 60 acres of land where he was then residing and all his carpenter tools, left son John 50 acres, and divided the remainder of his estate between his children Hannah, John, Fanny and Elizabeth. Carter Blizzard was a witness [Wills, Etc. 3:111-2]. He was the father of

i. ?William, born say 1766, taxable in Surry County from 1787 to 1814: taxable on Alexander Charity's tithe in 1795; taxable on John Charity's tithe from 1799 to 1802; taxable on 2 slaves from 1805 to 1807; listed with 1 "free Negro & Mulatto above the age of 16" in 1813 [PPTL, 1782-90, frames 481, 605; 1791-1816, frames 117, 243, 271, 346, 385, 426, 463, 575, 599, 617, 714, 755]. He married Edy Charity, 28 December 1792 Surry County bond, Major Debrix surety, 30 December marriage [Ministers' Returns, 35]. Edy Scott, born before 1776, was a "free colored" woman living alone in Surry County in 1830.

ii. ?Judah, married Caesar Parham, 13 November 1788 Sussex County marriage by Reverend Jesse Lee [Ministers' Returns, 261]. Caesar was head of a Sussex County household of 11 "other free" in 1810, probably the "free negro" Cezar (no last name), born about 1762, who obtained a certificate in Sussex County on 9 June 1810: dark brown complexion, 5'4-1/4", freed by July 1784 deed of Steth Parham [Sussex County "Certificates granted to Free negroes & mulattoes," no.84].

iii. Nicholas², born about 1773, registered in Surry County on 12 August 1812: a mulattoe man of Surry County who was born of free parents of said County of a bright complexion aged about 39 years... is 5'6-1/4" hight... and has rather a thin visage [Hudgins, Surry County Register of Free Negroes, 48], called Nicholas G. Scott when he was taxable in Surry County from 1810 to 1816 [PPTL, 1791-1816, 676, 714, 867].

iv. Hannah, born say 1773, "daughter of Nicholas Scott," married Drewry Walden, 29 July 1790 Surry County bond, Armstead Peters surety, 1 August marriage in Southwark Parish [Ministers' Returns, 29].

v. ?Milley, married Aaron Taylor, 24 December 1793 Surry County bond, Armstead Peters surety, 29 December marriage [Ministers' Returns, 37].

vi. ?Tabitha, married Joseph Canada, 23 December 1797 Surry County bond, William Scott surety.

vii. Fanny, married Jones Cannada, 20 February 1799 Surry County bond, William Scott surety.

viii. Polly, "daughter of Nicholas Scott," married David Johns 23 January 1802 Surry County bond, Drewry Walden surety, William Simmons witness.

ix. ?Nancy, married David Debrix, 25 December 1802 Surry County bond, William Scott surety, 26 December marriage.

x. ?Lucy, married Samuel Stewart, 11 October 1808 Surry County bond, David Charity surety.

xi. Grayham, born about 1786, married Patsey Andrews, daughter of Beckey Andrews, 20 April 1810 Surry County bond, David Charity surety. He registered in Surry County on 28 July 1807: a free Mulatto Man who is the Son of Nicholas Scott aged 21 years or there abouts, tolerable bright Complexion... 5'11" high [Hudgins, Surry County Register of Free Negroes, 35].

xii. John, taxable in Surry County from 1801 to 1808 and from 1810 to 1816: his tax charged to Nicholas Scott in 1801 and 1803; listed with 1 "free Negro & Mulatto above the age of 16" in 1813 [PPTL, 1791-1816, frames 463, 543, 676, 759, 829, 867]. He was a "Molatto" taxable in Sussex County in 1809 [PPTL 1782-1812, frame 758].

xiii. ?James, a "Molatto" taxable in Sussex County from 1806 to 1809 [PPTL 1782-1812, frames 686, 710, 758].

ix. Elizabeth.

 

North Carolina

The Scott family of North Carolina may have originated in Henrico County, Virginia. A Francis Scott was sued for trespass in Henrico County court on 2 September 1708 by Bartholomew Chavis who was sued by Thomas Evans for debt in October that year [Orders 1707-9, 74, 92]. A "Mall^to" John Scott owed 610 pounds of tobacco about 1727 according to the account book of Colonel Nathaniel Harrison of Surry County, Virginia [DW&c 8:321], perhaps the John Scot (signing) who bargained with Bartholomew Chavis for 50 acres on Conoconnara Swamp in present-day Halifax County before 8 March 1732 when Scot sold the land to Alexander Wright [Edgecombe DB 1732-41, 37, 54, 67]. Francis and Abraham Scott were listed (consecutively) in the Edgecombe County, North Carolina muster of militia with members of the Chavis and Evans families in the 1750s: Francess Scoot, James Evens, Benjamine Cheavers, Abraham Scoot [N.C. Archives Militia Troop Returns, box 1, folder 12, last page]. Members of the Scott family were

1    i. John, born say 1700.

2    ii. Abraham, born say 1710.

3    iii. Francis, born say 1720.

 

1.    John¹ Scott, born say 1700, was granted 400 acres in Berkeley County, South Carolina, on 10 February 1749 based on a survey of 13 March 1747 [S.C. Archives S213184, 4:483, item 2; S213019, 4:201]. He was a "free Negro" living in Berkeley County when he complained to a justice who sent an affidavit to the Orange County, North Carolina court on 12 March 1754 that

Joseph Deevit Wm. Deevit & Zachariah Martin, entered by force, the house of his daughter, Amy Hawley, and carried her off, by force, with her six children, and he thinks they are taking them north to sell as slaves.

The chief justice of the province of South Carolina issued a warrant that was recorded in Anson County on 7 February and in Orange County, North Carolina, on 8 March 1754 on the motion of William Chavis. One of the children, "a mulatto boy Busby, alias John Scott," was recovered in Orange County, and on 12 March 1754 the court appointed Thomas Chavis to return the child to South Carolina [Minutes 1752-8, 70-1]. John purchased land from John Chavous by deed proved in South Carolina in 1753 [DB N-N:446] and was granted 200 acres in Berkeley County on 7 May 1767 [S.C. Archives series S213019, vol. 14:357]. One of his children was

i. Amy Hawley, born say 1726, probably related to the Hawley family of Northampton and Granville counties, North Carolina.

 

Perhaps John Scott's other descendants were those living in or near South Carolina:

i. James, head of a St. Bartholomew's Parish, Charleston District household of 13 "other free" in 1790.

ii. John³, a "Mixt Blood/ Free Negro" taxable in Bladen County, North Carolina, in 1776 [Byrd, Bladen County Tax Lists, II:94].

4    iii. Israel, born say 1755.

iv. Abraham, received partial payment for 163 days duty in Captain Joseph Johnston's and Captain Frederick Wommack's Company from 20 June to December 1781 and was in Winton County on 11 August 1787 when he assigned William Holmes his right to the remainder [Scott, Abraham, Account Audited of Claims Growing out of the American Revolution, S.C. Archives Series S108092, Reel 0131, frame 00294; http://archivesindex.sc.gov]. He was head of a South Orangeburg District household of 9 "other free" in 1790. He was a man of color who served in the Revolution Moss, Roster of South Carolina Patriots, 1849].

v. Moses, head of a Beaufort District household of 8 "other free" in 1790 [SC:11].

vi. William, head of a South Orangeburg District household of 2 "other free" in 1790.

vii. William, head of a St. Bartholomew's Parish, Charleston District, household of 6 "other free" in 1790.

viii. Winna, "Negro" head of a Cheraw District household of 2 "other free" males under 16 and 2 "other free" females in 1790 [SC:369].

 

2.   Abraham¹ Scott, born say 1710, bought land on 26 September 1738 on Bear Branch in North West Parish of Bertie County. Northampton County was formed from this part of Bertie County in 1741. He gave 100 acres of this land to Martha Bray, wife of Peter Bray, for "love and affection" on 22 September 1747, 100 acres on the north side of Falling Run near Abrams Branch and the river to his son Abraham, Jr., on 30 December 1755, 100 acres to his son George Scott, near his sister Martha Bray, on 3 August 1761, and 75 acres near Abraham's line to his son David Scott on 27 August 1761. This land had been deeded to Highland Scott in 1738 [DB 1:330; 2:240; 3:134, 145]. He may have been the Abraham Scott who was in Hertford County court in July 1763 when Joseph Scott of Southampton County proved his account for £3.11 for goods purchased at his store: Irish linen, handkerchiefs, sugar, cotton [Southampton County Judgment Papers, 1763-4, frames 878-833]. On 29 October 1773 Cordall Norfleet was paid by the churchwardens of St. George Parish in Northampton County for finding and maintaining him [CR 071.927.1, fols. 1, 2]. His children were

i. Martha Bray, born say 1730, wife of Peter Bray, a white man.

5    ii. Abraham² Jr., born say 1735.

iii. George, who sold the 100 acres deeded to him by his father on 19 July 1766 [DB 3:452].

6    iv. David¹, born say 1740.

v. ?Randall, a Northampton County taxable on an assessment of £100 in 1780 [GA 46.1], head of a Northampton County household of 7 "other free" in 1790 [NC:72] and 11 in Martin County in 1800 [NC:410].

vi. John², born say 1750, married to Nancy on 11 October 1774 when they sold 100 acres in Northampton County "that Arthur Oneal bought of Edward Earp 14 Feby 1756" [DB 6:3]. This was land given to Nancy before her marriage by her father Arthur O'Neill by deed of 22 February 1758 to take effect after his death [DB 2:447]. John and Nancy bought 100 acres in Halifax County adjacent to Jonathan Carpenter 10 days later on 21 October 1774, bought a further 100 acres adjacent to "Jenitoe" Swamp on 19 November 1781, and he and Nancy sold this land on 9 June 1783 [DB 13:202; 14:552; 15:65]. He was called John Scott of Halifax County when he received voucher no. 9318 for £12 on 8 December 1783 for military service in the Revolution [North Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782, http://familysearch.org/search/collection/1498361, Scotte, John]. He was head of a Halifax County household of 7 "other free" in 1790 [NC:65], 6 in 1800 [NC:338], and 6 in 1810 [NC:50].

vii. ?Sterling, a waiter listed in the roll of Lieutenant William Davidson's North Carolina Company in the Revolution on 23 April 1779 [NARA M246, Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783, http://fold3.com/image/10200387], head of a Northampton County household of 6 "other free" in 1790 [NC:72].

 

3.    Francis Scott, born say 1720, purchased 200 acres on the north side of the Tar River joining Burnt Coat Swamp in Edgecombe County on 19 February 1747 [DB 3:269]. And on 4 November 1757 he purchased another 9 acres on the south side of Burnt Coat Swamp which is the part of Edgecombe County from which Halifax County was formed in 1758 [DB 6:320]. The Sweat family was living on this land in Halifax County according to the testimony of his son Exum that he knew Allen Sweat since his infancy when Allen was living on his plantation [NARA, W.16, M804-2332]. Francis was in the Edgecombe County muster of Captain West, deceased, in the 1750s, listed near Benjamin Cheavers (Chavis) and Abraham Scoot [N.C. Archives Troop Returns, box 1, folder 12, last page]. He was charged in Edgecombe County in November 1756 with concealing his tithables, probably failing to pay tax on his wife and daughters [Haun, Edgecombe County Court Minutes, I:133, 135]. Samuel Jones sued him in Halifax County court in May 1770 and the court issued a subpoena to Margaret Scott [Gammon, Record of Estates II:13]. His 10 August 1771 Halifax County will, proved May 1774, lent land between the Spring Branch and Horspen Branch to his wife Sarah, and then to "Acsom" with 5 shillings each to his other unnamed children [WB 1:339], and a Sarah Sweat was taxable on 50 acres, a horse and 4 cattle in District 10 of Halifax County in 1782 adjoining Exum Scott [GA 46.1] and a Sarah Scot/ Schot gave a cow, a calf, and household furniture to Abraham Swett and Bay Moore on 16 August (no year) for maintaining her for the rest of her life by deed proved in November 1793 Halifax County court [DB 17:593]. Francis's children were

7     i. Exum, born say 1754.

ii. ?Emanuel, born say 1758, taxable on an assessment of £100 in Northampton County in 1780 [GA 46.1] and taxable on 1 free poll in District 4 of Halifax County in 1782 [GA 46.1]. He enlisted for 12 months in Raiford's Company in the 10^th North Carolina Regiment on 25 April 1781 and left the service on 25 April 1782 [Clark, The State Records of North Carolina, XVI:1162]. He made a deposition in Halifax County court on 22 August 1789 that he was a twelve months soldier in the Continental Line [NCGSJ XV:232]. He was head of a Halifax County household of 7 "other free" in 1790, 2 in 1800 [NC:342], and 6 in Cumberland County in 1810 [NC:599].

iii. ?Isham², born about 1763, head of a Halifax County household of 8 "other free" in 1800 [NC:342] and 8 in 1810 [NC:49]. He married Rebecca James, widow of Jeremiah James, according to her application for Jeremiah's Revolutionary War pension. Isham Scott made a declaration in order to obtain a Revolutionary War pension before the Halifax County court at the age of 60 on 19 May 1823. He stated that he was a servant to Major Hogg and was at the skirmish at Halifax. He rented one third of 60 acres and had a wife and two children: a girl 21 years of age and a son who was of age and self supporting. James Jones testified that he was in the service with him. He died 19 March 1837 [NARA, S.42004, M804-2136, frame 0433].

iv. Nathaniel, enlisted in Ballard's Company of the 10^th North Carolina Regiment on 20 July 1778 for 9 months [Clark, The State Records of North Carolina, XVI:1161]. Henry Hawkins enlisted the same day and made a deposition on 23 November 1812 that he was in the service with Nathan and that Nathan died in the hospital in Philadelphia [N.C. Archives L.P. 262, by NCGSJ VI:15].

v. ?James, taxable on 1 free poll in District 4 of Halifax County in 1782 [GA 46,1] and head of a Halifax County household of 5 "other free" in 1790 [NC:61].

vi. ?Priscilla, born before 1776, head of a Halifax County household of 3 "other free" in 1800 [NC:340], 4 in 1810 [NC:49], and 6 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:164].

 

4.    Israel¹ Scott, born say 1755, a "Mixt Blood/ Free Negro" taxable in Bladen County in 1776 [Byrd, Bladen County Tax Lists, II:94], enlisted in the 10^th North Carolina Regiment on 20 July 1778 for 9 months [Clark, The State Records of North Carolina, XVI:1160]. He entered 200 acres on the north side of the Tar River in Edgecombe County on 25 February 1780 and was granted the land on 11 July 1788, and he entered 60 acres on both sides of Aberytts Swamp in Edgecombe County on 20 November 1780 and was granted this land on 16 July 1795 [Land Grants 65:605; S.S 2828A; 87:367, S.S, 2930, http://archives.ncdcr.gov/doc/search-doc]. He was head of an Edgecombe County household of 7 "other free" in 1790 [NC:55], 6 in 1800 (called "Free Negro"), 5 in 1810 [NC:776], and 2 "free colored" in 1820 [NC:94]. He owned 100 acres on both sides of Mercer's Mill in Edgecombe County when he died on 22 September 1825, leaving a wife Elizabeth and heirs: Israel, Betsy, Creasy, Priscilla, and Mualsy Lowrie Scott, a minor [North Carolina Estate Files, 1663-1979, http://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V121-J84]. He was the father of

i. William¹, born say 1778, head of an Edgecombe County household of 2 "other free" in 1800, called "Free Negro" [NC:241], 5 in 1810 [NC:775] and 5 "free colored" in Wake County in 1840 [NC:28].

ii. Israel², married Sally Lomack, 26 April 1820 Cumberland County bond, Berry Lucas bondsman.

iii. Betsy.

iv. Creasy.

v. Mualsy Lowrie, a minor in 1825.

 

5.    Abraham² Scott Jr., born say 1735, received 100 acres on the north side of Falling Run at the mouth of Abrams Branch in Northampton County from his father on 30 December 1755 and sold this land for £100 on 19 February 1784 [DB 2:240; 7:219]. About a year later he moved to Halifax County where he bought 200 acres joining Barrot for £100 on 10 May 1785 [DB 15:382]. He sold this land to William Burt on 2 March 1797 and purchased 200 acres between Buck and Beaverdam Swamp on the south side of Little Swamp later that month on 28 March 1797 from Richard Burt [DB 18:144, 149]. He received voucher no. 3430 for £1.13 in January 1782 for military service in the Revolution [North Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782, http://familysearch.org/search/collection/1498361, Scott, Abraham]. He was head of a Halifax County household of 6 "other free" in 1790 [NC:61] and 7 in 1800 [NC:344]. He made a deed of gift of household items to his grandson Abraham Richardson, son of his daughter Abigail Richardson, on 18 January 1803 [DB 19:54] and made a 13 June 1799 Halifax County will, proved in February 1803, by which he named his wife Sally and children [WB 3:400]:

i. Sally.

ii. Hardemon, executor of his father's will and head of a Northampton County household of 8 "other free" in 1790 (Hardy Scott) [NC:73] and 12 in 1800 [NC:479]. Mary Hucks, a single woman, charged him in the 20 February 1800 Halifax County court with begetting her bastard child [Minutes 1799-1802, 95]. On 4 March 1800 he purchased 231 acres in Northampton County near Occoneechee Swamp and mortgaged this land on 25 December 1804 [DB 10:490; 11:154].

iii. Judea, born before 1775, head of a Halifax County household of 2 "free colored" in 1830.

iv. Tabitha.

v. Saul, received voucher no. 388 for £1 on 1 May 1792 for serving as a soldier in the Continental Line [North Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782, http://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-5HDD, Scott, Saul]. He was head of a Northampton County household of 1 "other free" in 1790 [NC:72].

vi. Rhody, head of a Halifax County household of "3 "other free" in 1810 [NC:50].

vii. Lydia, head of a Northampton County household of 4 "other free in 1800 [NC:479].

viii. Dicey.

ix. Abigail, called Abigail Richardson, formerly Abigail Scott, when she charged Samuel Hawkins in Halifax County court on 24 November 1796 with being the father of her unnamed base born child [Minutes 1784-87].

x. Mary.

xi. Simon, received the "land that lies on north side of the branch that divides the two fields" by his father's will, perhaps the Simon Scott who was head of a Bedford County, Tennessee household of 15 "free colored" in 1820.

 

6.    David¹ Scott, born say 1740, received 75 acres near Abraham's line in Northampton County from his father Abraham¹ Scott on 27 August 1761 [DB 3:145]. He was head of a Northampton County household of 1 male 21-60 years old, 2 males less than 20 or more than 60, and 1 female in Captain Williams's District for the 1786 state census, 8 "other free" in 1790 [NC:72], and 3 in 1800 [NC:477]. His children may have been

i. Isaac, born say 1761, drafted from Northampton County during the Revolution [T.R., box 5, folder 16]. He received a grant for 48 acres on the side of Licking Branch in Northampton County on 29 October 1782 [DB 7:180]. He purchased 72 acres adjoining Robert Finny on 28 May 1797 and sold this land on 12 January 1799 [DB 10:312, 446]. He was head of a Northampton County household of 9 "other free" in 1790 [NC:73] and 4 in 1800 [NC:479].

ii. David², Jr., born say 1770, head of a Northampton County household of 3 "other free" in 1800 [NC:479], 7 in 1810 [NC:747], and 10 "free colored" in Halifax County in 1820 [NC:166].

 

7.    Exum Scott, born say 1754, received his father's land in Halifax County, North Carolina, after the death of his mother. On 15 March 1775 he sold 10 acres on both sides of Burnt Coat Swamp in Halifax County joining "Scott's Mill Place" for £10 [DB 13:548]. He was taxable on 158 acres in District 10 of Halifax County in 1782 [GA 46.1] and 140 acres and 1 free poll in 1790. He was head of a Halifax County household of 9 "other free" in 1790 [NC:63] 9 "other free" in Cumberland County in 1800. He testified in Wake County in 1818 in support of Allen Sweat's application for a Revolutionary War pension that he was acquainted with him from his infancy when Sweat was living on his plantation in Roanoke [NARA, W.16, M804-2332]. His widow Alley Scott was 90 years old on 23 June 1845 when she made a declaration in Granville County to obtain a pension for his service in the Revolution. She testified that they were married in Halifax County, North Carolina, in March 1774, had two children before independence was declared, that her husband removed from Halifax to Wake County about 1801, and he died about 1823. Her son Zachary testified in Wake County court on 11 November 1845 that his mother died on 15 September 1845 leaving children Zachary, Guilford, and Barney Scott. He also testified that his mother's name before her marriage was recorded as Alley Sweat in a bible one of his brothers took with him when he moved to Indiana. George Pettiford testified in Granville County on 27 February 1846 that he was well acquainted with Exum Scott, and Gilbert Evans of Wake County testified that he had often heard Exum speak about the Revolution with his father William Evans who was also in the service [NARA, W5994, http://fold3.com/image/14643308]. Exum was the father of

i. Zachary, born about 1774.

ii. Guilford, born say 1776.

iii. Barney, born about 1777, testified on 23 July 1845 for his mother's pension application that he was the son of Exum and Alley Scott. He was head of a Wake County household of 8 "free colored" in 1830 [NC:53] and 8 in 1840.

 

8.    Isham¹ Scott, born say 1760, was head of an Edgecombe County household of 7 "other free" in 1790 [NC:55] and an insolvent taxpayer in Edgecombe County in 1798 [Minutes 1797-1800, August 1799 court]. His children were

i. Isham³, born about 1783, the "son of Isham" ordered bound an apprentice in Edgecombe County by the Wednesday session of the August 1799 court [Minutes 1797-1800]. He was head of an Edgecombe County household of 5 "other free" in 1810 [NC:741].

ii. Abraham³, born about 1787, the "son of Isham Scott," twelve years old in August 1799 when he was ordered bound an apprentice to David Davidson to be a farmer and shoemaker by the Edgecombe County court. He married Lucinda Walden, 22 October 1822 Wake County bond, Zachariah Scott surety. He moved to Cumberland County where he was mentioned in the court minutes in the 1830s and 1840s. He was the grandfather of Julia Jasper, a ten-year-old free girl of colour, who was bound to him on 3 June 1840. He was issued a permit to carry his gun in Cumberland County on 4 March 1841. He posted security bond for Sewell Pettiford in a 6 June 1842 case in Cumberland County court. Since Pettiford did not appear, Abram had to pay the judgment against him [Minutes 1842-44, n.p.]. He also posted bond in a famous case against Elijah Newsom who was charged with carrying his gun without a license. Newsom was found guilty, but the judgment was arrested on the grounds that the law requiring free persons of color to obtain licenses was unconstitutional. However, on appeal the State Supreme Court ruled the law constitutional [The State v. Elijah Newsom, 27 N.C. 250 (N.C. 1844); Franklin, Free Negro in North Carolina, 77-78].

iii. William², born about 1791, eight-year-old "son of Isham Scott" bound an apprentice by the August 1799 Edgecombe County court. He was granted free papers in Fayetteville on 6 February 1844, signed by (his brother?) Abram Scott, and recorded them in Logan County, Ohio. They described him as: aged about 52 years, 5 feet 6 inches, common laborer, was free living in Edgecomb County [Turpin, Register of Black, Mulatto, and Poor Persons, 13].

 

The North Carolina branch of the Scott family were apparently the ancestors of those in Sumter District, South Carolina, in 1810. Other families from North Carolina in district were the Mitcham, Haithcock, Chavis and Locklear families. Members of the Scott family in Sumter District were

i. James, born about 1753, head of a Sumter County household of 8 "other free" in 1810 and 5 "free colored" in 1820. He was about 65 and residing in Claremont County when he appeared in Sumter District court on 12 June 1818 to apply for a pension for services in the Revolution. He stated that he enlisted in Northampton County, North Carolina, in 1776 and served in Captain William Barrett's 3^rd Regiment commanded by Colonel Sumner for 2-1/2 years and was discharged at Halifax by Colonel Lockyer. After his discharge he moved to South Carolina, and served in the militia. His family living with him were his wife Charity (age 56), a daughter Renty (20), another daughter age 19, and a son Stephen who was 23 [NARA, S.39064, M804, roll 2136, frame 626 of 850].

ii. David, born about 1756, head of a Sumter District household of 15 "other free" in 1810 and 8 "free colored" and 2 female slaves in 1820. He was 62 when he appeared in Sumter District court on 12 June 1818 to apply for a pension for his service in the Revolution. He enlisted in Murfreesboro (Hertford County), North Carolina, on 25 September 1775 in Captain Hardy Murfree's Company of the 2^nd North Carolina Regiment, served for a year, and then enlisted in the 5^th South Carolina Regiment and served for 3 years. He was living on 100 acres of land in Kershaw District, had three children living with him on 9 October 1823: David, Sarah (age 15) and Gillman and had two children living with him on 14 April 1824: Sarah (15) and William (14) [NARA, S.9473, M804, roll 2135, frame 897 of 1004]. The inhabitants of Sumter District petitioned to release his descendants from paying the tax on free Blacks [S.C. Archives series S.108092, reel 131, frame 330].

iii. Isaac, head of a Sumter District household of 7 "other free" in 1810.

iv. Isham, head of a Sumter District household of 7 "other free" in 1810.

v. Isham, head of a Sumter District household of 5 "other free" in 1810.

vi. Neuman, head of a Sumter District household of 5 "other free" in 1810.

vii. Frederick, head of a Sumter District household of 3 "other free" in 1810.