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Samuel Scott

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Samuel Scott

Birth
Burke County, North Carolina, USA
Death
25 May 1841 (aged 63)
Wartburg, Morgan County, Tennessee, USA
Burial
Wartburg, Morgan County, Tennessee, USA GPS-Latitude: 36.1141063, Longitude: -84.612412
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The founder of the Scott family in Tennessee was Samuel Scott a native of North Carolina from which he moved over the mountains to Cumberland Kentucky, with his father Thomas Scott, and later came to Tennessee and was one of the early settlers in Morgan county He found the country a wilderness took up a great deal of land directly from the government and for his day and generation was one of the wealthiest men in the eastern part of the state.

In 1824 Samuel Scott purchased the land previously belonging to William Wall.
He also entered a large tract of land on the Emory River, above the town, He was the
father of Thomas, John, Samuel, Russell and Julian F.

Lydia Scott and Thomas Scott were Administrators of
Samuel Scott's Will

Russell Scott, Julian F. Scott, Elisha Cowart and Wife, John L. Scott
Samuel Scott, Elijah Hall and Wife heirs of Samuel Scott Deceased.


Cemetery Plot is located about one mile northwest of Warburg, off Montgomery Rd. on the Farm of Stone and Agnes,
On a hill overlooking Montgomery Bridge across Emory River.


Info from Bruce York web site

Parents
Thomas Scott -1755N.C.
Letitea Russell -1757 -N.C.
The founder of the Scott family in Tennessee was Samuel Scott a native of North Carolina from which he moved over the mountains to Cumberland Kentucky, with his father Thomas Scott, and later came to Tennessee and was one of the early settlers in Morgan county He found the country a wilderness took up a great deal of land directly from the government and for his day and generation was one of the wealthiest men in the eastern part of the state.

In 1824 Samuel Scott purchased the land previously belonging to William Wall.
He also entered a large tract of land on the Emory River, above the town, He was the
father of Thomas, John, Samuel, Russell and Julian F.

Lydia Scott and Thomas Scott were Administrators of
Samuel Scott's Will

Russell Scott, Julian F. Scott, Elisha Cowart and Wife, John L. Scott
Samuel Scott, Elijah Hall and Wife heirs of Samuel Scott Deceased.


Cemetery Plot is located about one mile northwest of Warburg, off Montgomery Rd. on the Farm of Stone and Agnes,
On a hill overlooking Montgomery Bridge across Emory River.


Info from Bruce York web site

Parents
Thomas Scott -1755N.C.
Letitea Russell -1757 -N.C.


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  • Created by: Jerry Scott
  • Added: Aug 22, 2007
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21082327/samuel-scott: accessed ), memorial page for Samuel Scott (19 Jun 1777–25 May 1841), Find a Grave Memorial ID 21082327, citing Montgomery Cemetery, Wartburg, Morgan County, Tennessee, USA; Maintained by Jerry Scott (contributor 46927461).