Samuel T. Scott, born 17 Mar 1798, probably in or around Swift Creek
near High Hills of Santee, now Sumter Co., SC, married in Wilkinson
Co., MS in 1820 to Catherine Keller, one of many daughters of George
Keller and his wife Jane, also formerly of Sumter Co., SC.
The survivng Scott brothers (Thomas and William D. seem to have
died in Feliciana Parish) in 1830 or so removed to Copiah Co., MS
after that area opened up for settlers (Indian cession). Thereafter,
they removed to Harrison Co., TX.
Samuel T. Scott is buried in Scottsville Cemetery, Harrison Co.,
TX. He died in 1846, soon after the death of his second wife, Helen
Reed, and young son by his second wife.
Samuel T. was one of seven sons of Cason Scott the elder, a Revolutionary
War sergeant in South Carolina, and Cason's wife, Tabitha [maiden
name said to be Dickson or Dixon, but not confirmed]. The other
six sons are listed below, but not given in birth order, which order
is unknown:
Thomas Scott (married probably in SC to Mary Keller, older sister
of Catherine Keller)
James
William Dixon Scott [notarial record in Louisana gives full name]
Joseph
Cason
Zachariah [he and Samuel were underage at the time of their father's
death in 1816]
Two sisters:
Elizabeth Howell, wife of Joseph Howell, who also migrated to Feliciana
Parish and later as a widow to Harrison Co., TX.
Mary Hare, wife of Edmond Hare, who is believed to have migrated
to Georgia
(Elizabeth Howell is believed to be the 60 year old female, born
in SC, who is living in the household of her son S.E. Howell, according
to the 1850 Harrison Co. census.)
This is a transcription of the Wilkinson Co., MS marriage bond
of Samuel Scott, who later began using the middle initial T. There
was another Scott family in the adjoining Louisiana parish, and
some of them had the same given names, leading to confusion for
genealogists.
[Punctuation has been added in some places in the citation below]
From LDS film , pages 71 & 72 [Film not noted but probably
FHL US/CAN Film 877597
The State of Mississippi }
Wilkinson County } Know all men by these presents that we Samuel
Scott & Ephraim Carnes of said county are held and firmly bound
unto George Poindexter Governor of the State of Mississippi aforesaid
or his successors in office in the sum of two hundred dollars lawful
money of said State to which payment well and truly to be made to
the said Governor for the time being or his successors in Office
we bind ourselves our heirs Executors and administrators each and
every of us & them jointly and severally firmly by these
presents.
Sealed with our seals and dated this 19th day of August eighteen
hundred and twenty--
The condition of this obligation is such that whereas a marriage
is shortly intended to be celebrated between the above bound Samuel
Scott and Catharine Keller Now if there is no lawful cause to obstruct
the said marriage then this obligation to be void otherwise to remain
in full force & Virtue.
Samuel Scott {seal}
Ephraim Carnes {seal}
The State of Mississippi Wilkinson County
To any Judge, Minister or Justice lawfully authorized to celebrate
the Rites of Matrimony You are hereby licensed to celebrate the
Rites of Matrimony between Samuel Scott and Catharine Keller of
said county.
Given under my hand and seal this 17th day of August one thousand
eight hundred & twenty
Isaac Dillahunty, Clerk
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Comment: Ephraim Carnes later in November 1820 married the widowed
Ann or Nancy (Keller), widow of David Davis. They also removed to
Copiah Co., MS. Mrs. Carnes seemingly inherited the Keller family
Bible, which was transcribed (with a few errors) and published in
Frances Adine Cook, CEMETERY AND BIBLE RECORDS, V. II, "George
Keller Bible Records" (Jackson, MS: Genealogical Publications
of the Mississippi Genealogical Society, Nov 1955), pp. 36-38. The
Bible remained in the hands of the Wade family of Copiah Co., MS,
and the owner in 1955 was Mrs. T. W. Huey, 1422 St. Ann Street,
Jackson, Hinds Co., MS. The
births of the Wade children are given but will not be included.
FAMILY TRAILS, Vol. 2, No. 1 Aug 1978 lists some Wilkinson Co. marriages,
among them the marriage of Carnes and Nancy Ann Davis; app Nov 18,
1820. Bondsmen Ephriam Carnes & Sam Leath/Heath [perhaps Leach.]
Wilkinson Co. MS Marriage Records, Book A, gives this information
for the first marriage of Ann Keller: David Davis and Ann Keller
ret. 31 Oct 1815; by John H. Davis, J.P.)
Comment: One of the daughters of Samuel T. Scott, Margaret Scott
married John Washington Rose, who relocated to Victoria Co., TX.
There are many Scott descendants who were born or reared or married
or died in and around Victoria Co. John Washington Rose was the
son of William P. Rose ("Hell-Raisin' Rose) who also had lived
in Copiah Co., MS but previously in St. Tammany Parish, LA and in
Washington Parish, LA before relocating to Copiah Co.
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