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SCOTT.

Edward Scott in 1732 obtained a patent for five hundred
and fifty acres "on the north side of the Fluvanna, at a place
called Totier." When the county was organized in 1745,
Samuel Scott gave bond for erecting the public buildings on
the land of his brother Daniel. These were both sons of
Edward, who it is likely was dead at the latter date, as the
County Court, at its first adjournment, appointed its next
meeting to be held on Mrs. Scott's plantation. The same
date John Scott, who is subsequently mentioned as of Cumberland
County, patented four hundred acres on Totier Creek.
Whether he was also a son of Edward, does not appear, but
the strong probability is that he was. Ann Scott, the wife
of George Nicholas, of Dinwiddie, a brother of Robert Carter
Nicholas, was also a member of this family. Samuel, the
contractor, died in 1801.

In 1764 John Scott purchased seventeen hundred and fifty
acres on Totier from David Meriwether, the patentee. His
wife was Margaret, daughter of Colonel Joshua Fry. He
died in 1798, and his wife in 1811. His children were Edward,
John, Charles Alexander, Daniel and Frances. Daniel
lived on his farm on Green Mountain, and died in 1851. He
never married, and for want of other objects of affection, he
surrounded himself with great numbers of wild geese. His
fascination over these winged coursers of the air was so remarkable,
that in their flights to and fro they made his plantation
their stopping place, and some that remained the year
round, he carefully nurtured and jealously protected. John
married Elizabeth, daughter of John Bolling, of North Garden,
and died before his father, leaving a son John. This
John inherited the land about Scottsville, and was the
founder of that town in 1818. He married Susan B. Woods,
and his children were Elizabeth, Pocahontas and Mary.

Charles Alexander married Elizabeth, daughter of John
Hudson. He was appointed a magistrate of the county in
1801. His children were Edward, William, Samuel, Charles
A., John, and Martha, the wife of William M. Woods. Edward
settled in Powhatan, and married Elizabeth and Mary,

daughters of his cousin John. William married Elizabeth
Powell, of Amherst, and lived in Buckingham. Samuel
became a physician, practised in Albemarle and Amherst,
and recently died near Howardsville at an advanced age.
His wife was Ann, daughter of Landon Davies, of Amherst,
and his children Elizabeth, the wife of Charles Scott, son of
her uncle William, and Landon, who married Louisa, daughter
of Dr. Charles D. Everett. Charles A. purchased from
his cousin John the plantation on James River, on the upper
side of Totier, which in 1835 he sold to Dr. John W. Gantt.
He subsequently lived on the farm of his uncle Daniel on
Green Mountain. He was twice married, first to Ann—,
and secondly to Pocahontas, daughter of his cousin John.
His house was burned to the ground by the soldiers of Sheridan
in the spring of 1865; and being out on his farm at the
time, and suddenly hearing of the calamity, he fell dead on
the spot. His brother John made his home in Fluvanna.