When Nancy Scott was born on 9 August 1809, in Huntington Township, Brown, Ohio, United States, her father, John Scott, was 45 and her mother, Jane Taylor, was 33. She married Peter Cooper in 1829, in Brown, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Manchester Township, Adams, Ohio, United States in 1860 and Magisterial District 1, Lewis, Kentucky, United States in 1900. She died on 7 August 1902, in Vanceburg, Lewis, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Fairmont Cemetery, Concord, Lewis, Kentucky, United States.