Brief Life History of John
When John Scott was born about 1782, in Bedford, Virginia, United States, his father, Axton Scott, was 29 and his mother, Dorcas Wright, was 39. He married Sarah Humphries on 21 April 1806, in Campbell, Kentucky, United States. He died before August 1823, in Campbell, Kentucky, United States.
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- John Scott, "United States Census, 1810"
- John Scott, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- Campbell Co., KY, Will Book B (1815-1830), Abstract of Wills N-Z: Will of John Scott, written 5 November 1822, probate August 1823
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1783 · A Free America
The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.
1788 · Becomes the 10th state
On June 25, 1788 Virginia became the 10th state.
1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
Name Meaning
English, Scottish, and Irish (Down): habitational and ethnic name from Middle English Scot ‘man from Scotland’. There is no evidence that the surname denoted either of the earlier senses of Scot as ‘(Gaelic-speaking) Irishman’ or ‘man from Alba’, the Gaelic-speaking region of Scotland north of the river Forth. This surname is also very common among African Americans.
English and Scottish: from the rare Middle English personal name Scot (Old English Scott, possibly also Old Norse Skotr), only certainly attested in northern England.
English: variant of Scutt .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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