When David Scott was born on 12 July 1809, in Barren, Kentucky, United States, his father, Thomas Jordan Scott, was 27 and his mother, Elizabeth Betsy Allee, was 21. He married Lucretia Jobe on 26 June 1828, in Cole, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Moniteau, Missouri, United States in 1850. He died on 25 September 1887, in Camden, Missouri, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Freedom Church, Camden, Missouri, United States.
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War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
During the New Madrid earthquakes of 1811-1812, the Kentucky Bend or New Madrid Bend was created. It is located in the southwestern corner of Kentucky on the banks of the Mississippi River.
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
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.
Possible Related NamesBirth: Jul. 12, 1809 Barren County Kentucky, USA Death: Sep. 25, 1887 Camden County Missouri, USA Obituary Brother David Scott died at his residence in Camden County, Mo., on the 26th of September 1 …
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