Brief Life History of William D.
When William D. Scott was born in 1800, in Virginia, United States, his father, George Scott, was 59 and his mother, Theodocia Dent, was 34. He married Rebecca Wood on 28 September 1818, in Newport, Campbell, Kentucky, United States. He lived in Kenton, Kenton, Kentucky, United States in 1850. He died on 11 August 1874, in Kenton, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 74.
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- William D Scott, "United States Census, 1860"
- William Scott, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- William Scott in entry for Martha Ann Ellis, "Florida Deaths, 1877-1939"
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1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
1812 · Monumental Church Built
The Monumental Church was built between 1812-1814 on the sight where the Richmond Theatre fire had taken place. It is a monument to those that died in the fire.
1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
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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