|--------Alexander SCOTT (1698, New Jersey - 1751, Virginia)
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|---------Benjamin SCOTT (1735, Virginia - 1790, Virginia)
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|------Alexander SCOTT (1762, VA - 1844, Indiana)
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Alexander SCOTT (1792, Kentucky - 1878, Indiana)
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|------Sarah BOYD (1760, VA - 1840)
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One year previous to his second marriage (to Unity Watt) he had moved with his father to White Water in Wayne county, Indiana. To this place he brought his young bride, and here they lived until 1827. In the spring of that year he and his brother, John, came to Cass county and made a little improvement on some land, and raised a crop of corn within the present city limits of Logansport. In the fall they returned to Wayne county for their families.
In 1833 he settled twelve miles west of Logansport in Section 19, Jefferson township, Cass County, and just east of the present village of Burnettsville, White Co., Indiana. This was his home for almost forty years. In 1860, he's in the town of Burnettsville, retired from business. He moved to near Monticello, Indiana to the home of his eldest son, Caleb in 1871, which is where Alexander died. He had retired that evening in his usual health, but the next morning was found dead in his bed.
Alexander was a faithful and consistent Christian minister for 65 years. He and his brother, John, were perhaps the first Christian ministers in Cass county. He united with the Disciples of Christ in 1832. In 1834 the Disciple church of Burnettsville was organized in his house. He was an Elder in the church for nearly forty years. He was warm friend of education, and a life long temperance worker.
In the 1860 census, his occupation is given as retired from business and in 1870 he is a book agent.
According to records of Alexander's estate, his son Samuel was executor. A sale was held which made enough money to give $100 to each of his and Unity's six surviving children, plus $100 split among his deceased son Elisha's 3 children. According to the bill of sale for the estate, Alexander had kept a lot of bees.
On 8 June, 1833, Alexander Scott was issued patents from the US Land Office in Crawfordsville, Indiana, for the following parcels of land in Cass County:
The location of that land matches up with the history which says that Alexander settled on Section 19. Section 30 is directly south of Section 19.
There are several conflicting dates regarding his first marriage to Margaret McGrew. Two of his obituaries say they were married in 1817 (July 10) and she lived until December. A Scott family history repeats the July 10, 1817 marriage date and says she died the following December, age 19. However the Scott Genealogical Quarterly gives a marriage date of July 10, 1812, which is more consistent with their March 1813 birthdate of who they list as a son of that marriage, Crystal David William Scott. However, there is quite a bit of evidence that CDW is not a son of Alexander Scott, so I'm using the 1817 marriage date. Here are some of the reasons why I no longer believe CDW is a son of Alexander:
Sources for this individual: @S182@ @S183@ @S184@ @S185@ @S186@ @S133@ @S187@ @S1745@
