James Scott

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Husband James Scott ¹

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         Father: Alexander Scott (Abt 1716-1786) 1 2 3
         Mother: Sarah [Unk] (      -      )

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Children

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1 M James Scott ^{1 4 5}

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           Born: Abt 1769 - Virginia
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           Died: 23 Oct 1834 or 1837 5 6
         Buried:  - East Unity Presbyterian Cemetery, Allegheny Twp, Butler Co, PA 7

         Spouse: Elizabeth "Betsey" Lemon (Abt 1777-1833) 6
           Marr: 1798 4 6

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General Notes: Husband - James Scott

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He was one of three men sent as scouts by the federal government west of the Allegheny Mountains, and was the first white man to spend the winter there, the other two returning. [HVC 1919, 789]

1 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 789.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 422.

3 F. S. Reader, Some Pioneers of Washington County, Pa. - A Family History (New Brighton, PA: F. S. Reader & Son, 1902), Pg 84.

4 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 644.

5 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 550.

6 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 790.

7 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 3, Scrubgrass Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1995), Pg 93.