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Preferred Citation

Scott Family. Papers, 1822-1835. Accession 22654, Personal Papers Collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Acquisition Information

Purchased from John Butterworth, DeWitt, Virginia, 23 November 1946.

Biographical/Historical Information

The Scott family was a prominent family in Dinwiddie County, Virginia. The Scott family intermarried with the Pegram family. John L. Scott (ca. 1795-1835) served as a captain in the Virginia militia and represented Dinwiddie County in the House of Delegates from 1829 to 1830 and 1833 to 1835.

Scope and Content Information

Papers, 1822-1835, of the Scott family of Dinwiddie County, Virginia, consisting of: a) a guardian's account, returned 5 March 1822, of WIlliam Scott, former guardian of Martha E. Davis, orphan of Edward Davis (d. 1806); b) a deed, dated 13 January 1825, for a slave named Fanny from Thomas Field (d. ca. 1832) to John L. Scott (ca. 1795-1835); c) an order, dated 4 March 1826, of the Superior Court of Chancery, city of Richmond, Virginia, in the suit of William Cutler (1766-1836) and Susanna Cutler (1764-1836) against Mary Scott (1767-1830), John Alston, and Jane Alston, and includes a note, n.d., by Thomas Field; d) a plat, dated 18 October 1826, for 116 3/4 acres in Dinwiddie County purchased by John L. Scott from the dower of Mary Scott, executrix of Edward Davis made by Isham E. Hargrave (1797-1855), deputy surveyor of Dinwiddie County; e) an account, dated 9 June 1827, of John L. Scott with Stith and Levering; f) an account, 1833-1834, of John L. Scott with James Manly; and g) a letter, dated 21 April 1835, to John L. Scott from his niece, Rebecca Scott of Mississippi.