John Newton Scott
b. 15 August 1825, d. circa 1 January 1913
- John Newton Scott was born on 15 August 1825 in Hickman County, Tennessee.
- He married Susan Elizabeth Womack, daughter of Abram Minter Womack and Elizabeth Combs Robinson, on 24 September 1844.
- John Newton Scott and Susan Elizabeth Womack appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Grimes County, Texas.. Other members of the household included Garrett L. Scott, Mary E. Scott and Abraham M. Scott.
- He was a farmer, according to the 1850 census.
- John Newton Scott and Susan Elizabeth Womack appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Montgomery County, Texas. Other members of the household included Garrett L. Scott, Mary E. Scott, Abraham M. Scott, William E. Scott, Sarah Scott, John Henry Scott, Henrietta Matilda Scott and Mattie Scott.
- He was a farmer, according to the 1860 census.
- He served as Captain, Beat 4/Company D, 3rd Regiment, 17th Brigade, Texas State Troops, and subsequently enlisted in Montgomery on 12 March 1863, in Montgomery County, as a private in Company I, Elmore's 20th Texas Infantry Regiment, CSA.
- John Newton Scott and Susan Elizabeth Womack appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Danville PO, Longstreet Precinct, Montgomery County, Texas. Other members of the household included Abraham M. Scott, William E. Scott, Sarah Scott, John Henry Scott, Henrietta Matilda Scott, Mattie Scott, James D. Scott, Susan Scott, Cornelia Ann Scott and Mary Scott. Daughter Cornelia/Nellie apparently is enumerated as "Dink" (age 8).
- He was a merchant, according to the 1870 census.
- John Newton Scott and Susan Elizabeth Womack appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Montgomery County, Texas. Other members of the household included James D. Scott, Susan Scott, Cornelia Ann Scott, Elizabeth Combs Robinson and Cornelia Shannon. Granddaughter Nellie also is enumerated elsewhere in Montgomery County with her other grandmother Kitty Yoakum Shannon.
- He was a farmer, according to the 1880 census.
- John Newton Scott and Susan Elizabeth Womack appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Montgomery County, Texas.
- He was a farmer, according to the 1900 census.
- John Newton Scott became a widower at the 27 August 1905 death of his wife Susan Elizabeth Womack.
- Isaac Kendrick Kelley and Cornelia Ann Scott appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Montgomery Conty, Texas. Other members of the household included John Newton Scott, Sallie Kelley. Also in the household were children Maud, Scott, Eleanor Bates and Isaac Jr., not yet recorded.
- He was a farmer, according to the 1910 census.
- He was interred at Rhodes Cemetery, Grimes County, Texas.
- John Newton Scott died circa 1 January 1913.
- Last Edited: 5 Nov 2013
Family: Susan Elizabeth Womack b. 8 June 1828, d. 27 August 1905
- Garrett L. Scott b. circa 1847
- Mary E. Scott+ b. 7 June 1848, d. 16 December 1878
- Abraham M. Scott b. circa 1849
- William E. Scott b. circa 1852
- Sarah Scott b. circa 1853
- John Henry Scott b. 6 December 1855, d. 19 March 1921
- Henrietta Matilda Scott b. circa 1857
- Mattie Scott b. circa 1858
- James D. Scott b. circa 1861
- Susan Scott b. circa 1863
- Cornelia Ann Scott+ b. 12 July 1865, d. 17 August 1948
- Mary Scott b. circa February 1870