John Elliott Scott
b. 17 October 1835, d. November 1852
- Father: James Edward Scott b. 14 October 1809, d. 1893
- Mother: Millasant DeJarnette Hall b. 7 January 1818, d. 16 January 1858
- John Elliott Scott was born on 17 October 1835 in Alabama.
- James Edward Scott and Millasant DeJarnette Hall appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Jackson Parish, Louisiana, enumerated next to James' brother William Bibb Scott.. Other members of the household included John Elliott Scott, Samuel Coleman Scott, Thomas B. Scott, Ruth Ann Scott, Clifton Scott and Emily V. Scott. Also in the household is overseer James Robertson.
- John Elliott Scott died in November 1852 at age 17 in Texas on the Angelina River.
- He was interred at Waverly Cemetery, Waverly, Walker (later San Jacinto) County, Texas.
- The following appeared on 30 December 1852 in The Democrat (Huntsville, Alabama); FROM TEXAS: -- By the steamship Perseverance, Capt. Forbes, we have our Texas exchanges. Galveston dates are to the 10th instant.
Mr. Dean, of Galveston, has received information of the arrival in Polk County, of some families from Alabama who have been severely attacked with cholera. The heads of the families are Hamiln F. Lewis, brother of Dixon H. Lewis; Robert Scott, brother-in-law [sic] of Hamlin H. Lewis; John E. Scott, nephew of Robert Scott, and Mr. Snow, all from Lowndes county, Alabama, together with the negroes of the widow of Dixon H. Lewis - the negroes in all numbering some 300 or 400. A letter to Mr. Dean, dated Cold Springs, December 2nd, says: "One of the Alabama company, Mr. Snow has died of cholera, together with eight or ten of his negroes." Mr. Dean was also informed, from other sources, that Mr. Hamiln H. Lewis, Mr. Robert Scott, and Mr. John E. Scott have also died of the same disease, together with some 40 or 50 negroes, belonging to Mr. Hamlin H. Lewis, Mrs. Dixon H. Lewis and Mr. Scott.
- Last Edited: 10 Jun 2012