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 1754 - 1816 (62 years)
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| Name |
William Scott |
| Birth |
26 Aug 1754 |
VA  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
26 Sep 1816 |
Camden Co, GA |
| Burial |
Camden Co, GA |
| Person ID |
I246 |
Georgia Revolutionary War Graves |
| Last Modified |
4 Oct 2015 |
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| Notes |
- William Scott born on August, 26, 1754, in Virginia. After the Revolutionary War in 1784, Scott obtained two parcels of Headright and Bounty land in Georgia for his Revolutionary services, and ten years later he was granted 5,000 acres of land in McIntosh County.
By 1801, he owned land in Camden, Glynn and McIntosh Counties, and in 1806, moved to Hickory Bluff Plantation in Hazzard's Neck, in the northeast part of Camden County, between the Big and Little Satilla Rivers. He served as a commissioner of the Camden County Academy, Judge of the Inferior Court and as a State Senator.
William Scott died on September 26, 1816, and is buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, along with his wife, Martha (Patsy) Gorman Scott. His title of Colonel on his tombstone recognized the rank he attained during the War of 1812.
- Patsy and William Scott had six children: 1) William Jr, b ca 1787; mar Susannah L.; 2) Mary, b ca 1790, mar Elihu Atwater (who served in War of 1812); 3) Robert G. b 1794; mar Susan Randolph Madison; 4) Elizabeth McIntosh b1795, mar James C. Dilworth; 5) James b 1796; mar Margaret Elizabeth Bailey; 6) Martha b 1800, mar Alfred Doolittle
Martha (Patsy) Gorman Scott died in 1802 in Brunswick but was brought to St. Marys for burial
- William Scott was born on August, 26, 1754, in Virginia, and served as captain in the 3rd Regiment of the Georgia Continental Line. On January 9, 1779, he was captured by the British at Fort Morris in Sunbury, Georgia, where he was imprisoned for the remainder of the war.
In 1794, Scott was commissioned captain in the 2nd Militia Company of the McIntosh County Battalion, and major five years later. Major Scott received a promotion to lieutenant colonel, commanding the 3rd Regiment Georgia Militia, representing Glynn, Camden, and Wayne Counties, during the War of 1812.
When the British landed about 1,500 men on Cumberland Island and at Pointe Peter on January 13, 1815, the frightened inhabitants begged Scott not to defend the town of St. Marys as it would cause the British to lay it in ashes. Thus the British were able to freely sail up and down the inland waterways, removing slaves and disrupting traffic; but on February 20th, Scott?s Militia were victorious against the British sailors and marines on the St. Mary?s River.
- SOURCES:
1-- Pioneers of Wiregrass, Folks Huxford, Volume 6- page 379-380
2-- Oak Grove Cemetery, --Kay Westberry page 126 ?
3-- Revolutionary War Bounty Land Grants Awarded by State Government, by Lloyd DeWitt Bockstruck:
4-- Lucas, Silas Emmett, ?Index Headright & Bounty Grants of GA? Page 581-4
5-- Georgia Revolutionary Soldiers & Sailors, Patriots & Pioneers, Vol. 2, Ross Arnold and Hank Burnham; page 67 -
- SAR Ancestor #P-286226
- Grave marking by Marshes of Glynn Chapter SAR 12 Sep 2015
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