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Descendants of John Scott

Generation No. 1

1. JOHN² SCOTT (JAMES¹) was born Abt. 1774 in Monroe County, Virginia, and died May 24, 1857 in Monroe County Virginia/West Virginia. He married AMELIA "AMY" BLANKENSHIP, daughter of LUDLOW BLANKENSHIP. She was born Abt. 1774 in Bedford County, Virginia, and died October 09, 1854 in Boone County, West Virginia.

Notes for JOHN SCOTT:
The following is a little history found on the Scott Family background:

Clan Scott finds its origins with the Buccleuch family about 1124. An ancestor believed to have migrated from Ireland was recorded as''Uchtred filius Scoti,'' or the son of Scot. The name was originally spelled with a single "t"; however, as the rest of the country assumed the name Scot as its national label, a second "t" was added to the name.
The land of our ancestors was originally referred to as Alba. It was latinized as Albania and was known as such for for many centuries, well past the occupation of the conquered border area now called England. The old name still has its influence in the current titles of both the Duke of Albany and the Marquis of Breadalhane.
The original Irish Scot imigrated from the Emerald Isle about 220 A.D. and kept coming for centuries more. It wasn't until about the reign of King Maicom II, in the early 1100's, that Scotia or Scotland began to be applied to the Caledonian kingdom by historians.
King Malcolm III had great effect on both the Highlanders and the lowlander Scotts. First of all, his reign ended a period of Nordic influence as well as solidified the dan system, which was primarily settled in the Highlands due to the Irish influence there. The Lowlanders, being in a constant state of battle with their neighbors to the South, and also maintaining an independent nature, found their clanship necessary among their own sort. They were responsible for preserving the original family ties to the extent that we now know it.
It can be said, and rightly so, that Clan Scott lent its name to what is now a sovereign country.

BOLD MEN OF THE BORDERS
It is particularly apt that the greatest recounter ot Border ballads and legends should have been a Scott. Without this notable family, it is very doubtful that the history of the Borders would have been as colourful as it is.
Few families have relished living in the boundary between two countries as bitterly opposed to each other as Scotland and England were for so many centuries. And fewer still would settle there by choice. The Scotts were the exception.
Robert Scott, of Murthdockston, the ancestor of the Buccleuch family, appears to have a "braw fechter" like so many of his descendants. In 1420, he overheard Thomas Inglis of Branxholms complaining that his Border estate was impossible to run because of constant raids between Scots and English.
To a man of Scott's temperament, this proved an immediate challenge. Without hesitation, he offered to exchange his own estate in the fertile and peaceful country around Peebles for Inglis's turbulant Border territory. With the conclusion of the agreement began the long association of the Scotts with Border History.
In 1603, the crowns of Scotland and England unified under James VI of Scotland found it expedient to start dispersing "unruly border clans". The Border Clans, who we think we are descended from, were dispersed to England, northern Scotland and to Ireland. Some came directly to the English Colonies of the "New World.
The New World beckoned and the many settlers in Ireland, known as the Scotch/Irish, became disendhanted. The sailed aboad the armada of sailing ships known as the "White Sails" which plied the stormy Atlantic.
Amongst the first pioneers who could be considered kinsmen of our family, of that same Clan or family was Nicholas Scot, , who settled in Virginia in 1667;
fourteen years before the "Mayflower" Elizabeth Scot, who settled in Virginia in 1667, Hugh Scott in 1670, of whom a complete book on genealogy, "An Immigrant of 1670 and His Descendents" was compiled and published in 1895, Samuel Scott settled in Augusta, Virginia, in 1740, and John Scott settled in Georgia with his wife and five children in 1775. These Scott pioneers became the nucleus of the first settlements from Maine to the Cumberland Gap.
It has been impossible as of this date to way which of the border clans we descended from. However, we do know that Sir Walter was close enough to be assured that he was in our direct line-up.
The earliest settlers named above were family members who settled and influenced their kinsmen to "join" them in the New World. The best that we can determine at this time is that we most likely descended from William, of whom John was a descendent through David and Nathan of the early Virginia Records.
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In the complete book on genealogy "AN IMMIGRANT OF 1670 AND HIS DESCENDENTS', John Scot settled in Augusta, Virginia. . We think our family line came from the area of the Scottish/English border, before coming to this country, and before that prob. Wales. The family name Scott descended originally form the Boernicians. John Scot's son changed the spelling of Scot to Scott. Since most of the information was found on deeds and wills, very little is known about the females. If a person did not own land, or leave a will, he became an unknown, at his death. Females were very seldom found on a deed. Very hard to get information before census taking.
John Scot purchased his first property in Virginia from the Borden Grant. He paid for this property in English pounds and shillings. His property stradded the area where Interstate 81 passes through Blacksburg, Virginia. The exit would have been on, or adjacent to his property.

When the purchase was made from Benjamin Borden, called the Elder, instead of Sr., Benjamin the Elder died after a heart seisure and died before the property was deeded. However, he gave instructions to his heir, Benjamin the Younger, to insure that the deed was issued " his friend" Jon Scot. Ironically, before the deed was properly processed due to the extensive work in dividing a land grant at that time, Benjamin the Younger had a heart attack and also died. He left a will stating that John be deeded the property he had purchased. John was over ten years getting a deed even though he lived on and worked the property.

Just a few miles away, his family would migrate to Rich Creek where the Coopers, Thompsons, Toneys and Scotts would receive land grants and become established. It was there that the name was changed from "Scot" to Scott, and Bailes Cooper would marry Rebecca Thompson, and William Toney would marry Margaret Sutherland produce the large family of the Toney's we have in our family line today.
A massive amount of information was found on the "World Wide Web", through connections with other families.
1773 - 1857

      Our Scott family as we know it, is credited to this John Scott. He was born in 1773, and died 1857 in what would be later called Monroe County, three years before we became the United States of America. He grew up in and around Indian Creek, just outside of Peterstown, Virginia.
      John met and married Amelia Blankenship, the daughter of Ludlow Blankenship, a man of German descent, Ludlow was a Basketweaver, living in what was then Bedford County, Virginia.
      Amelia was known throughout the family simply as "Amy". On her death certificate, she was mistakenly listed as Emma, but since we know she died and was buried on Scott Mountain,
( the homestead of our family in WV) her death was reported by her son Isaac, brother of our Richard, we know the truth regarding our "Amy".
The Scott name was well known in the area where John and Amelia lived. Much of the early history of Monroe County deals with various familes by the Scott name.
      With our John emerges his sister by the name of Helen. She married Henry Massey, and continued to move in relation to her brother. It appears in historic accounts the brother and sister, John and Helen were very close. Helen appears nearby in documents bearing John Scott's name.
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Notes for AMELIA "AMY" BLANKENSHIP:
Amelia was born in Bedford County, Virginia. Her nickname was "Amy". According to stories handed down through the family, she visited her boys often on "Scott Mountain". Her last trip was made in 1854, being 80 years old. She died October 09, 1854. She is buried on "Scott Mountain Cemetery". Her husband, John Scott died May 24, 1857 in Monroe County. Her father, Ludlow Blandenship was of German descent.
Boone Count Death Records.

Children of JOHN SCOTT and AMELIA BLANKENSHIP are:

2.	i.	NANCY³ SCOTT, b. Abt. 1795, Monroe County (W)Virginia.
3.	ii.	BENJAMIN F. SCOTT, b. Abt. 1800, Monroe County, Virginia; d. December 10, 1893, Boone County, West Virginia.
4.	iii.	RICHARD (UNCLE DICK) SCOTT, b. 1807, Monroe County (W)Virginia; d. 1868, Scott Mountain, Kanawha /Boone County, West Virginia.
	iv.	HELEN SCOTT, b. Abt. 1810, Monroe County, Virginia; m. GEORGE WALKER; b. 1800, Giles County, Virginia.
5.	v.	VIRGINIA JANE SCOTT, b. Abt. 1812, Monroe County, Virginia.
6.	vi.	ISAAC SCOTT, b. Abt. 1814, Virginia; d. April 08, 1896, West Virginia.
	vii.	SPICY SCOTT, b. 1815.
	viii.	ELIZABETH (ELIZA) SCOTT, b. Abt. 1816.

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