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Capt. David Scott
d.4 Mar 1818 Morgantown, Monongalia County, Virginia
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m. Abt 1720
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m. Abt 1760
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David Scott was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia __________________________ [edit] Early Land Acquisition in VirginiaAcquisition of Land from Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants:
[edit] Revolutionary War Pension InformationInformation from “Virginia/West Virginia Genealogical Data from Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Records”, Vol. 5, compiled by Patrick G. Wardell, Lt. Col. U.S. Army Ret. : Scott, David, captain of Virginia troops; granted disability pension 1786 because of battle wound resulting in total loss of use of right arm & forearm; granted Virginia Bounty Land Warrant in 1806; granted pension increase at age 77 in Harrison County, Virginia in 1814; physicians William Williams & Edward B. Jackson affidavit there then per Judge Dabney Carr & County Clerk of court John J. Lahon; query letter in file states soldier served in 13th Virginia Regiment; query letter in file 1936 from Mrs. Frederick Vercoe of Columbus, Ohio states that she decends of Virginia Revolutionary War soldier David Scott of Monongalia County, Virginia who b. 1737 & died 1814; query letter said Virginia Revolutionary soldier Thomas Bland, b. Prince William County, Virginia died Winchester, Virginia, & married Sarah Byrne who survived him; query letter in file says Virginia Revolutionary War soldier David Scott of Monongalia County, Virginia married Judith; query letter in file states Virginia Revolutionary soldier Major David Scott of Monongalia County, Virginia b. 1768, served in 4th Virginia Regiment, in Ohio County, Virginia, died 3/13/1846, had 12 children by 1st wife, married (2) ? 1817, was son of James (bc 1742, died before 1/1781, Last Will and Testament dated 11/1780 Monongalia County, Virginia listed wife Elizabeth, 3 daughters and son David), this son David b. Hampton, Virginia or Augusta County, Virginia, also above James son of John Scott (b. c1723, died c1751 August County, Virginia son of Alexander Scott, who died 1751 or 1752). F-25425, R2135. [edit] About David ScottCapt. David Scott, the father of Felix Scott, was Captain of the 13th Regiment of Virginia Militia in 1777 during the American Revolution. He commanded frontier garrisons at Fort Pitt and Fort Henry on the Ohio river. Capt Scott retired Sept. 30, 1778, having lost his entire right forearm due to an injury while in the military service. David Scott and his family were amoung the very earliest settlers of present day Monongalia County, Virginia (now West Virginia), near the present town of Morgantown. More precisely, the family homestead was located "at the mouth of Pike's run". They came from their home on the south branch of the Potomac river in either Loudoun or Fairfax County, Virginia, sometime between 1764 and 1770. As did the other settlers, they no douby followed a wilderness trail known then as the Braddock Road and later on as the National Road across the Allgheny Mountains into the valley of the Monongahelia River. Quoting from THE MAKING OF MORGANTOWN, WEST VIRGINIA, by James Callahan: "These early pioneers left the ease and security of well-ordered settlements to encounter the perils of the unknown forests inhabited by wild beasts, and rivers unspanned by bridges, to found a civilized community in the heart of the wilderness untrodden by civilized man and remote from the settlements of the East, armed with axe and rifle and with intense individualistic spirit, but bound by certain community interests, they built their log cabins and promptly turned to the conquest and subjugation of the primeval wilds which the Indians sought to retain unconquered." The Book "Lewis and Elizabeth Rinehart and Descendants, A Family History" a copy of which was presented to the Oregon Historical Society Library In 1777 when he was 40 years old, David Scott served as a captain in the 13th Regiment of Virginia Militia during the American Revolution. He commanded frontier garrisons on the upper Ohio river at Fort Pitt (Pittsburg) and Fort Henry. He retired September 30. 1778, having lost his entire right forearm due to an injury in the military service. David Scott received a pension for service as captain in the 13th regiment of Virginia militia in the American Revolution. [edit] CitationsReferences
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