Franklin County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Son of Joel T. Scott and Rebecca Wilmot Scott. Married to Elizabeth Watts Brown Scott. Father of Preston B. Scott, Joel Scott, John S. Scott, Mary B. Scott, Rebecca E. Scott, Elizabeth B. Scott, Louisa R. Scott, and Henrietta R. Scott. Attended Transylvania University in Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, in 1826. Farmer in Franklin County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned twenty-six enslaved persons in Franklin County in 1850. Owned Elvina [Unknown] in Franklin County in 1858. Farmer in Franklin County in in 1860. Owned thirty-three enslaved persons in Franklin County in 1860.