The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-10-16
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~ TIE SCOTT FAMILY
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,r DR.. Alcriwetlher Lewis Anderson. {
ienr descendant Of McriWcather Lewis

OF DR.. Alcriwether Lewis Anderson. a
near descendant of Meriwcather Lewis.
the great western explorer
The children Of Mr.. Charles Harper
Anderson and s. Y. l.. Scott are. Or. M.
l.. Anderson, 1r., Sadie, Harper, Alfred.
Lucy, Jane L.. and Alan Anderson.
The children OF b. II. Alden Scott and
Mary Anderson arc: Lucy Harper Scott
Mary A., John Thompson, Sarah II. X.
a. Scott, lr., and Harper \. Scott Jl.
or the moro recently prominent mem-
bers of the Scott family may be mention
ed Gustavus Hill Scott born in Fairfax
county. Va, III 1872. He was grandson
of Gustnvus Scott, of Maryland, who was
In the Continental Congress of 1854 ana
17s5 and died In 1871. Gustnvus Hill be-
came a naval officer of distinction in the
United States service during the Con-
federate war and died at Washington In
1851
Henry Lee Scott was born In North
Carolina In 1914 and was a descendant
OF the Virginia family. He served In the
Mexican war. and also in the late war.
Bishop Scott. missionary Bishop of ore
gon and Washington Territory, was OF
these North Carolina SCOTS.
William Cooper Scott was l,orn In Mar
tinsburg. Va, ISL, and became All emil
nent Clergyman and author Of many re-
ligions works. From him have descended
many OF the present SCOTS In upper Nir-
ginia.
OF the many of the Scott family to be
found in the North, they evidently nre
descendants of John Scott, who cmigratcd
from Kent county, England, and settled
first on Long Island in 1910, and thel,
in New York State in 11O0 Their arms
are quite different from those of the
Virginia settlers. though of the same
Scotch origin. they coming from Ancrum,
Scotland.
The Maryland ara Virginia family OF
Scott bear the same arms Of which we
have already spoken.
The Albemarle SCOTS. Of whom there
are many, are descended from Edward
Scott Of Tluvanna, 1882. From him was
John Scott, OF Cumberland. who came
!, to Albe1narle in 1864 and married Mar
Earet. daughter Of Colonel Joshua Fry;
he died in l79S. lie had five sons His
son John was the founder of Scottsvile
in 1875 where he had lands He married
a Miss Woods and had three daughters.
Another son. Charles Alexander, married
Elizabeth Hudson. and had five sons and
one daughter. His son William married
Elizabeth Powell, OF Amherst. Another
son, Samuel was All eminent physician
in Albcn,arlc and Amherst, and died near
lHowardsvic al an advanced age; he
married Ann, daughter: OF Landon Davies.
OF Amherst. His son, Charles Landon
Scott. the present prominent lawyer OF
Amherst county, married Louise, dnugh-
ter OF the late DR.. c. j. Everett, OF
belmont" Albemarle. Many of this
noted family are still living in the mid
die counties OF Virginia. +. g. NJ
Queries and Answers.
Genealogical Column, care rlmes-Ds-
patch, Richmond, Va:
Dear Sir.-Your Conway wrong rs fol-
lows:
DR.. Charles Taylor did not marry Sarah
CONWAY, horn August q, lbs. daughter
OF Francis ul,ird Conway and Rchec-
ca Catlett; he married Sarah Conway.
born November q. 1859. daughter OF
Francis QourtD Conway and Sarah
'raliaferro. DIR. Charles Taylor was not
born until January 49, 1852 was son OF
Colonel George Taylor and Rachel Glib
son, and, with eight or ten brothers,
served III the Revolution. married Sarah
Conway March II, 17T7. She died Novem-
Der 8. 1920, and DR.. Charles Taylor died
January 81, 1921, soventy-cight days later
My grandmother. Matilda K. Taylor, mar
ried William c. Moore, was born Feb
ruary 9, 1850, not In 1887 rs stated Hay
den made same Taylor and Conway CIR
ror. I failed to get Taylor when pub
.llshed, can you tell me dates of pub.
lication? / will be obliged
Yours truly.
c. LEE MOORE.
Cur Conway article of September 18th
was sent us by DR.. William B. Conway
OF Athens. Ga. with special request to
print. as correcting several errors In
previous Conway article, but his version