The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1922-10-12
THURSDAY, OCTOBER II, 1922
MRS MARTHA BROCKINGTON
SCOTT.

Mrs. Martha Brockington Scott,
wife of DR.. David c. Scott, died at
her home in Kingstree at one o'clock
Sunday afternoon, October 8, 1922.
She was born December 6, 1859, the
eldest daughter of DR.. John Fowler
and Mrs. Elizabeth Scott Brocking-
ton. She and DR.. Scott were mar
ried December II, 1884 and had four
children: Helen, wife of William w.
Boddie, and David Scott, Jr., of Kings
tree; John Hayward, who died in the
service of his country during the
World War, and Mary Elizabeth, who
died in infancy. Mrs. Scott left two
surviving sisters, Mrs. c. X. Davis,
of Marion, and Miss Italine Brock
ington, of Kingstree, and a number
of nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Scott was descended from the
Rev. William Screven, the Elder, who
settled at Somerton in 1880, and
who was the father of the Baptist
church in the Southern states. She
was also descended from William
Brockington, who settled on Black
river in 1726; Roger Gordon, Hugh
McGill, John Mathews, Samuel Tay-
lor, Nathaniel Drew, William Barr,
Thomas McCrea, John Scott, Thomas
Frierson, and Edward Plowden, who
were among the original settlers in
William burg in 1888. Through these
men she received much of the best
in English, Scottish, and Irish char
acter. Every drop of blood in her
had been South Carolinian and Amer
ican for almost two centuries. She
was also descended from Capt. Sam
uel Taylor, aide to General Sumter,
John Scott, John McCrea, Samuel
McGill, Isaac Mathews, and Edward
Plowden, soldiers in the American
Revolution on the American side, and
from John Brockington, who remain
ed loyal to the Mother Country, and
served then as captain in the Brit
ish army. From the revolution until
this time, her kindred have responded
whenever South Carolina has called
it's sons to war and some of them have
given their lives in every struggle.
Mrs. Scott organized the Williams
burg Chapter of the Daughters of
the Confederacy, was its first presi-
dent, and all the years has rendered
beautiful service in proclaiming the
truth about the Confederate war.
She was the guiding spirit in the
erection of the Confederate Monument
which now stands at the junction of
Main and Academy streets in Kings
tree. 1t was her special care to see
that fitting services to the Confeder-
ate dead were held in Kingstree on
every Memorial day and that Cross
of Honor was awarded to every Con-
federate soldier in Williamsburg who
merited that glorious distinction.
Mrs. Scott organized and was the
first regent of the Margaret Gregg
Gordon Chapter, Daughters Of the
American Revolution, in Kingstree,
and was, at the time of her death,
promoting the marking of Indian
trails and of revolutionary battle
grounds in Williamsburg county.
Many years. ago, Mrs. Scott began
collecting historical data of Williams
burg and continued her labors until
the end of her life. She was a men,
ber of the Pee Dee Historical Society,
one who helped publish the second
edition of Bishop Gregg's History of
the Old Cheraws and contributed to
the Addenda the Chapter on Will
liamsburg. She gathered vast
amount of the history and tradition
of Williamsburg that otherwise might
have been lost. Due more to her than
any other influence, history of Will
liamsburg is now being written. 1t
will be many years before the public
will realize how much Mrs. Scott
contributed to local history and how
much patriotic spirit in this commun-
ity had its genesis in her. While
she was deeply interested in the past,
she saw everything in the present and
worked where she was needed. Pos
sibly she never labored more earnest