The Scott Family of Monmouth, Howardsville
Miss Mary Regina Scott of Howardsville has supplied the following information about the Scott family of Howardsville. (The Howardsville Scott family has been designated as the Monmouth Scotts to distinguish members from other Scott families living the area.) Monmouth was the name given to the Scott property at Howardsville—believed to honor connections to Scotland.
The reader will note that the Scott family is somewhat difficult to follow because the Scotts—like other families-- repeated given names in several generations. For example, there is a Charles Alexander Scott Jr. and also a Charles Alexander Scott II. Also note there are several Samuel Scotts and that in one instance first cousins marry.
Miss Mary Regina Scott inherited Monmouth Farm in 1975 upon the deaths of her aunts who had used it as a summer home for many years. The original building on the property was built by the Irving family prior to 1820. Purchased and named Monmouth Hall by the Scott family, it had burned in the 19th century and been rebuilt and burned again in the 1970's. The present occupant built her own home on the property. Miss Scott is an avid genealogical historian and has researched her own family as well as others in the area.
Generation No. 1
John1 Scott. (His wife is generally listed as Judith Dudley but it is possible that there are other wives.) Mr. Scott was a vestryman at St. Peter’s parish, New Kent County, VA, during the early years of settlement of the Virginia colony.
Child of John Scott is:
Edward Scott, born in New Kent County; died 24 Mar 1738.
Generation No. 2
Edward Scott (John1) born in New Kent County, and died 24 Mar 1738. He married Ann Cox, 01 Aug 1726 in Henrico County, daughter of George Cox and Martha Stratton. Ann Cox was born 1707 in Bermuda Hundred, and died 1738. Ann Cox was a great granddaughter of William Cox who came to Jamestown on the God Speed, landing on June 10, 1610. Note on Edward Scott: his home still stands on Rt. 711 in Powhatan County, across from the “The Huguenot Church” graveyard. Several graves of Scott family members are there. A justice of the peace in Goochland at one time, Edward apparently ran the ferry across the James River at Manakintown on a 99-year lease from the Pleasant family. He also ran the Fine Creek mills, a few miles upstream from his home.
Child of Edward Scott and Ann Cox is:
John Scott died about 1798.
Generation No. 3
John Scott (Edward2, John1) Mr. Scott lived at the Scotts Landing area and died about 1798. He married Margaret Fry, daughter of Col. Joshua Fry and Mary Micou. She was born 15 May 1744 in Goochland County and died 1811 in Albemarle County. Col. Fry lived at Viewmont, off Rt. 20 near Carter’s Bridge. Col. Fry and Peter Jefferson mapped early Virginia. Col. Fry’s wife was the daughter of Dr. Paul Micou who was a medical doctor and a Huguenot. Dr. Micou died about 1736 and is buried at Vauter’s Church.
Children of John Scott and Margaret Fry are:
John4 Scott. Designated informally as the founder of the Scottsville Scott family.
Charles Alexander Scott Sr., died 1865. Charles Alexander Scott Sr. is the forebear of the Monmouth Scotts.
Ann Scott. She married George Nicholas of the Seven Islands Nicholas family.
Generation No. 4
Charles Alexander Scott Sr. (John3 Scott, Edward2, John1) died 1865. He married (1) Elizabeth Lewis Hudson, daughter of John Hudson of Red Hill and Anne Barber. She was born in Albemarle County. He was married a second time to Miss Gay of Fluvanna County. Mr. Charles Alexander Scott Sr. lived at Shores in Fluvanna County in the Seven Islands area and at one time owned Middleton Mills, now gone. After some years he sold that property and bought the present day Monmouth farm across the James River from Charles Robert Irving Jr. This was about 1820. Monmouth had been part of the Selma tract which Mr. Irving had inherited through his mother Mildred Jordan Irving. At about the same time, Mr. Charles Alexander Scott Sr. also bought a strip of land along Mullinax Creek from William Howard Carter, a descendant of Allen Howard. It apparently was Mr. Scott’s plan to either take over or establish a mill on this tract. He had several other mills besides Middleton Mills, Gantt’s Mill, and a large one on the Slate River, Virginia Mills, adjacent to Nicholas land. At about the same time period William Howard Carter was inheriting the West Cote property and by the end of the decade would have West Cote, the mansion still standing today, completed.
Children of Charles Alexander Scott Sr. and Elizabeth Hudson are:
Charles Alexander Scott Jr. (inherited Scottland Farm)
William A. Scott (forebear of Mary Regina Scott)
Samuel Scott, died 1892. (also a forebear of Mary Regina Scott)
Child of Charles Alexander Scott Sr. and Miss Gay of Fluvanna County is: Powhatan Gay Scott.
Generation No. 5
William A.5 Scott (Charles Alexander Scott4 Sr., John3 Scott, Edward2, John1) He married (1) Frances Nicholas. He married (2) Sarah Floyd Powell, daughter of James Powell and Mildred Irving. (Miss Irving was herself the daughter of Charles Irving Sr. and Mildred Jordan of Howardsville.)
Children of William A. Scott and Frances Nicholas are:
Edward6 Scott. Born about 1838.
Elizabeth Hudson Scott. She married Granville Ashlin of Rivanna Farm, Albemarle County. [They lived at what is now Weyanoke, but in a house that burned.]
Children of William A. Scott and Sarah Powell are:
Charles Alexander6 Scott II, born 10 Sep 1842 in Buckingham, VA; died 25 Jul 1922 in Buckingham.
Mildred Scott. Miss Mildred Scott married Mr. Alfred Foster Brady. He was born March 4, 1844, in Wheeling, WV.
James Powell Scott, enlisted in Company C, 3rd Virginia Volunteers, serving under his cousin Carter Irving. James Powell Scott was killed April 1, 1865, at the Battle of Five Forks during the last days of the war. His burial place is unknown.
William A. Scott Jr., too young to enlist at the beginning of the war. He moved to Macon, Ga., after the war, and sold his share of Monmouth to T.M. Logan, who had bought adjacent Algoma.
In addition to James and Edward, Charles Alexander Scott II also served in the Confederate Army. Edward, serving in 4th Virginia Cavalry, lost a leg in a battlefield surgery. Both Edward and Charles A. , who served with both the 19th Virginia and later the 4th Virginia Cavalry, were imprisoned and released towards the end of the war. A Union soldier, walking home, returned James Powell Scott’s Bible, recovered on the battlefield.
Also Generation No. 5
Samuel5 Scott (Charles Alexander Scott4 Sr., John3 Scott, Edward2, John1) died 1892. Dr. Scott, brother of Charles Alexander Scott II, was in the first medical class at the University of Virginia c. 1829. He practiced near Amherst Courthouse. He married Anne Elizabeth Davies.
Child of Samuel Scott and Anne Elizabeth Davies is:
Bettie Ann6 Scott. She married Charles Alexander Scott II.
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Fannie Bathhurst5 Scott (Charles Alexander Scott4 Sr., John3 Scott, Edward2, John1) She married William Meade Lewis.
Child of Fannie Scott and William Lewis is: Nancy6 Lewis.
Generation No. 6
Charles Alexander6 Scott II (William A.5, Charles Alexander Scott4 Sr., John3 Scott, Edward2, John1) was born 10 Sep 1842 at a Scott house that was later named Restalrig, in Buckingham, VA, and died 25 Jul 1922 in Buckingham, VA. He married Bettie Anne Scott, daughter of Samuel Scott and Anne Davis. See above.
Children of Charles Alexander Scott II and Bettie Anne Scott are:
Samuel7 Scott. He married Elizabeth Camm Patteson.
Notes for Elizabeth Camm Patteson:
Miss Patteson's brothers were Jack and Prentice Patteson of Patteson's Store, Glenmore.
Juliet Irving Scott.
Mary Walker Scott.
Ann Landon Scott, 1874-1966.
Katherine Meriwether Scott.
James Powell Scott, born 30 Jan 1892 in Howardsville, VA; died 1963.
Ellen Scott.
Also 6th Generation
Mildred6 Scott (William A.5, Charles Alexander Scott4 Sr., John3 Scott, Edward2, John1) She married Alfred Foster Brady of Wheeling, WV. Mr. Brady came from a prominent family in the Ohio-Virginia area. The Bradys lived at Beechwood, across Rt. 602 from Monmouth. Mrs. Brady died in 1918. Mr. Brady died in 1924. They are buried in the Monmouth Scott family graveyard.
Notes for Mildred Scott Brady:
Mildred Scott and Alfred Foster Brady’s daughter Miss Sallie Brady of Howardsville, was named for her grandmother, Sarah Floyd Powell Scott, and was the first cousin of James Powell Scott, father of present day resident of Monmouth, Miss Mary Regina Scott, and Mr. Scott's sisters, Mary, Katherine, Juliet, and Annie. Mildred Scott Brady and Alfred Brady’s grandson, Joseph Brady, was killed at Anzio beach during World War II.
Children of Mildred Scott and Alfred F. Brady are:
Alfred Foster Brady7 Jr.
Sallie Powell Scott Brady, 1875-1967
Hugh Sobieski Brady, 1888
Generation No. 7
James Powell7 Scott (Charles Alexander6, William A.5, Charles Alexander Scott4 Sr., John3 Scott, Edward2, John1) was born 30 Jan 1892 in Howardsville, VA, and died 1963. He married Anna Cecil Irving of St. Louis, Mo. It was discovered by Miss Mary Regina Scott that her father and her mother were distantly related through the Irving family in Scotland. James Powell Scott attended the Axtell Academy for four years, probably 1902-06, was taught at home, and when he applied to VPI to enter the freshman class was rejected. He requested an entrance examination and was admitted, majoring in electrical engineering. He was graduated from VPI in 1913 with an A average. He worked in various cities including St. Louis. In St. Louis he met and married Anna Cecil Irving in 1924.
Children of James Scott and Anna Irving are:
Gordon8 Scott, born 1929.
Elizabeth Irving Scott m. Robert Clark Foster.
Mary Regina Scott, born 1936.
Ann Landon Scott (Charles Alexander Scott, William A. Scott, Charles Alexander Scott Sr., John Scott, Edward, John) was born in 1874 and died in 1966. She married Richard Vair Shanklin (1983-1960).
Children are: Richard Vair Shanklin Jr., James Robert Shanklin.
Generation No. 8 and Beyond
Gordon Scott, 1929-2000, was a graduate of Georgia Institute of Technology, a jet pilot during the post-Korean War and was a captain. His ashes are buried at Monmouth farm.
Elizabeth Scott Foster has three children, Elizabeth, Margaret, and Alvin Edward Foster. All are married and have children. Mr. Edward Foster is a grandparent.
Mary Regina Scott is a graduate of the University of Georgia, is a former teacher who taught army children abroad and is a former employee of Northwest Airlines.
Copy of drawing of 19th Century Monmouth Farm