1. Eli M. Scott 1,2,3,4,5,6 was born about 1811 in Tennessee. He was hanged on 13 Oct 1862 in Gainesville, Cooke, Texas as a victim of "The Great Hanging at Gainesville, Texas, 1862." According to James Lemuel Clark, Scott was buried7 in Cooke County, Texas on the "Rhodes survey, now (1916-1926) owned by Sam McClerran".
Clark states that Eli Scott was from California, but McCaslin states the following: “Clark, recalled that Scott came to Texas from California, but on June 1, 1858, Scott sold his possessions located in Scott County, Arkansas -- 5 horses, 50 or 60 cattle, 2 wagons, 8 to 10 sheep and some furniture -- to F.M. Scott, a woman, for $800. (Cooke Cty. Deed Record, V, 577) He purchased 220 acres soon thereafter, because he paid taxes in Cooke County on this land in 1861 and 1862, when he also paid taxes on 8 horses and 9 cattle.” (Note: It is possible that Eli Scott was in California for a short period of time, but we have found no record of him there.)
Eli married (1) Sarah Erwin on 23 Nov 1835 in , Shelby , Tennessee. Sarah died about 1850.
Eli had the following known children from the first marriage:
1. John W. Scott was born in 1844 in Arkansas.
2. Zac T. Scott was born in 1848 in Arkansas.
Eli married (2) Maria 8,9 about 1850. Maria was born about 1835 in Kentucky. They had three daughters by 1860. The family can be found in the 1860 Cooke County, Texas census (below).
1870 Census
Eli and Maria had the following children:
1. Amanda M. R. Scott was born about 1852 in Arkansas.
2. Caledonia C. V. Scott was born about 1856 in Arkansas.
3. Celeta A. M. G. Scott was born about 1858 in Arkansas.
4. William Scott was born in 1861 in Texas.
5. Jacob Scott was born about 1864 in Texas.
For information sent by a Scott descendant, click here.
Sources
1. Clark, James Lemuel; Edited by L.D. Clark, Civil War Recollections of James Lemuel Clark , Texas A&M University Press, College Stateion, Texas 77843, ISBN 0-89096-205-7
"After some concideration I will rite a brief statement an give the fact in regard to the 44 good men that was murderd by a mob in Gainesville, Cooke County, Texas in October 1862, as I no more a bout the men then eney body else now in this country. Will say tha were murderd for there Union princeables... One of our near neighbors was William Rhodes. He (came) from North Carolina here, an got 320 acres of land as a homestead from the state. He had a nice familey an his oaldest boy belong to the same company that I belonged to. Now Rhodes sold land to a man by the name of Eli Scott a bout the time the war started. An Scott moved to the land an was murderd while he lived on the land. He Scott (came) from California here, an had a big famley, and was nice foalks. Him an Rhodes were hung the same day. Tha are boath buried on the Rhodes survey, now owned by Sam McClerran."
2. "One of forty-two Union sympathizing citizens of North Texas who were charged with treason against the Confederacy by a Citizens Court in Gainesville, Cooke County in October 1862 and then executed in the Great Hanging at Gainesville. References: 1. Richard B. McCaslin, "Tainted Breeze, The Great Hanging at Gainesville, Texas, 1862" (Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Louisiana State University Press, 1994). 2. George W. Diamond, "Account of the Great Hanging at Gainesville, 1862" SOUTHWESTERN HISTORICAL QUARTERLY, Vol. 66, no. 3, January, 1963, p. 331-414, edited by Sam Acheson and Julie Ann Hudson O'Connell. 3. James L. Clark, "Civil War Recollections of James Lemuel Clark, Including Previously Unpublished Material On The Great Hanging at Gainesville, Texas In October, 1862" (College Station, Texas: Texas A&M University Press, 1984).".
3. George Washington Diamond's Account of the Great Hanging at Gainesville, 1862, Manuscript Edited by Sam Acheson and Julie, The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Vol. LXVI, January, 1963, No. 3, pages 331-414, pg .397.George W. Diamond was a brother of secessionists, John R. Diamond and James J. Diamond, who was a principal in the Great Hanging. After the hangings and the adjournment of the court, Diamond was given the records for the purpose of "preserving them and so disposing of them that the history of its (Citizen's Court) transactions might be perpetuated and justice done to those who participated in its deliberations. Diamond's compilation of "memoranda" was to be offered to the public as a just vindicaton of the conduct of those whose judgements were under national criticism. The members of the court examined Diamond's account and gave their unanimous and unqualified approval."pg 397 The State vs. C. A. Jones("HumpBack"), James Powers ("Carpenter"), Eli M. Scott, Thomas Baker ("Old Man"), Geo W Anderson, Abraham McNeese, Henry Cochran ("30"), C.F. Anderson, Wm Wernell, B.F. Barnes ("35 or 40"), Wm Rodes, and N. M. Clark ("25"). Disloyalty & Treason.The testimony against the above mentioned conspirators corresponds with the testimony herein before produced on the trial of Childs, Fields, Harper, Lock, and others. They all acknowledged their connection with the organization, and made full confession of their guilt at the gallows
4. 1860 U.S. Census, Texas, Cooke, Gainesville P.O., pg6, hh 97/99. "Name: Eli Scott Age in 1860: 49 Birth Year: abt 1811 Birthplace: Tennessee Home in 1860: Cooke, Texas Post Office: Gainesville Value of real estate: $440; Value of personal estate: $447 Household Members: Eli Scott, 49, m, farmer, 440/447, Tennessee; Maria Scott, 24, f, Kentucky; Amanda M R Scott, 7, Arkansas; Calidona C V Scott, 4, Arkansas; Celeta A M G Scott, 1, Arkansas; John W Scott, 16, Arkansas; Zac t Scott, 12, Arkansas. Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: , Cooke, Texas; Roll: M653_1291; Page: 227."
5. Tax Records."Cooke County, Texas1857: Poll Tax 1861: Tax on land (220 acres)1862: Tax on land, 8 horses, 9 cattle."
6. McCaslin, Richard B., Tainted Breeze, The Great Hanging at Gainesville, Texas, 1862 , Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Louisiana State University Press, 1993. xvi, 234 pp. Intro. App. Illus. Map. Index., page 203. "Scott...paid his first poll tax in Cooke County in 1857. His neighbor, James L. Clark, recalled that Scott came to Texas from California, but on June 1, 1858, Scott sold his possessions located in Scott County, Arkansas -- 5 horses, 50 or 60 cattle, 2 wagons, 8 to 10 sheep and some furniture -- to F.M. Scott, a woman, for $800. (Cooke Cty. Deed Record, V, 577) He purchased 220 acres soon thereafter, because he paid taxes in Cooke County on this land in 1861 and 1862, when he also paid taxes on 8 horses and 9 cattle."
7. Clark, James Lemuel; Edited by L.D. Clark, Civil War Recollections of James Lemuel Clark ."Page 109 Tha (William R. Rhodes & Eli Scott) are boath buried on the Rhodes survey, now owned by Sam McClerran."
8. 1860 U.S. Census, Texas, Cooke, Gainesville P.O., pg 6, hh 97/99. "Name: Eli Scott Age in 1860: 49 Birth Year: abt 1811 Birthplace: Tennessee Home in 1860: Cooke, Texas Post Office: Gainesville Value of real estate: $440; Value of personal estate: $447Household Members: Name Age Eli Scott, 49, m, farmer, 440/447, Tennessee Maria Scott, 24, f, KentuckyAmanda M R Scott, 7, ArkansasCalidona C V Scott, 4, ArkansasCeleta A M G Scott, 1, ArkansasJohn W Scott, 16, ArkansasZac t Scott, 12, ArkansasSource Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: , Cooke, Texas; Roll: M653_1291; Page: 227; Image: 464."
9. 1870 U.S. Census, Texas, West of Brazos, McLennan, Waco "Name: Maria Scott Estimated Birth Year: abt 1834 Age in 1870: 36 Birthplace: Arkansas Home in 1870: West of The Brazos River, McLennan, Texas Post Office: Waco Maria Scott, 36, f, b, keeping house, KentuckyAmanda Scott, 17, f, w, ArkansasCaledonia Scott, 14, f, w, ArkansasSeleda Scott, 12, f, w, ArkansasWilliam Scott, 9, m, w, TexasJacob Scott, 5, m, w, TexasSource Citation: Year: 1870; Census Place: West of The Brazos River, McLennan, Texas; Roll: M593_1598; Page: 136; Image: 268."
9 comments:
How can I contact someone who is in this family line? Thanks!
How can I get in touch with someone from the Eli Scott line? I believe he is related to my Scott family. Thanks!
My husband is a descendant of Eli Scott -- Hope to come to the reunion in Oct 2012
Can you email me at:
iris horne @ sbcglobal dot net. I think you can figure out my email address. I don't want to get spammed. Has anyone in your family done a dna test? Hope to hear from you. Thanks, Iris
I am a descendant of Caledonia (Callie) Scott.
Callie married Richard Henry Estes (who also inexplicably went by the surname Rule on occasion) and had my great grandmother, Francis Emma Estes/Rule (1882-1952), a son John "William" Wesley Estes/Rule (1883-1968) and Claude Dimon Estes/Rule (1891- ?). Callie also married a man by the last name Gillaspy prior to marrying Richard Estes and they seem to have had one child, Holland Preston Gillaspy (1877-1951).
I am descended from Francis who married my great-grandfather Madison "Mack" Columbus Brown (1866-1947). They had 5 children, 4 of whom lived to adulthood. Ellie Preston Brown (1899-1973), Henry Vernon Brown (1900-1965), John Columbus Brown (my grandfather) (1902-1972), Lela Vastie Brown (note Vastie was Caledonia's middle name, too)(1906-1994), Lilley May Brown (1910-1910). Francis was murdered in 1951- bludgeoned to death, probably by a family member.
My grandfather John Columbus Brown had two children with no apparent descendants prior to marrying my grandmother. They had 9 children, 8 of whom lived to adulthood, 7 of whom are male. My father, Richard Brown was born in 1937 in MN. The family moved around 1940 to RI.
It appears names may have been changed for some of the family members, as they simply disappear. I have been able to genetically tie myself to Eli Scott's family line via Ancestry Thulines (several DNA matches). It appears Eli's father was likely James Barlett Scott b 1796 in Maury County TN, d. June 1876 Maury County TN. He is definitely tied to this Scott Family. James also makes sense based on the fact that Callie's death certificate, filled out by her daughter, Emma Francis, lists Callie's father as JIM Scott. Either Emma didn't know the story of Eli's hanging, or the family was trying to hide the fact. Being that James was likely Eli's father, the use of the name makes sense. James Barlett Scott also had a son named James Malociah (Eli's brother).
I have not been able to make a surname connection to Eli's wife, Maria. That line continues to be a brick wall. She seems to have disappeared after the 1870 census, where she was in Waco TX.
Kim (Brown) Peicker
After much research and thanks to Ancestry DNA and Thrulines, I can confidently say that the information about William Scott and his Cox family is NOT accurate. That is William Monroe Scott, born in TN in August of 1862. The descendant of Eli Scott was William AMOS Scott born in 1862 in Gainesville TX.
I am the 3rd great granddaughter of Eli Scott through his daughter Caladonia (Callie). I have several DNA ties to descendants of William Amos Scott and none to William Monroe Scott. My paper trail leads from Eli and his wife Maria in Gainesville, to WACO TX where they fled after the hanging, to Callie's marriage to Richard Estes (aka Rule), and through their daughter Francis (my great grandmother) to my grandfather, John Columbus Brown born in Dallas TX.
Is there anyone connected to Eli still our here? I'd love to collaborate and try to find the other siblings. I think many of them changed their names and fled the area. I'd also love to figure out Maria's surname.
Kim Peicker
Thank you for sharing the additional information for Eli Scott. Hopefully your research will be helpful to descendants of Eli Scott.
I removed references to William Scott and the Cox family.
I have definitively connected via DNA to another of Eli’s sons- one from his first wife Sarah Erwin. Their oldest son James Milton Scott.
I have also solved the mystery of Eli’s wife, Maria. Her surname was Akers/Akes. Maria’s youngest son William Amos’ death certificate listed his mother as Maria Akers. For over a year I had no hits on that name then last week I had a genetic hit on Ancestry. I found a census and built out the tree. That ended up tying to Ancestry DNA matches to about 30 people confirming that Maria Akers is indeed Eli’s wife. She does not appear to be Native American. It looks like she was German and British. Her mother’s maiden name was Pearson.
Kim
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