George Bucher Scott 1 2 3 4
FamilySearch ID: MMNC-X67. Noted events in his life were: 1. Census in 1860 in Tallahassee, Leon, FL. 5 George Scott, planter, 34, has real estate valued at $4,000 and possessions worth $4,000. Living with him is Rebecka, 25; son G. B., 5; Anna, 2; and Mary, 5 months when the census was recorded on 21 Jul 1860. 2. Census in 1870 in Tallahassee, Leon, FL. 6 George Scott, planter, 41, has real estate valued at $30,000 and possessions worth $8,000. Living with him is Rebecka, 32; son Bucher Scott, 14; Annie, 11; Mary, 9; and Nellie, 5. 3. Census in 1880 in Decatur, DeKalb, GA. 7 George W. Scott, merchant, 51, is living with wife Rebecca, 46; George B., merchant, 24; Anne, 21; Mary, 20; Nellie, 14; and Bessie, 5. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania, except Anne and Mary were born in Florida, and Bessie in Georgia. Also, George W's mother was born in Ireland. 4. Fact: He founded the neighborhood known as Winona Park, Abt 1900, Decatur, DeKalb, GA. 8 Winnona Park is a historic neighborhood of some 700 households located in the southeastern area of the City of Decatur, Georgia. Decatur was incorporated in 1823 as the county seat of the newly created DeKalb County -- two decades before the Georgia Railroad chose a site six miles to the west as the terminus of its new railroad. The "Terminus" settlement, later incorporated as Marthasville, eventually grew up to become the city of Atlanta. 5. He was named as an heir in a will. Nov 1903 Decatur, DeKalb, GA. 4 George married Bettie Winn on 14 Feb 1882 in Decatur, DeKalb, GA.1 George next married Mary Louise. (Mary Louise was born on 7 Sep 1856,3 died on 10 Nov 1927 in Decatur, DeKalb, GA 3 and was buried in Decatur: Decatur Cemetery, DeKalb, GA 3.) |
1 DeKalb County Courthouse, Decatur, DeKalb County, Georgia (Online at: http://www.dekalbhistory.org), Marriage Book - Page No: 4 - 38.
2
Egle, William Henry, Pennsylvania Genealogies, Mainly Scotch Irish And German (1896, 798 pp.
Reprinted Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1969. Online via Google Book Search.), Page 128.
3 Decatur Cemetery, Decatur, DeKalb County, Georgia (http://www.dekalbhistory.org).
4 DeKalb County Courthouse, Decatur, DeKalb County, Georgia (Online at: http://www.dekalbhistory.org), Wills: Book C, Page 143.
5 1860 United States Census, Florida, Leon County, Tallahassee PO, Series: M653 Roll: 108 Page: 77.
6 1870 United States Census, Florida, Leon County, Tallahassee PO, Series: M593 Roll: 131 Page: 671.
7 1880 United States Census, FHL Film 1254143; National Archives Film T9-0143; Page 348C.
8 History of Winona Park, DeKalb County, Georgia (http://www.winnonapark.org/nh_history.htm).
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