Andrew C. & Sarah Keith Scott Family


ANDREW C. "BLIND ANDREW" SCOTT s/o William Liddell & Nancy Scott  b. 18 Mar 1817 Orange co. Indiana  d. 27 Mar 1894 Daviess co. Missouri  m. 16 Mar 1843 Dewitt co. Ill.  Sarah G. Scott d/o John W. II & Mary Keith Scott  b. 29 May 1825 Jackson co. Tennessee d. 4 Nov 1894 Daviess co. Mo.  It's said that both Andrew and Sarah were blind or nearly so in their older days, although I have yet to see a census report showing either one of them as blind (in fact, Andrew was a rather prosperous farmer in his day). On 10 Nov 1854, while in Clinton (Dewitt county), Abraham Lincoln wrote a plea and notice in a case between Lorenzo Scott (seemingly his cousin) and Andrew C. Scott; on 16 Nov 1854, Lincoln was working for the defense in Lorenzo Scott v. Joseph Winkel and Andrew Scott, when the case was dismissed by agreement with cousel for plaintiff.

There's  somebody who claims that Andrew married 26 Feb 1845 Woodstock, McHenry co. Illinois Sarah Ann Sponer, d/o Isaac & Anna A. Perry Sponer, b. 26 Oct 1820 Woodstock, Ill., and they had 10 children.  It certainly isn't this Andrew, but that bad info is out there.

Andrew and Sarah had 2 children:


Author: Matt Scott