Andrew's son Gaddial Scott's biography in Knox co. Ill. says his father
was born in North Carolina.
Andrew and Anna moved from South Carolina to Jackson (now Clay) county,
Tennessee about 1804; they settled on the Little Trace Creek near the present-day
town of Hermitage Springs. They then moved to Lincoln co. Kentucky
about 1810 and lived on Cane Creek; from there to Giles co. Tennessee on
the Pigeon Roost branch (or creek) of the Elk river, in 1811/12; from there
to Harrison (later Orange, then Crawford) co. Indiana 1813/14 (first settling
in Whiskey Run township, then settling near what became the town of Hartford,
Indiana), then to Illinois, first living near Richland, in Cartwright Township,
Sangamon County, Illinois. They are said in more than one place (here
and here)
to have moved to Illinois in 1818, but they were in Indiana when the census
was taken in 1820; perhaps they returned for a short time. They settled
in Island Grove, Sangamon co. in 1824. It is not yet known if the whole
extended family moved with them between Jackson co. Tenn. and Indiana,
but they did follow them to Sangamon co. Ill., moving on to what was to
become Dewitt co. Ill. about 1827. It would be helpful to see land
records for Lincoln co. Ky. and Giles co. Tenn. for that time period, to
see if Andrew and family were moving alone or with the rest of the family
(or if they even bought land). I'd also like to see the bible that
these carefully-placed birth dates seem to originate from!
From the 1878 History of Knox County, Illinois, published by Charles
C. Chapman & Co., Chicago, pages 100-127: "In 1827 Andy Osborn, Andrew
Scott, John Slatten and Gaddial Scott, four sturdy young men from Sangamon
county, made a tour through this country (now Know co. Ill.) in search
of honey. They pushed ahead, over prairie and through timber, until
Henderson Grove in this county was reached. Here they discovered
two well filled trees, and without trouble were soon possessors of their
delicious contents. They remained for one week, during which time
they met neither white man nor negro. The only persons these explorers
met, from the time of their leaving Sangamon county until they returned,
were a Mr. Atwood and his son, who lived south of the old Galena road...
Mr. Gaddial Scott seemed to have formed a good impression of Knox county,
for we find him moving here a few years after".
"He was a minister whose aim was to teach and preach the true
faith and the pure gospel. He at once began to hold meetings in the log
cabins of the pioneers. In 1824 he settled near Island Grove--the woods
skirting Spring Creek--a mile or two northwest of the site of old Berlin.
There he met Theophilus Sweet, a Baptist preacher of the old school. It
was not long until Mr. Sweet was in accord with Mr. Scott in his Christian
faith and preaching. Their united labors soon developed a Christian Church
on Spring Creek that met for worship in the log schoolhouse. It was doubtless
organized there. Much as we admire those brave pioneers whose voices rang
true to the word of God, still we are reminded that they were fallible.
In a time after the beginning of this church, one of its members, named
William Grant, accused Preacher Andrew Scott in plain speech of lying.
Of his defense the subjoined documents have come down to us:
TAZWELL COUNTY, Illinois, June 30th, 1830.--We whose names are undersigned,
having been formerly members of the church at Spring Creek in Sangamon
County, by permission of the church in the big grove on Kickapoo, do send
to the churches and all whom the presents may concern, that Brother Andrew
Scott was and is a minister in good standing among us.
Signed: ISAAC CARLOCK, JAMES R. SCOTT, SAMUEL P. GLENN, LEVINA MARTIN,
RUTH B. GLEN, JOHN P. GLEN, DANIEL VINCENT, NANCY GLEN, ANN VINCENT.
I, John Glen, a member of the church of Christ at Big Grove, Kickapoo,
do hereby certify that I have known Andrew Scott for forty years, and that
I ever did consider him a man of truth and strictly honest.
Given under my hand this 10th day of June, 1830.
Signed: JOHN GLEN.
The genuineness of these documents is attested by the following:
I, M. B. Robertson, a Justice of the Peace in and for Sangamon County,
Illinois, do hereby certify that the above are accurate copies of letters
of commendation received by Andrew Scott, from the above parties.
Given under my hand and seal this 15th day of October, 1913.
M. B. ROBERTSON, Justice of the Peace.
BERLIN, Illinois, Oct. 15, 1913.
From these statements it is clear that there was a church of Christ
in Big Grove, on the Kickapoo, in 1830. Nine members of this church had
previously been members of the Spring Creek congregation. The latter was
formed previous to this time, probably near 1825, the year after Messrs.
Scott and Sweet began to work together.
Those who are curious will be interested in the following. On the reverse
side of the sheet of paper containing the above testimonials this certificate
is written:
This is to sertify that I was at the meten on Spring Creek for the perpes
of setlen of Deficelty betwen Brother Scott and Brother Grant he charges
Brother Scott of lying But DID not prov it it was not setled to the satisfaction
of Brother Scott But was left to ware out.
JESSE WILSON.
The church of Christ in Big Grove, on Kickapoo, was short-lived, or
soon met in another place under another name. None of the historians mention
it, nor is there a tradition of it in the memories of octogenarians."
Andrew and Anna had 11 children:
b.
9 Aug 1809 Jackson (now Clay) co. Tenn. d. 18 Jun 1880 Galesburg, Ill.
m/1. 25 July 1833 Island Grove, Sangamon co. Ill. Susan Sexton b. 25 May
1810 Knox co. Ky. d. 22 Jan 1875 Knox co. Ill.; 8 to 13 children.
m/2. 9 Nov 1876 Knox co. Ill. Sarah Margaret Clark Hobbs b. 9 Sep 1824
Pa. or Cadiz, Harrison Co., Ohio d. 10 Jun 1880 Knox township, Knox
co. Ill.; buried Hope cemetery, Galesburg, Knox co. Ill., d/o Thomas &
Eleanor Barr Clark.
b.
12 Jan 1813 Giles co. Tenn. d. 10 Jan 1898 Polk co. Iowa m. 31 Oct 1839
Jefferson co. Iowa Mary Ann Gilmer b. 18 Dec 1818 Adair co. Ky. d. 3:35
PM, 18 July 1909 at the home of her youngest child, Mrs. H. E. Bollinger,
from the effects of a broken hip suffered around Dec 1908; 12 children,
8 survived. James was elected the first sheriff of Jefferson county,
Iowa, about the time he got married, and served for five years.
b.
20 Nov 1818 Crawford co. Ind. d. 2:15 AM, 23 Jun 1859 near Ft. Kearney,
Nebraska, while on his way to Pike's Peak; He donated to the state of Iowa
the 9 1/2 acres on
which the capitol now stands; after he died, his body was brought
back to Des Moines, and there
is a marker where he was buried. He m. Louisa _____ b. ca. 1826
Missouri d. after 1860. She was said to have the last name Jayne,
and the maiden name Crose, the widow of an Indian interpreter who had been
a friend of his. She was of French and Indian parentage. There
is a marriage record in Jackson county, Missouri, that on 4 Mar 1847, Wilson
A. Scott married Louisa Saclair or Laclair, and since there is no Wilson
Scott in the 1850 for Jackson county, this is most likely him. However,
there is a copy of the photo of them with a marriage date of 21 October
(no year) written on it. I believe the family tradition of her name
may be less reliable than the marriage record, and her name may have been
actually Louisa Jayne Crose Le Claire, widow of
Pierre
Le Claire, a noted Indian interpreter of the frontier. In one
record, though, it was said that Wilson Scott's friend was much younger
than him, and Pierre Le Claire was not. Louisa was said to have moved
to California after her husband's death, but she continued to live in Polk
county, Iowa, in 1860. No children.
b. 3 Jun 1824 Sangamon co. Ill. d. 22 July 1900 Ill. m. 7 Sept 1848 Sangamon
co. Ill. Martha Yates b. 9 July 1823 Warsaw, Gallatin co. Ky. d. 22 Nov
1916 New Berlin, Sangamon co. Ill.; they lived in Berlin, Sangamon co.
Ill. and had at least 9 children. Martha's brother was Richard
Yates Sr., governor of Illinois during the Civil War; their grandfather
Henry Yates laid out the first plat of the town of Berlin, Illinois in
1836.
b.
17 Apr 1830 Sangamon co. Ill. d. 6 Jan 1882 Des Moines, Polk co. Iowa m.
ca. 1856 Stewart Goodrel (a signer of the state constitution of Iowa, and
delegate to the Iowa state constitutional convention from Washington County,
1846) b. 8 Sept 1815 Pa. d. 14 Nov 1872 Polk co. Iowa; they had 3 children