My Genealogy Hound

Peter S. Scott was born in Montgomery County, Ky., September 28, 1814, and is the son of James and Elizabeth (Sholtz) Scott. The father was born in North Carolina about 1787, and the mother in the same State in 1791. They both came to Kentucky when young, were married in this State, and after several years they moved to Floyd County, Ind. Both died in this State, the father in 1835 and the mother about 1873. They reared nine children, Peter S. being the seventh child. He remained with his parents on the farm until twenty-five years of age, when he engaged in farming for himself in Indiana, and continued at this ten years. He then went to Decatur County, Iowa, remained there nineteen years, and then moved to the northern part of Washington County, Ark., and after an eighteen months’ residence in this county moved to the southeast part of Benton County, of the same State. He had been a farmer previous to this time, but now he began operating a saw and grist-mill, and continued this for eleven years. He then moved to the place where he now lives, in Washington County, two miles east of Goshen, in the mountains. Here he has 130 acres of land, eighty under cultivation, and has been very successful in all his business transactions. In 1839, while in Indiana, he married Miss Sophia Miller, a native of that State, and to them were born twelve children, eight of whom are now living and married and have families: Mary E., widow of T. K. Gardner; Lucinda A., wife of W. B. Still; Rachel, wife of B. Homesley; Houston M.; Peter J.; Sarah J., wife of John Webb; Indiana I., wife of Thomas Dutton, and Nevada T., wife of Moses Dutton, Jr. The mother of these children died November 16, 1886. She was a member of the Church of God, and an excellent lady. Mr. Scott is a member of the same church, is a Democrat in politics, and has filled a number of township offices.