James Scott, 1807

Name
James /Scott/
Given names
James
Surname
Scott
Birth
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
Latitude: 40.038045 Longitude: -76.30127
Marriage
Citation details: Inspected at Lancaster County Historical Society, 12/27/1997
Birth of a son
Birth of a daughter
Birth of a daughter
Birth of a son

Presumed to be the second-born son, named after the maternal grandfather Thomas Clingan, per Scotch-Irish naming conventions.

Birth of a son
Death
Citation details: Vols. 1-C, 1-D, 1-E, 1807-1825; Genealogical Society film JBH310
Date: December 29, 2000
Note: PA Archives Rolls 1639-1640.
Text:

C/184
10/5/1807: James Scott died intestate leaving 10 children:
«tab»«tab»Adults: Mary, William
«tab»«tab»Under 20: James, Franklin, Andrew, Margaret, Jane, [Ferrisa], Isabella
«tab»Mary Scott and James [John?] McCammon, administrators
«tab»Personal estate insufficient for payment of debts
«tab»Want order for sale of one-third part of land to pay debts and for maintenance/education of minors
«tab»Court orders sale on premises 11/27/1807 to highest bidder

C/207
12/10/1807
«tab»Unable to sell ("no person offering sufficient price")
«tab»Court orders sale on 3/2/1808

C/225
March 1808
«tab»Sold to Thomas Holmes of Lancaster Co. for £250 (PA currency)
«tab»Payable 4/1/1808

C/255
12/26/1808
«tab»Administrators produce accounting
«tab»Balance of $1244.02
«tab»Court approves and orders distribution according to law
«tab»Court also appoints Crabb,W--,Stubbs as auditors

C/276
March 1809
«tab»Administrators "could discover no title to any greater estate in the aforesaid plantation than the one equal
«tab»«tab»third part which was sold."
«tab»However, they did discover equitable title to one-sixth part exclusive of part sold
«tab»Personal estate and previous proceeds insufficient to pay expenses
«tab»Court orders sale of land on 3/31/1809
«tab»[ Reference to $100, possibly security for sale or some payment to administrators for services rendered ]

C/299
5/4/1809
«tab»Administrators report sale to Dennis Lynch of [unknown] Township in Lancaster County for $447

C/345
12/27/1809
«tab»Court appoints Bird, Green, and Hamilton as auditors

C/424
7/31/1810
«tab»Auditors met at John McCammon's house in Middletown
«tab»( 3 pages of detailed accounting )
«tab»Now have $1720.35 in cash, including $29.33 cash received and $447 from Lynch property sale
«tab»Paid some debts, leaving $556.46
«tab»Administrators want bonds from estate of John Long (for whom James Scott was acting executor)
«tab»«tab»to be removed from this estate. Suspect that William Shaw and wife have claim against
«tab»«tab»Scott estate for legacy under John Long's will.
«tab»Report set aside

[ Now Roll 1640, but still film#JBH310 ]
D/6
2/7/1812
«tab»Auditors' report set aside

D/475
12/27/1816
«tab»Bombach, Walker, and Abricks are appointed auditors

[ Roll 1640, Film#JBH311 ]
E/610
5/3/1825
«tab»Forster, Maclean, and S---ack are appointed auditors
«tab»Mentions "John McCammon, surviving adminstrator"
«tab»Must report before 8/30/1825

E/641
9/20/1825
«tab»Report read and held under advisement
«tab»In different handwriting: 12/6/1825 report confirmed
«tab»«tab»«tab»«tab»12/17/1825 After argument, report confirmed

Family with Mary Clingan
himself
1807
Birth: Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
Death: about 1807Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA
wife
17551824
Birth: September 1, 1755 32 East Donegal Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
Death: 1824McConnellsburg, Fulton, Pennsylvania, USA
Marriage MarriageFebruary 14, 1771St. James Episcopal Church, Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
3 years
son
3 years
daughter
2 years
daughter
3 years
son
4 years
son
17811835
Birth: calculated October 9, 1781 26
Death: January 1, 1835McConnellsburg, Bedford, Pennsylvania, USA
Marriage
Citation details: Inspected at Lancaster County Historical Society, 12/27/1997
Death
Citation details: Vols. 1-C, 1-D, 1-E, 1807-1825; Genealogical Society film JBH310
Date: December 29, 2000
Note: PA Archives Rolls 1639-1640.
Text:

C/184
10/5/1807: James Scott died intestate leaving 10 children:
«tab»«tab»Adults: Mary, William
«tab»«tab»Under 20: James, Franklin, Andrew, Margaret, Jane, [Ferrisa], Isabella
«tab»Mary Scott and James [John?] McCammon, administrators
«tab»Personal estate insufficient for payment of debts
«tab»Want order for sale of one-third part of land to pay debts and for maintenance/education of minors
«tab»Court orders sale on premises 11/27/1807 to highest bidder

C/207
12/10/1807
«tab»Unable to sell ("no person offering sufficient price")
«tab»Court orders sale on 3/2/1808

C/225
March 1808
«tab»Sold to Thomas Holmes of Lancaster Co. for £250 (PA currency)
«tab»Payable 4/1/1808

C/255
12/26/1808
«tab»Administrators produce accounting
«tab»Balance of $1244.02
«tab»Court approves and orders distribution according to law
«tab»Court also appoints Crabb,W--,Stubbs as auditors

C/276
March 1809
«tab»Administrators "could discover no title to any greater estate in the aforesaid plantation than the one equal
«tab»«tab»third part which was sold."
«tab»However, they did discover equitable title to one-sixth part exclusive of part sold
«tab»Personal estate and previous proceeds insufficient to pay expenses
«tab»Court orders sale of land on 3/31/1809
«tab»[ Reference to $100, possibly security for sale or some payment to administrators for services rendered ]

C/299
5/4/1809
«tab»Administrators report sale to Dennis Lynch of [unknown] Township in Lancaster County for $447

C/345
12/27/1809
«tab»Court appoints Bird, Green, and Hamilton as auditors

C/424
7/31/1810
«tab»Auditors met at John McCammon's house in Middletown
«tab»( 3 pages of detailed accounting )
«tab»Now have $1720.35 in cash, including $29.33 cash received and $447 from Lynch property sale
«tab»Paid some debts, leaving $556.46
«tab»Administrators want bonds from estate of John Long (for whom James Scott was acting executor)
«tab»«tab»to be removed from this estate. Suspect that William Shaw and wife have claim against
«tab»«tab»Scott estate for legacy under John Long's will.
«tab»Report set aside

[ Now Roll 1640, but still film#JBH310 ]
D/6
2/7/1812
«tab»Auditors' report set aside

D/475
12/27/1816
«tab»Bombach, Walker, and Abricks are appointed auditors

[ Roll 1640, Film#JBH311 ]
E/610
5/3/1825
«tab»Forster, Maclean, and S---ack are appointed auditors
«tab»Mentions "John McCammon, surviving adminstrator"
«tab»Must report before 8/30/1825

E/641
9/20/1825
«tab»Report read and held under advisement
«tab»In different handwriting: 12/6/1825 report confirmed
«tab»«tab»«tab»«tab»12/17/1825 After argument, report confirmed

Source citation
Citation details: Fourth Series, Volume I, p. 215 (Rev. Colin McFarquahr's membership roll for 1776) and p. 230 (church membership records).
Source citation
Citation details: FHL microfilm 21299, 21300.
Note: PA Archives Rolls 4126, 4127.
Source citation
August 6, 2014 (207 years after death)
Citation details: p. 97-98.
Source citation
Source citation
Citation details: Fourth Series, Volume I, p. 215 (Rev. Colin McFarquahr's membership roll for 1776)
Marriage
Shared note

Married by Rev. Thomas Barton

Death

PA Archives Rolls 1639-1640.

Source citation

PA Archives Rolls 4126, 4127.

Shared note

Per Egle (p. 215): James Scott was "connected with Mrs. James McFarland, and bought part of the McFarland lands." He was born "above Big Chickies" in the vicinity of Donegal.

Per Egle (p. 230): He

Per the Gradual Emancipation Act of 1780, and subsequent acts, James Scott registered a negro child Lucy at the Dauphin County Clerk of Courts on October 30, 1788. Lucy was therefore to remain a slave until age 28. (See "History of Dauphin County" source.)

He appears in the Derry Township, Dauphin County tax lists for most years 1785 through 1806. For 1813 through 1814 his name appears as "James Scott, dec'd." For 1815 through 1821, his name appears as "James Scott heirs."

He died intestate. His Dauphin County estate settlement records begin in 1807 and end in 1825.

Shared note

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