From "The Civil War Career of Thomas A. Scott", footnote 9 on page 3: "Scott's father is not to be confused with the Thomas Scott from Washington County who was one of the first men to be elected to Congress from Western Pennsylvania. Thomas Scott of Loudon was one of the original purchasers of lots in that village. He also took a leading part in the establishment of a union church for the Presbyterians, Lutherans, and Reformed Churchmen in that community..."