THE POLSON-CHENEY FAMILY

        Husband: John Wilson Scott
           Born: 30 MAY 1763 in York County, Pennsylvania
        Married: after 1782
           Died: 13 MAR 1847 in DeWitt County, Illinois
         Buried: in Rock Creek Cematary, Waynesville, Dewitt County, Illinois
         Father: 
         Mother: 
        Spouses: Ann Craytin
           Wife: Nancy Keith
           Born: 1766
           Died: 19 SEP 1836 in DeWitt County, Illinois
         Father: Daniel Keith
         Mother: Elizabeth Liddell
        Spouses:
Children
01          (M): Andrew Scott
           Born: 21 NOV 1786 in North Carolina
           Died:
        Spouses: Ann Longest
02          (M): John Wilson Scott II
           Born: 02 JAN 1788 in South Carolina
           Died: 18 JAN 1852 in DeWitt County, Illinois
        Spouses: Mary Keith
03          (M): James Keith Scott
           Born: about 1795 in North Carolina (1)
           Died:
        Spouses: Elizabeth Glenn
04          (M): Martin Scott (2)
           Born: 14 MAR 1807 in Jackson County, Tennessee (3)
           Died: 29 JUL 1886 in Daviess County, Missouri (4)
        Spouses: Lucinda Maxwell; Mary Maxwell, Twin; Dinah Scott
05          (F): Nancy B. Scott
           Born: 22 FEB 1811 in Lincoln County, Kentucky
           Died:
        Spouses: John Vinson
06          (M): Alexander Scott
           Born:
           Died:
        Spouses: Rebecca Blackburn
07          (F): Anna C. Scott
           Born:
           Died:
        Spouses: Thomas Glenn
08          (F): Isabell Scott
           Born:
           Died:
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09          (M): Moses Scott
           Born:
           Died:
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10          (F): Patsy Scott
           Born:
           Died:
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11          (F): Ruth B. Scott
           Born:
           Died:
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12          (M): Samuel E. Scott
           Born:
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13          (M): William L. Scott
           Born:
           Died:
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14          (M): Wilson Scott
           Born:
           Died:
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Additional Information

John Wilson Scott:

Notes:
The Scott family moved to Sangamon County, Illinois in 1824. They moved to McLean County in 1832 and in 1840 they settled in DeWitt County.

John was a private in the Revolutionary War. He enlisted in May of 1780 with the Virginia Continental troops. John served one year in Captain James Dysart's Company, Col William Gamble's Regiment. John was in the Battle of King's Mountain and Wetzwll's Mill.

On the June 1, 1840 Illinois Pension Census for DeWitt County, John is listed at age 77 residing with John Maxwell. (From "Soldiers of the American Revolution Buried in Illinois" by the Illinois State Genealogical Society, 1976)

Footnotes

  1. 1850 Illinois Federal Census (Cheneys Grove, McLean County, Illinois).
  2. Brøderbund Software, Inc., World Family Tree Vol. 22, Ed. 1 (Release date: June 8, 1998), Tree #2234.
    Date of Import: 23 Apr 1999.
  3. Ibid., Tree #2234.
    Date of Import: 23 Apr 1999.
  4. Ibid., Tree #2234.
    Date of Import: 23 Apr 1999.

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