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A Biographical Dictionary of the Maryland Legislature 1635-1789 by Edward C. Papenfuse, et. al.
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BIOGRAPHIES SCO

1794, and who possibly married on December 13,
1793, Ann Beichtel; John; Jacob, a doctor and
the sheriff of Washington County, 1802-1804;
and David, who served in the Lower House from
Washington County, 1806-1807. DAUGHTER:
Elizabeth (?-by 1805), who married Jacob Bar-
nett. PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCATION: literate. RE-
LIGIOUS AFFILIATION: German Reformed; an elder
of the Trustees of Tychers Church located east
of Conogocheague Creek. SOCIAL STATUS AND
ACTIVITIES: Gent., by 1782. OCCUPATIONAL PRO-
FILE: doctor; planter. PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLA-
TIVE SERVICE: 9th Convention, Frederick County,
Upper District, 1776; Lower House, Washington
County, 1777, 1777-1778, 1778-1779 (Griev-
ances 3), 1785 (elected, but did not attend). LO-
CAL OFFICES: Committee of Observation, Fred-
erick County, elected 1775; appointed to promote
military subscriptions from Salisbury Hundred,
Frederick County, 1775; justice, Washington
County, appointed 1777-1782; justice, Orphans'
Court, Washington County, commissioned 1777-
1782; commissioner of the tax, Washington
County, appointed 1779; Maryland Senate elec-
tor, elected 1786, 1791, 1801; trustee of the poor
of Washington County, 1799. MILITARY SERVICE.
medical purveyor for the army, Washington
County, 1780. WEALTH DURING LIFETIME. PER-
SONAL PROPERTY: assessed value £178.5.0, in-
cluding 3 slaves and 3 oz. plate, 1783; assessed
value £302.13.4, including 8 slaves and 16 oz.
plate, 1803-1804. LAND AT FIRST ELECTION: 2,226
acres in Frederick (later became Washington)
County, plus 1 lot (and possibly as many as 3 lots)
in Elizabeth Town, Frederick (later became
Washington) County. SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN

LAND BETWEEN FIRST ELECTION AND DEATH: pur-

chased more than 1,148 acres in Washington
County and nearby Pennsylvania, 1778-1799;
leased 2 lots in Williamsport, Washington County,
for 95 years, 1797; patented 2,294 acres in seven
separate tracts, Washington County, 1789-1801.
Three of the seven patented tracts included re-
surveys on more than 1,865 acres of previously
purchased and patented land; sold 686 acres in
Washington County, 1779-1801, plus 2 lots in
Elizabeth Town, 1779-1790; deeded as a gift to
his son 120 acres in Washington County, plus a
lot in Elizabeth Town, 1788; owned a house in
Washington, D.C., 1798. WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED:
on July 24, 1805; will probated in Washington

County. PERSONAL PROPERTY: TEV, £2,473.6.8

current money (including 11 slaves, plate, and 1
book); FB, £34.18.2. LAND: his will mentions 2,385

acres, plus unspecified acreage, in Washington
County; 530 acres in Pennsylvania; 2,872 acres in
Kentucky; and 1 lot in Washington, D.C.

SCOTT, ANDREW (?-?). BORN: of age by 1770.
NATIVE, at least second generation. RESIDED, in
Frederick County; may have had an alternate res-
idence in Annapolis in 1771. FAMILY BACK-
GROUND. FATHER: George Scott (?-1771), Esq.,
resided in Anne Arundel County until ca. 1754,
then Prince George's and Frederick counties; a
farmer of the quit rents for Frederick County,
deputy commissary of Prince George's County,
and sheriff of Frederick County in 1764; a tailor/
merchant. MOTHER: Elizabeth, daughter of Mar-
garet Dick (?-1756). BROTHERS: George Scott
(1736-1809); John (by 1749-?). SISTERS: Mar-
garet (by 1749-?); Ann; Isabella; Arianna; and
Elizabeth (by 1749-?). PRIVATE CAREER. EDU-
CATION: literate. RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION: Prot-
estant. OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE, attorney, ad-
mitted to the following courts: Frederick County,
March 1770; Prince George's County, August 1771;
Provincial Court, April 1772. PUBLIC CAREER.
LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: 1st Convention, Frederick
County, 1774. LOCAL OFFICE. Committee of Cor-
respondence, Frederick County, elected 1774.

WEALTH DURING LIFETIME. PERSONAL PROPERTY:

17 slaves in 1771; inherited personal property from
his father in 1771, which he mortgaged to his
brother George in 1775 and later lost through
forfeiture. LAND AT FIRST ELECTION: 3,859 acres
in Frederick County, which he mortgaged to his
brother George in 1775, and probably 1 lot in the
addition to George Town, Frederick County (he
may have inherited all of the acreage from his
father). SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN LAND BETWEEN

FIRST ELECTION AND DEATH: lost all of his 3,859

acres in 1786 through mortgage foreclosure.

WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED. alive in 1786. PERSONAL

PROPERTY: size of estate unknown. LAND: pos-
sibly 1 lot in the addition to Georgetown.

SCOTT, AQUILA (1756-?). BORN: in 1756 in
Baltimore (later became Harford) County; prob-
ably youngest son. NATIVE, at least fourth gen-
eration. RESIDED, in St. John's Parish, Bush River
Lower Hundred, Harford County; probably moved
to Georgia ca. 1791. FAMILY BACKGROUND. FATHER:
James Scott (1720-1762), son of Daniel Scott (ca.
1680-1744/45). MOTHER: Ann (ca. 1726-ca. 1783).
BROTHERS: Daniel (1744-by 1781); James; and
Benjamin (?-1782). SISTERS: Martha (ca. 1759-
by 1781); Ann (ca. 1762-by 1782); and Eliza-
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