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The angel marking the grave of Mary Rose Scott (1893-1909)
TE photo, October 2001 |
SCOTT,
WILLIAM THOMAS
1811-1887
William Thomas (AKA Colonel Buck) Scott was born in Wilkinson County,
Mississippi, on December 14, 1811.
His father, Thomas Scott never recovered from wounds he received at
the Battle of New Orleans in 1815, and he died in 1823, leaving his
wife, William and siblings.
William Thomas Scott was forced to go to work at an early age at a
Mississippi store where he eventually became a partner with the owner.
With his share of company profits he bought land. |
He
married Mary Washington Rose, one of the daughters of William
Pinckney Rose in 1834 in Louisiana.
In addition to founding the town - Scott also established several
cotton plantations. His cotton harvest in 1859 yielded 356 bales of
cotton - the largest in Harrison County. Scott was also a partner
in a cotton-brokerage firm located in New Orleans and his children
attended school in the Crescent City part of the year.
Scott’s stature as a successful planter helped him win election to
the House of Representatives of the last Congress of the Republic
of Texas and he became a Senator of the first legislature after statehood.
In 1861 he voted for Secession and after Reconstruction he again became
a Senator – serving from 1879 to 1882.
During his political career Scott was a huge proponent of railroad
expansion – he invested in a railroad in 1852, but only a few miles
of track was laid before the Civil War. After the war the reorganized
company was renamed the Texas and Pacific Railway.
Scott died at Scottsville in 1887, and is buried next to his wife.
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