THE ALEXANDER A SCOTT FAMILY

Alexander A Scott (3 Dec 1812-19 Nov 1855) married Mary Jane Hobson , lived in the Nashville area and is buried in the Old city Cemetery on Fourth Ave., South. To this union was born one daughter and six sons: Andrew, Richard, John A, William H, Sam and George W.

George W Scott, an orphan at age 12, came to Eagleville to live and work with the Scales family who operated a general store. George W Scott married Mary E Aberdeen whose father was Andrew Ralston, a native of Aberdeen Scotland, migrated through Ireland to America and acquired land in the Mt Vernon area before 1831. George and Mary had a large family. Andrew A (Buck) Scott, the oldest son, married Evelyn Owen, from the Mt Vernon area. This Owen family migrated from Virginia through Nashville to the Eagleville area about 1800. Evelyn's mother was a descendant of Drewey Bennett, who came from North Carolina to Mt Vernon about 1811. Her grandmother was Lovinia Smotherman, daughter of Elmore Walker Smotherman.

A.A. (Buck) Scott had six children: Estelle, Howard, Owen, Robert (Jack), Grady and Maira. Howard and Grady have families.

Aside from being a rural mail carrier (see post offices), A.A. (Buck) Scott operated a store at Concord from Jan 1919-Jan 1915, at which time the family moved to Rockvale in the well-known Scott residence.