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George Scott was born ca 1765 in Kershaw County, South Carolina and was married to Rebecca Rutledge, born 12 Jan 1768 in Camden, Kershaw County, a daughter of John and Hannah Rutledge. George Scott was a constituent member of Beulah Baptist Church (on SC #378 just east of Columbia) on 26 Apr 1806. His wife Rebecca was also a constituent member. The church was a daughter-congregation of Congaree Baptist Church, a separate baptist congregation founded in 1766. George Scott was appointed a Deacon on 28 Jun 1806 and was named a Messenger to the [Charleston Baptist] Association, then a building supervisor for construction of the meetinghouse on 25 Sep 1808. He was licensed (as assistant pastor) on 26 Jan 1810.
On Friday, October 25, 1811: “: An inquiry was made respecting a choice of our pastor and the Church unanimously replied, they had made choice of Brother George Scott to take charge over them, to which Brother George Scott made this reply that he did not conceive himself worthy of such a place nor in no wise qualified for such an honorable office in the Church of God and after having some serious conversation on the great and important business postponed it for further consideration.” By Sunday, February 16, 1812, he had been persuaded, and became a regular Ordained Minister by the imposition of hands and prayers.
A biographical summary included in The Early History of the Congaree Settlement, Volume Two as follows:“Reverend George Scott George Scott was born about 1765, the son of William and Ann Scott and the grandson of John Scott and Jannett Seawright. He married Miss Rebecca Rutledge, born January 12, 1768, the daughter of John Rutledge of Camden. George Scott and his wife, Rebecca were charter members of Beulah Baptist Church and were two of the nine members who asked to be dismissed from Congaree Baptist Church for that purpose. He was instrumental in getting the land from Robert Adams on Cedar Creek and McCord's Ferry Road that Beulah built its second church upon. He resigned his pastorate in 1828 when the Church at Beulah was completed enough to hold regular services in it.”Issue:
- Rebecca Scott.
- Jean Scott.
- Polly Scott.
- Sarah Scott.
- Susanna Scott.
Dear Jeannette,
I do know that you are a most careful researcher and want accurate information on your site. And, I think that I've told you that a triple line cousin and I have been working on the genealogy of our mutual gg-grandfather for 12 or 15 years. She has done the majority of the deep research, but I've helped where I can. And that leads to our suggestion.
We realize that the information you have on Rev. George Scott of the Kershaw Scott's is material from "The Early History of the Congaree Settlement" and we don't question any of the biographical material on Rev. George Scott. However, without going into detail, we can definitely confirm that the Issue listed: Rebecca, Jean, Polly, Sarah, and Susanna are NOT children of Rev. George Scott and his wife, Rebecca Rutledge.
While, at this time, we have only been able to confirm two of the children of the Rev. George Scott, Rebecca, Jean, Polly, Sarah, and Susanna are far more likely the children of William Scott of Jackson Creek who died in Fairfield by 6 Nov. 1790. [See attached document for source of this data].
The following two notices have given us information regarding the two daughters of Rev. George Scott:
Issue of October 12, 1858
"Death of Rev. William Higgins, who died at his residence in Richland District., on the 4th of July 1858...born 3 July 1779, in 1825 married to the eldest daughter (Martha Susan 'Patsy' Scott*) of Rev. George Scott."
Marriage and Death Notices from Baptist Newspapers of South Carolina 1835-1865. Compiled by Brent Holcomb, The Reprint County Publishers, Spartanburg, South Carolina 1989.
*[Name supplied by descendant.]
Marriage and Death Notices from Baptist Newspapers of South Carolina Vol. 2: 1866-1887 by Brent Holcomb -- pg. 180; "The Baptist Courier issue of Nov. 16, 1882: Departed this life Sept. 29th, 1882, at his residence in Kershaw County, South Carolina, Bro John Higgins, aged 83 years, 11 months and 3 days. Bro. Higgins was married June 1828 to Miss Jane Scott, daughter of the REV. MR. SCOTT, of South Carolina. He united with the Colonel's Creek Baptist Church in 1850, and was soon after chosen deacon....left wife and daughters.
We hope you will find this data helpful. With kind regards, Gerry [Geraldine Rogers Lee and Sara Ashton Murphy]
