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John Scott, after whom the county was named, died in Pike county, in November, A.D. 1855. James Scott remaine4d until 1864, and then moved to Macoupin county, where he still resides, the only one of the party now living, and the one from whom I obtained many of the foregoing details.
Jun 29, 2021 · One of their sons, Allen McDonald, was Scott County’s first Court Clerk and fought with the Union in the Civil War (he died of camp fever during the war, shortly after being captured by the Rebels and later escaping). McDonald died in 1848 and was buried in the Winona Cemetery.
- Alachua. a Timucuan word meaning “sink” or “big jug” (sources differ). It was used to describe the many sinkholes in the area, many of which have become bowl-shaped lakes.
- Baker. Named for James McNair Baker, a confederate Florida senator and judge during the Civil War. The county was named for him while he was serving as a judge.
- Bay. Named after St. Andrews Bay, which is a defining characteristic of the county.
- Bradford. Named in honor of Richard Bradford, who was apparently the first Floridian officer to die in the Civil War during the Battle of Santa Rosa Island.
Dickens County, Texas: Dickens is named for J. Dickens, who died at the Battle of the Alamo. Dimmit County, Texas: Dimmit is named for Philip Dimmitt, a major figure in the Texas Revolution. Donley County, Texas: Donley is named for Stockton P. Donley, a frontier lawyer.
General Thomas Person was honored with the naming of Person County (1791). The general had opposed the Stamp Act, evinced a “devoted love of liberty,” and risked life during the Revolutionary War.
Winnie Ruth Judd (January 29, 1905 – October 23, 1998), born Winnie Ruth McKinnell, also known as Marian Lane, was a medical secretary in Phoenix, Arizona, who was accused of murdering her friends, Anne LeRoi and Sarah Samuelson, in October 1931. The murders were discovered when Judd transported the victims' bodies, one of which had been ...
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SCOTT COUNTY. Population in 1940: 13,300. Named for Andrew Scott. This one of the western border counties. It is bounded on the north by Logan and Sebastian counties; on the east by Yell County; on the south by Montgomery and Polk counties, and on the west by the State of Oklahoma.
