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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. It has an area of 970 square miles, much of which is mountainous, the average ...
Settlement first began in what became Scott County around 1833. Soon after towns sprang up along the Mississippi River. By 1836 the first survey of public land in Iowa was called for, and by March of 1837 the Scott County area had been completely surveyed. The territorial governor required this survey prior to the organization of the county.
May 25, 2021 · Scott County’s boundaries have not changed since 1897. This story is the May 2021 installment of Forgotten Times, presented by United Cumberland Bank on the fourth week of each month as part of the Independent Herald’s Back Page Features series. A print version of this article can be found on Page B4 of the May 27, 2021 edition of the IH.
Jun 27, 2023 · They had 11 children. 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 escaping). McDonald died in 1848 and is buried at Winona Cemetery. Sarah, who was 17 years younger, lived until 1873.
Jan 17, 2017 · Scott County, Tennessee . Founded: 1849. Named For: Winfield Scott. Congressional District: 3rd. Notably: Scott County was founded in 1849, using portions of land that had been part of Fentress, Morgan and Campbell counties. Because of its remote mountainous location, the people who settled in Scott County tended to be tough and independent-minded.
Jun 29, 2021 · Dennis Trammell had a grandson also named Dennis Trammell, who was a captain in the Civil War. He was one of the first justices of the peace after Scott County was formed in 1849. While he was away from home during the Civil War, Confederates burned his home on Jellico Creek, but allowed his blind wife, Polly, to be led safely from the house.
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This was the first death of a white person in Scott county. The first birth in the county was that of a son to Rev. Samuel V. Pond, April 20th, 1850, at Shakopee. The first marriage was that of Peter Shamway, in 1852, to a hired girl of William Holmes, to whose tragic death we have elsewhere referred.
