The survivng Scott brothers (Thomas and William D. seem to have died in Feliciana Parish) in 1830 or so removed to Copiah Co., MS after that area opened up for settlers (Indian cession). Thereafter, they removed to Harrison Co., TX.

Samuel T. Scott is buried in Scottsville Cemetery, Harrison Co., TX. He died in 1846, soon after the death of his second wife, Helen Reed, and young son by his second wife.

Samuel T. was one of seven sons of Cason Scott the elder, a Revolutionary War sergeant in South Carolina, and Cason's wife, Tabitha [maiden name said to be Dickson or Dixon, but not confirmed]. The other six sons are listed below, but not given in birth order, which order is unknown:

Thomas Scott (married probably in SC to Mary Keller, older sister of Catherine Keller)
James
William Dixon Scott [notarial record in Louisana gives full name]
Joseph
Cason
Zachariah [he and Samuel were underage at the time of their father's death in 1816]

Two sisters:

Elizabeth Howell, wife of Joseph Howell, who also migrated to Feliciana Parish and later as a widow to Harrison Co., TX.
Mary Hare, wife of Edmond Hare, who is believed to have migrated to Georgia

(Elizabeth Howell is believed to be the 60 year old female, born in SC, who is living in the household of her son S.E. Howell, according to the 1850 Harrison Co. census.)

This is a transcription of the Wilkinson Co., MS marriage bond of Samuel Scott, who later began using the middle initial T. There was another Scott family in the adjoining Louisiana parish, and some of them had the same given names, leading to confusion for genealogists.

[Punctuation has been added in some places in the citation below]

From LDS film , pages 71 & 72 [Film not noted but probably FHL US/CAN Film 877597

The State of Mississippi }
Wilkinson County } Know all men by these presents that we Samuel Scott & Ephraim Carnes of said county are held and firmly bound unto George Poindexter Governor of the State of Mississippi aforesaid or his successors in office in the sum of two hundred dollars lawful money of said State to which payment well and truly to be made to the said Governor for the time being or his successors in Office we bind ourselves our heirs Executors and administrators each and every of us & them jointly and severally firmly by these
presents.

Sealed with our seals and dated this 19th day of August eighteen hundred and twenty--

The condition of this obligation is such that whereas a marriage is shortly intended to be celebrated between the above bound Samuel Scott and Catharine Keller Now if there is no lawful cause to obstruct the said marriage then this obligation to be void otherwise to remain in full force & Virtue.

Samuel Scott {seal}
Ephraim Carnes {seal}

The State of Mississippi Wilkinson County
To any Judge, Minister or Justice lawfully authorized to celebrate the Rites of Matrimony You are hereby licensed to celebrate the Rites of Matrimony between Samuel Scott and Catharine Keller of said county.

Given under my hand and seal this 17th day of August one thousand eight hundred & twenty
Isaac Dillahunty, Clerk

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Comment: Ephraim Carnes later in November 1820 married the widowed Ann or Nancy (Keller), widow of David Davis. They also removed to Copiah Co., MS. Mrs. Carnes seemingly inherited the Keller family Bible, which was transcribed (with a few errors) and published in Frances Adine Cook, CEMETERY AND BIBLE RECORDS, V. II, "George Keller Bible Records" (Jackson, MS: Genealogical Publications of the Mississippi Genealogical Society, Nov 1955), pp. 36-38. The Bible remained in the hands of the Wade family of Copiah Co., MS, and the owner in 1955 was Mrs. T. W. Huey, 1422 St. Ann Street, Jackson, Hinds Co., MS. The
births of the Wade children are given but will not be included. FAMILY TRAILS, Vol. 2, No. 1 Aug 1978 lists some Wilkinson Co. marriages, among them the marriage of Carnes and Nancy Ann Davis; app Nov 18, 1820. Bondsmen Ephriam Carnes & Sam Leath/Heath [perhaps Leach.] Wilkinson Co. MS Marriage Records, Book A, gives this information for the first marriage of Ann Keller: David Davis and Ann Keller ret. 31 Oct 1815; by John H. Davis, J.P.)

Comment: One of the daughters of Samuel T. Scott, Margaret Scott married John Washington Rose, who relocated to Victoria Co., TX. There are many Scott descendants who were born or reared or married or died in and around Victoria Co. John Washington Rose was the son of William P. Rose ("Hell-Raisin' Rose) who also had lived in Copiah Co., MS but previously in St. Tammany Parish, LA and in Washington Parish, LA before relocating to Copiah Co.