Reverend James Keith Scott

JAMES K. SCOTT s/o John Wilson & Nancy Keith Scott b. 12 or 18 Apr 1793 (source - SAR application of Lt. Chester C. Edwards), probably South Carolina (though he reported North Carolina in the 1850 census) d. 5/6 Jun 1853 Dewitt co. Ill. (dropsy) m. ca. 1814 Elizabeth Scott d/o Wilson Scott? b. ca. 1797 Tennessee d. 1863 Daviess co. Mo.? James and Elizabeth were first cousins (per son Crafton's Civil War pension application, Thomas Franklin Scott's research, Ethel Scott Fraser's 1959 DAR application, and Mary Jane Bebout's 1960 DAR application), and her maiden name was Scott (per daughter Lucinda's second marriage record and Mary Jane Bebout's 1960 DAR application). All records say James died on June 5th, but his obituary in the Bloomington Intelligencer says the 6th.

Source: http://www.bytesizesound.com/jws1/jamesk.htm

Mr. Scott brought his family with him, consisting of a wife and two sons, Lorenzo Dow and John W. Scott. Five children were born to them in DeWitt County, Illinois. His remains lie in one of the oldest cemeteries in the county, situated on the premises of Samuel P. Glenn in section 26.