Genealogy Projects tagged with Scott County on the Geni Family Tree

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  • Davenport, Iowa

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Davenport, Scott County, Iowa. Official Website History Davenport was founded on May 14, 1836 by Antoine Le Claire and was named for his friend George Davenport, a former English sailor who served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812, served as a supplier Fort Armstrong, worked as a fur trader with the American Fur Company, a...

  • Scott County, Iowa

    Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Scott County, Iowa. Official Website The first American settlement in the area now known as Scott County was Clark's Ferry or Clark's Landing (now Buffalo) in 1833. Other early towns included Davenport (now the county seat and largest city) and the town of Rockingham (which ceased to exist in 1847). The area was fully surveyed in ...

  • Scott County, Tennessee

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Scott County, Tennessee. Official Website Scott County was formed in 1849 and is named for U.S. Army General Winfield Scott, a hero of the Mexican War. During the Civil War, the county was a Southern Unionist bastion, voting against secession from the Union in Tennessee's June 1861 referendum by a higher percentage (521 to 19, or ...

  • Scott County, Minnesota

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Scott County, Minnesota. Official Website Scott County was first inhabited by two bands of the Santee Sioux (Dakota) Indians, the Mdewakanton and Wahpeton. Scott County was established and organized by an Act passed in the legislature on March 5, 1853. The 369-square-mile county was named after General Winfield Scott. Settlers sta...

  • Scott County, Kentucky

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Scott County, Kentucky. Official Website Native Americans inhabited the Scott County area from perhaps 15,000 years ago. Evidence has been identified that belongs the Adena culture (800 B.C. - 800 A.D.), including several significant Adena mounds. The area was explored by American explorers as early as 1774. One of the earliest se...

  • Big Rock Cemetery, Big Rock, Iowa

    The Big Rock cemetery is located about 23 miles northwest of Davenport, on 31676 37th Avenue, Big Rock, Scott County, Iowa. Take Route 130 northwest out of Davenport. Drive through Maysville to Plain View. Turn right (north) in Plain View (only one crossroads) towards Dixon. Proceed five miles into Dixon to the T at the bottom of the hill (stop sign). Turn left (westerly) for a couple blocks an...

  • Scott County, Virginia, USA

    Official Web Site =This project is a table of contents for all projects relating to this County of Virginia. Please feel free to add profiles of anyone who was born, lived or died in this county.

  • Oakdale Memorial Gardens

    Wikiepedia =There is a Soldier's Lot in Oakdale Cemetery Gardens in which contains the remains of Civil War soldiers. It is administered by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and counts as a National Cemetery.Oakdale Memorial Gardens, formerly Oakdale Cemetery , is located in east-central Davenport, Iowa, United States. It contains a section for the burial of pets called the Love of Animal...

  • Pine Hill Cemetery, Davenport, Iowa

    This project is for those buried in Pine Hill Cemetery, Davenport, Scott County, Iowa The cemetery was founded by A.C. Fulton, who, in 1854, bought the land, planted evergreen trees, gave it the name Pine Hill, and had the land laid out in lots for burials. The first burial took place in 1855. Until 1921, the cemetery was maintained in sections by several area churches. In 1921, a group of nin...

  • Scott County, Illinois

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Scott County, Illinois. Scott County was formed in 1839 out of Morgan County. It was named for Scott County, Kentucky, which in turn was named for General Charles Scott. a Revolutionary War hero. Adjacent Counties Morgan Counties Greene County Pike County Cities, Towns, Villages & Communities Alsey Bloomfield ...

  • Scott County, Arkansas

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Scott County, Arkansas. The county, formed on November 5, 1833, and named for Andrew Scott, a justice of the Supreme Court of the Arkansas Territory. Adjacent Counties Logan County Sebastian County Yell County Montgomery County Polk County Le Flore County Cities & Townships Black Fork | Blansett | Brawley | Cau...

  • Scott County, Kansas

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Scott County, Kansas. Scott county was created by an act of legislature in 1873 and named in honor of General Winfield Scott. Adjacent Counties Gove County Lane County Finney County Kearny County Wichita County Logan County Cities, Townships & Communities Beaver Chevron Grigston Hutchins Isabel Key...

  • Scott County, Missouri

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Scott County, Missouri. Official Website The county was organized in 1821 and named for U.S. Representative John Scott, the first federal representative from Missouri. Adjacent Counties Alexander County, I'll Cape Girardeau County Mississippi County New Madrid County Stoddard County Cities Benton (County Sea...

  • Scott County, Indiana

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Scott County, Indiana. Official Website Scott County was formed in 1820. It was named for Gen. Charles Scott, who was Governor of Kentucky from 1808 to 1812. Adjacent Counties Jennings County Jackson County Washington County Clark County Jefferson County Cities, Towns & Townships Austin Blocher Finley ...

  • Scott County, Mississippi

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Scott County, Mississippi. Official Website The county was created in 1833 and was named for Abram M. Scott, the Governor of Mississippi from 1832 to 1833. On October 23–25, 1898, a "race war" erupted in Harperville, an unincorporated community in Scott County, after blacks resisted one of their community being arrested for an all...

  • St. Wenceslaus Cemetery, New Prague, Minnesota

    This project is for those who are buried in St. Wenceslaus Cemetery, New Prague, Scott County, Minnesota. New Prague is a small town about 40 miles southwest of the Twin Cities. It rests right on the border of Scott and Le Sueur counties, with Minnesota Highway 19 dividing it in half. The cemetery is located on 300 4th Street Northeast and is also known as Sancti Wenceslai Cemetery . Find a...

  • New Liberty Cemetery, New Liberty, Iowa

    This project is for those buried in New Liberty Cemetery, located on 29450 10th Avenue, New Liberty, Scott County, Iowa. Find a Grave Iowa Gravestones IA GenWeb