William Thomas Scott, Scottsville Cemetery, Scottsville, Texas. (original) (raw)

William Thomas Scott

	The angel marking the grave of Mary Rose Scott (1893-1909) TE photo, October 2001

SCOTT, WILLIAM THOMAS
1811-1887

William Thomas (AKA Colonel Buck) Scott was born in Wilkinson County, Mississippi, on December 14, 1811.

His father, Thomas Scott never recovered from wounds he received at the Battle of New Orleans in 1815, and he died in 1823, leaving his wife, William and siblings.

William Thomas Scott was forced to go to work at an early age at a Mississippi store where he eventually became a partner with the owner. With his share of company profits he bought land.

He married Mary Washington Rose, one of the daughters of William Pinckney Rose in 1834 in Louisiana.

In addition to founding the town - Scott also established several cotton plantations. His cotton harvest in 1859 yielded 356 bales of cotton - the largest in Harrison County. Scott was also a partner in a cotton-brokerage firm located in New Orleans and his children attended school in the Crescent City part of the year.

Scott�s stature as a successful planter helped him win election to the House of Representatives of the last Congress of the Republic of Texas and he became a Senator of the first legislature after statehood. In 1861 he voted for Secession and after Reconstruction he again became a Senator � serving from 1879 to 1882.

During his political career Scott was a huge proponent of railroad expansion � he invested in a railroad in 1852, but only a few miles of track was laid before the Civil War. After the war the reorganized company was renamed the Texas and Pacific Railway.

Scott died at Scottsville in 1887, and is buried next to his wife.

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