Alexander William Scott

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• Name	Alexander William Scott  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11]
  Birth	1840 North Carolina, USA [6]
  Enslaved	1841 Cheneyville, Rapides, Louisiana, USA  –  Yes; Self-Emancipated
  Born	31 Dec 1841 Cheneyville, Rapides, Louisiana, USA [1, 3, 4, 8, 12, 13, 14]
  Gender	Male
  Military	26 Jan 1864 Carlisle, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, USA [5, 9, 11, 13, 15]  –  ServiceNumber: 1117667; SideOfWar: Union; SurvivedWar: Yes
  Birth	​ N Orleans, Louisiana [11]
  Military Enlistment	26 Jan 1864 [11]
  Military Muster	26 Jan 1864 [5]  –  Information: Enlisted; MilitaryCompany: F; MilitaryUnit: 2910; Regiment: U.S. Colored Troops 25th Infantry; RegimentType: Infantry
  Military Rank Change	19 Nov 1865 [5]  –  Rank: Corpl
  Residence	1870 Butler, Middletown, Adams, Pennsylvania, USA [6]  –  30 Age: 30; CannotRead: Yes; CannotWrite: Yes; MaleCitizenOverTwentyone: Yes; Farm Laborer Occupation: Farm Laborer
  Civil	1880 Butler, Adams, Pennsylvania, USA [14]  –  38 Age: 38
  Residence	1880 Yellow Hill, Biglerville, Adams, Pennsylvania, USA
  Death	Apr 1880 [14]  –  38 Age: 38
  Military Enlistment	Rank: Private [5]
  Military Muster Out	Information: Mustered Out [5]
  Military Pension	5 Apr 1880 [9]
  Race	Black [14]
  Name	Alex Scott [14]
  Name	Alexander Scott [13]
  Name	Cpl Alexander William Scott [12]
  Residence	Married MaritalStatus: Married [14]
  Residence	Soldier RelationToHead: Soldier
  Died	13 Apr 1880 Yellow Hill, Biglerville, Adams, Pennsylvania, USA [12, 16]
  Residence	1900 Ward 2, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [8]  –  Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Head
  Buried	​ Gettysburg, Adams, Pennsylvania, USA [1, 7, 12, 16, 17]
  	Lincoln Cemetery, Gettysburg. Perhaps re-interred from Yellow Hill /Faitmount Church Cemetery
  Notes	Yellow Hill; North of Bigglerville in Adams County. Re-interred in Lincoln Cemetery, Gettysburg.
  Person ID	I38 SOALsearch
  Last Modified	1 Nov 2024

  
  
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  Family	Martha Jane Mathews (Age 82 years) b. 31 Aug 1846, Yellow Hill, Biglerville, Adams, Pennsylvania, USA d. 24 Feb 1929, 341 Muench Street, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 82 years)
  Married	3 May 1866 Biglerville, Adams, Pennsylvania, USA [18, 19]
  	Fairmount Church on Yellow Hill
  Children	1. Carrie Estelle Scott (Age 88 years) b. 1876, Yellow Hill, Biglerville, Adams, Pennsylvania, USA d. 16 May 1964, Baltimore, Anne Arundel, Maryland, USA (Age 88 years)  [natural]   2. Ada Alverta Scott (Age 32 years) b. 22 Sep 1877, Yellow Hill, Biglerville, Adams, Pennsylvania, USA d. 25 Jun 1910, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 32 years)  [natural]   3. William Kenton Scott (Age 43 years) b. 21 Jul 1868, Yellow Hill, Biglerville, Adams, Pennsylvania, USA d. 26 Aug 1911, Washington, District of Columbia, USA (Age 43 years)  [natural]   4. Charles Edward Scott (Age 77 years) b. 13 Mar 1870, Biglerville, Adams, Pennsylvania, USA d. 28 Jan 1948, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 77 years)  [natural]   5. Mary Alice Scott (Age 60 years) b. 19 Dec 1875, Biglerville, Adams, Pennsylvania, USA d. 21 Jan 1936, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 60 years)  [natural]   6. Emma Gertrude Scott (Age 1 years) b. 2 Dec 1879, Yellow Hill, Biglerville, Adams, Pennsylvania, USA d. 29 Jan 1881, Yellow Hill, Biglerville, Adams, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 1 years)  [natural]   7. Nannie Virginia Scott (Age 1 years) b. 21 Feb 1872, Biglerville, Adams, Pennsylvania, USA d. 18 Jul 1873, Biglerville, Adams, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 1 years)  [natural]   8. Annie Ella Scott (Age 0 years) b. 6 Dec 1865, Menallen, Adams, Pennsylvania, USA d. 25 Feb 1866, Biglerville, Adams, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 0 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	1 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F12 Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  [S2] Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1967, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;), Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, PA; Pennsylvania (State). Death Certificates, 1906-1968; Certificate Number Range: 056141-059880. Record for Ada Alberta Mccree https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=5164&h=241641&indiv=try [S35] Pennsylvania, U.S., Marriages, 1852-1968, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2016;). [S2] Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1967, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;), Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, PA; Pennsylvania (State). Death Certificates, 1906-1968; Certificate Number Range: 002701-005250. [S2] Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1967, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;), Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, PA; Pennsylvania (State). Death Certificates, 1906-1968; Certificate Number Range: 056141-059880. [S64] U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, Historical Data Systems, comp, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Historical Data Systems, Inc.; Duxbury, MA 02331; American Civil War Research Database. Record for Alexander Scott https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1555&h=3689564&indiv=try [S69] 1870 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Year: 1870; Census Place: Butler, Adams, Pennsylvania; Roll: M593_1289; Page: 17B. Record for Alexander Scott https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7163&h=9301164&indiv=try [S363] U.S., Veterans' Gravesites, ca.1775-2019, National Cemetery Administration, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), National Cemetery Administration; U.S. Veterans' Gravesites. Record for Alexander Scott https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=8750&h=5870657&indiv=try [S37] 1900 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Harrisburg Ward 2, Dauphin, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1402; Page: 11; Enumeration District: 0045. [S63] U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, National Archives and Records Administration, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2000;), The National Archives in Washington, DC; Washington, DC, USA; U.s., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934; NAI Title: General Index to Civil War and Later Pension Files, Ca. 1949-Ca. 1949; NAI Number: 563268; Record Group Titl. Record for Alexander Scott https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=4654&h=58282&indiv=try [S4675] Pennsylvania, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1845-1963, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2016;), Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania County Marriages, 1852-1973; County: Adams; Year Range: 1901 - 1904; Roll Number: 549785. Record for Alexander Scott https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=61324&h=1350054645&indiv=try [S3374] U.S., Colored Troops Military Service Records, 1863-1865, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2007;), The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Compiled Military Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served with the United States Colored Troops: Infantry Organizations, 20th through 25th; Microfilm Serial: M1823; Microfilm Roll: 93. Record for Alexander Scott https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1107&h=184011&indiv=try [S129] U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). Record for Cpl Alexander William Scott https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=100240578&indiv=try [S655] Pennsylvania, U.S., Civil War Muster Rolls, 1860-1869, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;). Record for Alexander Scott https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=9040&h=311617&indiv=try [S85] U.S., Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1885, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Non-Population Census Schedules for Pennsylvania, 1850-1880: Mortality; Archive Collection: M1838; Archive Roll Number: 8; Census Year: 1880; Census Place: Butler, Adams, Pennsylvania. Record for Alex Scott https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=8756&h=2305880&indiv=try [S341] U.S., Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865, National Park Service, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;). [S14] SOAL on Facebook, SOAL: Saving Our Ancestor's Legacy, (Location: https://fb.me/SavingOurAncestorsLegacy;), SOAL Facebook Page. SOAL Facebook Group. Grave Markers documented at Lincoln Cemetery. Burial Records digitized at Wesley Union Church by Rachael and Ezekiel Williams and Bhakti Williams Brown. https://fb.me/SavingOurAncestorsLegacy. Information concerning burials in Harrisburg's Lincoln Cemetery by SOAL volunteers begining in 2021. http://https/lincolncemetery.org [S4] Findagrave, (Location: Penbrook, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, USA; Date: 1885;), Alexander Scott 13 Apr 1880. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19749688/alexander-scott [S54] Debra Sandoe McCauslen Yellow Hill Research Files, Debra Sandoe McCauslen. Fairmount Church Records for Martha Jane Mathews, Alexander Scott and their children. It is unknown where the Fairmount Church records originated. [S35] Pennsylvania, U.S., Marriages, 1852-1968, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2016;). Record for William Gray https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=61381&h=42452&indiv=try