TTHHEE JJAACCOOBB AANNDD SSAARRAAHH WWAARRNNOOCCKK SSCCOOTTTT FFAAMMIILLYY 11777799--11991100 BY JAMES WESLEY SCOTT Fourth Great -Grandson of Jacob Scott Written June 2002 CONTENTS 3 INTRODUCTION 4 ABBREVIATIONS, INDEX TO PHOTOGRAPHS P. JACOB SCOTT & SARAH WARNOCK 5 History 5 Origins of the Scott Family 6 Conversion to Mormonism 8 Rebellion and Apostasy Under Isaac Russell at Far West 10 Nauvoo: Tragedy, Disappointment, and Division 11 Jacob Scott Ordained a Teacher 11 Isaac Russell: The Far West Letter 12 Letter from James Mulholland to Isaac Russell 13 Letter from Jacob Scott, Sen. to Joseph Smith, Jun. 13 Jacob Scott, Sen.: Nauvoo Letters 25 “Hiram Smith” Poem by Jacob Scott, Sen. ANN SCOTT & CHARLES DAVIS 1. 26 History 27 Property Sale Record 28 Note from Joseph Smith III to Ann Scott Davis 28 “Spiritual Reminiscenses in the Life of Sister Ann Davis” 33 Obituary for Ann Scott Davis 33 Obituary for Charles Davis JANE SCOTT & ISAAC ASKIN 2. 34 History 35 Obituary for Jane Scott Askin MARY SCOTT & WILLIAM WARNOCK 3. 36 History 37 Mary Jane Warnock Letter 38 William and Mary Scott Warnock Affidavit 39 Obituary for William Warnock 39 Obituary for Mary Warnock Scott JOHN SCOTT & ELIZABETH MENEARY 4. 40 History 47 Patriarchal Blessing given by Joseph Smith, Sen. to John Scott 47 Journal Excerpts, 1847-1848 (States Mission) 49 Journal Excerpts, 1855-1856 (Irish Mission) 52 Documents registering John Scott as a United States Citizen 53 Confrontation between John Scott and Stephen Markham 54 Photograph: Sons of John Scott and Elizabeth Meneary 1 ISAAC FRANKLIN SCOTT & SARAH SOPHIA HALL 5. 55 History 57 Letters, 1843-1860 69 Note Written by Isaac F. Scott to the Saints’ Herald 69 Letters: Joseph Smith III to Isaac F. Scott 70 Obituary for Isaac Franklin Scott 70 Obituary for Sarah Sophia Hall Scott 71 Excerpts from “History of Isaac Franklin Scott” by Alma Brookover SARAH SCOTT & JAMES MULHOLLAND, ALEXANDER MULLINER 6. 73 History 74 Letter from Sarah Scott to William and Mary Warnock 75 Obituary for Sarah Scott Mulholland Mullinder JACOB SCOTT, JUN. 7. 76 History 76 Letter to William and Mary Warnock ROBERT THOMAS SCOTT & BE-MASH-I-KWE (KATE) 8. 78 History 80 APPENDIX A: Family Genealogical Data 92 APPENDIX B: Ancestry of the Author 2 INTRODUCTION Since the age of fifteen I’ve been involved in researching my family’s history. At that time, my great-aunt Edith Colburn Scott was organizing the monumental task of tracking down the entire family in order to publish an official history. Edith is gone now, but her two-volume History and Descendants of Jacob Scott – John Scott 1782-1996 (hereafter HDJS) is the foundation for my shorter work. I chose to write about the first Scott family that we know of. Perhaps this is because they were the first known Scotts among my ancestors. Then again, perhaps it was because the family lived during such an extraordinary time. Religious and political fervor characterized the age, and each individual in the family reflected a slightly different angle on the vast prism of the American frontier and the Mormon movement. The Scotts represent a fascinating cross-section of the period. They have much to teach their modern descendants about dealing with life’s challenges. What we learn, both from their successes and their failures, will help us to carry on the legacy they began. In each individual’s history, I have included two sections: the first is a biographical sketch, including details of that person’s marriage and children and providing basic facts relative to other members of the family. The second part of each history is the Documents section, where I have included all of the historical documents that I believe are important in understanding that person’s life. Often these document sections will be the most interesting to my readers, since they give a first-hand view of each individual’s character and history. Some smaller documents and excerpts from relevant materials are included in footnotes. Whenever I have had access to original letters and manuscripts, the authors’ spelling, punctuation, and underlining are preserved. At the conclusion of the work, I have included a section giving the basic biographical data of each individual in the family. I am indebted to the staff of Brigham Young University’s L. Tom Perry Special Collections in the Lee Library at Provo, Utah, as well as to the Temple Library at the Community of Christ headquarters in Independence, Missouri. Both libraries provided invaluable archival materials and assistance in researching the history of the family. I would love to hear from any family members or friends who have corrections or additions to this history. James Wesley Scott c/o The Scott Family 3920 N. Garry Road Otis Orchards, WA 99027 RIGHT: The author on Mullholland Street in front of the newly-restored Nauvoo Illinois temple. Mullholland Street was named after James Mulholland, an early member of the Scott family. 3 Abbreviations HC History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Utah Mormons). HDJS History and Descendants of Jacob Scott – John Scott 1782-1996, ed. by Edith Colburn Scott. LDS Latter-day Saints (also Latter Day Saints); followers of Joseph Smith, Jun. RLDS Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, now officially the Community of Christ. SH Saints’ Herald, a publication of the RLDS Church (Community of Christ). BYU Brigham Young University, official educational institution of the LDS Church. Located in Provo, Utah. Index to Photographs 6 Ebenezer Hall, home of Jacob and Sarah Scott in Canada 25 “Hiram Smith” Poem by Jacob Scott, Sen. (photocopy) 36 William Warnock, photograph, ca 1871 36 Saints’ House in Lamoni, Iowa; postcard ca 1900 40 John Scott photograph 40 Elizabeth Meneary photograph 41 “Last Public Address of Lieut. General Joseph Smith” 54 Photograph: Sons of John Scott and Elizabeth Meneary 55 Isaac Franklin Scott photograph 55 Sarah Sophia Hall Scott photograph 78 Mary Jane Scott photograph, daughter of Robert Thomas and Kate Scott 91 Scott ancestors of the author 4 JACOB SCOTT, SEN. SARAH WARNOCK 1782-1845 1779-1841 Origins of the Scott Family The ancestors of Jacob Scott descended from Clan Scott, an ancient tribe living in southern Scotland around the towns of Hawick, Selkirk, and Melrose, and centered at Bellendain. This area is known as the Borders, and lies within the Lowlands of Scotland. The Scotts were one of the six major riding Clans of Scotland and one of the most powerful families in the entire Borders, reaching their peak in the 16th century. Border clans are more like loose family associations today than those from the Scottish highlands. Early records spell only one t; use of a second t became common in the 17th century to distinguish a member of the Scott family from “one from Scotland.” In the early 1600s, the English crown sent many Scotch Presbyterian settlers to occupy lands taken from Irish Catholics in northern Ireland. More than 50,000 Scots eventually settled in the Irish county of Ulster, displacing the island’s native inhabitants. The ancestors of the Scott family came to Ireland during this period. Jacob Scott was born August 12, 1782, in Londonderry, Northern Ireland. While uncertain, some family researchers believe that his parents were James and Sarah Scott from County Down. Jacob grew up in County Armagh and received a Ages of the Scotts thorough British education. Sarah Warnock was born August 10, 1779 in Armagh, upon their the daughter of John and Jane Abbott Warnock.1 Like the Scotts, the Warnocks emigration to were Scotch Presbyterians who had settled in Ireland. Canada: Jacob and Sarah were married by the Reverend Thomas Cummings on Jacob, 36 June 5, 1804 in the First Presbyterian Church of Armagh. Jacob was twenty-one Sarah Warnock, 39 and Sarah was twenty-four. Nine months later their daughter Ann was born at Ann, 14 Armagh. In the following years, Jane (1806), Mary (1808), John (1811), Isaac Jane, 12 Franklin (1814), and Sarah (1816) would be born to Jacob and Sarah in Ireland. Mary, 10 Jacob was a schoolteacher in Belfast, and his background ensured that the John, 7 children received a good education. Isaac Franklin, 4 Like many other Scotch and Irish families, the Scotts looked to other lands Sarah, 2 for opportunities unavailable in Ireland. Some of Jacob’s brothers left to work in the textile industry at Manchester, England, and one sister emigrated to the United States. On April 5, 1819, Jacob and Sarah took their six children and left Ireland for Canada. They may have been accompanied by members of the Warnock family and Jacob’s brother, James. In May they 1 Some records date Sarah’s birth to 1789. Since this would put her marriage age at 15 and her last childbirth at 35, I have chosen the more logical latter date, which places her marriage at age 25 and her last childbirth at 45. British couples rarely married before their mid-twenties during this period; teenage marriages only became common later, among immigrant pioneers in the American West. 5 landed at Quebec and journeyed inland to the area surrounding Little York (present-day Toronto, Ontario). Ann, the oldest child, recalled their travels: From [Little York] we moved to Markham County, where my father taught school for one year, receiving one hundred dollars bounty from the British government for teaching, besides the subscribed fees of the parents of his pupils. In the following year [1821], I think, we located at Trafalgar on one hundred acres of land, given by the government to all British subjects who were actual settlers.1 In Trafalgar Township, Jacob built a large home from handmade clay brick which he named Ebenezer Hall.