Solomon Scott is one of my 3x Great-Grandfathers. He is the father of Scoatney (Scott) Cooper, partner of Cherry (surname unknown) and then of Nellie Little. Put differently, he is the father of my mother’s mother’s father’s mom. And like others in this generation, he saw a seismic shift in American life: the Civil War and the transition from enslavement to freedom that it brought.
Solomon Scott → Scoatney Scott → Noah Cooper → Elnora Cooper → Mom → Me
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| Solomon Scott's "mark" in the 1867 Return of Qualified Voters and Reconstruction Oath Book for Hancock County, GA. (Ancestry.com) |
