William Wallace Scott M V B K Y Photo: Born: 10 April 1845, Orange (County[3452]).[3453] 1845 Orange County.[3454] Married: “September 29, 1869, in Orange County, he married Miss Claudia Marshall Willis, daughter of Colonel John and Lucy (Madison) Willis. Her father was an extensive planter, a member of the Legislature and a colonel in the State Militia. Mr. Scott had the misfortune to lose his wife in January, 1912.”[3455] Died: 17 January 1929 Charlottesville.[3456] 1929 Orange County.[3457] Obituary: Children: “They were the parents of eight children: Philip H., a veteran of the World war, now a captain in the United States Coast Guard Service; Claudia D., whose first husband was Doctor Robert S. Balkan, past assistant surgeon in the United States Navy, and she is now the wife of Captain T. Edwin Grimly, an attorney at Culpeper Court House; Robert Lewis Madison Scott, who was born in 1876 and died in 1919, a civil engineer by profession and at the time of his death connected with the Duping Powder Company; Ellen Ritchie, wife of Rev. James J. Chapman, both missionaries under the auspices of the Episcopal Church in Japan; Garrett Willis, a civil engineer living at Big Stone Gap, Virginia; Caroline Barbour, who died in Orange County in 1914, wife of J. H. Stratton, a druggist a Gordonsville; Wyklif, a civil engineer who died at Roanoke in 1908; and John, a railway mail clerk whose home is in Orange County.”[3458] Parents and Siblings: Sarah Ellen (Nalle) and Garrett Scott. He was the eighth of their eleven children: George T.; Fanny; Nelly Barbour; James M.; Philip H; Thomas; Charles; William Wallace [BH]; Mary; Rev. Frank G.; Edmund W.[3459] Other Family: “His great-great-grandfather was John Scott, a native of Spotsylvania County, Virginia who became a pioneer in Orange County, owned large tracts of land there and was an extensive planter. He served as a captain in the Colonial forces in 1720. Captain John Scott married Jane Todd, who was born in 1699 in King and Queen County, and died in Orange County in 1731. Their son, known as Johnny Scott, was a native of Orange County, where he spent all his life, was a planter, served as captain of the Orange Minute Men during the Revolution, and was also a member of the committee of safety for that county. Later he was a member of the State Legislature. He married Miss Hackett, of Louisa County. John Scott, the third of that name and the grandfather of William Wallace Scott, was a life long resident of Orange County, and a planter there. He married Miss Terrell, a native of Hanover County. Garrett Scott, their son, was born in Orange County, April 24, 1808, and lived there all his life. He died February 24, 1885. He was presiding justice of the Orange County Court from its inception in 1852 until he was removed by the military government of Virginia on February 22, 1869. He had served as colonel of the State Militia and was prominent in the councils of the democratic party. He married Sarah Ellen Nalle, who was born in Culpeper County in 1812, and died in December 1877. They had a large family of children as follows: George T., who died in 1852, at the age of twenty years, while a student in the University of Virginia; Fanny, who died during the Civil war, at the age of thirty-three; Nelly Barbour, who died at the age of eighty-six; James M., who was a farmer and died in Orange County; Philip H., who lost a leg in the battle of Winchester, September 19, 1864, and died as a result of his wound in 1871; Thomas, who died while in the Confederate Army; Charles, who died in Orange County, aged eighteen; William Wallace; Mary, who died in infancy; Rev. Frank G., D.D., professor of Greek and Hebrew in the Payne Divinity School at Petersburg, Virginia; and Edmund W., a farmer in Orange County.”[3460] Stories, Letters & Biographies: “William Wallace Scott, state law librarian at Richmond, qualified for the practice of law…”[3461] See Biographies Chapter. Author of A History of Orange County. This source lists soldiers from Orange County, with their respective units; C. C. Taliaferro, H. Lee Willis, Robert Taliaferro, and W. W. Scott himself are listed with the Black Horse. CSR: VMI student; enlisted 1 December 1863; captured April 1865 Powhatan County; escaped; paroled 16 May 1865 Charlottesville; lawyer; editor; Law Librarian, State of Virginia. Additional Information: Editor. Gordonsville.[3462] More about him might be found at reference.[3463]

See his quote in Keith’s “The Black Horse Troop.” [NOTE:article in source

binder.] Author of article in publication of Va. State Library. Find ref. # [maybe refer, maybe delete. VMI Class of 1866: “..Madison River, Virginia.; 7 mos. In 2 years., ent. 3rd, rep. 3rd; LL.b., [University of Virginia], 1867; Prvt., [Company] A 13th Va. Inf., Black Horse Cav. [Company] H, 4th Va. Cav., C.S.A.; Law Librarian, State of [Virginia]; Author; Richmond ….”[3464]Check # UDC application 13th Va.