Scott family papers, 1867-1931

Access and use

Location of collection:
Library of Virginia
The Library of Virginia
800 East Broad Street
Richmond, VA 23219
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Archives Reference Services
Phone: (804) 692-3888

Summary

Extent:
1.575 cu. ft. and 4 boxes
Creator:
Scott family
Language:
English

Background

Scope and content:

Papers, 1867-1931, of the Scott family of Orange County and Richmond, Virginia, consisting of accounts, address books, check stubs, clippings, correspondence, drawings, flight journals and logs, insurance policies, judicial records, lists, military passes, negatives, phototgraphs, poems, postcards, promissory notes, publications, report cards, tax records, telegrams, visiting cards, and other papers. Papers concern the personal lives and professional careers of Philip Henshaw Scott (1873-1962), Mattie Moore Leitch Scott (1875-1953), his father W. W. Scott (1845-1929), and his children, including William Wallace Scott (1906-1931).

Biographical / historical:

William Wallace Scott (1845-1929) attended the Virginia Military Institute and enlisted in the Confederate Army 1 December 1863, serving in Company H, 4th Virginia Cavalry, also known as the Black Horse Cavalry. Scott was captured by Union forces in April 1865, but escaped; eventually being paroled in Charlottesville, Virginia, on 1 May 1865. After the war, Scott became a lawyer and editor. He served as the law librarian for the state of Virginia, and published works on Virginia and its history. Scott married Claudia Marshall Willis (1846-1912) 29 September 1869, and they had nine children. One of those nine children was Philip Henshaw Scott (1873-1962) who served as a career United States Coast Guard officer who served aboard Coast Guard cutters, including commanding the U.S.S. Seminole. Philip Scott also served in ports such as Norfolk, Virginia, and Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. He married Mattie Moore Leitch (1875-1953) 29 April 1903, and they had five children: Philip Henshaw Scott (1904-1914), William Wallace Scott (1906-1931), Martha Moore Scott (1908-1979), Meredith Leitch Scott (1915-2002), and Johnny Scott (1918-). Most members of the Scott family are buried in Maplewood Cemetery in Gordonsville, Virginia.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Johnny Scott of Somerset, Orange County, Virginia.
Arrangement:

This collection is arranged into the following series:

  • Series I: Correspondence, 1867, 1898-1931.
  • Series II: Accounts, receipts, etc. 1912-1925.
  • Series III: William Wallace Scott papers, 1924-1931.
  • Series IV: General papers.
  • Series V: Publications and articles.