This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: SCOTT Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/DWB.2ACE/103 Message Board Post: I am researching the SCOTT family. Lewis Scott married Sarah Niel (possibly O'Niel? which is spelled MANY different ways). She is said to be his second wife, the first having been unknown. There is some evidence the first wife may have been born in Germany, and/or her name may have been Sarah also (just a theory at this point). Lewis and Sarah Scott were living with children: Sterling-13, Philander-11, Amanda-9, Lydia-3, Mary M.-1, in the 1850 Hardin County Census, Buck Township. Also living with them was a 93-year old Joseph Scott, possibly Lewis' father. The History of Hardin County Ohio published in 1883 describes a Joseph Scott who served in the War of 1812 and was a pioneer of Hardin County, moving to Buck Township, Hardin County in 1830. The book also says Joseph had a son James Scott born in Franklin County Ohio in 1799 (Lewis' brother??) and that Joseph died in Fulton County Indiana in 1853. James Scott's son was William J. Scott, a prominent Hardin County citizen who served the Buck Township in a number of capacities. Lewis & Sarah Scott and (even more)children show up in the Paulding County Ohio Census in 1860 & 1870, then Defiance County Ohio in 1880. I would love to work with others researching this Scott line. Please get in touch! Thanks!!