John Whitefield Scott.......... I was also wondering the suggnificance of the Whitfield or Whitefield name in the Scott line? My John Whit(e)field Scott was born about 1850 in Illinois, but cannot locate his birth county. John moved to Ripley County, MO. and there he married a Sarah Elizabeth Newberry. I have been unable to locate the place where his middle name came from, but I have not seen it spelled Winfield yet, but I believe it was after the great General Winfield Scott. My Jonn was suppose to have been an indian chief though, and since his name was spelled Whitefield I am guessing it was mispelled through time. Another possibility was his name may have been changed because he was hiding out from the white man. In Missouri the Indian wasn't allowed there until 1909. Paula