Joseph J. SCOTT, (Jr.), wife Nancy (nee WOOD) and some of their children, William L., Syrene, Franklin L., Nancy Margery, Thomas Perry, Franklin Lafayette came to Hunt County about 1854. ADAIR, BIGGS, HEFNER, PAYNE married into the SCOTT family. My records show descendants of Joseph J. Scott, (Sr) as: 1 Joseph J. Scott, Sr. b: Abt. 1750 in Unknown d: 1817 in Georgia .. +Susanna ??? b: Abt. 1750 in Unknown ..... 2 Margery Scott b: March 03, 1770 in Rowan County, NC d: May 21, 1853 in Jackson County, Georgia ......... +George Cowan b: September 04, 1763 in Rowan County, NC m: November 06, 1792 in Wilkes County, GA d: November 17, 1855 in Jackson County, Georgia ............ 3 Josiah Cowan b: May 20, 1793 in Wilkes County, Georgia d: October 18, 1825 ............ 3 William F. Cowan b: March 26, 1795 in Jackson County, Georgia d: Abt. 1845 in Jackson County, Georgia ............ 3 [2] Middleton Cowan b: March 03, 1797 in Jackson County, Georgia d: May 02, 1877 in Jefferson, Jackson Co, Georgia ................ +[1] Elizabeth G. Scott b: March 15, 1812 in Georgia m: November 09, 1837 d: February 08, 1891 in Jackson County Georgia ............ 3 Sarah Cowan b: August 20, 1799 in Jackson County, Georgia d: 1853 in Walton, Georgia ............ 3 Mary Johnson Cowan b: August 28, 1801 in Jackson County, Georgia d: December 24, 1880 ............ 3 James Cowan b: September 05, 1803 in Jackson County, Georgia d: October 1864 ............ 3 Abraham Scott Cowan b: Abt. 1805 in Jackson County, Georgia d: June 12, 1872 ............ 3 John Cowan b: Abt. 1807 in Jackson County, Georgia d: August 11, 1815 ............ 3 George Cowan b: Abt. 1809 in Jackson County, Georgia d: October 11, 1849 ..... 2 Catey Scott b: Abt. 1772 in Probably Rowan County, NC ......... +??? Shields ..... 2 Esther Scott b: Abt. 1773 in Probably in Rowan County, NC ......... +??? Early ..... 2 Abraham Scott b: Abt. 1775 ..... 2 Joseph Johnson Scott b: February 06, 1786 in Georgia d: Aft. 1860 in Texas ......... +Nancy Wood b: March 14, 1791 in N. C. m: December 10, 1807 in Jackson County, Georgia d: Aft. 1860 in Texas ............ 3 Elizabeth Scott b: September 20, 1808 in Jackson County Georgia d: November 19, 1811 in Jackson County Georgia ............ 3 Mary Ann Scott b: May 27, 1810 ................ +John F. Adair m: January 22, 1835 in Jackson County, Georgia ............ 3 [1] Elizabeth G. Scott b: March 15, 1812 in Georgia d: February 08, 1891 in Jackson County Georgia ................ +James N. Silman b: January 26, 1810 m: March 13, 1833 in Jackson County, Georgia d: June 23, 1835 ................... 4 Ann Elizabeth Silman b: June 01, 1834 d: July 02, 1835 ................... 4 James Benjamin Silman b: January 25, 1836 d: February 08, 1890 ....................... +Sara E. Jarrett b: July 17, 1839 m: November 11, 1856 in <Jackson County, Georgia> d: January 01, 1914 ............ *2nd Husband of [1] Elizabeth G. Scott: ................ +[2] Middleton Cowan b: March 03, 1797 in Jackson County, Georgia m: November 09, 1837 d: May 02, 1877 in Jefferson, Jackson Co, Georgia ............ 3 Joseph Jackson Scott b: April 18, 1814 ............ 3 John Milton Scott b: May 05, 1816 ............ 3 Susan Syrene Scott b: June 18, 1818 in Jackson County, Georgia d: July 25, 1881 in Lone Oak, Texas ................ +Alexander Joyce Hefner b: September 21, 1817 in Buncombe County, NC m: March 12, 1839 in Cherokee County, Alabama d: 1893 in Eliasville, Texas ................... 4 William Lafayette Hefner b: May 20, 1840 in Cherokee County Alabama ................... 4 Alexander Hamilton Hefner b: July 04, 1842 in Cherokee County Alabama ................... 4 Mary Hefner b: September 22, 1844 in Cherokee County Alabama ....................... +C. T. (Capt) Downing ................... 4 Martha Hefner b: September 22, 1844 in Cherokee County Alabama ................... 4 Francis Marion Hefner b: March 27, 1847 in Cherokee County Alabama d: June 21, 1926 in Stephens County, Texas ....................... +Matilda Skennel Key b: July 23, 1849 in Bossier Parish Louisiana m: March 29, 1868 in Lone Oak, Hunt County, Texas ................... 4 Nancy E. Hefner b: September 16, 1849 in Cherokee County Alabama ................... 4 Winfield S. Hefner b: July 23, 1852 in Cherokee County Alabama ....................... +Ida (unknown) ................... 4 Susan J. Hefner b: April 20, 1855 in Hunt County, Texas ................... 4 Warren P. Hefner b: September 07, 1858 ............ 3 William Lawrence Scott b: May 05, 1820 in Jackson County, Georgia d: August 19, 1904 in Hunt County, Texas ................ +Elizabeth Jane DeJernett b: Abt. 1828 in South Carolina m: 1847 in Cherokee County Alabama d: 1869 in Greenville, Texas ................... 4 Sarah Josephine (Josie) Scott b: Abt. 1851 in Alabama d: Abt. 1932 in Texas? ....................... +James H. Biggs b: Abt. 1847 in Texas? m: January 13, 1870 in Hunt County, Texas d: Abt. 1932 in Texas? ................... 4 John Baker Scott b: Abt. 1854 in Alabama ....................... +Nellie (Scott) b: Abt. 1856 m: November 08, 1876 in Hunt County, Texas ................... 4 Francis Ella Scott b: Abt. 1855 in Hunt County, Texas d: Abt. 1928 in Texas ....................... +Lewis Payne b: November 05, 1852 in Kentucky m: January 24, 1877 in Texas(?) d: January 15, 1930 in Dallas, Texas ................... 4 Perry M (Milton?) Scott b: Abt. 1860 in Hunt County, Texas ............ *2nd Wife of William Lawrence Scott: ................ +Martha Sarah Shackleford b: July 18, 1845 in Van Buren, Arkansas m: 1870 in Hunt County, Texas d: May 03, 1911 in Hunt County, Texas ................... 4 Emma Scott b: August 10, 1872 in Hunt County, Texas d: March 26, 1963 in Texas? ....................... +Phillip John Freiberger b: Bef. 1870 in Illinois m: December 05, 1889 in Texas(?) d: Abt. 1900 in Illinois(?) ................... 4 Byron Scott b: February 1874 in Hunt County, Texas d: 1951 in Rains County, Texas ....................... +Harriet Davis b: 1873 in Winnsboro, Texas (?) m: Abt. 1893 in Hunt County, Texas (?) d: 1949 in Rains County, Texas ................... 4 James (Jim) Shackleford Scott b: October 10, 1875 in Hunt County, Texas d: May 08, 1952 in Rains County, Texas (?) ....................... +Grace Truman Moore b: October 1877 in South Carolina m: Abt. 1897 in Texas(?) d: Aft. 1950 in Texas ................... 4 Ora Scott b: August 1879 in Hunt County, Texas d: Bef. 1885 in Hunt County, Texas ................... 4 Knox Scott b: March 31, 1883 in Lone Oak, Texas d: December 30, 1958 in Cooper, Texas ....................... +Clara Irene Tillman b: April 30, 1887 in Trussville, Alabama m: November 26, 1904 in Probably in Texas d: March 31, 1975 in Cumby, Texas ............ 3 Thomas Perry Scott b: July 18, 1822 in Georgia ............ 3 Nancy Margery Scott b: March 11, 1831 ............ 3 Franklin Lafayette Scott b: March 08, 1834 in Alabama ................ +Sarah A. ??? b: Abt. 1842 in Texas ................... 4 James W. Scott b: 1859 ALL information about ancestors/descendants of these individuals will be appreciated. I do have information to share with cousins!