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Moses Scott,
Son of Robert and Winifred (Green) Scott

MOSES SCOTT (1 March 1789 - 3 May 1850)
AND WIFE, ELIZABETH SHINDLER (10 December 1790 - 19 September 1864
)
OF SCOTTSVILLE,
LAFAYETTE TOWNSHIP, FLOYD COUNTY, INDIANA

  -- INTRODUCTION --

            Wesley G. Scott (1831 - 1907) with the help of his daughters -- Hannah (Mrs. Levi H.) Scott, Libbie (Mrs. Alexander) Dean, Eunice  (Mrs. Julian T.) Miller -- were key individuals who passed along and handed down significant information regarding the generations of Scott families who had settled around Scottsville,   Floyd County, Indiana.  Wesley Scott, village blacksmith and postmaster of Scottsville, was a second generation “Hoosier” who among his relatives was the first to organize ancestral recollections.  Some believe that his daughters helped him in this effort, and during an illness late in Wesley’s life, one of his daughters wrote important memories before his death.  After his death in 1907, arrangements were made by his daughters to type, edit, and eventually distribute the memoirs to all who may be interested.  The memoirs have been included in Floyd County records at the City-County Building, New Albany, Indiana.  On December 9, 1933, they were placed in Book 12, Miscellaneous Records, #2280, pages 4 & 5.

            Through the generations, the memoirs were passed down from relative to relative, and found their way into Southern Indiana libraries.  Lennie R. Berkey, deceased, from Salem, Indiana once discovered “old” papers at the home of nephew, Billy Martin, Martinsburg, Indiana.  The old papers turned out to be “Wesley’s memoirs!”  Lennie re-copied them and sent them to the Salem, Indiana Public Library.  They were re-copied again by Helen Burgess in 1969.  Mrs. R. H. Konig, Carmel, California sent me her copy and it contained two extra sentences.  By now, one can find some variations on Wesley’s memoirs including annotations and notes attached.  The New Albany-Floyd County Public Library, Indiana Room has long made its copies available to the public.  The DAR, Piankeshaw Chapter, Genealogical Records Committee, included Wesley’s memoirs in their book, “Bible Records and Family Records, pages 163-174.”   So, whether Wesley's memoirs are in libraries or in personal records of interested Scotts and their many allied families, the memoirs can be found with one common name, Wesley G. Scott, and entitled, “The Scott Family: A Pioneer Family of Kentucky and Indiana.”

            Cuthbert L. "Bert" Scott, II, and his son, C. L. "Bert" Scott, III, had in their possession the earliest manuscript of Wesley G. Scott's memoirs.  It came directly from Wesley Scott's daughter, Hannah (Mrs. Levi H.) Scott.  Hannah and Levi Scott gave the document to their daughter, Berla Esther (Scott) Stamper, who gave it to Cuthbert Scott II.  This document obtained by Cuthbert L. Scott, II, was dated New Albany, Indiana, 12 January 1906.  In that year Hannah and Levi H. Scott resided in New Albany.

            I have not seen any other oral history documents earlier than 1906, so I have re-copied in Appendix E this earliest manuscript loaned to me by Cuthbert L. "Bert" Scott, II.  In Appendix E, I chose not to append all the other manuscripts named above but simply point out in footnote style where variations occurred among them.  Hannah and Levi H. Scott's manuscript of Wesley G. Scott's memoirs can now be compared with the other manuscripts named above.  The variations between all the manuscripts named above are in Appendix E with footnotes to point out differences among them.  None of the manuscript differences were due to modern genealogical research.  Since the documents named above were oral history folklore, observable differences have come from within oral history viewpoints.  Obviously some differences were due to re-typing, editing, rearrangements, and typewriter smudges.  But, other differences were based on oral history which came through different branches of the Scott family.  The purpose of Appendix E is to show noticeable differences among the documents named above.       

            Wesley Scott was not perfect in his recollections.  Some family members were embarrassed by his flawed and frail remembrances or they were embarrassed by his infatuation with famous, historic Scotts or embarrassed with his glorifications or ramblings about literary Scotts or religious Scotts.  Also, Wesley Scott did not pretend to be exact about dates and frustrated family researchers who have used his descriptions for historical information.  In reality, Wesley Scott's memoirs were developed a few years before his death when he was elderly and frail at the age of 75.  His memories brought him comfort in old age and he added some schmaltz to the tradition of being a Scott.  He died 25 June 1907, New Albany, Indiana, home of his daughter, Mrs. Julian T. (Eunice Scott) Miller, 312 Lafayette Street, New Albany with funeral service at Chapel Hill Christian Church, Greenville Township, Floyd County, Indiana.  The funeral was conducted by Rev. Frank T. Porter, pastor of Park Christian Church, New Albany.  So, if anyone is aware of other family lore within the Scott lineage, they may compare and evaluate their stories with those compared in Appendix E of this document.

            My research of the Scott families has been motivated by the work of Wesley G. Scott and contemporary persons who were researching their migrating ancestors on the frontier. I have tried to fill in the gaps based on research into the events and mood of the place and time.  I have tried to look into the places where they lived and tempered it with respect.  My work contains narration to accommodate the flow of ancestral history.  My resolve is that family not be lost from memory.  

            This document features Moses Scott, son of Robert Scott and Winifred Green, with information about Elizabeth Shindler, his wife, and their descendants.  The earliest references about the family lore of Moses Scott can be found in Appendix E.

          You should be aware that I have used different color codes (text color and background color) for highlighting the children and some of the grandchildren of Moses and Elizabeth (Shindler) Scott.  When giving a list of their children’s names, the color code helps organize and present that child’s lineage. 

            This document was first distributed on CD/DVDs to interested folks at the Scott Family Reunion, held at Chapel Hill Community Building, Chapel Hill Christian Church, Floyd County, Indiana, on 22 July 2006.  Microsoft Office Word 2003 was the chosen software due its large popularity.  It is hoped that interested persons can use the CD/DVD media to make additions to their family and keep their own family tree moving forward.  When errors are found in this work, they can be corrected and new information can always be inserted.

            Footnote entries with[1] [2], etc. following can be clicked to go to the source document. Clicking the [1] again will return you to the previous text spot. Example Rev. J. S. Woods.[1] goes to  [1] The 1877-78 New Albany, Indiana City Directory, and clinking the [1] again returns you to your prior narrative location.

            This research has been dedicated to my parents, Seibert and Virginia (Scott) Scott and my wife, Judy, and, daughter, Courtney Ann (Scott) Doran.

Sincerely,

Nelson S. Scott
418 Swisher Avenue
Danville, Illinois 61832
(In the year of 2006)

 

Moses Scott,

Son of Robert and Winifred (Green) Scott

            FIRST GENERATION IN AMERICA was Robert Scott and wife, Winifred Green.

            SECOND GENERATION

1.       MOSES SCOTT was born 1 March 1789, Woodford County, Virginia,[1] died 3 May 1850, age 61 years, 2 months and 2 days,[2] Scottsville, Floyd County, Indiana, buried Mt. Eden Cemetery, Greenville Township, Floyd County, Indiana, married [3] 23 May 1810, Beech Creek Baptist Church, Shelby County, Kentucky, Elizabeth Shindler, born 10 December 1790, Virginia or Pennsylvania, died 19 September 1864, Scottsville, Floyd County, Indiana, buried Mt. Eden Cemetery, Greenville Township, Floyd County, Indiana.

            Elizabeth Shindler’s father was Johann George Shindler.[4]  Elizabeth’s mother’s name was not known.

            Moses Scott was the son of Robert Scott and Winifred (Green) Scott.  Robert Scott was born 1760, Scotland,[5] died between April and August, 1824, Shelby County, Kentucky, burial Shelby County, Kentucky,[6] married around 1778,[7] place not available, Winifred Green, birth date not available, born probably Wales or Scotland,[8] died between 1802 and 1811, Montgomery County, Kentucky, burial Montgomery County, Kentucky.[9]  Winifred Green’s parents were not known.  The Greens and Scotts were early settlers in Kentucky, around Versailles, Woodford County.  See Appendix C for a brief over-view of the seven children born to their marriage.        

THE HISTORY OF MOSES AND ELIZABETH (SHINDLER) SCOTT’S MIGRATION

TO FLOYD COUNTY, INDIANA 

            Moses Scott and his brother, John Scott, migrated to Indiana around the summer of 1814 or earlier with their father, Robert Scott and their uncle Archelaus Scott (whose nickname was “Elaus”, misconstrued by family history as “Elijah Scott”).  Archelaus Scott’s sons, Harmon and David, came with them, too.  On their exploratory trip to the Northwest Territory, these Scotts and other friends in Shelby County, Kentucky were looking at land as they traveled over the knobs north of New Albany, Indiana, or as they traveled up the Silver Creek Valley, a stream that flowed between Clarksville and New Albany going as far north as present day Bennettsville, Clark County, Indiana and from there traveling west over the knobs along the present day St. John Road. 

            The following description gives another basic trail over the knobs from Green Valley Road, New Albany, Indiana:  “An Indian trail once led from the Falls of the Ohio across the extensive bottom east of the knobs, and up along the foot of the knobs to Bald Knob, over which it passed, thus entering the present limits of this township (Lafayette Township) at that point.  Passing down the westward slope of the knobs, the trail took a line through the woods in a south-easterly (surely the author meant westerly) direction, until it joined the main trail (Vincennes Trace - Buffalo Trail) from the Falls of the Ohio to Vincennes, somewhere probably, within the present limits of Greenville Township.  One of the first roads through the county subsequently followed this trail over Bald knob, but has since been changed.” [10]

            If they traveled up the Silver Creek Valley to Bennettsville, they then went west along the border lands between Clark and Floyd Counties as far west as Martinsburg, Indiana, where the old Bear Creek Trail and stream began near the intersection of Washington and Floyd County.  They especially explored land in southeast Washington County.  Back then, this path was in the domain of Clark and Harrison Counties and also in the newly established (January, 1814) Washington County.  Floyd County was not established until 1819.  Due to the Scotts’ federal land purchases along the Floyd and Clark boundary and the Bear Creek Trail vicinity in southeast Washington County, the Scott explorers likely traveled over The Bald Knobs Indian Trail or they traveled up the Silver Creek Valley to Bennettsville, Clark County, and went west through the upper knobs on a trail along the present-day St. John Road of Clark County.  The Upper St. John Road Trail from Bennettsville going west would have allowed them to pass through the tiny tributary streams that form Big Indian Creek and Little Indian Creek of Clark County and Bannaman Creek of Floyd County.  The lower Bald Knob Trail of Floyd County and Upper Trail from Bennettsville were as important as the Old Vincennes Trace or Buffalo Trail towards Galena and Greenville and Palmyra, Indiana.   All of these trails (Bald Knob, Upper Trail from Bennettsville, Vincennes Trace/Buffalo Trail) merged together between Martinsburg and Palmyra Indiana with the Bear Creek Trail whose tributaries orginated in Section 19, Township 1 South, Range 6 East.   Wesley G. Scott’s memoirs mentioned that the Scotts took the north track from New Albany rather than the Old Vincennes Trace track.   During this exploration trip they discovered lands which they would soon erect cabins and purchase land before their families would arrive.  They probably visited the Jeffersonville Land Office for additional information on land they had explored and then returned to Shelby County, Kentucky.     

            On October 10, 1816, Robert Scott made his only Indiana land purchase, 183.25 acres, Northwest Section 19, Township 1 South, Range 5 East. He claimed residence in Clark County, Indiana.[11]  He was in Registry Receipts Books, Receipt #10893, which indicated that he completed payments.  At the time of Robert Scott’s entry Section 19, Township 1 South, Range 5 East, and Section 24, Township 1 South, Range 4 East (adjoining sections) were officially in the domain of Harrison County, Indiana.  On 5 January 1828, the Indiana Legislature removed these sections to Floyd County, Indiana.[12]  His land was on the Bear Creek Trail where its stream flowed northwest towards Martinsburg, Indiana.  At the time Robert Scott explored and purchased this land, he may have believed that it was in Clark County because the Clark County boundary was less than ½ mile northeast of his first log cabin.    

            Archelaus Scott was the first teacher who taught in the first school house erected in 1816, Pierce Township, Washington County, Indiana.  It was built in Section 14, Township 1 North, Range 4 East, near where the Motsinger schoolhouse stood about ¼ mile northwest of Pekin, Indiana, near Shorts corner.[13]  On December 24, 1822, Archelaus Scott of Jackson Township, Washington County, Indiana, sold 80 acres, West ½ of Southwest ¼ , Section 24, Township 1 South, Range 4 East, land adjoining John Duvaco, south side, and adjoining Frederick Watty’s, (Waddy) land.  The deed said that Frederick Watty was from Fayette County, Kentucky.[14]   From 1816 (Indiana’s statehood) through 1828, Section 24 and the adjacent east Section 19, Township 1 South, Range 5 East, (Robert Scott’s land) have deeds recorded in three counties: Clark, Floyd, and Washington Counties.  But, according to the Laws of Indiana enacted for these two sections, they were supposed to be in Harrison County, Indiana.  The early deed records in Harrison County, Indiana are missing.  Clark, Floyd, and Washington County show very few deeds in these two sections from 1816-1829.[15]   These two sections contained the early known Bear Creek Trail, which later was called the Vincennes Trace route which pioneers used to move north and westward from the Ohio River Falls.  In Sections 24 and 19, the Bear Creek Trail runs atop the Wilcoxen Cave and goes west along Bear Creek, a major passage way for pioneers moving into Washington, Orange, Dubois, Davis, Pike and Knox (Vincennes, Indiana) counties.  Inhabitants in Sections 24 & 19 were recorded in the 1820 Washington County, Indiana Census.  Clark, Washington, and Floyd County settlement entries for Sections 24 and 19 are very incomplete and some entries are definitely missing between the years of 1816 - 1829. 

          Nevertheless, Archelaus Scott’s Section 24 ownership of 80 acres was a purchase he made prior to 1820 because his son, Harmon Scott was listed on this Jackson Township property in the 1820 Indiana Census of Washington County.  Archelaus Scott’s brother, Robert Scott was likewise listed in the same census living near Harmon Scott.  Robert Scott’s ownership of 183.25 acres in Section 19 makes certain a common migration of Archelaus Scott moving with his brother Robert and Archelaus’ son, Harmon, and all were living less than 1 mile apart on Bear Creek Trail.[16]  On 5 January 1828, the Indiana Legislature removed both sections from Harrison County to Floyd County, Indiana.[17]   

            Archelaus Scott also had another Washington County, Indiana property site, 320 acres, East ½, Section 27, Township 2 North, Range 4 East, located on present day Highway 60, 2 miles southeast of Salem, Indiana.  His down payment on these 320 acres began 28 December 1816 with final payment on 29 December 1817, receipt #11482.  When applying for this purchase, he said that his residence was Shelby County, Kentucky.[18]  

            When Archelaus sold his property in Jackson Township, Washington County, on December 24, 1822, it marked the time when his son, Harmon, moved from his father’s land into Lafayette Township, Floyd County, Indiana.  Harmon Scott took temporary residence on land that his cousins John and Moses Scott had obtained in northwest Lafayette Township, bordering Clark County.   Harmon Scott eventually purchased 76 acres from William McCutchan and wife, 7 September 1831, West ½ of Northwest ¼, Section 30, Township 1 South, Range 6 East,[19] which was only ½ mile east of John and Moses Scott’s land, Northeast and Northwest Quarters, Section 25, Township 1 South, Range 5 East.   John and Moses along with Harmon Scott established a village which was eventually named “Scottsville” on land owned by John and Moses Scott.[20]  It was laid out on East ½ of Northwest ¼, Section 25, Township 1 South, Range 5 East.  Scottsville was established 23 March 1853.  It was located 1/8 mile south of the boundary line for Clark and Floyd counties.  There were two streets West and Main Street.  Main Street is now called the Scottsville Road which connected northwest Lafayette Township with the town of Mooresville or present day Floyds Knobs, Indiana, on U.S. Highway 150.  

            The brothers Moses and John Scott were mutual partners in purchasing federal land in Indiana.  Their partnership was somewhat unusual but it was likely desired by their father, Robert.  While their father was alive, they made their first Indiana purchases; but, after their father’s death in 1824, they made additional purchases.  Nelson Scott received three documents of their purchases from the Bureau of Land Management (Jeffersonville, Indiana District Office documents) and they are listed chronologically. 

(1) John and Moses Scott of Floyd County, Indiana, purchased land from William Brown, Shelby County, Kentucky, who held indebtedness on an Indiana Land Certificate originally dated 16 October 1818.  John and Moses Scott removed the indebtedness by paying Mr. Brown and also paid the federal government the unpaid land costs plus interest.  The land certificate # 1325 was issued to John and Moses Scott of Floyd County, Indiana, on January 5, 1825, when William Brown was then resident of Harrison County, Indiana.  The purchase was 80 acres, West ½, Northeast ¼, Section 25, Township 1 South, Range 5 East. This land would later become the Town of Scottsville.  

(2) On the same date of January 5, 1825, John Wilson of Clark County, Indiana, sold them (acreage not given but location described 80 acres) his Floyd County land, East ½, Southeast ¼, Section 20, Township 1 South, Range 6 East, with the Bureau of Land Management holding a record of that purchase submitted by Justice of the Peace, Mr. O. Raymond of Clark County, Indiana.  Somebody goofed in writing this deed!  Section 20 was adjacent to Floyd County but actually located in present day Carr Township, Clark County, 1 ½ miles northeast of the Scotts holdings in Section 25.    

(3) Section 20 in Clark County, Indiana, was the site of a third purchase.  John and Moses Scott purchased from John M. Smith of Clark County, Indiana, his land certificate # 7412.  John M. Smith had made full credit payments from September, 1819 thru September, 1823, on 80 acres, West ½, Southwest ¼, Section 20, Township 1 South, R6E.  This was the location of John and Moses Scott’s purchased land from John M. Smith.

            These above purchases were obtained by Nelson S. Scott from the Bureau of Land Management, Jeffersonville Land Office.    

(4) Then John and Moses Scott added to their 80 acres (Section 25) Floyd County land by buying an additional 40 acres, Northeast ¼ of Northeast ¼ , Section 25, Township 1 South, Range 5 East, certificate # 11975, issued on 15 August 1838.  John Scott without his brother’s involvement also purchased 40 acres, Southeast ¼ of Northeast ¼, Section 25, Township 1 South, Range 5 East, certificate # 9544, on 2 August 1838; and another 80 acres, West ½, Northwest ¼, Section 31, T1S, R6E, on 10 October 1840.[21]  In tracing federal land purchases, Nelson Scott has noted that government land deeds held by county recorders have indicated that the owners of government land actually had possession of their land and duly noted in county records as much as 2 to 4 years before the Bureau of Land Management dated the certificates for issuing the patents.  The pioneers did not receive a patented certificate until the federal government duly processed their final payment.  So, John and Moses Scott’s partnership purchases on 14 August 1838 and John Scott’s independent purchase on 2 August 1838 and 10 October 1840 were entries actually possessed by them around 1834 - 1837!

            Eventually John and Moses Scott divided among themselves the mutually held lands in Section 25.[22]

            Moses Scott made separate land purchases in Wood Township, Clark County, Indiana, less than ¼ mile north of his land in Lafayette Township.[23]

            Moses Scott household, 1820 U.S. census, Floyd County, Indiana, page 155; National Archives micro publication M33, roll 13:  Moses Scott, 1 male of 26 under 45; 5 females under 10; 1 female of 26 under 45; neighbors were Samuel McCutchan, Jr., and Samuel McCutchan, Sr.; John Galloway; Jesse Pearson; Alexander Dunbar; George Walker, Samuel and John Jackson.

            The historic settlement of Moses and John Scott was featured in History of the Ohio Falls Cities and their Counties, Volume II, L.A. Williams & Company, Cleveland, Ohio, 1882, “Scottsville, Indiana” and has been reproduced in Appendix D of this document.

 THE RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION OF MOSES AND ELIZABETH (SHINDLER) SCOTT   

                        Moses and Elizabeth Scott were active members of the Mount Eden Church, Greenville Township, Floyd County, Indiana.  They helped name the church after their Mt. Eden community in southeast Shelby County, Kentucky.[24]  The Floyd county “Mt. Eden Church” was first named, “Mt. Eden, the Baptist Church of Jesus Christ.”  It was established January 9, 1828 by Jonathan Emmons, George Brock, and William Jackson.  From the very beginning of its establishment, Mt. Eden was affiliated with the Silver Creek Baptist Association.  Henry K. Shaw wrote that this association of Baptists was largely “Separate Baptists from North Carolina and Virginia who had lived a few years in Kentucky and had views modified by the Kentucky Revival.”[25]  The Silver Creek Association’s leading ministers from 1813 to 1837 were brothers, John Thompson Littell (1790-1848) and Absolem Littell (1788-1862), sons of Absolem Littell, a Presbyterian Elder who settled on Silver Creek, Clark County, Indiana in 1799.  The father and sons became members of the Silver Creek Baptist Church which was a key congregation in establishing the Silver Creek Baptist Association.  John and Absolem Littell were moderator and clerk, respectively, of the Silver Creek Baptist Association from 1827 to 1837 when it disbanded.  John and Absolem had read Alexander Campbell’s Christian Baptist (a periodical) and along with other pastors and laity moved the Association away from Baptist viewpoints into the direction of the Christian Church.[26]  At an Association meeting held in 1837 at the Friendship Baptist Church, Washington County, Indiana, the Silver Creek Association disbanded itself as being a Baptist entity.  In the case of Mt. Eden, no division was reported within the congregation over reforming itself into a Christian Church.  So, by 1837, Mt. Eden was a Christian Church. 

            Though the Scott settlers were not necessarily Baptists, they felt comfortable attending this church in their neighborhood with their friends.  At the time of their migration to Floyd County from Shelby County, Kentucky, their faith was going through a transition from the influence of Barton W. Stone, a Scottish Presbyterian Pastor of the Crane Ridge Kentucky Presbyterian meetinghouse, located in Bourbon County, Kentucky.  Barton Stone was expelled by the Presbyterians due to his doctrines.  Yet other Kentucky pastors held similar views of Barton W. Stone and they formed a new movement called the Christian Church or sometimes called the New Light Church.  Its members went by the name of “New Lights.” 

            The confusion among early American Presbyterians regarding theology and ministerial leadership was probably very interesting to Robert and Archelaus Scott because the Presbyterian Church was the Church of Scotland, their mother church in the old homeland and back then it was the historic church of Scott relatives and friends in Scotland and portions of Wales!   The Scotts were ethnic immigrants beholding to Scotch-Welch and/or Scotch-Irish religious leaders who were involved with the “New Light” or Christian Church movement. 

            The children of Robert and Archelaus Scott were reared in the pioneer days of Kentucky religious life.  One of the chief features of Kentucky religious life was the absence of ordained Presbyterian pastors to keep in contact with Scotland immigrants and to help take their church from region to region observing the preaching, teaching, and sacraments.  The few Scotch pastors who came to do this work were men like Thomas and Alexander Campbell, Barton W. Stone, and Walter Scott.  They came with their points of differences with the established Church of Scotland and with confusion about leadership and theology among Presbyterians in early America.  In Kentucky, they began a new movement among Scott families to reorganize the church and take it from place to place.  The Scott families bonded with these fellow Scotch reformers and accepted their reforming principles which eventually led to the formation of the Christian Church in Indiana and Kentucky and later would create the Christian Church Conference in Indiana.  Thus during the life of Moses and Elizabeth (Shindler) Scott and Moses’ brother, John and his wife, Anna Reasor, and their cousin, Harmon Scott and his wife, Margaret Reasor, the church became known as the Mt. Eden Christian Church. 

An interesting sidebar:  According to the Gospel Luminary (“old” Christian periodical dated April, 1826, page 91), Rev. John Mavity, who performed the second marriage of Robert Scott (Moses’ father) on 30 September 1812, to Abagail (Harmon) Hedden, had also migrated to Indiana by 1826.  Pastor John Mavity was named as one of the ordained ministers of the Indiana Christian Church Conference.[27]  Indiana’s first congregation of the Christian Church was organized by Rev. Clement Nance in Floyd County, Indiana, March, 1805.  Nance was a Christian Church minister with a Republican Methodist background and was generally considered to be the pioneer Christian Church pastor in Indiana.  The Kentucky Christian “New Lights” were a strong influence in establishing Mt. Eden Church.[28]           

            Upon the deaths of Moses and Elizabeth Scott and other original founders, the Mt. Eden Christian Church went through another faith transition when the core leadership of Mt. Eden decided to build a new church facility toward the end of the civil war. 

            During the Civil War years (1861-1865), a shift had been taking place throughout southern Indiana to replace hewed log edifices with clay brick buildings or framed wooden buildings.  That probably was an issue at Mt. Eden Church because other churches were being rebuilt throughout southern Indiana.  When the decision was made to build a new church, a few members of Mt. Eden did not want to leave the log church for one reason or another, so the name Mt. Eden was kept by those who stayed at the old site and the new site was called Chapel Hill Christian Church, formed and built in 1866.  The Chapel Hill Church was located one mile west of Mt. Eden on the Chapel Hill Road. Chapel Hill went up as a frame wood building due to the timber industry in the community.  Chapel Hill’s membership in 1866 was almost 100% from the Mt. Eden Church.  No records were available about the membership that remained at Mt. Eden; but, it was probably the original 14 charter members of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and their family members.  After Chapel Hill was established in 1866, William Wallace Blair, a missionary of the Reorganized Latter Day Saints, came preaching to the Mt. Eden Church.  Blair went from region to region.  He was not a local resident.  His family resided in Amboy, Illinois.  W. W. Blair went on to become the Counselor to President Joseph Smith III of the Reorganized Latter Day Saints (RLDS).  Blair served as a member of the First Presidency of the Church for 23 years.  On 5 June 1870, W. W. Blair officially organized Mount Eden into a branch of the RLDS.  At this point in time, Mt. Eden was no longer a Christian Church.  The 14 charter members were as follows:  James G. Scott; John A. Scott; Moses R. Scott; David Scott; Gabriel Bell; Green Brown; Barbara A. Scott; Emily McCutchan; Mary Ann Scott; Indiana Bell; Elizabeth Brown; Sarah A. Goss; Indiana Scott; Louisiana Scott.[29]

            Chapel Hill Christian Church continued the very best legacies and traditions of the log cabin Mt. Eden Christian Church!  Soon a school was built at the corner of Chapel Hill Road and Navilleton Road, across from Chapel Hill Church.  The church and school helped develop a prominent community as Mt. Eden had been from 1828 to 1866.  Historically, Chapel Hill has claimed Mt. Eden as its “mother” church (obviously before Mt. Eden joined the RLDS).  The Mt. Eden branch of the RLDS was disorganized in 1907.

            In reviewing the membership records of Mt. Eden RLDS, Nelson Scott noted that John and Anna (Reasor) Scott’s descendants were most loyal to the Latter Day Saints faith.  Some of their descendants moved to Laomi, Decatur County, Iowa, a community of many RLDS members and the first location of the RLDS Herald Publishing House established by W. W. Blair.  Others moved to nearby communities in Missouri.  The descendants of Moses and Elizabeth (Shindler) Scott and Harmon and Margaret (Reasor) Scott were the ones who wanted to build a new church facility and helped establish Chapel Hill Christian Church.

            During the Mt. Eden RLDS years, the congregation became very controversial.  It had many detractors because of the claims of Joseph Smith, Jr., the Latter Day Saints founder.  He was murdered on June 27, 1844, Nauvoo, Illinois.  After his death, there was a splintering among the Latter Day Saints and W.W. Blair who organized Mt. Eden was a minister of the largest splintered group which by 1860 was known as the Reorganized Latter Day Saints.  Yet, both Latter Day Saints and the splintered Reorganized Latter Day Saints held utmost respect for their founder, Joseph Smith’s divination, his visits with angels, his claim to have found ancient writings, and revelations that led to novel doctrinal, social, and economic ideas.  Some refused to use medicine and doctors as a source of healing and some practiced polygamy.  Since some of the Scott family belonged to the RLDS branch at Mt. Eden, all other Scotts who did not belong could not escape the public scrutiny and out-cry against the Mormon (Latter Day Saints) faith.

            The Scotts were portrayed harshly and rudely in the book, History of the Ohio Falls Cities and their Counties.[30]   The copyright date of this book suggested that the author conducted interviews around 1880-81 before its publication and all interviewed had clear, sharp remembrances of what happened at Mt. Eden. There was a lot of pain and disgust among the Scotts at Chapel Hill over what their relatives had done in becoming Mormons.

            This author of the History of the Ohio Falls Cities and their Counties sketched Mt. Eden as a peculiar, untypical, weird congregation which was always in trouble due to the way some of its members practiced their faith.  But, that sketch failed to represent Mt. Eden Church before 1866 when the congregation had able leaders who served with a trusted faith and were good role models.  The faith practiced at Mt. Eden before 1866 was not unhealthy and abnormal.  Any assessment of churches in northern Floyd County and the southern high lands of Wood Township Clark County by historians would surely note that Mt. Eden was the largest Protestant congregation from 1830 to 1866.  In the years before the conversion of the few Scotts who became RLDS members, Mt. Eden was an effective congregation serving a large area of conscientious, intelligent Christian people.  

            West of the shallow banks of Thompson Creek, a soft flowing creek, stood the hewed log building of Mt. Eden situated on a plateau of prominence for a church and cemetery.   Between the creek and the church plateau was the Mt. Eden Road, named for the church.  Not many roads in pioneer days got named for a church!   But, this was no incidental road beside an unimportant church.  Mt. Eden Road was a route for commerce and travel.  There were a variety of saw-mills and grain mills in the vicinity.   The hewed log building was larger than most people have envisioned.  It was packed with people.  There was likely a large fireplace for winter heat, a large wooden pulpit, wooden pews with no backs, a wooden cross on a table, and a large wooden offering tray which may not have been passed among worshippers but placed on a stand at the church entrance for gifts to be given.  There were no hymnals but if people had a Bible, they brought it with them in case they would sing one of the Psalms.  Otherwise, a song leader sang words and the people echoed the song leader’s voice.  Favorite songs were sung when memorized and sometimes played on string instruments as fiddles, guitars, banjos and ukulele.  The men sat on one side of the sanctuary and the women and children on the other side.  Lots of people could not read yet.  But, reading was not a requirement for being a Christian.  Mt. Eden baptized many believers at nearby creeks where the best requirements for being a confessing Christian was to “see” with your heart and imitate others whom you “saw” living the faith well.  When this church celebrated Holy Communion, the blood of the Lord Jesus was passed in a common wine cup and the bread was broken individually from a common loaf!  Children, orphans, and adult widows along with prosperous and poor families practiced a unifying faith from 1828 through 1866!            

ELIZABETH SHINDLER, MOSES SCOTT’S WIFE 

The father and grandfather of Elizabeth Shindler have been researched by Mrs. Clay W. York (Ethel Fay).  Her research has been placed in Appendix F of this document.  Ethel Fay York and Nelson Scott discovered several sources in Shelby County, Kentucky regarding the marriage of Moses and Elizabeth Shindler.  Following their marriage, they resided with George Shindler, Elizabeth’s father, per the 1810 Census as entered below.  Their first two children -- America and Malinda -- were born in Kentucky.   

Federal Census RecordsGeorge Chindler household, 1810 U.S. census, Shelby County, Kentucky, page 204; National Archives micro publication M252; Roll 8:  George Chindler, 2 males of 10 under 16; 1 male of 16 under 26; 1 male 45 +; 1 female under 10; 1 female of 10 under 16; 3 females of 16 under 26; and 2 other free persons were in this family, ages not given, probably slaves who were free.  No slaves were reported other than possibly the two free persons.  George’s wife was deceased because the oldest females were 16-26 years of age.  This census has indicated that his newly wed daughter, Elizabeth, and son-in-law, Moses Scott, were living in George’s home.  Since this census occurred following their 23 May 1810 marriage, the categories for Moses’ age of 21, and Elizabeth’s age of 19 correlated well with her father’s home dwellers.     

 Federal Census RecordsMoses Scott household, 1820 U.S. census, Floyd County, Indiana, Greenville Township, page 155 but also stamped page 147; National Archives micro publication M33; Roll 13:  Moses Scott, 1 male of 26 under 45; 1 female of 26 under 45; 5 females, under 10. (Census correlated perfectly with his five daughters born before 1820.) The Shelby County, Kentucky Tax Records listed Moses Scott next to his father, Robert Scott from 1812 to 1814.  Moses Scott was not found in the 1820 Shelby County, Kentucky Census. 1830 U.S. census, Floyd County, Indiana, No Township Listed, page 357; National Archives micropublication M19; Roll 28:  Moses Scott, 1 male under 5; 1 male of 5 under 10, 1 male of 40 under 50; 3 females of 5 under 10; 2 females of 10 under 15; 1 female of 40 under 50. 1840 U.S. census, Floyd County, Indiana, Lafayette Township, page 150, handwritten page 291; National Archives micropublication M704; Roll 79:  Moses Scott, 1 male of 5 under 10; 2 males of 15 under 20; 1 male of 50 under 60; 1 female under 5; 1 female of 10 under 15; 3 females of 20 under 30; 1 female of 40 under 50. 1850 U.S. census, Floyd County, Indiana, population schedule, Lafayette township, 7 September 1860, no post office listed, stamped pages 369 and 370, dwelling 146, family 144; National Archives micropublication M432, roll 145:  Elizabeth Scott, age 60, born Virginia; Elizabeth Scott, age 21, born Indiana; Moses Scott, age 18, farmer, born Indiana, attends school; Mary Scott, age 14, born Indiana, attends school. 1860 U.S. census, Floyd County, Indiana, population schedule, Lafayette township, 3 July 1860, Floyds Knobs Post Office, pages 263 and 264, dwelling 645, family 631; National Archives micropublication M653, roll 257:  Moses Scott, age 28, born Indiana; America Scott, age 24, born Indiana; Robert Scott, age 11 months, born Indiana; Elizabeth Scott, age 69, born Virginia; Mary Scott, age 24, born Indiana. (This was Moses Scott, Jr., youngest son of deceased Moses Scott.  Elizabeth Scott was the mother of Moses Scott, Jr., and Mary Scott was his sister.)       

           After the death of Moses Scott, 3 May 1850, his children and wife inherited all of his property.  Moses Scott died without a Will, so everyone in the family cooperated to comply with an equitable settlement.  Records in the Floyd County Courthouse were not specific about Moses Scott’s estate or arrangements made by his family.  All surviving children and the spouses of deceased children sold 40 acres, 15 January 1851, North ½, South ½, Northeast ¼, Section 25, Township 1 South, Range 5 East, to Moses Scott, Jr., the youngest son[31].  This property was the home place for Moses and Elizabeth Scott.  Elizabeth resided with her son, Moses Scott, Jr., until her death, 19 September 1864, Scottsville, Floyd County, Indiana.  Moses & Elizabeth’s home was built near the home of Moses’ brother, John Scott, in the Scottsville community according to the census records.  In the 1860s, the home was next to Alexander McCutchan’s family, the John Scott family, and the Vardeman Scott family. 

           Other property that Moses and Elizabeth Scott sold to their children prior to their deaths is noted below.

           Ten children were born to Moses and Elizabeth (Shindler) Scott:

America Scott, born 1811, Shelby County, Kentucky

Malinda Scott, born 9 March 1815, Shelby County, Kentucky

Catherine Scott, born 15 October 1816, Lafayette Township, Scottsville, Floyd County, Indiana

Indiana Scott (twin) born 11 August 1819, Lafayette Township, Scottsville, Floyd County, Indiana

Louisiana Scott, (twin) born 11 August 1819, Lafayette Township, Scottsville, Floyd County, Indiana

George S. (Shindler) Scott, born 27 July 1822, Lafayette Township, Scottsville, Floyd County, Indiana

Robert G. Scott, born 26 February 1825, Lafayette Township, Scottsville, Floyd County, Indiana

Elizabeth Scott, born about 1829, Lafayette Township, Scottsville, Floyd County, Indiana

Moses Scott, Jr., born 4 February 1833 Lafayette Township, Scottsville, Floyd County, Indiana

Mary Jane Scott, born 1836, Lafayette Township, Scottsville, Floyd County, Indiana

THIRD GENERATION

CHILDREN OF MOSES AND ELIZABETH (SHINDLER) SCOTT

AMERICA SCOTT and husband William S. “Billy” McCutchan

            America Scott was born 1811, Shelby County, Kentucky, baptized Mt. Eden Church, Greenville Township, Floyd County, Indiana; died about 1882, Lafayette Township, Floyd County, Indiana, burial [32] Chapel Hill Cemetery, Greenville Township, Floyd County, Indiana; married (according to the birth of their first child), about 1830, Lafayette Township, William S. McCutchan, born 1808, East Tennessee, baptized Mt. Eden Church, Greenville Township, died shortly after the 1880 census was taken, Lafayette Township, burial Chapel Hill Cemetery, Greenville Township, Floyd County, Indiana.

            William S. McCutchan’s parents were Samuel McCutchan, Sr., and Frances (maiden name not known).

            Federal Census Records: 1840 U.S. census, Floyd County, Indiana, Lafayette Township, page 287, National Archives micropublication M704, roll 79, image 148:  William McCutchan, Jr., 1 male of 5 under 10; 1 male of 30 under 40; 1 female under 5; 1 female of 20 under 30: 1850 U.S. census, Floyd County, Indiana, population schedule, Lafayette Township, Floyds Knobs Post Office, page 367, dwelling 111, family 111; National Archives micropublication M432, roll 145: William McCutchan, age 42, farmer, born Tenn.; America, age 39, born Kentucky, children: Samuel McCutchan, age 18, born Indiana; Elizabeth McCutchan, age 16, born Indiana; Frances M. “Fanny” McCutchan, age 9, born Indiana; non-relative, William W. Stacy, age 27, born Indiana, carpenter.[33]  1860 U.S. census, Floyd County, Indiana, population schedule, Lafayette Township, Floyds Knobs Post Office, page 282, dwelling 785, family 757; National Archives micropublication M653, roll 257:  William McCutchan, age 52, $2,000 real estate assessment, born East Tennessee; America McCutchan, age 49, born Kentucky; Samuel McCutchan, age 28, farmer, born Indiana; Elizabeth McCutchan, age 26, born Indiana; Frances McCutchan (female) age 18, born Indiana. 1870 U.S. census, Floyd County, Indiana, population schedule, Lafayette township, Floyds Knobs Post Office, page 201b, dwelling 140, family 136; National Archives micropublication M593, roll 313: William S. McCutchen, age 62, farmer, born Tennessee; wife, America McCutchen, age 59, keeping house, born Kentucky; daughter, Elizabeth McCutchen, age 32, at home, born Indiana; Genette E. Ramey, age 8, born Indiana.  1880 U.S. census, Floyd County, Indiana, population schedule, Lafayette Township, enumeration district [ED] 68, supervisor’s district [SD] 2, sheet 29, no dwelling number was listed, family 257; National Archives micropublication T9, roll 277, stamped page 195: William McCutchen, age 73, farmer, born Tennessee, both parents born Virginia; America McCutchen, age 69, wife, born Kentucky, both parents born Kentucky; Elizabeth McCutchen, daughter, age 45, at home, born Indiana, father born Tennessee, mother born Kentucky; granddaughter, Genette Ramey, age 18, boarder, born Indiana, parents born Indiana.

            William and America (Scott) McCutchan resided on 80 acres, East ½, Section 30, Township 1 South, Range 6 East, Lafayette Township, Floyd County, Indiana.[34]  According to family oral history from Clark Scott, William and America McCutchan’s home burned.  They were in great need at one time.

            William McCutchan’s brother, Samuel McCutchan, Jr., married Malinda Scott, the sister of William’s wife, America Scott.  The McCutchan brothers, William and Samuel, Jr., married Scott sisters, America and Malinda.

            The father of William and Samuel McCutchan, Jr., was Samuel S. McCutchan, Sr.[35]  He may have been, but nothing is definite, the youngest brother of James McCutchan, Sr., and William McCutchan, the earliest known McCutchans who settled in Floyd County, Indiana.  Samuel S. McCutchan, Sr., probably had a sister who resided with him and his wife, Frances.  That sister was also named, Frances McCutchan, and she never married.

            Federal Census Records1820 U.S. census, Floyd County, Indiana, Greenville Township, page 155 but also stamped page 147; National Archives micropublication M33; Roll 13:  Samuel McCutchan (with an “S” written after his surname), 1 male under 10, (son Samuel); 1 male of 10 under 15 (son William), 1 male of 45 or above (Samuel himself); 1 female under 10; 1 female of 45 or above, (Frances) 1840 U.S. census, Floyd County, Indiana, Lafayette Township, page 287, National Archives micropublication M704, roll 79, image 148: Samuel McCutchon, 1 male of 60 under 70; 1 female of 50 under 60; 1 female of 60 under 70.  1850 U.S. census, Floyd County, Indiana, population schedule, Lafayette Township, Floyds Knobs Post Office, page 367, dwelling 109, family 109; National Archives micropublication M432, roll 145:  Samuel McCutchan, Jr.‚ age 40‚ born Tennessee; Malinda‚ age 38, born Kentucky; William J. McCutchan, age 13; Elizabeth McCutchan, age 10; Ellen J. McCutchan, age 9; George W. McCutchan, age 7; Samuel S. McCutchan, age 4; Louisiana McCutchan, age 4 months; (unknown relatives listed were Sarah A. Scott, age 16, born Kentucky, and Fanny McCutchan‚ age 69, born Virginia).  In the 1850 census, Samuel and Malinda were living with Samuel McCutchan, Sr., and his wife, Frances.  Samuel McCutchan‚ Sr. was age 78 and wife Frances was age 78, too!   Both were born in Virginia.  Their marriage date of October 9, 1804, Augusta County, Virginia, was documented in “First Marriage Records of Augusta County Virginia, 1785-1803.”  It is assumed that they were buried in Mt. Eden Cemetery though no grave markers have been found.  Fanny McCutchan‚ age 69, born Virginia, was the sister of Samuel McCutchan, Sr.  She was also listed in the 1840 Census with them.

Historical Background on the McCutchans [36]

            “The McCutchans first settled on the Wabash River very early in the present or possibly at the close of the last century, but subsequently moved to this county (Floyd) and purchased land on Big Indian Creek a little in advance of other settlers of that time.  The family was originally from Ireland, but settled in Virginia and subsequently in Tennessee before removing to Indiana.  A deed now in possession of Samuel McCutchan shows that the family were residents of Augusta county, Virginia, it being given by Governor Brooke, of that State, and dated October 1, 1782.  Part of the family moved to Tennessee, where they remained but a short time.  James moved from Virginia with his family directly to the Wabash country, where he lived a short time and was engaged in the Indian war of that period, being in the battle of Tippecanoe.  Having had six horses stolen from him by the Indians, and being otherwise harassed by the savages, his family and himself being in continual danger of massacre, he left that country and determined to return to Virginia; but reaching his brother William, who had settled meanwhile in this county (Floyd), he remained with him and subsequently purchased land and became a permanent resident.  He taught school for years and was probably the first teacher on Indian creek within the limits of this township (Lafayette Township, Floyd County, Indiana).”

            In the 1820 Floyd County, Indiana Census, Samuel S. McCutchan, Sr., was residing near his brother, James McCutchan whose census name was followed with the initials “S” or “J”. 1820 U.S. census, Floyd County, Indiana, Greenville Township, page 155 but also stamped page 147; National Archives micropublication M33; Roll 13:  James McCutchan, “S” or “J”, 1 male of 26 under 45 and 1 female of 26 under 45, no children; however, he had a son named “Samuel McCutchan” who resided next to James’ brother, Samuel S. McCutchan, Sr., and adjacent to Moses Scott.  Also, William McCutchan, brother of James and Samuel S. McCutchan, Sr., resided nearby.  1820 U.S. census, Floyd County, Indiana, Greenville Township, page 153 but also stamped page 145; National Archives micropublication M33; Roll 13:  William McLuhtain (miss-spelling for McCutchan), 4 males of 10 under 15; 1 male of 16 under 25; 1 male of 45 or above; 1 female of 16 under 25; 1 female of 26 under 45.

            America Scott and William McCutchan were the parents of 3 children.

                                    1.  Samuel J. (James) McCutchan was born 26 February 1832, near Scottsville, Lafayette Township, Floyd County, Indiana

                                    2.  Elizabeth L. McCutchan, nicknamed “Betty”, was born January, 1833, near Scottsville, Lafayette Township, Floyd County, Indiana

                                    3.  Frances M. McCutchan, nicknamed “Fannie”, was born 11 December 1842, near Scottsville, Lafayette Township, Floyd County, Indiana

CHILDREN OF WILLIAM AND AMERICA SCOTT MCCUTCHAN

            1.  Samuel James McCutchan was born 26 February 1832, near Scottsville, Lafayette Township, Floyd County, Indiana, died 28 April 1904, near Navilleton, Greenville Township, Floyd County, Indiana, buried Chapel Hill Cemetery, marriage date not available, married Elizabeth Collins‚ born 4 September 1842,[37] Greenville Township, Floyd County, Indiana, northeast of Galena, Indiana, Northwest ¼, Section 11, Township 2 South, Range 5 East, on house north of Big Indian Creek, died 30 June 1914, buried Chapel Hill Cemetery, Greenville Township, Floyd County, Indiana.  She was daughter of Francis (Frank) Collins and Sarah “Sallie” Mosier. 

Federal Census Records. 1870 Floyd County, Lafayette Township, Indiana, 19 July, Post Office Floyds Knobs, page 211b:[38]  Samuel J. McCutchen, 38, farmer, born Indiana; Elizabeth McCutchen, 28, keeping house, born Indiana; William F. McCutchen, 8, born Indiana; Mary L. McCutchen, 6, born Indiana; America J. McCutchen, 4, born Indiana; Elizabeth McCutchen, 6/12, born Indiana.

Samuel McCutchan household, 1880 U.S. census, Floyd County, Indiana, population schedule, Lafayette Township, enumeration district [ED] 68, supervisor’s district [SD] 2, sheet 29, no dwelling number was listed, family 258; National Archives micropublication T9, roll 277, stamped page 195: Samuel McCutchen, age 48, farmer, born Indiana, father born Tennessee, mother born Indiana; Elizabeth McCutchen, age 38, wife, born Indiana, father both North Carolina, mother born Indiana; William McCutchen, age 17, son, born Indiana, parents born Indiana; Mary McCutchen, age 14, daughter, born Indiana, parents born Indiana; Annie McCutchen, age 10, daughter, born Indiana, parents born Indiana; George McCutchen, age 8, son, born Indiana, parents born Indiana, Francis McCutchen, age 6, son, born Indiana, parents born Indiana; Edward McCutchen, age 3, son, born Indiana, parents born Indiana:  1900 U. S. census, Floyd County, Indiana, population schedule, Lafayette Township, enumeration district [ED] 57, supervisor’s district [SD] 3, sheet 11b, dwelling 211; family 214; National Archives micropublication T623, roll 371, page 55: Samuel McCutchon, age 68, farmer, born February, 1832, Indiana, father born Tennessee, mother born Kentucky, married for 37 years; wife, Elizabeth McCutchon, age 58, born September, 1841, Indiana, married for 37 years, mother of 9 children and 8 children are presently living, father born Virginia, mother born North Carolina; son, Clarence McCutchon, age 16, born December, 1883, Indiana, parents born Indiana; adjacent to Samuel and Elizabeth (Collins) McCutchan was Samuel’s sister, Elizabeth McCutchan.

Elizabeth (Collins) McCutchan was the sister of John F. Collins.  He married Nellie L. Watkins.  John and Nellie (Watkins) Collins had no children in their marriage.  After John Collins died, his wife, upon instructions from her husband, John, included John’s nieces and nephews in her Will. That Will named the children of Samuel and Elizabeth McCutchan as heirs and as the nieces and nephews of Nellie Collin’s deceased husband, they were named as follows:  William F. McCutchan; Mary L. (McCutchan) Michels; Anna (McCutchan) Owen; George L. McCutchan; Tena (McCutchan) Rufing; Etta (McCutchan) Michels; Charles J. McCutchan; J. Clarence McCutchan.  Their parents were Elizabeth Collins and Samuel J. McCutchan.   (Were Elizabeth McCutchan, born about 1870, as claimed above; and Francis McCutchan (male son) born about 1874 as claimed above; and Edward McCutchan born about 1877 as claimed above in Census; why were these not named in the Will of Nellie L. Watkins?).  Tena, Etta, Charles J., and J. Clarence McCutchan were born between the years of the 1880 and 1900 censuses.  Those in blue format were confirmed by the census records above.   

            One son of Samuel J. and Elizabeth (Collins) McCutchan was James Clarence McCutchan, born 15 December 1883, Floyd County, married 25 September 1904, Floyd County, Lealah Maude Wade, born 12 March 1887, Floyd County, Indiana. James Clarence went by the name of Clarence McCutchan.  He and Lealah were the parents of twelve children born on their farm east of the Chapel Hill Christian Church.  James Clarence McCutchan told his daughter, Beulah Mildred “Midge” (McCutchan) Hoke, that his parents early in their marriage lived on a farm near Atkins Chapel before they bought the farm east and adjacent to Chapel Hill Christian Church.  This recollection of family folk lore correlated well with the location of the farm owned by Samuel J.’s father, William S. McCutchan.  Samuel J. McCutchan’s farm next to Chapel Hill Christian Church had been previously owned by Henry Todd.    

The following were children of James Clarence and Lealah Maude (Wade) McCutchan:[39] 

1 Haven Clarence McCutchan, born 6 April 1905, married (1) Georgia Nicholson‚ and following her death, married (2) Velma Kirkham. 

2 Lowell Garven McCutchan, born 13 August 1906, married Berneice Sharp.

3 Stanley Orester McCutchan, born 6 April 1909, married Edna Brodrick.

4 Ernest Wade McCutchan, born 29 August 1910, married Georgia Compton.

5 Olin Olaf McCutchan, born 18 July 1912, married Faith Batt. 

6 Dorothy Mae McCutchan, born 18 April 1914, married (1) Robert Leffler now deceased, married (2) Irvin Lee Condra.

7 Gerald Marvin McCutchan, born 18 May 1916, died 6 November 1957, married Margaret White.

8 Robert McCutchan, born 16 November 1917, married Ione Marciar.  Robert McCutchan owned a large farm at Shelton, Illinois when upon retirement around 1995 sold the farm.   His only son became a truck driver delivering toxic waste materials and resided in Springfield, Illinois. 

9 Beulah Mildred “Midge” McCutchan, born 18 May 1919, married John P. Hoke. Midge McCutchan and Virginia Scott were close childhood friends in the Chapel Hill Community.  Their parents were neighbors.   They remained lifelong friends even though Midge and John Hoke moved from the Borden community, resided in Florida and in a suburbs south of Birmingham, Alabama.  After Midge’s husband, John Hoke, died early in 2002, Midge visited with Virginia Scott at Galena, Indiana in April, 2002, and they were like two young kids reminiscing the wonderful years of their marriages, friends, and families.  In 2002, Midge and Virginia were the same age of 83. 

10 Irvin Howard McCutchan, born 6 December 1920, married Fern Confer.  Irvin resided before his death in Monticello, Indiana.  He once owned a very nice home on historic Shaefer Lake. He had three sons, one of whom was named Alan McCutchan who was a genius type person that traveled Europe on a bicycle and worked as a teacher in Greece where he was stranded during the winter months.  He also was in New York City in September, 2001, heard the first plane that was controlled by terrorists crash into the World Trade Center, went to the top of the building of his employment where there was a lounge for employees and saw the second plane of the terrorists fly overhead and also crash into the World Trade Center.  Alan reported to his father that it made his hair stand up on his head.  Alan’s genius allowed him to work with computers or whatever he could do to save enough money so he could bicycle leisurely on long trips.  One bicycle trip began in Seattle Washington where he bicycled through California and around the southern states and into Florida.   He always sent money to his father to deposit in the bank and never withdrew it.  Alan was also in Moscow bicycling and was picked up by the police and forced to leave Russia.  Alan especially loved Scotland and Wales.  He believed that the McCutchan Family had roots in Wales and according to his aunt Midge Hoke, desired to return to Wales and write a book on the McCutchan Welsh ancestry.

11 Noel Clifton McCutchan, born 6 August 1924, married Ida Mae Grant.

12 Alvin Lee McCutchan, born 30 November 1930, married Kathleen Bowling.

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CHILDREN OF WILLIAM AND AMERICA SCOTT MCCUTCHAN

            2.  Elizabeth L. McCutchan, nicknamed “Betty”, was born January, 1833, near Scottsville, Lafayette Township, Floyd County, Indiana, death date was after the June 21, 1900 census, buried Chapel Hill Cemetery, Greenville Township, Floyd County, Indiana, never married.[40]

                        Elizabeth L. McCutchan household, 1900 U. S. census, Floyd County, Indiana, population schedule, Lafayette Township, enumeration district [ED] 57, supervisor’s district [SD] 3, sheet 11b, dwelling 212; family 215; National Archives micropublication T623, roll 371, page 55: Elizabeth McCutchon, age 66, farmer, born January, 1833, Indiana, father born Tennessee, mother born Kentucky, single, never married; 2nd cousin, Edward Ramey, age 11, born October, 1889, Indiana, parents born Indiana; 2nd cousin, Julia Ramey, age 6, born November, 1893, Indiana, parents born Indiana; Elizabeth McCutchan was residing next to her brother’s home, Samuel and Elizabeth (Collins) McCutchan.  Elizabeth was residing in the home place of her parents.

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CHILDREN OF WILLIAM AND AMERICA SCOTT MCCUTCHAN

            3.  Frances M. McCutchan, nicknamed “Fannie”, was born 11 December 1842, near Scottsville, Lafayette Township, Floyd County, Indiana, died 21 October 1894, Wood Township‚ Clark County, Indiana, buried Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, Wood Township, married by Rev. James Scott, 5 January 1864, Wood Township, George Washington Bell, born 20 April 1838, Wood Township, died 1 December 1913, age 75 years, 8 months, 1 day, Wood Township, burial Pleasant Ridge Cemetery.  George was the son of Elias and Jemima (McKinley) Bell. Jemima was daughter of James McKinley 1st.

Frances M. McCutchan and George W. Bell were the parents 6 children.[41]

1.  Infant daughter Bell, born 27 October 1864, Wood Township, died 27 October 1864, Wood Township, buried Pleasant Ridge Cemeter

2.  Charles Henry Bell, nickname Bucky, was born 3 October 1866, Wood Township, died 20 January 1944, age 77 years‚ buried Pleasant Ridge Cemetery‚ never married.  Charles was deaf mute.  He was educated at the Indiana School for the deaf.  He was a very skilled carpenter building homes on the Navilleton and Louis Smith Road. He also gave much of his time for the upkeep of the Pleasant Ridge Cemetery.  Bucky Bell resided in Borden, Indiana.

3.  William John Bell was born 21 January 1868, Wood Township, died 10 August 1937, age 69, burial Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, married 7 April 1901, Lula Belle Brown, born 6 January 1870, Fredericksburg, Indiana, died 2 April 1942, age 72, Henryville, Indiana, burial Pleasant Ridge Cemetery.

William and Lula Bell were the parents of four children.

i. Ida Devore Bell, born 21 December 1902, Wood Township, died 9 October 1995 while residing at Henryville, Clark County, Indiana, burial, Wiley Chapel M. E. Church Cemetery, Clark County, Indiana, married 3 June 1923, M. Ralph Dietrich, born 17 August 1902, died 18 July 1991, burial Wiley Chapel M. E. Church Cemetery, Clark County, Indiana. 

Ida and Ralph were the parents of three children.

a.  Doris Bell Dietrich, born 30 May 1924, Henryville, Clark County, Indiana, married Henryville United Methodist Church, 21 April 1946, Paul Leslie Braun, born 11 June 1925, son of Mr. and Mrs. John D. Braun, Louisville, Kentucky.

b. John Larry Dietrich, born 13 June 1929, married (1) Virginia Vogt, who died in 1996.  John and Virginia were the parents of Allen Michael Dietrich, born 13 May 1953, Orlando, Florida, married Robin Williams who died on 22 December 1997.  John Larry Dietrich married (2) Virginia Bates and they were the parents of Tigre Ann Dietrich, born 27 September 1963.  Tigre Ann Dietrich was the mother of Tevin Dietrich, born 18 July 1991.  John Larry Dietrich married (3) Bertha Josephine Murphy, 6 December 1969.

c. Lowell William Dietrich, born 14 March 1939, died 30 January 1968, burial Wiley Chapel M. E. Church Cemetery, Clark County, Indiana.

ii.  William Bruce Bell was born 18 September 1904, Wood Township, died 3 January 1997, Heritage House Nursing Home, Salem, Indiana, burial Pleasant Ridge Cemetery.  He was a journalist and musician.  He wrote three books: Gone are the days; Memories of Pleasant Ridge; and, A Little Dab of Color.  William was a graduate of DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana.  He never married.

iii.  Charles Hubert Bell was born 13 December 1907, Wood Township, married 2 April 1932, Phyllis Fordyce, born 5 February 1911, died 10 May 1978, burial Martinsburg Cemetery, Martinsburg, Washington County, Indiana.  Phyllis was the daughter of Frederick and Rosa Miller Fordyce.

Charles and Phyllis were the parents of four daughters.

a.  Sharon Bell, born 24 January 1936, Clark County, died 16 December 1990, burial Crown Hill Cemetery, Salem, Indiana, married (1) Frank Ball, married (2) Roger Bundy, married (3) Carl Worley, 26 June 1953.  Sharon and Carl were the parents of Carla Worley, born 5 November 1955; Mark Alan Worley, born 21 May 1958; Kevin Worley, born 28 December 1962; Marla Worley, born 2 March 1965.

b. Sheryl Rae Bell was born 3 April 1938, Clark County, Indiana, married 16 February 1957, Albert Leroy Davis who were the parents of Sherry Lea Davis and Gary Ray Davis.

c. Karen Lou Bell was born 11 October 1944, Clark County, Indiana, married Max

Worley, 1962, and they were the parents of Tamara Sue Worley and Janice Renee Worley, a teacher.

d.  Jacquetta Bell was born 2 April 1949, Clark County, Indiana, married 29 July 1967, Boyd W. Wright, born 6 March 1947, and they were the parents of Jonathan Wright, born 10 January 1981.

iv.  Murray Wilson Bell was born 15 February 1911, Wood Township, died 7 May 1989, age 78 years, burial Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, married June, 1942, Sarah Johnson, born 10 April 1907, died 24 May 1985.  Murray resided in Pekin and Charlestown, Indiana.  He was a retired employee of the Charlestown Army Depot and the Borden Cabinet Company, and Veteran of WW II.

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CHILDREN OF FRANCES M. MCCUTCHAN AND GEORGE W. BELL

4.  Elias Jefferson Bell, nicknamed “Jeff”, was born 2 December 1871, Wood Township, died 2 December 1936, burial Chapel Hill Cemetery, Greenville Township, Floyd County, Indiana, married 20 December 1893, Lillie Elizabeth Norris, born 7 January 1875, Martinsburg, Indiana, died 11 October 1955, home in Borden, Indiana, burial Chapel Hill Cemetery.  Lillie was the daughter of William Norris and Phoebe Jane Roberts.  Jeff farmed the property of his deceased parents which was known as the old home place with fertile rolling soil, orchards, and cattle.  Jeff was an Elder at Chapel Hill Christian Church.  Lillie was very active in the church as well as the community helping families when a new baby arrived.  They were the maternal grandparents of Paul E. Coffman who now owns the old home farm place.

Jeff and Lillie were the parents of three children.

1.  Maude Bell was born 12 October 1894, Wood Township, died 13 August 1935, burial Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, married 10 February 1914, Lawrence Earl Temple, born 9 May 1891, died 19 September 1973, Clark County, burial Pleasant Ridge Cemetery.  Maude and Lawrence were the parents of 12 children.

2.  Edgar Ray Bell was born 13 December 1895, Wood Township, died 19 November 1960, Borden, Indiana, burial Chapel Hill Cemetery, married 21 July 1916, Clara Hunt, born 12 February 1897, Clark County, died 24 July 1966, DeWitt, Arkansas, burial DeWitt, Arkansas.

Edgar and Clara were the parents of 5 children. 

3.  Grace Edna Bell was born 13 August 1901, Wood Township, died 27 July 1992, Lincoln Hills Nursing Home, New Albany, Indiana, burial Chapel Hill Cemetery, Greenville Township, Floyd County, Indiana, married 16 September 1920, Jeffersonville, Indiana, John Ethil Coffman, born 31 January 1898, Greenville Township, Floyd County, Indiana, died 9 May 1987, Clark County, Indiana, burial Chapel Hill Cemetery.  John Coffman had a twin brother, James Cecil, and in later years of life, phoned one another every day. 

Cecil died before John, and they both died from strokes.  Paul Coffman, their son, told this story.  When they were young and dated they would double date and trade partners without the knowledge of the girls.  Uncle Cecil told this story about John. John, when he was courting Grace, would ask to drive Grace home from church, but her mother, Lillie, would always insist on coming along.  One Sunday, on the way home, in the buggy, and at the top of a steep hill called the McCutchan Hill, John let the horse run as fast as it wanted to do down the hill.  It turned out to be a fast and scary ride as Lillie informed him that she would never ride with him again.  Just what he wanted!  Grace and John bought the home place from Lillie after Elias Jefferson Bell died and John and Grace lived there the rest of their life.  During the depression, John worked at other jobs besides farming.  He often talked about helping to build Highway 60 and how he and his team of horses made $2.00 a day.  Sometimes he worked on township roads, with his team of horses, hauling creek gravel and made $1.50 each day.  Later he worked for the Indiana Arsenal at Charlestown, Indiana.  He could remember when the first airplanes came to be; he took a good look and went back to work.  He had a keen knowledge and was able to adjust to the period in which he lived.  He was very good in mathematics and could add faster in his head than most people could with a calculator.

John retired from the Indiana Highway Sign Department and from farming. 

John and Grace Coffman were always very kind and open people.  While growing up at Chapel Hill Church, they were highly admired by Nelson Scott.  One quality especially noticed was their interest in kids and they would answer questions which growing kids had about everything at church or elsewhere in life. 

Grace Edna Bell’s parents once owned the Borden Hotel during Grace’s childhood years.  When she was 15 or 16 years old, her parents returned back to the farm and Grace helped her family with farm work.  She loved tending to her flowers, plants, and garden.  During the depression, and later, she worked side-by-side with her husband, John, growing vegetable crops and strawberries which they marketed for cash money.  They had dairy cattle, hogs and chickens, all this to be taken care of every day.  During World War I, Grace and her mother and other neighbor women sewed shirts and caps for the army.  She would collect them and deliver them by horse and buggy to New Albany, Indiana.

Grace had a lovely alto voice and sang in the church choir.  During the young and mid years of her life, you could find a lavish meal at their home most every Sunday.  She was a very fine cook.  Crowds of relatives and friends would be round the table and stayed the afternoon to play cards and visit.  Those were great memories of John and Grace Coffman’s family times.  They loved their children and grandchildren and Chapel Hill Church where John was a Deacon.  Grace was very active in the women’s fellowship group and sang devotedly in the choir.  They were outstanding church members in supporting everything at Chapel Hill.

Grace Bell and John Coffman were the parents of 4 children.

i. Roberta Louise Coffman, born 15 January 1922, Wood Township, died 14 May 1922, burial Chapel Hill Cemetery.

ii.  Avis Colleen Coffman was born 12 March 1924, Wood Township, died 23 November 1989, while residing in Greenville Township, Floyd County, Indiana, burial Chapel Hill Cemetery, married and later divorced Albert Franklin Ginkins, born 31 October 1920, died 16 May 1977, burial Chapel Hill Cemetery.  Albert Ginkins’ parents were Charles Ginkins and Rosie Lea Bailey.  Albert Ginkins was a construction worker. 

Avis and Albert were the parents of 9 children.

1.  Gary Lamar Ginkins was born 7 April 1942, Wood Township, served in Korean and Vietnam wars, married and divorced Virginia Truex.  They were the parents of Leslie Ginkins, born 17 December 1966, and Amy Marie Ginkins, born 20 June 1971, married Robert Matthew Light.  Gary Lamar Ginkins also married Kathy Hart and they a daughter, Kristin Colleen Ginkins, born 30 December 1985.

2.  Sharon Ruth Ginkins was born 11 April 1943, Wood Township, married and divorced George D. Canary.  They were the parents of Troi Lynn and Toni Lea Canary.

3.  Edna Rose Ginkins, born 8 March 1946, died May, 1946, Greenville, Indiana, burial Chapel Hill Cemetery

4.  Rebecca Sue Ginkins was born 12 April 1947, married and divorced Larry Frank McCoy.  They were the parents of Larry Joseph McCoy, born 3 December 1966, and Kristen Renee McCoy, born 24 January 1971. 

5.  Patricia A. Ginkins was born 28 January 1949, married and divorced Glen Rawlings.  They were the parents of Michelle Lei Rawlings and Glenn Wilson Rawlings, Jr.

6.  Larry Lee Ginkins was born 3 September 1953, married and divorced Brenda Draughn.  They were the parents of Paul Albert Ginkins and Angela Lee Ginkins.

7.  Terry Albert Ginkins was born 20 May 1956, married Carol Sue Flora.  They were the parents of Whitney Lynn Ginkins and Cody Aaron Ginkins.

8.  Jerry Allen Ginkins was born 11 October 1957.  Jerry and Karen Merritt were the parents of Joven Taylor Ginkins, born 2 April 1992.

9.  Barry Lynn Ginkins was born 6 January 1962.  Barry and Lisa Logan Duke were the parents of Benjamin Albert Logan Ginkins, born 4 July 1996.

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iii.  John E. Coffman, Jr., was born 11 November 1927, Wood Township, married 21 November 1959, Juanita Voignier, born 27 June 1929.  John was a graduate of the American College of Surgeons.  He was a physician and worked as a podiatrist, New Albany, Indiana.  Juanita was the daughter of Ernest Voignier and Katherine Worrall.

iv.  Paul E. Coffman was born 15 May 1933, Wood Township, baptized Chapel Hill Christian Church, married Patricia Ann “Pat” Canary, born 10 October 1935, Shoals, Martin County, Indiana, baptized Chapel Hill Christian Church.  Pat was the daughter of Cecil George Canary and Rachel Eva Stewart. 

Paul has been a farmer and retired from the Ford Motor Company, Louisville, Kentucky, where he was Supervisor of Ford’s Water Plant.

During retirement, Paul and Pat were avid genealogists who helped compile valuable records for family history.  Their books and research data were placed in Floyd and Clark county libraries.  They enjoyed traveling in order to uncover “lost” family connections and discover family history from branches of their family.  Some of their published works include the following:  family history - The Bells of Pleasant Ridge (1760 - 2000); The McKinley Clan (1763 - 1999); Diary of Clara Bell, A Visit to Grandma and Grandpa Scott, (From August 28, 1900 to January 28, 1901); compilations of public records in Clark and Floyd County Libraries: Littell Funeral Home Record Books 1 & 2 (1906 - 1956); Mt. Eden Cemetery; Chapel Hill Cemetery, Floyd County, Indiana; Pleasant Ridge Cemetery 1995.

Paul and Pat were parents of 4 children.

i. Paul E. Coffman, Jr., nickname “Gene” was born 5 October 1955, baptized Chapel Hill Christian Church, married 7 August 1978, Louisville, Kentucky, Sue Ellen Wolph, born 22 October 1955.  Sue Ellen was the daughter of Paul James Wolph and Carol Joyce.  Paul obtained a doctorate degree from the University of Texas and worked in research and development for the Ford Motor Company, Detroit, Michigan.  Paul and Sue Ellen were the parents of Stephany Sue Coffman-Wright, born 30 May 1981, Austin, Texas.

ii.  Tara Lynn Coffman was born 7 April 1957, baptized Chapel Hill Christian Church, married 20 July 1979, Robert Joseph Koerber, born 4 July 1957, christened St. Joseph Catholic Church, Clark County, Indiana.  Robert was the son of Edward Joseph Koerber and Mary Elizabeth Graf. Tara and Robert were the parents of 2 children.

Michael Joseph Koerber, born 16 April 1980

Brian Paul Koerber, born 26 October 1981

iii.  Susan Elaine Coffman was born 27 August 1959, baptized Chapel Hill Christian Church, married Hollis Stephen Chepa, born 16 July 1958, Minnesota.  Hollis was the son of Hollis Rodney Chepa and Barbara Jean Buckeye.  Susan and Hollis were the parents of two children.

Rachael Chepa, born 26 December 1985

Paul Steven Chepa, born 27 December 1987

iv.  Tracy Ann Coffman was born 7 December 1961, baptized Chapel Hill Christian Church, married 1 May 1981, David A. Book, born 15 October 1959, Floyd County, Indiana, christened St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Floyds Knobs, Indiana.

Tracy was a deacon at Chapel Hill. She and David were active in Christian Education Ministries helping with Vacation Bible School and the annual Harvest Home Coming Booth.  Tracy graduated Summa Cum Laude from Spaulding University, Louisville, Kentucky.  She was an elementary school teacher and librarian for Charlestown Public Library.  Tracy and David were the parents of 2 children.

Brittany Ann Book, born 11 January 1987, christened at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Floyds Knobs, Indiana and baptized at Chapel Hill Christian Church.  Brittany attended Purdue University. 

David Elias Book, born 26 November 1996, christened St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Floyds Knobs, Indiana

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5.  Ida Frances Bell was born 13 June 1873, Wood Township, Clark County, Indiana, died 29 May 1947, Monticello, Indiana, burial Riverview Cemetery, Monticello, Indiana, married 21 May 1895, Gilbert Herbert Gillespie, nickname Bert, born 31 October 1871, White County, Guernsey, Indiana, died 3 April 1944, burial Riverview Cemetery, Monticello, Indiana.  Ida and Bert were both deaf mutes and met while they were going to a school for the deaf at Indianapolis, Indiana.  They were the parents of 4 children.

i. Frank Andrew Gillespie, born 4 April 1896, Indianapolis, Indiana, died 30 November 1927, married Lucille V. Barrett

ii. Arthur Gillespie, nickname “Dick”, born 3 May 1900, Alexandria, Indiana, died November 1965

iii.  Edna Gillespie, born 24 July 1902, Alexandria, Indiana, died 20 October 1980, Rossville, Indiana, burial Riverview Cemetery, Monticello, Indiana, married 1923, Ruskin Grant Carter, born 4 July 1899, died, October, 1986, burial Riverview Cemetery, Monticello, Indiana.  Edna and Ruskin were the parents of Arlene Carter and Richard Dean Carter, both born Monticello, Indiana.

iv.  Edith Gillespie was born 9 September 1911, died 5 April 1987, married 1933, Jack H. Moyer, born 24 December 1895, died August, 1977, Pulaski County, Star City, Indiana.  They did not have children.

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6.  George Thomas Bell was born 10 June 1879, Wood Township, Clark County, Indiana, died December 1962, Clark County, burial Hillcrest Section, Kraft-Graceland Cemetery, New Albany, Indiana, married (1) 18 April 1905, Floyd County, Indiana, Carrie Scott, born 1882, Floyd County, Indiana, died 28 September 1913, Floyd County, Indiana, at the age of 30, burial Chapel Hill Cemetery.  Carrie was the daughter of Walter J. Scott and Elizabeth “Libbie” Atkins.  Carrie had an operation for gallstones at Sellersburg, Indiana and later died from infection due to the surgery.   George and Carrie resided near Chapel Hill, Greenville Township.  Carrie and George were the parents of 1 child.

Walter Scott Bell, born 29 March 1911, Floyd County, Indiana, died 21 September 1980, New Albany, Indiana, burial Blue River Cemetery, DePauw, Indiana, married Agnes Burrell, born 20 June 1898, died 30 June 1987, burial Blue River Cemetery, DePauw, Indiana. 

Information from George Lynn Bell:  Walter was 31 years old when he was drafted and went to Fort Lewis.  He was a heavy equipment operator for the Army Air Force.  He went to Alaska for 44 months and while there, he lost a finger from the results of freezing.  At one time, he trained to be a prize fighter.  Late in life he married Agnes Burrell, a woman who had two grown children.  He bought a farm in Floyd County and they farmed.  Walter also worked at the Louisville Cement Company, Clark County, Speed, Indiana.  Walter Scott Bell’s stepsons from his marriage to Agnes Burrell were Russell Ham of Indianapolis, Indiana and Elmer Ham of Nineveh, Indiana.

George Thomas Bell married (2) 28 November 1915, Henrietta A. Homberger, born 23 October 1890, died 10 November 1960, burial Kraft-Graceland Cemetery, New Albany, Indiana.  Henrietta was the daughter of Henry Homberger and Mary Dietrich.  George and Henrietta were the parents of George Lynn Bell.

George Lynn Bell was born 19 March 1926, Clark County, Indiana, married 11 August 1954, Louella Thomas, born 26 February, Grandview, Indiana, died 29 March 1996, burial Kaft - Graceland Cemetery, New Albany, Indiana.  Louella was a retired teacher working for 37 years for the Old Louisville Public Schools, member of the Sellersburg United Methodist Church, Louisville Farm Bureau of Clarksville, a graduate of Georgetown University and University of Louisville.

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MALINDA SCOTT and husband Samuel S. McCutchan, Jr. 

            Malinda Scott was born 9 March 1815, Shelby County, Kentucky, died 16 February 1860, Lafayette Township, Floyd County, Indiana, baptized Mt. Eden Church, buried Mt. Eden Cemetery,[42] Greenville Township, Floyd County, Indiana, married by Rev. John T. Littell, 18 April 1836, Lafayette Township, Samuel S. McCutchan, Jr., born 11 December 1810, T