Moses H. Scott  

Moses H Scott Birth 1807 Kentucky Death 28 Sep 1899 Danville, Vermillion county Illinois BURIAL Lindenwood Cemetery Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana son of Moses H. (Hardpine) Scott & Maragret Scott

Death of a Pioneer
Word was received here yesterday by relatives of the deceased in this city of the death at Danville, Ill., of Mr. Moses H. Scott. who died at the age of 92.

Mr. Scott was an uncle of Mrs. C. F Rauch.

He was one of the pioneers of this region having been one of Logansport's early merchants. He erected the building now occupied by James Foley as a grocery, this being one of the oldest brick buildings in the city.

BUrial will be made at Fort Wayne, the raimins to pass through here at 9:45, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. SHedd, the latter being a daughter of the deceased.

Mr. Scott for years one of Logansports best known citizens. He was prominent in the early affairs of the county. His brother served as sheriff of the county and Mr. Scott was his deputy. In those days Cass county etended clear to the Michigan State line and Mr. Scott had a weary time of it performing his official duties walking over Indian trails, through forest and swamps.

Mr Scott was a carpenter by trade and when the Indiana grant was made ceding rights to the Indians at Lalke Maxinkuckee the red men were allowed a carpenter and Mr. Scott was appointed to the position; his duties being to build houses for the cheifs at the lake. It was thus that he erected the first house at that point.

He afterwards went west and engaged in teamoing from westport to Albuqurque, passing over the site of what is now Kansas City.

recongnizing the need of better roards he constructed the first road into what is now Kansa City, making a passable road up from the landing at westport to the now thriving metropolis.

He had seen the wildreness blossom as the rose and retained a memory of other days right up to the last. - Logansport Pharos-Tribune Sep 28, 1899


An Early Logansport Pioneer Dead
Word has been received here of the death at Danville, Ill. of Mr. Moses H Scott.

The deceased was an uncle of Mrs. C. F> Rauch, and died at the advance age of 92 years.

He was one of the pioneers of Loganpsort, havin erected the building now occupied by James Foley's grocery on Market Street.

The remains passed through here this morning on the Wabas 9:48 train enroute to Fort Wayne, where interment was made - Logansport Pharoso Tribune Sep. 28, 1899

married Jan 01, 1833, Cass Co, IN. Margaret Amanda Hars b. May 16, 1817, Miami Co, OH; d. Apr 22, 1852, Westport, Kansas City, Missouri; BURIAL Union Cemetery Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, daughter of Robert Hars and Mary McCorkle

They had:

Lewis Byron Scott Birth 1836 Fort Wayne, Allen, Indiana said to have died before 1899

Robert D Scott BIRTH 5 Nov 1838 DEATH 17 Aug 1839 BURIAL Union Cemetery Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri,

Charles R Scott BIRTH 1842 Jackson County, Missouri DEATH 5 Jan 1864 (aged 21–22) BURIAL Lindenwood Cemetery Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana,

William Howard Scott 1844–1890

Alice Mary Scott Birth May 1847 Kansas (Missouri) (Indian Territory Olkahoma) DEATH 1923 Danville, Vermillion, Illinois Death 1923 Danville, Vermillion, Illinois married Oct 5 1876 Fort Wayne, Allen county Indiana William E. Shedd birth 1847 Marysville, Ohio.

Margaret Ellen Scott BIRTH 16 Oct 1848 DEATH 11 Oct 1851 BURIAL Union Cemetery Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri,

Joseph Oliver Scott BIRTH ABT 1852 ackson County, Missouri DEATH ??? Clarksburg, Yolo, California married 7 Nov 1880 Stanislaus County, California, divorce before 1888. Rose Arulia Sanders BIRTH 17 MAR 1859 Marengo, McHenry, Illinois DEATH 7 FEB 1941 Modesto, Stanislaus, California had a daughter Elva Arleta Scott<

1892 - Jul 22 Mr. M. H. Scott, of Danville, Ill., has a cottage at the lake. He was a government contractor in the early "thirties" and had considerable to do with tbe Pottawattomies. He was present at the treaty of 1883, and was one of the number who helped move the tribe to Kansas - Logansport Pharos

1897 - July 23 Culver Herald -

A Long and Eventful Life.

Situated upon one of tho most picturesque spots upon the east side of Maxenkuckee Lake, can be found the cottage owned by Mr. M. H. Scott, of Danville, III., said cottage now being occupied by its venerable owner.



A synopsis of whose life we now attempt to give, or at least that portion which bears directly upon Maxenkuckee Lake and counties adjoining.

The subject of this sketch was born in 1807 and spent his early boyhood days in the state of Ohio, moving with his parents to Indiana in 1811, just before the famous battle of Tippecanoe was fought, and settled in St. Joseph county.

At that time, where cities and villages now stands for a rndius of hundreds of miles around, nothing but dence forests were visable, which were inhabited by Savages and wild animals. It was surrounded by such environments that Mr. Scott grew to manhood, and in the summer of 1824 he was actively engaged in various occupations where the city of St. Joe now stands.

In 1825, he came to Lake Maxenkuckee, and built the first house that ever graced the shores of Lake Maxenkuckee, or in fact the first house seen in this section.

He erected four houses for the Indians upon the very grounds where the Edwards’ cottage now stands, known as Halcyon Villa. They were built for the Indians of round logs each house containing one large room.

At that time there were only two white men in union township, one was a blacksmith by tho name of John Lindsey, and the other a man by the name of Rose, who ran a sort of a grist mill for the Indians, both men being furnished by the government.

In the same year 1825, he built several houses eight miles east of this place, near Argos, and one great, double log house for Chief Aubbeenaubbee.

He collected the first taxes ever collected in St Joseph and Elkhart counties, and says the money derived from said source was rather small in amount.

He says that old Aubbeenaubbee was not the great mogul chief of the tribes roaming through forests at that time but that Chief Toppeneby, who lived on the banks of Lake Michigan, where St. Joe now stands, was the great high ruler of the various tribes.

Mr Scott will be 91 years old his next birthday, and is yet in quite vigorous health and bids fair to live several years yet and as it would take several volumes to give an accurate account of his eventful career we close by appending a few verses by “ Our Poet" H. E. Winks.

How delightful to the eye
Would be the scenes of early manhood.
Could they now. in his old age
Be presented to view.
He came to Indiana
And into this country.
When "Injuns” were numerous
While the "whites” numbered two.

He has seen Aubbeenaubbee
The beloved—the famous big Red-man
And he knew him far better
Then he knows any of you.
As carpenter and builder
He built for the chieftain
The first Indian log-house
Of which any one knew.

He is now in his ‘’nineties”
And lives comfortably and hearty
In his snug little cottage.
On Maxenkuekee’s shore.
Here he dwelt with the “ red-skins”
Back in the twenties
And saw them by the hundreds—
Yes. many, many more.

Its interesting to listen
To this almost “Centenarian”—
To the history and data
He delights to give you.
To the history of "Toppeneby,”
The "Big Injun mogul"
To the history of the battle
Of Tippecanoe.

1899 - sep 29 C. F. Rauch is in Fort Wayne attending the funeral of his uncle, Moses H. Scott. Mr. Scott and W. H. Brown were the first to build cottages at Lake Maxinkuckee. - Logansport Pharos

the McDonald history:

Mr. Moses H. Scott, whose cottage was on the east shore of the lake, in a conversation a year or more ago, said that he had the contract for the building of the cabins for Nees-wau-gee and Quash-qua, and that they were erected in 1828-32.

He also participated in the removal of the large bands of Indians that were taken away in 1837. In speaking of he said:

"The party who removed the Indians consisted of Col. Abel C. Pepper, of Rising Sun, Indiana, Louis H. Sands, John B. Duret and myself. We went from Logansport to the Indian village near South Bend, where we collected the. There were about 500 removed, most of whom were under Chief Top-in-e-bee. We wished to remove Chief Po-ka-gon and his tribe also, but he refused to go and obtained permission from the Government to remove his tribe to Saginaw, Michigan. We took the 500 Indians to Chicago. Our instructions were to get them to Kansas if possible; otherwise to Council Bluffs. At a consultation held at Chicago 200 agredd to go to Kansas, and I took them there. Sands took the others to Council Bluffs. We had no military organization whatever."

Various quips found on Ancestry in a word file enttled "Traders among the Pottowatamies Notes" Posted Aug 22, 2016 by Nadene13

From "The Beginning of the West, Annals of the Kansas Gateway to the American West 1540-1854", by Louise Barry:
Pg. 337 - 1837- "In the middle of November, TO-pen-e-bee (or, To-pin-a-bee)--the principal chief of the Pottawatomie nation, and 164 of his people, arrived in "Kansas" to settle on the "Osage" (Marais des Cygnes) river reserve. They were from St. Joseph river in Michigan. Under the superintendence of Lewis H. SANDS, and conducted by Capt. Robert H. McCABE, nearly 500 Pottawatomies from Michigan and Illinois had started overland in Sept.--crossing the Mississippi at Quincy, Ill. beginning Sept 24. The larger number (278) of the immigrants went to Council Bluffs (Iowa) reserve; but through the efforts of Luther Rice (part Pottawatomie) and whose family w as in the party), Moses H. SCOTT (asst. emigrant agent) and Isaac McCOY, Chief To-pen-e-bee and his followers diverged from the route to Council Bluff at a point about 40 miles a bove Westport, MO. and came down to the Marais des Cygnes and the settlement on Pottawatomie Creek.

Pg. 331 - "These Pottawatomies made their camps along the south side of Pottawatomie creek. According to Isaac McCoy and Subagent A. L. Davis, Many of the Pottawatomies who migrated to the "Osage" river reserve in 1837 were either "Kankakee" (Ill.) Indians, or "St. Joseph river" (Mich) Indians, formerly enrolled in the Chicago Agency--and therefore not Indiana Pottawattomies.”

Pg. 592 - "Moses H. SCOTT (trader)" one of witnesses of a tready signed June 17, 1846 by the Pottawatomie Nation where Pottowatomies gave up about 6,000,000 acres.

Pg. 734 - "January-June--Licenses (new and renewal) to trade with Indians in "Kansas," as granted by agents and subagents of the St. Louis Indianian superintendency, were:
Traders Indians Issued by Rec. at St.L.
Moses H. Scott Miamis SP Sublette March
J. B. Scott Sacs & Foxes SP Sublette March
(M.H.) Scott & (Ezekiel) French Pottawatomies RW Cummins


Ref: from Jackson County, MO, were Moses H. Scott, Allen B.H. McGee. Ezekiel French, fof Oswego, Ind. (partner of Moses H. Scott), is mentioned in a May 17, 1848, document.

Pg. 793 - Moses H. Scott granted license to trade with Miamis by R. W. Cummins in February 1849. (M.H.) Scott and (Ezekiel) French granted license to trade with Pottawatomies by R. W. Cummins inf May 1849.

Pg. 949 - Moses H. Scott granted a license to trade with Pottawatomies by Luke Lea in September 1850.

Pg. 1016 - Moses H. Scott granted license to trade with Pottawatomies by J. R. Chenault in September 1851.

Pg. 1059 - Moses H. Scott granted license to trade with Pottawatomie by F. W. ea in June 1852.

P. 1171 - Moses H. Scott granted license to trade with Pottawatomies by J. W. Whitfield in August 1853.

Moses H. Scott was not listed on the list of traders issued licenses to trade with I ndians in 1854.


Kansas Historical Quarterly - Kansas Before 1854, A Revised Annals, 10 Compiled by Louise Barry
In a July, 1838, journal entry, McCoy recorded that on July 21 he took his wife "to Mr. Polke's among the Putawatomies," after a journey from Westport, Mo., and overnight stop at Davis* "Agency among the Weas. . . ." ( Reminiscing, in 1879, John C. McCoy stated that " Robert Polk and Moses H. Scott, traders among the Pottawatomies ... [in the 1830s] broke and put in cultivation a large field in the valley of Pottawatomie creek, near Osawatomie, which they cultivated for several years . . . [with indifferent success].") It appears that W. W. Cleghome was also trading at Pottawatomie creek, as early as 1839.


KANSAS BEFORE 1854: A REVISED ANNALS
(especially 1844-1847); KHC, v. 10, pp. 312-321; KHQ, v. 10, p. 348, v. 23, pp. 124, 125; and Spooner & Rowland's History of American Mission*, pp. 724, 725.

C In the middle of November, To-pen-e-bee (or, To-pin-a-bee) the principal chief of the Potawatomie nation, and 164 of his people, arrived in "Kansas'* to settle on the "Osage" river reserve. They were from St. Joseph river in Michigan.

Under the superintendence of Lewis H. Sands, and conducted by Capt. Robert H. McCabe, nearly 500 Pottawatomies from Michigan and Illinois had started overland in September crossing the Mississippi at Quincy, 111., beginning September 24. The larger number (287) of these emigrants went to the Council Bluffs (Iowa) reserve; but through the efforts of Luther Rice (part Pottawatomie, whose family was in the party), Moses H. Scott (assistant emigrant agent), and Isaac McCoy, Chief To-pen-e-bee and his followers diverged from the route to Council Bluffs at a point about 40 miles above Westport, Mo., and came down to the Marais des Cygnes, and the settlement on Pottawatomie creek ( see p. 72 ).

7838 C Robert Polke (recently of Indiana) opened a trading house for the Pottawatomies (on Pottawatomie creek, about where present Lane, Franklin county is today) in the latter part of 1837, but no reference earlier than the January 3, 1838, diary entry of the Ottawas* missionary Jotham Meeker has been located. He wrote: "Visit Quaquatau [Qui-qui-to, Pottawatomie chief], do some business at Mr. Polks ["Robert Polke & Co."] and ride [12 miles] home. . . ."

(Subagent A. L. Davis had met Polke a brother-in-law of Isaac McCoy in the spring of 1837 and promised him a trading license when the Pottawatomies removed to the Marais des Cygnes country.)

In a July, 1838, journal entry, McCoy recorded that on July 21 he took his wife "to Mr. Polke's among the Putawatomies," after a journey from Westport, Mo., and overnight stop at Davis* "Agency among the Weas. . . ." ( Reminiscing, in 1879, John C. McCoy stated that "Robert Polk and Moses H. Scott, traders among the Pottawatomies ... [in the 1830's] broke and put in cultivation a large field in the valley of Pottawatomie creek, near Osawatomie, which they cultivated for several years . . . [with indifferent success].") It appears that W. W. Cleghome was also trading at Pottawatomie creek, as early as 1839.

Robert Polke was still living on Pottawatomie creek at the time of his death in 1843. Apparently he, his wife Elizabeth (Widener) Polke (and some? of their children) had been "Kansas" residents during the intervening years. His oldest son Thomas W. Polke (about 23 in 1838) probably was associated with the trading house from the beginning; and his second son, John W. Polke (about 18 in 1838) later(?) became a trader.

1850 United States Federal Census 
Name	Moses H Scott
Gender	Male
Race	White
Age	43
Birth Year	abt 1807
Birthplace	Kentucky
Home in 1850	Kaw, Jackson, Missouri, USA
Occupation	None
Industry	Non-Industrial Response
Real Estate	1500
Line Number	14
Dwelling Number	305
Family Number	305
Inferred Spouse	Margaret A Scott
Inferred Child	Louis B Scott; Charles R Scott; Wm H Scott; Alice M Scott; Margaret E Scott
Household members
Name	Age
Moses H Scott	43
Margaret A Scott	33
Louis B Scott	14
Charles R Scott	9
Wm H Scott	6
Alice M Scott	4
Margaret E Scott	2 
 
1860 United States Federal Census 
Name	Moses H Scott
Age	53
Birth Year	abt 1807
Gender	Male
Race	White
Birth Place	Kentucky
Home in 1860	Westport, Jackson, Missouri
Post Office	Westport
Dwelling Number	929
Family Number	981
Occupation	Freighter
Real Estate Value	3000
Personal Estate Value	14000
Household members
Name	Age
Peter H Smith	37
Julia Smith	33
George Smith	13
Peter H Smith	11
Price K Smith	7
Joseph Smith	4
John E Smith	4/12
R H Truitt	24
A B Earle	
Moses H Scott	53
W W Smith	28
Fredrick Wolf	35
Charles B Smith	20

1880 United States Federal Census 
Name	M. H. Scott
Age	70
Birth Date	Abt 1810
Birthplace	Kentucky
Home in 1880	Danville, Vermilion, Illinois, USA
Street	Franklin Street
Dwelling Number	82
Race	White
Gender	Male
Relation to Head of House	Father-in-law
Marital Status	Single
Father's Birthplace	Ohio
Mother's Birthplace	Ohio
Occupation	Retired Merchant
Neighbors	View others on page
Household members
Name	Age
William E. Shedd	32
Alice M. Shedd	32
H. H. Shedd	1
M. H. Scott	70

Danville, Illinois, U.S., City Directory, 1889 
Name	Moses H Scott
Residence Date	1889
Residence Place	Danville, Illinois, USA
Business Address	114 n Franklin

Indiana, U.S., WPA Death Index, 1882-1920 
Name	Moses Scott
Date	Sept 27, 1899
Location	Fort Wayne
Age	92 Yr
Gender	Male
Race	White
Source location	City Health Office, Fort Wayne
Source notes book CH-3 on page 21  
NOTE: see obituaries above  Died Danville, Illinois

Illinois, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1772-1999 
Name	Moses H Scott
Probate Place	Vermilion, Illinois, USA
Inferred Death Place	Illinois, USA
Item Description	Index to Wills Book 1 1829-1977 
Index to Will Record Books B,C,D 1826-1856 
Index to Administrators

Missouri, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1766-1988 
Name	Lewis Byron Scott
Gender	Male
Probate Place	Missouri, USA
Relationship	Son
Item Description	Secondary
Others Listed (Name)	Relationship
Moses H Scott
Alice Mary Shedd Daughter
Lewis Byron Scott	Son
Joseph Oliver Scott son

Illinois, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1772-1999 
Name	Joseph Oliver Scott
Gender	Male
Probate Place	Vermilion
Relationship	Son
Item Description	Will Records, Book G-H, 1896-1909
Others Listed (Name)	Relationship
Moses H Scott
Alice Mary Shedd Daughter
Lewis Bryon Scott Son
Joseph Oliver Scott	Son