Alexander Monroe Scott
Migrated to AR

Submitted by Wanda Ridge

Alexander Monroe Scott and his wife, Margaret L. Rinehart, arrived prior to 1860 in Monroe County, Arkansas where Alexander received a swamp land patent for 80 acres. They began their journey from Cabarrus County, N. C., with two small daughters, Martha Melinda and Sarah Sufier. Just months after their arrival in Arkansas their first son, George W., named after his paternal grandfather, was born. There would be five more daughters and two more sons born to this union.

Alexander, called “Sandy,” was born 20 June 1836; his birth is recorded in St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Cabarrus County. He and Margaret Rinehart were married 25 May 1856 in Cabarrus Co.; bondsman was his cousin, Abraham Scott.

Alexander’s parents, George Wilson Scott and Sophia Rinehart accompanied their son and his family in the trek across country from North Carolina to Arkansas. Also making the journey were Alexander’s siblings Michael and Bessie. George W. died by 1866 and is buried in Hawkins Chapel Cemetery. His wife, Sophia, died after 1880 and is presumed buried in Hawkins Chapel Cemetery, now Lee County, Arkansas.

When the War Between the States broke out in Arkansas, Alexander M. Scott chose to serve the Confederacy by volunteering for the Monroe County Home Guards, as recorded in Monroe County Court Record Book D., pp 202-4.

Alexander M. was a farmer and a blacksmith. His church affiliation was Methodist. Other children born to Alexander and Margaret were Frances Cladora, Mary Catherine, Margaret Elizabeth, Charles Alexander, Alice Safronia, Jennie Edward and Alton Jefferson.

Margaret Rinehart Scott died 12 October 1886 and was buried in Hawkins Chapel Cemetery. Alexander Monroe Scott died 14 March 1891 and was buried beside his wife. Descendants of this pioneer couple still live in Eastern Arkansas.

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