James Kincaid Scott
The history of the Scott's of Monroe and Summer Count West Virginia is as good of an example of a typical European immigrant family in Virginia as can be found. It's not clear what James Scott's parents did upon arriving in the colony of Virginia, but its not hard to imagine an indenture which eventually led to an independent life in farming. Young James was living close to the frontier, reportedly near the "Rockbridge", and may have had the opportunity to enhance his prospects as an Indian fighter, leading to land grants in areas that the western settlers lustfully eyed from relative safety of the Shenandoah Valley. We do know that once the colonial government forced the Native American further west, James was among the very early settlers in a rich and productive land and the made the most of his opportunity. Money was hard to come by, but land was a symbol of wealth and it provide...
