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WILLIAM SCOTT - early settler of Augusta Tp., Grenville County, ON
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Loyalist’s Name: William Scott U.E., buried in Maynard Cemetery
C3 Lot 11, Augusta Township
Grenville County
Occupation: farmer, mill operator
On gravestone:
UNITED EMPIRE LOYALIST
WILLIAM SCOTT
BORN IN
GLASGOW, SCOTLAND 1733
DIED IN AUGUSTA 1833
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BRITISH REFUGEE
FROM BOSTON MASS.
WHO SETTLED ON
CROWN GRANT LAND
IN 1783,
NOW KNOWN AS
LOTS 6, 7, AND 8, AUGUSTA.
Family History:
William Scott, and his two brothers, David and John, came to Augusta township in 1783. He had two sons, Joseph and Francis. He operated a grist and sawmill powered by Big Creek from 1804 to about 1815. By 1879, he had over one hundred descendants living near by.
The first Methodist class meetings held in Upper Canada were held in his barn (1785) where the Hecks had established services. During cold weather, the meetings were held in Timothy Hodge’s large house on C3 Lot 5.
Sources of Information:
1. Augusta Royal Township Number Seven 1985
pages 18, 86, 189, 190, 226, 246,251
2. History of Leeds and Grenville 1879 reprinted 1972
Index V1, pages 24, 25, 159, 161
3. Rideau Reflections- G. Clare Churchill
page 101
(* a branch of the South Nation River.)
Compiled by Don Clunas UE - February 2001
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