There are two stones on his grave, and it is because of this that it is known without a doubt that this James belongs in this family. Many years later John Scott went with his father, Mike Scott, to put a new stone on the grave of Mike's grandfather, James. This event was well known in the family, John's children Lura, Robert and Clyfford, in particular, telling it to later generations. The old stone had become weathered and illegible in places. However, when he got it to the cemetery, Mike saw that the new stone was wrongly inscribed with James's death date as May 24 instead of August 24, which was on the old stone and corresponds to the Bible entry. Mike, troubled when he realized this, wondered what to do about it, and then decided to leave the old stone in place so the correct date could be known, and placed the new one in front of it. However, the two stones are so close, and the new one so firmly embedded in the ground by now, that the old one can no longer be read.
-Carol S. Scott, William Scott & Some of His Descendents with Allied Lines (Art Printing Co., Rock Hill, South Carolina, 1987), pp. 24 & 26, permission granted by author to be used on findagrave.com
-Carol S. Scott, William Scott & Some of His Descendents with Allied Lines (Art Printing Co., Rock Hill, South Carolina, 1987), pp. 24 & 26, permission granted by author to be used on findagrave.com
There are two stones on his grave, and it is because of this that it is known without a doubt that this James belongs in this family. Many years later John Scott went with his father, Mike Scott, to put a new stone on the grave of Mike's grandfather, James. This event was well known in the family, John's children Lura, Robert and Clyfford, in particular, telling it to later generations. The old stone had become weathered and illegible in places. However, when he got it to the cemetery, Mike saw that the new stone was wrongly inscribed with James's death date as May 24 instead of August 24, which was on the old stone and corresponds to the Bible entry. Mike, troubled when he realized this, wondered what to do about it, and then decided to leave the old stone in place so the correct date could be known, and placed the new one in front of it. However, the two stones are so close, and the new one so firmly embedded in the ground by now, that the old one can no longer be read.
-Carol S. Scott, William Scott & Some of His Descendents with Allied Lines (Art Printing Co., Rock Hill, South Carolina, 1987), pp. 24 & 26, permission granted by author to be used on findagrave.com
-Carol S. Scott, William Scott & Some of His Descendents with Allied Lines (Art Printing Co., Rock Hill, South Carolina, 1987), pp. 24 & 26, permission granted by author to be used on findagrave.com
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