Scott Generations: September 2009

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Jackson Thomas Cox Turns 4 August 24 And Celebrates With A Knight Party

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Ceb Scott Kicks Off Campaign

(Via Cebrina Edmondson)

"This is the first official campaign sign that has been put up in front of Ceb's house.. Just a few more months and the long road of campaigning will begin..Keep him in your prayers, because anyone who knows him knows that being a politician isn't something that he wants to be. He just wants to be the County Commissioner, because he believes he can make a difference, and do a good job. Unfortunatly politics is part of it, so we are going to have fun with it, and make it a family effort. As you can see the grandkids think it is all fun, K-Jae Alexander has already made a cheer for her "Grampy", and at any given time Bryleigh, Kylee, or Mckinley will scream out "Ceb Scott for County Commissioner district 3!" Hunter is his Grampy's right hand man, and will come home from school and tell Ceb " well Grampy, I got you a couple more votes today"..his whole 2nd grade class now knows what a county commissioner is and who Ceb Scott is and they better be voting for him! LOL"

Update On The Duncan Family From Paulette

"Things are good in the Dickie Duncan family. We are just into football Darren Melton is coaching at Lincoln Christain in Tulsa and Darren Duncan is an assistant coach for Okemah, they both may meet up during the playoff’s. That should be exciting. Terri Melton and I went to Las Vegas in July, we had a lot of fun, the plane trip was almost more than I could bear. I visit with Jane about every other day and her knee is so much better, but her arthritis is killing her.

Monday, September 7, 2009

Jordan Andrews Turns 17- (Mary and Mike Andrew's Daughter and Pete and Alice Scott's Grandaughter)

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Little Scotty Is Leaving For Navy Boot Camp

Little Scotty leaves for Navy boot camp this Thursday the 10th. He will be going to Great Lakes Illinois. Scotty and Tresa would appreciate your prayers. Love yall Scotty Sr. [Scott Boy]

Meet The First Cousin of Dumpie's Great-Great Grandpa (also named Benjamin Hawkins)

Colonel Benjamin Hawkins Dumpie had a brother named Lloyd Colonel and a nephew named Colonel Theodore, the name 'Colonel' is scattered throughout her ancestry her is why. Benjamin Hawkins (15 August 1754 – 6 June 1816), usually known as Colonel Hawkins, was an American farmer, statesman, and Indian agent from North Carolina. He was a delegate to the Continental Congress and a United States Senator, as well as a long term diplomat and agent to the Creek Indians. Benjamin was born to Philemon and Delia Martin Hawkins on August 15, 1754, the third of four sons. The family farmed and operated a plantation in what was then Granville County, North Carolina, but is now Warren County. He attended the College of New Jersey, later to become Princeton, but left in his last year to join the Continental Army. He was commissioned a Colonel and served for several years on George Washington's staff as his main interpreter of French. Hawkins was released from federal service late in 1777, as Washington learned to rely on Lafayettte for dealing with the French. He returned home, and was elected to the North Carolina House of Representatives in 1778. He served there until 1779, and again in 1784. The Carolina Assembly sent him to the Continental Congress as their delegate from 1781 to 1783, and again in 1787. In 1789, he was a delegate in the North Carolina convention that ratified the United States Constitution. He was then elected to the first U.S. Senate and served from 1789 to 1795. Although the Senate did not have organized political parties at the time, his views shifted during his term. Early in his Senate career, he was counted in the ranks of those Senators viewed as Pro-Administration, but by the third congress, he generally sided with Senators of the Republican or Anti-Administration Party. Indian Agent In 1785, Hawkins had served as a representative for the Congress in negotiations with the Creek Indians. He was generally successful, and convinced that tribe to lessen their raids for several years, although he could not conclude a formal treaty. The Creek wanted to deal with the head man, and finally signed the Treaty of New York after Hawkins convinced George Washington to become involved. In 1796, Washington appointed Benjamin Hawkins as General Superintendent of Indian Affairs dealing with all tribes south of the Ohio River. He personally assumed the role of principal agent to the Creek tribe. He moved to the area that is now Crawford County in Georgia. He was adopted by the Creeks, and took one of their women as his common-law wife. He began to teach agricultural practices to the tribe, starting a farm at his home on the Flint River. In time, he brought in slaves and workers, cleared several hundred acres and established mills and a trading post as well as his farm. His operation expanded until he had over 1,000 cattle and a large number of hogs. For years, he would meet with chiefs on his porch and discuss matters while churning butter. His personal hard work and open-handed generosity won him such respect that reports say that he never lost an animal to Indian raiders. He was responsible for the longest period of peace between the settlers and the tribe, overseeing 19 years of peace. When a fort was built, in 1806, to protect expanding settlements, just west of modern Macon, Georgia, it was named Fort Benjamin Hawkins. Hawkins saw much of his work toward building a peace destroyed in 1812. A group of Creeks, led by Tecumseh were encouraged by British agents to resistance against increasing settlement by whites. Although he personally was never attacked, he was forced to watch an internal civil war among the Creeks, the war with a faction known as the Red Sticks, and their eventual defeat by Andrew Jackson. During the Creek War of 1813-1814, Hawkins organized the friendly Creeks under Major William McIntosh to aid the Georgia and Tennessee militias during their forays against the Red Sticks. After the Red Stick defeat at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend, activities in Georgia and Tennessee prevented Hawkins from moderating the Treaty of Fort Jackson in August 1814. Hawkins later organized friendly Creeks against a British force on the Apalachicola River that threatened to rally the scattered Red Sticks and reignite the war on the Georgia frontier. After the British withdrew in 1815, Hawkins began organizing a force to secure the area when he died from a sudden illness in June 1816. Benjamin never recovered from the shock of the Creek civil war. He had tried to resign his post and return from the Georgia wilderness, but his resignation was refused by every president after Washington. He remained Superintendent until his death on June 6, 1816. On his death bed, he married the woman who had given him four children over the years. Benjamin Hawkins was buried at the Creek Agency, on the Flint River near Roberta, Georgia. The modern Ocmulgee National Monument includes the site of the original Fort Hawkins. Hawkins County in Tennessee is named in his honor. From the Benjamin Hawkins family Tree

Welcome Scott Family

This is a blog I started back in August to promote and discuss the reunion, but never did anything with it. I have decided to go ahead and open it although it is a little rough. Feel free to comment by just clicking "0 comments" below a post a little pop-up window will appear and you can write your comment clicking 'post comment" don't forget to sign your name. You can just read other comments. Please send announcements and suggestions. If you would like to add posts let me know and I will send you the sign-in information. Jacki (Jack's daughter)

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