Dade County, MO 1850 census
7 October 1850
294R/461/472
SCOTT, Larkin ,32,M,W,Farmer,0,KY,0,0,0,0,None,S300
SCOTT, Sharlott ,31,F,W KY,0,0,0,0,None,S300
SCOTT, Margret Ann ,11,F,W KY,0,Y,0,0,None,S300
SCOTT, James ,9,M,W KY,0,Y,0,0,None,S300
SCOTT, May ,6,F,W MO,0,0,0,0,None,S300
SCOTT, Sarah ,4,F,W MO,0,0,0,0,None,S300
SCOTT, Newton ,3,M,W MO,0,0,0,0,None,S300
SCOTT, John ,2,M,W MO,0,0,0,0,None,S300
1860 Benton Co., AR census
Appearing on Page 2 on the transcript. Family Group 19 appears in Osage Township in Benton Co
unty, Ark., in 1860. Family includes:
Scott, Larkin, a farmer, male, age 42, born in KY;
Charlott, female, 41, b. in KY;
Mary, 17, female, b. in Mo,
Sarah, female, 16
Newton, male, 13
John, male, 12
Selie, female, 10;
David ,male, 7,
Martha, female, 5.
William, male, 2, was born in Arkansas.
Osage Township is in central Benton County (slightly east of center) and is
the site of the county seat, Bentonville.
History of Benton County [p.130] CHRISTIANITY. page 135
Christian Church.-Elder Larkin Scott, now of Bentonville, settled near the Osage Springs in 1
856, and upon inquiry found only one organization of the Christian Church in Benton County; a
nd that one was located on Spavinaw Creek, about sixteen miles west of Bentonville. The preac
her in charge was Elder Goodnight. The following year, upon solicitation, this elder organize
d a society of the Christian denomination at the house of Mr. Scott, where they continued t
o worship until the outbreak of the Civil War. Up to this time no other organizations of thi
s church existed in Benton County, and the first one organized after the war closed was the o
ne at Bentonville, which was organized in the fall of 1865, principally through the instrumen
tality of Larkin [p.135] Scott, who was elected as elder thereof, and preached his first disc
ourse in February following. Since that time a large number of organizations of the Christia
n Church has been formed in the county, of which the following is a list of their names or lo
calities, together with the names of the elders preaching at each, so far as they are supplie
d: Bentonville, E. T. Russell; Maysville, S. R. Beaman; Rogers, Lowell and Wire Springs, Lark
in Scott; Pea Ridge, Prof. J. R. Roberts; Oak Grove and Antioch, W. S. Herman; Nebo, J. C. La
wson; Gordon
Hollow, Bloomfield and Cherokee City, no regular preacher; Robinson, John Leonard; Siloam Sp
rings, -- Marshall; Mason Valley, Dr. G. W. Robinson; Brightwater, John Nantz; Roller's Ridge
, no regular preacher; church north of Pea Ridge Academy, M. L. Banks; head of Sugar Creek, E
lder Inman. This makes nineteen church organizations of this denomination within the county
, all of which have been organized since the Civil War closed. Estimating the average members
hip of all of these organizations at forty-five, the aggregate would be 855 members, which i
s believed to be a fair estimate.
History of Benton County [p.130] CHRISTIANITY.
In May, 1887, Elder Larkin Scott, at the age of seventy, baptized and took into church
fellowship "Uncle Dick" Bennett, whose age, according to best information, was one hundred a
nd nine years. Mr. Bennett had never made a profession of religion, and at the age of one hun
dred and nine years he concluded that it was time to prepare for death. He voted the Democrat
ic ticket at the last election (September, 1888), and still lives at this writing.
History of Benton County BENTON COUNTY. page 889
Elder Larkin Scott,of Bentonville, Ark., was born in Barren County, Ky., in 1818, and is a so
n of Samuel and Hannah (Phillips) Scott. The father was of Scotch-Irish descent, born in Nort
h Carolina, and there resided until his marriage, when he immigrated to Kentucky, and died i
n Callaway County, of that State, in 1837. He was a farmer. His wife was born in East Tenness
ee, and died in 1842, having borne eleven children, only two of whom are living. Larkin was t
he ninth in the family, and was educated in the pioneer schools of Kentucky. April 17, 1836
, he was married to Miss Charlotte, daughter of Daniel and Sarah (Caldwell) Kirk, who are Vir
ginians by birth. Mrs. Scott was born in Daviess County, Ky., in 1819, and is the mother of t
welve living children: Francis M. (deceased), Margaret A. (wife of M. A. Jenkins). James F.
, Mary J. (wife of David Hoover), Sarah C. (wife of Frank Carter), Newton B., John W., Celi
a F. (wife of Larkin Wilson), David P., Martha M. (wife of William Oakley), William T. and Ma
tilda Ellen. Rev. Scott has sixty-seven grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. In 184
0 he left Kentucky and moved to Dade County, Mo., but in 1856 came to Benton County, Ark., an
d purchased a farm of 200 acres four miles from Bentonville. In February, 1888, he moved to B
entonville, where he expects to pass the remainder of his days. In 1842 he became a member o
f the Christian Church, and in 1868 was ordained a minister of that denomination. He organize
d the Antioch Church, and was pastor of the same for about eighteen years. He also organize
d a congregation at Robinson School-house, and was pastor of that flock for eight years. He i
s [p.889] the organizer and pastor of the Wire Spring Church, and is also pastor of the Lowel
l Church. Elder Scott is the eldest minister in Benton County, where he is widely known a
s a true Christian gentleman and a useful and upright citizen. His wife has been a member o
f the Christian Church for fifty-four years. Their youngest child still resides with them. El
der Scott preached his first sermon in a small brick school house in Bentonville. The house i
s still standing.