Benjamin William SCOTT

                   NAME:
    Tilghman aka Tilman

Family stories about Tilghman:  1) He was leaning against a rock, eating, a little away from other soldiers who were eating.  He saw a federal soldier working his way up and into position to shoot.  He said to this soldier, "Let's both just walk away from here."  Not taking his advice, the federal soldier went for his gun.  Tilghman Davis gets his gun out first, and kills the man.  2) Tilghman became sick in Pennsylvania.  It appears that he was not wounded, only sick.  A family there took him in and nursed him back to health.  He returned home from the war and married.
                  

                   DEATH:  died in the Civil War.
                  

                   NOTE:  James Alexander Scott was appointed Surveyor of Public Records on 27 Jan 1881.  James and Lucy attended the Quaker Baptist Church (formerly known as Difficult Creek Baptist Church).

James Alexander Scott always lived his life in Bedford County, Virginia.  He was considered and excellent tobacco farmer, and was a Deacon at the Difficult Baptist Church, Body Camp, Virginia.  Today this church is known as the Quaker Baptist Church.  A plaque notes this in the foyer.  He met Lou Ann Miller in Roanoke, Virginia and asked her to marry him.  Her family was in the process of leaving for Missouri because of the health of her father, Jacob Bowman Miller.  James Scott built a home for his bride and they occupied this site for the remainder of their lives.  Uncle Mack Scott, told me personal insights about his parents.  They were loving, caring, good neighbors and always helped others if possible.  Uncle Mack was the youngest child of the family.  He and his wife are buried in the old Scott Cemetery, near Routes 122 & 24 in the south west direction on a small hill.  They were buried under a brier patch so the cows couldnt get to the graves.  Very small monuments are present for 80% of the graves.   (Notes by Melvin Scott Jr.)
                  

                   DEATH:  killed on a railroad crossing between Vinton & Roanoke,VA.