Ste. Genevieve in Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
John Ferguson Scott
May 18, 1782 - October 1, 1861
Photographed by Jason Voigt, August 25, 2021
1. John Ferguson Scott Marker
Inscription.
John Ferguson Scott. May 18, 1782 - October 1, 1861. Born in Hanover County, Virginia, John Scott graduated from Princeton University in 1805 and began practicing law in Ste. Genevieve, a part of the new Louisiana Territory. He was the first American lawyer to permanently reside in the town. He was the Territory of Missouri's Congressional Delegate from 1817 to 1821 during which period he presented various petitions to Congress for Missouri's statehood. Scott was a member of Missouri's First Constitutional Convention in 1820. Once statehood was achieved, Scott represented Missouri in the U.S. House from 1821 to 1827. He was a successful lawyer in the area and once won an acquittal for locals who ran the Guignolee after it was banned by the town leaders. Scott is buried in the Ste. Genevieve Memorial Cemetery.
Born in Hanover County, Virginia, John Scott graduated from Princeton University in 1805 and began practicing law in Ste. Genevieve, a part of the new Louisiana Territory. He was the first American lawyer to permanently reside in the town. He was the Territory of Missouri's Congressional Delegate from 1817 to 1821 during which period he presented various petitions to Congress for Missouri's statehood. Scott was a member of Missouri's First Constitutional Convention in 1820. Once statehood was achieved, Scott represented Missouri in the U.S. House from 1821 to 1827. He was a successful lawyer in the area and once won an acquittal for locals who ran the Guignolee after it was banned by the town leaders. Scott is buried in the Ste. Genevieve Memorial Cemetery.
Location. 37° 58.74′ N, 90° 2.706′ W. Marker is in Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, in Ste. Genevieve County. It is on Market Street east of 3rd Street, on the left when traveling east. Market Street is one way. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 251 Market St, Sainte Genevieve MO 63670, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Southeast Missouri. It is also in the American Ozarks, in the Lewis & Clark Corridor, in the Corn Belt, and in the Great River Road Region. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, the Louisiana Purchase, and the Antebellum South.
Marker is in a sheltered area, behind the Old Brick building.
Photographed by Jason Voigt, August 25, 2021
3. John Ferguson Scott Marker
Behind the marker is a map of old town Ste. Genevieve
Credits. This page was last revised on August 25, 2021. It was originally submitted on August 25, 2021, by Jason Voigt of Glen Carbon, Illinois. This page has been viewed 519 times since then and 44 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3. submitted on August 25, 2021, by Jason Voigt of Glen Carbon, Illinois.
