History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed. by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882. p. 550. [Bourbon County] [North Middletown Precinct] MRS. REBECCA L. SCOTT, farmer and breeder of short-horns; P. O. North Middletown, daughter of Henry and Margaret (Allen) Lander. Her grandfather, Charles Lander, was a native of Germany and emigrated to the United States at an early day and settled in Bourbon County, Ky., where he raised a family of seven children, three sons and four daughters. Mr. Lander was quite a prominent man in his day, was a Methodist preacher and farmer, and was elected by a large majority to represent his county in the Legislature. He and his wife both died with cholera in 1833. His second son, Henry Lander, married Margaret Allen, a native of Virginia, by whom he raised a family consisting of eight children, four of whom are still living. One son, Franklin, who lives in Fleming County, and three aughters, viz: Lavinia, wife of Joseph P. Kenney; Fannie, widow of Isaac Skinner, of Clark County and Rebecca L., who is the subject of this sketch. She was born July 27, 1827, and on the 6th day of January, 1848, was married to William Scott of Bourbon. He was born in 1827, and died on the 27th of April 1878. By this marriage there are nine living children, five daughters, viz: Sarah M., Kate, Alice, Bettie and Lutie, and four sons, Joseph F., who married Miss Thomas, of this county and now lives in Missouri, Charles F., Robert Lee and Isaac S. One daughter, Fannie, died when only eighteen months old. Mrs. Scott now owns 248 acres of land on Cane Ridge Pike, one and a quarter miles north of North Middletown. Her son, Charles, superintends the farm and short-horns, of which they have a nice herd at this time. The family are Democratic politically, and Mrs. S. [sic] and two daughters are members of the Methodist Church. Scott Allen Lander Kenney Skinner Thomas = Fleming-KY Clark-KY MO Germany http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/bourbon/scott.rl.txt