History of The Scott Family in Spruce Run
(1795 – 2018)

# 1

Our first documented residents of Spruce Run were:
Great-great-great grandparents, Henry O. and Elizabeth Criner Scott
Documented by 1940 newspaper article noting that Henry built the ferry
that crossed the river between Spruce Run and Pulaski County.
Family stories say Atlas Burnette (Kack) Scott piloted the ferry.

(“Goodwin’s Ferry used to shuttle people across the New River near Virginia 605 and Virginia 625.
The Spruce Run mill and ferry were built by Henry Scott before 1855.
This photograph was taken in 1940, just two years before the ferry closed.”)
(Published In the New River Valley Edition/The Roanoke Times)

#2

Sons of Great-great grandparents, John O. and Elizabeth E. (Betsie) Criner Scott
Seated front left: Great-grandfather William Henry Scott
Remaining sons are thought to be James A., Josephus, and Samuel

# 3
Great-grandparents, William Henry and Sarah Ellen Epling Scott in later years

# 4

William Henry “Henry”and Sarah Ellen “Ellen” Scott with family

Seated with parents: William Allie (Uncle Al)
Standing in rear, l to r: James R., John David (Granddaddy) and Almeda
(Missing in picture is their handicapped daughter, Bessie)

# 5
Sons of  William Henry and Sarah Ellen Scott
Seated: left, James R. right, John David
Standing: Allie

# 6
1907 Wedding picture of Granddaddy and Mamaw Scott
John David and Lottie Mae Albert Scott

#7

Granddaddy and Mamaw Scott
(Year unknown – possibly around 1916)

# 8
Last known picture Granddaddy
(Date unknown – passed April 1936, aged 49)

# 9
Mamaw Mae with her and John David’s children:

Left to right:
Iris Lavelle Scott Maddox (Aunt Iris), my dad Richard Albert Scott holding Dickie
(Richard Albert Scott Jr. 1942 – 1943 – crib death), William Royal Scott (Uncle Pete), Mamaw,
Virginia Violet Scott Whitaker (Aunt Violet), John David Scott Jr. (Uncle June)
In front: My sister, Belva Joyce Scott Smibert (Joyce) and
Uncle Scotty (Leo Caudill Scott) holding a nephew.

# 10
Sons of Granddaddy and Mamaw in 1943

Left to right:
Uncle Pete, Uncle June, Uncle Scotty (in Army), Daddy and Uncle Cecil (married to Aunt Violet)

# 11

Uncle Scotty (Leo Caudill Scott) pictured in 2013 at his 90th birthday party with the attending
nephews and nieces. Uncle Scotty was the last of our line born in Spruce Run in 1923.

#12

Scott’s Bottom
According to a new-found cousin, the New River Campground that was
owned, when I was young, by Lethia and Ed Duncan. The same property was, in the past, owned by our Scott family and listed on geological maps as Scott’s Bottom.
Fishing was good. Lethia holding “catch of the day”.

Maybe this is where the Scott ancestors farmed and gardened?

Lethia and Ed built a rough raft for use on the water. We were allowed to take it out on the river
and steer it with a long pole…I loved it!
Picture was taken from the raft about 1960.