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Transportation
George Scott was transported on the Fortune, departing 31st Oct 1812 and arriving 11th Jun 1813 with 200 passengers.
Fortune (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 88 |
| Source Description | This record is one of the entries in the British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database compiled by State Library of Queensland from British Home Office (HO) records which are available on microfilm as part of the Australian Joint Copying Pro |
| Original Source | Great Britain. Home Office |
| Compiled By | State Library of Queensland |
| Database Source | British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database |
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Convict Notes
Spouse is Elizabeth Chidlow, or Chedlow, a co-defendant in the forgery trial in England: https://convictrecords.com.au/convicts/chidlow/elizabeth/74377
George Scott was listed as 39 years old on arrival. Native Place: York. George was 5'8" tall, fair pale complexion, light brown hair, grey eyes. Colonial Secretary Index: SCOTT, George. Per "Fortune", 1813; fisherman 31/10/1814: George Scott, aged 42, per Fortune married co conspirator, Elizabeth 'Chitley' per Wanstead - by Banns - married by Samuel Marsden at St. John's, Parramatta. 1820 Jun 1: Memorial (Fiche 3031; 4/1825B No.671 pp.577-80) 30/12/1820 Sydney Gazette: GEORGE SCOTT, of Parramatta, hereby Cautions the Inhabitants of the Colony against giving Trust or Credit to his Wife, Elizabeth Scott, who has absented herself from her Family, as he will not be responsible for any Debts by her contracted; and all Persons are cautioned against harbouring the said Elizabeth Scott, on Pain of rigid Prosecution. Possible death: 23/12/1842 Sydney Morning Herald: INQUESTS.___A coroner's inquest was held yesterday forenoon, at Stewart's public-house, Parramatta-street, on the body of George Scott, whose sudden death at the Benevolent Asylum as alluded to in our yesterday's number; and evidence having been taken to prove beyond a doubt that his death was occasioned by an apoplectic attack, a verdict of died by the visitation of God was returned.
Scott (spelled thus) is also mentioned in another work about the same trial: "The Trial of William Booth, of Perry Barr, In The County of Stafford, For Forgery, At Stafford Summer Assizes, 1812. Before Sir Simon Le Blanc, One of The Judges of His Majesty's Court of King's Bench." (1812, Stafford) See transcription, here: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Trial_of_William_Booth,_of_Perry_Barr
Seems to be the George Scot [sic] described in: "The Trial, at Large of William Booth, and His Associates, George Scot, the Three Yates’s, John Barrows, and Elizabeth Chidlow, for Forgery, Coining, &c. At The Stafford Summer Assizes, 1812, Before Mr Justice Le Blanc." (1812, Stafford) See transcrption of that work, here: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Trial,_at_Large,_of_William_Booth_and_his_Associates