Descendants of Sylvester Ott

Notes


1. Sylvester Ott

OTT, Silvester, Probate June 1803, names children Frederick, Margaret, Lovice, Mary and Catherine.
! Probate for Silvester Ott; 1803, Grayson Co VA; NOTE: Witnessed by William Stone and Isiah Hardin.
!RESIDENCE: 1782 Tax List. Montgomery Co VA; Fothergill's Virginia Taxpayers,
!Tax List: 1793 Wythe Co, VA; Note owned a horse.
!Tax List: 1800 Grayson Co, VA.
!IGI lists a "Sylvester Ott" from Kornwestheim, Wuerttemberg, Germany, who has a marriage date that would fit here. Who knows if they're the same person.

The story in the family is that Sylvester stowed away on the ship his brother was on. That's how he
came to America. He met his wife on that ship. When they got to the colonies he married her.
He was supposed to be 14 at that time.


4. Margaret Ott

PROBATE-CHILDREN: Probate for Silvester Ott; 1803, Grayson Co VA
!BIRTH: Bonnie Sage Bell, THE MARCH OF THE SAGES


5. Catherine Ott

Given her fathers property in Wythe Co, VA. All the other children recived a schilling.