In the early Nineteenth Century, a young man named Samuel Groom began courting Frances Scott in Caswell County, North Carolina.
Registration Oaths, Cleburne County, 1875
Once back in the Union, Alabama drafted a new constitution that would undo many of the elements required for its reinstatement. Alabama's citizens would vote on it in 1875.
Jesse Scott in the 1850 Alabama State Census

In 1850, Alabama was already threatening succession from the Union if they didn't get their way, which might have motivated them to conduct their own census.
Scotts in the 1850 Federal Census of Benton County, Alabama
There are three Scott families on this page. Or one. Depends on your perspective.
Jesse Scott in the 1840 Census of Carroll County, Georgia
Today we're looking Jesse Scott in the 1840 United States Census.