Originally Corse; he took the name of Scott from his wife, Catherine Scott of Sinton, whom he married in 1800. He was an acquaintance of Walter Scott

REFERENCES TO John Corse Scott of Sinton:

Walter Scott to Robert Southey, 9 May 1817 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837)