Mildred Scott Young, a descendant of Jupiter and Suck

Mildred Young was descended from Suck, a cook, and Jupiter, who was Thomas Jefferson's personal servant until the 1770s. Jupiter (1743-1800) then worked at Monticello as coachman and hostler, in charge of the stables. He was also a skilled stonecutter, who helped shaped the columns of Monticello's East Front. Mildred Scott's mother, Susan Scott, was taken to north Alabama in 1846 by Jefferson's great-grandson William Stuart Bankhead. Descendants of both the Scotts and Bankheads still live in the same community 150 years after leaving Virginia and tell similar stories of Jupiter's role in the saving of the family silver when British troops arrived at Monticello during the American Revolution.

Johnny James Young, Mildred Young's grandson

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