Hugh Scott married Sarah McElwee in 1793, Co. Donegal, Ireland.

From the book "Portrait and Biographical Record of Guernsey County, Ohio.
Hugh Scott, a native of County Donegal, Ireland, came to America soon after the Revolutionary War. A year later he went to Fayette County, and from there to Jefferson County, Ohio. He leased land near Steubenville, cleared it and received the use of the place for a term of years as compensation for removing the timber and putting the land under cultivation. During this time the principal stock which he raised was tobacco. Before leaving the Emerald Isle he was married, and to himself and wife were born four sons and eight daughters. The eldest, Mathew, married a Miss Scott, and settled in Monroe County, Ohio. Nancy became the wife of James Scott (a brother of Mathew Scott's wife), and settled in this county: Jane wedded John Bainum, and located near Mt. Ephraim, Noble County: James, our subject's father,(talking about Winfield Scott, M.D.) married Eliza Dickerson;Rebecca became the wife of William Coen, of Noble County, who was killed in 1834 by a falling tree; Thomas wedded a Miss McCauley, and became a resident of Grant County, Ind.; Sarah married Abram Asher, and resided in Noble County; Susan, who died in the vicinity of Senecaville, was the wife of George Shafer; William married a Miss Nelson, and settled in Vinton County; Catherine, Mrs. Jacob Downey, lives near Cumberland; and Mary, Mrs. Thomas Downing, settled in Missouri.
(Correction: Thomas wedded a Miss McCoy not McCauley. This is a misprint, record in Guernsey Co. marriage Book say,s Thomas Scott married Nancy McCoy. . . Also, Margaret and Elizabeth not listed, along with little Matthew (1) who was their first child.

Children:
Matthew Scott (1) 1794-1796
Matthew Scott (2) (Miss Scott & Elizabeth Gill)
Nancy Scott (James Scott)
Thomas Scott (Nancy McCoy)
Jane Scott (John Wesley Bainum)
James Scott(Miss Bainum, Elizabeth Shaw, and Eliza Dickerson)
Rebecca Scott (William Richard Coen
Melissa Susan Scott (George Shafer)
Sarah Scott (Abram Asher)
William Scott (Elizabeth Nelson)
Katherine Scott (Jacob Downey)
Mary Ann Scott (Thomas S. Downey)
Margaret Scott lived to abt the age of 40 single
Elizabeth Scott lived to the age of 23 single