Joseph Scott (merchant)

Joseph Scott (1728 – September 29, 1800) was a soldier, merchant, government office holder, and political figure in Nova Scotia.

Scott served as quartermaster in one of the regiments raised by Governor Shirley of Massachusetts and arrived in Nova Scotia aboard the British vessel London as part of Edward Cornwallis' expedition to establish Halifax in 1749.

In 1752 he was named Justice of the Peace, a judge in the Inferior Court of Common Pleas, in 1754 Surveyor of Lumber, and from 1761 to 1763 was the Paymaster for the Halifax garrison.

This move to the Bedford area coincided closely with the establishment of peace with the Mi'kmaq in Nova Scotia after the defeat of the French at Louisbourg and Quebec.

Evidence of this is found in his Will where upon his death he left to his wife the "George Field" estate consisting of 8000 acres around the old Acadian settlement of Les Cing Maisons, the area today known as St. Croix and Ardoise.