From NKAA, Notable Kentucky African Americans Database (main entry)

Oliver Scott purchased his Minstrels company in the 1890s. The company had previously been the A. G. Field's Colored Minstrels. Neither company was located in Kentucky, but the Oliver Scott Refined Negro Minstrels disbanded in Middlesboro, KY in November  1904. "While the show was in progress, the manager caught the 9:30 train and left town, owing 22 people two weeks' salary." The company was next scheduled to perform in Ashville, NC but never arrived. 

Oiiver Scott's Minstrels had come to Kentucky on more than one occasion. In 1898, the 40 members of the company were in Lexington, where a street parade welcoming Scott's Minstrels to the city.

The company had a brass band and orchestra, along with entertainment routines. The matinee price was 25 cents for all seats. The balcony of the theater was reserved for African Americans who would be attending the evening performances.

The company returned to Lexington in May 1900 and were at the Danville, KY Opera House in September 1900.

For more see The Ghost Walks: a chronological history of blacks in show business, 1865-1910, by H. T. Sampson; "Amusements: Scott's Minstrels Monday afternoon and evening - "A Texas Steer" - "Moth and the Flame," The Morning Herald, 12/25/1898, p. 11; "At the theater," The Daily Leader, 3/8/1900, p. 7; "Danville and Vicinity: Good Music," The Tri-Weekly Kentucky Advocate, 9/12/1900, p. 3; and "Did not arrive," The Ashville Citizen, 12/2/1904, p. 5.