Incrementing creation date times to preserve sort

I've got bunches of scanned analog photos. The creation dates were the scan time, not when the photos were taken. And some are out of order.
I don't remember the exact times and dates, but I do recollect the sequence. And I can use a "user order" within LR.
But how do I preserve that order in the metadata in the files for use in other applications, etc? I can set a creation date, but it appears to be the same for all. How I could increment the date/time so that I'd end up with the same sequence when sorted by "capture time"?
Rob

John, your memory is better than mine. And some of the shots have an obvious sequence, but I don't even know the year (old old photos). Unfortunately with many the service that scanned them also tossed them like salad, and the frames on prints, which sometimes had month/date info, were cut off on the scans.
So arbitrarily adding dates could result in duplicates, but most importantly it may delude those I distribute the files to into thinking they are somehow valid dates. So I'll stick with the scan date and file renaming. Don't want somebody to see a picture of granny and wonder why she was looking so young when the picture was snapped.
I've been looking around, thinking there might be a convention for sets of photos and sequences, with perhaps a "x of y" type parameter which would indicate it was part of a set, since photos were commonly taken that way (I have old photos with names like "Roll 1 -3" for example), and since it might be a holdover from then, even when sequential filenames came into use. Even today with camera phones and such I still get lots of filename dups. Or perhaps it was useful when one is shooting sequences or bursts in sports. But I haven't found anything explicit yet. The IPTC extension "object title" might be suitable, since it's used for accession numbers. But not many applications would sort on that.
And aside from sequence, historical dates can be entered into the IPTC extension "date [object] created." But if the sequence matters, and you only know the year, it's still a problem.
So overall I think the file renaming is the way to go, with some keywords or descriptors in IPTC to indicate the name of the set. Like filename "1 of 42 Aunt Matilda's wedding." So even if the photos get moved around, separated, etc the new owner will be able to discern they're part of a set, and with access to metadata get even more info if the filenames somehow got borked.
Rob

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