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John L. Scott (Frankfort, Kentucky, Commonwealth's attorney.)

b. 1829-04-07 d. 1903-12-01

Frankfort, Kentucky, Commonwealth's attorney. Ohio native. Married to Theresa Frank Scott in Mason County, Kentucky, on September 3, 1857. Married to Sallie F. Chiles Scott in Mason County on November 30, 1859. Father of Nettie Scott. Attorney in Mason County in 1860. Attorney in Frankfort, Kentucky, in 1860. Partner with James Simpson in Simpson & Scott law firm in Frankfort in 1861. Commonwealth's attorney for the 8th Judicial District of Kentucky from 1862 to 1868.

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White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States_ (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Maysville, p. 363.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 154A.

Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1862, Legislative Document Series, No. 24 (Frankfort, KY: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1863), 298-306.

Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1863, Legislative Document Series, No. 10 (Frankfort, KY: Wm. E. Hughes, State Printer, 1864), 301-06.

Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1864, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1865), 9-12.

Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1865, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: George D. Prentice, State Printer, 1866), 9-12.

Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1866, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 347-50.

Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1867, Legislative Document Series, No. 1 (Frankfort, KY: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1867), 324.

Annual Report of the Auditor of Public Accounts for the State of Kentucky, for the Fiscal Year Ending October 10, 1868, Legislative Document Series, No. 2 (Frankfort, KY: S. I. M. Major, Public Printer, 1869), 23.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994048, Mason County Marriages.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Mason County Marriages, Film 000281844.

"John L. Scott," Louisville Daily Courier (Louisville, KY), November 13, 1860, p. 2.

"New Law Firm at Frankfort--Simpson & Scott," The Louisville Daily Journal (Louisville, KY), January 8, 1861, p. 3.

"Touching Bereavement," The Louisville Daily Journal (Louisville, KY), December 8, 1866, p. 3.

"Attorney John L. Scott Dead," The Morning Herald (Lexington, KY), December 3, 1903, p. 4.

"Deaths: John L. Scott," Daily Public Ledger (Maysville, KY), December 3, 1903, p. 1.

L. F. Johnson, The History of Franklin County, Ky (Frankfort, KY: Roberts Printing Co., 1912), 149.

"Col John Lafayette Scott (1829-1903)," Find A Grave, Memorial 15017815, accessed September 5, 2023, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15017815.

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Scott, John L.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32197252 (November 12, 2026).

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