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John W. Scales (Williamson County, Tennessee. Tennessee native. )

b. 1844?

Williamson County, Kentucky, fugitive from justice. Tennessee native. Son of Mark H. Scales and Susan Scales. Resident of Marshall County, Tennessee, in 1850. Household owned seven enslaved persons in Marshall County in 1850. Attended school in Williamson County, Tennessee, in 1860. Household owned nine enslaved persons in Williamson County in 1860. Charged with the murder of Alfred Ogilvie in Williamson County in September 1865. Fugitive from justice in October 1865.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Marshall County, District 8, p. 60A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Tennessee, Marshall County, District 8.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Williamson County, District 1, pp. 178-9.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Tennessee, Williamson County, District 1.

"Tennessee Items," The Memphis Argus (Memphis, TN), September 27, 1865, p. 1.

"From Nashville," Louisville Daily Courier (Louisville, KY), March 19, 1866, p. 4.

Citation

Scales, John W.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32197647 (November 12, 2026).

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