A List of Some Civil War Veterans from
SHELBY COUNTY, TEXAS
SCOTT, JAMES
BORN: ca 1835
SERVICE: 2nd Corporal, Co. D, Jesse Amason's Company.
O. M. Roberts Regiment. Enlisted 19 February 1862 in Shelby Co.
COMMENTS: 1865 Indigent List with 4 dependants. Two James Scotts in the
1860 Shelby Co. census, could be either one.
SCOTT, JOHN H.
COMMENTS: 1865 Indigent List with 3 dependants.
SCOTT, THOMAS JEFFERSON
BORN: 12 January 1842 AL
DIED: 12 April 1910 Joaquin, Shelby Co., TX (Mortuary Warrant)
BURIED: Sholar Cemetery, Shelby Co., TX
SPOUSE: Elizabeth Simms, m. 1865 Abbeville, AL
SERVICE: Co. F, 10th Texas Cavalry. Served 3 years 6 months.
PENSION: #09332
PARENTS: John & Nancy (Kirkland) Scott
COMMENTS: In county since about 1845.
(LG Walker Note: Actually, came to TX in 1846).
SCOTT, WILLIAM T.
BORN: March 1847 Henry Co., AL
DIED: 13 October 1920 Joaquin, Shelby Co., TX (Mortuary Warrant)
SPOUSE: Mary A.
SERVICE: Co. E, 63rd Alabama Infantry.
PENSION: #23372
COMMENTS: In Texas since 1885.
SCRUGGS, HAMILTON M.
BORN: January 1840 TX
DIED: 4 September 1900
SPOUSE: Sarah E., m. ca 1863
SERVICE: Hewitt's Company 2nd Regiment Cavalry.
SCRUGGS, SARAH E.
BORN: April 1848 TX
SPOUSE: Hamilton M. Scruggs, m. ca 1863
COMMENTS: Application rejected, no reason given.
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