Scott County, Tennessee
Military Records

This page was updated 24 February 2008

Plaque in Huntsville, TN (Sep 1998)

• Revolutionary War
  • Tennesseans in the Revolutionary War
    Records and histories of soldiers who lived or fought in Tennessee
• Indian Wars (1836-1839)
  • Tennessee Volunteers and the Indian Wars
    Covers the Tennessee volunteers during the Sabine Expedition, Cherokee disturbance, Second Seminole (Florida) War, and the Cherokee Removal
• Civil War
  • Scott County Civil War Projects
    • Civil War Soldiers with Scott Co, TN Connections
      Here is a list of 444 Civil War soldiers with Scott Co. connections compiled by Paul Roy of the Independent Herald.  He is looking for anyone with information they would like included in an upcoming book highlighting biographies for these soldiers.  Paul is especially interested in obtaining pension records on those he does not have as well as photographs of the vets at any point in their lives.
    • Scott County Historical Society Civil War records
      A listing of Civil War related records held by the Scott County Historical Society
    • Scott County Historical Society Civil War Project
      Describes the Scott County Historical Society project and search for information on Scott County in the Civil War. 
  • Scott County Military Units
    • 2nd Tennessee Volunteer Infantry Regiment (courtesy of Dave Mathews)
      Many Scott countians served in this unit.
    • 12th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment, Company I (courtesy of Robert Slavey)
      Many Scott countians served in this company.
  • Scott County Military Pensions

    • Scott County Confederate Pension Applications
      In 1891 Tennessee established the Board of Pension Examiners to determine if Confederate veterans applying for pensions were eligible. Eligibility requirements included an inability to support oneself, honorable separation from the service, and residence in the state for one year prior to application.  Confederate veterans applied to the pension board of the state in which they resided at the time of application, even if this was not the state from which they served.  This site lists applicants from Scott County.

    • Pension Records for Tennessee
      Tells how to obtain Union as well as Confederate Pension applications. Includes a transcription of the 1891 TN Act that established the Confederate Pension and the 1905 TN Act that established the Widow's Pension. Also included is a transcription of questions that appeared on Confederate soldier's and widow's applications.

    • Scott Co, TN Civil War Pension Applications
      Copies of some pension applications

  • Scott County Reports and Papers

    • The Civil War . . . On The Cumberland Plateau in Tennessee
      Presents a rare glimpse of how America’s most bitter struggle touched the lives of those who resided in one of the most isolated areas of the country.  This paper provides a study of the political, social, and military history of the Civil War in one part of this area, the Upper Cumberland Plateau, which comprises Scott, Morgan and Fentress counties.

    • The Battle of Huntsville (From the Official Records)
      A transcription of  Col. William Clift's, Seventh Tennessee Infantry, report for the period 1 Jul through 31 Oct 1862.

    • Children of Scott County Civil War veteran are alive and well today!
      This is an amazing story!  A couple of weeks ago [Apr 2001], Fred Griffith of Helenwood walked into the Independent Herald office and handed an old faded photograph across the counter.  He explained he was bringing the photo to be copied in response to an appeal made by the Scott County Historical Society for pictures of Scott County Civil War veterans.  Griffith explained the man in the photo was Hamilton Griffith, the woman was his wife, Mary Helen Lowe Griffith, and the little girl was their daughter, Elzada.  And, without taking a breath he pointed to the man and said, "That’s my daddy, there."

    • The Battle of the Bacon
      A transcription of a circa 15 Jan1863 skirmish in Scott County near the New River settlement

• Tennessee Civil War Pages
  • Southern Claims Commission in 1871-1873
    A listing of the 4,000 Tennesseans who applied for restitituion of damages inflicted by the Union Army on their property during the Civil War - courtesy of the TSLA

  • Tennessee Confederate Pension Applications : Soldiers And Widows
    There were only a handful of Confederate soldiers that came from Scott County.  This site is an index and it might show if your ancestor or his wife applied for a Confederate pension from the State of Tennessee.

  • Tennessee and the Civil War
    The TNGenWeb site.  Excellent source for a wide variety of records relevant to Civil War research in Tennessee

  • Tennesseans in the Civil War (unit histories extracted from Tennesseans in the Civil War, Vol 1. Copyrighted © 1964 by the “Civil War Centennial Commission of Tennessee” and published here with their permission. These histories may not be republished for any reason without the written permission of the copyright owner.  Remember Scott Co participation in the Civil War was primarily on the federal side rather than the confederate side)
  • The Tennessee Civil War Home Page (courtesy of Jeff Weaver)
  • TNGenWeb Death Roll
    List of Tennessee Union Soldiers interred at Andersonville, Belle Isle, Danville, Point of Rocks, and Camp Lawton, Milin, GA.
• Other Civil War Pages
  • The American Civil War Page (courtesy of Dr. George Hoemann, University of Tennessee, Knoxville)
  • Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System
    The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System is the National Park Service's computerized database containing very basic facts about servicemen who served on both sides during the Civil War. The initial focus of the CWSS is the Names Index Project, a project to enter names and other basic information from 5.4 million soldier records in the National Archives.
  • Shotgun's Home of the American Civil War
  • Galvanized TARS:  Confederate POWs who enlisted in the Union Navy
    Many Confederate prisoners held in Union camps could no longer tolerate the close confinement and filthy conditions, and decided to grab the proverbial 'dangling carrot,' and take the Oath of Allegiance. Some of these men were recruited into the service of the Union. Galvanized Yankees was the term used to denote former Confederate prisoners of war who enlisted in the Union Army. Galvanized Tars is the term used for those Confederate prisoners who took the Oath and joined the Union Navy and Marine Corps.
• Spanish American War
  • Researching Spanish American War Veteran
    A great place to begin you research for that veteran.  Many, many links to unit rosters.
  • Spanish American War Veterans buried in Tennessee
    A listing of Tennessee veterans of the Spanish American War buried in Tennessee
  • Index to Service Abstracts of Soldiers in Tennessee Volunteer Units in the Spanish American War (1st/2nd/3rd/4th Tennessee Infantry)
    A listing of Tennessee veterans who served in the Spanish American War, indexed by surname
• World War I
  • Tennessee World War I Veterans
    Lists Scott County participants in World War I as listed in Record Group 36, the compiled service records of soldiers and sailors who served in the First World War from Tennessee. Information on individual servicemen and women came from the files of Major Rutledge Smith, Chairman of the National Council of Defense for Tennessee, World War I; from the office of the Adjutant General of Tennessee, 1933-1937; and from the report of the Provost Marshal General to the Secretary of War, 1917-1918.
  • Scott Co, TN World War I Heroes
    Lists Scott County casualties; i.e., people from Scott County who served and died in World War I
• World War II
  • Scott Co, TN World War II Heroes
    Lists Scott County casualties from World War II as listed in World War II List of Dead and Missing Army and Army Air Forces Personnel from Tennessee.  Provided information includes name, serial number, rank and casualty type.  I've also attempted to add birth and death information.
• Korean War Records
  • Scott Co, TN Korean War Heroes
  • Lists of Casualties from the Korean Conflict (1951-1957)
• Vietnam War
  • Scott Co, TN Vietnam War Heroes
  • Tennesseans in Vietnam: A List of Published Materials
  • Lists of Casualties from the Vietnam Conflict (1957-)
• Military Records
  • Military Records (courtesy of Linda Haas Davenport)

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