Sam Scott, a well known farmer and stock raiser of the Eighth District, was born in White Qounty, January 24, 1822. He is the seventh child of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Milican) Scott, both of whom were natives of Tennessee. The father was born in 1784; he was an extensive and prosperous farmer and stock raiser, and cultivated the second crop grown in White County. Although uneducated, he took great interest in the advancement of all educational enterprises. By industry and judicious management he accumulated considerable property; was worth at least $20,000. He died in 1852. The mother was born about 1786, and died in 1840. Our subject remained on the home farm until 1850, when he began farming for himself. In the spring of 1861 he entered the Confederate service, enlisting in the Sixteenth Tennessee Infantry, under command of Col. John H. Savage. He participated in the battle of Chickamauga; August, 1862, was discharged at Chattanooga, on account of his age. In 1863 he went out with Gen. John H. Morgan’s cavalry. He fought at Charleston, Tenn.; was in a battle at Saulville, Va., while in G. G. Dibrell’s command, in which he continued to the close of the war. He returned home and resumed his farming, and has met with unusual success. He is a liberal contributor to all charitable and educational enterprises, a valuable and esteemed citizen, and stanch Democrat. November 18, 1862, he married Francis, daughter of John and Mary (Scott) England. Twelve sons and one daughter were born to their union, all living but one.

Source:   Goodspeed Pub. Co. History of Tennessee from the Earliest Time to the Present; Together with an Historical and a Biographical Sketch of the Counties of White, Warren, Coffee, DeKalb, and Cannon, Besides a Valuable Fund of Notes, Original Observations, Reminiscences, Etc., Etc. Nashville: Goodspeed Pub. Co, 1887.