Hi, You have quite a long message and I don't have time to go through the whole thing. HOWEVER, on a whim, I decided to pull out two sources and found: 1. Mr. Pilson's book on "Tombstone Inscriptions of the Cemeteries of Patrick County Virginia" (I urge you to buy a copy) has on p.328 as follows: "Peter B. son of N. H. & E. L. Scales, b. 24 Nov. 1860m d, 18 Oct 1879 (F) N.H. Scales b. 2 Oct. 1818; d. 1 Aug. 1900 & (M) E.L. Scales b. 30 Jun 1828; d. 8 Oct 1889" There are quite a few Scales on this page as well as throughout the book. The book has nearly 500 pp, is well indexed, and has excellent descriptions of the cemeteries and how to reach them. Eunice Kirkman might be able to direct you on how to purchase the book. 2. James Ralph "Joe" Scales wrote "A Walk Through the Twentieth Century" a 600+ page genealogy of his family. Well-put together, with a lot of historical and biographical commentary. Well-indexed. Although more of a NC, than a VA book, I consider a "A Walk" a welcome volume in my library. Joe wrote on p. 61 " NATHANIEL HENRY SCHALES, (son of PLEASANT D. SCALES AND CHARLOTTE G. DALTON) was b. 2 Oct 1818 in Rockingham Co. NC. He married ELIZABETH L. MOORE, ca. 1847. He died 1 AUG 1900 in Patrick Co. VA and is burind at Hunter's Chapel, Patrick Co. VA" Also in this volume are Nathaniel's forebears and descendants. So I find it curious that you list a "Oct 9" DOD when both Pilson and Scales list "Aug 1." I have spoken with Joe - one nice guy who has done a terrific job. Let me know if you want to know how to contact him in order to buy his book. No, I am not on commission. I stand no monetary gain if you buy either book. I have had most enjoyable and enlightening conversations with both gentlemen. And I find their books to be a valuable addition to my library. Betsy Young betsy.young@oberlin.edu On Fri, 22 Jan 1999, Richard W. Kesler wrote: > Additions, deletions and corrections are requested to the following > Descendant Report: > > > Descendant > Report for > Nathaniel Henry > Scales > > Nathaniel Henry Scales, Born 2 Oct 1818 in Rockingham Co., NC, > Died 9 Oct 1900 in Patrick Co., VA > SP Elizabeth L. Moore, Born 30 Jun 1828 in Patrick Co., VA, > Married ??? 1846 in Patrick Co., VA?, Died 6 Oct 1889 in Patrick Co., VA > > 1 William Butler Scales, Born 30 Aug 1848 in Patrick Co., VA, > Died 27 Dec 1934 in Spotsylvania Co., VA > SP Sallie M. Armstrong, Born 18 Sep 1840, Married 20 Aug 1876, > Died 17 Feb 1923 in Spotsylvania Co., VA > . 1 Mattie B. Scales, Born 13 Nov 1876 in VA, Died ??? > SP Louis W. Hoge, Born ??? 1874 in VA, Died ??? > . 2 Walter W. Scales, Born 24 Mar 1878 in VA, Died 27 Dec 1934 > in Spotsylvania Co., VA > SP Elizabeth Hoge, Born ??? 1877 in VA, Married ??? 1902, > Died ??? > . 3 Theophilos A. Scales, Born 7 Feb 1882 in VA, Died ??? > 2 Reverdy Johnson Scales, Born 20 Oct 1849 in Patrick Co., VA, > Died ??? 1915 in Richmond, VA > SP Mary Elizabeth Tuggle, Born 22 May 1853 in Patrick Co. VA, > Married 13 May 1874, Died 4 Feb 1897 in Richmond, VA > . 1 Jesse E. Scales, Born 4 Apr 1876 in Patrick Co., VA, Died 6 > Jul 1906 in Patrick Co., VA > SP S. A. Wood, Married 11 Sep 1900, Died ??? > . 2 Hattie M. Scales, Born Feb 1880 in Patrick Co., VA, Died ??? > > . 3 Margaret L. Scales, Born May 1882 in Patrick Co., VA, Died > ??? > . 4 Dr. Thomas Henry Scales, Born 27 Feb 1886 in Patrick Co., > VA, Died ??? in Richmond, VA > SP Caroline McEwen Osborne, Married 27 Nov 1930, Died ??? > . 5 Nellie N. Scales, Born Apr 1887 in VA, Died ??? in Richmond, > VA > . 6 Robert E. Scales, Born Sep 1893 in VA, Died ??? in VA > SP (Unknown) (Unknown), Died ??? > 3 Andrew Jasper Scales, Born 25 Jun 1851 in Patrick Co., VA, Died > 12 Dec 1935 in Patrick Co., VA > SP Anna Avoy Deatherage, Born 3 Sep 1853, Married 6 Feb 1873, > Died 23 Dec 1931 in Patrick Co., VA > . 1 John E. Scales, Born 25 Mar 1874 in Patrick Co., VA, Died 11 > Nov 1942 in Patrick Co., VA > SP Mary E. Childer, Born 5 Apr 1879, Married 20 Apr 1889, > Died 5 Jan 1930 in Patrick Co., VA > . 2 Hugh Everett Scales, Born 25 Mar 1876 in Patrick Co., VA, > Died 11 Sep 1942 in Patrick Co., VA > SP Ellen Smith, Married 3 Mar 1914, Died ??? in VA > . 3 Anna Della Scales, Born 6 Jul 1878 in Patrick Co., VA, Died > ??? in VA > SP John Wesley Gates, Born ??? 1877 in VA, Married 10 Apr > 1901, Died ??? in VA > . 4 Joseph Henry Scales, Born 10 Dec 1881 in Patrick Co., VA, > Died ??? > . 5 (Unknown) Scales, Born 17 Nov 1882 in Patrick Co, VA, Died > ??? > . 6 Dixie N. Scales, Born 16 Oct 1884 in Patrick Co., VA, Died > 30 Apr 1936 in Patrick Co., VA > . 7 Elizabeth Lee Scales, Born 7 Jan 1885 in Patrick Co., VA, > Died ??? > SP E. C. McGrady, Born ??? 1880, Married 27 Nov 1907, Died > ??? > . 8 Ava Scales, Born 25 Apr 1887 in Patrick Co., VA, Died ??? > . 9 (Unknown) Scales, Born 10 May 1888 in Patrick Co, VA, Died > ??? > . 10 Minnie Kate Scales, Born 21 Apr 1889 in Patrick Co., VA, > Died ??? > . 11 Bessie Etta Scales, Born 21 Oct 1892 in Patrick Co., VA, > Died ??? > SP Charles A. Simmons, Died ??? > . 12 William Edward Scales, Born 5 Jul 1895 in Patrick Co. VA, > Died 8 Oct 1968 in Patrick Co., VA > SP Mamie A. Young, Born 7 Oct 1906, Died ??? > 4 Alfred Moore Scales, Born 11 Jun 1853 in Patrick Co., VA, Died > 14 May 1922 in Patrick Co. VA > SP Nora B. Nowlin, Born 5 Aug 1886, Married 2 Jan 1907, Died 1 > Mar 1968 in Patrick Co., VA > SP Georgia Lily Frances Martin, Born 30 Jun 1865 in VA, Married > 25 May 1884, Died 13 Feb 1919 in Spalding Co., GA > . 1 Cecil Raymond Scales, Born 17 May 1885 in Patrick Co., VA, > Died 14 Jan 1891 in Patrick Co., VA > . 2 Charles Henry Scales, Born 15 Jun 1887 in Patrick Co., VA, > Died 2 Sep 1932 in Spalding Co., GA > SP Willie Mary Talbott, Married 16 Oct 1912, Died ??? > . 3 Edwin Ayers Scales, Born 20 Oct 1889 in Patrick Co., VA, > Died 16 Dec 1950 in Spalding Co., GA > SP Sara Emma Conner, Married 9 Jan 1924, Died ??? > . 4 Georgia Lee Scales, Born 24 Jul 1892 in Patrick Co., VA, > Died 30 Nov 1894 in Patrick Co., VA > . 5 Alfred Moore Scales, Born 4 Aug 1895 in Patrick Co., VA, > Died 23 Apr 1900 in Patrick Co., VA > . 6 Baxter Boyd Scales, Born 13 Apr 1898 in Patrick Co., VA, > Died 8 Feb 1969 in Lynchburg, VA > SP Gretchen Attanasio, Born 16 Aug 1900 in New York City, > NY, Married 30 Jun 1923 > > Page 1 > > > > > . 7 Bertha Scales, Born in Patrick Co., VA, Died ??? in Patrick > Co., VA > . 8 (Unknown) Scales, Born ??? 1910 in Patrick Co., VA, Died ??? > in Axton, VA > SP George Winn, Died ??? in Axton, VA > 5 Joseph Cardwell Scales, Born 10 Feb 1855 in Patrick Co., VA, > Died 11 Feb 1935 in Patrick Co., VA > SP Sarah Elizabeth Soyars, Born 17 Apr 1859, Married 23 Nov > 1882, Died 20 Apr 1953 in Patrick Co., VA > . 1 Percy E. Scales, Born 28 Aug 1883 in Patrick Co., VA, Died > ??? in Patrick Co., VA > . 2 James N. Scales, Born 11 May 1885 in Patrick Co., VA, Died > 22 Jan 1935 in Patrick Co., VA > SP Allie Clark, Born 19 Aug 1893, Died 17 Oct 1979 in > Patrick Co., VA > . 3 Sarah E. Scales, Born 19 Dec 1885 in Patrick Co., VA, Died > ??? in Winchester, VA > . 4 Joellen Scales, Born 7 Jul 1887 in Patrick Co., VA, Died ??? > in Patrick Co., VA > SP Andrew J. Bondurant, Born ??? 1879, Married 2 Apr 1911, > Died ??? in Patrick Co., VA > . 5 George Smith Scales, Born 6 Jun 1889 in Patrick Co., VA, > Died 2 Feb 1979 in Patrick Co., VA > SP Mary Ila Gates, Born 8 Mar 1892, Married 12 Sep 1915, > Died 16 Aug 1957 in Patrick Co., VA > . 6 Fanny May Sca1es, Born 24 Jun 1893 in Patrick Co., VA, Died > ??? in Patrick Co., VA > SP Marston Smith, Died ??? > . 7 Emma B. Scales, Born Aug 1898 in Patrick Co., VA, Died ??? > in Patrick Co., VA > . 8 Jefferson Davis Scales, Born 28 Jul 1900 in Patrick Co., VA, > Died 23 Apr 1984 in Patrick Co., VA > SP Gladys Vanessa Gates, Died ??? > . 9 Mattie Ora Scales, Born ??? 1903 in Patrick Co., VA, Died > ??? in Surry Co., NC > SP Friel Clark, Died ??? > . 10 Samuel Dalton Scales, Born 5 Mar 1905 in Patrick Co., VA, > Died 18 Dec 1987 in Patrick Co., VA > SP Lena Blanche Boyles, Married 4 Apr 1926 > 6 Nathaniel Henry Scales, Born 10 Feb 1855 in Patrick Co., VA, > Died 19 Jan 1912 in Patrick Co., VA > SP Alice A. Jones, Born ??? 1876, Married 23 Sep 1908, Died ??? > > SP Susan B. Hanby, Born 21 Jun 1871 in Patrick Co., VA, Married > 28 Feb 1893, Died 22 Feb 1905 in Patrick Co., VA > SP Georgia (Unknown) > . 1 Charles Hanby Scales, Born 6 Feb 1894 in Patrick Co, VA, > Died ??? > SP (Unknown) (Unknown), Died ??? > . 2 Alma Jane Scales, Born Jun 1896 in Patrick Co., VA, Died ??? > in TX > . 3 Stuart H. Scales, Born Apr 1898 in Patrick Co., VA, Died ??? > in TX > SP Eva Martin, Married 13 Feb 1921, Died ??? > . 4 Zacharia Scales, Born ??? 1900 in Patrick Co., VA, Died ??? > . 5 Roscoe Bradley Scales, Born 20 Nov 1902 in Patrick Co., VA, > Died 25 Mar 1971 in Patrick Co., VA > 7 Robert Richard Scales, Born 25 Jan 1857 in Patrick Co., VA, > Died 13 Apr 1937 in Patrick Co., VA > SP Willie Cordelia Moore, Born 24 Oct 1864 in Patrick Co., VA, > Married 31 Jan 1886, Died 9 Aug 1943 in Winston-Salem, NC > . 1 Mallie Graves Scales, Born 30 Jan 1887 in Patrick Co., VA, > Died 19 Sep 1934 in Charlottesville, VA > SP Rev. George Thomas Kesler, Born 25 Jun 1868 in Franklin > Co. VA, Married 3 Jun 1908, Died 8 Aug 1944 in Roanoke Co., VA > . 2 Bettie Moore Scales, Born 30 Jan 1889 in Patrick Co., VA, > Died ??? 1952 in VA > SP Benjamin Cephus Poindexter, Born ??? 1871 in Franklin > Co., VA, Married Jun 1909, Died ??? 1935 in VA > . 3 Catherine Lee Scales, Born 23 Jun 1891 in Patrick Co. VA, > Died 19 Mar 1899 in Patrick Co, VA > . 4 Lafayette Pence Scales, Born 2 May 1894 in Patrick Co, VA, > Died 16 Feb 1964 in Roanoke, VA > SP Nannie Lera Harrison, Born 7 Apr 1896 in VA, Died ??? > 1983 in VA > . 5 Martha Lois Scales, Born 9 Sep 1900 in Patrick Co., VA, Died > 29 Feb 1988 in Salem, VA > 8 Charlotte Ann Scales, Born 29 Nov 1858 in Patrick Co., VA, Died > 3 Jan 1929 in Patrick Co., VA > SP Henry C. Clark, Born 19 May 1853 in Patrick Co., VA, Married > 27 Oct 1880, Died 12 Feb 1929 in Patrick Co., VA > . 1 James S. Clark, Born 8 Jan 1882, Died 4 Mar 1883 in Patrick > Co, VA > . 2 Robert Nathaniel Clark, Born 11 Jun 1882 in Patrick Co., VA, > Died 6 Apr 1964 in Patrick Co., VA > SP Allie M. (Unknown), Born 4 Oct 1890, Died 3 Nov 1968 in > Patrick Co., VA > . 3 Thomas H. Clark, Born 20 Dec 1885 in Patrick Co., VA, Died > 25 Mar 1938 in Patrick Co., VA > . 4 Harry Scales Clark, Born 25 Oct 1887 in Patrick Co., VA, > Died 14 Jul 1918 in Patrick Co., VA > . 5 Elizabeth L. Clark, Born 30 Sep 1889 in Patrick Co., VA, > Died ??? > . 6 Exony Emelene Clark, Born 14 Sep 1891 in Patrick Co., VA, > Died ??? > . 7 Charles P. Clark, Born 3 Jun 1893 in Patrick Co., VA, Died > ??? > . 8 Susan A. Clark, Born 20 Apr 1895 in Patrick Co., VA, Died 1 > Mar 1901 in Patrick Co., VA > . 9 William B. Clark, Born Apr 1897 in Patrick Co., VA, Died ??? > > . 10 Charlotte Clark, Born 7 Apr 1901 in Patrick Co., VA, Died 12 > Apr 1917 in Patrick Co, VA > > Page 2 > > > > > 9 Peter B. Scales, Born 24 Nov 1860 in Patrick Co., VA, Died 18 > Oct 1879 in Patrick Co., VA > 10 Elizabeth Lee Scales, Born 16 Nov 1862 in Patrick Co., VA, Died > ??? 1883 in Rockingham Co., NC > 11 Harden Franklin Scales, Born Aug 1864 in Patrick Co., VA, Died > ??? 1896 in Surry Co., NC > SP Anna Emma Low, Born Jul 1864 in Surry Co., NC, Married 20 > Dec 1890, Died ??? > . 1 Lou Ellen Scales, Born 12 Jan 1892 in Surry Co., NC, Died > ??? 1892 in Surry Co., NC > . 2 Sallie Maud Scales, Born Mar 1894 in Surry Co., NC, Died ??? > > . 3 Cora G. Scales, Born Jan 1898 in Surry Co., NC, Died ??? > . 4 Thomas B. Scales, Born Oct 1899 in Surry Co., NC, Died ??? > . 5 Harden Franklin Scales, Born ??? 1902 in Surry Co., NC, Died > ??? > . 6 Margerie E. Scales, Born ??? 1904 in Surry Co., NC, Died ??? > > 12 Samuel D. Scales, Born 25 Jul 1867 in Patrick Co., VA, Died 22 > Feb 1894 in Patrick Co., VA > 13 Rev. Walter Yancy Scales, Born 25 Sep 1868 in Patrick Co., VA, > Died ??? 1950 in Richmond, VA > SP Mary R. (Unknown), Born ??? 1869, Married ??? 1893, Died ??? > > . 1 Halley L. Scales, Born ??? 1894 in VA, Died ??? > . 2 Lillie Lee Scales, Born ??? 1895 in NC, Died ??? > SP (Unknown) (Unknown), Died ??? > . 3 Minnie M. Scales, Born ??? 1897 in NC, Died ??? > . 4 Carey Mildred Scales, Born 20 Dec 1902 in NC, Died ??? > SP (Unknown) Waldron, Born in DC, Married 5 Sep 1927, Died > ??? > 14 Pinckney W. Scales, Born 4 Jun 1870 in Patrick Co., VA, Died > ??? > 15 Ella B. Scales, Born Apr 1872 in Patrick Co., VA, Died ??? in > Surry Co., NC > SP James B. Jarrell, Born Sep 1871, Married ??? 1898, Died ??? > in Surry Co., NC > . 1 Ruth Jarrell > SP William Stone, Died ??? in Surry Co., NC > > Can anyone provide documentary proof that Nathaniel Henry Scales served > in the Confederate States Army? > > Richard Kesler > > > >