SCOTT, Charles, soldier, born in Cumberland county, Virginia, in 1733; died 22 October, 1813. He served as a non-commissioned officer.in Braddock's defeat in 1755, and at the beginning of the struggle for independence raised and commanded the first company south of James river for the Revolutionary army. He was made colonel of the 3d Virginia battalion on 12 August, 1776, served with great credit at Trenton, and on 2 April, 1777, was promoted brigadier-general. During tile next two campaigns he was with the army in New Jersey, and at a council of war voted with a minority of four generals to attack Philadelphia. He was with General Anthony Wayne at Stony Point in 1779, in the following year was made a prisoner at Charleston, and was not exchanged until near the end of the war. In Lee's retreat at Monmouth he was the last to leave the field. General Scott removed to Woodford county, Kentucky, in 1785, and served as brigadier-general of Kentucky levies in General Arthur St. Clair's defeat in 1791. Later in that year he commanded in a successful expedition to Wabash river, and in several actions with the Indians. In 1794 he led part of General Anthony Wayne's army in the battle of Fallen-timbers. From 1808 till 1812 he was governor of Kentucky, and a town and county in that state were named in his honor. General Scott was a man of strong natural powers, but rough and eccentric in manner and somewhat illiterate. -H is brother, JOSEPH, also served with credit in tile Revolution, rose to the rank of major, was wounded at. Germantown, and after the war was United States marshal for Virginia.--Joseph's son, EDWARD, lawyer (1774-1852), became a well-known lawyer in Tennessee, served as judge of the state circuit court in 1815-'46, and published "Laws of the State of Tennessee" (2 vols., Knoxville, 1821). --Edward's son, Charles, lawyer, born in Knoxville, Tennessee, 12 November, 1811 ; died in Jackson, Mississippi, 30 May, 1861, studied law, and began to practise in Nashville, where he married, but he afterward removed to Jackson, Mississippi, and formed a partnership with George S. Yerger. In 1852 he was elected chancellor of the state. His decision in the case of Johnston vs. the State of Mississippi, establishing the liability of the state for the payment of the bonds of the Union bank, attracted much attention. In 1859 Judge Scott removed to Memphis. He was an active Freemason, and published "Analogy of Ancient Craft Masonry to Natural and Revealed Religion" (Philadelphia, 1849), and "The Keystone of the Masonic Arch" (Jackson, 1856).