Glasgow Surname Project

Individual research record

James Glasgow

c. 1776 – c. 1850-09

Glasgow-2492 · 1 mapped association

North Carolina, United States→Smith, Tennessee, United States
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Identity & family

Tree links organise the family; documentary status still varies.

1Mapped records
2Close relations
7Evidence items
12Candidate leads
Birth
c. 1776 · North Carolina, United States
Death
c. 1850-09 · Smith, Tennessee, United States
Parents
James GlasgowunmarkedPhereby (Sheppard) Glasgowunmarked
Spouses
Not recorded
Children
Not recorded
Gender
Male
WikiTree
Glasgow-2492
Research clusters
Worldwide One-Tree profile leads
Mapped descendants
0

Comparison context

These child positions and checks are the subject details used to rank possible parents below.

Naming sequence used by the parentage model

Paternal grandfather positionNot identifiable from dated child profiles
Maternal grandfather positionNot identifiable from dated child profiles
Maternal grandmother positionNot identifiable from dated child profiles
Paternal grandmother positionNot identifiable from dated child profiles

Known-position checks: 0 support · 0 conflict. Ordinals retain unnamed children and recognise reused names.

Relationship comparison

Potential parents or duplicates

Compare scored leads with the subject details above—not proof.

Higher-signal leadReview carefullyWeak lead

No named children are recoverable, so child-naming analysis cannot be run.

How parent leads are calculated

Automated leads use birth surnames—not married surnames—as parental eligibility, role-specific biological age limits, bounded and approximate-date uncertainty, household chronology, specific time-aware localities, mapped distance, tenancy succession, migration destinations and sex-aware Scottish naming positions across generations. People already attached as the subject's parents stay in the identity summary and are excluded from this alternative-candidate list, regardless of relationship confidence. The main calibration uses clues available on disconnected profiles; existing parent and sibling links are retained as comparison context rather than treated as transferable evidence. Common ordered names and grandparent-to-child echoes receive a small non-zero weight, so a John or James match can support several independent criteria without producing a lead alone. Rare names, repeated bearers and bundles across otherwise distinct branches receive substantially more weight according to catalogue frequency. An exact migration place is weighted by its rarity and repetition across both branches; a shared destination country is worth only one point. Extra weight is added only when at least three independent clue types converge: naming, locality, specific migration, household chronology or collateral networks. Sparse profiles retain a clearly labelled chronology-only fallback instead of disappearing. Countries, states, counties and research clusters do not count as a shared locality, and fallback, broad representative or kin-inferred coordinates are excluded from distance scoring. Shared descendant profiles are removed before branch-name comparison. A candidate already recorded as a parent-in-law is excluded. A confident or independently supported parent is treated as settled; uncertain and unassessed attachments remain open to alternative comparison. A different linked parent, an uncle/aunt or grandparent path, and a matching existing child profile prevent an alternative from being classified as a strong direct-parent lead until the underlying tree conflict or duplicate is resolved. Familiar forms such as Bessie are normalised. Surname remains an eligibility filter worth zero points.

Naming customs, shared farms and occupations are circumstantial. Children, spouses and collateral relatives may be missing, and tree-derived family networks are not independent evidence. Scores rank research leads; they do not prove parentage.

Same-name candidate

James GlasgowGlasgow-3444

Automated fit48/100
Similar Person
Dates1776–1866PlacesCookstown, Tyrone, Ireland → Cookstown, Tyrone, Ireland, United KingdomParent comparisonNo shared parent is indexed
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • same birth year (+30)

No indexed conflict

Full comparison detail
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • same birth year (+30)

Conflicts: No indexed conflict

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Same-name candidate

James GlasgowGlasgow-1222

Automated fit38/100
Similar Person
Dates1777–1853PlacesKelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland → Saint Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Scotland, United KingdomParent comparisonNo shared parent is indexed
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 1 (+25)
  • death years within 3 (+5)

unassessed father attachments differ (−5); unassessed mother attachments differ (−5)

Full comparison detail
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 1 (+25)
  • death years within 3 (+5)

Conflicts: unassessed father attachments differ (−5); unassessed mother attachments differ (−5)

Open side-by-side comparison
How duplicate leads are calculated

Dates are eligibility gates, not merely deductions: chronologically impossible people are excluded. Dates, places, spouses, parent certainty and children's profiles and names are then compared. A high score is a prompt to inspect records, not a merge recommendation.

Open only what you need

Research & records

Life and record timelineChronological mapped occurrences and their underlying sources.1 record
b. 1776

Profile-stated birthplace: North Carolina, United States

North Carolina, United States

One-Tree export profile fields are search leads, not sources; relationships are shown only where the export supplies parent links.

One-Tree profile leadunknown
Source and mapping detail

WikiTree profile export for Glasgow-2492

No sufficiently specific citation match found.

Precision: Country-centre fallback for profile locality

Evidence assessmentWhat is supported, uncertain or disputed in the current case model.6 claims
3Derivative
3Unknown
1Tree Only

Documented or strongly supported

No claims in this category have been formally assessed.

Working hypotheses and conflicts

No claims in this category have been formally assessed.

Research questionsOpen problems, missing bridges and the next records to inspect.0 open

No formal open question is recorded for this person.

Sources and provenanceStructured citations and source-quality classifications.7 sources

Source or provenance: quality describes the record layer, not every conclusion drawn from it.

  1. unknown Father's profile, James Glasgow by Charles R. Holloman, 1986. NCPedia (https://www.ncpedia.org/biography/glasgow-james)
  2. derivative "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLT-ZFG : accessed 23 November 2022), James Glasgow, Smith, Tennessee, United States; citing p. , NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm .
  3. derivative "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHT1-FBP : 4 October 2021), James Glasgow, Smith, Tennessee, United States; citing p. 270, NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm .
  4. unknown Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee; Early Tennessee/North Carolina Land Records; Roll: 44; Book: U. James Glasgow; 05-Oct-1822; Smith, Tennessee.
  5. unknown The Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee; Early Tax Lists of Tennessee. James Glasgow; 1837; Smith Tennessee, USA.
  6. derivative Ancestry.com. U.S., Federal Census Mortality Schedules Index, 1850-1880 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc,1999. Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.. AIS Mortality Schedules Index. Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jacksonand AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes. James Glasgow; died Sep-1850
  7. tree_only WikiTree profile export for Glasgow-2492
Technical profile and raw captureDataset metadata, machine dossier and captured WikiTree biography.Advanced

WikiTree profile information

Dataset: ONT_Glasco_2026-08-18T16_05.json · generated 2026-08-20

Machine-readable dossier

WikiTree biography, citations and relationship snapshot

Glasgow-2492 was captured 2026-08-07T09:54:35+00:00; WikiTree profile revision 2022-11-29.

Profile location claims

EventDateLocationStatus
birth—North Carolina, United StatesWikiTree profile field
death—Smith, Tennessee, United StatesWikiTree profile field

Immediate relationship snapshot

RelationshipPersonWikiTree IDDates and places returned
ParentsGov. James GlasgowGlasgow-6341735-00-00 · Maryland · 1819-11-17 · Tennessee
ParentsPhereby GlasgowSheppard-21421748-00-00 · 1800-00-00 · Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
SiblingsNancy Annie McMinnGlasgow-3701771-04-22 · Dobbs, North Carolina · 1857-06-27 · Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
SiblingsElizabeth MartinGlasgow-20551772-05-20 · Greene, Province of North Carolina · 1847-04-18 · Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
SiblingsFerreba ReynoldsGlasgow-29931790-00-00 · 1880-00-00

Record-bearing passages

  • Biography James was the son of James Glasgow and Phereby Sheppard. Sources

    • Father's profile, James Glasgow by Charles R. Holloman, 1986. NCPedia (https://www.ncpedia.org/biography/glasgow-james)
    • "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLT-ZFG : accessed 23 November 2022), James Glasgow, Smith, Tennessee, United States; citing p. , NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm .
    • "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHT1-FBP : 4 October 2021), James Glasgow, Smith, Tennessee, United States; citing p. 270, NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm .
    • Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee; Early Tennessee/North Carolina Land Records; Roll: 44; Book: U. James Glasgow; 05-Oct-1822; Smith, Tennessee.
    • The Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee; Early Tax Lists of Tennessee. James Glasgow; 1837; Smith Tennessee, USA.
    • Ancestry.com. U.S., Federal Census Mortality Schedules Index, 1850-1880 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc,1999. Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.. AIS Mortality Schedules Index. Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jacksonand AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes. James Glasgow; died Sep-1850; Smith, Tennessee; Age: 76; Occupation: Farmer; Cause of Death: Cholera; ID#: 197_120590.

Profile source citations

  1. Father's profile, James Glasgow by Charles R. Holloman, 1986. NCPedia (https://www.ncpedia.org/biography/glasgow-james) source link 1
  2. "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLT-ZFG : accessed 23 November 2022), James Glasgow, Smith, Tennessee, United States; citing p. , NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm . source link 1
  3. "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHT1-FBP : 4 October 2021), James Glasgow, Smith, Tennessee, United States; citing p. 270, NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm . source link 1
  4. Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee; Early Tennessee/North Carolina Land Records; Roll: 44; Book: U. James Glasgow; 05-Oct-1822; Smith, Tennessee.
  5. The Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee; Early Tax Lists of Tennessee. James Glasgow; 1837; Smith Tennessee, USA.
  6. Ancestry.com. U.S., Federal Census Mortality Schedules Index, 1850-1880 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc,1999. Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.. AIS Mortality Schedules Index. Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jacksonand AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes. James Glasgow; died Sep-1850; Smith, Tennessee; Age: 76; Occupation: Farmer; Cause of Death: Cholera; ID#: 197_120590.
Full captured biography text
Biography
James was the son of James Glasgow and Phereby Sheppard. 
Sources
* Father's profile, James Glasgow by Charles R. Holloman, 1986. NCPedia (https://www.ncpedia.org/biography/glasgow-james)
* "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLT-ZFG : accessed 23 November 2022), James Glasgow, Smith, Tennessee, United States; citing p. , NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm .
* "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHT1-FBP : 4 October 2021), James Glasgow, Smith, Tennessee, United States; citing p. 270, NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm .
* Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee; Early Tennessee/North Carolina Land Records; Roll: 44; Book: U. James Glasgow; 05-Oct-1822; Smith, Tennessee.
* The Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee; Early Tax Lists of Tennessee. James Glasgow; 1837; Smith Tennessee, USA.
* Ancestry.com. U.S., Federal Census Mortality Schedules Index, 1850-1880 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc,1999. Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.. AIS Mortality Schedules Index. Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jacksonand AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes. James Glasgow; died Sep-1850; Smith, Tennessee; Age: 76; Occupation: Farmer; Cause of Death: Cholera; ID#: 197_120590.
Raw WikiTree biography markup
== Biography ==
James was the son of [[Glasgow-634|James Glasgow]] and [[Sheppard-2142|Phereby Sheppard]]. 
== Sources ==
<references />
* Father's profile, James Glasgow by Charles R. Holloman, 1986. [https://www.ncpedia.org/biography/glasgow-james NCPedia]
* "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLT-ZFG : accessed 23 November 2022), James Glasgow, Smith, Tennessee, United States; citing p. , NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm .
* "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHT1-FBP : 4 October 2021), James Glasgow, Smith, Tennessee, United States; citing p. 270, NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm .
* Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee; Early Tennessee/North Carolina Land Records; Roll: 44; Book: U. James Glasgow; 05-Oct-1822; Smith, Tennessee.
* The Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee; Early Tax Lists of Tennessee. James Glasgow; 1837; Smith Tennessee, USA.
* Ancestry.com. U.S., Federal Census Mortality Schedules Index, 1850-1880 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc,1999. Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.. AIS Mortality Schedules Index. Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jacksonand AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes. James Glasgow; died Sep-1850; Smith, Tennessee; Age: 76; Occupation: Farmer; Cause of Death: Cholera; ID#: 197_120590.