Glasgow Surname Project

Individual research record

Joseph Glasgow

1783-10-14 – ?

Glasgow-648 · 1 mapped association

Lexington, Rockbridge, Virginia, United StatesDeath place unknown

At a glance

Identity & family

Tree links organise the family; documentary status still varies.

1Mapped records
5Close relations
10Evidence items
2Candidate leads
Birth
1783-10-14 · Lexington, Rockbridge, Virginia, United States
Death
Not recorded · Place not recorded
Parents
Arthur GlasgowunmarkedRebecca Anderson (McNutt) Glasgowunmarked
Spouses
Nancy Ellis (McCulloch) Glasgow
Children
Elizabeth J A (Glasgow) JohnsRebecca J Glasgow
Gender
Male
WikiTree
Glasgow-648
Research clusters
Worldwide One-Tree profile leads
Mapped descendants
2

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 positionRebecca J Glasgow (1817)
Paternal grandmother positionElizabeth J A (Glasgow) Johns (1819)

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 candidate met the minimum age, location or family-naming threshold.

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

Joseph GlasgowGlasgow-2573

Automated fit38/100
Similar Person
Dates1790–1877PlacesRichmond, Virginia, United States → Campbell, Virginia, United StatesParent comparisonNo shared parent is indexed
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 7 (+10)
  • overlapping locality (+8)

No indexed conflict

Full comparison detail
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 7 (+10)
  • overlapping locality (+8)
  • child given-name pattern overlaps: Rebecca

Conflicts: No indexed conflict

Same-name candidate

Joseph S GlasgowGlasgow-653

Automated fit36/100
Similar Person
Dates1780–1856PlacesRockbridge, Virginia, United States → Rock ridge, Virginia, United StatesParent comparisonNo shared parent is indexed
Why it may fit
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 3 (+18)
  • overlapping locality (+8)

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

Full comparison detail
  • same first and last name (+18)
  • birth years within 3 (+18)
  • overlapping locality (+8)
  • child given-name pattern overlaps: Rebecca

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

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. 1783

Profile-stated birthplace: Lexington, Rockbridge, Virginia, United States

Lexington, Rockbridge, Virginia, 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-648

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.10 claims
6Derivative
2Tree Only
2Unknown

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.10 sources
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-648 was captured 2026-08-07T09:54:35+00:00; WikiTree profile revision 2024-07-16.

Profile location claims

EventDateLocationStatus
birthLexington, Rockbridge, Virginia, United StatesWikiTree profile field
marriage1816-02-29Lexington, Rockbridge, Virginia, United StatesWikiTree relationship field

Immediate relationship snapshot

RelationshipPersonWikiTree IDDates and places returned
ParentsArthur GlasgowGlasgow-6491750-00-00 · Moneymore, County Londonderry, Ireland · 1822-05-00 · Rockbridge, Virginia, United States
ParentsRebecca Anderson GlasgowMcNutt-6001755-00-00 · Lexington, Rockbridge, Virginia · 1818-01-00 · Lexington, Rockbridge, Virginia, United States
ChildrenRebecca J GlasgowGlasgow-6501817-09-13 · 1837-07-25
ChildrenElizabeth J A JohnsGlasgow-6511819-11-01 · 1895-00-00
SiblingsAlexanderMcCorkle-3851773-08-07 · Colony of Virginia · 1851-03-12 · Rockbridge, Virginia, United States
SiblingsCatherineMcCorkle-5181781-05-03 · Rockbridge, Virginia, United States · 1862-02-11 · Cowen, Webster, West Virginia, United States
SiblingsJohn GlasgowGlasgow-20701785-12-27 · 1830-07-23 · Lexington, Virginia, United States
SiblingsAnn Nancy CampbellGlasgow-8761788-00-00 · Rockbridge, Virginia, United States · 1877-00-00 · Adams, Ohio, United States
SiblingsRobert Arthur GlasgowGlasgow-9021792-00-00 · Rockbridge County, Virginia · 1862-06-26 · Rockbridge County, Virginia Lexington Magisterial District
SiblingsMargaret GlasgowGlasgow-20711793-00-00 · Virginia, United States · 1873-06-24 · Lexington, Virginia, United States
SpousesNancy Ellis GlasgowMcCulloch-6551788-11-27 · Virginia, United States · 1868-05-10 · 1816-02-29 · Lexington, Rockbridge, Virginia, United States

Profile categories

5th Regiment, Virginia Militia, War of 1812 5th_Regiment,_Virginia_Militia,_War_of_1812 Oak Grove Cemetery, Lexington, Virginia Oak_Grove_Cemetery,_Lexington,_Virginia

Record-bearing passages

Profile source citations

  1. https://www.fold3.com/image/307590369 source link 1
  2. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6JZ7-M4Q8 source link 1
  3. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6ZR1-ZN5F source link 1
  4. [https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=BAo7AAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en&pg=GBS.PA291] The Cabells and Their Kin: A Memorial Volume of History, Biography, and Genealogy Alexander Brown January 1, 1895 Houghton, Mifflin & Company: Parents, Siblings page 291, 292 source link 1
  5. https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/K6HF-CRD source link 1
  6. https://www.fold3.com/record/641248471/joseph-glasgow-private-us-bounty-land-warrant-applications-index-1812-1855 source link 1
  7. "Virginia, Vital Records, 1715-1901", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6JZ7-M4Q8 : Thu Oct 26 06:50:12 UTC 2023), Entry for Joseph Glasgow and Nancy E McCulloch, 26 Feb 1816. source link 1
  8. "United States Census, 1850", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8DG-XHC : Sun Oct 15 22:50:10 UTC 2023), Entry for Joseph Glasgow and Nancy E Glasgow, 1850. source link 1
  9. "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6ZR1-ZN5F : Fri Oct 13 23:21:09 UTC 2023), Entry for Joseph Glasgow and Rebecca Glasgow, 4 Nov 1856. source link 1
Full captured biography text
Biography
Joseph was born in 1783, in Rockbridge County, Virgnia. He was the son of Arthur Glasgow and Rebecca Anderson McNutt. 

During the War of 1812, was served in the Rockbridge Light Horse Cavalry under Col. James Mcdowell, 5th Regiment, Virginia Militia https://www.fold3.com/image/307590369 . 

On 26 Feb 1816, he married Nancy Ellis McCulloch https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6JZ7-M4Q8 . They had two children.
#Rebecca Glasgow b. 1817 - d. 1837, age 20
#Elizabeth A Glasgow b. 1819 - d. aft. 1895, m. Hobson Johns

Joseph lived in Rockbridge throughout his life, where he was a farmer. It is here he passed away in 1856, age 73, from "disease of kidney" https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6ZR1-ZN5F . He is buried at the Oak Grove Cemetery.
Sources
* [https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=BAo7AAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en&pg=GBS.PA291] The Cabells and Their Kin: A Memorial Volume of History, Biography, and Genealogy Alexander Brown January 1, 1895 Houghton, Mifflin & Company: Parents, Siblings page 291, 292

* 

*https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/K6HF-CRD

*https://www.fold3.com/record/641248471/joseph-glasgow-private-us-bounty-land-warrant-applications-index-1812-1855

*"Virginia, Vital Records, 1715-1901", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6JZ7-M4Q8 : Thu Oct 26 06:50:12 UTC 2023), Entry for Joseph Glasgow and Nancy E McCulloch, 26 Feb 1816.

*"United States Census, 1850", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8DG-XHC : Sun Oct 15 22:50:10 UTC 2023), Entry for Joseph Glasgow and Nancy E Glasgow, 1850.

*"Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6ZR1-ZN5F : Fri Oct 13 23:21:09 UTC 2023), Entry for Joseph Glasgow and Rebecca Glasgow, 4 Nov 1856.
Raw WikiTree biography markup
[[Category:Oak Grove Cemetery, Lexington, Virginia]]
[[Category:5th Regiment, Virginia Militia, War of 1812]]
{{War of 1812 |startdate= |enddate= |branch=Virginia Militia |units=Virginia Militia |unit=5th Regiment, Virginia Militia |rank=Private }}
== Biography ==
Joseph was born in 1783, in Rockbridge County, Virgnia. He was the son of [[Glasgow-649|Arthur Glasgow]] and [[McNutt-600|Rebecca Anderson McNutt]]. 

During the War of 1812, was served in the Rockbridge Light Horse Cavalry under Col. James Mcdowell, 5th Regiment, Virginia Militia<ref>https://www.fold3.com/image/307590369</ref>. 

On 26 Feb 1816, he married [[McCulloch-655|Nancy Ellis McCulloch]]<ref>https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6JZ7-M4Q8</ref>. They had two children.
#[[Glasgow-650|Rebecca Glasgow]] b. 1817 - d. 1837, age 20
#[[Glasgow-651|Elizabeth A Glasgow]] b. 1819 - d. aft. 1895, m. Hobson Johns

Joseph lived in Rockbridge throughout his life, where he was a farmer. It is here he passed away in 1856, age 73, from "disease of kidney"<ref>https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6ZR1-ZN5F</ref>. He is buried at the Oak Grove Cemetery.

== Sources ==
<references />
* [https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=BAo7AAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en&pg=GBS.PA291]   The Cabells and Their Kin: A Memorial Volume of History, Biography, and Genealogy Alexander Brown January 1, 1895 Houghton, Mifflin & Company:  Parents, Siblings page 291, 292

*{{FindAGrave|145394930}}

*https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/K6HF-CRD

*https://www.fold3.com/record/641248471/joseph-glasgow-private-us-bounty-land-warrant-applications-index-1812-1855

*"Virginia, Vital Records, 1715-1901", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6JZ7-M4Q8 : Thu Oct 26 06:50:12 UTC 2023), Entry for Joseph Glasgow and Nancy E McCulloch, 26 Feb 1816.

*"United States Census, 1850", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8DG-XHC : Sun Oct 15 22:50:10 UTC 2023), Entry for Joseph Glasgow and Nancy E Glasgow, 1850.

*"Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6ZR1-ZN5F : Fri Oct 13 23:21:09 UTC 2023), Entry for Joseph Glasgow and Rebecca Glasgow, 4 Nov 1856.