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[Identification of item], in the Christopher C. Scott Papers, #988-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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• Arkansas--Politics and government--To 1950.
• Autobiographies--Southern States.
• Children--Virginia--History--19th century.
• Education--Virginia--History--19th century.
• Families--Virginia--Social life and customs.
• Johnson, Robert Ward.
• Scott, Christopher C., b. ca. 1807.
• Southern States--Biography.
• Virginia--Genealogy.
• Virginia--Social life and customs.

Christopher C. Scott (born circa 1807) was a resident of Virginia and Arkansas. During his political career in Arkansas, 1848-1854, he was an opponent of the Robert W. Johnson organization.

The collection contains "Family Notes Made by Christopher C. Scott, 1848-1854," and an item about Scott from the Van Buren (Ark.) Intelligencer, 1854. "Family Notes" consists of recollections, 37 pages, of Scott's early life and education in Virginia, histories of his extended family connections from colonial times, and few items pertaining to his political career in Arkansas, 1848-1854, as an opponent of the Robert W. Johnson organization.