Individual Details

Veteran of the Revolution. Enlisted in Jan of 1777 in Powhatan Co, VA in Capt Baytop's Co., Col. William Heth's Virginia Regiment. After serving a year, he enlisted for three years and was in the Battle of Monmouth and paid at Valley Forge. He saw service in Capt Charles Fleming's Co of the 7th Virginia Regt. He was granted a soldier's pension in 1819, Surry Co NC.

27 Nov 1790, Daniel Scott purchased 640 acres on the Old Sycamore Ford Road, which was the main road between Bethania and Wilkesboro NC. He bought the land from his father-in-law, Thomas Poindexter and was the tract located in the east bend of the Yadkin River and granted to Thomas Poindexter by the State of North Carolina, 13 Oct 1783. Their home was called the "Red house". Apparently it was painted red and the original builder's name was Redd and he had built gun ports in the wall. The house was used as a refuge during Indian raids. The river bottoms were subject to flooding and the road was relocated.

Additional information about the Redd House came from the Poindexter message board.
Posted 14 Jan 2011 by Alton Hill:
I have heard of the "REDD House", which was not named after it's color "Red", but for the person who initially built and lived in the house. It was then the home of Captain Daniel Scott, who married one of Captain Thomas Poindexter and Elizabeth "Betty" Pledge Poindexter's daughters, Ann Radford Poindexter. Captain Daniel Scott was also an acclaimed officer in the American Revolution.
The "Redd House" sat on the opposite end of the Yadkin River, from where the Tavern was located, even farther northeast than Cpt.Thomas' house. Daniel Scott prided himself with having the largest number of fish traps of anyone whose house was along the Yadkin River, so he was buried down from his house to the banks of the Yadkin River, "so he could watch over his fish traps", his wife Ann Radford Poindexter proclaimed.


SURRY COUNTY NC DEED ABSTRACTS
VOL K&L 1803-1808
Deed Book K, p.379 7 Feb 1805 Thomas Poindexter to William Apperson. 6.7.6. 10 acres in Surry Co part of his Whealin tract adj Floyd's old corner & Nowlin's old line. Wit: Job Martin, Daniel (X) Scott. Proved Feb Term by Scott.

In the pension records, on 13 Feb 1822, living in Daniel's home were Anny about age 60 and a daughter Melinda, age 12. All the other children had left home and were self-supporting.

Through the years Daniel & Ann sold some of their property - the majority of it to her brother Robert Alexander Poindexter. They were buried near the Red House.

Birth	1756
Marriage	13 Feb 1780	North Carolina - Ann Radford Poindexter
Death	3 Jul 1824

Spouse	Ann Radford Poindexter (1760 - 1835)
Child	William Scott (1782 - 1839)
Child	Living
Child	Living
Child	Living
Child	Francis "Frank" Scott (1785 - 1842)
Child	Robert Randolph Scott (1790 - 1850)
Child	Daniel Wentworth Scott (1792 - 1860)
Child	Mary Poindexter "Polly" Scott (1796 - 1880)
Child	Ann Radford "Nancy" Scott (1805 - 1867)
Child	Jane Malinda/Matilda Scott (1809 - )

Father	Living
Mother	Living