R. Taylor Scott
| R. Taylor Scott | |
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| Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from the Fauquier County, Virginia district |
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In office December 7, 1881 – December 4, 1883 |
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| Preceded by | William H. Payne |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Smith |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
March 10, 1834 Warrenton, Fauquier County, Virginia |
| Died | August 6, 1897 (aged 63) Warrenton, Virginia |
| Profession | Lawyer, politician |
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| Allegiance |
 Confederate States
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| Service/branch |
 Virginia Militia Confederate States Army
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| Unit | 8th Virginia Infantry |
| Battles/wars |
Battle of Ball's Bluff Battle of South Mountain, Battle of Gettysburg |
Robert Taylor Scott (1834 – August 6, 1897) was a Virginia lawyer, politician and Confederate officer. Elected three times as Attorney General of Virginia, Scott also served one term in the Virginia House of Delegates and several terms as mayor of Warrenton, Virginia.
Born to Virginia lawyer/planter and Fauquier County delegate Robert Eden Scott (later a circuit judge) and his wife, Scott received a private education, then graduated from the University of Virginia in 1856.
In 1858, Scott married Fanny Scott Carter, who later became president of the Black Horse Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Her father Richard Henry Carter had also served in the Virginia House of Delegates. The Scotts had nine children, including Richard Carter Scott (1859-1928), ElizabetehTaylor Scott (1861-2), Robert E. Scott (1866-67), Mary Welby Scott Keith (1870-1958), Rosalie Taylor Scott Hardin (1871-1962), Julian (b./d.1873), Fanny(1877-79), Robert(1879-84) and Edward (b/d1885)..
After reading law under his father, Scott was admitted to the Virginia Bar in 1857. In the 1860 Federal Census, Scott owned no real estate, but had $3490 in personal property, namely six slaves (half under 7 years old). By contrast, his father, Robert Eden Scott owned 34 slaves that year, about half children under 15 years of age.
When Virginia seceded from the Union, Scott by July 30, 1861 recruited a company called the either Scott's Company or the Beauregard Rifles. Commissioned a captain, Scott served under the local Commonwealth attorney, Col. Eppa Hunton (who had been a Secession Convention delegate and later was promoted to rank of Brigadier General) and was trained by Major and later Lt.Col. Norborne Berkeley. Scott was Captain of Company K and his father-in-law of Company B, both in the 8th Virginia Infantry. Rising to the rank of major during the American Civil War, Scott served on the staff of Confederate General George E. Pickett, and his father in law on the staff of Gen. Robert E. Lee. His father, however, died in 1862 defending the family's property from Union deserters.
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