| 1600's |
Scott ancestors move from lowlands of Scotland to the province of Ulster in Northern Ireland |
| 1700 |
Scott ancestors come to Pennsylvania from Northern Ireland |
| 1739 |
Earliest settlements in Hawfields area of Orange County (now Alamance County) |
| 1755 |
Hawfields Presbyterian Church founded |
| 1771 |
Battle of Alamance fought between the Regulators and Governor Tryon's militia |
| 1776 |
James Scott serves several terms in the North Carolina Militia during the Revolutionary War and one term in the Continental Line |
| 1836 |
Samuel Scott, Elder of Hawfields Presbyterian Church, signs his name to the church's first official roll |
| 1840's |
Henderson Scott operates several businesses in the Hawfields area including a general store, blacksmith shop, and tannery |
| 1847 |
Alexander Wilson purchases fifty acres from O.F. Long at Burnt Shop for $20 and conducts Melville School from this site |
| 1849 |
Alamance County established from Orange County and Scott family assists in founding Graham Presbyterian Church |
| 1861-1865 |
Henderson Scott supplies North Carolina Civil War troops with leather for shoes and other items |
| 1868 |
Scott family assists in founding Mebane Presbyterian Church |
| 1878 |
Robert W. Scott leaves University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill to take charge of operating the family farm |
| 1887 |
North Carolina Agricultural & Mechanical College (NCSU) founded with the strong support of Robert W. Scott |
| 1888 |
Robert W. Scott elected to North Carolina House of Representatives at age 27 |
| 1900 |
Robert W. Scott elected to the North Carolina Senate |
| 1901 |
Robert W. Scott ("Farmer Bob") appointed to the State Board of Agriculture |
| 1904 |
F. Josephine Scott rings college bell at Women's College (UNC-G) alerting students to a fire in "Old Brick" dormitory |
| 1913 |
Margaret Kerr Scott, the first Home Demonstration Agent for Alamance County, becomes the Assistant State Home Demonstration Agent and field agent for the Girls Canning Club Department of the NCDA and the USDA |
| 1917 |
W. Kerr Scott serves as a private in the Field Artillery of the US Army and James Edwin Scott serves in the US Army, dying in the service, a victim of influenza |
| 1918 |
F. Josephine Scott Hudson works with the Farmer's Institute in connection with Home Demonstration programs |
| 1919 |
Dr. S. Floyd Scott begins practicing medicine in the Union Ridge area of northern Alamance County, following his graduation from the School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania |
| 1927 |
Melville Dairy organized by Ralph and Henry Scott |
| 1934-1935 |
Melville Dairy plant built in Burlington, North Carolina |
| 1936 |
W. Kerr Scott elected North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture |
| 1938-1962 |
Henry A. Scott elected to the Alamance County Board of Education |
| 1938-1941 |
Agnes W. Scott serves as Supervisor of Nurses at the Children's Hospital, Staten Island, New York |
| 1940 |
Elizabeth H. Scott receives her Master's Degree in Nursing from the University of Pennsylvania, becoming an Operating Room Supervisor Instructor |
| 1943-1962 |
Henry A. Scott appointed to serve on the Negro Agricultural and Technological College of North Carolina (NC A&T University) Board of Trustees by Governor Broughton and succeeding governors |
| 1945 |
During World War II, Robert Scott Hudson serves as a glider pilot in Europe and Louis Murdock Smith, Jr., son of Margaret Scott and Louis Murdock Smith, earns Bronze Star and Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster |
| 1948-1949 |
Henry A. Scott serves as President of the North Carolina State School Boards Association |
| 1948 |
W. Kerr Scott elected Governor of North Carolina |
| 1949 |
Dr. Floyd Scott and son Dr. Peter Scott build Scott Clinic in Union Ridge and install first radio system in the United States known to link private vehicles with a medical practice |
| 1950 |
Ralph H. Scott elected to the North Carolina State Senate; becomes President ProTem in 1963 |
| 1951 |
Governor W. Kerr Scott appropriates $2,000,000 for the construction of Scott Hall at the Negro Agricultural and Technological College of North Carolina (NC A&T University) |
| 1952 |
Scott Hall at North Carolina State College (NCSU) dedicated to Robert W. "Farmer Bob" Scott |
| 1953 |
Elizabeth Scott Carrington named Chairman of committee that develops the School of Nursing at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill |
| 1954 |
W. Kerr Scott elected United States Senator for North Carolina |
| 1957 |
Robert W. "Bob" Scott named Alamance County "Young Farmer of the Year" |
| 1959 |
Alamance Dairy Foods organized by William C. Scott, Sr. |
| 1961-1967 |
A.H. "Jim" Scott serves as a member of the Alamance County Planning Board |
| 1963 |
Melville Plastics organized by R. Henderson Scott, Jr. |
| 1964 |
Robert "Bob" Scott elected Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina |
| 1965 |
A.H. "Jim" Scott awarded gold key by Hawfields Church in appreciation for his work as Chairman of the Building Committee for the Educational Building |
| 1967 |
Melville Dairy is sold to Guilford Dairy of Greensboro, North Carolina and Dr. Samuel Scott joins Scott Clinic |
| 1968 |
Robert W. "Bob" Scott elected Governor of North Carolina |
| 1969 |
School of Nursing (Carrington Hall) at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill named for Elizabeth Scott Carrington |
| 1971 |
Elizabeth Scott Carrington and her nephew, Governor Robert W. Scott, donate 48 acres (the Graham campus) to the Technical Institute of Alamance (Alamance Community College) and Burlington Pediatrics is founded by Dr. Charles K. Scott |
| 1975 |
Jessie Rae Scott runs as candidate for North Carolina Commissioner of Labor |
| 1977-1983 |
A.H. "Jim" Scott serves on the Alamance County Department of Social Services Board, acting as Chairman from 1980 to 1983 |
| 1982 |
Jessie Ray Scott serves as the American Cancer Society National Director and receives their Distinguished Service Award |
| 1983-1995 |
Robert W. "Bob" Scott appointed President of the North Carolina Community College System |
| 1993 |
Melville Plastics sold to a Boston, Massachusetts company |
| 1992 |
Agnes Scott Haeseler is instrumental in raising funds for the new building of the Hawfields Presbyterian Child Care & Development Center |
| 1995 |
Jessie Ray Scott named Honorary Life Member of the North Carolina Division of the American Cancer Society |
| 2000 |
Meg Scott Phipps elected North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture |
| 2002 |
Scott Clinic sold to Piedmont Health Services and renamed Scott Community Health Center and Dr. Samuel Scott retires |
