Born: 1818
Died: unknown
Spouse: Mary Joseph
Children: 8 total, including Hiram, William, Andrew Jackson, and Alexandria
Silas Everett Scarlet was one of Colonel Everett J. Scarlet's twelve children. He grew up in eastern North Carolina and joined the Army in 1836. His ruthlessness earned him the nickname "Bloody" Scarlet.
For his military service, Silas received a tract of land in the North Carolina hills. He and his wife Mary Joseph settled there to raise their family. In the 1850s, Silas discovered a coal seam running underneath the region. He bought the entire hillside and opened the Scarlet Coal Mines.
Silas funded the construction of the following buildings in Scarlet Hollow: the Town Hall, the First Baptist Church, and the Hiram Scarlet Memorial Hospital. Silas managed the mine until his retirement in 1868, when he handed management over to his son Andrew Jackson Scarlet.
The date and cause of Silas's death is unknown.