When David Scott was born on 12 July 1809, in Barren, Kentucky, United States, his father, Thomas Jordan Scott, was 27 and his mother, Elizabeth Allee, was 21. He married Lucretia Jobe on 26 June 1828, in Cole, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Moniteau, Missouri, United States in 1850. He died on 25 September 1887, in Camden, Missouri, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Freedom Church, Camden, Missouri, United States.