Welcome to Reedy Rill. Possibly the most historically significant home and intact plantation and estate remaining in America. Believed to have been built by Daniel Turner in the early 1800’s around the time of his marriage to Ann Arnold Key, daughter of Francis Scott Key, Reedy Rill consists of an approximately 4400 sqft estate home sitting on an approximately 1,161 acre plantation between Bridle Creek and Fishing Creek approximately 2.5 miles south of the county seat of Warrenton. Restoration has begun and is ongoing.
Daniel Turner (September 26, 1796 – July 21, 1860) was a U.S. Congressman from North Carolina (1827 – 1829).
Turner was born in Warrenton, North Carolina as the son of future North Carolina Governor James Turner. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1814, and served in the War of 1812 as an assistant engineer with the rank of second lieutenant. As a result of the US Army‘s post-war reduction, he resigned in May 1815.[1] Turner then studied at the College of William & Mary for two years before returning to North Carolina.[2] He was a member of the North Carolina House of Commons (1819–1824). He was elected to the House of Representatives of the 20th Congress in 1827, serving one term.[1]
On February 25, 1829, Turner married Anna Arnold Key, the daughter of Francis Scott Key. They had eleven children.[3] From 1854 until his death, he was superintending engineer of public works at Mare Island Naval Shipyard.[1]
His home, Reedy Rill, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974
