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Southern Kith and Kin Major James Scarborough Southern Kith and Kin A Record of My Children's Ancestors VOLUME 3. Major James Scarborough His Ancestors and Descendants By JEWEL DA VIS SCARBOROUGH Box 608, Abi'lene, Texas PRINTED BY ABILENE PRINTING COMPANY ABILENE, TEXAS COPYRIGHT, 1957 BY JEWEL DAVIS SCARBOROUGH ALL RIGHTS RESERVED PUBLISHED~l957 PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA THE SCARBOROUGH COAT OF ARMS AND CREST EDMUND SCARBOROUGH, of North Walsham, County Norfolk, England, born circa 1584; of Accomac, Virginia; died circa 1634. ARMS: Or, a chevron between three towers gules. CREST: From a Mural Crown gules a demi-lion or sup­ porting a spear erect, on the point a Saracen's head, all proper, the head wreathed silver and azure. Description of Amorial terms: Or means gold; gules, red; all proper means in natural colors. A chevron symbolizes protection of the defenseless; Castles are symbols of grandeur and solidity; often. granted to those who have captured or held them for the King; The lion is emblematic of service to one's country, and deathless courage; The spear is an emblem of knightly service, typifying de­ votion to honor; The mural crown was firsLused by the Romans, and granted to those who first mounted the breach in the walls of a besieged town or fortress. The word comes from the Latin MURUS, meaning wall. In a Coat of Arms or a Crest, it signifies "defender of a fortress or a token of a civic honor. The colors in a Coat of Arms represent the personal charac­ teristics of the original bearer, and are granted only on merit. The meaning of the various colors is as follows: Gold signifies generosity and elevation of mind; Red means courage and magnanimity; The Saracens head refers to deeds of prowess in the Cru­ sades. Edmund Scarborough,.~ Accomac County, Virginia, came to America circa 1636.l His wife was Hannah Butler, and from this family rrtost of the Southern Scarboroughs are descended. ' Line of Descent of DALLAS SCARBOROUGH from MA.TOR JAMES SCARBOROUGH of Edgecombe County, North Carolina Generation: 1. William Scarborough, Emigrant, of Bacon's Rebellion, d. March 6, 1676-77, Surry county, Virginia. 2. Edward Scarborough, of Surry county, Virginia, d. 1716. 3. William Scarborough, Isle of Wight county, Virginia, d. September 20, 1776. 4. David Scarborough, Edgecomlbe county, North Carolina, d. 1774. 5. Major James Scar.borough, Edgecombe county, North Carolina, d. March 1, 1836. 6. Lawrence Scal'borough, b. Edgecombe county, North !Carolina, d. in Union Parish, Louisiana, October 1, 1846. 7. Isaac Polk Scarborou.gh, d. August 17, 1919. 8. Dallas Sca!'borough. 9. Davis and Charles Lawrence (Larry) Scarborough. 10. Frank and Charles Scarborough. Lovingly Dedicated to My Grandchildren Frank Dallas Scarborough and Charles Davis Scarborough ;So.n ])a\/is 1)a112J~~ Sl:ci and \Vfozc11t~ (;ra}~~::Lrr} So11. l)v'\,~i_.:, f):Jl1::l..:; ,1~.;t'L.t\'.'·bor1:,u_:;.~t-1 ::md J\Jo:c12l (~ru ~-1.: ri ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND THANKS Many people have assisted in collecting these records of my children's ancestors, and to each of them their descen­ dants owe a debt of gratitude. My research has carried me into all of the Southern states, to musty court records, to abandoned cemeteries, and to the various State Archives. Most of the Court officials have ibeen courteous and helpful, though others have failed in simple courtesy, and seemed to resent having anyone ask to see the old records. It was much less trouble for them to say that "the records were destroyed during the War Between the States" than to find them for me on their dust covered shelves, neglected and almost de­ stroyed. In several instances where I was told that the rec­ ords had been destroyed, I found them myself piled in the basement, or learned that they were locked in the safe, and never shown to researchers, unless they knew of their ex­ istence and asked specifically for them. My especial thanks are due to Mrs. Guy L. Paxton, La­ redo, Texas, and to Mrs. F. L. Cooper, Robeline, Louisiana, for help with the Allen Scarborough descendants; to Mrs. Benjamin F. Eagles of Crisp, North Carolina, for much data and cooperation in collecting the North Carolina records; to Mrs. Beulah Rawlings of Marfa, Texas; to Mrs. Horace L. Mcswain, of Macon, Georgia, who did a great deal of re­ search for me on the Georgia records; to my loyal friend, Mrs. J. B. Jordan, who accompanied me on many of my research trips, and faithfully helped in deciphering the faded scipt; and last, but not least, to Mr. Hugh B. Johnston, Jr., historian and genealogist of Wilson, North Carolina, without whose valuable help I might have given up the task. JEWEL DAVIS SCNRBOROUGH. Aibilene, Texas, March 14, 1957. CONTENTS Chapter I. The Scarborough of the Eastern Shore. Chapter M. William Scarborough, of Bacon's Rebellion. Chapter UL David and Sarah Scanborough, of Edge- combe County, North Carolina. Chapter IV. Maj or James Scarborough. Chapter V. Isaac Scarborough, son of Maj or James Scarborough. Chapter v,r. Descendants of Major James Scarborough and Penelope Eason. Chapter VII. Major James Scarborough and Martha Tartt Eason Scarborough. Chapter ViIII. Major James Scariborough, Revolutionary Soldier. Chapter IX. Lawrence Scarborough and His Descendants. Chapter X. Isaac Polk Scarborough and His Descendants. Chapter XI. 1Allen Scarborough and His Descendants. Chapter XII. David and Nanna Scariborough and Their Descendants. Chapter XIH. Early Land Grants to Scarboroughs in Texas. Chapter XIV. Some Stringer and Clark Notes. FOREWORD 'This third volume of SOUTHERN KITH AND KIN is going to the printer with a feeling of reluctance and disap­ pointment, for there are so many clues that have not been followed, and so many lines that have not been established, but Time, "that old Gypsy man" will not stay, and will not put up his caravan, "just for one day", and even these in­ complete records may be lost unless put into print. In doing the research for this book, I am impressed anew with the fact that history teachers, the world over, seem to have neglected to arouse the interest of students in the PEOPLE behind the great movements in our history, and the importance to our free world of not only the Declara­ tion of Independence, and the War of the Revolution, but of the early struggles, in various parts of our country, that motivated the final united effort that resulted in our free­ dom and independence The struggles in North Carolina, culminating in the Battle of Alamance, and followed by the great trek over the mountains to Translyvania, the Wau­ tauga Settlement, and Kentucky, was probably the most im­ portant, and far reaching of these movements. These same men who struggled in the wilderness, because they were determined to be free, were the heroes of King's Mountain, and Cowpens, and followed through with General Jackson in the Indian Wars, in Georgia, Alabama, and Florida, and on to New Orleans in the War of 1812. Their children and kinsmen were the leaders who came to Texas to fight for independence there, suffered martyrdom and death at Goliad and at the Alamo, and rejoiced in the final victory at the Battle of San Jacinto. They remembered their own pioneer­ ing days in the wilderness of Tennessee, Georgia, and Ala­ bama, and though many of them were not even residents of Texas, they were eager to assist their fellow Americans in a war against an unjust tyrant. The early churches of our country played an important part in our struggle for liberty, and in the conquest of the wilderness, and though many of their preachers had little education, they were devout, and their patriotic fervor was as great as any of the more militant of their flock. Reading the Minutes and Journals of the early churches has resulted in one of the greatest surprises of my research, for I found them invariably filled with patriotism, and eloquent in their partisanship. They kept the fires of independence aflame, for they realized that there could be no freedom of religion, without political freedom, and that the two must go hand in hand. ,While working on the records of the various families in this book, I found so many fascinating by~ways of history connected with their stories, that it has been very difficult to complete the work, because of the temptation to delve further into the past. I wanted to know more about the early colleges and academies, the courts of that particular period, of the social life the people enjoyed, their economic status, their political convictions, and their religious life. In fact, the subjects were endless, and I longed for another life time to pursue these interesting subjects. If one does much research, many mistaken ideas have to be corrected about the early immigrants. The date of a land grant is not necessarily the date of the emigrant's ar­ rival in this country, for in many cases the person involved had been living on the land for many years ibefore his patent was recorded; that being brought over to this country by another person does not necessarily mean that the person brought over was a servant, even if listed as such, for in many instances they were members of the family, or kins­ men, but listed as being brought over in order to get the fifty acres of land to which they were entitled for that pur­ pose. Many people listed as convicts were political refugees, and from as fine families as some of the more affluent emi­ grants, but were sent from England, as indentured servants, because of political opinions not popular in England at the moment, or because they had been thrown into the Debtors Prison, and saw no hope for freedom in England.
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