Story of our Scarborough

Scarborough

Genealogy

SCARBOROUGH'S VIKING ORIGIN
Scarborough on the Yorkshire coast of England has an interesting name, being one of the few English places that is named after a known historical character; Norse-Irish Vikings led by brothers, Thorgil and Kormac, sailed a raiding fleet against the Yorkshire coast around 966. They chose the site of modern Scarborough upon which to settle, building a fortress and naming it Skartheborc. Thorgil composed a poem in which he gave his brother Kormac the nickname skarthi, hair-lip, therefore, Scarborough was named after a Norse Viking with a facial blemish.

SCARBOROUGH CASTLE
Scarborough Castle was built around 1130 by William Le Gros, Earl of Albermarle in the reign of King Henry I.

Henry III established a fair at Scarborough by charter in 1235and it was held in the town until 1788 and is now only remembered in the famous folk song.

Are you going to Scarborough Fair
Parsley , Sage Rosemary and Thyme
Remember me to one who lived there
She once was a true love of mine.

Scarborough castle in its heyday:

During the 1644 Civil War Scarborough castle's commander switched his allegiance from the Parliamentarians to the Royalists and had to withstand a siege by Parliamentarians who eventually captured the castle in 1645. It may have been from this turmoil that our Scarborough ancestors sailed to America. We do know that they were in America by the mid 1700's.

Scarborough Castle today.

STERLING G. SCARBOROUGH
Our first American Scarborough that we have been able to identify is STERLING G. SCARBOROUGH. Whether Sterling's ancestors came from Scarborough is unknown, but it seems likely. Many historians believe that surnames derived from places were the first to become hereditary.

Sterling was born March 25, 1777 in and grew up in Brunswick County, Virginia which lies on the southern border nestled against North Carolina. When Sterling was born the Americans were waging a Revolutionary War against the British which continued until he was age 6. By the time he was 11 his home state of Virginia had entered the union.

When Sterling was 23 he married MARY REESE September 09, 1800 in Brunswick VA. Mary was the daughter of ISHAM REESE and RHODA THOMAS. She was 18. The same year Thomas Jefferson was elected president of US and the US capital moved from Philadelphia to Washington DC.

Sterling fought in the War of 1812. He is listed as Private STARLING SCARBROUGH of the 6 REGIMENT (SHARP'S) VIRGINIA MILITIA

By 1830 Sterling and Mary had 5 children. Their children were Lucy, Marthany, Thomas, and Joseph Henry. I only have 4 names. I think the 5th may have been another girl.

LUCY SCARBOROUGH was born Abt. 1808, VA; died Aft. 1850, TN. We know little else.
MARTHANY SCARBOROUGH was born Abt. 1811. She married HERBERT TAYLOR. The Taylors and the Scarborough stay in close contact as they migrate through the years and different states. Herbert and Marthany's granddaughter will later marry Marthany's nephew in 1880 in Kentucky. But first the families travel through Tennessee and Alabama.
THOMAS G. SCARBOROUGH marries SARAH JANE HUDSON and we lose track on him.
When Sterling Scarborough was 41 he and Mary had their last child. Another much wanted son. They named him JOSEPH HENRY SCARBOROUGH. He is Lucinda Ellen Scarborough Swallows grandfather. He was born March 18, 1818 in Lunenburg Co. VA. We will continue his story later.

In 1830 Sterling age 53 is still living in Brunswick County, Virginia. But sometime between 1830 and 1840 he moved to Jackson County, Alabama. There were several events that may have prompted Sterling to move his family. Railroads were starting to be built. Alabama had entered the union. Then in 1828 Andrew Jackson became president of US drawing the peoples attention to Tennessee and the South. The country was also experiencing the 2nd Seminole War in 1835
and the battle for The Alamo and Texas Independence in 1836. I imagine it was difficult to resist the westward expansion.

Jackson County was created by the Alabama legislature on 1819 from land acquired from the Cherokee Indians. The county was named in honor of Gen. Andrew Jackson. Jackson County is located in the northeastern corner of the state. It is bounded on the north by Tennessee, on the east by Georgia. Most of the county is drained by the Tennessee River.

Jackson County Alabama was just opening up the Indian Lands for settlement after 1833. The Cherokee accepted an agreement to move to their western lands.. In 1836 the Cherokee Area south of the Tennessee River was added to the county and opened for settlement.

Whether the Scarboroughs were still in Virginia, Alabama or somewhere in between they probably saw Halley's Comet put on a bright show in 1835. Maybe they were traveling down the Tennessee River to, Alabama on flatboats along with their animals and belongings.

But they were already in Alabama by November 07, 1839 when Joseph Henry Scarborough age 21 married Lucinda Arnett in Jackson County, Alabama.

Three years later in 1842 Sterling G. Scarborough died.

JOSEPH HENRY SCARBOROUGH
Some Scarborough family members moved on from Jackson County to Tennessee. Joseph Henry being one of them. He moved up to Wilson County, Tennessee where he joined his sister Marthany and her husband Herbert Taylor by 1841.

Joseph Henry Scarborough was a school teacher and County Clerk in Wilson Co., TN. He and Lucinda had nine children and eight were born in Wilson Co., TN.

Children of JOSEPH SCARBOROUGH and LUCINDA ARNAT are:
i. THOMAS E. SCARBOROUGH, b. October 26, 1841, TN; d. 1843, TN.
ii. JOHN J. SCARBOROUGH, b. March 09, 1843, TN; d. April 1868.
iii. MARTHA J. SCARBOROUGH, b. December 29, 1844.
iv. JOSEPH H. SCARBOROUGH, b. December 24, 1846; d. 1865.
v. WILLIAM JORDAN SCARBOROUGH, b. April 25, 1849; d. Bef. 1900.
vi. STERLING M. SCARBOROUGH, b. October 24, 1850; d. 1867.
vii. LUCINDA A. SCARBOROUGH, b. December 24, 1853; d. 1861.
viii. ROBERT CLINTON SCARBOROUGH, b. June 13, 1856, TN; d. 1914.
ix. MARY E. SCARBOROUGH, b. February 18, 1859.

Lucinda ARNETT SCARBOROUGH died in 1863 & Joseph H. went back to Jackson County, Alabama for his second wife. He married Rebecca E. GREEN in May 1864.

Children of JOSEPH SCARBOROUGH and ELANDER GREEN are:
x. THOMAS EDWIN3 SCARBOROUGH, b. March 01, 1865, Birmingham (named changed to Princeton), Jackson County Alabama; d. November 20, 1935, Celeste, Texas.
xi. LUCY ELLEN SCARBOROUGH, b. November 03, 1867, Bass Station, Jackson Co. Ala; d. March 01, 1901, Pontotoc Co. Ok..
xii. FRANCES KATHERINE SCARBOROUGH, b. March 18, 1870.
xiii. SARAH ELIZABETH SCARBOROUGH, b. September 03, 1871.
xiv. WILLIE BENTON SCARBOROUGH, b. April 13, 1873.
xv. NANCY A. SCARBOROUGH, b. November 22, 1874.
xvi. JASPER R. SCARBOROUGH, b. November 28, 1875.
xvii. JOANNA ELMER SCARBOROUGH, b. June 24, 1877.
xviii. GUSTAVUS SCARBOROUGH, b. June 24, 1880.
xix. ALBERT ANDREW SCARBOROUGH, b. April 22, 1886

Joseph Henry and Rebecca moved to Hunt Co., TX after sometime after 1873. By the time Joseph died on March 28, 1890 in Celeste, TX at age of 72 he had raised 19 children.

ROBERT CLINTON SCARBOROUGH
Robert Clinton Scarborough was born June 13, 1856, probably in Wilson County. It has been said that Robert was a twin.

Robert was Lucinda Ellen Scarborough Swallows's father.

Robert Clinton Scarborough was in Logan County, Kentucky by August 18, 1880 when he, at the age of 24, married his first cousin once removed, MARTHA CORNELIA TAYLOR. Martha was 18 and the daughter of STERLING and ELIZABETH TAYLOR.

Martha's family moved to Logan County from Wilson County, Tennessee right after the Civil War when she was about 4 years old.

Robert and Martha filled their house with 11 children:

Children of ROBERT SCARBOROUGH and MARTHA TAYLOR are:
i. HENRY STERLING4 SCARBOROUGH, b. September 22, 1881, Russellville, Logan Co., KY; d. February 24, 1976, Denver, Colorado.
ii. LUCINDA ELLEN SCARBOROUGH, b. October 28, 1882, Logan Co., KY; d. February 14, 1963, TN.
iii. ALBERT 'ABNER' CLINTON SCARBOROUGH, b. May 10, 1885, Russellville ,Logan Co.,KY; d. September 10, 1948, Tennessee.
iv. ANNIE CHRISTINE SCARBOROUGH, b. January 01, 1886, Russellville, Logan Co KY; d. 1962, Oklahoma City, OK; m. James Jordan "JERD" SCARBOROUGH s/o of William Jordan s/o
Joseph Henry & Lucinda ARNET/ARNAT SCARBOROUGH who was Christine's first cousin. They ran away together.
v. FRONNAEY SCARBOROUGH, b. Abt. 1887, Russellville ,Logan Co., KY; m. UNKNOWN JENKINS.
vi. MARY PRUDIE SCARBOROUGH, b. Abt. 1888, Russellville ,Logan Co., KY; d. 1945, Russellville, Logan Co., KY.
vii. MAUDE D. SCARBOROUGH, b. 1888, Russellville ,Logan Co.,KY; d. 1980, Russellville ,Logan Co.,KY; m. (1) LEVI STEWARD; m. (2) UNKNOWN WATSON.
viii. ROBERT SCARBOROUGH, b. Abt. 1889.
ix. MARTHA F. SCARBOROUGH, b. Abt. 1900, Russellville ,Logan Co.,KY; d. September 29, 1941, Russellville ,Logan Co.,KY.
x. WALTER RAY SCARBOROUGH, b. 1901, 1959; d. May 01, 1961, Russellville ,Logan Co.,KY
xi. WILLIAM CLARENCE SCARBOROUGH, b. 1904, Russellville ,Logan Co.,KY; d. 1959; m. FLO ELLA PORTER.

Robert C. Scarborough owned a Hardware store in Kentucky, Alabama or Tennessee. His body was interred 1914, Dripping Springs Cemetery, Kentucky. Martha was born 1863 in Tennessee. She died in 1941 at 78 years of age in Russellville, Logan, Kentucky. Odis Swallows remembers going to visit Martha (his great grandmother) on her farm up in Kentucky when he was a little boy. She had a Pit Bull Dog that followed her around on the farm and protected her. Martha died September 29, 1941 in Logan County KY and her body was interred 1941 in Dripping Springs Cemetery, Kentucky.

Martha's parents, STERLING and ELIZABETH TAYLOR, are buried in The Old Red Oak Grove Cemetery located south of Russellville off the Orndorff Mill Road (Ky. 96) on Ky. 739 on the Buford Shackelford farm about two miles from the present church. The old graveyard has since been abandoned except that an eight foot high chain link fence has been built around it. Martha's brother, Will's gravestone is a double stone with his wife, Paralee's name inscribed for future interment. Paralee was actually buried in Madison, TN due to the condition of the graveyard at the time of her death. In the spring of 1999, the gravesites were in good condition but the graveyard itself was in bad repair.

Henry , Ab and Froney all attended The Red Oak School

Will SCARBOROUGH never married buried Dripping Springs Baptist Church Cemetery. Will is also buried there.

Two of Martha and Robert's children continued the westward trek. Christine after running away with her cousin, JUDD (JERRY) SCARBOROUGH, went to live in Oklahoma. Martha and Robert's oldest child, Henry, eventually moved out to Denver, Colorado. He worked in Kentucky all of the time he lived there as a sharecropper. He worked for different people. Most of it was around the Russellville area. He did go to Rochester and that is where he met his wife, Ora Ann Mefford. They live there for a time and then moved to Russellville, where his first three children where born. Then his father in law James Rossey Mefford gave him fifty acres of good bottom land in Rochester where the last three children where born. After his wife Ora died, he moved from Rochester back to Russellville, giving back the land to his father in law. He worked as a sharecropper on a tobacco farm until he came to Colorado in 1941. His oldest daughter Mabel and her husband were the first ones to come to Colorado. In 1938, Jack and Louroe came to live with them. They both married in Colorado and that is when Henry decided he would come out to Colorado. He went to work for Buds Plumbing until he retired. In 1950, he married Anna Cobb. They had nine years of happy life together. She died from a stroke and he lived with his son Jack for some time and his daughter Louroe some time. He was placed into a nursing home and lived there the rest of his days. He loved his children and grandchildren very much.

Ora and Henry had six children. The last one was Louroe Muriel Scarbrough Pearce. Ora died when Louroe was 6 months old from pneumonia and my Henry raised all six children by himself on the tobacco farm. Henry would tell the story how his sisters would come by the farm and attempt to take the children away from him since he didn’t have a wife to help. He would run them off. Henry was a very loving, humorous and fantastic man.

Family remember his sayings and his grand sense of humor. He stated that he would never marry again until his last child was married herself. This statement was true. He passed away in a nursing home at the age of 93, still chewing his favorite "gum" Copenhagen.

There is a story that Odis tells about THELMA ELIEEN SCARBOROUGH, Martha and Henry's granddaughter. She had a mole on her chin. Odis Swallows, when he was a little boy asked what was that on her chin. She told him it was a mole. When he went back to visit the next week he asked her if she had any more of those ground hogs on her chin. Well, she sent the story into Grit newspaper and they published it and sent her $5.00 which she gave to Odis.

LUCINDA ELLEN SCARBOROUGH
Our branch of the Scarboroughs continue thru Lucinda Ellen Scarborough born October 28, 1882 in Logan Co., KY. In her youth she dated Dr. Kemp.

About 1904 at the age of 22 she married the then age 28, ZACHARY TAYLOR SWALLOWS.

Children of LUCINDA SCARBOROUGH and ZACHARY SWALLOWS are:
i. JOSEPH CLINTON SWALLOWS, b. July 06, 1905, Allensville, Logan Co., KY; d. March 09, 1980, Springfield, Robertson Co. TN; m. NANCY ELLEN COCKRIEL, Abt. 1925.
ii. MARTHA SWALLOWS, b. March 06, 1906; m. JAMES 'JIM' SATTERFIELD.
iii. QUEENE MOZELL SWALLOWS, b. April 1910; m. BENNETT WOODARD.
iv. ANNIE MAY SWALLOWS, b. January 29, 1912; m. GEORGE SATTERFIELD. Was born Mary Annalee Swallows. Changed name.
v. CLARA LOUSIE SWALLOWS, b. January 1914; m. GEORGE ELLIS.
vi. HENRY CLAYTON SWALLOWS, b. July 12, 1917; m. EMMA DAVIS.
vii. RUSSELL ALONZO SWALLOWS, b. February 10, 1919; m. ODELLE DAVIS.
viii. TINA RUTH SWALLOWS, b. February 10, 1919; m. JAMES ROARK.

As her father had been a twin, Lucinda also had twins, Russell and Ruth. Then Ruth's daughter, Linda, carried on the twin tradition.

Zachary farmed all of his life. They moved to Robertson County sometime after 1925.

Scarboroughs and the Civil War

My Dad (Odis U. Swallows Sr) remembers when he was a little boy that the US government sent notification to LUCINDA ELLEN SCARBOROUGH ( b. October 28, 1882, Logan Co., KY; d. February 14, 1963, TN. ) that the US Government still owed the Scarboroughs for property that Federal troops confiscated from LUCINDA ELLEN SCARBOROUGH's grandfather during the Civil War.

It seems that the Union took cattle, hogs and grain from him (Joseph Henry Scarborough? or perhaps Sterling James Taylor? ) and were going to pay him back after the war. Only he refused to sign a "Loyalty Oath" to the US. Any way sometime between 1930 -1936 they received a paper from the government. My Dad doesn't remember what happened. He doesn't know if they ever did anything about it or not. He got the impression at the time that this grandfather (Joseph Henry Scarborough? or perhaps Sterling James Taylor? ) had been if not wealthy, at least well off.

Loyalty Oaths. In order to regain their voting rights under the Reconstruction Acts of 1867, men who had borne arms against the United States or otherwise actively supported the Confederacy were required to swear an oath of loyalty to the government of the United States.

AN ACT for enrolling and calling out the national forces, and for other purposes. Approved March 3, 1863.

I solemnly swear that I will bear true allegiance to the United States, and support and sustain the Constitution and laws thereof; that I will maintain the national sovereignty paramount to that of all State, county, or Confederate powers; that I will discourage, discountenance, and forever oppose secession, rebellion, and the disintegration of the Federal Union; that I disclaim and denounce all faith and fellowship with the so-called Confederate armies, and pledge my honor, my property, and my life to the sacred performance of this my solemn oath of allegiance to the Government of the United States of America.

Subscribed and sworn to before me this ---- day of -------,1863.

The loyalty oaths were recorded in a bound book for the governmental records and a loose copy was given to the pardoned "Rebel". He was required to carry this loyalty oath and present it upon request. Without pardon, Southerners could not buy or sell property, hold public office, practice a profession, recover confiscated property. It is doubtful they could even legally marry.