Benjamin Scarbrough

	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth	25 Apr. 1809
Marriage			To Frances Spivey
Death	13 Aug 1887
Burial

Ancestry chart segment

 Generation 5          Generation 6               Generation 7
 
                                             +-- William Melba Scarbrough
                                             |   (1764-1824)
                 +-- Benjamin Scarbrough ----+
                 |   (~1809-1887?)           |
 John Scarboro --+                           +-- Lucretia Andrews
 (~1834->1900)   |                               (1778-????)
                 +-- Frances Spivey
                     (~1819-1950)

Sources:

Children

(all children with Frances Unknown)

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
John Scarboro	M	1834-35		To Eliza Jane Richardson
William Scarboro	M	~1839		To Martha Unknown
Martha Scarboro	F	1840
Robert H. Scarboro	M	~1843
Benjamin Franklin Scarboro	M	~1845		To
James Scarboro	M	~1848
Samuel Scarboro	M	~1850
Peter Scarboro	M	~1853		To Mary Unknown
Ann Scarboro	F	~1855
Sara Frances Scarboro	F	~1858

Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources
Montgomery Co, NC	1810-1880	Zion and Mount Gilead Twp

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	1810 United States Federal Census, Brown District, Montgomery Co, NC, pg 1. The census is not dated. The family of Ben Scarbrough includes: 1 male <10, 1 male 16-25, 1 male 26-44, 13 females <10, 2 females 10-15, 1 female 26-44. The male <10 fits for Samuel Scarboro born 1809; the rest of the ages make sense with the 1830 census. There are families of John and Wm. Scarbrough nearby.
2	1830 United States Federal Census, East of Pee Dee and Yadkin River, Montgomery Co, NC page 1. Family of Benjamin Scarbrough Sen: 1 male <5, 1 male 15-20, 1 male 50-60, 2 females 20-30, 1 female 50-60. This appears to be too old for Benjamin Scarbrough, father of John Scarboro, but the 15-20 year old male could be him if the age is a little off.
3	1850 United States Federal Census, No twp.given, Montgomery Co. NC. (from Ancestry.com pg.7). Date of census 26 July 1850. Benjamin Scarbrough, age 41, farmer; Frances (female) age 31; John, age 16; B. F., age 14, Wm. age 11; Martha E. age 10; Robert H. age 5; James E. age 1; Rachael Morton age 32. Another Morton is found nearby in the household of John B. Ballard age 49, & family: Rhoda Morton, age 23, listed as "pauper, fits" Note: at this time, this census is the only source suggesting a connection to Benjamin Scarbrough. This is also the only evidence we have of a possible parentage of John Scarboro. John's age is in the correct range in the Benjamin Scarbrough family, and the location is good.
4	1860 United States Federal Census, Zion Twp, Montgomery Co, NC, page 15 and 16. Census dated 18 Aug 1960. Lines 30-40 and 1-2 list: D.D. Berry age 31 county surveyor, $2000 real, $4300 personal property; Benjamin Scarboro, age 51, farmer, $140 pers. prop., can not read or write; Franky, F, age 42; William, age 21, carpenter(?); Martha, 20, Robert H., 17; Benj. F, 15; James, 12; Samuel, 10; Peter, 7; Ann, 5; Fannie, 2; Sallie Berry, 11. All born NC. Benjamin seems to have aged less than the other children between 1850 and 1860. The relationship of DD Berry is unclear.
5	1880 United States Federal Census, Mount Gilead Twp, Montgomery Co, NC, Dist 127. Census dated 8 June 1880. Lines 49-50 list: Benjamin Scarboro, 71, farm labor; Franky, 61; Sara F., 22. All born NC. The listing does not continue on next page.
6	OneWorldTree, from Ancestry.com - Doing a search on Mary Ann Scarbrough returned a family tree that shows John Scarboro as her father, Benjamin Scarborough as her grandfather, and has birth and death dates for Benjamin Scarborough. Since no primary sources were given, the birth & death dates are included here as speculative. The tree segment can be reached through: http://trees.ancestry.com/owt/person.aspx?pid=15419043&st=1
7	web source: Ancestry World Tree Project From Searcy To Randolph lists as source: The Heritage Of Montgomery County North Carolina Vol. I Author: The Montgomery County Historical Society Publication: 1981 (from the website of Cynthis McDaniel, used with permission) http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=cooped&id=I56682 Follows Andrews lineage Thomas Andrews (b. 1700 >> Joseph John Andrews (1725) and Lucretia Tharp (~1720) >>John Andrews Sr (~1740- >1789) and Mary Scarborough (b.1743 in VA) (parents John Scarborogh and Rachel Johnson) > Lucretia Andrews (married William Melba Scarbrough.

Source notes

• There are no additional records at this point (28 Aug 2007) to corroborate the census records for the Scarborough line earlier than Mary Ann Scarbrough. However, the census records seem to delineate the family of Benjamin Scarborough adequately, and the location is consistent with later Scarborough records.
  
• No record of Benjamin Scarboro could be found in the 1820, 1840 or 1870 census for Montgomery Co.
  In the 1840 Montgomery Co census at least one page is missing.
  The 1820 census for the entire county is not on Ancestry.com.
  
• The record on the Ancestry.com OneWorldTree lists Frances's maiden name as Spivey, but no primary source is listed, and we have no corroboration.

Research

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