Nanna (Dunn) Scarborough (1728 - 1786)

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Died Dec 1786 at about age 58 in North Carolina, USA

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Many members of the Scarborough family have confused the records of the two David Scarboroughs, of Edgecombe County, North Carolina, who died and left wills there at about the same time, but a careful study of the deed records makes it simple to identify them. David and Sarah Scarborough were the parents of Major James Scarborough, and David and Nanna Scarborough were evidently kinsmen. Issue of David and Nanny Scarborough, from above David's will, 1775:

1. Miles Scarborough, one of the Executors of the will, who moved to Burke County, Georgia, and then removed to Pulaski County, Georgia.
2. William Scarborough, one of the executors of the will.
3. A daughter, un-named, evidently the wife of George Smith.
4. Enoch Scarborough, sometimes spelled as Enos.
5. Hardy Scarborough, not of age at the time the will was written.

It was this Scarborough family that was related to the Dunns, and David, above, provides in his will that John Dunn, Senior, and his wife, Easter (Esther), shall be cared for during the rest of their lives. This John Dunn, Senior, was evidently the grandfather of Nanny or Nanna Scarborough, and either John Dunn, Jr., or Jacob Dunn, was her father. As further proof of this fact, John Dunn, Sr„ deeds "Grand-son-in-law, David Scarborough", for love, 250 acres, South of Town Creek, a patent by said Dunn on December 9, 1760. The deed was dated October 22, 1771, in Edgecombe County Deed Book, D, p. 391. The witnesses were: William Scarborough and John Perminter.

On January 26, 1793, the will of John Dunn, Jr., of Edgecombe County, North Carolina, was witnessed by Hardy Scarborough, son of David and Nanny, Richard Clark and Absolem Gardner. (Will Book C, p, 233.)

One reason for the confusion of these two David Scarboroughs is the fact that members of both families moved to Georgia after the Revolution, and...

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