Silas Scarborough (1828 - 1921)

Born 10 Nov 1828 in Union County, Arkansas, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Frances Angeline (Blackshear) Scarborough — married 9 Aug 1850 in Union County, Arkansas, USA

Husband of Mary Douglass (West) Scarborough — married 6 Nov 1860 in Erath County, Texas, USA [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 23 Apr 1921 at age 92 in Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto, Texas, USA

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Biography

Pvt Silas Scarborough served in the United States Civil War. Enlisted: Mar 01 1862 Mustered out: May 01 1862 Side: CSA Regiment(s): Company D, 15 Texas Cavalry

Gospel Preachers Who Blazed the Trail

Timeline

• 1828 Nov 10 - Birth - Arkansas^[2]

Marriage #1: Frances Angeline Blackshear

• 1850 Aug 9 - Marriage to Frances Angeline Blackshear - Union County, Arkansas^[3]

• 1850 US Federal Census^[4] - Franklin, Union, Arkansas

• Move to Texas

• 1860 Feb - Death of Wife Frances Angeline Blackshear - Johnson County, Texas

• 1860 US Federal Census^[5] - Johnson County, TX - Value of Personal Estate: $185

Marriage #2: Mary D West

• 1860 Nov 6 - Marriage to Mary D West - Texas - date from Garrett family records, otherwise not documented

• 1861 Apr 12 - Civil War begins

• March to May 1862 - Civil War Service^[6][7]
  • Name: Silas Scarborough
  • Company: D
  • Unit: 15 Texas Cavalry
  • Rank - Induction: Private
  • Rank - Discharge: Private
  • Allegiance: Confederate

• 1864 - Squaw Creek Indian Fight - Close to Granbury, Hood, Texas

Squaw Creek Indian Raid

• Civil War frontier victory, near this site. About 25 raiding indians jumped a fox hunter, Rigman Bryant, killed him, shot his dog, stole his horse. That afternoon the Indians and stolen horses were seen by a minister, Silas Scarborough, W. C. Walters and a Negro bringing home a turn of meal from the gristmill. Scarborough and Walters headed into a cedar brake. The Indians urged the Negro to join them, shot him full of arrows when he refused. In a few hours the Cavalry attacked the Indians, recovered the horses, killed one indian, chased the others away. One settler was shot. In a week the wounded Negro died. Many of the 1848-1861 settlers on the Paluxy and Squaw Creek were away in the Confederate army. Very young boys and elderly men joined defense forces. Some drew military duty for 10 days, were off 10 days to look after mills, cattle, horses and farms. For safety, women dressed as men while their sons, husbands and fathers were away. At times 50 to 100 tents were used in hasty "forting up" of families. During the war, Alex McCammant established county's first tannery, using cedar leaves in processing hides. For cloth making, county's first cotton was grown.^[8]

• 1870 US Federal Census^[9] - Hood County, Texas

• 1880 US Federal Census^[10] - Breckenridge, Stephens, Texas

• 1900 United States Federal Census^[11] - Justice Precinct 8 (east part), Erath, Texas

• 1905 Mar 7 - Death of Wife Mary D West - Erath County, Texas

• Late 1907 - Moved to New Mexico

• 1908 - Filed for 160 Acres in Union County, New Mexico under the Homestead Act and in 1909 filed for an additional 160.^[12]

• Returned to Texas

• 1910 United States Federal Census^[13] - Justice Precinct 1, Eastland, Texas

• 1917 Aug 6 - Homestead Land Patent granted #595788^[12]

• 1917 Nov 27 - Applied for Indian Wars pension^[14]

• 1920 United States Federal Census^[15] - Honey Grove, Fannin, Texas (Silas is living with his daughter, Mary Ida's, son Ennis.)

• 1921 Apr 23 - Death - Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto, Texas^[2] — Burial: Staggs Prairie Cemetery, Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto, Texas^[16]

Sources

1. ↑ "Gospel Preachers in Texas and Oklahoma," written by Mrs. C. R. Nichol and published by Clifton in Texas in 1911. This book was reprinted in 1962 by the Firm Foundation in Austin, Texas as "Gospel Preachers Who Blazed the Trail."
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K347-FLR : 13 March 2018), Silas Scarborough, 23 Apr 1921; citing certificate number 11790, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,074,005.
3. ↑ Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957 $Ancestry Record 2548 #3479923
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M674-R8V : 12 April 2016), Silas Scarborough, Franklin, Union, Arkansas, United States; citing family 931, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXFR-D9X : 12 December 2017), Victoria T Scarborough in entry for Silas Scarborough, 1860.
6. ↑ United States National Archives. Civil War Service Records $Ancestry Record 4284 #4440981
7. ↑ "Texas, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ4T-HFC : 5 December 2014), Silas Scarborough, 1862; from "Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Texas," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing military unit Fifteenth Cavalry (Second Regiment, Johnson's Brigade), NARA microfilm publication M323 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1961), roll 88.
8. ↑ Marker #5025 - Directions: from Glen Rose, take highway 67 East about .9 miles, then follow FM 144 north about 1.8 miles to picnic area
9. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXGM-79Y : 7 October 2019), Sarah Scarber in entry for Silas Scarber, 1870.
10. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFJD-FTT : 15 July 2017), Silas Scarborough, Breckenridge, Stephens, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 170, sheet 466C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,327.
11. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3L1-TGL : accessed 8 October 2019), Silas Scarborough, Justice Precinct 8 (east part), Erath, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 78, sheet 17B, family 311, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,632.
12. ↑ ^{12.0 12.1} Bureau of Land Management
13. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2M7-D5J : accessed 8 October 2019), Silas Scarborough in household of Rufus H Stewart, Justice Precinct 1, Eastland, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 38, sheet 3A, family 41, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1547; FHL microfilm 1,375,560.
14. ↑ "United States General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJDP-7745 : 13 March 2018), Silas Scarborough, 1917.
15. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC9W-ZPV : accessed 8 October 2019), Silas Scarborough in household of Ennis Simer, Honey Grove, Fannin, Texas, United States; citing ED 51, sheet 13B, line 57, family 250, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1803; FHL microfilm 1,821,803.
16. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #32174557