Lafayette Scarborough
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Lafayette Dekalb Scarborough (1837 - 1899)

Lafayette Dekalb "Fate" Scarborough
Born in Jasper, Crawford, Arkansas, USAmap
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Died at age 61 in Jasper County, Texas, USAmap
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Biography

Lafayette Scarborough served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: 10 Oct 1861
Side: CSA
Regiment(s): 9th Texas Infantry

Lafayette was born in 1837 to Lawrence Scarborough and his 3rd wife, Sarah Conn in Arkansas. By the time he was 2, his father had moved the family to Louisiana. His father died there when Lafayette was 8, and his mother when he was 18. He moved to Texas by the 1860 US Census, where he signed up with the Confederacy in 1862. After the war, he married Martha E Pullen in 1865 at age 27, continuing to live in Texas until his death in 1899, when he was 61 years old.

The "Petition for Administratrix" below is his mother asking the court to allow her to administer his father's estate among his myriad of children.

Petition for Administratrix:

Filed November 10, 1846[1]
To the Honorable the Judge of the Twelfth Judicial District Court holding Session in and for the parish of Union State of Louisiana.
The petition of Sarah Scarborough a resident of the said Parish and State, with respect represents unto your Honor that Lawrence Scarborough late of said Parish departed this life intestate on or about the day of October 1846. And leaving an Estate consisting of lands and personal property rights & credits, in your said Parish, and the following heirs towit:
Polly wife of Thomas Lacey, residing in said state
Allice wife of Aaron Cox resident of the State of Arkansas
Allen Scarborough resident of Arkansas
Nancy wife of John Wetherlee, resident of the State of Mississippi,
Acey resident of the state of Arkansas,
Zilly wife of Bryant Gardner residence unknown,
Celas Scarborough resident of the State of Louisiana,
Lawrence Scarborough, residence unknown,
John Scarborough resident of the State of Arkansas.

The children and issue of his marriage with Agness Stringer, all of age.

Martha wife of John Driskel, resident of the State of Arkansas,
Jackson M of Louisiana,
Liddy resident of the State of Arkansas

Issue of his marriage with Elizabeth Givens. All of whom is of lawful age, and also the following minor children the issue of his last marriage with Sarah Cann, (your petitioner) towit:

Philip D. 17 years old
Becky M. 14,
Margrett A. 10
Lafay H, 8
Sarah B, 6,
William T, 2
Isaac P, infant.
Your petitioner avers that she is the wife of the said Lawrence Scarborough & legally entitle to the Administration of his Estate and has a legal interest in said Estate an account of the community existing between her & her said husband, which community commence by opperation of Law at the time of their marriage in 1824 to the death of her said husband, besides other property brought into the community since their said marriage.
Wherefore she prays your Honor to cause an inventory and appraisement of the property of the said Estate to be made and that an attorney to the absent heirs be appointed to represent them.
That your Honor appoint your petitioner Administratrix of the Estate said decedent and that she be appointed and confirmed as Natural Tutrix to her said minor children and for other and further orders and decree as the nature of the case may require and for general relief as in duty bound etc.
Sarah Scarborough


Timeline

  • 1837 Dec 24 - Birth - Jasper, Crawford, Arkansas
  • 1840 United States Federal Census[2] - Union County, Louisiana
    • Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 1 - 10 thru 14: 1 - 70 thru 79: 1
    • Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 1 - 5 thru 9: 2 - 40 thru 49: 1
  • 1850 - Lafayette's father died in 1846, and Lafayette, with his two youngest brothers, are missing from their mother's 1850 Census.
  • 1860 United States Federal Census[3] - Jasper County, Texas
HouseholdRoleSexAgeBirthplaceMar
Stat		Occupation
Jesse LeeHeadMale29GeorgiaMMerchant
Eliza LeeWifeFemale21LouisianaM
Armetta LeeDaughterFemale4LouisianaS
David LeeSonMale1LouisianaS
J B SandersOtherMale19LouisianaSDomestic
L D ScarboroughBoarderMale22ArkansasSTeacher


  • 1861 Oct 10 - Enlisted for 6 months as Private in Company H, Texas 9th Infantry Regiment[4] [5]
  • 1865 Aug 2 - Marriage to Martha E Pullen - Jasper County, Texas[6]
  • 1867 Jun 21 - Birth of Son Lawrence P Scarborough - Jasper County, Texas[7]
  • c 1868 - Birth of Son Jeptha Scarborough - Texas
  • 1870 Jan 27 - Birth of Daughter Sarah G "Sadie" Scarborough - Jasper County, Texas[8]
  • 1870 United States Federal Census[9] - Subdivision 23, Jasper, Texas - Personal Estate Value: 1500; Real Estate Value: 500
HouseholdRoleSexAgeBirthplaceMar
Stat		Occupation
L D ScarboroughHeadMale32ArkansasMFarmer
Martha E ScarboroughWifeFemale20LouisianaM
Lawrence P ScarboroughSonMale4TexasS
Jeptha ScarboroughSonMale2TexasS
Sarah G ScarboroughDaughterFemale6 moTexasS


  • c 1872 - Birth of Son Josiah Dekalb Scarborough - Jaspe County, Texas[10]
  • 1874 Sep 25 - Birth of Daughter Martha Ardelle Scarborough - Jasper County, Texas[11]
  • 1877 Feb 9 - Birth of Son William Radimathews Scarborough - Jasper County, Texas[12]
  • c 1879 Oct - Birth of Daughter Margaret Scarborough - Texas
  • 1880 United States Federal Census[13] - Precinct 4, Jasper, Texas
HouseholdRoleSexAgeBirthplaceMar
Stat		Occupation
Lafayette D ScarboroughSelfMale42ArkansasMFarmer
Martha E ScarboroughWifeFemale30LouisianaM
Larence P ScarboroughSonMale13TexasS
Jeptha ScarboroughSonMale12TexasS
Sarah G ScarboroughDaughterFemale10TexasS
Josiah D ScarboroughSonMale8TexasS
Martha A ScarboroughDaughterFemale6TexasS
William R ScarboroughSonMale3TexasS
Margaret ScarboroughDaughterFemale10mTexasS


  • 1881 Oct 19 - Birth of Son Amos P Scarborough - Jasper County, Texas[14]
  • 1883 Nov 17 - Birth of Son Phillip Edgar Scarborough - Jasper County, Texas[15]
  • 1899 Jan 22 - Death - Jasper County, Texas — Burial: Jasper City Cemetery, Jasper, Jasper, Texas[16]

Sources

  1. ↑ Faxed document 07/2212013 11:22 FAX 13183683861 Union Parish Clerk
  2. ↑ "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHTM-PMB : 9 October 2019), Lorane Scorborow, Union, Louisiana, United States; citing p. 344, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 128; FHL microfilm 9,689.
  3. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXFR-96Q : 12 December 2017), L D Scarborough in entry for Jesse Lee, 1860.
  4. ↑ "United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FSLC-Z2Z : 4 December 2014), L. D. Scarborough, Private, Company H, 9th Regiment, Texas Infantry (Nichols')(6 months,, Confederate; citing NARA microfilm publication M227 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 32; FHL microfilm 880,045.
  5. ↑ Soldier Details The Civil War[1]
  6. ↑ "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VXGZ-JJK : 22 December 2016), L D Scarborough and Martha E Pullin, 02 Aug 1865; citing Jasper, Texas, United States, county courthouses, Texas; FHL microfilm 1,005,137.
  7. ↑ "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3CD-5TD : 13 March 2018), L D Scarborough in entry for Lawrence P Scarborough, 25 May 1922; citing certificate number 14702, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,074,545.
  8. ↑ "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K37H-8R7 : 13 March 2018), L D Scarborough in entry for Sadie Scarborough Waggoner, 23 Jun 1955; citing certificate number 29557, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,114,440.
  9. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXGM-R4M : 11 June 2019), L D Scarborough, 1870.
  10. ↑ "Louisiana Deaths, 1850-1875, 1894-1960," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FSBD-1GQ : 21 May 2019), Lafe Scarborough in entry for Josiah Dekalb Scarborough, 23 Sep 1945; citing West Monroe, Ouachita, Louisiana, certificate number 1575, State Archives, Baton Rouge; FHL microfilm 1,221,058.
  11. ↑ "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3QP-95K : 13 March 2018), L D Scarborough in entry for Ardelle Brown, 04 Jan 1929; citing certificate number 3671, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,114,665.
  12. ↑ "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3M6-G1F : 13 March 2018), L D Scarborough in entry for William Radimathews Scarborough, 13 Jan 1939; citing certificate number 3217, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,117,862.
  13. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFNG-RFV : 15 July 2017), Lafayette D Scarborough, Precinct 4, Jasper, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 39, sheet 167A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,313.
  14. ↑ "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3MC-3C8 : 13 March 2018), L D Scarbough in entry for Amos P Scarborough, 19 Aug 1938; citing certificate number 37924, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,117,821.
  15. ↑ "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3X5-GQL : 13 March 2018), L D Scarborough in entry for Phillip Edgar Scarborough, 30 Jul 1965; citing certificate number 44770, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,117,829.
  16. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #83414620




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