The Scarborough Family Letters

Source The Scarborough Family Papers, Perkins Library, Special Collections. Duke University, Durham , North Carolina

Submitted by William Reynolds Dalton, Nov 8, 2005 , from Alex Scabrough's personal collection.

Lucy Reynolds' death is mentioned in a letter from A and Susan McLeod written on May 17, 1856.

State of Alabama Macon County

Warrior Stand May 17th 1856

Dear brother I seate my self down to rite you a few lines to inform you that we are all well at present

hopinge that these few line will find you all well my self and Susan has bin to see Abner Nash and famaly

on a visit Nancy Nash was very unwell She has very bad health tha live in Pique (Pike) County Ala about

28 miles South of Warrior Stand Nash has 120 acres of land Ambrose Scarbrough and famaly is well tha

live 9 miles from us Ambrose is giting alonge very well he has 5 working hands Robert his oldest son is

teaching chool his chool will be worth 500 dollars this year.

I can inform you that Lucy Reynolds dide the 2 day of April 1856 she was complaninge 2 day she was

struck down with spasms she livd 24 hours and dide without a strugel she never spoke after she was struck

down she had one sapsm after another.

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and never spoke after she was taken She protest to have a hope in the blood of Christ 3 or 4 months before

she did Newman is as well as common he dont have very good health at no time John Reynolds is livinge

in Barbor county he is a doctor he has made a great eal by it He has over 3000 acors of land in Barbor

County he has about 1000 acors in Louisiana Emaline Williams has 3 daughters Jackson Williams has

been sick for 3 or 4 weks with the inflamatory fevor he is a methodist Preacher Lemuel Reynolds is living

with his father he earn mared Elin (Ellen) Williams who marred Lysanbe Williams has 4 children 3 girls

and 1 boy William Reynolds is a doctor he lives at the Stand he eant marred Lucey A who marred Rufus

White has 2 children one Boy and 1 Girl tha live in Pique (Pike) County Ala we have 10 children ower

youngest is goinge in 4 years old.

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Since Febrary last tha are all livinge with us yet except James he is teaching chool near Tuskegee 15 miles

north of us his chool will be worth 3 or 4 hundred dollars I am stayinge at horn this year I have bin ridinge

the two past years as constable and debty Shumfwe have 50 acors in cotton 40 in corn and 1 have 197

acors of land and two old negroe I have one negro bird I am triinge to give my children good education I

sent 5 to chool last year I am sending 2 this year,

Samuel I want you to right to me as sone as you git this I have riten several times to you and the girls and

Thomas E Scarbrough I got one from Thomas E and one directed to me and Nash from you is all I ever got

So rite soon we are ancious to here from you all no more at reesent.

Yours respectfully A. Mcleod

to S Scarbrough ) Susan McLeod

and Sarah Scarbrough )

This leaves the 19

Research notes:

Researched 22 January 1997 by Donald K. Aldridge, 28184A Barbees Grove Rd, Oakboro, NC 29129

Source The Scarborough Family Papers, Perkins Library, Special Collections. Duke University, Durham

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