Husband of Sarah Dudley, father of Mary F. and Richard J. Scarborough.

"In the Log Cabin, Coonskin and Red Pepper campaign of 1840, Marion District was about equally divided between the Democrats and the Whigs. Addison was the Democratic candidate for the Senate. Benjamin Gause, the Whig candidate, won the election by 18 votes." pages 87-88, A History of Marion County

"James Harllee, the administrator of the late Adison Scarborough, and Mary F. Scarborough Harllee seek the sale of a portion of Scarborough's real and personal estate in order to pay the debts of the intestate.

The petitioners represent that Scarborough died intestate in 1853, "seised of a large and valuable Real Estate ... and also possessed of a valuable personal estate consisting of Eightyfour negroes." They further reveal that Scarborough owed $40,000 at the time of his death and that his surviving heirs, the said Mary and her brother Richard J., are "entitled to his whole Real and Personal Estate in equal Portions and Shares." The petitioners declare that they are desirous "to avail themselves of the present high prices to dispose of so much of the property as may be necessary to pay the debts."

James and Mary Harllee therefore pray that a sale of Scarborough's real estate may be ordered and that "so much of the proceeds of the sale of Lands as may be necessary be applied to the payment of the debts;" that the court will "order and direct a Sale of a Portion of the negroes for the same purpose;" and that "your Honors will order and decree the Residue of said estate Real and Personal to be divided between your orator and oratrix ... and the said Richard J. Scarborough in equal portions." - Filed September 14, 1853

Note:

Addison and his wife Sarah are shown having graves at Old Town when the Marion County Historical Society took a survey of graves in 1985. Listed as being on either side of the graves of Harriet Pope Harllee and Lawrence Stewart Harllee. No longer marked.