>Hi >Is there any relation to Albert Allan Scarbrough married to Mary from >Anderson/ Roane County? > Laura It seems extremely unlikely. Richard Houston Scarbrough and most of the Scarbroughs discussed on this list are from the Bucks County, Pennsylvania family. Even though the Scarbroughs are not my direct line, I have spent a lot of time on them because there have been so many marriages of the families in my direct lines with the Scarbroughs. Curiously, I have spent an inordinate amount of time trying to figure out Albert Allen Scarbrough. The connection is through my Cross family. My gggg grandfather was William Cross the Revolutionary War drummer boy. He died in Anderson County in 1844. In 1887, there was an Anderson County lawsuit between a number of his descendants in a dispute over his land. It's a long time between 1844 and 1887, but that's what happened. And in fact it was mostly grandchildren and great grandchildren of William Cross who were involved in the lawsuit, not his children. Anyway, there were two William Scarbroughs mentioned in the lawsuit. The first William Scarbrough was the son of Albert Allen Scarbrough and Mary. The first William Scarbrough was listed in the lawsuit because he was the husband of Safrona C. (Frony) Cross. Froney Cross was, I believe, a granddaughter of William Cross the drummer boy. The second William Scarbrough was William V. (Will) Scarbrough, son of James Scarbrough and Anna (Annie) Rice. Will Scarbrough was listed in the lawsuit because he was the husband of Sarah E. Cross. Sarah E. Cross was the daughter of Alfred Carter Cross and the granddaughter of William Cross the drummer boy. Will Scarbrough and his father James were definitely from the Bucks County, Pennsylvania family. James was the son of David Scarbrough who was one of the Scarbrough brothers who arrived in what is now Anderson County in 1797. David was the son of Robert S. Scarbrough who was born in Bucks County in 1708. All the Bucks County Scarbroughs in Anderson County are, I believe, descended from Robert. However, there do appear to be a few Scarbroughs in East Tennessee who are not from the Bucks County line, and the first William Scarbrough in the Cross family lawsuit and his father Albert Allen Scarbrough do not seem to be from Bucks County. You probably already have this, but here is Albert Allen Scarbrough in the 1850 census. I have his wife's name listed as Mary Ervin. However, I apologize that I have no source listed for this surname. When I first started doing genealogy I was not as careful with sources as I am now. Notice that William Scarbrough who married Froney Cross was five years old in this census entry. 16 Subdivision of East Tennessee, Anderson County, Tennessee, 4 Sep 1850 p.14b, HN 196, FN 196 Scarbrough Albert A. 25 m w farmer TN cannot R/W Mary 26 f w TN cannot R/W William 5 m w TN Mahala P. 2 f w TN Mary E. 9/12 f w TN Unless ancestors can be found for Albert Allen Scarbrough, the only hope might be DNA testing of the male line descendants of Albert Allen Scarbrough (if any can be found) as compared to DNA testing of male lines descendants of the Bucks County family. Jerry Bryan