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Edmund Scarborough (May 1840 - ?) was an American minister, farmer and state legislator in Mississippi. He represented Holmes County, Mississippi in the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1870-1871.

He was born enslaved in Greene County, Alabama in May 1840 and obtained his freedom in 1863. Eric Foner documented him as Edmond Scarborough and another newspaper listed him as Edward Scarborough.

He was married to Martha in 1857, with whom he was listed as living with in Holmes County in both the 1900 and 1910 census.

In 1866, he built, along with his brother-in-law, the first "negro" Methodist church in the county.

He served in the Mississippi House with William B. Williams and Cicero Mitchell from Holmes County. At the 1875 Holmes County Republican Convention, he was assigned the position of Cotton Weigher.

After his service to the legislature, he was a Deacon Elder of his church in which position he was reported to have baptised 500 people.

He died sometime after 1912, at which point he was recorded as owning multiple urban lots and other property.

See also

• African-American officeholders during and following the Reconstruction era

References

1. "Members elect to the Legislature". The Weekly Mississippi Pilot. 19 February 1870. p. 4. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
2. ^ "Edmund Scarborough – Against All Odds".
3. ^ Foner, Eric (1 August 1996). Freedom's Lawmakers: A Directory of Black Officeholders During Reconstruction. LSU Press. p. 190. ISBN 978-0-8071-2082-8. Retrieved August 8, 2022.
4. "Representatives (part) - Edmund Scarborough listed as Edward". Hinds County Gazette. 29 December 1869. p. 2. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
5. Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of Mississippi. 1870.
6. "Holmes County Republican Convention (1875)". The Weekly Mississippi Pilot. 22 August 1875. p. 1. Retrieved 8 August 2022.

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