Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-02-27
EDMUND SCARBURGH,S
NAME is CLOSELY WOVEN WITH
. THE EARLY AFFA IRIS OF. VIRGINIA
Much Tradition Is Con
nected With Life of This
Noted Man.
MOVED TO ACCOMAC
FROM NORFOLK IN 1923
In Spite Of His Many Faults,
Was Highly Respected by
Fellowrnen.
ny FRANCES L,Nkrunp TAYLOR.

w FRANCES LiNKFnRD TAYLOR.
No history % tn" Eastern Shor. Of
virginia Is complete without men
ION OF Colonel Edmund Scarh,irrh
= name ciosci% Interviewer with its
r'Fiy affairs. There arc more tradl-
IONS about him Than about any other
person connected with is history
captain l:dinuud ScarDursh erarnc
10 Accoma. from Norfolk. PROBABLY
IN ifes IL Was ono 81 the frst
justices ii tho first hccomar Court.
l':l ~. ana represented Accomac in
ne Asccpi,ii.s Of 1929. 1881. 1882
HIS HonL Colonel Edmund Scar
huErli was al aort3 Of = man iIc
was warm hearted puenac!ouS. fear
loss en'erpi isipy. ~ fearless az the
most fearless IN defense Of his con
Eiceions, aud as bravo ms the bravesi
ns soldier. Ills sl.iH IN politics.
'sad". mathematics. Law and human
nature made h!r, an :mposs,bi. an
tason!s'. II IS said OF him that he
"ntwi';ed every man Who tried 10
stop him in any undertaking
Nnlurd ny M, Fciiows.
Tie wis highly educated. and IN
spite % hls many faults. was apprc-
Siatcd by his fellow citizens. as is
provcd by the fact shat he was 4
member "f to" House of BurEesscs
~ i6i:. ltit. iGia, lsi.. 1852. 1853
and from 1860 10 iG.;. Sspeuker Of
he House IN 1919. justice Of North
hampton. nnd sheriff in is6o-6i. ami
snrycyor-;cncral Of Virginia from,
1888 unti hIs dea;h Ills commits
sion rs surveyor read,
Warrant; from the king 10 Edward
Earl OF Clarendon. Lord chancellor.
- cause s.ctrcr Patents under the
Great Seal 10 be prepare To The fol-
iowing ctcct-Thc King grants to
t:drund Scarburgn IA. Office and
place OF ais Mat&st!es Survcyor-Cicn-
rral Of tac Plantation OF Virginia
with all the ices. profits and advun-
tases therennto belonging"
Scarhurvh patented much land and
was known ~ King Sca:bur.h"
lie lived on q S,"Go-acrc plantation on
occahannoc!. :rcck which no called
"occahannock. Tho manor house
vas KNOWN as "liedr!c Cottage"
There he engaged IN many eater
rriscs. ~" ";,s u planter on a large
base Of thirty slaves at on. time
seven ships engaged iii coastwise
IVES; indies and Holland trade speak
Well Tor the thrifiin.ss Of ;his many
sided man. Ills tobacco was trans.
ported in his own ships Ills malt
nous" was very sacHessfui He ran
!, ,anncry and had con;r.c. with
the government 10 supply shoes. en-
p!o:ing ninc shoemakers. The shoes
We're OF superior quality. "a moose
hides were used IN their n,anuiac-
ture.
In 1914 Lieutenant Craddock, with
twenty men, was sent 10 the Eastern
shore 10 bail down water 10 get salt
To preserve ii.N for the starving n,
Jamestown. After a while I'll" indus
try was abandoned. but in 1880 orders
were issued for it's renewed Scar
burgh was always on thu alert. and
wa aof hin, making cnorts for
I'D apparatus which would de-
f.S @upon tho sun alone" artificial
hcat having been used.
Made Good Contract,
In l66O tho Assembly agreed to
grant Colonel scarburgh 10000
pounds of tobacco IL he should sue
coed in making 500 bushels OF salt
,Still more valuable ENCOURAGEMENT
was offered him, for he was in;.dA the
beneficiary OF the whole amount of
revenue collected in Northampton In
tho settlement or the luty OF two
shillings imposed upon every hogs
head Of salt exported. subject to tin.
condition that nc was u deliver TO
, PERSONS designated by the Assembly
all the salt he made at tho rate of
two Aiillings and sixo,ncc bushel
IL vessel was fouci importing
salt. beth vessel and cargo could be
confiscated.
This would be called monopoly to-
day. and it did not work then, for
tho privilege was socn withdrawn
History furnishes no evidence that
salt was made anywhere IN Virginia
except on the Eastern Shore during
the seventeenth century.
1t is unwritten history that Scar.
bnrgh was much angered BY the loss
of sheep and cattle from his planta-
ion. He became convinced that the
loss was due to Indians living near
by. He dispatched a messenger to
inform the surrounding, tribes that
the Great Spirit would speak ic them
in certain ditch In Scarburgh's
Neck the next Sunday morning. Fear
ing Scarburgh as much as they did
the Great Spirit, they were there to
q man, Scarburgh had concealed n
cannon in a ditch. and the Great
Spirit spoke with such force that few
Ioft tatl q ctr
A hard. sandy beach on the old
Scarburgh plantation is still known
AS "The Devils BaIlropm;' There It
was that tho Indians met 70 have
their war dances. z
Serious for Pnrson.
The place next TO Scarburgh's Neck
was called Slntkili Neck. The name
IA, said TO have originated in dis
turbaace between Scarburgh and the
Rev. Thomab ToacKie. rector Of his
torlc ST. Georges Church. scarburgh
charged Teaci.;c With ,.being too ia
] miltar with Madam scarburgh. but