Nathan Calvin Scarlett was born about 1840, in Indiana. He was the son of James Madison Scarlett and Abigail Chance.
Nathan's family moved from Indiana to Arkansas between about 1845 and 1848. By 1850 the family had settled in Conway County, Arkansas. Nathan, age ten, appears on the 1850 Conway County, Benton Township census with his parents.
Nathan married Zilla Holland about 1858/59. He appears on the 1860 Van Buren County, Arkansas, census in Cadron Township with his wife and eight month old daughter. He is listed as a farmer. His real estate property is valued at $100 and his personal property at $60. He is living between his parents and his sister Mary and her husband, Valentine McClure.
Nathan Scarlett died about 1864, in the Civil War.
Child of Nathan Scarlett and Zilla Holland
1. Mary Ann Scarlett, b. about 1860, Van Buren or Conway Co, AR