Hi Robert - Welcome to the list - Your Broadwaters are very close to our Matneys. Have you run across that name in that area connected to your Broadwater? The Matneys also married Kilgores and Nickels.(Mattingly-Mattenley-Matonly) Charles Broadwater and son Charles, are found in Fairfax County VA in 1782 tax records (VA Heads of Families)- Charles with 6 white souls and 25 Blacks, and Charles with 2 white souls and 14 Blacks - In the 1790 census for Fairfax County the only Charles Broadwater has 3 white souls, 1 dwelling, 2 other buildings (slave cabin and Barn?). So, it seems the elder Charles Broadwater left Fairfax County between 1782 and 1790. Have you found Charles Broadwater in the Scott or Russell County 1790 census? He isn't in Pittsylvania County in 1790. There was a Charles Broadwater, ship Captain or ? in the Revolutionary War- These Broadwaters seem to be newly arrived from England. Right, Carolyn? But, there is Hugh Broadwater in Maryland, a servant, before 1664. There are many Broadwaters in St. Mary County MD- 3 cemeteries. You can find them on the St. Mary County USGenWeb site. I think this elder Charles Broadwater in Fairfax County may have gone to Scott or Russell - with this many children he would be the right age to have fought in the Rev. War. However, does it seem likely that a ship Captain would quit after the war and become a farmer? Maybe if he lost his ship. This needs sorting out. I'll see what I can find. The Matneys are looking for the connection between Broadwaters Matney and the Broadwaters. He was also in this area of VA - Washington Co. As for our listowner, Dan Matney, he does make some silly posts sometimes, but he is trying to be helpful and there are many listowners who never make themselves known to list members. I got off many lists because I was so tired of deleting so much garbage and I found out I could go into the Rootsweb Archives and search for lists and topics I'm interested in when I have time. If a list is not "closed", which many more are thanks to our latest spams - you can post to that list if you are not a member. I'll let you know what I find. Please post any ideas you have to the list for information of others. Norma Robert Beverly wrote: > > Dan, > > I'm new to this mailing list, and I am not one to complain, but if I may > make a small suggestion: > > I imagine that there are many people who are in my similar situation, > i.e. very busy and with not enough time to do everything we'd like to > do. I have hundreds of e-mail messages from various mailing lists > sitting on my hard drive that I have yet to read. > > When I see a message like: > > >Suggested reading ! > >http://www.rosecity.net/ > >Dan Matney > > .... 99 times out of a hundred my finger will go automatically to the > DEL key. I realize that your subject line tipped us off that there is > some Cherokee information to be found at the web site, but that's all. > > Now you may take this suggestion and can it without so much as a second > thought, but I think if I were going to recommend to others a web site > to visit, that I'd at least try to give them some idea of what they may > expect to find there. > > Since this is my first post to the Broadwater list -- let me just say > that I am a descendant of John Broadwater (1788-1859) & Winnie Kilgore > (1796-1873), both of Russell/Scott Co. VA (They lived in a log house > near Copper Creek, not far from Nickelsville). John, born in Botetourt > (now Roanoke) Co., VA, was the son of Charles Broadwater and Nancy > ___?___. Looking for Charles' parents and Nancy's name/family. (John's > birthplace only about 5 or 6 miles from my home.) > > Robert Beverly > (hoping not to offend)