Here's a snippet from Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Ed. Lyon Gardiner Tyler, LL.D., Volume 1, New York, Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1915 Broadwater, Charles, was a Scotchman, who located in Fairfax County, and named his estate "Cameron," after the clan to which he belonged. He was a burgess in the assembly in 1775 an member of the conventions of March 20, 1775, July 17, 1775, and of December 1, 1775.