>From booklet "A Sketch of the Broadwater Family and It's Connections". written by Amos Broadwater, 1891. Cornelius Broadwater emigrated from England, & from Amos knew not where. He settled at Loudoun Co, VA. He m Mary Piper, from England, & had 8 ch: 1] Sallie, 2] Charles, 3] Guy, 4] Elizabeth, 5] William, 6] Nancy, 7] Jennie, & 8] Samuel "all born in Loudoun Co. about six miles below Leesburg, near Carter's mill." 1807-11 they moved to Allegany Co, MD. Charles Broadwater, bro of Cornelius, emigrated from England to Loudoun Co, VA. 1803 he moved to TN "He was a good liver & a well-to-do man". Nothing more was heard of him by Amos. Amos writes, "I was at Loudon Co. in 1874 & there heard of a man by the name of Charles Broadwater, who came from England with a ship crew of men for the purpose of settling up this country." This Charles d & buried Fairfax courthouse graveyard. What relation this Charles might be to Amos's family is unknown. Amos's father, Charles Broadwater, moved to Allegany Co 1807 & lived on Fazenbaker's place, then King's farm on Laurel Run for 3 years. Next he lived at Savage River on Knott's place 3-4 years, then to Mud Lick Bottom. This Charles died here 5 Aug 1859. His 12 ch in birth order: Amos b 1804, Jefferson, Catharine, Mary, William, Charles, Samuel, Peter, Rebecca, Mahala, Ephriam & Ashford b 1831. Ch of Cornelius & Mary Piper, emigrants from England: ( 2] son Charles genealogy above) 1] Sallie m Morel Holden & res Loudoun Co, then Bedford Co, VA. They had a large family. 3] Guy m Mary Piles & had a farm now owned by George O. Broadwater. They had 12 ch: Jennie, Sallie, Elizabeth, Mary, Patsey, John, Henry, & William. 4] Elizabeth "Betsey" m William Walls from PA. They res "on the National Road near Thomas Johnson's". She lived to age 96. 1 dau Sallie m George Fazenbaker. 5] William m Rebekah Green & lived at Savage river "near the mouth of Poplar Lick run". They had 10 ch: Nancy, Charles, Robert, Henry, Jefferson, Ellen, Hester, William, Rosana, & Salem. 6] Nancy m John Barnes & they lived near Barton, MD. 2 ch: 1 d infancy, & Sarah m William Sigler, then David Evans. 7] Jennie died age 12 Loudoun Co, VA. 8] Samuel m Nancy Layton & they lived 3 miles N of Barton, MD. They had 5 ch: Amos, Elizabeth, Kennard, Ellen, & Samuel. Amos Broadwater, son of Charles & author of the booklet, m 1825 Sarah Sigler, d/o John, & settled near New Germany, & had 12 ch in birth order: Catharine m1 Henry Green, m2 Joseph Skidmore, William m Hester Broadwater, John m Mary Custer, Lydia m Jefferson Green, Jefferson m Betsey Custer, Eliza m Simeon Green, Sarah m Peter Bittinger, Amos m Sarah Bittinger, Harriett m Jacob Blocher, David m Eliza Colmer, Isabel m Peter Stephens, & Eli m Susan Harman. Amos's bros & sisters in Post 2. - -------------------------------------------- >From booklet "A Sketch of the Broadwater Family and It's Connections" written by Amos Broadwater 1891. Children of Charles Broadwater, father of 1] Amos m Sarah Sigler, their data in Post 1 of 2. 2] Jefferson m1 Mary Recknor & they settled in W VA 53 years ago. 12 ch by his 1st wife Mary: Eliza, Mary, Thomas, Rebecca, Lizzie, Marina, Peter, Ceno, Charles, Alice, Isabelle, Wade, Hampton, Vastie. 3] Catharine m George Michaels & they had 12 ch: Nancy, Jackson, Jesse, John, L Mary, Peter, Charles, Sarah, Rebecca, Thomas, Harriet, & Amos. 4] Mary m John Warnick & they had "8" ? ch: Christina, Charles, Ashford, Archibald, Hester, Lucretia, & Jesse. 5] William m Jane Warnick & they had 13 ch: Josephus, Louisa, Maggie, Mahala, Harriet, Gustavus, James, Noah, Isabel, Gillead, Nathan, Zelphia, & Kissiah. 6] Charles m Dorcas Duckworth & they had 10 ch: Charlotte, Wesley, Edward, Catharine, Elizabeth, George, Lavina, Harman, Jane & Mortimer. 7] Samuel m Hester Potter & they had 3 ch: Harriet, Thomas, & Stephen. 8] Peter m Lovie Taylor & they had 7 ch: Mary, Edward, Mary Maglin, Lovey, Lizzie, Jennie, & Charles. 9] Rebecca m Samuel Engle & they had 1 ch: Martha m Ross Compton. 10] Mahala m William Durst & they had 5 ch: Lavina, Lloyd, Augustus, Rebecca & Francis. 11] Ephriam m Lydia Trusler & they had 13 ch: Charles, John, Sarah, Jane, Alice, William, Thomas, Malinda, Emma, George, Lucas, Julia & Ella. 12] Ashford m Carlina Taylor & they had 14 ch: Mary, James, Waldo, Ralph, Howard, Shade, Harry, Armada, Rebecca, Johnson, Maurice, Harrison, & twins b dead. "Ashford Broadwater moved to West Virginia in the year 1862 and settled on a farm in Pleasants County near the line of Tyler County. He raised a large family of sons and daughters. Most of the sons are in the mercantile business. James lived at the toll gate at the railroad. Waldo & Shade have a store at Long Run. Ralph owns a store close to the Ohio river. Howard owns a store at Oxford, Richie County, close to where Peter Michael now lives. He marrried a Miss Wilson. Only one of his boys are farmers, the others are in stores. The oldest daughter married George Hill."