Hi James, I am descended from Aaron Broyles thru his son Charles Edward, who married Lucy Johnson. I have been trying for several years to find the family of Aaron's wife Frances Reed/Reid. Do you have any clues? In the book Traditions and History of Anderson County by Louise Ayer Vandiver it states on pg. 148 " Another of the builder familes of Anderson is that of Broyles. The pioneer in this section was Aaron, who settled somewhere not for from the old Calhoun section, and married Fannie Reed, daughter of another early settler...Mr. Broyles was of German descent, and Mrs. Broyles of French Huguenot blood. Here is a quote about Zachariah and Margaret Chew Carter Taliaferro: He died at his home "Mt. Jolly"a few miles East of Pendleton. Both he and his wife are buried in the family burial ground, enclosed with an iron fence on a hill-top not far from their home, near the center of the present Richard Wright Simpson Experiment Farm of Clemson University. (From STRIBLINGS OF WALNUT HILL AND RELATED FAMILIES.by Bruce Hodgson Stribling 1979. L.D.S. Historical Library book# 929.273 ST81s) A very romantic story of his meeting and falling in love with Margaret Carter: One summer when about 40 years old, he was visiting relatives in Virginia. On the eve of his planned return to South Carolina he was persuaded to remain a day longer and attend a ball at Fredericksburg the next night. That night he dreamed he attended the ball and on entering the room saw a beautiful young lady at the other end of the room tying her slipper. Upon attending the ball and entering the room his dream came true. He sought an introduction and a courtship and eventual marriage to Margaret Chew Carter came to pass. From "THE BROYLES, LAFFITTE AND BOYD RELATIVES AND ANCESTORS OF MONTAGUE LAFFITTE BOYD JR. MD". microfilm#1035565, item 15, LDS Family History Center Library. Thanks in advance for any help you can give me, and I have lots of info on these families will be glad to share. Ann Shaw ashaw@yosemite.net James Albin wrote: > The Pendleton District, SC was split in 1826 into mostly Anderson Co, SC > and Franklin Co, GA. Major Aaron Broyles seemed to have settled in the part > which later became Anderson Co, SC. I was recently at the Indiana State > Library and they had several books that included the Broyles family. I > have quoted one of them here. > > "History Of Old Pendleton District and Genealogy of Leading Families", 1978 > by The Rev. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr.; published by Southern Historical > Press, pg. 133: > BROYLES FAMILY > " I. Sarah A. Taliaferro married Dr. O. R. Broyles. They resided for a time > on Beaver Dam, Anderson County, then removed to Pendleton and purchased and > resided for years at the home now owned by F. J. Pelzer. This place they > sold to James T. Latta > and then moved to the Town of Anderson, and died there and they are both > buried in Silver Brook Cemetery. They had the following children: > 1. Augusta Taliaferro Broyles, never married, was a distinguished > lawyer and is buried in Silver Brook Cemetery. > 2. Charles Edward Broyles married Lucy Johnson, second. He too was > a lawyer of distinction. Was colonel in Confederate War, and now resides in > Colorado with his second wife. > 3. Zachariah Broyles---died unmarried. > 4. Wm. Henry Broyles married Rebecca Taliaferro. > 5. Magaret Caroline Broyles married Dr. Sam M. VanWyck. > 6. Dr. Robt. Broyles married Ella Keith of Charleston. > 7. Sarah Ann Broyles married Wm. D. Williams of Greenville, Tenn. > 8. Dr. Thomas T. Broyles married first Mary Rainey; second, Bettie > Harrison. > 9. John P. Broyles married Bettie Hubbard. > 2. (above) Charles Edward and wife, Lucy Johnson Broyles had the > following children: > A. Charles Broyles > B. Laura Broyles married Dr. Boyd. > C. Sarah Broyles married Dr. Boyd. > D. Frank Broyles. > E. Robt. Broyles. > F. Price Broyles. > 4. (above) Wm. Henry and wife, Rebecca (Taliaferro) Broyles had the > following children: > A. Minnie Broyles married John Lockhart. > B. Jeffie Broyles married Tom Lockhart. > C. Gussie Broyles married Tom Middlebrook. > D. Rebecca Broyles married John Clark. > E. Charles Broyles married Hallie Schille. > F. Bruer Broyles married Annie Walker. > G. Oze Broyles married Mamie Little. > H. John Broyles--unmarried. > 5. (above) Margaret Caroline Broyles married Dr. Sam VanWyck, son > of Wm. and Lydia Ann Maverick VanWyck. Dr. VanWyck was surgeon to Forrest's > regiment and was killed in Confederate War. They had the following > children: > A. Sam Maverick VanWyck. > B. Oze B. VanWyck. (See VanWyck Family). > 6. (above) Dr. Robt. Broyles married Ella Keith and they had the > following children: > A. Mattie Broyles. > B. Taliaferro Broyles--died. > C. Robt. Broyles--killed on railroad. > D. Keith Broyles. > E. Mary Broyles. > 7. (above) Sarah Broyles married Wm. D. Williams of Tennessee and > had the following children: > A. Wm. D. WIlliams, Jr.---unmarried. > B. Lucian Williams---died unmarried. > C. Margaret Williams---died unmarried. > D. John Q. Williams---unmarried. > E. Minnie Williams---unmarried. > F. Zae Williams---unmarried. > 8. (above) Dr. Thos T. Broyles married first, Mary Rainy; second, > Bettie Harrison and had the following children: > (no data) > 9. (above) John P. and wife, Bettie (Hubbard) Broyles have the > following children: > A. Augustus T. Broyles, Jr.----unmarried. > B. John P. Broyles, Jr.---unmarried. > C. Douglass Broyles---unmarried. > D. Zae Broyles---unmarried." > > Note: Sarah Ann Taliaferro's parents were Zachariah Taliaferro b. 1759 > Amherst Co, VA, and Margaret Chew Carter b. Caroline Co, VA. Zachariah was > a private in the War of Revolution at age 18, and afterward he became a > lawyer in Virginia and later practiced in the District of Pendleton until > 1826 when the Pendleton District was divided. He died in 1831. Zachariah > and Margaret left surviving them four daughters: Sarah A. (said to be > Elizabeth in one document), Lucy Hannah, Mary Margaret, and Caroline > Virginia. Dr. O. R. (Ozey Robert) Broyles is listed on the Broyles GEDCOM > at <homepages.rootsweb.com/~george/index.html>. I have more to follow on > Maj. Aaron Broyles from Pendleton District/Anderson Co, SC and his > descendants. > >