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Notes for David Broadwell, Jr.

Information I obtained from Marge Rice, Joliet, IL (email: margerice@prodigy.net).

I, too, am searching for David Broadwell, of NC, who served in Rev. War and went west to probably Weakley Co., TN, and then into so. IN. David was father of Frances Broadwell born ca 1789, and who married my husband's ggg grandfather.

Elias Peattie book states that David Broadwell came to state of Indiana in 1818, and indicates that prior to that, he was in KY, where he served as Captain of the 12th KY Infantry during the War of 1812.

Marge has the following proof of David:

Broadwell researcher, Donald Broadwell of Menomonie, WI states that OUR David is often confused
with the David Broadwell who was the son of William Broadwell III. That David was born 27 Sep
1747 and died 9 Mar 1816. He lived in Plattsburg, NY, having moved there in 1803/4. He married 1)
Mary Howell (1748 to 9 Apr 1769) and 2) Sabera "Sibbah" Wilcox (1745 to 17 May 1783), and 3)
Elizabeth Carrol (1765 to 1839). Children from Sibbah were William, Stephan, Noah, Aaron and
Rachel. Only child from Elizabeth was David Benton "Squire" Broadwell, born18 Jul 1795 and died
1871. This should be noted to avoid possible confusion in the future.

My research shows that our David Broadwell (1760-post 1809) moved from Bertie Co., NC to
Warren Co., KY after the 1800 census was taken, but before 1809, with evidence that he may have
been there as early as 1802. I did research in both Bertie Co., NC, and in Warren Co., KY, showing
the following, which cover BOTH father and son:
A. David Broadwell was private from North Carolina in Baker's Company, 10th reg. enlisting on 4
May 1776 in the Revolutionary War. Name was spelled BRODWELL, when as a private he received
pay on 1 May 1791 (had to be past due pay). He was listed as from the Hillsborough District. Name
also spelled BRODNELL.
B. Quote from D.A.R. September, 1948 Magazine, page 725: "DAVID BROADWELL,
ENLISTED MAY 4, 1776 UNDER CAPT. ABRAHAM SHEPPARD, 10TH REGIMENT OF
NORTH CAROLINA; SERVED 2-1/2 YEARS AND RECEIVED PAY AT HILLSBORO,
HALIFAX AND WARRENTON, N.C.THROUGH 1782-1792. PURCHASED LAND IN BERTIE
CO., N.C.1777, 1791, AND 1793; SOLD LAND 1793. HIS SISTER LYDIA MARRIED
ARCHIBALD WILFORD; A BROTHER WILLIAM MARRIED CHRISTIAN ----".
C. Proofs include 1880 census of Warrick Co., IN; marriage record and obituary record of Ellen
Rice, also census and obituary of Axley Rice; Pike Co., Ind. History by Goodspeed, p. 450; Warrick
Co., IN History by Goodspeed, p. 204; 1800 census of Bertie Co., N.C., information from Faye
Kinder, of Tampa, FL; also Ruth Nicholson and Opal Phillips, both of so. Indiana.
D. Important notes collected over a period of years, especially during trip to Warren Co., KY in
August, 1992, listing David (I & II) in NC and KY:
- 1772 - On 14 Oct, after the death of his father, it was ordered by the Court (Bertie Co., NC.) that
David Brodwell be paid for work on the Court House (#600, page 102).
- 1776 - David (II) Broadwell was in Baker's Co., Rev. War, private, having enlisted 4 May 1776
(omt'd in '79) - from North Carolina. From NC State Records of 1782-1783, Vol. 16, page 1018,
David served with the 10th regt. under Col. Abraham Shepard.
- 1786 - Lydwea/Lydia Broadwell married Archibald Wilford (Windsor, N.C.) (Bertie Co., NC
1779-1800 Marriages).
- 1786 - David (II) was appointed as a searcher of land in the upper end of Indian Woods District,
Bertie Co., NC. (also from May to Aug 1788).
- 1790 - Census shows David (II) Broadwell with 4 females in Edenton Distr. (wife and 3 dau.
Rachel, Clarissa & Frances) and 1 male (himself) and 14 slaves (pg. 11).
- 1791 - David (II) Broadwell bought 200 acres in Bertie Co., NC on 11 Jan. from a James Burn.
David paid for the land in 100 pounds of gold and silver. Source is Deed Book P., page 205.
- 1791 - David (II) Brodwell, private, received war pay in May, 1791, NC.
- 1793 - David (II) bought 90 acres of land 6 Nov 1793 Bertie Co., NC., from George West, Exec.
Sources: Deed Book P, page 458, and Minutes of Bertie Co., Book I, 1724-1772.
- 1800 - Bertie Co. Census shows David Broadwell with 2 males under 10 (Henry & John), 1 male
26-45 (himself), 1 female 0 to 10 (Frances), 1 female 10-16 (Clarissa), 1 female 16-26 (Rachel) and 1
female 26-45 (wife), w/ 0 others (pg. 28).

All below are from Warren County, KY records:
- 1800/01 - no Broadwell or any similar spelling
- 1802 - Both David Brandwell and David Broadrick showed on tax list
- 1803 - David Broadrick was on tax list, no specific location
- 1804 - David Braswell on tax list, on "Big Barren" River
- 1806 - David Bradwell on tax list, on Big Barren River
- 1807 - David Broadwick on tax list; no Bradwell/Broadwell
- 1809 - A David Brendwell married Sarah Beggles 24 Aug 1809. This is also shown as David
Bradwell marrying Sarah Begler, with the "sec" listed as Jonathan Hobson. This lead should be pursued
in the future, since this could be a definite connection to our Broadwell family.
- 1809 - 3 May, 35 acres sold on Big Barren River, to David Bradwell, for $100.00, "being the
place whereon said Bradwell now lives, by deed dated 10 Oct 1805. Tract begins on said River at line
of George Martin."

The 1810 Warren Co., KY Census shows two David Bradwells(!), one on pg.16, listed with 1 male
26-45, 1 female 26-45, 1 male 10-16, 1 male under 10. (Our David would have been about 50, his
wife about the same, and their sons ages 7 and 8 to 10). The second David Bradwell was on pg. 252
with three males listed (one over 45, one 10-16 and one 16-26) with one female 26-45.A William
Bradwell was in the 1810 KY census in Franklin Co.

Care must be taken to differentiate David Broadwell Sr. and D. B. Jr. We know that D. B. Jr. served
in Revolutionary War, but there is possibility that the father did as well. The
"Revolutionary War Bounty Land Grants" by L. D. Bockstruck, pg. 63, states "David Broadwell, NC,
private, 6 Sep 1821, 640 acres" but doesn't say where the land grant was. David Sr. had died by
1821, so this surely refers to son David. Unless father David served in Rev. War, how did he get the
Rev. War land grant in TN which his dau. Lydia Broadwell Wilford sold? This subject should be
pursued in the future.

One other item, which should be researched in the future, is the David Broadwell, who was on the 1812
Muster rolls, a private, serving in Riddle's Regiment, in the Ohio Militia (records are in Roll-Box 25).
Who was THIS David Broadwell; and if it was just after our David disappeared (died?) in Hopkinsville,
KY, could it be that he actually went to OH and did serve in war of 1812 - at ae 50-60? Should be
researched.

Sources include those listed in body of this narrative plus "No. Carolina State Archives", Vol. 16, pg.
1918; "No. Carolina Historical and Genealogical Register", volume 2, page 383; and "Roster of
Soldiers from North Carolina in the American Revolution", compiled by the DAR of NC, Durham, NC,
1932, pages 107, 194, 225.

DAR records as follows will assist any descendant to apply for DAR membership:
#681007 (Janet Pemberton Haley), #494695 (Arla Hopper Humphries), #520968 (Clarice Boardman
Miles), and #703297 (Dorothy Margaret Rice).

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