http://forums.southcarolinagenealogy.org/ South Carolina Genealogy Forum User Favorites: sandrajsmith en Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:32:37 +0000 http://forums.southcarolinagenealogy.org/topic/broughton#post-117 Mon, 10 Aug 2009 12:32:37 +0000 sandrajsmith 117@http://forums.southcarolinagenealogy.org/ <p>I'm researching my family tree and have learnt that my great great grandfather Edward Broughton was born in Charleston South Carolina in approximately 1835. His occupation was a mariner and he met and married my great great grandmother in Liverpool England. I am assuming he worked on ships which traded in cotton. Their marriage certificate (1850s) lists his father, also Edward Broughton, as being a planter and deceased. From my research it would appear that the Broughtons were a very "considerable" family in South Carolina during the 1700-1800s, but I can't make any connection with them at all. I do know that my great great grandfather was illiterate as he signed the marriage certificate with an "X". I am at a bit of a loose end now and just wondered if there was anyone who could help? </p>