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4 Based on United States census records, in which Isaac’s last name is occasionally spelled "Braughton," he was probably born in South Carolina between the years 1814 and 1818. Isaac’s wife, R. Ann (maiden name unknown) was born in either South Carolina or Georgia in September of 1810 or 1812.
4 The earliest record of Isaac I could find is the 1840 census of Randolph County Alabama (pg. 201A). Isaac, between 20 and 30-years-old, is listed with one son under 5-years-old, one daughter between the ages of 5 and 10, three daughters under 5-years-old and two women between the ages of 30 and 40. According to the census, Isaac is a farmer on land valued at $200. No other Broughtons are found to live in Randolph County at the time of the census.
4 Isaac, age 36, and Ann, age 40, were still living in Randolph County Alabama at the time of the 1850 census (pg.331, house#743). The couple had nine children by then. The children listed in the 1850 census record were: Nancy, age 15; Frances, age 14; Emily, age 13; William David, age 10; Martha, age 9; John G., age 7; Jacob, age 5; (Female-name unreadable) age 3; and Elizabeth, age 1. A border is also listed as living with the family named Isaac Morgan, age 18, of Georgia.
All the children above were apparently born in Alabama. One of them, William David Broughton, reportedly told his children later that as a child, he and his family lived near Corn House Creek. Maps of Randolph County confirm that there was and still is such a creek that runs through the county. There is even a cemetery in Randolph County that bears the Broughton name.
& According to the book The Old Mardisville, Lebanon & Centre Land Office Records & Military Warrants 1834-1860, by Marilyn Davis Barefield, published in 1990, Issac J. Broughton settled on some land obtained in a warrant (#45260) by Peter Arnett on March 10, 1852. That land was originally part of the Creek Indian Lands in Alabama that were ceded to the United States by a treaty in March 1832. The Coosa Land District that was established by an act of Congress July 10, 1832 handled the sale of the land. The office opened in December 1833 and was located in Lebanon, the county seat of DeKalb County between 1842 and August 1856. The indian land acquired by treaties and sold as part of the Coosa Land District made up 11 counties in Alabama including Randolph County.
A POSSIBLE LINK?
4 The only other Broughton in Randolph County in 1850 is a 63-year-old female by the name of Mary Broughton who was living alone. (Pg.332 A, house#751) Only eight houses separated her home from Isaac’s on the census records. It’s possible she may be Isaac’s mother, and was the other older woman living with Isaac and his wife at the time of the 1840 census. Technically, I must note the age does not add up but any genealogist can tell you there are plenty of errors involving ages on census records. That’s why I can’t rule out the possibility. However, documented proof of a connection between Isaac J. Broughton and Mary Broughton has yet to be found, since many records were lost when the courthouse in Randolph County Alabama burned.
A LANDOWNER IN THE NEW
WORLD
Sometime before 1860, Isaac and Ann Broughton moved their family west from Alabama finally settling near Hico, Louisiana located in present-day Lincoln Parish.
4 Isaac J. Broughton, along with his son John G. Broughton, both residents of Jackson Parish at the time, agreed to purchase 200 acres in what was then Claiborne Parish, Louisiana for the sum of $890 from James A. Whisnant on November 23, 1872. The purchase also included 14 head of cattle, 24 head of sheep and 25 head of hogs. The tract of land is described as follows:
The East Half and South West quarter of the North West quarter and South West quarter of North East quarter and North East quarter of South West quarter of Section No. Twenty-four Township No. Twenty-North Range four West.
Lincoln Parish, Probate Records 1873-1886, Vol A, pg12.
4 Another purchase is recorded in 1879, according to Lincoln Parish probate records (1891-1901, Vol. D, page 310). I. J. Broughton, J. G. Broughton and H. J. Broughton, all residents of Lincoln Parish at that time, agreed to buy 180 acres in Lincoln Parish from James M. Clements for the purchase price of eighteen 450 pound bales of cotton. The purchase price was broken into three payments of six bales each to be delivered annually, each portion due by November first of that year, beginning with 1879 and ending in 1881. The agreement was signed on March 4, 1879. The sale was annuled however by consent of all parties involved on October 3, 1883. Ownership of the land reverted to Mr. Clements.
ISAAC BROUGHTON'S CHILDREN
Isaac and Ann’s succession (Probate docket #400) is located in the Lincoln Parish Courthouse in Ruston, Louisiana.
In it, eleven children are listed as follows:
Mrs.
Nancy Smith, wife of John Smith, residents of the State of
Texas.
William
David Broughton, resident of the State of Texas.
Mrs. Emiline
Farley, wife of Wm. Farley (separated from said husband)
residing in Lincoln Parish, Louisiana.
J.
D. Broughton, deceased, represented by the following children:
Azzie Haynes, wife of Oscar Haynes, who reside
near Hamburg, Arkansas; Willie Neal, wife of William Neal, living
near Hamburg, Ar.; Cora Davis, wife of Jack Davis, same residence;
Minnie Honeycutt, wife of William Honeycutt, living near Crossett,
Arkansas; Mollie McCoy wife of Will McCoy, Bienville Parish,
Louisiana; May Miles, wife of Thos Miles (abbreviation for Thomas)
also in Bienville Parish, La.; Carrie Broughton, a minor, Crossett,
Ar.; Eddie Broughton, minor, Lincoln Parish, La. and J. D. Broughton,
Jr, minor, Bienville Parish, La.
Mrs. Mittie Young,
deceased, represented by the following children: I. J. Young,
residing in Union Parish, La. and Mrs. E. M. Clark, residing
in Lincoln Parish, La.
Mrs. M. C. Cooper,
deceased, who leaves the following children: W. F. Cooper, Lincoln
Parish, La.; Mrs. Valdea Fautheree, wife of Isaac Fautheree,
Lincoln Parish, La.; Mrs. Augusta Clifton, wife of Clem Clifton,
residents of Alabama; Beulah Tucker, wife of Jim Tucker, Union
Parish, La.; Eula Polman, wife of M. Polman, Caddo Parish, La.
and Viola Cooper, resident of Texas.
J.
G. Broughton, resident of Lincoln Parish, Louisiana.
H. J.
Broughton, resident of Parkdale, Arkansas.
Mrs.
Elizabeth D. Singleton, wife of W. B. Singleton, residents
of Lincoln Parish, Louisiana.
Sallie Burgess,
deceased, represented by the following children: Lillie Burgess,
Eddie Burgess, Lula Singleton wife of Henry Singleton, W. C.
Burgess, a minor, all residents of Lincoln Parish, Louisiana.
Mrs. Queen
Alexander, a widowed daughter, resident of Lincoln Parish,
Louisiana.
GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
Isaac lived in Northwest Louisiana as a farmer until his death in 1888. In August 1892, his wife, Ann, moved in with her daughter and son-in-law, Elizabeth D. & W. B. Singleton. She lived with them in Vienna, Louisiana until she died on October 10, 1905.
4 Isaac J. & R. Ann Broughton's succession was filed in the Lincoln Parish Courthouse in 1905 shortly after the death of R. Ann Broughton. At that time, Isaac J. was already deceased. According to the succession, the estate of I. J. and R. A. Broughton consisted of 160 acres in Lincoln Parish valued at $400. It was sold at auction; 120 acres on February 13, 1906 and 40 acres March 24, 1906 for the total price of $331.75.
Family members believe Isaac and Ann were buried in Providence Cemetery near Hico, Louisiana but any marker that could have proven that apparently no longer exists.