Listed as the wife of William Broadway in the South Carolina census of 1820,
Abbeville Co., age 45 & Up; and in the 1830 census for Sumter Co., age 60-70.
Listed in Roster of South Carolina Patriots in the American Revolution, by
Bobby Gilmer Moss as wife of William Broadway: "m. Mary (or Polly) James, 12
May 1785"

Mary Broadway was awarded a widow's pension based on husband William's Revolutionary service (S. C.)as a private, "Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 20 dollars per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848." This certificate of Pension was issued the 16th day of July 1855. Other pensions were awarded, each at $20 per annum, were shown to commence on March 4, 1831, Feb. 2, 1839, March 4, 1843

On June 23, 1855, Mary Broadway applied for Bounty Land in the Sumter District, S. C., based on her husband's service in the revolutionary war.

• Married: 1785

1. Elsie BROADWAY
2. Susannah BROADWAY
3. Rebecca BROADWAY
4. James BROADWAY
5. Thomas? BROADWAY
6. George BROADWAY b: 1786 in Sumter SC
7. Nancy BROADWAY b: 1795
8. Lewis Augusta BROADWAY b: 1798
9. Abner BROADWAY b: ABT 1800
10. Elizabeth BROADWAY b: 1809 in Sumter SC
11. Samuel BROADWAY b: 1810 in NC
12. Bob BROADWAY b: 1810