BROADDUS, ANDREW SIDNEY (1810–1891). Andrew S. Broaddus, Texas legislator and judge, was born in Caroline County, Virginia, in 1810, the son of Rueben and Elizabeth (Garland) Broaddus. Broaddus was raised and educated in Virginia and was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from 1844 to 1845. In 1854 Broaddus led a wagon train consisting of as many as 200 people from Caroline County, Virginia, to Cooks Point in Burleson County, Texas. The party consisted of eighty white settlers including Broaddus's family and neighbors from Caroline County, as well as 120 slaves. Broaddus built a house in Cooks Point and became a leader in the community as an active participant in Democratic county and state politics and as the founder of Salem Baptist Church.

On July 16, 1857, Broaddus debated Samuel Houston at Waugh Campground on behalf of Houston's opponent in the gubernatorial race, Hardin Richard Runnels. Broaddus was a member of the Texas State House of Representatives during the Ninth Legislature from 1861–1863, and the Thirteenth Legislature during 1873. Broaddus was also a delegate to the 1861 Secession Convention. Following the Civil War Broaddus was appointed judge of the Thirty-second District of the state court for two terms. Additionally Broaddus practiced as a lawyer throughout his residence in Burleson County. In 1868 he represented Phillis Oldham (FAG #187928392), a mullato woman who had cohabitated and borne several children with her owner, Maj. William Oldham (FAG #48346378). Upon his death Oldham's white relatives attempted to evict Phillis Oldham and her sons, but Phillis, represented by Broaddus, was eventually awarded homestead rights by the Burleson County Probate Court. Andrew Sidney Broaddus was also on the commission to locate and build Texas A&M University.

Broaddus married twice and had a total of thirteen children. He died in Cookes Point in 1891.

1860 U.S. Census
A S Broaddus
1810 Birth Virginia
1860 Residence [Blank], Burleson, Texas, United States
1860 Age 50
Gender Male
State Texas Place Burleson, Texas Page 60 Family No. 391

Household
A S Broaddus (age 50)
M E Broaddus (age 49)
Lelaud Broaddus (age 25)
Henry Broaddus (age 16)
Charles Broaddus (age 15)
Edward Broaddus (age 13)
Mattie Broaddus (age 11)
Nellie Broaddus (age 9)