Alabama native Edward Thomas Broughton, Jr. (b. 1834) came to Jasper, Texas, with his family in 1847. He married Mary Elizabeth Douglas in 1856, studied law in Smith County, and was admitted to the bar in 1857. By 1860 the Broughtons were living in Kaufman, Texas, where Edward was elected district attorney in 1861. In early 1861 he and other local men formed the Kaufman Light Infantry, which mustered in Prairieville in Sept. 1861 with Captain Edward T. Broughton in command. After renaming the company the Johnson Guards for prominent local merchants John H. and Jasper W. Johnson, they joined Confederate Colonel John Gregg's 7th regiment of Texas Volunteers in Marshall, Texas, as part of Company C in late 1861. Broughton was captured at Ft. Donelson, Tennessee, in February 1862, was later released in a prisoner exchange, returned to the war, and was again taken prisoner in 1863. Before his release in May 1864 he suffered a debilitating illness, but despite poor health he rejoined the 7th Texas Regiment and for a brief period became acting commander. Shortly after the war he moved to Sherman, Grayson County, Texas, later served in the Texas Senate, and died on February 12, 1874.