Descendants of William Norton
Generation No. 1
1. WILLIAM3 NORTON (WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born Abt. 1739 in New Hanover County,
North Carolina, and died August 01, 1806 in Horry County, South Carolina. He married
PATIENCE HARRELSON Abt. 1780 in South Carolina, daughter of BENJAMIN
HARRELSON and SELAH COMMANDER. She was born Abt. 1769 in Marion County, South
Carolina, and died Abt. 1833 in Barbour County, Alabama.
Notes for WILLIAM NORTON:
Godfrey, Early Settlers of Barbour County, Alabama, Vol. 1 and 2, Southern Heritage Press,
South Carolina.
Godfrey reports that William Norton was a Revolutionary Soldier. In researching Nortons of
North Carolina, I find two William Nortons and an Isom Norton who served in the 2nd battalion
of North Carolina, in the company of Captain Spain. This battalion was captured in South
Carolina by the British about 1780 and was decommissioned in 1783 in South Carolina. Certainly
that puts William Norton in the right place to marry Patience Harralson Minsey, a widow in the
early 1780s to very late 1770s.
Date of death citation is from Family Ties I56781
Related materials:
This information is from the Hanceville, Alabama, Wallace State Library, March 9, 2000
There is also a copy of the Index in the Samford University General Library.
Betty Norton May 4, 1993
NC Wills A Testator Index 1665-1900
(There is a microfilm copy of will of William Norton New Horry County, SC in the Hanceville
Library. Haven't checked it yet.)
Thornton W. Mitchell
Genealogical Publications 1987, Vol. I and II
Name First Co. Date Recorded Copy Original County
Norton C.C. 082 1891 WB-6/429 AR
Edward 081 1876 original only AR
Eliza 016 1898 WB-4/304
Fielder 064 1853 WB-1/33 AR
James 082 1813 WB-1/163 AR
John 030 1745 Original only SS/AR Currituck
John 016 1853 WB-3/75
Nicholass003 1864 Original only AR
Norman 054 1854 WB-3/75 AR
Stephen 073 1774 WB-A/179
William 011 1751 SS 878/136 SS/AR Bladen
This information indicates SS Secretary of State, followed by the shelf number of a volume in the
Secretary of States record group, (/) slash, and page number.
The following information comes from Robert Stapleton who recorded the Norton family
history recorded and researched by his father, Dr. William C. Stapleton of Tuscaloosa, Alabama
for his wife who was a Norton. His Aunt Betty Bounds, also Lee Bounds and Grace Norton Dunn
all gathered information that is included. On July 8, 2000, all their research was posted at
http://members.tripod.com/~RobertStapleton/staplenorton.html
When it moved from its location in March of 2000, Julie traced it by searching yahoo.com on
Norton Stapleton.
This history is an effort to record the descendants of William Norton during the latter part of the
eighteenth century. In 1788 he executed the will of his grandfather, William Norton of Bladen
County, North Carolina. The will was written in 1751. Mentioned in the will and estate
proceedings were his wife Mary Elizabeth Seymore, and grandson John Smirdmoor. Sons of
William and James were in Georgetown at the time of the 1790 census. Thomas moved to
Georgia.
Notes for PATIENCE HARRELSON:
Notes on approximate birth of Benjamin Harralson is from Family Ties, web site I56779. Notes
from Linda McNish indicate that Selah Commander Harrelson, his wife may have died 1854. This
is inconsistent with birth dates of children. There may have been another wife, daughter, or the
date maybe incorrect. Linda got the date from
18. Cassdy, Pat [[email protected]].
This date of date of death may be for a later Selah Commander or this may be an incorrect wife.
As always, keep an open mind....Also we know that Patience Norton was a widow before she
married William Norton. She is reportedly Patience Minsey in Godfrey. Reasonable, but can't find
any other verification of the Minsey connection. Other places call her first husband Miller.
Ms. Bettie Bounds ([email protected] (Bettie Bounds)) reports that "Apparently a Mrs.
Passemore of Dothan had copies of diary pages of Wm. Kennedy Norton. In them , he mentioned
" my aged aunt, Mrs. Bethea", or some such reference, by which 'her' Celia and our Patience were
traced as sisters. "
Children of WILLIAM NORTON and PATIENCE HARRELSON are:
2. i. WILLIAM4 NORTON, JR., b. Abt. 1784, Horry County, South Carolina; d. Bef. 1836,
Barbour County, Alabama.
ii. LEWIS NORTON, b. Abt. 1781.
3. iii. MARY NORTON, b. March 01, 1779.
4. iv. JAMES NORTON, b. 1788; d. August 26, 1825, Columbia, South Carolina.
5. v. RUTH NORTON, b. December 09, 1790, Marion County, South Carolina; d. August 19,
1832, Gonzales County, Texas.
6. vi. JOHN WESLEY NORTON, b. January 22, 1794, Horry County, South Carolina; d.
March 15, 1862, Barbour County, Alabama.
Generation No. 2
2. WILLIAM4 NORTON, JR. (WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born Abt. 1784 in Horry
County, South Carolina, and died Bef. 1836 in Barbour County, Alabama. He married
LUCRETIA HARRELSON Abt. 1800 in South Carolina, daughter of JOSIAH HARRELSON
and MARY VICK. She was born Abt. 1788 in Horry County, South Carolina, and died Abt. 1837
in Barbour County, Alabama.
Notes for WILLIAM NORTON, JR.:
Notes from Godfrey, Early Settlers of Barbour County, Alabama, Southern Heritage Press.
William Norton, Jr. along with Stephen Johnson and others, came to Pike County, Alabama about
1826, settling in the section from which Barbour County was formed in 1832.
He was joined by his brother John Wesley Norton and his mother Patience Norton about 1830.
My own research shows that:
In the 1820 census in Horry County, SC, John and Patience are listed. John is a surveyor in Horry
County but disappears from surveying about 1824.
Notes for LUCRETIA HARRELSON:
Abstract of Wills and Estates, Books I and II, 1835-1847, Barbour County, Alabama
Compiled by Helen Sylvester Foley, holdings of the Birmingham Public Library
Creaca Norton (Lucretia Norton, wife of William Norton, Jr.)
Will of Creaca Norton recorded in Conveyance Record Book B, pp. 13-4.
Sons: James Russell Norton
William Vick Norton
Daniel Asbury Norton
John Kennedy Norton
Daughters: Polly Coleman
Patience Elizabeth Norton
Children of Anna Jane, deceased,
Eliza
Ada
Losson
Witnesses: John W. Norton
Nancy Norton
Eliza Crawford
Recorded: 18 September 1837
Children of WILLIAM NORTON and LUCRETIA HARRELSON are:
7. i. JAMES RUSSELL5 NORTON, b. December 21, 1804, Horry County, South Carolina; d.
September 24, 1886, Barbour County, Alabama.
8. ii. ANNA JANE NORTON, b. Abt. 1802; d. Bef. 1837.
9. iii. WILLIAM VICK NORTON, b. Abt. 1807, South Carolina; d. June 12, 1849, Barbour
County, Alabama.
iv. MARY C. NORTON, b. Abt. 1810, South Carolina; m. UNKNOWN COLEMAN.
10. v. DANIEL ASBURY NORTON, b. Abt. 1813, South Carolina; d. Abt. 1897, Louisiana.
11. vi. JOHN KENNEDY NORTON, b. Abt. 1816.
12. vii. PATIENCE ELIZABETH NORTON, b. Abt. 1820, South Carolina; d. May 10, 1863.
3. MARY4 NORTON (WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born March 01, 1779. She
married ISAAC LEWIS February 16, 1799, son of WILLIAM LEWIS and MOURNING VAN
PELT. He was born April 13, 1775 in Horry County, South Carolina, and died March 1838.
Notes for MARY NORTON:
Isaac was born in Horry County, SC but moved to Marion County, SC in 1799. Isaac and Mary
moved to Copiah County, Mississippi about 1821 and remained there until their deaths.
Children of MARY NORTON and ISAAC LEWIS are:
i. DAU15 LEWIS, b. May 22, 1800.
13. ii. HUGH LEWIS, b. May 22, 1800, Mullins county, South Carolina; d. Abt. 1872.
iii. BRYANT P. LEWIS, b. June 05, 1803, Mullins county, South Carolina; d. August 31,
1844; m. (1) SALLY WOOD, August 23, 1828; m. (2) MARTHA ELIZABETH CHERRY,
September 23, 1828.
iv. ISAAC LEWIS, b. 1805, Mullins county, South Carolina; m. LESA ?.
v. ERVIN OWEN LEWIS, b. July 21, 1807, Mullins county, South Carolina; m. SARAH A.
OWENS, October 05, 1834.
vi. WILSON LEWIS, b. January 16, 1812, Mullins county, South Carolina; d. April 07, 1854;
m. LUCINDA A. OWENS, October 28, 1836.
vii. MARY LEWIS, b. March 01, 1816, Mullins county, South Carolina; m. JOHN G. LEE.
viii. MARTHA LEWIS, b. June 19, 1819, Mullins, Marion County, South Carolina; m.
JAMES S. HARPER.
4. JAMES4 NORTON (WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born 1788, and died August 26,
1825 in Columbia, South Carolina. He married E. ? March 14, 1822 in Georgetown Methodist
Church.
Notes for JAMES NORTON:
Rev. James Norton was admitted to the South Carolina Conference of the Methodist Church in
December 1806. He served as a preacher and Presiding Elder in the Carolinas, Tennessee and
Georgia. He traveled with Bishop Asbury in 1814 and with Bishop M'Kendree in 1817.
Notes for E. ?:
Stapleton reports from church history that JAMES NORTON married 14 March 1822 at the
Georgetown Methodist Church by Rev. William Capers to Mrs. E. Wethers. On 19 December
1826 Mrs. Caroline Elizabeth Duncomb Norton, youngest daughter of Rev. Israel Munds (he had
been married on 3 September 1801 by Rev. Moses Mathews to Mrs. Charlotte D. Meyers. of
Charleston, was married by Mr. Capers to Rev. Abner P. Manly. It may well be that E. ? is E.
Munds and that son has his father 's name and his mother's father's name.
In case there is some connection, Abner P. Manly was also a medical doctor. He was admitted
to the South Carolina Conference of the Methodist Church in 1822 and located in 1827 not long
after his marriage to Elizabeth. The Manly family moved to Alabama On 16 September 1833 in
Montgomery County, Alabama, A. P. Manly witnessed the will of John Breedlove and in 1837 he
was practicing medicine in Selma, Alabama. Apparently, the Manlys next moved to Fayette
County, Texas. Dr. Manly was in 1838 a sponsor and trustee and in 1856 a member of the
monument committee of Ruterville College.
Child of JAMES NORTON and E. ? is:
14. i. JAMES ISRAEL5 NORTON, b. Abt. 1824.
5. RUTH4 NORTON (WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born December 09, 1790 in
Marion County, South Carolina, and died August 19, 1832 in Gonzales County, Texas. She
married JOEL LEWIS 1807, son of WILLIAM LEWIS and MOURNING VAN PELT. He was
born 1781, and died 1853 in Gonzales County, Texas.
Notes for RUTH NORTON:
Joel Lewis and Ruth Norton moved to Mississippi in 1818, but soon thereafter moved to
Gonzales County, Texas, where they remained until their deaths.
Children of RUTH NORTON and JOEL LEWIS are:
i. DR. DANIEL5 LEWIS, b. 1808.
ii. CADA LEWIS, b. 1809; m. JAMES FINLAY.
iii. JANE LEWIS, b. 1810, Horry County, South Carolina; d. September 13, 1868; m. (1) ?
MELVIN; m. (2) JESSE WOMACK.
iv. MARY LEWIS, b. 1820, Perry County, Mississippi; d. 1854; m. FRANCIS J. LYNCH,
1839.
v. CELIA LEWIS, b. 1822, Perry County, Mississippi.
Notes for CELIA LEWIS:
Celia never married.
vi. CAROLINE LEWIS, b. Perry County, Mississippi.
Notes for CAROLINE LEWIS:
Caroline never married.
vii. ADELINE LEWIS, b. Perry County, Mississippi; m. ? FORBES.
Notes for ADELINE LEWIS:
Caroline and Adeline were twins.
viii. PATIENCE LEWIS, b. Perry County, Mississippi; m. THOMAS GOODSON.
ix. EVERETT LEWIS, b. November 20, 1826, Perry County, Mississippi; d. November 17,
1898; m. ALICE JOSEPHINE STRICKLAND, September 13, 1854.
x. MINERVA LEWIS, b. 1828, Perry County, Mississippi; m. AUGUSTUS HARRIS JONES,
1856.
xi. HUGH LEWIS, b. 1832, Perry County, Mississippi; d. 1914; m. SUSAN JANE
PARRAMORE, 1850.
6. JOHN WESLEY4 NORTON (WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born January 22, 1794
in Horry County, South Carolina, and died March 15, 1862 in Barbour County, Alabama. He
married NANCY ANN PHILLIPS February 18, 1819 in Moore County, North Carolina, daughter
of LEWIS PHILLIPS and CHARITY DICKENSON. She was born July 08, 1802 in Moore
County, North Carolina, and died June 08, 1853 in Barbour County, Alabama.
Notes for JOHN WESLEY NORTON:
Appears in the 1840 Barbour County, Alabama census. Appears in the 1820 Horry County,
South Carolina census with his mother Patience Norton. Many of the land sales list John W. as
surveyor until about 1826 when he appears to have moved to Georgia or Alabama or both. He
and his wife Nancy witnessed the will of his brother William Norton, Jr.'s father in law, Josiah
Harrelson in May 1824 in Horry County, South Carolina.
John W. Norton was admitted to the South Carolina Conference of the Methodist Church in
1815. After serving churches in the Carolinas, he relocated in December 1818 and moved to
Moore County, North Carolina. He was readmitted to the South Carolina Conference in February
1822 and served until he relocated in January 1826. About 1828 he moved to the part of Pike
County, Alabama, which became Barbour County in 1832.
Children of JOHN NORTON and NANCY PHILLIPS are:
i. LEWIS FLETCHER5 NORTON, b. Abt. 1820; d. 1843, Barbour County, Alabama.
15. ii. WILLIAM KENNEDY NORTON, b. November 23, 1821, South Carolina; d. August
13, 1894, Bullock County, Alabama.
16. iii. MARY ANN NORTON, b. December 07, 1823; d. August 1863, Barbout County,
Alabama.
17. iv. CHARITY PATIENCE NORTON, b. Abt. 1826, South Carolina; d. 1889.
v. JAMES WESLEY NORTON, b. Abt. 1827, South Carolina; d. 1902; m. RUTH NEALLY,
March 28, 1854.
vi. JANE RUTH NORTON, b. Abt. 1829; d. 1866, Alabama.
vii. LUCY CATHERINE NORTON, b. October 18, 1830, Barbour County, Alabama; d. May
24, 1902, Barbour County, Alabama.
viii. ELIZA AMANDA NORTON, b. Abt. 1832; d. 1833.
18. ix. MARTHA JULIET NORTON, b. Abt. 1834, Barbour County, Alabama; d. 1917, Pike
County, Alabama.
19. x. ETHELBERT BRINKLEY NORTON, b. March 15, 1836, Barbour County, Alabama;
d. May 14, 1872, Oxford, Alabama.
xi. EDWARD ARNOLD NORTON, b. Abt. 1838, Barbour County, Alabama; d. 1879; m.
BETTIE ELLEN SMITH.
20. xii. WILBUR FISK NORTON, b. July 22, 1840, Barbour County, Alabama; d. September
14, 1906, Bronson, Florida.
21. xiii. GEORGIANA DICKINSON NORTON, b. October 02, 1842; d. May 02, 1902.
xiv. THOMAS COKE NORTON, b. Abt. 1845, Barbour County, Alabama; d. 1867.
xv. CORNELIA ADRENA NORTON, b. August 18, 1848, Barbour County, Alabama; d.
June 25, 1876, Lawrenceville, Henry County, Alabama; m. ALEXANDER A. CASSADAY,
December 29, 1874.
Generation No. 3
7. JAMES RUSSELL5 NORTON (WILLIAM4, WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born
December 21, 1804 in Horry County, South Carolina, and died September 24, 1886 in Barbour
County, Alabama. He married MARGARET C. JOHNSTON Abt. 1822 in South Carolina,
daughter of JOHN JOHNSTON and CELIA FLOYD. She was born October 04, 1808 in Horry
County, South Carolina, and died July 30, 1864 in Barbour County, Alabama.
Notes for MARGARET C. JOHNSTON:
Godfrey names Margaret C. Johnston's mother as Mary Hodges. However, Rebecca Anderson
Maples ( [email protected] ) says that Margaret and her great grandmother Mary Ann Johnston
who married David Russell Anderson were the daughters of the first wife, Celia Floyd.
Children of JAMES NORTON and MARGARET JOHNSTON are:
i. JOHN JOHNSTON6 NORTON, b. November 02, 1824, South Carolina; d. August 09,
1887, Barbour County, Alabama; m. (1) NANCY JANE FLOYD, July 29, 1841; b. July 31, 1823,
South Carolina; d. June 05, 1879, Barbour County, Alabama; m. (2) JOSEPHINE RALEY, June
24, 1880.
ii. MARY ANN NORTON, b. June 15, 1826, South Carolina; d. September 26, 1906,
Barbour County, Alabama; m. THOMAS VENTRESS, March 21, 1854; b. September 08, 1813,
Jones County, Georgia; d. October 17, 1886, Barbour County, Alabama.
Notes for THOMAS VENTRESS:
The following is taken from Godfrey, Early Settlers of Barbour County, Southern Heritage Press,
page 296. Thomas Ventress came to Barbour County (then Pike County) about 1826 and entered
land between Clayton and Bakerhill in 1839.
iii. WILLIAM JAMES NORTON, b. October 19, 1827, South Carolina; d. May 09, 1886,
Henry County, Alabama; m. SARAH T. HART, Abt. 1850; b. December 04, 1829; d. December
30, 1877, Henry County, Alabama.
iv. ELIZABETH JANE NORTON, b. January 22, 1829; d. March 09, 1851, Barbour County,
Alabama.
v. NORMAN ASBURY NORTON, b. March 21, 1830, Barbour County, Alabama; d.
September 01, 1898, Barbour County, Alabama; m. MARY A. BEASLEY, November 04, 1858;
b. September 24, 1831, Barbour County, Alabama; d. April 22, 1910, Barbour County, Alabama.
vi. CATHERINE MARGARET NORTON, b. February 03, 1831, Barbour County, Alabama;
d. February 20, 1871, Barbour County, Alabama.
vii. LEWIS VOLENTINE NORTON, b. February 08, 1833, Barbour County, Alabama; d.
November 27, 1867, Barbour County, Alabama; m. ROSANNA COX, December 23, 1852; b.
October 06, 1834; d. February 08, 1912, Barbour County, Alabama.
viii. RUSSELL NORTON, b. November 02, 1834, Barbour County, Alabama; d. Abt. 1895;
m. JULIA ANN HERRING; b. Abt. 1842, Alabama; d. Aft. 1880, Alabama.
ix. INFANT TWIN NORTON, b. January 20, 1836; d. Abt. 1837.
x. MARTHA A. NORTON, b. January 20, 1836, Barbour County, Alabama; d. July 12, 1912,
Barbour County, Alabama; m. (1) CALVIN L.MCCRANEY, May 15, 1862; d. Bef. 1869; m. (2)
JOHN G. MARTIN, January 06, 1869.
xi. DANIEL NORTON, b. March 09, 1838, Barbour County, Alabama; d. June 27, 1898,
Barbour County, Alabama; m. BARBARA ELLA BEVERLY, April 06, 1871; b. October 13,
1854; d. June 23, 1934.
xii. JAMES RUSSELL NORTON, b. June 06, 1839, Barbour County, Alabama; d. September
04, 1888, Barbour County; m. ANGIE GRAVITT, January 27, 1876, Barbour Co., Alabama; b.
December 27, 1855, Cummin, Forsyth County, Georgia; d. Abt. 1930, Opelika, Alabama.
Notes for JAMES RUSSELL NORTON:
Said to have repaired guns for the CSA.
Notes for ANGIE GRAVITT:
Betty Norton found a hand written note (written by Louis C. Norton) containing the following
information:
Netie Angiline Gravett, born Dec. 27 1855, Forsythe Co. Ga in the town of Cumming.
Birmingham Public Library: 1920 census shows Angia Norton, white aged 63 birthplace Georgia.
Living in Barbour County at Clayton and Texasville Road.
Vol. 5 ED 14, Sheet 4, Line 42. Also at that location Tina Norton aged 40 (daughter) and Dillard
Norton aged 34 (son).
On February 27, 2000 Julie Norton found the 1860 Census for Forsyth County, Georgia. In the
Census is listed Cicero Gravitt as head of household, a farmer. Cicero was 38 with $90 worth of
personal property, and no real estate value. He was born in Georgia and could not read or write.
Catherine (Mary Catherine Brooks) is listed as an 18 year old female. This may be a second wife
if Mary C. Brooks died or simply an error in age. Catherine is not checked as being unable to read
or write, possibly because she was listed as being 18 and only individuals over twenty were asked
about literacy. Three daughters are listed. The first is Netta A. (our Angie!!!) aged 5, agreeing
with the note from Cicero Norton noted above. The second is Nancy B(Brooks?) 3 years old, and
the third is Amanda at one month(written as 1/12). All the children and Catherine are also listed as
being born in Georgia. Frame for the census is page 495 and 496 of the Forsyth County, Georgia,
Federal Census, 1860. Interestingly, the index lists Cicero and also lists Natta H. Gravitt, taking
Netta A. to be an adult.
xiii. GEORGE WESTLEY NORTON, b. January 17, 1841, Barbour County, Alabama; d.
March 17, 1926; m. MARY ANN FARRIOR, March 26, 1865.
xiv. FLETCHER JOHNSTON NORTON, b. May 20, 1842, Barbour County, Alabama; d.
Abt. 1862, Civil War.
xv. PATIENCE C. NORTON, b. April 06, 1844, Barbour County, Alabama; d. January 26,
1905; m. JOHN S. NIX, November 15, 1860.
xvi. HARRIETT H. NORTON, b. May 26, 1845, Barbour County, Alabama; d. August 09,
1869; m. WILLIAM A. HUGHES, February 04, 1868.
xvii. A SON NORTON, b. June 20, 1846; d. Abt. 1846, Barbour County, Alabama.
xviii. B SON NORTON, b. June 01, 1848; d. Abt. 1848, Barbour County, Alabama.
xix. ANN ELIZA NORTON, b. September 20, 1849, Barbour County, Alabama; d. 1850.
xx. CORNELIA NORTON, b. March 24, 1852, Barbour County, Alabama; d. October 19,
1908, Barbour County, Alabama; m. JOHN L. STEWART, February 13, 1868; b. Abt. 1840,
Newberry District, South Carolina; d. August 14, 1913, Barbour County, Alabama.
8. ANNA JANE5 NORTON (WILLIAM4, WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born Abt.
1802, and died Bef. 1837. She married BENAJMIN SELLERS.
Children of ANNA NORTON and BENAJMIN SELLERS are:
i. ELIZABETH6 SELLERS, m. ? CRAWFORD.
ii. AIDA SELLERS.
iii. LOSSON SELLERS.
9. WILLIAM VICK5 NORTON (WILLIAM4, WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born Abt.
1807 in South Carolina, and died June 12, 1849 in Barbour County, Alabama. He married
ISABELLA FLOYD Abt. 1830, daughter of THEOPHILUS FLOYD and DELIAH PAGE. She
was born Abt. 1810 in South Carolina, and died Aft. 1880.
Notes for WILLIAM VICK NORTON:
Abstract of Wills and Estates, Books I and II, 1835-1847, Barbour County, Alabama
Compiled by Helen Sylvester Foley, holdings of the Birmingham Public Library
William Vick Norton, page 361. Bond of James R. Norton (brother of deceased) and Isabella
Norton (wife of the deceased) as administrators of the estate of William V. Norton, deceased.
Bondsmen: Page Floyd and John Johnston (probably). 27 August 1849
pp. 392-3. Appraisal of personal property by
James R. Norton, administrator. 5 September 1849
p. 573. Return of sale of personal property, by James R. Norton,
13 Jan. 1851
p. 609. Heirs of William V. Norton:
Caroline E. Norton, 17 years old
Delila A. Norton, 15 years old
Nancy A. Norton, 13 years old
Franklin W. Norton, 7 years old
Thomas C. Norton, 5 years old
Talbot M. Norton, 4 years old
Urbean W. Norton, 2 years old
10 January 1851
p. 610. Petition of James R. Norton, administrator to divide slaves among heirs of William V.
Norton, died 12 June 1849, leaving widow, Isabella and heirs named above. No date
p.610. Commissioners report a sale of slaves necessary for equal division. No date, about 1851.
p. 618. Return of sales by James R. and Isabella Norton 12 January 1851.
Notes for ISABELLA FLOYD:
There is an 1850 Alabama Mortality Schedule, Page 35, which lists Isabella Norton, Barbour
County, Female, as dying in May, 1850 of pleurisy.
The 1880 death date is from Godfrey.
Children of WILLIAM NORTON and ISABELLA FLOYD are:
i. LUCINDA K.6 NORTON, b. Abt. 1832.
ii. DELIAH AMANDA NORTON, b. January 31, 1835.
iii. CAROLINE ELIZABETH NORTON, b. Abt. 1836.
iv. NANCY ANN NORTON, b. Abt. 1838; d. June 03, 1891, Barbour County, Alabama; m.
ALLEN PETTY; d. Abt. 1888.
Notes for NANCY ANN NORTON:
The Clayton Courier, Saturday, June 6, 1891
Mrs. N.A. Petty died Wednesday. She was the widow of Mr. Allen Petty who died a few years
ago. Her father was Victor Norton, one of the pioneers of Barbour County.
v. FRANKLIN W. NORTON, b. Abt. 1839.
vi. THOMAS C. NORTON, b. Abt. 1840.
vii. TOLBERT W. M. NORTON, b. Abt. 1841.
viii. ERBAN WATSON NORTON, b. Abt. 1842.
10. DANIEL ASBURY5 NORTON (WILLIAM4, WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born
Abt. 1813 in South Carolina, and died Abt. 1897 in Louisiana. He married LUCINDA JOHNSON
November 30, 1834, daughter of STEPHEN JOHNSON and ROSANNA WILLIAMS. She was
born April 30, 1811 in South Carolina, and died Abt. 1892.
Notes for DANIEL ASBURY NORTON:
There is a D. A. Norton who appears in the 1840 census for Barbour County, Alabama. David
and his family moved to Louisiana by 1891.
Children of DANIEL NORTON and LUCINDA JOHNSON are:
i. WILLIAM ASBURY6 NORTON, b. March 08, 1836.
ii. JAMES NORTON, b. May 11, 1837.
iii. MARY ALIZAR NORTON, b. May 16, 1839.
iv. JULIA ANN NORTON, b. May 22, 1840.
v. LEWIS FLETCHER NORTON, b. October 26, 1843.
vi. ANN ELIZABETH NORTON, b. May 28, 1846.
vii. JOSEPHINE PALESTINE NORTON, b. August 04, 1848.
viii. FRANCES C. NORTON, b. December 16, 1850.
11. JOHN KENNEDY5 NORTON (WILLIAM4, WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born
Abt. 1816. He married CHRISTIAN MCLEOD Abt. 1835, daughter of DANIEL MCLEOD and
MARY DOUGLAS. She was born Abt. 1816 in South Carolina.
Notes for JOHN KENNEDY NORTON:
Notes from Godfrey, "Early Settlers of Barbour County", Southern Heritage Press: Probably
left Barbour County, Alabama between 1860 and 1870.
Notes for CHRISTIAN MCLEOD:
Notes from Godfrey, Early Settlers of Barbour County, Alabama, Southern Heritage Press.
In 1891 her heirs were John Douglas Norton born about 1837; Jane Norton (Nancy A.), born
about 1840, married James R. Eidson 20 Dec. 1860; Mary Elizabeth (Lizzie) Norton, born about
1844, married Unknown Jackson; and Manerva (Viney) Norton, born about 1847, married
Dionitius D. Burkhalter, 30 Nov. 1865.
Children of JOHN NORTON and CHRISTIAN MCLEOD are:
i. ANDREW J.6 NORTON, b. Abt. 1838.
ii. JOHN D. NORTON, b. Abt. 1837.
iii. WILLIAM C. NORTON, b. Abt. 1840.
iv. NANCY A. NORTON, b. Abt. 1840.
v. SARAH J. NORTON, b. Abt. 1842.
vi. MARY E. NORTON, b. Abt. 1844.
vii. VINEY M. NORTON, b. Abt. 1847.
viii. LAURA NORTON, b. Abt. 1854.
ix. FRANKLIN PIERCE NORTON, b. March 17, 1857.
12. PATIENCE ELIZABETH5 NORTON (WILLIAM4, WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was
born Abt. 1820 in South Carolina, and died May 10, 1863. She married LEWIS A. T. JOHNSON
December 03, 1837, son of STEPHEN JOHNSON and ROSANNA WILLIAMS. He was born
March 23, 1817 in South Carolina, and died August 07, 1891 in Louisiana.
Children of PATIENCE NORTON and LEWIS JOHNSON are:
i. NANCY ANN6 JOHNSON, b. July 28, 1838, Barbour County, Alabama; d. July 29, 1892,
Barbour County, Alabama; m. WILLIAM E. MCLEOD, September 30, 1856; b. Abt. 1826; d.
September 08, 1907, Barbour County, Alabama.
ii. FELDER JOHNSON, b. Abt. 1842.
iii. ELIZABETH JOHNSON, b. May 10, 1845.
iv. ROSANNA JOHNSON, b. Abt. 1847.
v. THOMAS JOHNSON, b. June 15, 1850.
vi. WILLIAM ARDIS JOHNSON, b. December 21, 1853.
vii. MARY JOHNSON, b. Abt. 1856.
viii. EMMA LEOLA JOHNSON, b. November 05, 1858.
13. HUGH5 LEWIS (MARY4 NORTON, WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born May 22,
1800 in Mullins county, South Carolina, and died Abt. 1872. He married (1) ELIZABETH BALL
November 02, 1820. She was born Abt. 1805, and died Abt. 1857. He married (2) CAROLINE
MCGRUDER December 13, 1859.
Child of HUGH LEWIS and ELIZABETH BALL is:
i. REBECCA6 LEWIS, b. Abt. 1827; d. Abt. 1897; m. BENJAMIN SOUTHERLAND, 1847;
b. Abt. 1817; d. Abt. 1858.
14. JAMES ISRAEL5 NORTON (JAMES4, WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born Abt.
1824. He married MARTHA K. MCASHAN February 12, 1846, daughter of NEHEMIAH
MCASHAN and ELIZABETH AGEE. She was born June 02, 1823, and died October 16, 1891.
Notes for JAMES ISRAEL NORTON:
James Israel Norton was a member of the Preparatory Department of Rutersville College,
Fayette County, Texas when it opened (about 1842).
Children of JAMES NORTON and MARTHA MCASHAN are:
i. JAMES MANLY6 NORTON.
ii. WILLIAM NORTON.
iii. ELIZABETH NORTON.
15. WILLIAM KENNEDY5 NORTON (JOHN WESLEY4, WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1)
was born November 23, 1821 in South Carolina, and died August 13, 1894 in Bullock County,
Alabama. He married MARTHA AMANDA MASON October 19, 1854 in Wilcox County,
Alabama, daughter of LITTLEBERRY MASON and SARAH WILLIAMSON. She was born
January 24, 1826 in Wilcox County, Alabama, and died January 03, 1920 in Dawson, Georgia.
Notes for WILLIAM KENNEDY NORTON:
The following letter to Antoinette Hybart Oakley was written by Mrs. Edward Norton
Passmore whose husband was a descendent of William and Patience (Harrelson) Norton. Celia
Harrelson Bethea, sister of Patience Norton, was the mother of Charity Bethea who married
Henry Hugh Hybart and was the grandmother of Antoinette. The letter is copied from the work of
Dr. Stapleton, as recorded by his son. Norton Family History, Descendants of William Norton,
Horry County, South Carolina. Compiled by William C. Stapleton, Jr. Copyright© by William C.
Stapleton, Jr. A copy made be made on a not-for-profit basis for use by an individual.
Dr. E. N. Passmore, Dentist
Dothan, Alabama
December 11, 1931
Mrs. A. B. Oakley
Atmore, Ala.
Dear Mrs. Oakley:
Your name has been given to me as one who might be able to give me the information that I am
very anxious to secure. I am enclosing a few items copied from the diaries of Rev. William
Kennedy Norton, at one time a minister of the Alabama Conference. I will appreciate it if you can
give me any information concerning his Aunt Bethai mentioned in the item dated August 1, 1854.
Was she related to the family of Hybard with whom Rev. Norton dined? If so, what was this
relationship? Do you know whether "old Aunt Bethai" had any children, and if any of her
descendants are living? If you can not give me this information, can you give me the name and
address of some one who can do so? I believe that the aunt mentioned in the items of 1852 and
the one mentioned in 1854 are one and same. He does not give the surname of either of the aunts
mentioned. Could it be possible that she was either a Sellers or Bethai? He also mentions a cousin
named "Ann".
Further than this he makes no comments in his diaries on other members of the family. My
reason for wanting this information is that I am at work on a genealogy of the Norton family of
which Rev. Norton and my husband are members. I am hoping that I may get in touch with some
one who can give me some old dates that I have been unable to secure. Thanking you for any
information that you may give, and asking that I may hear from you real soon.
With best wishes,
/s/ Mrs. Edward Norton Passmore
Mrs. Edward Norton Passmore [Enclosure]:
Copied from the diaries of Rev. William Kennedy Norton.
Wednesday August 11, 1852 Rode out and visited my aged aunt after the rain.
Monday September 7, 1852 Called on Mrs. B. my aunt
Tuesday August 1, 1854. Rode down this morning to Mrs. Hybard's to see my aunt Bethai [Celia
Harrelson Bethea, daughter of Benjamin and Ruth Harrelson]. Reached there about 12 o'clock,
and found the old lady quite feeble. Spent the evening and took a ride with the ladies.
Wednesday August 2. 1854. Dined at Mrs. H's and separated for my Aunt and the family and rode
up in the afternoon to Brother Mason's [Littleberry Whitehead Mason, father of Martha Amanda
Mason who married William Kennedy Norton on 19 October 1854 in Wilcox County] where I
spent the night.
September 12, 1855 Left this morning with Mrs. Norton for Camden. Drove 30 miles and spent
the night with Mrs. Hibbard near Bell's Landing. Rev. Norton also spoke of having dined with his
Cousin Ann, but he not give her full name [Ann Bethea Stramler, wife of Samuel C. Stramler, and
sister of Charity Bethea Hybart]. He was living in Toulminville [a Mobile suburb] in 1851-1852. I
presume that this aunt lived either in Mobile or near the city.
Children of WILLIAM NORTON and MARTHA MASON are:
i. JOHN MASON6 NORTON.
ii. WILLE AMANDA NORTON.
iii. CHARLES THOMAS NORTON.
iv. ANNA MARCELLA NORTON.
v. IDA PAULINA NORTON.
vi. ADDIE LAVONIA NORTON.
vii. WILLIAM ROCCERS NORTON.
viii. JAMES TARVER NORTON.
ix. PAUL WESLEY NORTON.
x. LEWIS K. NORTON.
16. MARY ANN5 NORTON (JOHN WESLEY4, WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born
December 07, 1823, and died August 1863 in Barbout County, Alabama. She married JOHN E.
LOWMAN September 21, 1843.
Children of MARY NORTON and JOHN LOWMAN are:
i. ROBERT FRANKLIN6 LOWMAN.
ii. ADOLPHUS W. LOWMAN.
iii. MARIAH LAVONIA LOWMAN.
17. CHARITY PATIENCE5 NORTON (JOHN WESLEY4, WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1)
was born Abt. 1826 in South Carolina, and died 1889. She married DR. CHARLES PICKETT
April 25, 1850. He was born Abt. 1823 in South Carolina.
Children of CHARITY NORTON and CHARLES PICKETT are:
i. JOHN M.6 PICKETT.
ii. WILLIAM PICKETT.
iii. JAMES PICKETT.
iv. MARY PICKETT.
v. SALLY PICKETT.
vi. CHARLES PICKETT.
18. MARTHA JULIET5 NORTON (JOHN WESLEY4, WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was
born Abt. 1834 in Barbour County, Alabama, and died 1917 in Pike County, Alabama. She
married JOHN FREDERICK DICKINSON November 18, 1852, son of JOHN DICKINSON and
ELVIRA LEGG. He was born August 08, 1828 in Henry County, Alabama, and died March 31,
1870 in Pike County, Alabama.
Children of MARTHA NORTON and JOHN DICKINSON are:
i. MARY ELIZA6 DICKINSON.
ii. JAMES NORTON DICKINSON.
iii. SARAH ELIZABETH DICKINSON.
iv. ELLA LAVONIA DICKINSON.
v. JOHN PHILLIPS DICKINSON.
vi. LULA CORNELIA DICKINSON.
vii. GEORGE FREDERICK DICKINSON.
19. ETHELBERT BRINKLEY5 NORTON (JOHN WESLEY4, WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2,
WILLIAM1) was born March 15, 1836 in Barbour County, Alabama, and died May 14, 1872 in
Oxford, Alabama. He married (1) LUCINDA B. STOREY August 09, 1859 in Macon County,
Alabama, daughter of ELIAS STOREY and ANNA HILL. She was born September 21, 1837 in
Fayette County, Georgia, and died November 03, 1861 in Barbour County, Alabama. He married
(2) REBECCA FRANCES SLAUGHTER November 11, 1862 in Chambers County, Alabama,
daughter of WILLIAM SLAUGHTER and MARY MATHIS. She was born March 30, 1841 in
Putnam County, Georgia, and died October 25, 1902 in Athens, Alabama.
Children of ETHELBERT NORTON and LUCINDA STOREY are:
i. JOHN WELLS6 NORTON.
ii. CHARLES EDWARD NORTON.
Children of ETHELBERT NORTON and REBECCA SLAUGHTER are:
iii. EUGENE HARWELL6 NORTON.
iv. ETHELBERT BRINKLEY NORTON.
v. WILLIAM RUTLEDGE NORTON.
vi. THOMAS WATKINS NORTON.
vii. SUSAN CUNNINGHAM NORTON.
20. WILBUR FISK5 NORTON (JOHN WESLEY4, WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born
July 22, 1840 in Barbour County, Alabama, and died September 14, 1906 in Bronson, Florida. He
married SARAH ELIZABETH CASSADAY December 07, 1865, daughter of ALEXANDER
CASSADAY and TEMPERANCE ?. She was born September 17, 1844 in Henry County,
Alabama, and died October 10, 1913 in Bronson, Florida.
Children of WILBUR NORTON and SARAH CASSADAY are:
i. STELLA ELLEN6 NORTON.
ii. WILLIAM CLARENCE NORTON.
iii. MINNIE LEE NORTON.
iv. WILBUR FISK NORTON.
v. MARVIN HENDRICKS NORTON.
vi. ANNIE LORE NORTON.
21. GEORGIANA DICKINSON5 NORTON (JOHN WESLEY4, WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2,
WILLIAM1) was born October 02, 1842, and died May 02, 1902. She married JOHN ROBERT
ALLEN PASSMORE May 20, 1867.
Child of GEORGIANA NORTON and JOHN PASSMORE is:
i. EDWARD NORTON6 PASSMORE.
Notes for EDWARD NORTON PASSMORE:
The following letter to Antoinette Hybart Oakley was written by Mrs. Edward Norton
Passmore whose husband was a descendent of William and Patience (Harrelson) Norton. Celia
Harrelson Bethea, sister of Patience Norton, was the mother of Charity Bethea who married
Henry Hugh Hybart and was the grandmother of Antoinette.
Dr. E. N. Passmore, Dentist
Dothan, Alabama
December 11, 1931
Mrs. A. B. Oakley
Atmore, Ala.
Dear Mrs. Oakley:
Your name has been given to me as one who might be able to give me the information that I am
very anxious to secure. I am enclosing a few items copied from the diaries of Rev. William
Kennedy Norton, at one time a minister of the Alabama Conference. I will appreciate it if you can
give me any information concerning his Aunt Bethai mentioned in the item dated August 1, 1854.
Was she related to the family of Hybard with whom Rev. Norton dined? If so, what was this
relationship? Do you know whether "old Aunt Bethai" had any children, and if any of her
descendants are living? If you can not give me this information, can you give me the name and
address of some one who can do so? I believe that the aunt mentioned in the items of 1852 and
the one mentioned in 1854 are one and same. He does not give the surname of either of the aunts
mentioned. Could it be possible that she was either a Sellers or Bethai? He also mentions a cousin
named "Ann".
Further than this he makes no comments in his diaries on other members of the family. My reason
for wanting this information is that I am at work on a genealogy of the Norton family of which
Rev. Norton and my husband are members. I am hoping that I may get in touch with some one
who can give me some old dates that I have been unable to secure. Thanking you for any
information that you may give, and asking that I may hear from you real soon.
With best wishes,
/s/ Mrs. Edward Norton Passmore
Mrs. Edward Norton Passmore [Enclosure]:
Copied from the diaries of Rev. William Kennedy Norton.
Wednesday August 11, 1852 Rode out and visited my aged aunt after the rain.
Monday September 7, 1852 Called on Mrs. B. my aunt
Tuesday August 1, 1854. Rode down this morning to Mrs. Hybard's to see my aunt Bethai [Celia
Harrelson Bethea, daughter of Benjamin and Ruth Harrelson]. Reached there about 12 o'clock,
and found the old lady quite feeble. Spent the evening and took a ride with the ladies.
Wednesday August 2. 1854. Dined at Mrs. H's and separated for my Aunt and the family and rode
up in the afternoon to Brother Mason's [Littleberry Whitehead Mason, father of Martha Amanda
Mason who married William Kennedy Norton on 19 October 1854 in Wilcox County] where I
spent the night.
September 12, 1855 Left this morning with Mrs. Norton for Camden. Drove 30 miles and spent
the night with Mrs. Hibbard near Bell's Landing. Rev. Norton also spoke of having dined with his
Cousin Ann, but he not give her full name [Ann Bethea Stramler, wife of Samuel C. Stramler, and
sister of Charity Bethea Hybart]. He was living in Toulminville [a Mobile suburb] in 1851-1852. I
presume that this aunt lived either in Mobile or near the city.