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Subject: RE: EARLY S.C. NORTONS
From: Debbie In VA
Date: August 21, 2000
You will have to check with the church they attended to find a death
notice that early. As far as I know (and I could be wrong), only
Charleston kept death notices at that time.
Either way, good luck.
Debbie
[Original Message]
> From:
> To:
> Date: 8/21/00 10:01:27 AM
> Subject: EARLY S.C. NORTONS
>
> RESEARCHERS:
>
> Looking through all this interesting information inspires me to ask you
to
> rejoice with me and also to help me if you can:
>
> After months of searching I have finally located my g-g-g
grandfather's
> medical degree:
>
> DR. SAMUEL EDWIN NORTON (1816-1877) graduated from the Philadelphia
College
> of Physicians in 1859. This is now part of the University of Pennsylvania.
>
> BUT he was BORN in either Williamsburg or Georgetown Counties and I
STILL
> cannot locate the death notice or burial place of either of his parents
> (whose names I do NOT know but who would have BOTH died ca 1818-1820. He
was
> the youngest of four children then went to live with relatives (probably
his
> sister ANNE NORTON RENTZ's family)until he grew up and married Julia
Justina
> Alston of Halifax County, NC. They had children in the Georgetown area
and
> removed to Montgomery AL abbout 1850 which is WHY I could not find his
> medical degree in SC.
>
> ANY help finding the elder NORTONS of SOUTH CAROLINA would be GREATLY
> appreciated. I realize many records were lost during the WBTS but they
have
> to be BURIED somewhere. They were Episcopalians, and in fact, during the
war,
> Dr. Norton preached (as a layman, I assume, as I am sure he never
attended
> seminary) at ST. JOHNS EPISCOPAL CHURCH in Montgomery. But where IN SC
his
> PARENTS could be buried, I don't know.
>
> Thanks for anything useful,
>
> Carole
> Caroline Burnett Cook
> dtr of
> Caroline Beasley Norton
> dtr of
> Eldridge Greenwood Norton
> son of
> Lt. James Hudson Norton, CSA, AL 1ST CAV.
> son of
> DR. SAMUEL EDWIN NORTON & JULIA JUSTINA ALSTON
> SON OF
>
> ?????? >>
>
>
> >
> >
--- Debbie
--- [email protected]
---Researching: LACOMBE, BOISDON, LAPONT, DEVINE, ASPINALL, ROBINSON,
FENNER, LYONS, YANCEY, SMITH, BROWN, LOCKLEY, JONES, BLUEFOOT
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