RE: EARLY S.C. NORTONS - Debbie In VA
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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