James
Wesley
Norton
Born about in Horry, South Carolina, United States
Ancestors 
Son of John Wesley Norton
and Nancy Ann (Phillips) Norton
Brother of
Lewis Fletcher Norton, William Kennedy Norton, Mary Ann (Norton) Lowman, Charity Patience (Norton) Pickett, Jane Ruth Norton, Lucy Catherine Norton, Eliza Amanda Norton, Martha Juliet (Norton) Dickinson, Ethelbert Brinkley Norton, Edward Arnold Norton, Wilbur Fisk Norton, Georgiana Dickinson (Norton) Passmore, Thomas Coke Norton and Cornelia Adrena Caroline (Norton) Cassady
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 11 Dec 2015
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Biography
James was born about 1827 in Horry County, South Carolina. He was the son of John Norton and Nancy Phillips.
On March 27, 1854 he was issued a license to marry Ruth Maxwell. They were married on March 29, 1854 in Barbour County, Alabama. His brother William K. Norton performed the ceremony. [1]
Sources
- ↑ "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTWF-WX4 : 5 November 2017), James W Norton and Ruth M M A J Maxwell, 29 Mar 1854; citing Barbour, Alabama, United States, County Probate Courts, Alabama; FHL microfilm 1,289,482.
See also:
- "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHP5-D4N : 4 April 2020), Werley Norton in household of George W Jenson, Barbour county, Barbour, Alabama, United States; citing family 900, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
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- Robert Norton
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Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 64 markers, haplogroup R-L21, FTDNA kit #6750
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~1.56%
Robert Norton :
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~0.78%
Julia Norton :
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