John
Norman
Born in Franklin County, North Carolina
Ancestors 
Son of William Norman
and Tirsa Elizabeth (Alfred) Norman
Brother of
Felix Norman, Elizabeth Norman, Isaac Norman, William Norman, James Norman, Tirsa Norman, Huldah Norman, Altemira Norman, Lydia Norman, George Norman, Joseph Norman and Rebecca Norman
Husband of
Nancy Elizabeth (Colquitt) Norman
— married
28 Jan 1815 in Franklin County, Tennessee
Husband of
Nancy (Tompkins) Norman
— married
25 Jul 1838 in Franklin County, Alabama
Husband of
Nancy Yalock
— married
17 Aug 1851 in Franklin County, Alabama
Descendants 
Father of
Nancy (Norman) Thompson, William Norman, Lydia (Norman) Armstrong, Samuel Colquitt Norman, Zillian Angeline (Norman) Weatherbee, James Alfred Norman, Matthew George Norman, Huldah Norman, Polly Ann (Norman) Mahan, Francis Marion (Norman) Yalock, Thomas Bealer Norman, Felix Grundy Norman and Mary Carson Norman
Died
at age 72
in Franklin County, Alabama
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Biography
Corporal John Norman served in the War of 1812
Service started: Unknown
Unit(s): 2nd Regiment, Cannon's Mounted Gunmen, West Tennessee
Service ended: War End
Service started: Unknown
Unit(s): 2nd Regiment, Cannon's Mounted Gunmen, West Tennessee
Service ended: War End
During his lifetime, John Norman lived in Franklin County in three different states. He was born in Franklin County, North Carolina, on 6 Oct 1789; he married Nancy Elizabeth Colquitt in Franklin County, Tennessee, on 28 Jan 1815; and he died in Franklin County, Alabama, on 15 Sep 1862. He was a son of William Norman and Tirsa Elizabeth Alfred.[1]
He served as a Corporal in the War of 1812. He was attached to the 2nd Regiment Mounted Gunmen (Cannon's), West Tennessee Volunteers,[2] and fought in the Battle of Horsehoe Bend.[3]
After the war ended, John returned to Tennessee, married, and exercised grants for land[4] on the northern border of Alabama that had recently become Franklin County. John and Nancy had eight children, the first seven being born in Tennessee:[5][1]
The children of John and Nancy Colquitt Norman (birth dates confirmed by family Bibles)[6] were:
- Nancy (1816-1879), m. Jack Thompson
- William (1818-1882, m1. Martha Hamilton; m2. Mrs. E.F. Norris
- Lydia (1820-1892), m1. _____Elliot; m2. ______Armstrong
- Samuel Colquitt (1823-)
- Zilla Angeline (1824-1899), m. John Bolling Weatherbee
- James Alfred (1827-), m. Mary Jane _______
- Matthew George (1830-1907), m. Mary Ann Waits
- Huldah (1832-1852) Franklin Co. Alabama
Before their youngest child was born, the Normans moved to Alabama,[7] where they settled among the Cherokee Indians.[3] Mother Betsy (who had been living with them since John's father died) passed away in 1834 and is said to be buried on the Norman Place on Big Bear Creek. Then Nancy also died in 1835. John married twice more, to two more Nancies.
On 25 Jul 1838, he married Nancy Tompkins, and they had one child:[1][8]
- Mary Ann "Polly Ann" (1839-), m. Dr. Levi Mahan
He next married Nancy Yalock (Yaelock, Blaylock) on 17 Aug 1851, and they had four children:[1][9]
- Francis Marion (1853-)
- Thomas Benton (1854-1917)[10]
- Felix Grundy (1856-)
- Mary Carson (1861-)
John passed away in 1862, and was buried in Norman Family Cemetery, on the Norman place, on Big Bear Creek, Franklin County, Alabama.[1]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Norman Genealogy FamilySearch.org; Of Whom I Came, From Whence I Came, Volume 5, The Weatherbee-Norman Volume, Zelma Wells Price, pp. 69-70
- ↑ Service Record War of 1812 Fold3.com; The National Archives; Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Soldiers Who Served During the War of 1812
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Biography of Maj. Matthew George Norman, including notes on his father, John Norman
- ↑ Franklin County, Tennessee, Land Grants Ancestry.com North Carolina and Tennessee, Early Land Records, 1753-1931
- ↑ 1830 U.S. Federal Census Ancestry.com 1830; Census Place: Franklin, Tennessee; Series: M19; Roll: 176; Page: 81; Family History Library Film: 0024534
- ↑ Births from Bible of John Norman. In possession of his granddaughter, Martha Elender (Weatherbee) Edmondson, in 1935, and also from Bible of Matthew George Norman, son of John Norman, which Bible is now in the possession of Matthew George Norman's grand-daughter, Naomi (Norman) Faust
- ↑ 1840 U.S. Federal Census Ancestry.com Year: 1840; Census Place: Franklin, Alabama; Roll: 4; Page: 269; Family History Library Film: 0002332
- ↑ 1850 U.S. Federal Census Ancestry.com Year: 1850; Census Place: District 6, Franklin, Alabama; Roll: M432_5; Page: 186B; Image: 568
- ↑ 1860 U.S. Federal Census Ancestry.com Year: 1860; Census Place: Western Division, Franklin, Alabama; Roll: M653_10; Page: 755; Family History Library Film: 803010
- ↑ Texas Death Certificate of Thomas Benton Norman showing death date Ancestry.com Texas Department of State Health Services; Austin Texas, USA
- See also:
- OF WHOM I CAME; FROM WHENCE I CAME WELLS-WISE, RISH-WISE AND OTHERWISE BY ZELMA WELLS PRICE PUBLISHED 1959 VOL. 4 P. 17 also VOL. 5 P. 41-43
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