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John was born about 1787 in Virginia.
He passed away in Texas sometime after June 1, 1870 which is the date he was enumerated on the of 1870 Parker County, Texas census.
WARRANTY DEED Page 221&222&223 STEPHEN REEDER of Pickens Co. Ala. to JOHN NORTON of Jeff. Co. Ala. $500. 160 acres being the S. W ¼ of sec. 29, Tp. 27, R. 2W. Wit: James Peterson & Henry M. Dotson. Dated Jan. 30, 1835. Joint Ack. of Stephen Reeder & wife Eleanor before James Peterson & Henry M. Dotson, Justices of the Peace of Pickens Co. Ala. official capacity of Henry M. Dotson & James Peterson certified by Francis W. Bostick, Clk. Co. Ct. of Pickens Co. Ala. Jan. 30, 1835. Filed Feb. 21, recorded Mar. 9, 1835, B.E. Grace, Clk. C.C. of Jeff. Co. Ala.
WARRANTY DEED Page 361&362 JOHN NORTON & wife MARY W. to SAMUEL W. HALL. $525. 160 acres. Being the SW ¼ of sec. 29, Tp. 17, R. 2W. Wit: G.W. Stearns. Dated Mar. 18, 1835. Separate acknowledgement of John Norton & wife Mary, before B.E. Grace, Clk. Co. Ct. Nov. 6, recorded Nov. 23, 1835. B.E. Grace, Clk. Co. Ct. of Jeff. Co. Ala.
I have long believed John H. Norton was related to Henry Wilson Norton b. 1766, but he is not the man known as John Knox Norton born February 22, 1787 and died 1860 in Coffee County, Tennessee. From the sources I have listed you can see that John H. Norton died after the 1870 census in Texas. This means either John Knox Norton is the son of Henry Wilson Norton and John H. Norton is not his son but some other close relation as in Uncle or the man listed for years as John Knox Norton who died 1860 in Coffee County, Tennessee is not, nor has ever been the son of Henry Wilson Norton. All sources listing a middle initial for this John that I have seen has been H. not K. which leads me to believe his middle name is Henry. There are land records listed in Barbour and Henry Counties, Alabama for a John K. Norton but he is John Kennedy Norton born 1816 in South Carolina son of William Norton and Lucretia Harrelson not John Knox Norton. I do share DNA with the children of Henry Wilson Norton b. 1766. Note that the name Knox has not been given to any of the descendants of John H. Norton. On several records, John H. Norton initials have been listed as T. H. as the J. sometimes was misread as a T. in records when they were transcribed.
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