Looking for Norton relatives that have family in KY. My great-great-grandfather was James E. Norton. He left KY and went to Idaho and died there in 1933. I was told by family members that others went with him and stayed and had families. I am doing genealogy and would like to find my relatives and share our research.

There were a group of Norton's who moved from Pennsylvania to Kentucky in the early 1800;s. One of them, William Norton, became prominent in nail making in Kentucky. His brother, Henry Norton, my great-great-grandfather, left there to move to Tennessee.
Following is information I have compiled about a couple of them. Hope this is of some value to you.
Fred Norton
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NAME…………………………..HENRY S. NORTON
BORN…………………………..FEBRUARY 1, 1797
BIRTHPLACE………………….HARRISBURG, DAUPHIN COUNTY,
PENNSYLVANIA
DIED……………………………JANUARY 18, 1849
PLACE OF DEATH……………JACKSON, MADISON COUNTY, Tennessee

FATHER………………………..JOHN Norton
MOTHER (MAIDEN NAME)…SUSANNAH BARBARA HINCKLE

WIFE……………………………MOURNING WHEELER
MARRIAGE DATE…………….SEPTEMBER 6, 1821
PLACE OF MARRIAGE………LOGAN COUNTY, Kentucky


CHILDREN…………………..GEORGIA ANN Norton. b. 1823
JOHN WILLIAM Norton, b. OCTOBER 15, 1826
JACKSON, MADISON CO. TENNESSEE
OR Kentucky
JAMES H. NORTON 1830 b, Tennessee
* GEORGE JOSHUA Norton 1832 b. TENNESSEE
FRANCES M. NORTON 1836 b. TENNESSEE
MARTHA S. NORTON 1838 b. TENNESSEE
THOMAS M. NORTON 1842 b. TENNESSEE

Updated July 13, 2004
REMARKS:
Enumerated in 1830 census, Tennessee, Giles County, page 147, Image 27. His age is given as 30 – 40. His house hold has two more males aged under 5, and three females, one aged under 5, one shown as 5 -10 years old, and one is 20 – 30 years old.

Some data from “Brian’s Many Ancestors” in Ancestry.com
Henry Norton is listed in records of Zion Lutheran Church in Harrisburg as being born 1 February 1797 and baptized 23 June 1797 by Reverend Henrich Moller. Henry and Julianna Moeller were witnesses to the baptism.
The Norton family played a large part in Logan county Kentucky history. William Norton, who was the brother of Henry, was born 2 September 1781 in Harrisburg Pennsylvania. He came to Kentucky in 1806, settling near Lexington, in 1810 he moved on west to settle in Logan county. The Norton family was a family of financiers. When William came to Logan county he began the manufacture of nails becoming extremely successful.
The author of the book The Story of Logan county assumed that William and Henry Norton came from Quaker parentage. The fact of the matter is that John Norton and Susanna had strong ties to the Lutheran Church. It appears that all of their children were baptized in the church. After moving to Kentucky they were identified with Southern Baptist.
It was in 1824 that Henry Norton while living in Logan county Kentucky decided to sell some land. The Deed Book of Logan county Kentucky, in which the transaction is recorded, indicates the John Norton the father of Henry Norton was deceased and buried in Harrisburg, DAUPHIN COUNTY, Pennsylvania.
War of 1812 Service Records has 299 matches for:

Norton In Kentucky




Name: HENRY Norton
Company: 4 REGIMENT (MOUNTJOY'S), MOUNTED, Kentucky VOLS.
Rank - Induction: PRIVATE
Rank - Discharge: PRIVATE
Roll Box: 155
Roll Exct: 602
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(Fred’s Ancestors)
NAME:………………………………JOHN Norton
BORN:………………………………NOVEMBER 1, 1749
BIRTHPLACE:……………………..HARRISBURG, DAUPHIN COUNTY,
PENNSYLVANIA
DIED:……………………………….JULY 6, 1822
PLACE OF DEATH:……………….HARRISBURG, DAUPHIN COUNTY,
PENNSYLVANIA

FATHER:……………………………UNKNOWN
MOTHER (MAIDEN NAME):……..UNKNOWN

WIFE:……………………………….SUSANNAH BARBARA HINCKLE
MARRIAGE DATE:………………..ABOUT 1775
PLACE OF MARRIAGE:………….HARRISBURG, DAUPHIN COUNTY,
PENNSYLVANIA


CHILDREN:……………………….NANCY Norton, b. MAY 2, 1776,
HARRISBURG, DAUPHIN COUNTY,
PENNSYLVANIA
GEORGE Norton, b. OCTOBER 29, 1777
HARRISBURG, DAUPHIN COUNTY,
PENNSYLVANIA
MARY Norton, b. JUNE 23, 1779
HARRISBURG, DAUPHIN COUNTY,
PENNSYLVANIA
WILLIAM Norton, b. SEPTEMBER 2, 1781
JOHN Norton, b. JUNE 26, 1783
HARRISBURG, DAUPHIN COUNTY,
PENNSYLVANIA
SUSANNAH Norton, MAY 16, 1785
HARRISBURG, DAUPHIN COUNTY,
PENNSYLVANIA
SARAH Norton, b. AUGUST 4, 1787
HARRISBURG, DAUPHIN COUNTY,
PENNSYLVANIA
MARTHA Norton, b. SEPTEMBER 24, 1789
HARRISBURG, DAUPHIN COUNTY,
PENNSYLVANIA
ELIZABETH Norton, b. DECEMBER 17, 1791
JOSHUA Norton, b. SEPTEMBER 1, 1795
HARRISBURG, DAUPHIN COUNTY,
PENNSYLVANIA
JACOB Norton, b. SEPTEMBER 17, 1793
* HENRY Norton, b. FEBRUARY 1, 1797
HARRISBURG, DAUPHIN COUNTY,
PENNSYLVANIA
JULIA Norton, b. JANUARY 9, 1799
HARRISBURG, DAUPHIN COUNTY,
PENNSYLVANIA

Updated May 9, 2004
REMARKS:

See 1790 census, Pennsylvania, DAUPHIN COUNTY, Harrisburg, Image 2.
See 1800 census, Pennsylvania, DAUPHIN COUNTY, Harrisburg, Image 3
See 1810 census, Pennsylvania, DAUPHIN COUNTY, Harrisburg, Image 4
See 1820 census, Pennsylvania, DAUPHIN COUNTY, Harrisburg, Image 8

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• ID: I0802
• Name: John Norton
• Sex: M
• Birth: 1 NOV 1749 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, PA
• Death: 6 JUL 1822 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, PA
• Burial: JUL 1822 Harrisburg, Dauphin, PA

Marriage 1 Susannah Barbara HINCKLE b: 6 JUL 1757 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, PA
• Married: ABT. 1776 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, PA
Children
1. Nancy Norton b: 2 MAY 1776 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, PA
2. George Norton b: 29 OCT 1777 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, PA
3. Mary Norton b: 23 JUN 1779 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, PA
4. John Norton b: 26 JUN 1783 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, PA
5. Susannah Norton b: 16 MAY 1785 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, PA
6. Sarah Norton b: 4 AUG 1787 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, PA
7. Martha Norton b: 24 SEP 1789 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, PA
8. Joshua Norton b: 17 SEP 1795 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, PA
9. Henry Norton b: 1 FEB 1797 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, PA
10. Julia Norton b: 9 JAN 1799 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, PA


From Tom Norton: I do have some information on John Norton, and a picture of his and Susannah grave in Harrisburg PA. He was a carpenter and a Lieutenant in the Revolutionary army. He also ran a tavern in Harrisburg. He owned an island in the river that goes by Harrisburg. The island was located close to where the state capital is now built. As with many of the Norton financial dealing from John to the present day he was able to "buy high and sell low".

JOHN Norton


John Norton was living in Earl Township, Lancaster County

when he married Susanna Hinkle the daughter of George Hinkle and Barbara Roland.
John Norton served as a Lieutenant in the Company of Captain Martin Bowman and David Morgan.
By 1790 John Norton is living in DAUPHIN COUNTY near the town of Harrisburg, which is now the state capital. The census indicates their was one free white male over the age of 16 obviously John Norton. In addition there were three males under the age of 16. There were six females including John's wife Susanna. We know from the census that John Norton and his wife had eight children in 1790.
I have been able to reconstruct the family names from different marriage, probate and land records of DAUPHIN COUNTY. John and Susanna eventually had a total of 13 children. Henry Norton our ancestor was number twelve.
BORN DIED
John Norton 2 Nov 1749 6 Jul 1822
Susanna Hinkle abt 1757
Nancy Norton 2 Mar 1776 9 Jan 1832
George Norton 29 Oct 1777 26 Aug 1858
Mary Norton 23 Jun 1779 13 Apr 1856
William Norton 2 Sep 1781
John Norton 26 Jun 1783 9 Feb 1858
Susan Norton 16 Mar 1785 21 Apr 1854
Sarah Norton 4 Aug 1787 16 Sep 1850
Martha Norton 24 Sep 1789
Elizabeth Norton 17 Dec 1791 15 Aug 1794
Jacob Norton 17 Sep 1793 2 Aug 1850
Josua Norton 1 Sep 1795 7 May 1860
Henry Norton 1 Feb 1797 19 Jan 1849
Julianna Norton 9 Jan 1799 27 Aug 1854
John Norton is mentioned as being on the list of taxable inhabitants of Louisburg for 1787. Louisburg was the community out of which Harrisburg grew. He is listed as a joiner by trade.
In 1791 the town of Harrisburg was incorporated and the names of "Harris Ferry" and Louisburgh" disappeared from the record. The tax returns for the borough of Harrisburg showed that John Norton lived there.
John Norton is mentioned in the building of the German Reformed Salem Church. In the book Annals of Harrisburg the writer records "Previous to the erection of any regular church building in the borough, the citizens occasionally worshiped in a small one story log school house, which stood at the foot of Capitol Hill, at the corner of third and Walnut streets. The community at that early day being made up of all denominations, the original subscription paper for "'the first church,"' read for the "'use of the subscribers,"‘ and long after the erection of the house, clergymen of different denominations officiated in it, by permission, as opportunity occurred. The undertaking was, however, by those who professed the doctrines of Ulric Zwingli and Martin Luther; and the church was owned and occupied stedadly, only by the German Reformed and Evangelical Lutheran congregations, and was erected on a lot given by John Harris. (It should be noted that after the death of Mr. Harris, his heirs released, for five shillings, all their right and title to the lot, to the trustees of the Reformed and Lutheran churches, as would appear from the record in the Recorder's office.) The lot was located at the corner of Chestnut and Third streets, extending 210 feet on the latter street to Cherry alley. The "'first church"‘ stood until the year 1854, at the corner of Third street and Cherry alley. It was built of logs, subsequently weather-boarded, two stories high, with a front of thirty-five feet five inches, and a depth of thirty feet five inches. The original subscription for the erection of this church reads as follows:
We the subscripters, do each of us promise to pay, or cause to be paid, unto John Norton. Christian Gunckel, George Redig and Henry Bruner, or their order of demand, the sum annexed to each of our names, respectively, to be held and appropriated by the said John Norton, Christian Gunckel, George Redig and henry Bruner, in purchasing materials for, and in building a Church and School, in some convent part of the town of Harrisburg, for the use of the subscribers. In witness whereof, we have hereunto set our hands, with the sum annexed, this 12 day of March, Anno Domini, 1787.

John Norton was also involved the Friendship Fire Company. This company was the patriarch of the present fire department in the borough since its beginning in 1803. There was an indebtedness to the fire company and on February 9th 1808 a group of citizens met in John Norton's home to discuss what should be done. The group directed that a Mr. Goodman should give every one that was indebted to the company a call for the pay. If the individuals didn't pay then they should be sued.
In 1808 the local newspaper "The Oracle of Dauphin" published this short article about John Norton. The report stated that "a dancing school "'at Mr. Norton's large room"' is advertised.
The paper listed the following excerpt concerning John Norton. "The persons who wish to encourage a singing school in the borough are requested to meet at Mr. John Norton's."
I have found among various legal records the following information about the children of John and Susanna Norton. William Norton was born 2 September 1781. Josua/Joshua/John Norton was born 17 September 1795 "to parents John Norton and wife Susanna". Reverend Moeller pastor of the Lutheran church performed the baptism. on 30 January 1796. Henry Norton is listed in records of Zion Lutheran Church in Harrisburg as being born 1 February 1797 and baptized 23 June 1797 by Reverend Henrich Moller. Henry and Julianna Moeller were witnesses to the baptism.
Sarah married Jacob Updegraff on 17 November 1809 in York county Pennsylvania. The newspaper report is as follows.
Updegraff, Jacob and Miss Sarah Norton daughter of John Norton both of this town married Thursday 17 November 1809 by Reverend Petersen.
Jacob Updegraff is listed has having been christened at Saint James Church in Lancaster Pennsylvania on 19 August 1792. This would mean that Jacob was approximately 17 when the marriage took place. It would seem reasonable to surmise that Sarah was close to the same age.
Susanna Norton, one of John and Susanna daughters married James Rothrock. The Newspaper records that "Susanna Norton daughter of John Norton, York county 1 Feb 1807 Tuesday evening last in this town."
John Norton and Susanna were witnesses at the baptism of John Jacob Singer who was born on 7 December 1796 and baptized 15 Jan 1797. The parents were Jand and Nancy (Norton) Singer. Nancy Norton married Jacob Singer 16 February 1796.
Julianna Norton was born 9 January 1799 and was baptized 16 April 1799. Pastor Henrich Moeller and wife Julianna were witnesses.
The Norton family played a large part in Logan county Kentucky history. William Norton, who was the brother of Henry, was born 2 September 1781 in Harrisburg Pennsylvania. He came to Kentucky in 1806, settling near Lexington, in 1810 he moved on west to settle in Logan county. The Norton family was a family of financiers. When William came to Logan county he began the manufacture of nails becoming extremely successful.
The author of the book The Story of Logan county assumed that William and Henry Norton came from Quaker parentage. The fact of the matter is that John Norton and Susanna had strong ties to the Lutheran Church. It appears that all of their children were baptized in the church. After moving to Kentucky they were identified with Southern Baptist.
It was in 1824 that Henry Norton while living in Logan county Kentucky decided to sell some land. The Deed Book of Logan county Kentucky, in which the transaction is recorded, indicates the John Norton the father of Henry Norton was deceased and buried in Harrisburg, DAUPHIN COUNTY, Pennsylvania.
John Norton is buried in the Harrisburg Cemetery. He is listed as being buried with other veterans who served in the Revolutionary War in the document DAUPHIN COUNTY Tombstone Inscriptions. In September of 1992 this writer went to the Harrisburg cemetery and found the grave where John and Susanna are buried. At the entrance to the cemetery is a bronze plaque with the inscription of all those buried in the cemetery that served in the Revolutionary war. Lieutenant John Norton is listed. The inscription on the tombstone list John Norton being born in 1750 and dying in 1822. The local paper of that day The Oracle of Dauphin ran the following article concerning the death of John.
Norton, John July 13 1822, Saturday last in his 73 year, carpenter, one of the earliest settlers of this borough and a respectable citizen.


Tom Norton
327 Keach Court
Steilacoom, WA 98388

War of 1812 Service Records has 299 matches for:

Norton In Kentucky




Name: WILLIAM Norton
Company: 4 REGIMENT (MOUNTJOY'S), MOUNTED, Kentucky VOLS.
Rank - Induction: PRIVATE
Rank - Discharge: PRIVATE
Roll Box: 155
Roll Exct: 602



War of 1812 Service Records has 299 matches for:

Norton In Kentucky




Name: HENRY Norton
Company: 4 REGIMENT (MOUNTJOY'S), MOUNTED, Kentucky VOLS.
Rank - Induction: PRIVATE
Rank - Discharge: PRIVATE
Roll Box: 155
Roll Exct: 602



Fred,

This is the only thing the book has on John NORTON:
"Page 73: Susannah Barbara Hinkle born 6 January 1757; baptized 18 January 1757; died 16 FEbruary 1826, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; married abt 1775, John Norton of Earl Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, born 1 November 1749; died 5 July 1822, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Parents of 13 children.
John Norton served in the Revolutionary War as Lieutenant in Captain Bowman's Comp. 1782. (Penna. Archives, 5th Series, Vol. VII, p. 502) He was a carpenter by trade but operated an Inn at Harrisburg where he had removed prior to 1790 (Egles Notes and Queries, 3 series, Reprint Vol. 1, p. 71)."

Jackie

Fred,
Thank you for your research. I believe my Norton families all came from NC, but I will save your information. Who knows maybe some of mine strayed your way and there could be a connection after all.
Polly Holbrooks-Sizemore

Hi, James E. Norton b 28 Apr 1852 Shelton Laurel, Madison Co., NC d 30 Sep 1933 Saint Maries, Benewah Co., ID married Dulla Jane Ray b Jul 1858 Madison Co., NC d 1917 Walnut, Rockcastle Co., KY. James was the son of William J. Norton b 1820 Yancey Co., NC d unk at Mars Hill, Madison Co., NC and Nancy Lovada Ponder b 1824 Yancey Co., NC d before 1880 Jackson Co., NC. James and Dulla had 11 children. If you need those details I will send also. Beck Sams, author of "The Sons and Daughters of Sams" at BeckSams@msn.com

I forgot to mention I live in Idaho currently. Beck Sams

Beck,

This line seems to tie in here.
http://www.nortonfamily.net/nc-madison-jesse.htm

Can you give me more info on this line for the research page. Also we are looking for some males to give us a DNA sample.

Scott Norton
Norton DNA