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Edward Norton
(1810-1877)
(Edward3, Jacob2, Mercer Norton1)

BIRTH: November 14, 1810 in Tennessee
DEATH: December 16, 1877 in Tippah Co., MS
              Another source - the Pleasant Hill Church
              Roll gives date of death as 8/1876
BURIAL: DATE UNKNOWN, Pinehill Cemetery,
                 Tippah Co., MS
CENSUS: 1840 Tippah Co., MS
                1850 Tippah Co., MS
OCCUPATION: Farmer
RELIGION: Pleasant Hill Church, Tippah Co., TN
RESIDENCE: About 1840 in Tippah Co., TN

Father: Jacob Norton
Mother: Mary King

WIFE: Nancy Short
Marriage Date: 1833 Hardeman Co., TN

BIRTH: March 30, 1815 in Tennessee
DEATH: April 23, 1885
BURIAL: DATE UNKNOWN, Pinehill Cemetery, Tippah Co., MS
RELIGION: Pleasant Hill Church, Tippah Co., TN
RESIDENCE: About 1840 in Tippah Co., TN

Father: Josiah Short
Mother: Sophia Box

             Children of Edward and Nancy:
                        1. Middy Ann Norton
                        2. Mills Higgins Norton
                        3. Mary Cordelia Norton
                        4. John Franklin Norton
                        5. Martha Emily Norton
                        6. Nancy Rachel Millissa Norton
                        7. Sarah Jane Norton
                        8. Frances Angeline Norton
                        9. Delilah Ellen Norton
                       10. Ardelia Sophia Norton
                       11. Parthenia Catherine Norton
                       12. Edward Josiah Norton
                       13. Jacob Washington Norton

The following is taken from an excerpt from "The History of Tippah County, Mississippi", by Tippah County Historical and Genealogical Society, 1981:

In approximately 1835, Edward and William Norton moved to Tippah County from Hardeman County, Tennessee. They were among the first settlers and for awhile lived in abandoned Chickasaw Indian huts. The Indians did not begin to leave this area until around 1837.

Edward and William married sisters. Edward married Nancy Ann Short and William married Sophia. They lived about 4 miles north of Ripley, which was the first settlement south of the Tennessee line. This area belonged not only to them but other Nortons. In 1838, William and a J.J. Norton owned one of the first grocery stores in Ripley. A railroad stop and crossing which is located on Pine Hill Road was named Norton Crossing in honor of Edward and William. Some of this same land on both sides of Hwy. 15 has been in the Norton family since that time.

Sources:

Barron, John Calvin. "Descendants of Robert Pollock
Personal Communication with Iona Pollock
Alex R. Orr, Jr. supplied the source from author Mildred Dulaney, "The Descendants of Mercer (Messer) Norton, 1750?-1800?, and his wife, Martha." 1984, page 399-400.
Kay Nance Linn submitted the excerpt from "The History of Tippah County, Mississippi" by Tippah County Historical and Genealogical Society, 1981
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