Jacob Norton
(3/14/1778 - bet.2/7/1842 & 7/21/1848)
(Jacob2, Mercer Norton1)

BIRTH: March 14, 1778 in Randolph Co., NC
DEATH: Bet. February 7, 1842 and July 21, 1848 in Tippah Co., MS
BURIAL: DATE UNKNOWN, Pleasant Hills Cemetery, Tippah Co., MS
MARRIAGE: abt 1800
CENSUS: 1820 Jefferson Co., Ill
OCCUPATION: Farmer
PROPERTY: 1825 Jacob owned 25 acres in Hardeman Co., TN
                   In 1826, Jacob owned 40 acres in Hardeman Co., TN and later added 45 acres
                   In Tippah Co., MS June 15, 1843 (see Deed below), he owned the SE1/4 of Sec 30S, R4E
                      
RELIGION: Antioch Primitive Baptist Church, Hardeman Co., TN was constituted on March 2, 1824.
                     He served as a deacon.
RESIDENCE: Jacob was listed on the 1801 Tax List of Wayne Co., Kentucky
                      About 1830 he lived in Hardeman Co., TN
                       After 1843, he lived in Tippah Co., MS

Father: MercerNorton
Mother: Martha Higgins

WIFE : Mary King

BIRTH:April 7, 1784
DEATH: After 1850 in Tippah Co., MS
BURIAL: DATE UNKNOWN, Pleasant Hills Cemetery, Tippah Co., MS
MARRIAGE: abt 1800
RELIGION: Antioch Primitive Baptist Church, Hardeman Co., TN was constituted on March 2, 1824.
                    Mary was the first female listed.

            Jacob and Mary's  Children:
                        1. Nancy Jane Norton
                        2. Messer Norton
                        3. William Norton
                        4. Martha Norton
                        5. Peter King Norton
                        6. Jacob Norton
                        7. Mills H. Norton
                        8. Rachel Ann Norton
                        9. John H. Norton
                       10. Nicholas Norton
                       11. Edward Norton

Supporting Legal Documents

Land Deed
October 6, 1840, Hardeman Co., TN

Land Deed
June 15, 1843, Tippah Co., MS

Land Plat of Tippah County, TN
This shows where land owned by Jacob Norton, Josiah Short
& John Pollock lay in relation to each other!

Church Minutes taken by Jacob Norton

Letter written by Jacob's Grandson
Gives some ancestry and history of the Nortons

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.