Patriots and Veterans

       

William Wood
Husband of Martha Norton
(Martha3, Jacob2, Mercer1)
War of 1812

 

William Carroll Norton
(William4, Mills3, Jacob2, Mercer1)
Civil War, 34th Mississippi Regiment
Lost a leg

 

Mills Higgins Norton
(Mills4, Edward3, Jacob2, Mercer1)
Killed in the Civil War

 

Elza Milton West
(Elza4, Mercer N.3, Hetty2, Mercer Norton1)
Enlisted in Tennessee was in prison at Camp Douglas in Illinois

 

William Henry Wood
(William3, Martha2, Jacob2, Mercer Norton1)
Enlisted on August 19, 1861 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas under Col. J.S. Dunlap.
He served as a drummer and a private in Co. K, 9th Regiment.
Source stated that he was a "cripple"

Robert A. Wood
(Robert3, Martha2, Jacob2, Mercer Norton1)
Killed during the Civil War

 

Jacob Anderson Cosby
(Jacob4, Nancy Jane3, Jacob2, Mercer Norton1)
Died in Memphis, TN as a prisoner of the Civil War

 

James Wilson Norton
(James 4, Messer3, Jacob2, Mercer Norton1)
Served in Company A, 8th Regiment Missouri Infantry

 

Josiah Henderson Norton
(Josiah4, William3, Jacob2, Mercer Norton1)
Enlisted November 1861 at Ripley, Tippah Co., Mississippi
In Company B 2nd Mississippi Regiment
Discharged, re-enlisted in the 37th Mississippi
Served as a scout from 1862 until the close of the war