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John Woodberry Norton

John Woodberry Norton

Male 1850 -    Has 14 ancestors and 2 descendants in this family tree.


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  • Name John Woodberry Norton
    Birth 1849/1850  Marion Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male
    _TAG Uncle/Aunt ancestors 
    _UID D130898DD2DAD4118AC44445535400002683 
    Person ID I18407  Marty and Karla Grant
    Last Modified 3 Feb 2019

    Father Alexander "Sandy" Norton,   b. 1825/1826, Marion Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1861/1865, Civil War, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 39 years)
    Mother Priscilla Lane,   b. 1827/1828, Marion Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1880, Marion Co, SC Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 53 years)
    Marriage 1840/1849  Marion Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    _UID 1C9994D2C3BB51419FDE3AA0D203A8C5C405 
    Family ID F1242  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Laura Manship,   b. 1854/1855, Marion Dist, SC Find all individuals with events at this location
    Marriage 1870/1875  Marion Co, SC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    _UID ED5A0F6922C59440B42828E86394B8E4F920 
    Children 
     1. David E Norton,   b. 1874/1875, Marion Co, SC Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Carrie V Norton,   b. 1878/1879, Marion Co, SC Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F9173  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Aug 2026

  • Notes 
    • !CENSUS:1860 Marion Dist, SC Marion Twp # 1334 J.W. (m) NORTON, 10 (1849/50) born SC;

      !CENSUS:1870 Marion Co, SC Moody's Twp # 178 John NORTON, 19 (1850/51) born SC;

      !CENSUS:1880 Marion Co, SC Moody # 32 Woodberry NORTON, 31 (1848/49) born Sc/SC/SC;


      !REFERENCE: A History of Marion County, South Carolina From Its Earliest Times to the Present, 1901, by W. W. Sellers, Esq., of the Marion Bar. 1902. pp. 176-178
      ...
      Allen Gaddy married a Miss Stackhouse, an aunt of Colonel E. T. Stackhouse, and raised a considerable family; he and wife have both been dead for years ; I know not much of the family; had a son, Herod Gaddy; I do not know what has become of him-think he is in Marlborough ; another son, John W., who is a good citizen and lives now at Bingham ; another son, named Tristran, I don't know what has become of him. The widow of the late David Ellen was a daughter of Allen Gaddy; she married twice; first, a Manship, of Marlborough, and after his death she married the late David Ellen, an old man when she married him ; he died in 1876 ; she lives with her son, John H. Ellen, a very energetic and prosperous farmer, in the Dothan neighborhood; she had two daughters by the Manship marriage-one is the wife of Peter P. McCormac, the other the wife of Woodberry Norton. ;


      !REFERENCE: A History of Marion County, South Carolina From Its Earliest Times to the Present, 1901, by W. W. Sellers, Esq., of the Marion Bar. 1902. pp. 386-395
      ...
      Osborne Lane married a Miss Crawford, a sister of old James Crawford, of Spring Branch-I suppose, older than her brother. The Crawfords were quite respectable in that day and have continued to be so down to the present time. The fruits of the marriage, as known, were eight sons, John, Thomas, Alexander, James, Robert, David, Stephen and William, and two daughters, Kesiah and Elizabeth.
      ...
      James C. Lane, I think, the youngest son of old Osborne, was a most excellent man and a good citizen ; he married a Miss Lee, daughter of old John Lee, on the north side of Buck Swamp, and settled on Catfish, just opposite Latta ; he had and raised four sons, James C, Jr., Crawford, John O. and Stephen L. Lane, and four daughters, Hapsey, Sarah Anne, Orphea and Priscilla. Of the sons, James C, Jr., married a daughter of old William Bryant, a sister of the late John M. Bryant; he had and raised one son, David, and one daughter. The son married some one to the writer unknown ; he has a large family of sons and daughters, several grown; he lives in Kirby Township. The daughter married Peter McLellan, and had several children ; Peter and she (Rebecca, I think, was her name), are both dead; don't know what has become of the children - suppose they are all grown. Crawford Lane, second son of James C, Sr., married a Miss Perritt, daughter of David Perritt, and settled down on the Maiden Down and Ten Mile Bays ; he raised a large family of sons and daughters ; the names of two sons only are known-Addison and James. Addison married a daughter of John M. Bryant, and has several sons, two of whom are married, and several daughters, some grown. James Lane, son of Crawford Lane, married a daughter of the late Samuel Campbell, and has a family, how many are not known. Stephen L. Lane, tihe youngest son of James C, Sr., married Miss Flora Campbell, a daughter of the late William S. Campbell ; he was killed in the last battle of the war, just before Johnston's surrender, after having gone through the whole war ; he left his widow. Flora, and several sons and daughters, none of them personally known to the writer ; one son is named William, and one daughter became the second wife of Merideth Watson, There are several other children. Another son of James C. Lane, Sr., was John O. Lane ; he married a Miss Sweat, daughter of old George Sweat ; they had and raised a family, none of them known to the writer -both are dead. Of the daughters of James C, Sr., Hapsey married the late James Porter ; they had and raised a large family of sons and daugliters, none of wlhom are known to the writer, except Robert P. Porter, in Marion; he married a Miss Johnson, and has a family of several children, none grown. The second daughter of old James C, St., Sarah Ann, married a Mr. Jones, who either died or left the country, leaving her one child, a daughter -what has become of the daughter is unknown ; Mrs. Jones is long since dead. The third daughter of James C. Lane, St., Orphea, married a Mr. Turbeville; they had and raised a family, and have grand-children, but none of them are known. The youngest daughter of James, Sr., Priscilla, married "Sandy" Norton, who was killed or died in the war ; they had and raised three sons, Woodberry, Houston and Holland Norton, who are now among us and good citizens- especially Houston Norton, of Latta ; there may have been daughters- if any, they are unknown to the writer.;


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