William Norris
| ID: | I88 |
| Last: | Norris |
| First: | William |
| Middle: | |
| Birth: | 1720 |
| Death: | 1782 |
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| Sex: | M |
| Event: | Revolutionary War Patriot, recognized by DAR Military Service |
| Notes: | Was a Patriot, registered with the DAR under National Number 670338 |
| Sources: | 1 |
| Mother: | Susannah Gardner b: UNKNOWN d: UNKNOWN |
| Father: | William Norris b: ABT 1685 d: ABT 1724 |
| Marriage 1 | Agnes Frederick b: ABT 1751 d: 1822 |
| Wedding: 1769 West Creek, Edgefield Co., South Carolina | |
| Note: In Memory of / Our Dead / Who Rest Here / Agnes Frederick / Norris / B. 1751 M. 1769 D. 1822 / ... William / Norris / S.C. / Z. S. Brooks Co. / S. C. Mil. Rev. War / Born in England / 1720-1781 / M. Agnes Frederick ... |
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| 1 Nathan Norris b: 3 Jul 1770 Edgefield Co., South Carolina | |
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| 1 | Title: History of Edgefield County from the earliest settlements to 1897 Author: Chapman, John Abney, A.M. Publication: Repr. 1980, The Reprint Co., Publ., Spartanburg, South Carolina 29304, from 1897 ed. publ. by E. H. Aull, Newberry, SC Text: Biographical and anecdotical; with sketches of the Seminole War; Nullification; Secession; Reconstruction; churches and literature; with rolls of all the Companies from Edgefield in the War of Secession; War with Mexico and with the Seminole Indians. Page: pp. 156-157 Note: / Information based on Chapman's interview of William Norris' grandson, John M. Norris. Text: XVII. Norris Township. The history of Norris Township is here given as it is related by Mr. John M. Norris, who, in November, 1891, was in his seventy-fifth year, and who was born and raised in the township, and has resided all his life within a mile of where his father and grandfather lived and died. Norris Township lies in the eastern border of the county and embraces a considerable portion of the famous Ridge Plateau, from the Lexington County line west to Ward Township, a distance of ten or twelve miles, and extends northwest to the Rhinehart and Mobley Townships, and embraces within its area Cloud's Creek, West Creek, and Norris Creek, all three of which have their source on the Ridge and flow in a northwest direction.... Among the earliest settlers of the township was William Norris, grandfather of Mr. John M. Norris, who came from Pennsylvania, and settled on West Creek about the year 1750, and died in 1780. About the same time William Sawyer settled in the same neighborhood... William Norris was of the Quaker persuasion. He left three sons, Nathan, William, and Stephen, and also several daughters. All these lived long and useful lives. The wife ofWilliam Norris was Agnes F[r]ederick, a woman of remarkable qualities. By the death of her husband she was left alone, to take care of and to raise and train her children. Her training was so excellent that it is said that neither one of them was ever known to use profane language. Nathan, the oldest, was the patriarch of the Norris family....During the greater part of his life he served as Justice of Peace, County Commissioner, %c... |
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