William H. Norton

Birth Date

1833-02-28

Death Date

1873-09-27

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Mercer County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Asbury Norton and Mary Norton. Married to Mary H. Norton. Father of Berry C. Norton, Mary B. Norton, and William R. Norton. Farmer in Mercer County in 1850. Farmer in Mercer County in 1860. Served in the 11th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a second lieutenant from September 22, 1862, to April 22, 1864.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, District 2, p. 327A.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, District 2, p. 638.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, Precinct 2, p. 462A.
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 110.
Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 280.
"William Hickerman Norton (1833-1873)," Find A Grave, Memorial 35989279, accessed July 24, 2023, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35989279.

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