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George Washington Norton (Russellville, Kentucky, banker and financier)

b. 1814-09-06 d. 1889-07-18

Russellville, Kentucky, banker and financier. Logan County, Kentucky, native. Son of William Norton and Mary Hise Norton. Married to Martha Henry Norton in 1856. Father of Ernest Norton, Juliette Norton, Mary Norton, Susan Norton, and Lucy Norton. Dry goods merchant in Logan County. Owned five enslaved persons in Russellville in 1850. Founder and president of the Southern Bank in Russellville from 1850 to 1866. Owned eight enslaved persons in Russellville in 1860.

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Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Logan County, Russellville, p. 65A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Logan County, Russellville, p. 337.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Logan County, Russellville, p. 116-17.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Logan County, Russellville, p. 25A.

Samuel W. Thomas, "Norton, George Washington," in The Encyclopedia of Louisville, John E. Kleber, ed. (Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky, 2001), 659-660.

"George W. Norton Dead: one of Louisville's Weathiest Citizens Expires Early this Morning," Courier-Journal (Louisville, Ky.), July 18, 1889, p. 6.

Find A Grave, "George Washington Norton (1815-1889), Memorial #14838616, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14838616/george-washington-norton (accessed January 8, 2017).

Citation

Norton, George Washington. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32213752 (November 12, 2026).

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