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Joseph D. Norton (Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, blacksmith. )

b. 1840? d. 1865-06-05

Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, blacksmith assistant and private watchman. Kentucky native. Married Margaret McDonald Norton in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, on September 21, 1862. Blacksmith assistant in Louisville in 1860. Private watchman in Jefferson County in 1865. Killed in Louisville on June 5, 1865.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 8, p. 739.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film 000482709.

"The Picnics Yesterday--Two Men Killed," The Louisville Daily Journal (Louisville, KY), June 6, 1865, p. 3.

"Inquest No. 354," The Louisville Daily Journal (Louisville, KY), June 7, 1865, p. 1.

Citation

Norton, Joseph D.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32213944 (November 12, 2026).

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