Posted on: Bradford County Biographies Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Fl/BradfordBios/3 Surname: Barrow, BEAUCHAMP, Best, BOYD, Bush, Coleman, COOPER, Doke, English, HAGAN, Hagin, Halcomb, Hogan, Holcombe, Johnson, Justice, Justiss, Matthews, Newman, Numan, NORMAN, Rackley, Rackard, SIMS, SMITH, TRAYLOR, Ward, WILSON ------------------------- WILLIAM NORMAN 1827-1901, son of Artaxerxes Norman (1794)and Clementine Boyd came into Florida following his eldest brother, Richard E Norman then next eldest brother, David B. Norman. David B. would be listed in the 1850 Hamilton County census. Soon thereafter, brothers William and yet another, Joseph Norman (1831) would marry into the Joseph and Leticia (Hogan) Wilson family. The Hogan family were early settlers of Nassau County. Joseph Wilson was an early settler of Duval County Florida (1830 census & 1827 land deed records. First Joseph Norman would marry Mary Catherine Wilson in 1856 (Sumter Co.) and then William Norman would marry (sister) Cassandra Wilson in 1857 (Sumter Co.) The Wilson family includes the KNIGHTS, GEIGER, HIGGENBOTHAM, HARRIS, WEEKS, and many other families of Clay and Duval and Nassau CCounties, Fla... Descendants of the Norman's who are traced to Daniel George Washington (1833), Richard G (1820,), Joseph and John can be found today in BRADFORD County as well as Sumter County, Florida. Artaxerxes' brother - Samuel Gideon Norman (1797) would also come to Bradford County to and his children would had married into the STARLINGS and GRIFFIS line out of GA. Artaxerxes' wife's family, the BOYD'S would also come to Bradford County (presumably because the Norman's had settled there successfully.) The Norman family whose roots go back traced to the 1600's in England would migrate into America settling in South Carolina and then Georgia. Artaxerxes Norman, father of WILLIAM (my GGG grandfather), David, Joseph, John and Daniel George Washington is the brother to James Mitchell Norman whose son "Wheeler" (Jeremiah Bryant Norman) would amass a fortune in real estate in Moultree, Georgia. The prestigious Norman Institute was founded / funded by the Jeremiah Bryant Norman family. The Norman and allied families can be found by perusing my posted tree at the link below. I have placed a lot of information in my source fields (containing descendants) which may not necessarily be placed in the GedCom. Please contact me if you are related. The more the better!