Carole, This won't help much, but I have just a reference to a Robert Norton who married a Nancy Holley, no dates. Nancy was the daughter of William Holley, b. October 11, 1805, d. June 12, 1859. William Holley was the son of Jonathan Holley, b. 22 February 1784, died 1857 in Sampson County which is Clinton, NC. There is a picture of him in The Heritage Book of Sampson County, NC. Jonathan was born in Connecticut. This information came from a book by Norva Jernigan Hawley from Hamlet, NC. There is no more information about the Nortons in the book. A lot of the Hawleys or Holleys settled areound Morven in Mecklenburg County near Charlotte, NC. Hope I haven't confused you, but sometimes names help. Helen