This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Qi3.2ACIB/18.24.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Scott I have been going through some of my notes and realized that the 7 youngest Norton children were definitely born in Alabama. One of them I know was born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. On the usgeweb.com site it shows that David Owen Norton m Lucy McCraw (some say McCraw and some say McGraw) in OLD 96 AND ABBEVILLE DISTRICTS, SOUTH CAROLINA - MARRIAGES - 1774-1890. Different family sources say that David was born in SC, NC and VA. The same goes for his children. He was supposed to be a reverend at Village Creek, Jefferson Co. He is buried in Russelville, Franklin County, Alabama. John Fletcher Norton ran a freight line from MO to TX and Oklahoma and also ran a trading post in OK. John Norton was listed as a Postmaster as was his son David Owen Norton. David Owen Norton was also listed as a Lawyer. Henry Wilson Norton was listed as a Sheriff and his son Henry Malone Norton was very well educated for the times. This info. is from census records, family sources, books, and post! al info. Quite a bit of the Nortons had dark hair some curly with blue eyes. Other odd names or nicknames in the family are Minor as a name and Doc as a nickname. Does any of this fit?