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/1745.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi Barry, Just spent a week at FHL in SLC chasing Norton's from Pendleton Co, SC and heretofore have believed that William/Jemima were from the Edward Norton Quaker line. Found info here that makes me question that as factual. The Mercer Norton book tells us that "there is some speculation as to whether or not William (Norton) is the same man as the William Norton (wife Jemima) who moved to Pendleton District, South Carolina." It goes on to say that William, Mercer and Edward (III) were all on the tax lists for Randolph Co., NC in 1779. I had previously found William & Jemima Norton of Pendleton District, SC selling his land in Grayson County, VA (previously Montgomery Co, VA) on Nov 23, 1793 and witnesses to the same are Edward Norton, Gideon Norton, and Jesse Harrison. Jemima is unable to travel so there is a commission to make a privy exam of Jemima and her agreement to the sale. John Willison and William Edmondson, Justices for Pendleton Co., SC attest to her agreement. Also of interest is that William, Henry and Edward Norton all appear on the roster of Militia of Montgomery Co., Va 1777-1790 and tax lists of 1787. Hard to be in two places at one time! Any thoughts? Two of us have had DNA tests and it looks like someone from (Arkansas) Sampson Norton line may also take the test. Bob Norton