Hi Diane, We have corresponded before, but I have a little more information that may help you in your search. I am of the opinion that Samuel Norwood was the father of several of the Norwood girls in Carroll County. I have been going on the assumption that he was the father of my Oliver H. P. Norwood, but now it looks as if she was probably one of his daughters. Here is what I have in a nut shell. ? Norwood married Elizabeth Underwood as per Joseph Underwood's will in Elbert Co in 1824. A Pernelia Norwood is also listed in that will. Samuel N. paid taxes in 1807 in Franklin Co. Ga. Samuel N. sold property in 1815 in Franklin Co. while living in Elbert Co. Samuel N. was the lucky drawer of land lot 78-13 in Carroll Co., his draw was from Decatur Co. Ga. Samuel N. sold land lot 78-13 in 1830 as a resident of Carroll Co. Samuel N. was on the 1830 census with 4 males and 9 females in Carroll Co.( I don't know where he lived in Carroll Co. but if you look at William H. Dollarhides, maps showing the Census boundaries, you will find that most of the indian territory now known as Cass Co. was included in the 1830 Carroll Co. Census.) between 1831-1833, Pernelia m. Selman, Lucinda m Baird, Sarah m Liles, and Winney m Crook all in Carroll Co. Samuel N. was the lucky drawer of two land lots in Cherokee Co. in the 1832 land lottery from Carroll Co. Theophilus and Thomas also won land lots in that lottey. Samuel and Theophilus A. Norwood jointly purchased land lot 152-23 in Section 2 of Cass Co. in August 1837. This property was in the North East Corner of Cass County at that time. It is located just NE of Pine Log. The property may or may not be in what is now Gordon Co. They built a mill pond and Mill there and Theophilus was still there as of the 1870 Census. I spoke with Mrs. Garrison with the Bartow County Genealogical Society there. Her grandfather purchased that property for a company, and it now is owned by the Country of Guatemala. Samuel N. is listed on the 1840 census with 9 males and 6 females in the Carroll Co. Census. HOWEVER, I think this information is in error, because 1) the 1840 census posted by the Carroll Co. website does NOT list any Norwoods and 2) the Bartow Co Hist. Society had a person go to Washington and transcribe the 1840 census. Samuel and all the others are listed on that Census. The list is in the Bartow County History Book. Anyway I believe that Samuel lived in Cass Co. in 1840. Although Theophilus A. Norwood married in Jan. 1840, he is not listed on the 1840 census. I think that he is one of the 9males listed. My gggrandmother Elizabeth married William Wood in May 1841in Cherokee Co. William Wood is listed on the 1850 Cherokee Co. Census with Elizabeth Wood, 4 wood children , plus Weny Norwood, and Stanford Norwood. My ggrandfather OHP Norwood is listed on that same census with a Margaret c. Norwood (wife) and John R. I. Norwood. He moved away in 1852 and died in Hot Spring Co. Ark in 1896. Elizabeth Wood (widowed) joined him in 1856 and was listed with him in the 1860 and 1870 Hot Spring, Census'. There is no proof that all the Samuel Norwoods listed above are the same person, but I think perhaps they are. I can't explain what he was doing in the extreme Southwest corner of Georgia (Decatur Co.) when he won the land lot in 1827, but I did find out that it was not necessary for a person to live where he placed his name. Since he tried to sell the land immediately in 1827 while in Decatur Co. and later in Bibb Co. and finally in Carroll Co. I kind of think he may have been an indian trader. I hope the above may be of some value to you in your search, regards Al Norwood