WILLIAM NORMAN - Wife #1 - Mary ROSS

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SUBMITTED BY: Liz Nash, December 2004  
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HUSBAND: William NORMAN
date and place of birth: about 1744-50 Virginia
date and place of marriage: unknown
other marriages: Euphemia (Euphony) HARRISON
military service: Revolutionary War
date and place of death:
father:  Isaac NORMAN
mother:  Frances COURTNEY
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WIFE: Mary ROSS
date and place of birth: Unknown
other marriages:
date and place of marriage: Virginia
date and place of death: Date Unknown - Virginia
father: William ROSS
mother:  Margaret UNKNOWN
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CHILD 1: George NORMAN
sex: M
date and place of birth: About 1770, Virginia
married: Sarah "Sally" GROCE
date and place of marriage: Bet. 1796 - 1798, Lincoln County, GA
other marriages:
date and place of death: October 1817, Lincoln County, GA
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SOURCES: Census, Estate, Land and other records in Lincoln County, GA.
"Normans of Normandy Hall" by Dr. Lois L. Norman, 1976
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NOTES:

George was Sheriff of Lincoln County in 1804.
George Norman was the son of William Norman and his first wife, Mary Ross. We know very little about George's mother. Records of William Sheppard Norman, (George's son) in his own handwriting, state, "Mary Ross was our paternal Grandmother's name and for whom my dear Sister was named." There were Ross families in Fauquier and Prince William Counties, but no connection has been established with them except for the will of William Ross which would seem to confirm that George was his grandson and the son of Mary Ross.

In 1784, William Ross of Prince William County, VA left a will bequeathing all his estate to his wife, Margaret, except the lands he had in Kentucky. These lands were to be equally divided between his four sons, John, William, Benjamin and Alexander, and his grandson George Norman. In the Lincoln County, Ga deed book A 1796-1799, the following is recorded.

"George Norman to trusty friend, Thomas Dallas, 15 January 1799, Power of Attorney to receive from David Lee of Prince William County, Va., what he holds as Norman's guardian. Witnessed: Samuel Davis before Gibson Wooldridge, J.P. Registered January 16, 1799. Page 184."

George Norman moved from Virginia to Georgia with his father when he was about 18 years old. According to Thomas Dallis, who came with them, they moved to Georgia in 1793. This would put George's date of birth at 1775. The family settled in the part of Wilkes County that in 1796 became Lincoln County. George was said to be a surveyor by profession, but acquired land and was a planter. George was Sheriff of Lincoln County from October 23, 1803 until October 23, 1805. He was Justice of the Peace in 1806 and again in 1813.

George's name is on the Tax Digest of Lincoln County from 1802 until 1816. He is listed in the Georgia Land Lottery of 1805, but did not draw any land. On March 30, 1805, George bought 338 acres of land on Fishing Creek in Lincoln County from his father for $332. George appears to have been prosperous as he ultimately acquired 500 acres of land, owned a number of Slave and had a two-wheel pleasure carriage.

George Norman died in 1817 in Lincoln County. He died intestate and Letters of Administration were granted to Sarah Norman on November 3, 1817. She was appointed guardian of their minor children. (Minute book N Lincoln County) Appraisers were appointed on the same date to make an inventory of the estate. The inventory of "the goods and chattels," the personal property, shows that the home was comfortable furnished and the plantation well equipped. Among the items inventoried was a Bible valued at twenty dollars. The value of the estate, exclusive of land, was about twelve thousand dollars. The court records indicate that George died on October 1817. He was about 47 years old. George is buried in the Norman family cemetery in Lincoln County where his father, William, is also buried.