Courtney C. Norman, Sr.

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COURTNEY NORMAN born unknown, died 1770 (Will Book B, page 4, Culpeper Co.) married Mary Browning, daughter of Francis and Elizabeth Lloyd Browning. Courtney Norman received a grant of 238 acres of land in the Great Fork of the Rappahannock River in 1Z28, which he later deeded to John Ashley. This land crossed the North River into the Gourdvine Fork and thence into the Great Fork near land of Francis Browning. On the same day, he received from Nathaniel Hillin a deed of 100 acres, part of his father's patent. This land on Flatt Run he sold to Robert Strother in 1752. Courtney Norman had property in various places in what is now Culpeper and Rappahannock Counties.

Issue of Courtney Norman and Mary Browning Norman

1. John Norman m. Ann Unknown Among the descendants was Frank Roland Norman of Chicago, descended from his son Benjamin born about 1760 in Culpeper County or Hampshire County (now W. Virginia). Benjamin had a son Daniel, b. in Hampshire Co., in 1787. Daniel's son George W. Norman was born in Keene Township, Coshocton Co., Ohio. George W. Norman was the father of Frank Roland Norman, born in Ohio, later moved to Chicago. His children: Guy, Farl B. (graduate of Harvard University). Frank Roland Norman, in a letter of his kinsman, Joseph Thomas Norman, Jr. stated that most of his Norman relatives were farmers. They were sober, hard-working people, mostly Methodists.

2. Amey Norman m. Murphy, according to her father's will.

3. Reuben Norman m. Rachel Browning. He served in Revolutionary War. Children: John, Caleb, and Benjamin H. (See Misc. Nte. 4 in back)

4. Benjamin Norman

5. Ezekiel Norman m. Nancy, served in Revolutionary War.

6. Elizabeth Norman

7. William Norman m. Mary Browning, daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth Bywaters Browning. They were first cousins. William served as captain in Revolutionary War. Among the children of Capt. William Norman and Mary Browning Norman was Agnes Norman who married William Grimsley, 1807. From this line there came a line of eminent lawyers and Baptist preachers. A son, Reverend Barnett Grimsley of Rappahannock County, was one of Virginia's most outstanding Baptist preachers. It is said that he was a delicate child because of a serious operation performed on his head, and that in later life he attributed much of his success to his mother's tender care and watchfulness over him. Among the descendants of Capt. William Norman in the counties of Culpeper and Rappahannock are the families of Grimsleys, Woods, Johnsons, and Bruces. (See MISC. NOTES,back)

8. Courtney Norman, Jr. b. 1730, m. Frances _______ d. in 1790's.

In the D. A. R. Library in Washington, D. C., there is a photastatic copy of a Courtney Norman's services in the Revolutionary War. His date of birth was given as 1730. Courtney Norman, Jr. moved to Rockingham County, North Carolina between 1783 and 1790, and died there before 1800, according to his descendant Mrs. Marina Norman Bryan .of Montgomery, Alabama. Another Courtney Norman, probably his son, remained in Culpeper County and married Alice Jett in 1793. (Source: Culpeper Co. Marriages). He owned land in Culpeper after 1800.

(See Misc. Note # 5)

9. Mary Norman

10. Milley Norman m. Leonard Smoot (Source; Culpeper Deed Book S, Will Book B)

The census of 1810 shows that Leonard Smoot was the head of a family of four sons and,four daughters, all bom before 1794. Four of these children are: Elizabeth m. Joseph Anderson, Courtney N. m. Margaret _, Leonard, Jr. m. Abigail Heaton, Mary Browning b.1786 married James Wood of Fauquier County. Their son Pollard Wood had a daughter Alice Marion who married Walter Edgar Hackley of Culpeper County. Their son Dr. Woodford Broadus Hackley of Jeffersonton served as a professor at University of Richmond, and later is affiliated with the Virginia Baptist Historical Society. Pollard Wood's sister, Jane Wood, married John Borden, lawyer of Indiana. Their son William had four children who grew up in Chicago. One of whom was son William, the one discussed in the book, "Borden of Yale." William's father was a wealthy Chicago businessman and at his death son William was left in control of the family fortune. He decided the money was not his, but God's.

Before he was twenty-one years old, he is said to have given over $70,000 to religious work and charities. He was an outstanding student at Yale University where he was elected president of Phi Beta Kappa. He went as a missionary to the Moslems, but was stricken with meningitis before he reached his chosen field of service. On his tombstone is the inscription, "Apart from faith in Christ there is no explanation for such a life." His brother was an explorer. Sister, Mary Borden, married an English general and was an authoress. One of her books is The Catspaw. (Source: Dr. W. B. Hackley and others). Brother John Borden’s daughter Ellen Borden, married Adlai Stevenson, later divorced.