Lt. Lipscomb Norvell (Cont. Army)

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Lipscomb Norvell (1756 - March 2, 1843) was an American military officer in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War (Heitman) .

Norvell was the son of John Norvell and an unknown daughter of Moses Lipscomb of Hanover County, Virginia, and the great grandson of Captain Hugh Norvell, one of the original trustees of the city of Williamsburg, Virginia.

Norvell entered the Continental Army on August 7, 1777, as a cadet in Captain William Mosby's company of the 5th Virginia Regiment of Foot commanded by Colonel Josiah Parker. On January 15, 1778, he became regimental paymaster. He fought in the Revolutionary War Battles of Brandywine, Trenton, and Monmouth. He became a second Lieutenant in September, 1778 and a first Lieutenant in February, 1780, In 1780, he was in the City of Charleston with forces sent to defend the city in response to a British threat towards southern colonies. After the Siege of Charleston, the city fell, Norvell was taken prisoner of war and remained in British custody until the end of the war. From his service, he joined the Society of the Cincinnati. After the war, he was a justice of the peace and early pioneer in Kentucky, where he had received considerable lands as a bounty for his war service. At the time of his death, he lived with his family in Nashville, Tennessee(Obituary Lipscomb Norvell). He is believed to be the first Revolutionary War officer buried in the Nashville City Cemetery (Bond, Octavia Zollicoffer). One of his sons was U.S. Senator John Norvell of Michigan and his grandson, William Walker, the son of Mary Norvell Walker, was the filibuster in Nicaragua.

LIPSCOMB NORVELL (born, Hanover County, Virginia, September 1756 -died in Nashville, Tennessee March 2, 1843) entered the Continental Army on August 7, 1777. He fought in the Battles of Brandywine, Trenton, and Monmouth. He was taken prisoner by the British in Charleston, South Carolina on May 12, 1780 and remained in British custody until the end of the war. From his service, he was an original member of the Virginia Society of the Cincinnati. An original settler in Kentucky, he was a justice of the peace and a farmer. By 1828, he was living with his family in Nashville, where he remained until his death in 1843.

Revolutionary War Service

Cadet and paymaster 5th Virginia, 15th January, 1778;

2d Lieutenant 3d Virginia, 9th September, 1778;

1st Lieutenant, February, 1780

Served to close of war as POW of the British in Charleston, South Carolina.

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