More research is needed.
He was the grandson of Isaac Norman and Frances Courtney of Virginia. He was born about 1750 or earlier, and served in the Revolutionary War. He married at least twice and possibly a third time. According to family records, he was first married to Mary Ross, and second to Mary Sheppard, the sister of Colonel William Sheppard of North Carolina. He lived in Fauquier County, Virginia before migrating to Lincoln County, Georgia after the close of the Revolutionary War.