The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-24
- noRroNs ANp THE Losses.
zvo Old South Carolina Families and
Their DESCENDANTS.


" H Robert in the Baptist Courier.
A+an early day in orr history two in
..Iigent and respectable families from
Great Britain settled in South Carolina
~ G. Helena Islsnd-Mr. William Norton,
distinguished man in England, claiming
10. mis- family coat OF arms, and his
tIrse sisters. wife and children, and DIR.
5Iilaorge Nosse, a highly educated physician,
80 ireland. with a Young wife. They
iiTad near together, and when in a little
,.biIa Or. Nose lost his wife he married
Miss Phoebe NJ. Norton, sister of Will
'a Tbese families. thus related to each
otber. on terms Of the greatest intimacy,
gre5 near together, and raised large fam
lies Two of the sisters of Mr.. VIM. Nor
ION besides the wife of DIR. George
Sosse. were Mrs. E. Graham, the widow
ofan Episcopal preacher, the Rev. Vim.
Crebam Though she was Baptist. hay
ing been baptized by DR.. Holcomb in Sa-
,sannah) who lived and died in Black
swamp. never having had any children.
Mrs Martha Norton married a Mr.. Pope,
and raised several children. Their
descendants, Hopkins, and Judge James
z Cole and family, in Calves ton, Texas,
are1of this family The coat of arms of
the Norton family has been described to
me-by lady who had a valuable record
from her grandfather's Bible, 10 this
ytar. The coat of arms has 1.-TWO lions,
rb6enix head rising above a shield, bear
he this inscription, 'Avo, ayari, ava
rum. s." Our ancestors are not forgot
ten" This distinction has at times
brought distant relatives into personal
recognition, which was pleasant.
DIR. George MosSe had seven daugh tiers.
whom he raised and educated and saw
bannilv married. Their descendants are
oil no ,.te 81 = "a
States-Of various names and occupations.
/. Esther Maria, the eldest, married
Capt Patrick Mckenzie, a ScotchIrish
captain of the revolutionary war. who
died of smallpox in 1897. and left only
one child Phoebe M, who bore slight
marks of that disease on her face to the
dag of her death, in 1854 in Marietta,
Ca. where she is buried. She was bap-
TIED by Dr. H. Holcomb. in Savannah,
Ca. when she was only Z years old, and
adorned the Christian life all her days,
becoming the wife of Deacon James Jehu
Robert Of Black Swamp Baptist church,
at Robertville. She left eight sons
and two daughters, who could
cali her blessed. 'sShe feared
the Lord and was praised by all who
knew her" 2 Elizabeth Moses was bap-
TIED On St. Helena (after her father and
uncle and their families became Baptists,
and established the church there by tn
Rev Dr. Holcomb when only l2years old.
She married Mr.. James Stoney when she
was only l6 years old. They had fifteen
children, only two of whom were raised,
DR.. George NJ. Stoney and Martha Sarah,
who became the wife of the Rev. James
A. Lawton. They have left but one son,
Samuel Lawton, of Alendale, S. c., an
active Baptist. 3. Phoebe, or, as they
called her, Sibby, married the Rev. Joseph
j. Lawton. They left two sons, the Rev
Joseph A Lawton and DIR. Benjamin w
Lawton, and several daughters, who had
families. 4. Jane married Deacon Benja-
min T. d. Lawton. Their sons
and daughters were quite numer-
Gus. Dr. James L. Lawton, who
died in Atlanta in 1892 and Mrs
Willingham, the mother of that large and
influential family, now doing good service
for the cause of God, being of the num-
Der. 5. Mary married Adam F. Bris-
bane. They raised two children, the
Rev. DR. w. H. Brisbane who moved to
Ohio and carried his negroes with him.
He became quite prominent among the
abolitionists, and at one time was run for
President of the United States at the
head Of the abolition ticket Heleft sew
eral children, one, at least, Baptist
preacher, the Rev. Ben Law ton Brisbane,
now at Council Bluff, La. 6. Martha, the
sixth daughter, became the wife of Col.
Black Swamp church at Robert
vile. Col Lawton was promi-
nent man in church and state,
serving number of times in the legisla-'
ture, being at one time treasurer of the
Baptist State Convention and trustee
OF Furman University. Their eldest
daughter became the wife of the Rev.
Pr Jos. t. Robert, LII, D., and left
three sons, the Rev j. S. R., Jr., Col H.
M. Robert, United States engineer corps,
now on duty in New York, and Prof. j.
A. Robert, of Dayton. Ohio. Their eldest
son IS Cen A. R. Lawton, now of Savan-
nah, Ga, know throughout the United
States as well as in the Confederate
states army and as a representative of
the government of the United
States under President Cleveland in
austria z. Sarah, the seventh
and youngest, married Robert Godfrey
norton son of -- Norton, al edu-
cdted and pious man, who was always in
pace as the lay-reader of sermons,
Ior the Robertville Baptist church, in the
absence Of regular preacher. They left
only one son, Alexander, whose children
are IN Georgia, and three daughters, one
OF whom married the Rev. James T.
Hweat' who died year or so since. Mar
ma married James Buckner. and left no
children, and Mary Norton, who. think,
Is SUI alive, has had a happy and useful
are.
This tribute to my mothers ances-
~ The great grandson of Mr.. William
Norton and DR.. George Mosse is DR..
ROBERT G. Norton, of Savannah, who
also has son, DR. William L. Norton,
VINO Is practicing physician in Savan-
nan Or. Robert G. Norton has the coat
ol arms described in the foregoing article,
RPleeentea 70 MIN by his cousin, j. D. B. De-
tow TA-T1
WWoIher was a sister of Mr.. Robert G.
TE r Sr., all originally of South Caro-
oust before Gov. Boiess retirement from
oIce' each house of the legislature OF Iowa
auopted resolutions expressing it's deep SYM
pyaivny Tor him In the death Of his daughter,
S I'99 Jesslca Boies, and directed that they be
. o go upon the records, aud that copies en-
oeseu upon vellum and attes ted ny the Of.
80 80 OF the Senate and the House, with seal