Display Patriot - P-257225 - John NORWOOD

John NORWOOD

SAR Patriot #: P-257225

The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
It is considered a research aid and is intended to assist in locating sources that can be used as proof.
 

State of Service: SC      Qualifying Service: Captain
DAR #: A084942

Birth: 17 Mar 1751 Society Hill / Craven / SC
Death: 20 Jun 1826 Darlington / Darlington / SC

Qualifying Service Description:
  1. GEN MARION'S BRIGADE,fought at Seige of Charleston, Led engagement at Pratt's Mill
  2. ALSO PVT Captain ELIAS DUBOS'

Additional References:
  1. NSDAR #839851 cites: SALLEY, SC PROV TROOPS NAMED IN PAPERS OF THE 1ST COUNCIL OF SAFETY OF THE REV PARTY IN SC, pg 219
  2. GREGG, HIST OF THE OLD CHERAWS, pg 411
  3. SC in Rev War by Sarah S Ervin pg 74
  4. "Men of Mark of South Carolina" Volume 2, pg 295
  5. "Gregg's History of Old Cheraws" pg 411
  6. "Notable Men of Alabama", DuBose Vol 1, pg 242
  7. "The Roster of SC Patriots in the Americn Revolution" by Bobby Gilmer Moss, pg 733
  8. DAR Patriot Index, pg 500
  9. Compied General Accounts Audited of Rev War Service, SC Dept of Archives and History, AA5578, Roll 112
  10. SC Historical and Genealogical Magazine, Vol III, pg 132-133

Spouse: Mary Martha Warren
Children: John Jr; Joseph; Margaret Dawson; Mary; Samuel; Alexander McIntosh; Martha W;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
1975-07-31 MS Unassigned Edwin M Chapman (108661) Sara   
1980-01-10 NC Unassigned Charles Stephens Norwood (116482) Joseph   
1981-11-18 MS Unassigned Davis Yates Williams (111644) Margaret   
1983-01-06 MS Unassigned Henry Davis Williams (121442) Margaret   
1986-05-23 TX 230091 Mark Holland Prothro (125767) Samuel   
2011-08-19 TX 43370 John Seguine Bolton (163272) John   
2013-07-30 NC 54355 Samuel Calvin Cook IV (188070) Martha   
2022-09-02 TX 103488 Johnny Bruce Norwood Sr. (223713) Alexander   
Burial:
First Baptist Church Cemetery (C-0377786)
Location:
Hartsville / Darlington / SC / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
2157684
Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
34.378056 / -80.074245
Find A Grave Memorial #:
113936534
Marker Type:
VA Headstone
SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:
  • The marker states that he is buried at Byrdtown
  • Photos displayed courtesy of Gerald Adams, SC SAR

  • Name in find-a-grave is CaptJohn Middleton Norwood



Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:
  • From the intersection of 5th Street (Bus 15) and College Avenue in Hartsville, SC, take 5th St north for 850 feet (1.5 blocks) to the church on the right. The last set of church buildings has guest parking available that is near the cemetery and just off the road
  • From the parking lot near the road, turn right / perpendicular to the road and go past the second building on the left. Bear left towards the large tree in the cemetery. There is a long row of crypts just past the tree. John Norwood’s marker is at the near end of that row of crypts in the next plot. His marker is a light-colored stone with a rounded top


Author: Samuel Calvin Cook, IV


John Norwood, from Darlington, South Carolina, born March 17, 1751, and died on June 20th, 1826. John was married to Mary Martha Warren.

John entered service with the rank of private, under the command of Captain Elias Dubose, in the Volunteer Independent Company of St. David's Parish (Cheraws District) in 1775.

John Norwood later rose to the rank of captain and is recorded as served in General Marion’s Brigade, as well as under Major General Nathanael Greene during the Battle of Eutaw Springs.

Captain John Norwood's marker is located in the Joseph Norwood Plot in the First Baptist Church Cemetery in Hartsville, SC, Darlington County.


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