Jonathan-Claire - Person Sheet
Jonathan-Claire - Person Sheet
NameBURRELL, Drucilla 
, 5G Grandmother
, 5G GrandmotherBirth Date1815
Birth PlaceBuncombe County, North Carolina
Death Date20 Jul 1902 Age: 87
Death PlaceNorton, Jackson County, North Carolina
FatherBURRELL, Walter Neal Jr. (~1775-~1839)
MotherPRUITT, Phoebe (~1776-~1839)
Spouses
1NORTON, Roderic , 5G Grandfather
, 5G GrandfatherBirth Date18 Jan 1808
Birth PlacePickens County, South Carolina
Death Date9 Jun 1865 Age: 57
Death PlaceJackson County, South Carolina
FatherNORTON, Barak Pickerel Sr. (1777-1869)
MotherNICHOLSON, Mary B. (1788-1883)
Misc. Notes
In 1824, 16-year-old Roderick Norton arrived in Whiteside Cove, North Carolina, with his parents, Barak Norton and Mary B. Nicholson Norton, plus two older sisters.
He had been born in Pickens County, South Carolina on January 18, 1808, and after moving into North Carolina, his parents had five more children.
Since in 1824, Roderick was his father’s only nearly-grown son, and we can imagine that he and his father were the ones who built the house as well as clearing land, planting crops and anything else that a new homesteading family needed done.
About 1832, Roderick Norton married Drucilla Burrell, seven years his junior and the daughter of Walter Burrell and Phoebe Pruitt. Before the child bearing years were over for Drucilla, she had borne 13 children with only one dying as an infant. “The Roderick Norton Family of Norton, NC,” by F. H. Norton, Omaha, Nebraska, written with permission as an addendum to “A History of The Norton Family of Cashiers Valley, NC,” Compiled by Trudy Adams, Birmingham, Alabama, states that Roderick was probably the first settler in the Norton community, although there is no direct proof of that. It is known that he and his family were living in Norton by the 1850s in a house at the corner of Norton Road and Yellow Mountain Road. For the second time in his life, he cleared land and farmed, which was about the only way to survive in that area at that time.
Roderick Norton’s eldest child was David Norton and he made a name for himself in several ways. In 1878, David Norton applied for the establishment of a post office in the community and in 1879 his application was approved and he became the first postmaster of Norton, North Carolina. In 1888, David opened the Central House, one of the first hotels in Highlands. During the Civil War, he served in the 25th North Carolina Regiment of the Confederate Army and his brother, Richardson was killed in that war.
Roderick was not a soldier in the Civil War but he did have at least one harrowing experience in his own home with escaped Union soldiers.
He had been born in Pickens County, South Carolina on January 18, 1808, and after moving into North Carolina, his parents had five more children.
Since in 1824, Roderick was his father’s only nearly-grown son, and we can imagine that he and his father were the ones who built the house as well as clearing land, planting crops and anything else that a new homesteading family needed done.
About 1832, Roderick Norton married Drucilla Burrell, seven years his junior and the daughter of Walter Burrell and Phoebe Pruitt. Before the child bearing years were over for Drucilla, she had borne 13 children with only one dying as an infant. “The Roderick Norton Family of Norton, NC,” by F. H. Norton, Omaha, Nebraska, written with permission as an addendum to “A History of The Norton Family of Cashiers Valley, NC,” Compiled by Trudy Adams, Birmingham, Alabama, states that Roderick was probably the first settler in the Norton community, although there is no direct proof of that. It is known that he and his family were living in Norton by the 1850s in a house at the corner of Norton Road and Yellow Mountain Road. For the second time in his life, he cleared land and farmed, which was about the only way to survive in that area at that time.
Roderick Norton’s eldest child was David Norton and he made a name for himself in several ways. In 1878, David Norton applied for the establishment of a post office in the community and in 1879 his application was approved and he became the first postmaster of Norton, North Carolina. In 1888, David opened the Central House, one of the first hotels in Highlands. During the Civil War, he served in the 25th North Carolina Regiment of the Confederate Army and his brother, Richardson was killed in that war.
Roderick was not a soldier in the Civil War but he did have at least one harrowing experience in his own home with escaped Union soldiers.
Marr Date1832
Marr PlaceMacon County, North Carolina
ChildrenRebecca (1832-1909)