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William Norwood settled in Hillsborough before 1800, practiced law there and lived at Poplar Hill on the Eno River. He represented the borough of Hillsborough in the House of Commons in 1806 and 1807 and served as a superior court judge from 1820 to 1836. He is buried in the Hogg-Norwood plot in Hillsborough's Old Town Cemetery.
Source: NCpedia: Norwood, William (Dictionary of North Carolina Biography)
1767–1842 as the Library of Congress records it · Library of Congress authority record ↗
2 indexed works are connected with this person, and the index includes one work by William Norwood.
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Kron family letters of Stanly County, 1827 to 1901: Dr. Francis Joseph Kron's correspondence with Francis L. Hawks, Nicholas Marcellus Hentz and Governor Thomas Bragg, and later letters from Adelaide and Elizabeth Kron written after his death. Among them is his letter declining an appointment as a trustee, and the University of North Carolina figures in the correspondence. Part of North Carolina Memory.
Seven items from the Hogg and Norwood families of Hillsborough, dated 1815 to 1841 and preserved as typed transcriptions whose originals have not been located, in the Southern Historical Collection at UNC, collection 2258-z. Subjects include William Norwood and Robina Hogg Norwood, Scottish American family life in the town, and opinion abroad on the Napoleonic Wars.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the UNC record: Norwood, William, 1767-1842.
About 125 items from William Lytle, 1755 to 1829, dated 1773 to 1841 with the bulk before 1805, in the Southern Historical Collection at UNC, collection 445-z. Topics include the North Carolina militia in the Revolution, land tenure in Tennessee, migration out of the southern states, and Cherokee relations with government in the eighteenth century. Hillsborough history is the Orange County link.
Why this is here: Catalog heading in the UNC record: Norwood, William, 1767-1842.
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