John T. Norwood

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c1811

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1870-04

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"John T. Norwood" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00020681, (accessed August 21, 2025).

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Louisville, Kentucky, farmer, brickmaker, and contractor. Kentucky native. Married to Elizabeth M. Allison Norwood in Shelby County, Kentucky, on February 4, 1836. Father of Andrew B. Norwood. Married to Mary Moody Norwood in Shelby County, Kentucky, on July 25, 1840. Father of Sallie Norwood, Martin Norwood, and Edward Norwood. Farmer in Shelby County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned six enslaved persons in Shelby County in 1850. Brickmaker in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1860. Household owned two enslaved persons in Louisville in 1860. Hired an additional two enslaved persons in Louisville in 1860. Contractor in Louisville in 1862. Contractor in Louisville in 1864. Contractor in Louisville in 1865.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Shelby County, District 1, p. 338A.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Shelby County, District 1.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, District 4, p. 80.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, District 1, p. 259B.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, District 4, 269A.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Mortality Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, District 8, p. 732.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Shelby County Marriages, Film 000259274.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Shelby County Marriages, Film 005552471.
"Board of Common Council," The Louisville Daily Journal (Louisville, KY), June 9, 1862, p. 1.
"Board of Aldermen," The Louisville Daily Journal (Louisville, KY), March 19, 1864, p. 1.
Edwards' Annual Director to the Inhabitants, Institutions, Incorporated Companies, Manufacturing Establishments, Business firms, Etc., Etc., in the City of Louisville, For 1865-6 (Louisville: Edwards, Greenough & Deved, 1866), 463.

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