Person:Norvell Robertson (2)

Norvell Robertson

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m. 1757

Facts and Events

Name^[1]	Norvell Robertson
Gender	Male
Birth^[3]	22 May 1765	Buckingham, Virginia, United States
Military^[3]	Jul 1781	Rev war - Virginia State Militia, serving at Yorktown in building the breastworks to protect the army from the British. He was discharged at Yorktown on the day Lord Cornwallis surrendered the British army.
Marriage		Virginia, United Statesto Sarah Powell
Baptism`^?`	1791	Jefferson, Georgia, United Statesadult baptism
Death^[3]	16 Sep 1855	Covington, Mississippi, United States
Burial^[3]		Collins, Covington, Mississippi, United StatesNorvel Robertson Family Cemetery

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References

↑ History of the Norvell and Related Families, John Edward Norvell, 4thd ed, 2006.
Notes on the Norvell Family by Mrs. Lucile Gibson Pleasants, in William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine. (Omohundro Institute)
14 (2, Apr 1934):143-150.

... Their son, Norvell Robertson married Sarah Powell, daughter of Benjamin Powell. This is interesting in view of the fact that Spencer Norvell named James Powell as one of his Executors.

Norvell Robertson left a very interesting Autobiography, still preserved, in which he states - "My mother's father, George Norvell, was a citizen of Hanover Co. on the north side of the James River, 12 miles from Richmond. He was tolerably wealthy, but being opposed to her marriage, never gave my mother anything but a negro girl."
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↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 25686114, in Find A Grave
includes photo, last accessed May 2025.