George Norwood

Descendant Charlotte Whitaker presented the following biography: “George Norwood, was born on March 24, 1760 and died about 1840. His ancestors had emigrated from Scotland to Surrey County, Virginia in 1613. He was the son of William Norwood and his wife, Maria Wall. His father served in the North Carolina Legislature.
George Norwood enlisted in the Continental Army in 1780 when he was about 20 years old. He became a First Sergeant in Williams North Carolina Militia. According to the DAR information belonging to my great aunt, he is also listed as an orderly sergeant in James Richard’s Company of Col. Seawell’s North Carolina Regiment.

After the War he moved to Georgia. He is listed in the 1820 Census in Morgan County, Georgia. He also served in Morgan County in the Indian War. In 1833 he was listed as a pensioner living in Campbell County, Georgia, which later became the southern part of Fulton County where we are now gathered.

George Norwood is known to have had seven children, but no record has been identified to date showing the name of his wife. She may well have preceded him in death and may be buried near their earlier home in Morgan County.

In the early 19th Century Harrison McLarin and John I. Kidd settled in this section of what is now known as Fulton County. Harrison McLarin married George Norwood’s daughter, Mariah. Kidd and McLarin organized a church, which moved to a seven-acre site where Antioch Church now stands. George Norwood is listed in the 1840 census as a pensioner in Campbell County, and he is buried in the cemetery of the Church founded by his son-in-Law. Patriot Norwood is buried at the Antioch United Methodist Church Cemetery, Fairburn, Georgia”. The grave marker was dedicated April 6, 2002.