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Table - Census of the Norfleet Family After the Revolutionary War (1784-1790)

Head of Household

Number of Whites

Number of Slaves

Total Land (Acres)

County of Residence

State of Residence

Cordall Norfleet [1]

5

29

2094

Southampton

Virginia

Elisha Norfleet

1

5

175

Nansemond

Virginia

Henry Norfleet [2]

2

0

200

Nansemond

Virginia

Hezekiah Norfleet [3]

8

4

436

Nansemond

Virginia

John Norfleet [4]

7

3

200

Nansemond

Virginia

Joseph Norfleet

4

10

500

Nansemond

Virginia

Nathaniel Norfleet [5]

4

6

494

Nansemond

Virginia

Sarah Norfleet

6

8

175

Nansemond

Virginia

Abraham Norfleet [6]

4

4

 

Chowan

North Carolina

Elisha Norfleet [7]

1

7

80

Gates

North Carolina

Elisha Norfleet [8]

9

4

 

Chowan (Edenton)

North Carolina

Elizabeth Norfleet [9]

5

2

250

Gates

North Carolina

James Norfleet

6

24

388

Gates

North Carolina

James Norfleet [10]

1

3

 

Bertie

North Carolina

James Norfleet [11]

1

1

200

Bertie

North Carolina

Joseph Norfleet

1

0

195

Gates

North Carolina

Marmaduke Norfleet

7

59

 

Halifax

North Carolina

Marmaduke Norfleet [12]

1

6

 

Northampton

North Carolina

Reuben Norfleet [13]

6

48

470

Bertie

North Carolina

Sarah Norfleet

3

0

 

Martin

North Carolina

Major James Norfleet [14]

1

0

 

Davidson

North Carolina

Totals

83 223      

Footnotes

1.  In 1788, the year of his death, Cordall owned 1400 acres in Southampton County, Virginia and 694 acres in Northampton County, North Carolina.

2.  This is "Henry the Tory;" his father was John Norfleet of Nansemond.

3.  Hezekiah was the younger brother of John Norfleet of Nansemond; for many years he was the "Reader" at the Anglican Chapel near Cypress Swamp.

4.  He is the father of "Henry the Tory," as well as James and David Norfleet of Kentucky.

5.  Nathaniel (1760-1836) was one of the few Norfleets known to have served in the Revolutionary War; in 1797 he removed to Person County, North Carolina.

6.  This Abraham was the eldest son of Abraham Norfleet, Senior of Chowan; Abraham Sr. Had recently died in 1784.

7.  This Elisha was the son of John Norfleet (1699-1753) of Chowan County, North Carolina; Elisha never married and died circa 1798-99.

8.  Elisha (d. 1811) was the Clerk of the Chowan County Court and a successful merchant; he resided in Edenton Town for most of his life.

9.  Elizabeth was the widow of Jacob Norfleet, who had died in 1780.

10.  Son of Reuben Norfleet of Bertie; this James died in about 1791.

11.  This James is the son of Philissia Norfleet, the niece of the elder Marmaduke Norfleet (1700-1774) of Rich Square in Northampton County. This James Norfleet emigrated to Montgomery County, Tennessee in about the year 1806.

12.  This may be the same Marmaduke who is listed under Halifax County; I know that Marmaduke of Halifax owned land and had slaves located in Northampton County. The one white poll listed for Northampton is probably one of Marmaduke’s overseers.

13.  Father of Marmaduke Norfleet of Halifax.

14.  Major James Norfleet is not listed in the 1790 Federal Census for North Carolina; census records for the Middle Tennessee County of Davidson is no longer extant. However, court/land records from Davidson County indicate that he was residing in Davidson County as early as January 1790.

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