Marmaduke Norfleet Sr. was a plantation owner, justice of the peace, and state legislator in North Carolina.[1] He served in the General Assembly of North Carolina during the colonial period .[2] He owned slaves.[3] He was a well known "planter" in eastern North Carolina.[4]
He was the son of Thomas Norfleet Jr. He married and had children. After his first wife died he married again and had additional children.[5] He made a will.[6]
He represented Perquimans County in North Carolina's General Assembly from 1731-1742.[5]
He moved from Virginia to North Carolina and acquired large estates. His grandson Marmaduke Norfleet inherited land from him.[7]
A dispute over his estate and the division of its slaves was the subject of a court case heart by North Carolina's Supreme Court.[8]
References
edit- ^ "Founders Online: Deed from Marmaduke Norfleet, 26 April 1766". founders.archives.gov.
- ^ Carolina, North (October 21, 1886). "The State Records of North Carolina". Nash brothers, printers, [etc., et – via Google Books.
- ^ Court, North Carolina Supreme (October 21, 1840). "North Carolina Reports: Devereux & Battle's Equity". Bynum Printing Company – via Google Books.
- ^ "Cyclopedia of Eminent and Representative Men of the Carolinas of the Nineteenth Century". Brant & Fuller. October 21, 1892 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b Boddie, John Bennett (October 21, 1966). "Southside Virginia Families". Genealogical Publishing Com – via Google Books.
- ^ "Norfleet, Marmaduke (Halifax County) - North Carolina Digital Collections". digital.ncdcr.gov.
- ^ Brooks, Aubrey Lee (July 11, 2018). "Walter Clark: Fighting Judge". UNC Press Books – via Google Books.
- ^ Court, North Carolina Supreme; Devereux, Thomas Pollock; Battle, William Horn (October 21, 1840). "Reports of Cases in Equity, Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of North Carolina: From December Term, 1834, to December Term [1839], Both Inclusive". Turner & Hughes – via Google Books.
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