Union Grove United Methodist Church Graveyard

Location:

County Road 45

Rock Run, Cherokee County, Alabama

N34 00.902 W085 29.752

FAG: 26819

Date of Visit: September 29, 2021

Isaac Norton

Co E 47 Ala Regt

Confederate States army

Sept 8 1832       May 2 1911

There are two military markers for on Isaacs grave. A flat footmarker shows him in the 47th Alabama.  A classic vertical and pointed headstone is inscribed 14th Alabama. His records indicate service in the 47th Alabama.

Isaac was wounded in the left arm in the 2nd Battle of  Manassas in August of 1862. For the next year he was carried on the company musters rolls as in the hospital. In August of 1863 he was noted as being detailed as a nurse in a Lynchburg, Virginia hospital. Issac apparent deserted while at Morristown, Tennessee in January, but returned to duty in the summer of 1864 and surrender with Lee at Appomattox on April 9, 1865. 

See his Find a Grave memorial for pictures. 

• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Isaac M. Norton, 47th Alabama Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, September 29, 2021,  (http://www.fold3.com).

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13754408/isaac-marion-norton : accessed 29 September 2021), memorial page for Isaac Marion Norton (8 Sep 1832–2 May 1911), Find a Grave Memorial ID 13754408, citing Union Grove Cemetery, Rock Run, Cherokee County, Alabama, USA ; Maintained by Melody (contributor 46891027) .