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John Williams Norris

Name: John Williams Norris

Affiliation: Union

Unit: 1st Potomac Home Brigade Inf.

Race: White

Place of Birth/Residence: Rohrersville, Washington County, MD

Enlistment Date: 10/01/1861

Company: H

Rank at End of Service: Private

Notes:

Drowned while crossing the Potomac River with two companions 5/21/1862; Son of George and Katherine Kefauver Norris; Pensions on the Roll as of 1/1/1883


Source(s):

Roger Keller, Roster of Civil War Soldiers from Washington County, Maryland (Clearfield Co.: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1998).

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