Bazabeel Norman

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Bazabeel Norman

Also Known As: "Basil", "Bazil", "Bazael"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Frederick County, Maryland, United States
Death: July 17, 1830 (70)
Washington County, OH, United States
Place of Burial: Mound Cemetery Marietta, Washington County, Ohio, USA
Immediate Family:

Son of Basil Norman and Jane Norman
Husband of Fortune Norman
Father of James Norman; Grandison Pewinkle Norman, Sr.; Joseph Norman; Rebecca Norman; Aquilla Norman and 3 others

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About Bazabeel Norman

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27570525/bazabeel-norman

Bazabeel Norman was a free mulatto (biracial) Revolutionary War soldier, serving in the 7th Maryland Regiment under the command of Colonel John Gunby from 6 June 1778 and until 31 July 1783. His mother was a mulatto indentured servant of British and African ancestry named Jane. His father was a unidentified free man. Bazabeel also served an indenture until age twenty-one but was never enslaved, nor were his descendants. He was the second black landowner in the state of Ohio. His direct descendent Major Henry A. Norman was a Tuskegee Airman who fought in World War II. Maria Ewing, and opera singer and wife of Sir Peter Hall is also a direct descendant.

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Bazabeel Norman's Timeline

1760
July 12, 1760
Frederick County, Maryland, United States
1785
1785
MD, United States
1788
April 7, 1788
Pennsylvania, United States
1794
1794
Maryland, United States
1795
1795
Maryland, United States
1797
July 11, 1797
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1800
Virginia, United States
1801
1801
Virginia, United States
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1802
Virginia, United States