Charles Fisher Norris

Charles Fisher Norris (Hinds County)

State House: 1870-1871

Died: c. 1892

Barber. Elected doorkeeper of the 1868 state constitutional convention. Private in the local militia. When he was enslaved, he was known as Charley Fisher, and he was the subject of a major court case under the Fugitive Slave Act in Leavenworth, KS; many thanks to Bobbie Athon from the Kansas Historical Society for that info.

Weekly Panola Star, January 18, 1868
Clarion-Ledger, February 25, 1868
Clarion-Ledger, May 12, 1868
Clarion-Ledger, May 12, 1868
Tri-Weekly Clarion, July 29, 1869
Hinds County Gazette, Aug 4, 1869
Hinds County Gazette, August 4, 1869
Tri-Weekly Clarion, November 6, 1869
Clarion-Ledger, November 9, 1871
Clarion-Ledger, May 30, 1872
Clarion-Ledger, May 29, 1873
Daily State Ledger, July 23, 1892
Daily State Ledger, July 23, 1892