{"id":519,"date":"2018-07-16T18:01:57","date_gmt":"2018-07-16T23:01:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/?page_id=519"},"modified":"2026-03-24T17:26:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T22:26:53","slug":"c-f-norris","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/c-f-norris\/","title":{"rendered":"Charles Fisher Norris"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Charles Fisher Norris (Hinds County)<\/h2>\n<p><strong>State House:<\/strong> 1870-1871<\/p>\n<p><strong>Died:<\/strong> c. 1892<\/p>\n<p>Barber. Served on the Freedmen&#8217;s Bureau court of arbitration in Clinton in 1867. Elected doorkeeper of the 1868 state constitutional convention. Private in the local militia.<\/p>\n<p>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 connecting info.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Links:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/325700028_The_Kidnapping_of_Charley_Fisher_Questioning_the_Legal_Boundaries_of_Slavery_in_Bleeding_Kansas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Kidnapping of Charley Fisher: Questioning the Legal Bounds of Slavery in Bleeding Kansas<\/a>, article by Kristen Epps<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6781\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6781\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/charles-caldwell\/norriscaldwell\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6781\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-6781\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/norriscaldwell-150x150.png\" alt=\"Freedmen's Bureau record, Dec 24, 1867\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/norriscaldwell-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/norriscaldwell-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6781\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Freedmen&#8217;s Bureau record, Dec 17, 1867<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2050\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2050\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/c-f-norris\/norris3\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2050 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/norris3-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/norris3-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/norris3-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2050\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Weekly Panola Star, January 18, 1868<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2048\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2048\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/c-f-norris\/norris2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2048 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/norris2-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/norris2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/norris2-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2048\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clarion-Ledger, February 25, 1868<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4595\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4595\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/james-lynch\/hinds\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4595\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-4595\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/hinds-150x150.png\" alt=\"Clarion-Ledger, May 12, 1868\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/hinds-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/hinds-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4595\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clarion-Ledger, May 12, 1868<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1888\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1888\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/henry-mayson\/mayson3\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1888 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/mayson3-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/mayson3-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/mayson3-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1888\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tri-Weekly Clarion, July 29, 1869<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4609\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4609\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/james-lynch\/fight\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4609\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-4609\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/fight-150x150.png\" alt=\"Hinds County Gazette, Aug 4, 1869\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/fight-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/fight-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4609\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hinds County Gazette, August 4, 1869<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1911\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1911\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/henry-mayson\/mayson14\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1911 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/mayson14-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/mayson14-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/mayson14-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1911\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tri-Weekly Clarion, November 6, 1869<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_816\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-816\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/monroe-bell\/bellnorris\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-816 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/bellnorris-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/bellnorris-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/bellnorris-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-816\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clarion-Ledger, November 9, 1871<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2052\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2052\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/c-f-norris\/norris4\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2052 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/norris4-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/norris4-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/norris4-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2052\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clarion-Ledger, May 30, 1872<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2054\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2054\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/c-f-norris\/militia-3\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2054 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/militia-1-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/militia-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/militia-1-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2054\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clarion-Ledger, May 29, 1873<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5829\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5829\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/c-f-norris\/norriscall\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5829\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-5829\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/norriscall-150x150.png\" alt=\"The Clarion, October 16, 1873\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/norriscall-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/norriscall-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5829\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Clarion, October 16, 1873<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5831\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5831\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/c-f-norris\/the_comet_1880_02_28_3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5831\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-5831\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/The_Comet_1880_02_28_3-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"The Comet, February 28, 1880\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/The_Comet_1880_02_28_3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/The_Comet_1880_02_28_3-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5831\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Comet, February 28, 1880<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5191\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5191\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/c-f-norris\/probate-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5191\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-5191\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/probate-150x117.png\" alt=\"Daily State Ledger, July 23, 1892\" width=\"150\" height=\"117\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5191\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daily State Ledger, July 23, 1892<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Charles Fisher Norris (Hinds County) State House: 1870-1871 Died: c. 1892 Barber. Served on the Freedmen&#8217;s Bureau court of arbitration in Clinton in 1867. 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 &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/c-f-norris\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Charles Fisher Norris&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":53,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"no","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-519","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=519"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/519\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6784,"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/519\/revisions\/6784"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/53"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}