Norton, Joseph Jeptha, 1835-1896.

Colonel, Company C, Orr's Rifles (1st South Carolina Regiment of Rifles, Confederate States of America); temperance activist; judge, 1886-1894, of the 8th judcial circuit; resident of Oconee County, S.C.; president of the Ohalga Tobacco Company; Norton, along with Alfred W. Thompson, was instrumental in establishing Seneca City, S.C., in the early 1870s when the Atlanta and Richmond Airline Railroad arrived in the upstate.

From the description of Joseph Jeptha Norton papers 1791-1978 ; (bulk, 1845-1897). (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 38499617