Charles Davis Norton (November 20, 1820 – April 11, 1867) was an American government official.
In 1839, he entered the law office of Horatio Shumway, with whom he continued his legal studies until 1841.
Norton served in this role until his death in 1867 after which Joseph K. Tyler was appointed to succeed him.
[3] In 1865, Norton published The Old Ferry at the Black Rock, a book of the history of the ferry that crossed the Niagara River from the "black rock" near the foot of Fort Street to the Canadian shore from the time of the American Revolution.
Through his eldest son Porter, he was a grandfather of Porter Huntington Norton (who married Gilbertine Love Coakley) and Gertrude Van Dolfson Norton (who married Daniel Willard Streeter).