 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Norvell akapinda muContinental Army musi waAugust 7, 1777, somudzidzi muduku mukambani yaKaputeni William Mosby we5th Virginia Regiment of Foot yaitungamirirwa naColonel Josiah Parker. Musi waJanuary 15, 1778, akava mutarisiri wemari. Akarwa muhondo yeRevolutionary Hondo Hondo dzeBrandywine, Trenton, uye Monmouth. Akava lieutenant wechipiri muna September, 1778 uye lieutenant wokutanga muna February, 1780. Muna 1780, aive muGuta reCharleston nemauto akatumwa kunodzivirira guta mukupindura kutyisidzira kweBritish kumatunhu ekumaodzanyemba. Pashure Pokukombwa kweCharleston, guta rakawa, Norvell akaitwa musungwa wehondo uye akaramba ari muchitokisi cheBritain kusvikira hondo yapera. Kubva mubasa rake, akabatana neSosaiti yeCincinnati. Pashure pehondo, akanga ari mutongi worugare uye piyona wokutanga muKentucky, uko akanga agamuchira minda yakawanda somubayiro webasa rake rehondo. Panguva yokufa kwake, aigara nemhuri yake muNashville, Tennessee. Anotendwa kuva mukuru wokutanga weRevolutionary War akavigwa muNashville City Cemetery. Mumwe wavanakomana vake akanga ari Seneta weU.S. John Norvell weMichigan uye muzukuru wake, William Walker, mwanakomana waMary Norvell Walker, akanga ari filibuster muNicaragua. 