Mother: Mary "Polly" MERRY |
_Philip BUCKNER Sr.___________+ | (1694 - 1761) _William BUCKNER ________________| | (1744 - 1792) m 1769 | | |_Jane AYLETT _________________ | (1705 - 1787) _William BUCKNER ____| | (1767 - 1811) m 1790| | | _Joseph THOMAS _______________+ | | | (1705 - 1773) | |_Sarah Pendleton "Sally" THOMAS _| | (1746 - 1794) m 1769 | | |_Sarah PENDLETON _____________+ | (1711 - 1794) | |--Elizabeth A. G. BUCKNER | (1800 - ....) | _Thomas MERRY "the Immigrant"_+ | | (1710 - ....) | _Perryman MERRY _________________| | | (1742 - 1817) m 1769 | | | |______________________________ | | |_Mary "Polly" MERRY _| (1770 - 1843) m 1790| | _James SUGGETT _______________ | | (1720 - ....) |_Catherine SUGGETT ______________| (1745 - ....) m 1769 | |_Jemima SPENCE _______________ (1720 - ....)
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Mother: Huldah BINFORD |
_(RESEARCH QUERY) LADD _ | _John LADD "the Immigrant"_| | (1630 - 1680) | | |________________________ | _William LADD _______| | (1679 - 1761) m 1700| | | ________________________ | | | | |_Mary PRATT? OR CREW? _____| | | | |________________________ | | |--James LADD I | (1703 - 1770) | ________________________ | | | ___________________________| | | | | | |________________________ | | |_Huldah BINFORD _____| (1679 - ....) m 1700| | ________________________ | | |___________________________| | |________________________
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Mother: Mary Dubose WARREN |
[From handwritten notes of Effie Norwood Jones on file in Magee,
Ms. Public Library] After birth of one or more children, John &
his family moved to Miss. They moved in ox wagons with Catherine
and the children riding in the family carriage. Hannah, one of
the house servants rode in the carriage to help care for the
children. She was allowed to carry in her arms her own son,
later mentioned in John's will as "Old Glasco," who at the time
was only 3 weeks old.
The family setled at Corinth, Miss., later living awhile near
Columbus. In or about 1815 they moved to what is now Simpson Co.
The county was not organized until 1823.
John made 2 trips back to NC When his father died and when
Catherine's father died. He assisted in settling each estate &
each time brought back slaves he received in the settlements.
John Norwood accumulated much property, for his will written in
1858. After having provided for each of his 12 children at their
marriages with slaves and land, disposes of some twenty negroes
& land. He died in 1862 - his will was filed for probate April
9, 1862. A very interesting fact is that the courthouse in
Simpson Co. burned twice but the will was found in Will Book 1
with a notation that the original was brought in by a son George
one of the executors, & refiled in 1876 . L. W. Magee, in the
County Clerks office, & himself a great grandson of John
Norwood, found this will on record in June 1951.
John and Catherine were charter members of Mt. Zion Baptist
Church, near Westville, Miss., and both are buried in the church
cemetery. A peculiar fact is that there are no stones at the
graves of Norwoods buried in that cemetery. Older members of the
family living in the vicinity verified the facts that those
graves have been pointed out to them by still other members of
the family years before. The reasoning for this is explained
near the end of these notes.
Young Glasco, grandson of the slave Hannah & who himself died in
1951 at the age of 111 attended, & assisted in digging the
graves of both his master & Catherine also, pointed out the
places of the graves.
John & Catherine were the parents of 14 children, all grew up &
married in Simpson & Rankin counties. However, there is not a
person living in either county today named Norwood, but several
descendants of other names! [Note: The exact date of the
handwritten notes used as the source of this information is
estimated to be between 1963 - 1965.]
The Last Will & Testament of John Norwood of Simpson & State of
Miss.
First: I give and bequeath to my grandson, James M. Norwood the
following Negro slaves to wit: Nelly & her 4 children Judy,
Violet, Ann and Mahaly & their natural increase.
Second: I give & bequeath to Catherine Norwood, my daughter, my
negro women - Chaney & her six children viz: Phillis, Judy,
Frank, Harriet, Dicy and Fanny & their natural increase. And
further, I give and bequeath to my daughter Catherine Norwood
the West half of tract or parcel of land got of William K.
Easterling.
Third: I give & bequeath to my son, George W. Norwood, my negro
man, Tom & my negro boy Cyrus. And further I give & bequeath to
my son, George W. Norwood, the East half of the tract or parcel
of land got of William K. Easterling.
Fourth: I give & bequeath to my wife Catherine Norwood, all of
the remainder of my personal property, my stock of horses,
cattle & hogs, my kitchen furniture and etc., and the following
described negroes to wit, Easter, Monerva, Ned, Jerry, Tim, Old
Hannah, Virginia, Moses, Cudge, Rial, Old Glasco, Young Glasco,
and Emily and their increase for the term of her natural life
Fifth: If my grandson, James M. Norwood or my daughter,
Catherine Norwood, or my son, George Norwood should die before
marriage, and if my wife, Catherine Norwood should survive them,
then it is my will that the property herein bequeathed to such
one, shall go to my wife during the term of her natural life.
Sixth: It is my will that all the property that Catherine
Norwood, my wife, maky hold at her death, under & by virtue of
this will, shall be divided equally among all my children. My
grandson, James M. Norwood included, and in order to so divide
it, it may be sold if necessary to insure an equal division.
Seventh: I give and bequeath to my wife, Catherine Norwood, all
my real estate for the term of her natural life, except that if
my son George W. Norwood should marry before my wife's death,
then I give & devise to him the East half of the tract of land
purchased of William K. Easterling, which I now hold in
procession, and have not sold to my son William Norwood, and it
is my desire that my son George, after his marriage, shall live
with his mother if she consents and they can agree, but if my
wife is unwilling for my son George to live with her, then it is
my desire he live somewhere else.
Eight: It is my wish that the debts due me be collected & that
any money remaining be paid over to my wife, Catherine Norwood.
Ninth: I do hereby nominate and appoint Isaiah Norwood & George
W. Norwood executors of this my last will & testament. In
witness whereof, I hereunto set my hand & seal this the
fourteenth day of December and Domino one Thousand Eight Hundred
and Fifty-eight.
/John Norwood (Seal)
Signed, sealed and published and declared by the said John
Norwood as and for his last will and testament in the presence
of us who in his presence and at his request and in the presence
of each other have hereunto set our names as witnesses This The
fourteenth day of December A. D. One Thousand eigh hundred and
fifty - eight.
/s/ G. W. Walker
/s/ A. Smith
/s/ L. W. Geiger
Filed April 15, 1876
/s/T.L.Mendenhall
The State of Mississippi
Simpson County
The Provost, T. L. Mendenhall, Clerk of The Probate Court of
said Simpson County, do hereby certify tht the within &
foregoing two pages do contain a true and correct copy and
transcript of the original last will and testament of John
Norwood, deceased, together with the attestation of the
subscribing witnesses thereto, and filing of the same in the
office of the Probate Clerk of said county as the same now
remains on file in The Probate Clerk's office of said county.
In testimony hereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of
office, this the 9th day of April A. D. 1862.
/s/T. L. Mendenhall
(note) The will of John Norwood was filed in 1862 and the
courthouse burned in 1872, but in 1951 the author and the clerk
L. W. Magee (a great grandson of John Norwood) found at
Mendenhall, Miss. that the will had been brought in in 1875 by
George W. Norwood one of the executors and refiled - see Will
Book No. 1.
Note: June 1, 2000. This will was transcribed from the
handwritten version by Bill Norwood from a copy provided by Mary
B. Gibson of Seguin, Texas. She and her mother came across this
will and other handwritten notes on the Norwood family during a
1999 visit to the Magee, Mississippi Public Library. The other
handwritten notes have also been transcribed. It is possible
that some of those handwritten notes were left there by Effie
Norwood Jones during one of her research trips in the area.
Following a trip to the Darlington, SC area in April 1969 for a
dedicaton of a monument to Capt John, Effie Norwood Jones of
Dallas, Texas included the following in a letter to a relative:
"The house Capt. John built in 1793 is still standing. The house
his brother Samuel lived in. The one his son, Samuel occupied as
well as that of the daughter Margaret Norwood Fort lived and
died in. We saw the land our John Jr. sold when moving to Miss.
1812 and where the daughter Mary, married to Abraham Sellers,
lived and died before 1825. Houses on both of these tracts are
gone. Abraham and his 5 sons and one daughter sold their land
1841 and moved to what is now Calhoun Co., Miss. Many of her
descendants live in that vicinity now." [Index 286, Effie
Norwood Jones CD]
In another letter to a relative, describing the same trip, Effie
Norwood Jones states: "So far as anyone has been able to learn,
the burial place of only 3 of the 9 children of Captain John and
wife are known. Joseph in SC, marked and Martha's, marked. Our
John Jr. in churchyard of Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Miss. (not
marked]. Of course he died in 1862 during the war between the
states (and it was) not possible to get stones that far away
from New Orleans or Memphis. By the time his wife died in 1872,
all the children except a son and the single daughter had moved
from the state." [Index 286, Effie Norwood Jones CD]
As a side note, Mrs. Jones further states: "I had tried to press
a cousin there to do something (about the gravemarkers) about it
and I think she might, if she lives long enough. But she is
slower than molasses in a winter freeze. I could not go into
someone elses community and start pushing a thing."
Children:
2 John NORWOOD III b: 1806 d: BEF 1850 + ? DAMPIER d: BEF 1850
2 Margaret Dawson NORWOOD b: 1808 d: AFT 1870 + William ROGERS
b: 1807
2 Evalina NORWOOD b: 1807 d: 1872 + William Franklin 'Billy'
BROWN
2 Joseph P NORWOOD b: 1811 + Elizabeth BROWN b: ABT 1811
2 Isaiah NORWOOD b: 1812 d: aft 8 Dec 1887 + Amanda Eleanor
MAGEE b: 26 May 1820 d: 1897
2 Mary NORWOOD b: 14 SEP 1817 d: 1900 + Willis MAGEE b: 2 JUL
1818 d: 14 AUG 1883
2 Jesse NORWOOD b: 1819 + Lydia Eliza ENOCHS b: ABT 1823
2 Samuel James NORWOOD b: 15 Jan 1819 d: 1888 + Caroline MASSEY
b: 17 Mar 1826 d: 1863
2 Elias Warren NORWOOD b: 7 Nov 1822 d: 14 May 1906 + Elizabeth
HEMBY b: abt 1828 d: 1898
2 Martha Ann NORWOOD b: 24 Jun 1824 d: 1 Jun 1873 + Joseph
Alamon WOOD b: 24 Dec 1817 d: 21 Apr 1889
2 William NORWOOD b: 1827 d: 1890 + Louisa (McCaskil?) MCCASKELL
b: 1835 d: 1899
2 Catherine NORWOOD b: 1829 d: AFT 1880
2 Sarah 'Sallie' NORWOOD b: 1830 d: bet 1866 and 1870 + John
Calvin BARNES d: aft 1866
2 George W. NORWOOD b: 22 Feb 1833 d: 6 Mar 1909 + Sarah
MCINTOSH d: bet 1866 and 1880 + Sarah HUBBARD
_Edward NORWOOD __________+ | (1674 - ....) _Theophilus NORWOOD II_| | (1725 - 1792) m 1749 | | |_Naomi Or Ann? SMITH _____ | (1678 - ....) _John NORWOOD _______| | (1751 - 1829) m 1774| | | _Christopher DAWSON ______+ | | | (1700 - ....) | |_Margaret DAWSON ______| | (1725 - 1765) m 1749 | | |_Arabella WRIGHT _________ | (1700 - ....) | |--John NORWOOD Jr. | (1782 - 1862) | _(RESEARCH QUERY) WARREN _ | | | _Jesse John WARREN ____| | | (1729 - 1782) m 1751 | | | |__________________________ | | |_Mary Dubose WARREN _| (1753 - 1831) m 1774| | _John DUBOSE _____________+ | | (1706 - 1778) |_Martha DUBOSE ________| (1732 - ....) m 1751 | |_Mary WHILDEN ____________+ (1721 - ....)
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ERRORS in "HUMPHREY POPE & HIS DESCENDANTS", Wm. & Mary
Quarterly,Series 1, Vol 13, 1907
"He obtained land from THOMAS POPE for 150 acres near the Clifts
in Westmoreland county Feb 2, 1659" FACT: The ACTUAL date of
this deed is 2 Feb 1669, ten years later. (W'moreland Deeds,
1653-1671, Bk 1:356-359)
States that Humphrey Pope was security for John Quisenberry "May
12, 1656" FACT: the correct date was 12 May 1683.
States "Humphrey died about 1695". FACT: Humphrey SR died by 30
Oct 1684, when his widow ELIZABETH came into court and proved
his will (W'moreland Order Book 1675-1688/9). The Last record of
Humphrey alive was 12 May 1683 in W'moreland Co. (info from
PAYNE FAMILY by Clifford J Ocheltree on GenCircles.com)
__ | __| | | | |__ | _ POPE ______________| | (1620 - ....) | | | __ | | | | |__| | | | |__ | | |--Humphrey POPE I | (1645 - ....) | __ | | | __| | | | | | |__ | | |_____________________| | | __ | | |__| | |__
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Mother: Mary COGHILL |
__ | _William POWELL Gent.__________| | (1620 - 1695) | | |__ | _John POWELL Sr._____| | (1644 - 1698) m 1668| | | __ | | | | |_______________________________| | | | |__ | | |--Elias POWELL | (1676 - 1736) | __ | | | _James COGHILL "the immigrant"_| | | (1630 - 1685) | | | |__ | | |_Mary COGHILL _______| (1650 - 1689) m 1668| | __ | | |_______________________________| | |__
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Carolyn L. Bush Laird, "The Bush Family As Descended from
Richard and Mary Prescott Bush" 1987 Page: p. 20 (citing "North
Carolina Archives, Secretary of State Wills, Currituck Precinct,
Will of Aaron Prescott")
__ | __| | | | |__ | _John PRESCOTT "the Immigrant?_| | (1626 - 1686) | | | __ | | | | |__| | | | |__ | | |--Aaron PRESCOTT | (1655 - 1719) | __ | | | __| | | | | | |__ | | |_______________________________| | | __ | | |__| | |__
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Mother: Lucy SMITH |
_John SANDIDGE _______+ | (1730 - ....) m 1752 _Benjamin SANDIDGE ___| | (1758 - 1829) m 1783 | | |_Keziah GATEWOOD _____+ | (1730 - 1796) m 1752 _Lindsey SANDIDGE ___| | (1784 - 1852) m 1828| | | _Joseph CHILDRESS Sr._+ | | | (1740 - 1809) | |_Elizabeth CHILDRESS _| | (1765 - 1845) m 1783 | | |_Mary FARIS __________+ | (1740 - 1829) | |--Jesse SANDIDGE | (1842 - ....) | ______________________ | | | ______________________| | | | | | |______________________ | | |_Lucy SMITH _________| (1800 - ....) m 1828| | ______________________ | | |______________________| | |______________________
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Father: Howell Lewis TAYLOR Mother: Agnes K. GURLEY |
"Mr. Woodson T. White, Waco, Texas.
Dear Sir: This register was copied by me in 1870 from the old
Bible formerly belonging to John Taylor, the son of the original
James, of Carlisle, Eng. It was at that time the property of my
great-aunt, Mrs. Mary Blackwell, formerly Mary Taylor, who was
at that time a very old woman. She promised to give me the
Bible in her will, but her residence at Bartlett, Tenn., was
burned and the Bible destroyed. She was a sister of my
grandfather, Joseph Taylor, and a sister of the Rev. Thomas
Taylor, who died in Jackson, Tenn., in 1877, I think.
Your friend,
Joe W. Taylor"
_Joseph TAYLOR II________+ | (1773 - 1838) m 1796 _Joseph TAYLOR III____| | (1800 - 1831) m 1825 | | |_Elizabeth Willis GOODE _+ | (1780 - 1835) m 1796 _Howell Lewis TAYLOR _| | (1828 - ....) | | | _________________________ | | | | |_Candis Scriven HIGH _| | (1805 - 1854) m 1825 | | |_________________________ | | |--Joseph W. TAYLOR | (1849 - 1902) | _________________________ | | | ______________________| | | | | | |_________________________ | | |_Agnes K. GURLEY _____| (1830 - ....) | | _________________________ | | |______________________| | |_________________________
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Mother: Mary Ann "Polly" WILLIAMS |
_John D. TRAVIS _____ | (1715 - 1809) _Barrett TRAVIS _____| | (1747 - 1817) | | |_Elizabeth WILSON ___ | (1719 - ....) _Alexander Doniphan TRAVIS _| | (1790 - 1852) | | | _____________________ | | | | |_Ann SMALLWOOD ______| | (1750 - ....) | | |_____________________ | | |--Martha Ann TRAVIS | (1813 - 1897) | _____________________ | | | _____________________| | | | | | |_____________________ | | |_Mary Ann "Polly" WILLIAMS _| (1791 - 1859) | | _____________________ | | |_____________________| | |_____________________
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