Martha Norris: Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest

Generation: 1

Martha Norris was born 7 Apr 1850, Cocke County, Tennessee (daughter of Hugh Norris and Harriett Bryant); died 9 Aug 1932; was buried Norris Cemetery, Cosby, Cocke County, Tennessee.

Martha — Henry Williams. [Group Sheet]

Children:

James Bennett "Bud" Norris was born 1878, Tennessee; died 1961; was buried Norris Cemetery, Cosby, Cocke County, Tennessee.

Martha — Johnson Levi Fancher. Johnson (son of Levi L. Fancher and Mary Catherine Walker) was born 1861, Tennessee; died 1939; was buried Norris Cemetery, Cosby, Cocke County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Children:

Luther Winfield Fancher was born 5 May 1886, Tennessee; died 11 Jan 1952, Cocke County, Tennessee; was buried 13 Jan 1952, Hartsell Cemetery, Cocke County, Tennessee.

Generation: 2

Hugh Norris was born 1800, North Carolina; died 1896; was buried Norris Cemetery, Cosby, Cocke County, Tennessee.

Notes:

Came to Cocke County, Tennessee from Washington County, Tennessee in the 1840s. The Hugh Norris home was a log structure, complete with dog trot, and stood alongside the present Bogard Road, near the Norris Cemetery and across from the home of Don and Maggie (Mayfield) Shults.

The 1850 Cocke County, Tennessee census also includes Mary Norris age 50 from North Carolina. She may have been Hugh's step mother.
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Reference
John D. Radford Pedigree Charts, 1995, p 9.

Hugh — Harriett Bryant. Harriett was born Abt 1827, Cocke County, Tennessee; died 25 Feb 1907; was buried Norris Cemetery, Cosby, Cocke County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Harriett Bryant was born Abt 1827, Cocke County, Tennessee; died 25 Feb 1907; was buried Norris Cemetery, Cosby, Cocke County, Tennessee.

Children:

Hannah Ann "Haner" Norris was born 24 Aug 1848, Tennessee; died 18 Nov 1890; was buried Huff Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
1. Martha Norris was born 7 Apr 1850, Cocke County, Tennessee; died 9 Aug 1932; was buried Norris Cemetery, Cosby, Cocke County, Tennessee.
George W. Norris was born Abt 1855, Tennessee; died 6 Jun 1933, Blount County, Tennessee; was buried 7 Jun 1933, Hopewell Cemetery.
Richard M. Norris was born 6 Mar 1862, Tennessee; died 27 Jun 1943, Roane County, Tennessee; was buried 29 Jun 1943, Abbott Cemetery, Roane County, Tennessee.
Russell McClellan Norris was born 12 Mar 1864, Tennessee; died 22 Jul 1948; was buried Norris Cemetery, Cocke County, Tennessee.
Julia Norris was born 16 Jun 1868, Tennessee; died 15 Dec 1928; was buried Union Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee.
Jessie Norris was born Abt 1870, Tennessee.