Norris, John III
1750 - 1836 (85 years)-
Name Norris, John [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11] Suffix III Birth 20 Oct 1750 Lunenburg, Lunenburg, Virginia, USA 
[1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11] Gender Male Military 1776 Virginia, USA [1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11] Military 1776 North Carolina, USA FSID L6LC-7LX Residence Meat Camp, Watauga, North Carolina, USA [1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11] Residence 1790 Wilkes, North Carolina, USA Residence 1820 Ashe, North Carolina, USA [1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11] Residence 1830 Athens, McMinn, Tennessee, USA [1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11] Death 1836 Ducktown, Polk, Tennessee, USA [1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11] Burial 1836 McMinn, Tennessee, USA [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11] Person ID I26094 The Thoma Family Last Modified 20 Sep 2023
Father Norris, John Jr, b. 1 Jun 1710, Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, USA d. 1776, Abbeville, Abbeville, South Carolina, USA (Age 65 years) Relationship natural Mother Cammell, Jane, b. 1716, St Mary's, Maryland, USA d. 1791, Wilkes, North Carolina, USA (Age 75 years) Relationship natural Marriage 4 Feb 1736 Lancaster, Virginia, USA [4, 12] Family ID F9659 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Gilbert, Ann, b. 1 Jun 1757, Virginia, USA d. 1 Jun 1819, McMinn, Tennessee, USA (Age 62 years) Marriage 15 Apr 1772 Virginia, USA [1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11] Children 1. Norris, William Simon Sr, b. 4 Feb 1778, Meat Camp, Watauga, North Carolina, USA d. 21 Sep 1873, Meat Camp, Watauga, North Carolina, USA (Age 95 years) [natural]Family ID F9658 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 20 Sep 2023
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Event Map 
Birth - 20 Oct 1750 - Lunenburg, Lunenburg, Virginia, USA 
Marriage - 15 Apr 1772 - Virginia, USA Military - 1776 - Virginia, USA 
Military - 1776 - North Carolina, USA 
Residence - - Meat Camp, Watauga, North Carolina, USA 
Residence - 1790 - Wilkes, North Carolina, USA 
Residence - 1820 - Ashe, North Carolina, USA 
Residence - 1830 - Athens, McMinn, Tennessee, USA 
Death - 1836 - Ducktown, Polk, Tennessee, USA 
Burial - 1836 - McMinn, Tennessee, USA = Link to Google Earth
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Documents 
History of Watauga County NC
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Notes - JOHN NORRIS is stated to have been born in Virginia. The family is stated to come from Great Britain. He is said to have had several children which include: William, John, Thomas, Gilbert and three sisters who married (Jim Dickson, David Miller and Elm Cantil). At some point he moved to North Carolina.
I have not proved the following information. Some records on line states that he was born 29 October 1750 in Lunenburg, VA and died in McMinn, TN in 1835. His wife they say was Ann Gilbert.
His father is said to be John Norris born 1710 in Charleston, SC, died 1776 in SC and his mother was Jane. John was the son of John who was born in 1762 in Charleston, SC and died there. The record goes on to state that he was married to a Mary Winifred “Winnie” Patrick who was born in Maryland in 1689 and died in Long Cane, SC in 1760. She was caught in a massacre as 150 settlers that lived on the frontier tried to escape the Cherokee lands. Tensions had increased between the settlers and the natives in the area. A number of families decided to leave. They were trying to cross a boggy area next to a waterway when it was said that 100 Cherokee Indians on horseback attacked as they were heading back to the coast. Winnie was there with her daughter in law and some of her grandchildren. Winnie, the daughter in law, Elizabeth Wrintz Norris and three of her children were killed including Sarah who was only a year old. They were “tomahawked” to death. One of her grandchildren, Robert, was able to run into the woods and escape. It was he who later placed a monument there for his lost family members. I cannot imagine what Robert saw that day. His mother, his grandmother and several siblings were killed. The reports stated that the dead had been mutilated. There may have been a guilt too that he ran and survived and they did not. They say that people found children wondering through the woods alone some with serious injuries and some scalped but alive after the attack. One man alone found nine children.
The genealogist continued with John’s father as Thomas Norris born in 1638 in St. Mary’s, MD and died in June 1683 in Kent, MD (across the Chesapeake Bay from Baltimore). He had two wives, Martha Ironmonger and Elizabeth Hozier whom is the mother of our ancestor. Thomas’s father is Thomas who was born in Congham, Norfolk, England in 1609 and died in Talbot County, MD in 1675 (this is on the eastern shore of Chesapeake Bay in the middle of the state). His wife was Ann Hynson (daughter of Thomas Hynson born 1591) who was born in Nansemond, VA in 1612 and died in 1668 in Talbot County, MD. Thomas was the son of Geoffrey Noreys born in 1577. He was born in Congham, Norfolk, England. Today this is a village of 277 souls. It is on the east of England about 100 miles north of London. It is 10 miles to the open waters of the English Channel. It is directly across from Holland.
Geoffrey was the son of John Noreys (b 1549, d 1572) and Might of Gun Thorpe (b 1553 Congham, England). John is the son of Geoffrey Noreys ca 1490 who is the son of Robert Noreys ca 1460 who is the son John Norey b 1434 who is the son of Geoffrey b 1408 and Margery b 1412. This Geoffrey is said to be the son of Geoffrey who was born about 1370 who is the son of Geoffrey Noreys who was born before 1361.
1776 in Revolutionary War inVirginia served as a Minuteman from Wilkes County - war battles of Camden and Kings Mountain, Captain James Cobb Company and North Carolina in Captain Jo
- JOHN NORRIS is stated to have been born in Virginia. The family is stated to come from Great Britain. He is said to have had several children which include: William, John, Thomas, Gilbert and three sisters who married (Jim Dickson, David Miller and Elm Cantil). At some point he moved to North Carolina.
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