Jesse Hamilton (Hamp) NORRIS
Sex: M
Birth: 26 FEB 1830 in Wilkes County, North Carolina
Death: 12 DEC 1917 in Green Forest, Carroll County, Arkansas
Note:
Sources for the name JESSE HAMILTON NORRIS. Census records, 1900, record him as Hamilton Norris. An application for citizenship in the Cherokee Nation, September 5, 1896, records his name as Jesse H. Norris. According to family, he was always called "Hamp." He was born in Wilkes County, North Carolina, a son of James Elihu and Nancy (Secrest) Norris. At the age of five, he emigrated with the Norris family to Overton County, Tennessee. His mother died while he was still a boy. He went to live with his grandparents, Gilbert and Rachel (Chambers) Norris on their farm near Matthews Branch off the Roaring River near the Oak Hill Community.
When Hamp came of age, he went to work. He was a farmer and a self-taught stone mason. In the 1850 US Census for Overton County, Tennessee, Hamp was living in his own home. He was first married to M. A. (Sue), one source states her last name was Stockton, a second source lists Wilmoth, about 1851 in Overton County. Sometime between the birth of the last child, in 1858, and the 1860 US Census, Hamp and Sue were divorced or legally separated. Hamp was living in his own household, Sue, listed as Mary, was living in a separate family's household as a domestic servant. The couple's four small children were enumerated in their own household away from their parents with no head of family. The eldest child, Nancy, was only 8 years old.
During the Civil War, Hamp enlisted in the Confederate Army. He served from 1862-1865 and was paroled. He returned to Overton County, Tennessee. It is not known with whom his children lived. By 1874, he had married a second time to Ann Harget, her name is also spelled Anne. Their first child was born in Overton County, Tennessee, some sources state Carroll County, Arkansas. By 1881, Hamp and Ann were living near Green Forest in Carroll County, Arkansas. His children by Sue and Sue herself were also living in Carroll County, Arkansas, south of Green Forest in the Zion Hill Community.
On September 5, 1896, Hamp went with his cousins and uncle, Jonathan, to Vinita, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory to make an application to the Dawes Commission for citizenship in the Nation. He made the following affidavit:
I, Jesse H. Norris, being first duly sworn on oath despose and say that I am the same Jesse H. Norris mentioned in the peition of Jonathan Norris and others herewith attached for readmission and enrollment in the Cherokee Nation or tribe of Indians.
That I am the ligitimate son of Elihu and Nancy Norris. That my post office is Green Forest Arkansas, and I am well acquainted with all of my copetitioners and know they bear the relationship to each other by consanguinity that is stated in said petition. My father Elihu was an older brother of Jonathan Norris and has been dead a great many years. I was almost entirely raised by my grandparents Rachiel and Gilbert Norris. I have heard my said grandmother state frequently that she was a Cherokee Indian by blood, and that she was a daughter of Henry Chambers a well known and recognized Cherokee Indian by blood. And a member of the Cherokee tribe of Indians. That I have always understood my said ancestor Henry Chambers was a half breed Cherokee Indian and that he enjoyed all of the right privileges, benefits and immunities of a member of the Cherokee Nation. That a part of the Chambers Cherokee family left North Carolina where they resided and came West with the Cherokee Indians. This removal I think occured about the year 1835, and the only Chambers who moved West with said Indians, whose name I can recall Sam Chambers, a full brother of my grandmother Rachel Norris, and I have no doubt but what the name of the said Samuel Chambers and the name of said Henry Chambers appears upon the rolls of Cherokee Indians of 1828, 1834 and 1835. That the address of George W. Lipps, and his children is Batavia, Arkansas. And the address of Ollie F. Redden and her children America I. Yeager is Carrollton, Arkansas. And the address of Martha J. Johnson and her children is Harrison, Arkansas.
signed Jesse H. Norris
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 5th day of August, 1896.
signed Harry E. Don-Carlos
Notary Public
Unfortunately, the name of Henry Chambers did not appear on the Cherokee rolls of 1835. The name of Samuel Chambers did appear on the list of old settlers who had come to the Cherokee Nation in 1819. His wife was named Nancy. They had died by 1851 when the Drennen Roll was taken in Indian Territory. Unfortunately, all of their children, except one--Lorenzo Dow Chambers, had died before 1880 in the Cherokee Nation. Lorenzo was not enrolled by the Dawes Commission when applications were accepted from 1896-1902. He died in 1909 in Sequoyah County, Oklahoma. He had no children. He did list a sister of Samuel named Tookah Chambers, possibly her Indian name but it can't be proven if this sister was Rachel as she was not named Tookah Norris.
Hamp was active in the United Confederate Veterans association and always attended their annual reunions, wherever they were held in Arkansas. Hamp was known to walk on foot to Tennessee to visit relatives well into the early 1900's. He was said by many to have been quite a character. It is interesting to note that not only did both of his wives live in or near Green Forest, but Ann died October 4, 1906, and Sue died October 19, 1907, each just a little over a year apart. Hamp died December 12, 1917, in his home near Green Forest in the Douglas Community. He was buried beside Ann in the Norris family cemetery.
Father: James Elihu NORRIS b: 1804 in Wilkes County, North Carolina
Mother: Nancy SECREST b: ABT 1807 in North Carolina
Marriage 1 Mary Ann (Sue) WILMOTH b: 20 FEB 1826 in Overton County, Tennessee
Married: ABT 1851 in Overton County, Tennessee
Children
Nancy Jane NORRIS b: MAY 1852 in Overton County, Tennessee
Frances NORRIS b: 1854 in Overton County, Tennessee
James Andrew NORRIS b: 8 APR 1856 in Overton County, Tennessee
John Wesley (Doc) NORRIS b: 6 MAY 1858 in Overton County, Tennessee
Marriage 2 Ann HARGET b: 12 JUL 1839 in Overton County, Tennessee
Married: ABT 1874 in Overton County, Tennessee 1
Children
Joseph Franklin (Joe) NORRIS b: 5 MAR 1875 in Overton County, Tennessee
Ernest Elihu NORRIS b: 15 FEB 1881 in Carroll County, Arkansas
Sex: M
Birth: 26 FEB 1830 in Wilkes County, North Carolina
Death: 12 DEC 1917 in Green Forest, Carroll County, Arkansas
Note:
Sources for the name JESSE HAMILTON NORRIS. Census records, 1900, record him as Hamilton Norris. An application for citizenship in the Cherokee Nation, September 5, 1896, records his name as Jesse H. Norris. According to family, he was always called "Hamp." He was born in Wilkes County, North Carolina, a son of James Elihu and Nancy (Secrest) Norris. At the age of five, he emigrated with the Norris family to Overton County, Tennessee. His mother died while he was still a boy. He went to live with his grandparents, Gilbert and Rachel (Chambers) Norris on their farm near Matthews Branch off the Roaring River near the Oak Hill Community.
When Hamp came of age, he went to work. He was a farmer and a self-taught stone mason. In the 1850 US Census for Overton County, Tennessee, Hamp was living in his own home. He was first married to M. A. (Sue), one source states her last name was Stockton, a second source lists Wilmoth, about 1851 in Overton County. Sometime between the birth of the last child, in 1858, and the 1860 US Census, Hamp and Sue were divorced or legally separated. Hamp was living in his own household, Sue, listed as Mary, was living in a separate family's household as a domestic servant. The couple's four small children were enumerated in their own household away from their parents with no head of family. The eldest child, Nancy, was only 8 years old.
During the Civil War, Hamp enlisted in the Confederate Army. He served from 1862-1865 and was paroled. He returned to Overton County, Tennessee. It is not known with whom his children lived. By 1874, he had married a second time to Ann Harget, her name is also spelled Anne. Their first child was born in Overton County, Tennessee, some sources state Carroll County, Arkansas. By 1881, Hamp and Ann were living near Green Forest in Carroll County, Arkansas. His children by Sue and Sue herself were also living in Carroll County, Arkansas, south of Green Forest in the Zion Hill Community.
On September 5, 1896, Hamp went with his cousins and uncle, Jonathan, to Vinita, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory to make an application to the Dawes Commission for citizenship in the Nation. He made the following affidavit:
I, Jesse H. Norris, being first duly sworn on oath despose and say that I am the same Jesse H. Norris mentioned in the peition of Jonathan Norris and others herewith attached for readmission and enrollment in the Cherokee Nation or tribe of Indians.
That I am the ligitimate son of Elihu and Nancy Norris. That my post office is Green Forest Arkansas, and I am well acquainted with all of my copetitioners and know they bear the relationship to each other by consanguinity that is stated in said petition. My father Elihu was an older brother of Jonathan Norris and has been dead a great many years. I was almost entirely raised by my grandparents Rachiel and Gilbert Norris. I have heard my said grandmother state frequently that she was a Cherokee Indian by blood, and that she was a daughter of Henry Chambers a well known and recognized Cherokee Indian by blood. And a member of the Cherokee tribe of Indians. That I have always understood my said ancestor Henry Chambers was a half breed Cherokee Indian and that he enjoyed all of the right privileges, benefits and immunities of a member of the Cherokee Nation. That a part of the Chambers Cherokee family left North Carolina where they resided and came West with the Cherokee Indians. This removal I think occured about the year 1835, and the only Chambers who moved West with said Indians, whose name I can recall Sam Chambers, a full brother of my grandmother Rachel Norris, and I have no doubt but what the name of the said Samuel Chambers and the name of said Henry Chambers appears upon the rolls of Cherokee Indians of 1828, 1834 and 1835. That the address of George W. Lipps, and his children is Batavia, Arkansas. And the address of Ollie F. Redden and her children America I. Yeager is Carrollton, Arkansas. And the address of Martha J. Johnson and her children is Harrison, Arkansas.
signed Jesse H. Norris
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 5th day of August, 1896.
signed Harry E. Don-Carlos
Notary Public
Unfortunately, the name of Henry Chambers did not appear on the Cherokee rolls of 1835. The name of Samuel Chambers did appear on the list of old settlers who had come to the Cherokee Nation in 1819. His wife was named Nancy. They had died by 1851 when the Drennen Roll was taken in Indian Territory. Unfortunately, all of their children, except one--Lorenzo Dow Chambers, had died before 1880 in the Cherokee Nation. Lorenzo was not enrolled by the Dawes Commission when applications were accepted from 1896-1902. He died in 1909 in Sequoyah County, Oklahoma. He had no children. He did list a sister of Samuel named Tookah Chambers, possibly her Indian name but it can't be proven if this sister was Rachel as she was not named Tookah Norris.
Hamp was active in the United Confederate Veterans association and always attended their annual reunions, wherever they were held in Arkansas. Hamp was known to walk on foot to Tennessee to visit relatives well into the early 1900's. He was said by many to have been quite a character. It is interesting to note that not only did both of his wives live in or near Green Forest, but Ann died October 4, 1906, and Sue died October 19, 1907, each just a little over a year apart. Hamp died December 12, 1917, in his home near Green Forest in the Douglas Community. He was buried beside Ann in the Norris family cemetery.
Father: James Elihu NORRIS b: 1804 in Wilkes County, North Carolina
Mother: Nancy SECREST b: ABT 1807 in North Carolina
Marriage 1 Mary Ann (Sue) WILMOTH b: 20 FEB 1826 in Overton County, Tennessee
Married: ABT 1851 in Overton County, Tennessee
Children
Nancy Jane NORRIS b: MAY 1852 in Overton County, Tennessee
Frances NORRIS b: 1854 in Overton County, Tennessee
James Andrew NORRIS b: 8 APR 1856 in Overton County, Tennessee
John Wesley (Doc) NORRIS b: 6 MAY 1858 in Overton County, Tennessee
Marriage 2 Ann HARGET b: 12 JUL 1839 in Overton County, Tennessee
Married: ABT 1874 in Overton County, Tennessee 1
Children
Joseph Franklin (Joe) NORRIS b: 5 MAR 1875 in Overton County, Tennessee
Ernest Elihu NORRIS b: 15 FEB 1881 in Carroll County, Arkansas
Jesse Hamilton (Hamp) NORRIS
Sex: M
Birth: 26 FEB 1830 in Wilkes County, North Carolina
Death: 12 DEC 1917 in Green Forest, Carroll County, Arkansas
Note:
Sources for the name JESSE HAMILTON NORRIS. Census records, 1900, record him as Hamilton Norris. An application for citizenship in the Cherokee Nation, September 5, 1896, records his name as Jesse H. Norris. According to family, he was always called "Hamp." He was born in Wilkes County, North Carolina, a son of James Elihu and Nancy (Secrest) Norris. At the age of five, he emigrated with the Norris family to Overton County, Tennessee. His mother died while he was still a boy. He went to live with his grandparents, Gilbert and Rachel (Chambers) Norris on their farm near Matthews Branch off the Roaring River near the Oak Hill Community.
When Hamp came of age, he went to work. He was a farmer and a self-taught stone mason. In the 1850 US Census for Overton County, Tennessee, Hamp was living in his own home. He was first married to M. A. (Sue), one source states her last name was Stockton, a second source lists Wilmoth, about 1851 in Overton County. Sometime between the birth of the last child, in 1858, and the 1860 US Census, Hamp and Sue were divorced or legally separated. Hamp was living in his own household, Sue, listed as Mary, was living in a separate family's household as a domestic servant. The couple's four small children were enumerated in their own household away from their parents with no head of family. The eldest child, Nancy, was only 8 years old.
During the Civil War, Hamp enlisted in the Confederate Army. He served from 1862-1865 and was paroled. He returned to Overton County, Tennessee. It is not known with whom his children lived. By 1874, he had married a second time to Ann Harget, her name is also spelled Anne. Their first child was born in Overton County, Tennessee, some sources state Carroll County, Arkansas. By 1881, Hamp and Ann were living near Green Forest in Carroll County, Arkansas. His children by Sue and Sue herself were also living in Carroll County, Arkansas, south of Green Forest in the Zion Hill Community.
On September 5, 1896, Hamp went with his cousins and uncle, Jonathan, to Vinita, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory to make an application to the Dawes Commission for citizenship in the Nation. He made the following affidavit:
I, Jesse H. Norris, being first duly sworn on oath despose and say that I am the same Jesse H. Norris mentioned in the peition of Jonathan Norris and others herewith attached for readmission and enrollment in the Cherokee Nation or tribe of Indians.
That I am the ligitimate son of Elihu and Nancy Norris. That my post office is Green Forest Arkansas, and I am well acquainted with all of my copetitioners and know they bear the relationship to each other by consanguinity that is stated in said petition. My father Elihu was an older brother of Jonathan Norris and has been dead a great many years. I was almost entirely raised by my grandparents Rachiel and Gilbert Norris. I have heard my said grandmother state frequently that she was a Cherokee Indian by blood, and that she was a daughter of Henry Chambers a well known and recognized Cherokee Indian by blood. And a member of the Cherokee tribe of Indians. That I have always understood my said ancestor Henry Chambers was a half breed Cherokee Indian and that he enjoyed all of the right privileges, benefits and immunities of a member of the Cherokee Nation. That a part of the Chambers Cherokee family left North Carolina where they resided and came West with the Cherokee Indians. This removal I think occured about the year 1835, and the only Chambers who moved West with said Indians, whose name I can recall Sam Chambers, a full brother of my grandmother Rachel Norris, and I have no doubt but what the name of the said Samuel Chambers and the name of said Henry Chambers appears upon the rolls of Cherokee Indians of 1828, 1834 and 1835. That the address of George W. Lipps, and his children is Batavia, Arkansas. And the address of Ollie F. Redden and her children America I. Yeager is Carrollton, Arkansas. And the address of Martha J. Johnson and her children is Harrison, Arkansas.
signed Jesse H. Norris
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 5th day of August, 1896.
signed Harry E. Don-Carlos
Notary Public
Unfortunately, the name of Henry Chambers did not appear on the Cherokee rolls of 1835. The name of Samuel Chambers did appear on the list of old settlers who had come to the Cherokee Nation in 1819. His wife was named Nancy. They had died by 1851 when the Drennen Roll was taken in Indian Territory. Unfortunately, all of their children, except one--Lorenzo Dow Chambers, had died before 1880 in the Cherokee Nation. Lorenzo was not enrolled by the Dawes Commission when applications were accepted from 1896-1902. He died in 1909 in Sequoyah County, Oklahoma. He had no children. He did list a sister of Samuel named Tookah Chambers, possibly her Indian name but it can't be proven if this sister was Rachel as she was not named Tookah Norris.
Hamp was active in the United Confederate Veterans association and always attended their annual reunions, wherever they were held in Arkansas. Hamp was known to walk on foot to Tennessee to visit relatives well into the early 1900's. He was said by many to have been quite a character. It is interesting to note that not only did both of his wives live in or near Green Forest, but Ann died October 4, 1906, and Sue died October 19, 1907, each just a little over a year apart. Hamp died December 12, 1917, in his home near Green Forest in the Douglas Community. He was buried beside Ann in the Norris family cemetery.
Father: James Elihu NORRIS b: 1804 in Wilkes County, North Carolina
Mother: Nancy SECREST b: ABT 1807 in North Carolina
Marriage 1 Mary Ann (Sue) WILMOTH b: 20 FEB 1826 in Overton County, Tennessee
Married: ABT 1851 in Overton County, Tennessee
Children
Nancy Jane NORRIS b: MAY 1852 in Overton County, Tennessee
Frances NORRIS b: 1854 in Overton County, Tennessee
James Andrew NORRIS b: 8 APR 1856 in Overton County, Tennessee
John Wesley (Doc) NORRIS b: 6 MAY 1858 in Overton County, Tennessee
Marriage 2 Ann HARGET b: 12 JUL 1839 in Overton County, Tennessee
Married: ABT 1874 in Overton County, Tennessee 1
Children
Joseph Franklin (Joe) NORRIS b: 5 MAR 1875 in Overton County, Tennessee
Ernest Elihu NORRIS b: 15 FEB 1881 in Carroll County, Arkansas
Sex: M
Birth: 26 FEB 1830 in Wilkes County, North Carolina
Death: 12 DEC 1917 in Green Forest, Carroll County, Arkansas
Note:
Sources for the name JESSE HAMILTON NORRIS. Census records, 1900, record him as Hamilton Norris. An application for citizenship in the Cherokee Nation, September 5, 1896, records his name as Jesse H. Norris. According to family, he was always called "Hamp." He was born in Wilkes County, North Carolina, a son of James Elihu and Nancy (Secrest) Norris. At the age of five, he emigrated with the Norris family to Overton County, Tennessee. His mother died while he was still a boy. He went to live with his grandparents, Gilbert and Rachel (Chambers) Norris on their farm near Matthews Branch off the Roaring River near the Oak Hill Community.
When Hamp came of age, he went to work. He was a farmer and a self-taught stone mason. In the 1850 US Census for Overton County, Tennessee, Hamp was living in his own home. He was first married to M. A. (Sue), one source states her last name was Stockton, a second source lists Wilmoth, about 1851 in Overton County. Sometime between the birth of the last child, in 1858, and the 1860 US Census, Hamp and Sue were divorced or legally separated. Hamp was living in his own household, Sue, listed as Mary, was living in a separate family's household as a domestic servant. The couple's four small children were enumerated in their own household away from their parents with no head of family. The eldest child, Nancy, was only 8 years old.
During the Civil War, Hamp enlisted in the Confederate Army. He served from 1862-1865 and was paroled. He returned to Overton County, Tennessee. It is not known with whom his children lived. By 1874, he had married a second time to Ann Harget, her name is also spelled Anne. Their first child was born in Overton County, Tennessee, some sources state Carroll County, Arkansas. By 1881, Hamp and Ann were living near Green Forest in Carroll County, Arkansas. His children by Sue and Sue herself were also living in Carroll County, Arkansas, south of Green Forest in the Zion Hill Community.
On September 5, 1896, Hamp went with his cousins and uncle, Jonathan, to Vinita, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory to make an application to the Dawes Commission for citizenship in the Nation. He made the following affidavit:
I, Jesse H. Norris, being first duly sworn on oath despose and say that I am the same Jesse H. Norris mentioned in the peition of Jonathan Norris and others herewith attached for readmission and enrollment in the Cherokee Nation or tribe of Indians.
That I am the ligitimate son of Elihu and Nancy Norris. That my post office is Green Forest Arkansas, and I am well acquainted with all of my copetitioners and know they bear the relationship to each other by consanguinity that is stated in said petition. My father Elihu was an older brother of Jonathan Norris and has been dead a great many years. I was almost entirely raised by my grandparents Rachiel and Gilbert Norris. I have heard my said grandmother state frequently that she was a Cherokee Indian by blood, and that she was a daughter of Henry Chambers a well known and recognized Cherokee Indian by blood. And a member of the Cherokee tribe of Indians. That I have always understood my said ancestor Henry Chambers was a half breed Cherokee Indian and that he enjoyed all of the right privileges, benefits and immunities of a member of the Cherokee Nation. That a part of the Chambers Cherokee family left North Carolina where they resided and came West with the Cherokee Indians. This removal I think occured about the year 1835, and the only Chambers who moved West with said Indians, whose name I can recall Sam Chambers, a full brother of my grandmother Rachel Norris, and I have no doubt but what the name of the said Samuel Chambers and the name of said Henry Chambers appears upon the rolls of Cherokee Indians of 1828, 1834 and 1835. That the address of George W. Lipps, and his children is Batavia, Arkansas. And the address of Ollie F. Redden and her children America I. Yeager is Carrollton, Arkansas. And the address of Martha J. Johnson and her children is Harrison, Arkansas.
signed Jesse H. Norris
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 5th day of August, 1896.
signed Harry E. Don-Carlos
Notary Public
Unfortunately, the name of Henry Chambers did not appear on the Cherokee rolls of 1835. The name of Samuel Chambers did appear on the list of old settlers who had come to the Cherokee Nation in 1819. His wife was named Nancy. They had died by 1851 when the Drennen Roll was taken in Indian Territory. Unfortunately, all of their children, except one--Lorenzo Dow Chambers, had died before 1880 in the Cherokee Nation. Lorenzo was not enrolled by the Dawes Commission when applications were accepted from 1896-1902. He died in 1909 in Sequoyah County, Oklahoma. He had no children. He did list a sister of Samuel named Tookah Chambers, possibly her Indian name but it can't be proven if this sister was Rachel as she was not named Tookah Norris.
Hamp was active in the United Confederate Veterans association and always attended their annual reunions, wherever they were held in Arkansas. Hamp was known to walk on foot to Tennessee to visit relatives well into the early 1900's. He was said by many to have been quite a character. It is interesting to note that not only did both of his wives live in or near Green Forest, but Ann died October 4, 1906, and Sue died October 19, 1907, each just a little over a year apart. Hamp died December 12, 1917, in his home near Green Forest in the Douglas Community. He was buried beside Ann in the Norris family cemetery.
Father: James Elihu NORRIS b: 1804 in Wilkes County, North Carolina
Mother: Nancy SECREST b: ABT 1807 in North Carolina
Marriage 1 Mary Ann (Sue) WILMOTH b: 20 FEB 1826 in Overton County, Tennessee
Married: ABT 1851 in Overton County, Tennessee
Children
Nancy Jane NORRIS b: MAY 1852 in Overton County, Tennessee
Frances NORRIS b: 1854 in Overton County, Tennessee
James Andrew NORRIS b: 8 APR 1856 in Overton County, Tennessee
John Wesley (Doc) NORRIS b: 6 MAY 1858 in Overton County, Tennessee
Marriage 2 Ann HARGET b: 12 JUL 1839 in Overton County, Tennessee
Married: ABT 1874 in Overton County, Tennessee 1
Children
Joseph Franklin (Joe) NORRIS b: 5 MAR 1875 in Overton County, Tennessee
Ernest Elihu NORRIS b: 15 FEB 1881 in Carroll County, Arkansas
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