Needham Norris
Birth: 17 OCT 1775
Death: 7 FEB 1852 in Holly Springs, Wake Co., North Carolina
Buried: Norris Family Graveyard, Wake County, NC.
The Norris House no longer exists.
"Another historic home that survived the Civil War and remains standing today (not true) is the Needham Norris house at 2329 Avent Ferry Road, Holly Springs, N.C. 27540. Norris' nephew, Simpson Washington Holland, and his family lived in the house during the war. Holland's widow is said to have taken in a wounded Union officer and nursed him back to health during the encampment of Union troops in the area in April of 1865; consequently, the home was spared from destruction. John Norris, Jr., father of Needham and who most likely was one of the first English settlers of the community, was a veteran of the Revolutionary War. His home was located across the street and down the street about 1/4 mile. In 1935, the Daughters of the American Revolution erected a memorial stone for Norris on the west side of Avent Ferry Road, not far from where Norris is reported to be buried in the Norris Family graveyard."
Barb Koblich
Public Affairs & Communication
Title: Information Clerk for Holly Springs / Town Historian
Phone: (919) 552-6221
Father: John Norris , Jr. b: 11 MAR 1749/50 in Wake Co., North Carolina
Mother: Patience Pearson b: 1754 in Johnston Co., North Carolina
Married: Polly Atkins b: ABT. 1780
Married: 27 OCT 1805 in Wake Co., North Carolina
Children
1. Nancy Elizabeth "Eliza" Norris b: 2 Aug 1807 married Henry Brantley Browne
2. Robert Thomas Norris b: 8 Apr 1810 married Mabel Holland
3. John H. Norris died 1834-1840 without issue
4. Samuel J. Norris b: 3 Mar 1814 in Wake Co., NC - married Delia "Dilly" Olive
5. Sanders Norris b: 1825 - died 1852 without issue
6. Elbert Norris b: 7 Mar 1818 in Wake Co., NC - married Elizabeth Holland
7. Mary Norris b: 1820 married Randall Robison Browne
8. Martha Norris b: abt 1823 in Wake County, North Carolina married Henderson Thomas
9. Sarah Jane Norris b: 20 JAN 1824 in Wake County, North Carolina married Andrew William Betts
Birth: 17 OCT 1775
Death: 7 FEB 1852 in Holly Springs, Wake Co., North Carolina
Buried: Norris Family Graveyard, Wake County, NC.
The Norris House no longer exists.
"Another historic home that survived the Civil War and remains standing today (not true) is the Needham Norris house at 2329 Avent Ferry Road, Holly Springs, N.C. 27540. Norris' nephew, Simpson Washington Holland, and his family lived in the house during the war. Holland's widow is said to have taken in a wounded Union officer and nursed him back to health during the encampment of Union troops in the area in April of 1865; consequently, the home was spared from destruction. John Norris, Jr., father of Needham and who most likely was one of the first English settlers of the community, was a veteran of the Revolutionary War. His home was located across the street and down the street about 1/4 mile. In 1935, the Daughters of the American Revolution erected a memorial stone for Norris on the west side of Avent Ferry Road, not far from where Norris is reported to be buried in the Norris Family graveyard."
Barb Koblich
Public Affairs & Communication
Title: Information Clerk for Holly Springs / Town Historian
Phone: (919) 552-6221
Father: John Norris , Jr. b: 11 MAR 1749/50 in Wake Co., North Carolina
Mother: Patience Pearson b: 1754 in Johnston Co., North Carolina
Married: Polly Atkins b: ABT. 1780
Married: 27 OCT 1805 in Wake Co., North Carolina
Children
1. Nancy Elizabeth "Eliza" Norris b: 2 Aug 1807 married Henry Brantley Browne
2. Robert Thomas Norris b: 8 Apr 1810 married Mabel Holland
3. John H. Norris died 1834-1840 without issue
4. Samuel J. Norris b: 3 Mar 1814 in Wake Co., NC - married Delia "Dilly" Olive
5. Sanders Norris b: 1825 - died 1852 without issue
6. Elbert Norris b: 7 Mar 1818 in Wake Co., NC - married Elizabeth Holland
7. Mary Norris b: 1820 married Randall Robison Browne
8. Martha Norris b: abt 1823 in Wake County, North Carolina married Henderson Thomas
9. Sarah Jane Norris b: 20 JAN 1824 in Wake County, North Carolina married Andrew William Betts
Needham Norris
Birth: 17 OCT 1775
Death: 7 FEB 1852 in Holly Springs, Wake Co., North Carolina
Buried: Norris Family Graveyard, Wake County, NC.
The Norris House no longer exists.
"Another historic home that survived the Civil War and remains standing today (not true) is the Needham Norris house at 2329 Avent Ferry Road, Holly Springs, N.C. 27540. Norris' nephew, Simpson Washington Holland, and his family lived in the house during the war. Holland's widow is said to have taken in a wounded Union officer and nursed him back to health during the encampment of Union troops in the area in April of 1865; consequently, the home was spared from destruction. John Norris, Jr., father of Needham and who most likely was one of the first English settlers of the community, was a veteran of the Revolutionary War. His home was located across the street and down the street about 1/4 mile. In 1935, the Daughters of the American Revolution erected a memorial stone for Norris on the west side of Avent Ferry Road, not far from where Norris is reported to be buried in the Norris Family graveyard."
Barb Koblich
Public Affairs & Communication
Title: Information Clerk for Holly Springs / Town Historian
Phone: (919) 552-6221
Father: John Norris , Jr. b: 11 MAR 1749/50 in Wake Co., North Carolina
Mother: Patience Pearson b: 1754 in Johnston Co., North Carolina
Married: Polly Atkins b: ABT. 1780
Married: 27 OCT 1805 in Wake Co., North Carolina
Children
1. Nancy Elizabeth "Eliza" Norris b: 2 Aug 1807 married Henry Brantley Browne
2. Robert Thomas Norris b: 8 Apr 1810 married Mabel Holland
3. John H. Norris died 1834-1840 without issue
4. Samuel J. Norris b: 3 Mar 1814 in Wake Co., NC - married Delia "Dilly" Olive
5. Sanders Norris b: 1825 - died 1852 without issue
6. Elbert Norris b: 7 Mar 1818 in Wake Co., NC - married Elizabeth Holland
7. Mary Norris b: 1820 married Randall Robison Browne
8. Martha Norris b: abt 1823 in Wake County, North Carolina married Henderson Thomas
9. Sarah Jane Norris b: 20 JAN 1824 in Wake County, North Carolina married Andrew William Betts
Birth: 17 OCT 1775
Death: 7 FEB 1852 in Holly Springs, Wake Co., North Carolina
Buried: Norris Family Graveyard, Wake County, NC.
The Norris House no longer exists.
"Another historic home that survived the Civil War and remains standing today (not true) is the Needham Norris house at 2329 Avent Ferry Road, Holly Springs, N.C. 27540. Norris' nephew, Simpson Washington Holland, and his family lived in the house during the war. Holland's widow is said to have taken in a wounded Union officer and nursed him back to health during the encampment of Union troops in the area in April of 1865; consequently, the home was spared from destruction. John Norris, Jr., father of Needham and who most likely was one of the first English settlers of the community, was a veteran of the Revolutionary War. His home was located across the street and down the street about 1/4 mile. In 1935, the Daughters of the American Revolution erected a memorial stone for Norris on the west side of Avent Ferry Road, not far from where Norris is reported to be buried in the Norris Family graveyard."
Barb Koblich
Public Affairs & Communication
Title: Information Clerk for Holly Springs / Town Historian
Phone: (919) 552-6221
Father: John Norris , Jr. b: 11 MAR 1749/50 in Wake Co., North Carolina
Mother: Patience Pearson b: 1754 in Johnston Co., North Carolina
Married: Polly Atkins b: ABT. 1780
Married: 27 OCT 1805 in Wake Co., North Carolina
Children
1. Nancy Elizabeth "Eliza" Norris b: 2 Aug 1807 married Henry Brantley Browne
2. Robert Thomas Norris b: 8 Apr 1810 married Mabel Holland
3. John H. Norris died 1834-1840 without issue
4. Samuel J. Norris b: 3 Mar 1814 in Wake Co., NC - married Delia "Dilly" Olive
5. Sanders Norris b: 1825 - died 1852 without issue
6. Elbert Norris b: 7 Mar 1818 in Wake Co., NC - married Elizabeth Holland
7. Mary Norris b: 1820 married Randall Robison Browne
8. Martha Norris b: abt 1823 in Wake County, North Carolina married Henderson Thomas
9. Sarah Jane Norris b: 20 JAN 1824 in Wake County, North Carolina married Andrew William Betts
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