Elizabeth (Hodges) Norwood (1784 - 1866)

Born 22 Sep 1784 in South Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Noel Norwood — married 13 May 1806 in Darlington Township, Darlington, South Carolina, United States

Descendants

Died 16 Sep 1866 at age 81 in East Feliciana, Louisiana, United States

Biography

When Elizabeth Hodges was born on September 22, 1784, in Greenville, South Carolina, her father, John, was 28. The Hodges family Bible names Ann Standard as the mother of all of John's children, but John had an earlier wife Sarah who is named in a land record in 1784, making her most likely the mother of Elizabeth.

She married Noel Norwood on May 13, 1806, in Darlington, South Carolina.^[1] They had 13 children:

• Eliza Ann Norwood (1807–1813)
• Margaret Dawson Norwood (1809–1850)
• Samuel Wesley Norwood (1810–1837)
• Lemuel Hodges Norwood (1812–1848)
• Ann Elizabeth Norwood (1813–1897)
• John Standard Norwood (1816–1842)
• Abel Waddell Theophilus Norwood (1817–1883)
• Zachariah Gaulden Norwood (1819–1868)
• George Washington Norwood (1820–1844)
• Martha Amanda Norwood (1822–)
• Mary Elizabeth Norwood (1824–)
• Caroline Francis Norwood (1826–1863)
• Emily Jane Norwood (1827–1852)

Noel died on January 13, 1863 and Elizabeth died on September 16, 1866, in East Feliciana, Louisiana, having lived a long life of 81 years, and was buried in Clinton, Louisiana.^[2]

Obituary:^[3]
Mrs. Elizabeth Norwood died 16 Sep 1866 at the home of her son-in-law, Gen. Collins in East Feliciana Parish, LA. She was 81 years of age, a native of the Darlington District, S. C. the daughter of John and Ann Hodges. She married Noel Norwood 13 May 1806. Five children preceded her in death and five survive.

BURIAL^[4]
Noah Norwood Cemetery
Clinton, East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana

Sources

1. ↑ South Carolina Marriages, 1641-1965; Author: Hunting For Bears, comp., Name: Noel Norwood, Spouse: Elizabeth Hodges
2. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/175155/person/7011820534/facts
3. ↑ Published in The New Orleans Christian Advocate No. 38, 06 Oct 1866, pg. 3, col. 4 and is available in card file in the genealogy department of Shreve Memorial Library, Broadmoor Branch, Shreveport, LA.
4. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/153103714

• 1820 U S Census; Census Place: Comite, Feliciana, Louisiana; Page: 56; NARA Roll: M33_31; Image: 57

• 1830; Census Place: East Feliciana, Louisiana; Series: M19; Roll: 43; Page: 204; Family History Library Film: 0009686

• Year: 1840; Census Place: East Feliciana, Louisiana; Roll: 130; Page: 270; Family History Library Film: 0009690

• Year: 1850; Census Place: East Feliciana, Louisiana; Roll: M432_231; Page: 228A; Image: 136

• Year: 1860; Census Place: East Feliciana, Louisiana; Roll: M653_411; Page: 85; Family History Library Film: 803411