79Julia Huffman
Key Facts
Snapshot:housewife
Parents:158Wiley Huffman
159Sarah Powell
Born:3 September 1838
Jefferson County, Georgia
Died:6 October 1907
probably Montgomery County, Georgia
Buried:Bethsaida Church cemetery, Treutlen County, Georgia
Coordinates: N32.50629 W82.62463

79Julia Huffman was born 3 September 18381 in Jefferson County, Georgia to parents 158Wiley Huffman2 and 159Sarah Powell.* The 1850 census shows 79Julia with her family.2



1850: 79Julia's family in Jefferson County, Georgia. Full pages: 1, 2.2

79Julia married 78Jordan Norris in Emanuel County, Georgia on 7 September 1853.3 For more information on their marriage, their lives together, etc., see his profile since that information won't be repeated here.

79Julia died on 6 October 1907, probably in Montgomery County.† She's buried next to her husband in Bethsaida Church cemetery, Treutlen County, Georgia at coordinates N32.50629 W82.62463.1 Below are a few photos of her grave. As best I can tell, the (now barely legible) inscription reads, "How sad this life would be Could we not come to Thee."

*158Wiley Huffman and 159Sarah Powell married in 18344 and were still married in 1850,2 and 79Julia was born in 1838.1 Therefore, 159Sarah must be 79Julia's mother.
†since she and her husband were living there in 19005

Sources Cited:

1: Tombstone of Julia Norris (born 3 September 1838, died 6 October 1907), Bethsaida Church Cemetery, Treutlen County, Georgia at coordinates N32.50629 W82.62463. Photographs taken by 1Bryant Knight on 22 July 2023.

2: 1850 U.S. Federal Census (Population Schedule). District 48, Jefferson County, Georgia. Pages 137B and 138A, dwelling 57, family 57, Wiley Huffman household. NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 75. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-64KQ-567?i=5&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AMZYR-GQ1> et seq.

3: Emanuel County, Georgia. Marriages book A (1817-1860), page 44. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9BK-Y1QM?cc=1927197&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AQ289-J2ZS>.

4: Jefferson County, Georgia. Marriages whites book A (1803-1880), page 232. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GPPX-99TS?cc=1927197&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AFWHK-Z25>.

5: 1900 U.S. Federal Census (Population Schedule). Lothair, Militia District 1221, Montgomery County, Georgia. Enumeration district 78, sheet 16A, dwelling 286, family 288, Jordan Norris household. NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 213. FamilySearch, <https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DZMW-KDW?i=30&cc=1325221>.