Joseph P. Norwood was born 1810 in Darlington county, South Carolina. He married Elizabeth Brown in 1830 in magee, Simpson county, Mississippi. She was born about 1811 in Georgia. They had 10 children
1. Columbus Norwood, nothing more is known
2. James Calvin Norwood, nothing more is known
3. Margaret Norwood, nothing more is known
4. William Norwood was born 1834
5. Lucy Norwood was born 1835
6. Louisa Norwood was born 1837
7. John Norwood was born 1839
8. Julia Ann Norwood was born 1843 She married John Parsons
10. Charles Knox Norwood was born about 1849