John Thomas Freeman, Sr.

1835 - 1917  (81 years)

• Name	John Thomas Freeman  [1, 2]
  Suffix	Sr.
  Birth	26 Aug 1835	Bladen County, North Carolina   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	23 Jun 1917	Hamburg, Franklin County, Mississippi   [2]
  Burial	Mt. Carmel Cemetery, Hamburg, Franklin County, Mississippi   [2]
  Notes	John Thomas Freeman served in the Confederate Army after the birth of his daughter Emily, in Co. "C" Capt. Brown's 7 Stars Mississippi Artillery. He was captured, but was paroled or escaped within days. His captor and he were both said to be Masons. He served until the end of the war, and received a pension in his old age from the State of Mississippi for his service. He was a planter, and he moved his family from Copiah Co., MS (Barlow community) to Franklin Co., MS (Hamburg, MS), where some descendants live in the area in 2002. Reunion of his descendants held 2nd Saturday in June almost every year in Hamburg. He owned a store, and his property was used for cotton farming. John Thomas Freeman died 23 June 1917, and is buried in Mt. Carmel Cemetery, located two miles east of Hamburg, MS. This town is not on the state-issued highway map in 1995, but is shown on most published atlas maps of Mississippi. Copied from the RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project: Smith Family of GA, MS and LA. Merritt D. Mullen, submitter, mmullen8014@mchsi.com (Research): Census Information: 1870 Census Mississippi, Copiah County, Twp 9-10 West of RR, Post Office Hazelhurst Enumerated 2 August 1870 by O.H. Johnston Page 113, Stamped 349 HH 811-797 Moses and Eliza McLemore HH 812-798 Carter, Caroll Johnson and Juriah (McLemore) 813-799 Freeman, John 34 M W Farmer $700 $700 NC Freeman, Kisiah 24 F W Keeping House Miss Freeman, Emily R 8 F W Miss Freeman, John T 6 M W Miss Freeman, William 4 M W Miss Freeman, Ephraim 2 M W Miss Freeman, Infant 2/12 F W Miss HH 814-800 Joseph and Elmira Fairchild 1880 Census Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace J. T. FREEMAN Self M Male W 43 NC Farmer NC NC Kesiah FREEMAN Wife M Female W 34 MS Keeping House MS MS E. R. FREEMAN Dau S Female W 18 MS At Home NC MS J. T. FREEMAN Son S Male W 15 MS Farm Hand NC MS W. J. FREEMAN Son S Male W 14 MS Farm Hand NC MS E. H. FREEMAN Son S Male W 12 MS Farm Hand NC MS D. V. FREEMAN Dau S Female W 10 MS At Home NC MS Josiah FREEMAN Son S Male W 4 MS NC MS A. E. FREEMAN Dau S Female W 2 MS NC MS D. J. FREEMAN Son S Male W 4M MS NC MS M. L. MC LEMORE BroL Male W 18 MS Farm Laborer MS MS Source Information: Census Place Rose Hill, Copiah, Mississippi Family History Library Film 1254645 NA Film Number T9-0645 Page Number 18C And ALSO listed on the 1880 census as follows: Census Place: Beat 4, Copiah, Mississippi Roll: 646; Family History Film: 1254646; Page: 210A Enumeration District: 024; Image: 0061 Enumerated 7 June 1880 ..Melba Gene McLemore notes that all the names on this census page have crossed out line by line... Thomas J. Freeman 46 Kiziah Freeman 34 Emily Rebecca Freeman 18 John Thomas Freeman 16 William Joel Freeman 14 Ephram Hester Freeman 12 Dora V. Freeman 10 Josiah Hester Freeman 4 Dudley Jones Freeman 9m Moses Mclemor 18 Brother in law Alice Freeman 3
  Person ID	I26003	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	William Freeman,   b. 9 Mar 1815, Bladen County, North Carolina d. Abt 1849, Bladen County, North Carolina (Age 33 years)
  Mother	Amelia Hester,   b. Abt 1820, Bladen County, North Carolina d. Aft 1860, Mississippi (Age ~ 41 years)
  Family ID	F8837	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Kizziah Elizabeth McLemore,   b. 1 Dec 1845, Perry County, Mississippi d. 16 Mar 1924, Hamburg, Franklin County, Mississippi (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	14 Mar 1861	Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Mississippi
  	Quinna Cooper has a copy of a letter John wrote his wife Kizziah during the Civil War, and she provided the transcription below: Washington, Adams , County August 11, 1862 Dear Wife: As we have stopt hear for awhile I thought I would write you afew lines to let you now that I am well. Hoping htese few lines may find you and little Emeley well. I suppose you have heard that we are moving to Port Hudson. Their is wehre we was ordered but since we have bin.....Clinton, La so if.........to me and don't send it by hand get Mr. Wade to back your letter for youu and he will now how to back it write. I will write to you as soon as I get their and so I don't thinkg you need to write till you hear from me again unless you can send it by Kirk Hall or someone else. My Dear I expect you will be troubled about this move but I don't think you need for I think it will be helthaer their then where we have bin. My Dear you don't have any idy how bad I want to see you and the baby. I dream of your every night and it makes me vary uneasey for I am so feared that something will happne to you of the Baby but I hope that God will protect you for you now that he has promised that he will be a father to the fatherless and a husband to the widdow and I suppose you are nearly a widdow now while I am gone but I hope the time is near at had when I wuill return home to stay with you and little Emeley and I hope we may live like we have lived before. My Dear their is one thing I would like to know whither you have weaned little Emeley or not or whither you will have to wean her or not. My reason for that is what we were talking about when I was at home. My Dear I want you to take good care of little Emeley for she is the dearest think in the world except you. It is now use for me to try to tell you how well I love your for I can't do it. My Dear I have some money that I wish you had but I don't now how you will get hit unless I can send it by some boddy coming home for it is not safe to send it by male and I now I can't.....come home if you need anything let me now and I will help you. Nothing more at present. Only remain your husband till death. John T. Freeman to his wife Kissiah Freeman. My Love is ever bright and true. Good By Love.
  Children	1. Emily Rebecca Freeman,   b. 7 Jan 1862, Copiah County, Mississippi d. 6 Mar 1890 (Age 28 years)   2. John Thomas Freeman, Jr.,   b. 24 Jul 1864, Copiah County, Mississippi d. 21 Jun 1922, Hamburg, Franklin County, Mississippi (Age 57 years)   3. William Joel Freeman,   b. 1 Apr 1865, Copiah County, Mississippi d. 19 Feb 1945, Hamburg, Franklin County, Mississippi (Age 79 years)   4. Ephraim Hester Freeman,   b. 14 Jun 1868, Copiah County, Mississippi d. 13 Mar 1929, Norwood, East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana (Age 60 years)   5. Eudora Virginia Freeman,   b. 12 Mar 1870, Copiah County, Mississippi d. 22 Jan 1896 (Age 25 years)   6. James Lafayette Freeman,   b. 21 Jun 1871, Copiah County, Mississippi d. 1 Oct 1875, Copiah County, Mississippi (Age 4 years)   7. Zach Granger Freeman,   b. 5 Apr 1874, Copiah County, Mississippi d. 30 Sep 1875, Copiah County, Mississippi (Age 1 year)   8. Josiah Vardimen Freeman,   b. 14 Nov 1875, Mississippi d. 22 Nov 1938, Hamburg, Franklin County, Mississippi (Age 63 years)   9. Alice Edwena Freeman,   b. 4 Feb 1878, Copiah County, Mississippi d. 23 Jun 1956, Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana (Age 78 years)   10. D.W. Jones Freeman,   b. 26 Feb 1880, Copiah County, Mississippi d. 22 Aug 1881 (Age 1 year)   11. Mattie Kizziah Freeman,   b. 4 Jul 1881, Mississippi d. Yes, date unknown   12. Charles E. Hooker Freeman,   b. 6 Oct 1883, Mississippi d. 28 Feb 1888 (Age 4 years)
  Family ID	F8642	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Jul 2014

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 26 Aug 1835 - Bladen County, North Carolina Marriage - 14 Mar 1861 - Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Mississippi Death - 23 Jun 1917 - Hamburg, Franklin County, Mississippi Burial - - Mt. Carmel Cemetery, Hamburg, Franklin County, Mississippi  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S524] McLemore, Rev. William Pearman--Family Archivist, 5116 W Malibu Court McHenry, IL 60050. [S321] Freeman, Mark (mwfgenealogy@verizon.net) "Mostly Southern" http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=markfreeman ; Ver. 2008-09-19 17:51:13.