Joel Terrill Freeman

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: 1813, North Carolina

Notes:

Correspondence from Libby Freeman Spieth, quoted by "Dolores1630" on ancestry.com:

I'm quite certain that when he (Joel) wasn't farming, he was a traveling salesman. My dad used to talk about him going with his wagon carrying pots, pans, bolts of fabric, nails, etc. and always something special for the ladies like a potato peeler and candy for the kids. He had a regular route when he didn't have crops to tend. In remote areas his visits were really looked forward to.

After the 1870 Census, Mary [Mary Tye, his second wife] and Joel just drop out of sight. Uncle Sam was the one who was left to raise them (the children). I think that is when my gr-grandfather John went to Elk Valley TN. He managed a lumber business for my other gr-grandfather Jasper Newton White (Newt) and that is also how he met my gr-grandmother Teresa Allen. They returned to Whitley.

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Joel Freeman contested his father's will. He won one hundred acres in Meadow Creek, NC in 1847. In March of 1848 he sold the acreage to Issac Owens for 130.00. Alfred Franklin White contends that Joel and Mary TYE (2nd wife) were killed in a carriage accident traveling between KY and NC. They both suddenly disappeared. The children of JOEL FREEMAN and MARY TYE are not recognized by the rest of the FREEMAN clan.

Note [from "Dolores1630" on ancestry.com]: There is no record or verification of this accident or deaths of Joel and Mary. It's considered to be family legend until verified. Mary and Joel went to NC one day and for whatever reason, never returned. Oldest son, Samuel, from Joel's first marriage, raised the younger children, including my grandfather, John.

Deed of Conveyance, 1847:

Whitley CO., KY (Deed Book #3) 24 August 1848: "This deed of conveyance made this 24th day of August 1858. Witnesseth that at the August term of the interlocutory decree of said curcuit cout appointed a commissioner for and on behalf of the AARON FREEMAN, POLLY STEVENS and NANCY PERKINS and the unknown heirs of JAMES FREEMAN deceased to convey to JOEL FREEMAN by Decreased of quit claim a certain tract or parcel of land in complainents bill mentioned in a suit in chancery pending in said court in which said JOEL FREEMAN is complainant and said heirs of the said JAMES FREEMAN deceased are defendants. Now I, ADDISON WILLIAMS commissioner as aforesaid forand on befalf of the said AARON FREEMAN, POLLY STEVENS,NANCY PERKINS and the unknown heirs of the said JAMES FREEMAN deceased for and in consideration of the (premises) and for and in consideration fo the interlocutory decree aforesaid give grant bargain sell (endow) convey and confirm unto the said JOEL FREEMAN and his heirs or assigns a certain tract or parcel of land situate lyning and being in Whitley County on a branch of Meadow Creek containing one hundred acres and is the same land on which said JAMES FREEMAN resided at the time of his death and left by the said JAMES in the possession of the said JOEL FREEMAN as set forth and descibed in the complainant bill herein. The said JOEL FREEMAN to have and to hold to him and his heirs or assigns forever. And the said ADDISON WILLIAMS commissioner as aforesaid for and behalf of the said ARRON FREEMAN, POLLY STEVENS, and NANCY PERKINS and the unknown heirs of the aforesaid JAMES FREEMAN deceased hereby covenant and agree that he will forever warrant and defend a good and sufficient right and title to said land against the claim or claims of themselves and thie heirs and against the claim or claims of all and every other person, persons claim for claimants whatever claiming by through or under them or either of them but (agrees) no to her person or persons but it is distinctly understood that the said WILLIAMS makes this conveyance as a commissioner of the court only and is not to be responsible in any way for the title. In testimony whereof the said parties of thefirst part by ADDISON WILLIAMS commissioner as aforesaid hereunto subscribe above written. Dated 26 August 1847. Signed: AARON FREEMAN, NANCY PERKINS, POLLY STEVENS, The unknown heirs of JAMES FREEMAN, deceased by A. WILLIAMS, commissioner Whitley Conuty Court. 24 March 1848

JOEL FREEMAN sold one hundred acres on Meadow Creek to ISAAC OWENS for 130.00.

Application for post-Civil War Presidential pardon?

The ancestry.com database Confederate Applications for Presidential Pardons, 1865-1867 contains paperwork related to the application by a Joel T. Freeman of Bear Wallow, North Carolina for a pardon and the restoration of his full citizenship by President Andrew Johnson. In it he explains that before the rebellion he was a postmaster and that this was the only role in which he can be held to have supported the Confederacy. We cannot determine from the papers whether this pardon was granted, or whether this is that same individual as our Joel Terrill Freeman.

Family/Spouse: Mary Sego. Mary (daughter of James Seago and Sarah Ann "Sally" Holt) was born in 1811 in Kentucky; died in Apr 1855 in Whitley County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joel married Mary Tye in 1858. Mary was born about 1815. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Charles married Rachel Allen in May 1875 in Tennessee. Rachel (daughter of John Allen and Nancy Barnes) was born on 7 Aug 1858 in Tennessee; died on 12 Jul 1942 in Wofford, Whitley, Kentucky; was buried in Wofford Cemetery, Wofford, Whitley, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: 18 May 1841
• Alternate death: 18 Jan 1928

Notes:

The birth and death dates of 18 May 1841 and 18 Jan 1931 are on his tombstone at Wofford, but this stone was erected well after his death; it was the opinion of both Joan Van Syckle and Nancy Jonckheere that both of these dates are wrong. Nonetheless, notwithstanding the sources that have him dying in 1928, he was recorded as alive and living with his family in the 1930 census, so we're going with the presumption that the death date on his tombstone is more correct than not.

(We also have a 1984 letter from Nancy Jonckheere to Jeannette Hayden claiming that John Freeman's actual birth year was 1857, but we think she revised her opinion since then.)

Libby Freeman Spieth, quoted by "Dolores1630" on ancestry.com, says that sometime soon after 1870, "my gr-grandfather John went to Elk Valley TN. He managed a lumber business for my other gr-grandfather Jasper Newton White (Newt) and that is also how he met my gr-grandmother Teresa Allen. They returned to Whitley." Of interest since both John Freeman and Jasper Newton White are among PNH's direct ancestors as well (great-great grandfathers, in his case).

Relationships between John Freeman and Jasper Newton White:

GG-grandfather John Freeman (1850-1931)
* managed a lumber mill for GG grandfather Jasper Newton White (1848-1909)
* Jasper Newton White married, as his third wife, Mary Ann Freeman (1855-1928), sister of John Freeman
* John Freeman's daughter, G-grandmother Mary Jane Freeman (1880-1932) married Jasper Newton White's son by his second wife, G-grandfather Alfred Franklin White (1880-1952)

It's also notable that John Freeman's brother William Freeman married Rachel Allen, sister of John Freeman's wife Teresa Allen. Libby Freeman Speith says that John Freeman met Teresa because he moved to Elk Valley to work for Jasper Newton White, which is entirely plausible since Teresa was born there, or in Campbell County at any rate. Possibly William Freeman also worked for Jasper Newton White, or just as possibly, he met his wife Rachel Allen through his brother's marriage to her sister Teresa Allen.

John married Teresa "Tacy" Allen in 1876 in Whitley County, Kentucky. Teresa (daughter of John Allen and Nancy Barnes) was born on 3 Jan 1857 in Campbell County, Tennessee; died on 15 Feb 1934 in Wofford, Whitley, Kentucky; was buried in Wofford Cemetery, Wofford, Whitley, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Apr 1855, Whitley County, Kentucky

Family/Spouse: Robin S Rains. Robin was born about 1849. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Jasper Newton "Newt" White after 1895. Jasper (son of Nicholas White and Nancy Anne Sumner) was born in Jun 1848 in Whitley County, Kentucky; died in 1909 in Whitley County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Apr 1879, Whitley County, Kentucky

Martha married William F. Veach on 20 Dec 1899 in Campbell County, Tennessee. William was born in Dec 1872; died on 7 Dec 1904 in Jefferson County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Martha married William E. Bunch on 20 Feb 1906 in Whitley County, Kentucky. William (son of Nelson Bunch and Martha Carter) was born on 3 Sep 1866 in Barbourville, Knox, Kentucky; died on 9 Dec 1913 in Williamsburg, Whitley, Kentucky; was buried in Wofford Cemetery, Wofford, Whitley, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Some researchers say she was born in Elk Valley, Tennessee. The record of her marriage says she was born in Whitley County, Kentucky. She was a nurs, and died of the consequences of diabetes. Her son Everett was also diabetic, as are at least two of Everett's grandchildren.

Mary married Alfred Franklin White on 4 Jan 1899 in Williamsburg, Whitley, Kentucky. Alfred (son of Jasper Newton "Newt" White and Rutha Parker) was born on 14 Apr 1880 in Williamsburg, Whitley, Kentucky; died on 6 Sep 1952 in Dayhoit, Harlan, Kentucky; was buried in Detherage Cemetery, Knox, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joseph married Mary Elizabeth Mays on 27 Dec 1900 in Whitley County, Kentucky. Mary (daughter of John Mays and Judie Rickett) was born on 26 Jul 1884 in Kentucky; died on 15 Jul 1944 in Wofford, Whitley, Kentucky; was buried in Caddell Cemetery, Rockholds, Whitley, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He was a barber and, later, a self-employed carpenter. He served in the US Army from 7 Sep 1906 to 6 Sep 1909.

Luther married Allie Moore on 12 Nov 1910 in Whitley County, Kentucky. Allie (daughter of William Moore and Julia Hart) was born on 10 Aug 1891 in Whitley County, Kentucky; died on 19 Aug 1958 in Whitley County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: 22 May 1888, Kentucky

Notes:

He was a miner. His death certificate describes him as divorced. The 1930 Federal census has him living with his parents, described as "married" but with no one listed in the family who could be his wife.

His middle name was indeed Harrison, not "Hack" as shown in some online trees. His middle name appears in full on his WWI draft card, his WWII draft card, and his death record. This, and the name of his brother Ed McKinley Freeman, does suggest that the Freeman family and possibly the Allen family were not fans of the Confederacy.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1891, Kentucky

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: 8 May 1894, Whitley County, Kentucky

Notes:

Not to be confused with his double first cousin Ed McKinley Freeman, born 2 Feb 1897, died 7 Jan 1970, a son of this Edward McKinley Freeman's father's brother William Freeman and his mother's sister Rachel Allen.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1897, Kentucky

Artie married Rev. Absalom Edward Crabtree on 24 Nov 1913 in Campbell County, Tennessee. Absalom (son of Richard S. Crabtree and Emmaline Amanda Shelton) was born on 1 Feb 1890 in Pioneer, Campbell, Tennessee; died on 8 Jan 1960 in Scott County, Tennessee; was buried in Chitwood Cemetery, Winfield, Scott, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Harvey Swain. Harvey was born about 6 Mar 1882 in Kentucky; died about May 1965 in Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died "of a hemmorhage after fall from a pony given to him by his grandfather Jasper Newton White." [Jeannette (White) Hayden]

Notes:

From the notes of Jeannette (White) Hayden: "Sarah b. 1899 ran off and married a Mayfield very young. One son: Paul (Mayfield) who called himself Paul White. A good fellow. He was raised by her parents and died in a car accident. He married June _____. [Their children were] Joyce b. 1940; Robt. b. 1944; Randy b. 1949; P. Gibb b. 1954; Carol b. 1957, died 1973 (car accident).

"Then she married a Ward. [Their children were] Billy Ward; Charles Ward; Edna Mae Ward; Francis Ward."

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The death records referenced here for Sarah N. White (Ohio deaths index; Social Security deaths index) are for a "Sarah N. Miller". Did she marry a third time, to a Miller? (We have no death date for her second husband, a Ward whom we believe to have been William Harrison Ward.) The Ohio deaths index gives her birth date as "1900" and the place as "Tennessee", but the Social Security death record (which gives the same SSN as the Ohio record) gives a birth date of 8 Oct 1899, matching our other records. The Social Security death record also notes that her SSN was issued in "Minnesota (Before 1951)."

PNH's mother Jeannette (White) Hayden notes that she and her family visited Sarah N. White in 1945 "in an awful mining town," presumably Jackhorn, Letcher, Kentucky, where she is recorded as living at the time of her son Charles's death in 1946. "Bill Ward" is also recorded as alive and living with her at that time, so if she went to Minnesota "before 1951" it has to have been after 16 June 1946. If our Sarah N. White is the Sarah N. Miller recorded in the death records referenced here, perhaps this 1946-1951 period is when he died and she married her hypothesized third husband named Miller.

Jeannette Hayden's notes, written in the mid-1980s, report Sarah N. as "in a nursing home in Southern Ohio." This does correlate with the Ohio death report, which says that Sarah N. Miller died in a long-term care facility in Dayton.

The Ohio report also gives her as "widowed", which means that none of her two or three husbands can have lived past 8 July 1988.

Family/Spouse: Brad Mayfield. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah married William Harrison Ward after Oct 1927. William (son of Thompson Ward and Naomi "Oma" White) was born about 1902 in Pulaski, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died of appendicitis.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: 15 Mar 1905, Williamsburg, Whitley, Kentucky

Notes:

His name on his daughter Jeannette's birth certificate reads "Everett Lloyd White." He evidently disliked his middle name and frequently gave it as "Lloyd" instead.

Everett married Gwendolyn Lottie Gyles on 5 Aug 1930 in Court Street Methodist, Flint, Michigan. Gwendolyn (daughter of Richard Edwards Gyles and Lottie Couch) was born on 12 Nov 1910 in Toronto, Ontario; died on 17 Oct 1997 in Brevard, Transylvania, North Carolina; was buried on 24 Oct 1997 in Summit Cemetery, Williamston, Ingham, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1908, Kentucky

Notes:

Called "Romey" by his family, and "Rhody" by his brother Everett.

[Jeannette (White) Hayden:] "His back was broken & he was paralyzed in a mine cave-in. He lived for 1 1/2 years as a total invalid during which time he was 'saved'...His wife remarried."

According to the notes of Jeannette (White) Hayden, he was married to a Gertie Ball, but the only Jerome White we find married to a woman of that name appears to have been a different Jerome White, born in 1909, died 1974, son of James Melton White and Parthinia "Bertha" Kidd. The Kentucky death certificate for Gertie R. White, daughter of Curtis and Mary Elizabeth Ball, born 25 Sep 1907, died 15 May 1949 in McCreary County, calls her marital status at death "married", as opposed to "never married," "widowed," or "divorced", and it names the informant as "Jerome White."

Family/Spouse: Ruth. Ruth was born about 1910 in Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Twin brother of Bessie Elizabeth White. Died of appendicitis.

Notes:

Twin sister of Jessie White.

[Jeannette (White) Hayden:] "Died of a blood clot a day or two after the birth of her fifth child."

Family/Spouse: Charles Osborne. Charles (son of James Osborne and Mattie Baird) was born on 20 Nov 1904 in Fork Ridge, Claiborn, Tennessee; died on 13 Jan 1968 in Harlan County, Kentucky; was buried in Middleton Cemetery, Redbud, Harlan, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She married her stepbrother. William J. Mullins was a son of her father's second wife, by her first marriage.

Her father's 1942 draft card gives "Mrs. Ruth Mullins, Rhea, Ky." as the "person who will always know your address."

Family/Spouse: George Owens. George was born about 1903. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: William Jonah Mullins. William (son of Walter Jackson Mullins and Sudie Robinson) was born on 17 Mar 1911 in Ida May, Lee, Kentucky; was christened in Briarfield Cemetery, Orlando, Rockcastle, Kentucky; died on 9 Aug 1956 in Lynch, Harlan, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: 5 Mar 1914

Notes:

Served in the Army in World War II. Never married. Killed in a head-on collision on Highway 231, evidently instantly.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: 5 Apr 1917

Family/Spouse: Murphy Sergent. Murphy (son of Harve Sergent and Nancy Hensley) was born on 18 Sep 1919 in Rhea, Harlan, Kentucky; died on 5 Jan 1963 in Rhea, Harlan, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Noble M. "Nobe" Helton. Noble (son of James A. Helton and Sarepta B. Shoemaker) was born on 17 Oct 1914 in Harlan, Kentucky; died on 29 Dec 1999 in Harlan Appalachian Regional Hospital, Harlan, Harlan, Kentucky; was buried in Resthaven Cemetery, Keith, Harlan, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

We have some doubt that Mary White was actually born when her mother was 52.