Jesse Freeman, son of Jesse and Sarah Jane Davis Freeman was born in 1838-1840 based on his reported age of 12 (1850) and 20 (1860) in these two censuses.
Shortly after the census was enumerated and maybe before the Civil War, Jesse married a young lady by the given name Ann and to this union was born a son Jesse A. Freeman in 1862.
I believe that Jesse A. is really Jesse Coleman Freeman (1862-15 May 1951).
At the outbreak of the Civil War it’s almost certain that Jesse Freeman enlisted into one of the local units. Minnie Sanders Rivers in her Rivers History (The Rivers Family: of Chesterfield County, South Carolina. Handwritten. unpublished: n.p., 1929) states that Jesse died about 1863. His absence from the household in 1870 provides indirect evidence that he did not return from the War. Also Ann Freeman re-marriage in 1875 provides additional evidence of his possible demise.
85. Jesse; b. 1838; d. abt, 1863; in service in C.S.A. War; m. 1860,
Ann _______; b. S.C. 1845; d._____. Issue:
1. Jesse A. Freeman, b. 1862. No further record.
After an exhaustive search no record had been found for Jesse service in the Civil War; but Ann Freeman and her son, Jesse A. Freeman are enumerated in the 1870 Census.
1870 CENSUS: Cole Hill, Chesterfield County, South Carolina; Roll: M593_1491; Image: 91; Family History Library Film: 552990, Page 283A; Line 3, Dwelling 101, Family 101; Ann FREEMAN, female, age 25, born in SC and J. A. FREEMAN, male, age 8, born in SC.
Finding what happen to Jesse during the Civil War has been quite problematic. I found several entries that could possible be our Jesse Freeman.
- Jesse Freeman is not listed in "Broken Fortunes" SC Dead in CSA Service 1861-1865, Randolph W. Kirkland, Jr.
- At https://www.fold3.com/image/20/73570085 there is a listing for a J. FREEMAN from Chesterfield, SC. This J. FREEMAN is in Co. B, 2nd Batt'n South Carolina Sharp Shooters, appointed 2nd Corporal 30 August 1862. Enlisted Jan 8, 1862 by Capt. B. T. Davis for 3 years.
- There is a Corporal Jesse FREEMAN in the Company E, 21st South Carolina Infantry, Film Number M381 roll 11 listed in the National Park Service Civil War Solders and Sailors System Database; http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm
- Johnson Hagood does not show Jesse Freeman as a member of Co. E. 21st SCVI in his book "Memoirs if the War of Secession" pages 402 and 403.
- Freeman, Jesse
REGIMENT NAME: 2nd Regiment, South Carolina Cavalry
SIDE:Confederate -
Freeman, Jesse
REGIMENT NAME: 4th Regiment, South Carolina Infantry
SIDE:Confederate -
Freeman, Jesse
REGIMENT NAME: 21st Regiment, South Carolina Infantry
SIDE:Confederate
ALTERNATE NAME: J./Freeman - J. Freeman, age 19
http://www.fold3.com/image/#20|83102041 , One muster card of 17 shows his name Jerry. I think this is Jesse. This soldier was taken prisoner on 16 June 1864. His records show no further evidence of him or what happen to him. But to bolter this belief we have: - Freeman, Jesse, 21, Lieutenant killed at Petersburg, Virginia June 24, 1864. Historical Sketch & Roster The SC 21st Infantry Regiment, By John V. Rigdon, © 2005 Eastern Digital Resources, Published by: Eastern Digital Resources, Cartersville, GA 30120, page 78.
About 1875, Ann Freeman, widow of Jesse Freeman, married Joseph Hall. Joseph and Ann moved from Chesterfield to Marlboro County.
In July 1881, her ex father-in-law, Jesse Freeman, Sr., passed away. In October 1881 the surviving heirs divided into two groups file a “Bill of Complain” in the Court system against each other. Ann Hall wife of Joseph hall is named as a Distributee of this estate.
- II. That the said Jessie Freeman left surviving him as his heirs at law and Distributees His Widow Mary Freeman and the following children to wit:
- William Freeman Louis Freeman Christine Turnage the wife of Robert Turnage, Ann Hall the wife of Joseph Hall Elizabeth Poston the wife of Elisha Poston and your Complainants Mary Ann Wadsworth and…
Ann [LNU] Freeman Hall died 18 June 1925 in Bennettsville, Marlboro County, South Carolina.
Many researches shows this deceased Ann to be Jesse Sr, daughter Ann Elizabeth Freeman; but, that’s impossible.
Jesse Freeman is my 1st Cousin 4 times removed.
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1. 1850 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Page: 134B/135A; Line 33, Dwelling 560, Family 560, Household of Jesse FREEMAN; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 12 June 2012); citing National Archives Microfilm M432 Roll 851.
2. 1860 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Page 173B; Line 27, Dwelling 1123, Family 1122, Household of Jesse FREEMAN; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 2009); citing National Archives Microfilm M653_1217.
3. National Park Service, "Soldiers" database, Civil War Soldiers & Sailor System (http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers.htm : accessed 12 June 2012), entry for Freeman, Jesse, Corporal; 21st Regiment, South Carolina Infantry; Confederate.
4. Ancestry, "Civil War Service Records" database, Military Service Records (http://www.fold3.com/ : accessed 12 June 2012), entry for Jesse Freeman, Corporal; Company E, 21th SC Infantry; Confederate.
5. Randolph W. Kirkland Jr., Broken Fortunes: South Carolina Soldiers, Sailors and Citizens Who Died in the Service of Their Country and State in the War for Southern Independence, 1861-1865 (Columbia, South Carolina: University of South Carolina, 1997), Jesse Freeman is Not Listed as a deceased soldier..
6. Johnson Hagood, Memoirs of the War of Succession (Camden, SC 29020: Jim Fox Books, 1997 (Reprint)), page 402-403.
7. John V. Rigdon, History of the 21st SC Volunteers: The South Carolina 21st Infantry Regiment (Cartersville, GA 30120: Eastern Digital Resources, October 2013), page 78 , Freeman, Jesse, 21, Lieutenant killed at Petersburg, Virginia June 24, 1864.
8. John V. Rigdon, Historical Sketch & Roster: The SC 21st Infantry Regiment (Cartersville, GA 30120: Eastern Digital Resources, 1997), page 78, Jesse Freeman, 21, Lieutenant killed at Petersburg, Virginia.
9. 1900 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Hebron, Marlboro County, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 92, Page 12B/157B; Line 64, Dwelling 237, Family 237, Household of Annie FREEMAN; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : viewed 19 July 2012); citing National Archives Microfilm T623_1523.
10. 1870 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Cole Hill, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Page 283A; Line 3,, Dwelling 101, Family 101, Household of Ann FREEMAN; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 19 July 2012); citing National Archives Microfilm M593_1491.
11. 1880 U S Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Cole Hill, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 004, Page 303C; Line 43, Dwelling 73, Family 73, Household of Joseph HALL; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 12 June 2011); citing National Archives Microfilm T9-1225.
12. Annie Freeman, death certificate 010325 (18 June 1925), Vital Records, Department of Health and Environmental Control, Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina.
13. Elizabeth C. Drake, Cemetery Records of Marlboro County, South Carolina; Marlboro County Historical Society, 1984, page 25. Tombstone of Anne Freeman Hall; 1845–18 June 1925, Salem Baptist Church Cemetery, Marlboro County, South Carolina.
14. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 25 June 2014); Memorial page for Annie Freeman; (1845–18 June 1925); Find a Grave memorial # 121517243, Citing Salem Baptist Church Cemetery; Salem, Marlboro County, South Carolina, USA.
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