It’s Family Time~Jesse and Ann Freeman

In 1838, Jesse Freeman and Sarah Jane Davis Freeman had their seventh child; a boy, they named Jesse. Over the next 12 years, the family would grow to a total of 11 children. Except for the two oldest Daughters, Elizabeth and  Sarah Ann the entire family is shown here in this 1850 census graphic.

Daughter Elizabeth had married Elisha Poston and daughter Sarah Jane had married John D. Odom and is no longer enumerated with the family.


Their son, Jesse is now 12 years of age. In the 1860 census, we find young Jesse listed as age 20; but if he really was 12 in 1850 we know his real age must be 21 or maybe 22. The census also shows young Jesse at home and still unmarried.

We know that on 12 April 1861 Confederate soldiers bombarded Union soldiers at Fort Sumter, South Carolina. This became the fuse that started the Civil War.


Jesse and Sarah sent all four of their sons off to serve in the War with the 21st SC Infantry losing two to that war. John F. Freeman lost his life on 21 June 1864 and three days later on 24 June 1964, Jesse Freeman was killed-in-action (KIA) at Petersburg, Virginia.

I haven’t found a war record for Jesse but we know that sometime before joining he married a young lady named Ann, born 1845. The death certificate of her son, John Wesley Freeman, states that she was Ann Thurman. The 1870 Census shows Ann Freeman as a Widow with one son, J. A. Freeman. J. A. Freeman is reported as age 8 in the 1870 Census. Based on this it would put the marriage of Jesse and Ann taking place in 1861.


By 1880 Ann Thurman(?) Freeman has remarried to Joseph Hall and had 3 young Hall Children and an additional Freeman son, John Wesley, born in 1873. The age of her other son, Jesse A. Freeman is reported as age 15. This is the same J. A. Freeman that was age 8 in the 1870 Census. 

NOTE. Jesse or J. A. Freeman cannot be found after 1880 but in 1900 Census Jesse C. Freeman was found. There is little doubt that Jesse A. and Jesse Coleman Freeman is the same individual.

The presence of his brother John Westley in the household proved that Jesse C. is the man known as Jesse A. Freeman in previous Censuses.




Between 1880 and 1900, Joseph and Ann Thurman Freeman had additional children,. Joseph has passed away; when and where is unknown and Ann is left a Widow with 8 children. In this Census, Ann tells the Census Taker that she is the Mother of 9 children of which 8 are living. 

A 1910 Census image for Ann Thurman Freeman Hall has not been found.


Annie [Thurman] Freeman Hall died 18 June 1925. In Marlboro County, SC. The 1nformant on her SC Death Certificate was her son, Henry Thomas (Hall) Freeman.


Note: After the 1880 Census, all the male Hall children changed their surname to Freeman and were known by the Freeman surname.

There are many online trees that had the Death date for Annie [LNU] Freeman Hall as the Death date for Jesse and Sarah’s daughter Ann E. Freeman born in Sept. 1850. Listed as age 2/12 in the 1850 Census for Chesterfield County.


Another major note: The surname Thurman is used here to provide clarity in following the theme of this post. Annie, b. 1845 may be a Thurman and she may not be. We have one document that says she was a Thurman and that document is John Westley Freeman Death Certificate (#13168) but on that same death certificate, it states that his father is John W. Freeman. Note also there is NO Ann Thurman in any Chesterfield County household in 1850. 


To summarize: Annie [LNU, maybe Thurman], b. 1845, died 18 June 1925 is the wife of Jesse Freeman, born 1838 and Daughter-in-law of Jesse Freeman born 1804.


Ann E. Freeman, born abt Sept. 1850 is the daughter of Jesse Freeman, b. 1804 and his wife Sarah Jane Davis Freeman and the Sister of the Younger Jesse Freeman. Ann E. is only listed in one census (1850) and believed to have died as a child between Oct 1850 and 1860.


Jesse Freeman, b. 1838 is my 1st Cousin 4 times removed. Jesse Freeman, his father is the husband of my 3rd Great Grand Aunt.  



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[1] Annie Freeman, death certificate 010325 (18 June 1925), Vital Records, Department of Health and Environmental Control, Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina.
[2] 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.
[3] 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] 1870 U. S. Census, Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Cole Hill Twsp., Chesterfield County, South Carolina, Page 283A, Line 1, Dwelling 100, Family 100, Household of Jesse FREEMAN; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 12 June 2012); citing National Archives Microfilm M593_1491.
[4] 1880 U S Census, Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Cole Hill, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 004, Page 303C, Line 40, Dwelling 72, Family 72, Household of Jesse FREEMAN; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 12 June 2012); citing National Archives Microfilm T9-1225.
[5] Last Will and Testament Jesse Freeman
[6] Charles Freeman, "COMPLAINT FOR RELIEF," Chesterfield District Chronicle, Vol. 5, No. 1, Winter 2002, Newsletter , Chesterfield County Genealogical Society (https://www.facebook.com/groups/131108983604237/), Pages 21-23.
[7] 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.
[8] 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.
[9] Henry Freeman, Delayed Birth Certificate 6-896 (20 April 1885), South Carolina South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia, South Carolina.
[10] South Carolina, Death Records, 1821-1961, Images. Ancestry, (https://www.ancestry.com: 4 June 2018), South Carolina, Death Records, 1821-1961, Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, J. W. Freeman; Certificate number 13168, 19 July 1933.
[11] 1850 U. S. Census, Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Chesterfield District, South Carolina, page 107 (stamped); Line 27,, Dwelling 140, Family 140;, Household of Elisha POSTON; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 3 April 2019); citing National Archives Microfilm M432 Roll 851.
[12] 1860 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Chesterfield, South Carolina, Page: 175 (stamped); Line 8, Dwelling 1142, Family 1141, Household of Elisha POSTON; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 6 April 2019); citing National Archives Microfilm M653_1217.

[13] 1870 U. S. Census, Court House, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Cheraw, Chesterfield, South Carolina, Page: 259A (stamped); Line 3, Dwelling 158, Family 164, Household of and F.[Flora] POSTON; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 6 April 2019); citing National Archive Microfilm M593, Roll 1491.