Typed by Theresa Carhart


FREEMAN, JACKSON MARION


Surnames: FREEMAN, TODD, MacLEAN, WATSON, PRELL, FULTON.


JACKSON MARION FREEMAN

Jackson Marion Freeman, b March 28, 1837 in Robinson County, North Carolina, d March 25, 1903 at Chilton, Falls County, Texas and buried in Carolina Cemetery - was a son of Benjamin and Ann Elizabeth (Todd) Freeman, of North Carolina.

Jackson enlisted in the Confederate States Army in 1861 - serving as a corporal in Company A, 31st Regiment, North Carolina Troops, during the Civil War.  About 1866, Jackson Marion Freeman was married to Sarah Margaret Watson, b June 7,1837, d May 17, 1902 and buried in Carolina Cemetery - a daughter of Alexander and Sara (MacLean) Watson.

In 1870, the couple, with a three-year-old son, immigrated to Texas by wagon train - settling at Chap­pell Hill in Washington County, Texas, where three more children were born; and they subsequently settled in the Durango area of Falls County. Their children were:

Benjamin Freeman, b March 6, 1867 in Robinson County, North Carolina - married Mary Christine Prell.

Alexander Rufus Freeman, b April 9, 1871 at Chappell Hill, Texas, d February 14, 1948 - married January 1, 1898 to Ollie Fulton.

Samuel Freeman, b ca 1873 in Chappell Hill,
Washington County, Texas, died young.

Sarah Freeman (called "Sallie"), b October 3, 1876 in Chappell Hill, Washington County, Texas, d March 2, 1953 - was never married.

Copyright Permission granted to Theresa Carhart for printing the biographies of these Falls County Families to this Web page.
"Families of Falls County", Compiled and Edited by the Falls County Historical Commission, page 165 column 1.
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