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Jesse Beauregard Jackson FREEMAN (30 Dec 1860 Dacula, Gwinnett
Co. GA - 7 Jun 1922 Gwinnett Co. GA) bu. Pleasant Hill Methodist Cem., Dacula,
Gwinnett Co. GA, son of Andrew John FREEMAN & Frances THORNTON, m. 1 Apr
1883 Gwinnett Co., GA, Georgia Anna BRAND (6 May 1862 Gwinnett Co. GA - 6
Apr 1946 Gwinnett Co. GA) bu. Pleasant Hill Methodist Cem., Dacula, Gwinnett
Co. GA, daughter of William Williams BRAND and Elizabeth LOVELESS. Jesse lived
his entire life in Dacula where he was a farmer and hunter. He was known as
an expert shot and shipped birds by train to hotel restaurants in Atlanta.
His nickname was Duge. His obituary posted in Lawrenceville, GA newspaper,
THE NEWS HERALD, 8 Jun 1922, pg. 1.
Children of Jesse and Georgia FREEMAN:
I. Ralph FREEMAN, MD (9 Feb 1884 Dacula, Gwinnett Co. GA - 13 Apr 1937 Jackson
Co. GA) bu. Hoschton City Cem., Jackson Co. GA; m. 9 Nov 1910 Hoschton,
Jackson Co. GA, Bertha Naomi HOSCH (21 Jun 1885 in Hoschton, Jackson Co.
GA - 12 Dec 1968 Barrow Co. GA; Resident of Jackson Co. GA) bu. Hoschton
City Cem., Jackson Co. GA.
II. Edward FREEMAN (6 Aug 1886 Gwinnett Co. GA - 28 Dec 1909 Gwinnett Co.
GA) bu. Pleasant Hill Methodist Cem., Dacula, Gwinnett Co. GA
III. Samuel Jackson FREEMAN (29 Dec 1889 Dacula, Gwinnett Co. GA - 30 Jul
1972 Cartersville, Bartow Co. GA) bu. White United Methodist Church, White,
Bartow Co. GA; m. 18 Dec 1922 Bartow Co., GA, Gertrude McMILLAN (28 May
1900 Bartow, GA - 8 Apr 1980 Fairmount, Gordon Co. GA) bu. White United
Methodist Church, White, Bartow Co. GA.
IV. James Levi "Lee" FREEMAN (13 May 1892 Dacula, Gwinnett Co.
GA - 19 May 1958 Baldwin Co. GA; Resident of Gwinnett Co. GA) bu. Hebron
Baptist Church, Dacula, Gwinnett Co. GA; m. 23 Nov 1920 Barrow Co., GA,
Belma RAINEY (30 Aug 1895 - 19 Oct 1982 Clarke Co. GA) bu. Hebron Baptist
Church, Dacula, Gwinnett Co. GA.
V. Frances May FREEMAN (29 Nov 1894 Dacula, Gwinnett Co. GA - 6 Aug 1953
Fulton Co. GA); m. 5 Nov 1918 Dacula, Gwinnett Co. GA, Soloman Franklin
DOWIS (19 May 1891 Oak Grove, GA - 5 Nov 1967 Fulton Co. GA) bu. Westview
Cem., Atlanta, Fulton Co. GA.
VI. Martha Elizabeth "Bessie" FREEMAN (29 Mar 1897 Dacula, Gwinnett
Co. GA - 5 Dec 1949 Murfreesboro, Hertford Co. NC); m. 15 Sep 1917 Gwinnett
Co. GA, Hiram Cox HILL (8 Sep 1895 Jackson Co. GA - 30 Jun 1964 Murfreesboro,
Hertford Co. NC).
VII. Baine Octavia FREEMAN (5 Nov 1899 Dacula, Gwinnett Co. GA - 14 Feb
1980 Denmark, Bamberg Co. SC); m. 15 Jul 1920 Gwinnett Co. GA, Maxwell Earl
RIZER (b. 1897 SC).
VIII. Herbert Holman FREEMAN (13 Sep 1903 Dacula, Gwinnett Co. GA - Jul
1988 Moss Beach, San Mateo Co. CA); m. Alisa WEISA (b. in Germany)
IX. Harry Brand FREEMAN (12 Aug 1907 Dacula, Gwinnett Co. GA - 6 Sep 1967
Gwinnett Co. GA) bu. Pleasant Hill Methodist Cem., Dacula, GA; m. 11 Jan
1942, Florence OPLINGER (1917 - Apr 1959 Atlanta, GA).
Sources:
Gwinnett Co. GA Marriage Bk. 5, p. 263; Marriage Bk. 11, p. 101 & 237.
Jackson Co. GA Marriage Bk. J, p. 27 & Bk. S, p. 311.
Barrow Co. GA Marriage Bk. 1915-1932, p. 226.
Walton Co. GA Marriage Bk. O, p. 2.
Gwinnett Co. GA US Censuses
GA Death Index
SS Death Index
Tombstones - Pleasant Hill Methodist Church Cem. & Hebron Baptist Church,
Dacula,
Gwinnett Co. GA. Hoschton City Cemetery, Jackson Co., GA.
Family papers of settlement of J.B. Freeman Estate in possession of Patricia
F. Hardin.
Interview of Ralph Freeman, Jr., Hoschton, GA, Hiram Hill, Jr., Murfreesboro,
NC. &
Samuel M. Freeman, Cartersville, GA.
Compiled by Patricia Freeman Hardin, May 2003