Rev. John "Jay" Whittington Freeman Sr. was born on November 1, 1802, in Rutherford, North Carolina, the child of Rob Freeman and Catherine Seward. He married two times. He married his first wife, Patsey Watkins in Rutherford County, North Carolina on the 3rd of November, 1824[1]; Patsey Watkins passed away in 1845. He then married Mary Surd Morrison. He died on October 1, 1858, in Skenna Gap Road, Blairsville, Union County, Georgia and is buried in Philadelphia Baptist Church Cemetery in Union County, Georgia[2].
↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVKK-MCW5 : 13 December 2015), Jay Whittington Freeman, 1858; Burial, Blairsville, Union, Georgia, United States of America, Philadelphia Cemetery; citing record ID 47657204, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MZYD-WC4 : 9 November 2014), J W Freeman, Union county, Union, Georgia, United States; citing family 600, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
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