Sarah was born in 1848. She is the daughter of Hugh Freeman and Eliza Espy. In 1850, the family was living in Fanklin County, Georgia.In the 1850 census Sarah (age 2) was in Franklin, Georgia, United States.[1]
Name | Sex | Age | Occupation | Birth Place |
Hugh P Freeman | M | 29 years | Georgia | |
Eliza A Freeman | F | 23 years | Georgia | |
Amanda E Freeman | F | 4 years | Georgia | |
Sarah J Freeman | F | 2 years | Georgia | |
Cornelia A Freeman | F | 9 months | Georgia |
By 1860, the family had moved to Clarksborough District, Jackson County, Georgia.[2]
Name | Sex | Age | Occupation | Birth Place |
Hugh Freeman | M | 39 | Georgia | |
Eliza Freeman | F | 35 | Georgia | |
Amanda Freeman | F | 14 | Georgia | |
Sarah Freeman | F | 12 | Georgia | |
Caroline Freeman | F | 10 | Georgia | |
Esther Freeman | F | 8 | Georgia | |
Robert Freeman | M | 6 | Georgia | |
James Freeman | M | 4 | Georgia | |
Margaret Freeman | F | 0 | Georgia |
She married John G McElroy around 1865. By 1880, they were living in Banks County, Georgia, and had four sons - Robert, James, Hugh and Alvin.[3] Her husband was a farmer.
Name | Sex | Age | Status | Relation | Occupation | Birth Place |
John G. Mc Elroy | M | 35 | Married | Head | Farmer | Georgia, United States |
Sarah J Mc Elroy | F | 33 | Married | Wife | Housekeeping | Georgia, United States |
Robert G. Mc Elroy | M | 12 | Single | Son | Georgia, United States | |
James R. Mc Elroy | M | 8 | Single | Son | Georgia, United States | |
Hugh O. Mc Elroy | M | 5 | Single | Son | Georgia, United States | |
Alvin Mc Elroy | M | 1 | Single | Son | Georgia, United States |
By 1900, they had moved to Athens, Clarke County, Georgia.[4] Children in the home included: Richard, Alvin, Josephine, twin sons - Cam and Coa, and daughter, Tiny.
Name | Sex | Age | Status | Relation | Occupation | Birth Place |
J G McElroy | M | 57 | Married | Head | Georgia | |
Sarah McElroy | F | 52 | Married | Wife | Georgia | |
Richard McElroy | M | 25 | Single | Son | Georgia | |
Alvin McElroy | M | 21 | Single | Son | Georgia | |
Josephine McElroy | F | 19 | Single | Daughter | Georgia | |
Cam McElroy | M | 18 | Single | Son | Georgia | |
Coa McElroy | M | 18 | Single | Son | Georgia | |
Tiny McElroy | F | 15 | Single | Daughter | Georgia |
Sarah passed away in 1910. Burial was in the Eastview Cemetery in Monroe, Walton County, Georgia.[5]
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