Sally's
great-great-great-great-great-Grandparents:
Joshua Freeman 1735 - 1794 | his parents
& ca 1759 Mary Outlaw ca 1743 - 1796 |
her parents
of Bertie County, North Carolina
This is my working hypothesis - the way I see it as of
this moment!!
Joshua Freeman married ca 1759 Mary Outlaw,
probably daughter of William Outlaw and Mary Wood. [from
the Campbell family]
Joshua Freeman, son of
William Freeman and Christian Outlaw?, was born in Chowan Co NC 4 Dec 1735. He died in
Bertie Co 10 November 1794.
Mary Freeman died in 1796.
Her inventory was handed in
by William Freeman Sept 30, 1796 in Bertie County.
(This statement in her estate record
mystifies me: "Money was received from Elizabeth Watford and as her part of the
estate of Joshua Freeman, dec'd" [Money owed by Watford to Joshua
Freeman?])
Children of Joshua Freeman and Mary Outlaw:
1. Christian Freeman 11 Nov 1760 - 1816
married 1st ca 1776 James Wood 1750 - 1797 Northampton
Co, NC
married 2nd William Moring
2. Mary Freeman ca 1762 - aft 1824
married 1st ca 1778 Samuel Harrell 1756 - 1791 Hertford Co
married 2nd bef. Aug 1794 William Copeland will 1836 Chowan Co
3. William Freeman 1 April 1767 - 18 August 1830 Bertie Co
married Celia Sessoms
16 December 1776 - 4 January
1838 Bertie Co
[from the Bible of William Sessoms d.1844 brother of
Celia]
4. Joshua Freeman ca 1769 -1840
married 11 Feb 1793 Mary Ann Pipken d of Isaac & Charity Pipken
5. Jacob Freeman ca 1771 -
married 30 June 1798 Sarah Pipken sister of Mary
6. Sally Freeman ca 1774 - ? ca 1816
married 12 Aug 1791 1st Cullen Wood
ca 1770- 1792
married bef 24 Aug 1794 2nd Thomas Sutton
dec by 1816 son of Thomas dec 1777
7. Celia Freeman ca 1777 - aft 1837 Weldon, NC
married 23 Mar 1793 Rev. John Campbell
14 Dec 1770 - 19 May 1828
son of James
Campbell and Mary Kinchen
8. James Freeman ca 1780 - bef. 1805
married 19 Oct 1798 Mary Norfleet
Bio Sketch included in Burkitt's History of the Kehukee Baptist Assoc: Brother Joshua
Freeman was the son of William Freeman, of Chowan county, NC. His parents were both strict
Episcopalians.
He was converted under the ministry of Elder Dargan, about the year of 1777, and was
received and baptized a member of his church near Wiccacon, now under the care of Elder
Hendry. He was one of the Deacons of that church. He was so remarkably zealous and tender
under preaching, that he hardly ever heard a sermon zealously delivered but what he would
break out in raptures, praising and glorifying God.
He very frequently attended our Associations and he was so loving that he gained the
general esteem of all the brethern with whom he was acquainted; and we felt happy when he
was present, and when he was absent something seemed wanting.
He was a man of considerable fortune, and some years past was captain of a company of
militia in Bertie; but had long since resigned that office, for it was evident that he
sought not the honor that comes from man, but that which comes from God only.
Although he had many slaves, his lenity towards them was very remarkable. If any of them
transgressed, his general method to chastise them was to expose their faults before the
rest of his servants and the whole family, when they came in to family worship in the
morning; who, when assembled at morning prayer, would talk to them, exhort and rebuke them
so sharply for their faults, that made others fear.
Elder Burkitt had often been at his house the time of public prayer, and he was so very
much affected for the spiritual welfare of his family that often he seemed almost
convulsed. And this extraordinary zeal was not the impulse of a moment, but his constant
practice for seventeen years, and continued to his dying moment, and instead of declining
rather increased.
On Saturday night before he died he went to prayer with his family, and was immediately
afterwards seized with a paralytic fit (for he had been under that complaint for about
twelve months), the operation of which continued till Monday evening, the 10th of
November, 1794, when he died. And we hope he is now where his longing soul is satisfied
with beholding his Saviour's face without a glass between.
His death was sincerely lamented by all his friends and acquaintance; and every person who
was acquainted with his merit, on hearing the melancholy news of his death can but drop a
tear.
His funeral sermon was preached by Elder Burkitt, from Phil. 1: 21 For to me to live in
Christ and to die is gain.
Will of JOSHUA FREEMAN (252,253,254,255,256) Bertie Co, NC, 24 Aug 1794, proved Nov Ct
1794
Secondly I Give and Bequeath unto my Daughter CHRISTAIN WOOD the following
negroes HARRY and WILL two Beds and furniture and one Mare all which said negroes and other articles have
already been delivered to my said Daughter I also Give unto my said Daughter one Negro Man
named GABRICE I say to her her Heirs and assigns forever
Thirdly I Give and Bequeath unto my Daughter MARY COPELAND two negroes PHILLIS and JACK
two Beds and furniture and one horse which has been delivered unto SAMUEL HARRELL late
Husband of the said MARY and it is to be understood and it is my express will that the
said negroes Beds and Horse aforesaid shall go and decend to my said Daughter MARY and the
Children of the said MARY by the said SAMUEL HARRELL Agreeable to the Division of the
Estate of the said SAMUEL HARRELL now on Record in the County Court of Hertford I also
lend unto my said Daughter MARY One negro Woman named ALICE with one ninth part of the
Residue of my estate after Debts and Legaseys paid for and during her natural life and
after her Death to be equally divided between all her Children to them their heirs and
assigns forever
Fourthly I give and Devise unto my son WILLIAM FREEMAN part of the tract of Land whereon
my (son) JOSHUA FREEMAN now lives to Contain three hundred Acres to be laid of so as to
Include the tracts of Land I Purchased of FRANCIS BROWN & ISAAC PERRY also one half of
the apple Orchard now growing on the said Plantation also all that part of Land which I
purchased of TIMOTHY WALTON lying adjoining the lands of SAMUEL HARRELL Decd and the
following negroes JACK PEG BEN and PAT two Beds and furniture one Horse Called Tom three
Cows and Calves ten head of Hogs two ewes and Lambs and the sum of one hundred and Eighty
pounds Lawful money of the State of North Carolina I say to him the said WILLIAM FREEMAN
his Heirs and assigns forever
Fifthly I Give and Devise unto my Son JOSHUA FREEMAN the remaining part of the Tract of
Land whereon he now Lives not before Given to my son WILLIAM FREEMAN also the following
negroes FORTUNE and LEAH two Beds and furniture One Horse three Cows and Calves one yoke
of Stears all which he has received also one negroe Called CHERRY I say to him the said
JOSHUA FREEMAN his Heirs and assigns forever
Sixthly I give and Devise unto my son JACOB FREEMAN a tract of Land Bounded as follows
Begining at Quiorson Bridge thence up the Windsor Road to Cabbin Branch then up the Branch
to the Mill Race then along a line so as to strike the road where it crosses the Rooty
Branch then up the Rooty Branch to CALEs line then on CALEs line so as to Include the
whole of the land Called CALEs Land with all the Land lying on the West side of the
Windsor road Joining the aforesaid Land also all that part of Land Lying on Licking Branch
Pocoson which I purchased of LUKE WHITE and the following negroes named ARTHUR JUDE ANICE
and GUY two Beds and furniture one Horse Called Price three cows and Calves ten head of
Hogs two ewes and lambs and the sum of one hundred and Eighty pounds lawful Money of the
State of North Carolina I say to him the said JACOB FREEMAN his Heirs and assigns forever
Seventhly I give and Bequeath unto my Daughter SALLY SUTTON two negroes named EDITH and
SIMEON two Beds and furniture one Horse Called Dragon which has been already delivered to
her I also give unto my said Daughter one negro man Named LIMAS(?] I say to her the said
SALLY SUTTON her Heirs and assigns forever
Ninthly I give and Devise unto my son JAMES FREEMAN the Land and Plantation whereon I now
Live except the Land Given to my Son JACOB FREEMAN after the term of time is expired to
which the same is lent unto my wife MARY FREEMAN with Six negroes named NED HESTER TOM
RACHAEL VENUS & PETER Two Beds and furniture one Horse Called Jolly three Cows and
Calves two ewes and lambs it is my Will and desire that my Wife MARY FREEMAN have the use
& Labour of my said negro NED during the time she shall Continue my Widdow I say to
him the said JAMES FREEMAN his Heirs and assigns forever
Tenthly it is my will that all the Residue & Remainder of my Estate after Debts and
Legaceys paid shall be equally devided Between my wife MARY FREEMAN and all my Children
namely CHRISTIAN WOOD MARY COPELAND WILLIAM FREEMAN JOSHUA FREEMAN JACOB FREEMAN SALLY
SUTTON CELIA CAMPBELL and JAMES FREEMAN to be Devided Share and Share alike I say to them
the said MARY FREEMAN CHRISTIAN WOOD WILLIAM FREEMAN JOSHUA FREEMAN MARY
COPELAND JACOB
FREEMAN SALLY SUTTON CELIA CAMPBELL and JAMES FREEMAN their Heirs and I lend the aforesaid
Equal share (or and during her natural life and then after her death to be equally
divided between all her Children Share and Share alike
Lastly I Constitute and appoint my friend THOMAS SUTTON and my sons WILLIAM FREEMAN and my
Son JACOB FREEMAN my whole and Sole Executors of this my last Will and Testament hereby
Revoking all other Wills heretofore by me made declaring this and no other to be my last
Will and Testament In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the 24 day of
August in the year of our Lord 1794 Joshua Freeman
Signed Sealed Published and declared by the said Joshua Freeman to be his Last Will and
Testament in presence of Jas. Jones, Hardy Freeman, Timothy Walton
Bertie County November 1794: proved by Hardy Freeman & Timothy Walton Stevens Gray CC
Grandchildren of Joshua Freeman and Mary ?:
Christian Freeman and James Wood had:
1. Mary Wood ca 1778-1841
married William Mebane (Orange Co)
a. John Howe Mebane removed to Fayette
Co TN
married 9 Feb 1837 Ann Graves dau. of
Capt William
item from Hillsborough Recorder 10 March 1837
i. John Wood Mebane 1840 - 1864 killed at Kennesaw Mtn in GA
b. Dr. Alexander Wood Mebane 1800-5
Feb 1847
married 27 Jan
1824 Mary E Collins Howe 1805-29 Oct 1855
He was the owner of The Hermitage House, Bertie Co.
from tombstones at the Hermitage.
i. Will. A Mebane bef 1831-
married 1852 Mary Ashburn
married 2. 1866 Margaret M. Bond
ii. John T Mebane 1838 - 1867
married Julia Wheeler dau of S J
iii.
Mary E Mebane
married 1857 John Pool
iv. Alexander
Wood Mebane 1841 - 30 Nov 1871
c. William
Grandison Mebane removed to Fayette Co, TN
d. Mary Frances Mebane
married John
W Bond removed to Ark.
e. Elizabeth
Mebane
married
Green D. Jordan removed to Fayette Co, TN
list of siblings from Wheeler's
Reminicences and 1866 Power of Attorney
2. Elizabeth Wood ca 1780-bef 1834
married 27 Sept 1804
Thomas Howe 1775 - died bef 1813
a. Mary Elizabeth Collins How(e) 10
Dec 1805-29 Oct 1855
married 27 Jan 1824 Dr. Alexander Wood Mebane 1800-1847
married 2nd April 2, 1850 James Rascoe Rayner 1807-1852
Neal, Vol 2. Mebane: married lately at
Dr. J. E Wood's in Bertie County,
Dr.
Alexander W. Mebane to Miss Mary E. C. Howe, dau of Thomas Howe, dec.
of said county,
appeared Fri 5 Mar 1824 RRsw
married 2nd bef 1813 William Sutton
b. John A Sutton
3. Freeman Wood ca 1782- bef 1834
4. Dr. John Edwards Wood ca 1785 - 1834
married 1816 Mary Sutton (his Cousin)
5. Sarah Ford Wood 4 Oct 1788 - 19 Oct 1814
married 11 Apr 1811 John Wheeler
a. Julia
Munro Wheeler
married 1832 Dr Godwin
Cotton Moore
6. Celia Wood ca 1789 - died bef 1834 without issue living 1834
married NH 19 Nov 1812 Baldy Ashburn
John E Wood Bdm.
a. Adeline Ashborn 1813/24 - bef 1834
7. Cullen Wood ca 1797- died bef
1834 without
issue
listed in 1811 div. of James Wood estate NH-(Gammon)
Christian Freeman and William Moring had:
1. William Moring ca 1800-1856
married Christian Freeman (dau of William Freeman and Fruzy Leary)
Mary (Polly) Freeman and Samuel
Harrell 1756 - 1791 had:
Mary (Polly) Freeman and William
Copeland had:
1. John Copeland
2. Thomas Copeland
3. William Copeland -
married 1815 Leah Hobbs
4. Richard Copeland
5. Aaron Copeland
William Freeman 1767-1830 and Celia
Sessoms 1776 -1838 had no issue
[left all their property to nieces and nephews]
Joshua Freeman ca
1769 - 1840 and Mary
Ann Pipken had:
Jacob Freeman ca
1771 and Sarah Pipken
had:
1. Isaac Pipkin Freeman 1799-1885
married Mary Warford 1807 - 1885
home - Quixocoson Bridge and Cabbin Branch, Powellsville, NC
Sally Freeman c1774 and Cullen Wood
(c1770- 1792) had no issue:
Sally Freeman and Thomas Sutton son of Thomas had: [see
also]
1. Mary Sutton ca 1795
- bef 1834 no issue
married 1816 Dr John Edwards Wood (1st cousin) ca
1785 - 1834
2.
Celia Freeman Sutton 6 Oct 1803 NC - 25 Sept 1870 Ark
married 23 Dec 1819 Dr. John Alexander Mebane 6 Dec 1790 - 29 Jan 1859
born Orange County NC, res. Greensboro, NC - died Mebaneville, Cross County,
Ark
a. Sarah Ann
Lucia Mebane 14 July 1821 - 18 Jan 1822
b. Mary Eliza Mebane 15 April 1822 - 1894
married 14 Oct 1846 Charles
C Graham
c. William T Mebane 27 May 1825 NC - 15 Sept 1891
Ark
Class of 1845 UNC
d. Celia Henrietta Mebane 19 Mar 1828 NC - 21 Mar
1905 TN
married 16 Sept 1856
John Abijah Allen
e. John A Mebane 4 Feb 1830 NC - 28 Sept 1854
Baton Rouge LA
f. James Sutton Mebane 12 May 1832 NC - 26
June 1880
married 13 Oct 1857 Henrietta
Elizabeth Campbell 4 Feb 1834 - 1876 Ark
i. John Alexander Mebane 27 Aug 1858 - 29 Jan 1859
ii. James Campbell Mebane 4
Feb 1860 - 11 Nov 1923 Farmer
St. Francis Co Ark
married
29 April 1900 Jennie Eugenia France
iii. Kate Reynolds Mebane
20 May 1862 -
married 1882 O. B. Dunlap Farmer
Rockbridge Co VA
son of Madison Dunlap
iv. Robert Sterling Mebane 7 May 1864 - ca 1880 16 years old
v. Allen Sutton Mebane10
Nov 1868 - In business,
Cleveland, Ohio
married 7
Oct 1891 Rose Evelyn Strong 25 Oct 1864 -
vi. Donald Moore Mebane 18 July
1870 - Living, 1942 Unmarried Wynne Ark
Lived with his uncle, R. Granville
Campbell, on Buffalo Creek, Va., after his mother's death.
g. Carey Osceola Mebane 12 Sept 1836 NC - 4 Jan
1904
Norfolk VA
married 1858 William
Davis Reynolds
3. William Thomas Sutton 3 Mar 1810 -
10 Mar 1897 Class of 1832 UNC
married Mary Carey Armistead
ca 1817 -
living in Kitrells, Granville Co at time of 1880 census
a. Stark Armistead Sutton
1837 - 1864 CSA Class of 1855 UNC
died of wounds in battle at Spotsylvania Court House VA June 1864
married Henrietta Moore 1838 - 1861
b. William Thomas Sutton 1839
- 6 Feb 1899 Norfolk VA
Class of 1858 Brigade Surgeon in the war
married 1860 Annie Peyton Outlaw of Bertie
Co ca 1841 - 1922
i. Stark Armistead Sutton
30 June 1872 -
1 April 1938
married 27 Feb 1900 Lucille DeMontalont Hudgins, Matthews co, VA
1. William Thomas Sutton 27 July 1909 -
[six
daughters and one boy who died young]
a.
Anne Sutton [Rowe]
2. Stark Armistead Sutton [two sons]
a. William Thomas Sutton
b. Stark Armistead Sutton III
ii. Emily Turner Sutton
18 Aug 1861 -
married 18 Nov
1891 Allen J Cameron
1. Wm. Cameron 4 Feb 1893 - 3 Feb 1910
2. Annie [Nancy] Sutton Cameron. 26 Sept 1896 - dsp
school teacher in Hillsbouough
put markers on unmarked family graves - Ann Rowe
iii. Annie Peyton Sutton
1877 -
iv. Mary Armistead Sutton
1877 -
married White
c. John Mebane Sutton
1842 - 1866 CSA
Class of 1862 - did not graduate - died of consumption contacted in the
service
d. Plummer Sutton 1846 - aft 1880
The following is from Battle's History of UNC:
Stark Armistead Sutton - From Bertie County, Class of 1855. Held the
rank of
captain in the war. Killed in service.
William T. Sutton of Bertie, class of 1832 but did not graduate. Was
an influential planter and owner of a Fishery. Major says in his
sketches "Capt. William T.
Sutton at Walnut Point in Bertie County, in 1848 took thirty thousand
(herring) at a single haul, many of which weighed sixty pounds apiece."
William T. Sutton, Jr. of Bertie. Class of 1858. Brigade surgeon in
the war.
John M. Sutton. Class of 1862 but did not graduate. Died of
consumption contracted in service. There was a Capt. John M. Sutton who
played a
significant role in the final battle at Fort Fisher. I don't know if this is
the same person or not.
Also, don't know if he is part of the Bertie
family. Major
Moore says in his Sketches that Sutton's company was composed largely of
Hertford men.
Back to Stark A. Sutton: The history of St. Thomas Church in Windsor lists
him as a communicant and says he is buried there.
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Celia Freeman ca 1777 and John Campbell
son of James had:
1. William Kinchen Campbell 1795 - moved to Indiana
2. John Campbell III 15 Nov 1804 Orange Co NC -
23 Feb 1866 Weldon NC
married Halifax 28 Jun 1826 Emily M. Pope 4 Jan 1804 -
bef 1851
a. Anna Louisa Campbell 29 Mar 1828 -
married Dr. John
Doggett
b. John Henry Campbell 8 Oct 1829 -
c. Benjamin Pope Campbell 17 Oct 1831 -
d. Martha Celia Campbell 11 Mar 1833 -
e. Mary Emily Campbell 13 Sep 1835 -
"As
for who raised my grandfather when his parents died in 1866 (he was 7 years
old), my Aunt Rebecca (Caroline Rebecca) told me that two of his older half
sisters from his father’s first marriage were spinsters who ran a school
for girls in Weldon, and they raised him and educated him – and I presume
the other siblings of the second marriage. Martha
and Mary were born in 1833 and 1835, respectively, so they would have been
33 and 31 at the time of their father’s death.
" ~ e-mail from Carolyn Clark Campbell
f. Evelina Frances Campbell 10 Apr 1836
-
married Dr. Thaddeus
Davis
married Halifax 16 Jun 1851 Caroline Rebecca Gary 11 May
1828 -19 Feb 1866
a. Caroline Rebecca Campbell 11 Sep 1852 - 12
Jan 1929
married 21 Nov
1871 Robert Octavius Edwards
b. John Kerr Campbell
21 Oct 1854 Weldon NC - 23 Jan 1918 Tarboro NC
c. Thomas William Campbell 3 Jan 1858 -
d. Andrew Joyner Campbell 24 July 1859
Weldon NC - 27 Apr 1924 Wash. DC
married Lucy
Hilliard Clark 2 Mar 1870 - 24 Mar 1941
i. John Gary Campbell
16 Feb 1902 Wash. DC - 19 Oct 1978 Pompano Bch FL
married Jewell Rochelle Hill
1. Carolyn Clark Campbell
e. Sarah
Elizabeth ["Aunt Lizzie"] Campbell 18 Oct 1862 - 1951 NYC
married 6 Jan 1885 Philip
St John Moore 1864 - 1928 OH
f. Lucy Gary Campbell 8 Sep 1865
-
3. Celia Ann Campbell
James Freeman c1780-bef1805 and Mary
Norfleet had
1. James T Freeman died 1840
married 1819 Margaret Hinton
29 November 2006
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