Brief Life History of Jesse
When Jesse Freeman was born about 1785, in Baxley, Appling, Georgia, United States, his father, John Freeman Jr, was 27 and his mother, Elizabeth Kemp, was 24. He married Sarah Abigail Conyers about 1808. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Screven, Georgia, United States in 1850. He died in March 1824, at the age of 40.
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- Jesse Freeman in household of Unknown, "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850 "
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World Events (8)
1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
1793
Historical Boundaries: 1793: Screven, Georgia, United States
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
Name Meaning
English: from Middle English freman, fremon ‘freeman, free-born man’ (Old English frēomann, frīgmann), used also occasionally as a personal name. As an African American surname it was in many cases adopted as a name denoting a man freed of slavery. See also Fryman and Free .
Irish: Anglicized (‘translated’) form of Gaelic Ó Saoraidhe (see Seery ).
Americanized form of French Lafrenière (see Lafreniere ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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