- 33 Kizziah Elizabeth McLemore of Perry Co., MS (72 KB)
Kizzie was born to John T. McLemore and Agnes Smith. Her paternal grandmother (Nancy Vinnie Batiste) was said to have been a Native American. She married in Hazlehurst, Copiah, Mississippi to John Thomas Freeman. They later lived in Franklin County, where they were buried at the town of Hamburg.
- 6 Walter David Terrell and 7 Barbara Jo Davis (102 KB)
David and Barbara upon being married in Redwater, Texas by Barbara's father, 14 Rev. Norman L. Davis. In the audience at the left, 15 Irene (Meyers) Davis holding her daughter Karen, the pew in front is 12 Louis Young Terral of DeKalb, Texas.
- 158 Lewis Lawshe b 1789 Pennsylvania (93 KB)
Lewis, son of John Lawshe and Eleanor Chamberlain (who had Dutch ancestry from New Amsterdam) was a soldier, and married Cherokee Hawkins, daughter of Col. Benjamin Hawkins. They resided in Georgia some years, and later moved to Water Valley, Mississippi where Cherokee died before 1850. Lewis lost all of his propery during the Civil War, and moved to San Marcos, Hays, Texas near some of his children. He and daughter Cherokee are portrayed in the book "True Women," by Janice Woods Windle, made in to a mini-series.
- 59 Alice (Granberry) Cudd and Alice Inez Cudd (30 KB)
Alice Emma Granberry 1867-1959 m. John Andrew Cudd, their daughter Harriet's daughter Alice Inez Davis (who married Arthur Barber).
- Freeman home in Ruston, Louisiana - front (86 KB)
Grandmother's house, built around 1940 and full of Christmas memories.
- 29 Harriet Mae Cudd and Alice Inez Davis (41 KB)
Harriet Mae Cudd, wife of William Thomas Davis, and daughter Alice Inez Davis
- Freeman home in Ruston, Louisiana - back (79 KB)
Another view of this home which brings back memories.
- Lois, 7 Barbara, 14 Norman, 59 Alice, 29 Harriet (58 KB)
5 generation photo from 1954 with Lois Terrell, Barbara (Davis) Terrell, Norman L. Davis, Alice (Granberry) Cudd, Harriet (Cudd) Davis.
- 39 Mary Lavenia Davidson, 9 Edna May James (74 KB)
Mary Lavenia was married to William Overton Carr, and when this picture was taken granddaughter Edna May stood in for her mother. The others are in order of birth age: Earl Davidson Carr, Edna May James, William Overton Carr, May Mourning Carr, Thomas Madison Carr and Robert Lewis Carr.
- 2,4,5 Jack & Diane Freeman and family about 1959 (46 KB)
Jack and Diane were in Lafayette and had three of their four children when this picture was taken.
- Christmas 1962 at Grandmother's in Ruston (58 KB)
If that baby is not yet one year old, this must be 1962. Steve, Carol and Linda, Mike, Grandmother and Ellen, Joel, Ralph and Mark - you know who you are!
- 972928 Henry Wiat or Henry Wyatt (2 KB)
Henry Wiat born 1460 and died 1537, married Ann Skinner and had son Thomas Wyatt. They resided at Allington Castle in Kent.
- 486464 Thomas Wyatt (2 KB)
Thomas lived from 1503 to 1542 and died at Sherbourne. He married Elizabeth Brooke. His sons was Thomas Wyatt II.
- 243232 Thomas Wyatt II (3 KB)
Thomas was born in 1521 at Allington Castle and died in 1554. He was beheaded for taking in leading the rebellion against Mary dau. of Henry VIII for marrying the Spanish Prince, who was Roman Catholic.
- 2 Jack and Diane's children (42 KB)
Did someone take a picture when we were all the ages and sizes we want to be remembered at? Ralph, Linda, Mark and Ellen.
- College Reunion (38 KB)
We owe you guys a phone call. In back, Fred and David "Widetrack", and in front, Dorcas, Pete and Carolyn.
- James 1962? Reunion in Grenada, Mississippi (592 KB)
This picture includes dozens of cousins, aunts and uncles. Grandmother Edna May (James) Freeman is sixth from the right, sitting, and her brother "Uncle Julian" James is at the far left, middle row (standing).
- 14 Norman Leroy Davis and 15 Irene Elvira Meyers (47 KB)
Holding granddaughter Connie, Irene and Norman stand behind Lois, Billy, and Carolyn while David rolls merrily along.
- 259 Phebe (Unknown) m 1st William Franklin Miller (59 KB)
Phebe, surname unknown, married William Franklin Miller (probably in Tennessee) and moved with him to Goliad, Texas and later Bell Co. They separated, and she later married George William Fowler, shown sitting. Also shown standing son Ben and his wife.
- 31 Evelona Ione 'Lena' (Miller) Meyer, 5 gen's. (57 KB)
"Big Grandma", her daughter Irene Elvira (Meyers) Davis, her daughter Barbara Jo (Davis) Terrell, her daughter Carolyn Ruth (Terrell) Freeman, her daughter Carrie Michelle (Freeman) Hammer
- 280 John Graves b 1770 Georgia (110 KB)
John Graves, son of James Graves and possibly Mary Copeland, married Sarah Warren in 1791 in Georgia. They are the parents of Benjamin Graves, born in 1792.
- 26 William Jeptha Johns, 27 Mary Elizabeth Payne (63 KB)
William Jeptha Johns was son of John Calvin Johns and Mary Elizabeth Finch. He married Mary Elizabeth, daughter of Morgan Payne and Sarah Alice Woodard, in Bowie County, Texas
- 281 Sarah Warren, wife of John Graves (30 KB)
Sarah Warren, born in 1773, married John Graves in 1791 in Georgia. Her parents were Lott Warren and Rebecca Gordon, and their son was Benjamin Graves.
- 12 Louis Young Terral of DeKalb, Bowie, Texas (56 KB)
Louis Young was the son of William Wright Terral and Mary Amelia Atchley, He married Mary Etta Johns in Grant County, Arkansas, and they lived near DeKalb.
- 158 Capt. Lewis Lawshe (94 KB)
Born 1789 in PA, served with Jackson in War of 1812 and married Cherokee Hawkins.
- 13 Mary Etta (Johns) Terral (54 KB)
Mary Etta, born in Malta, married Louis Young Terral. She was the daughter of William Jeptha Johns and Mary Elizabeth Payne of Malta, Bowie, Texas. She is at the far right, with her siblings.
- 75 Jane Stanley Smith and 74 Henry Trussell (46 KB)
Jane, daughter of William Smith of Scotland, South Carolina and Mississippi married Henry Trussell, an attorney of Yalobusha Co., MS and Grenada. Daughter Laura Anne Trussell married Isaac James.
- 12 Louis Young Terral picking cotton (63 KB)
Louis worked his farm near DeKalb, where he also grew watermelons.
- 1,2,3 Freemans of Texas (31 KB)
Our immediate family - the numbers on the photos are the ahnentafel numbers of our childrens' ancestors. This photo taken just before Christmas, 1998. The younger son, Chris, now over 6' tall.
- 12 Louis Young Terral and siblings (53 KB)
Louis Young, bottom left, and William Walter Terral, top right, and sisters Callie and Tennie (Carolina Susan Melissa Terral and Mary Tennessee Terral).
- 4 Jack Freeman and 5 Diane Fauquier (72 KB)
Jack, born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi and Diane, born in New Orleans, were married in Shreveport and have lived most of their married life in Lafayette, Louisiana and Plano, Texas.
- 39169 Sir John Hawkins of Tavistock, Devonshire (38 KB)
Sir John Hawkins of Tavistock, Devonshire
- 19584 Sir Richard Hawkins, son of Sir John Hawkins (109 KB)
Sir Richard Hawkins, son of Sir John Hawkins
- 16 & 17 E. H. "Hester" Freeman Family (99 KB)
Mary (Lindsay) Freeman, Lucy McLemore Freeman,
Ephraim Hester "E.H." Freeman, Jr., Lindsay Freeman, Ephraim "Hester" Freeman, Sr., Louis Newton Freeman around 1912.
- 16 E.H. Freeman and wife 17 Mary Lindsay (87 KB)
Ephraim "Hester" Freeman and wife Mary Lindsay. E.H. was born in Copiah County and was raised in Franklin County, Mississippi and migrated to a place east of Norwood, East Feliciana, Louisiana, where some family members still reside in 2000.
- 18 Virgil James of Grenada, Mississippi (58 KB)
The James Brothers, sons of Isaac James and Laura Trussell: Back Row - John Henry James and Virgil Robert James. Front Row: Leslie Bascom James, Edgar Lee James and James Clarence James of Grenada, Mississippi.
- 19 Lillian Mayes Carr of Water Valley, Mississippi (80 KB)
Lillie Mayes Carr and Earl Carr, children of William Overton Carr of Water Valley, Mississippi. Lillian married Virgil James.
- 13 Mary Etta Johns and her students (67 KB)
Mary Etta was a school teacher in Bowie County, Texas
- 10 Restora Loyd Fauquier of New Orleans (45 KB)
Restora Loyd Fauquier of New Orleans and Shreveport, Louisiana. Married Ruth Catherine Junker in New Orleans.
- 26 William Jeptha Johns family (49 KB)
William Jeptha and his wife Mary Elizabeth Payne had (surviving) children Mary Etta Johns(center, back), Rubye Lee Johns, William Estes Johns, Omer Shepherd Johns, Allie May Johns and Horace Ivy Johns. Some of them are in this picture. The names are listed in order of birth.
- 11 Ruth Catherine Junker of New Orleans (41 KB)
Ruth Junker married Restora Loyd Fauquier in New Orleans. Her parents, Adam Junker and Margaret Deuchert, owned a store in the town of Carrollton, now part of New Orleans.
- 14 Norman Leroy Davis and 15 Irene Elvira Meyers (12 KB)
"G-Pa" and "G-Ma" from Tyler - Rev. Norman Davis was born in Yoakum, DeWitt, Texas to William Thomas Davis and Harriet Mae Cudd; Irene,born in Austin, Texas is the daughter of Andrew Jackson Meyers and Evelona Ione "Lena" Miller.
- 32 John Thomas Freeman (67 KB)
John Thomas Freeman was born in Bladen Co., North Carolina to William Freeman and Amelia Hester and later lived in Copiah Co., Franklin Co., Mississippi. He married Kizziah Elizabeth McLemore and had a large family.
- 14 Norman Leroy Davis and Family (53 KB)
Norman and Irene have ten children, who all know their own names ... still.
- Most of our kids and their significant others. (443 KB)
Chris and Christina Freeman ; Sarah Freeman and Jason Cummings ; Jason and Amber Freeman, Thanksgiving 2005
- 40 Restora Mealer Fauquier (64 KB)
Restora was born in Donaldsonville, Louisiana in 1843 to William Henry Fauquier and Anthem Marie Hardwick. He married 1st Mary Ann Walker. He later lived in New Orleans, and then New Jersey, where he married Julia Bleeker (Mallaby) Fauquier, widow of William Gatewood Fauquier.
- 4 Jack Wallace Freeman, 5 Diane Carol Fauquier (58 KB)
A wedding photo. Both families on one great shot! 8 E.H. Freeman, Jr. and 9 Edna May (James) Freeman, 4 Jack and 5 Diane, 11 Ruth Catherine (Junker) Fauquier and 10 Restora Loyd Fauquier.
- Jason Paul Freeman and Amber Danielle Burleson (465 KB)
married 14 Nov 2005 in Richardson, Texas
- 38 William Overton Carr (90 KB)
William Overton "W.O." married Mary Lavenia Davidson in Water Valley, Mississippi. He was the son of Madison Henry Carr and Mourning Elizabeth Pearson.
- Christopher Lee Freeman and Christina Marie Wehde (135 KB)
married 5 June 2004 in Richardson, Texas
- 159 Cherokee Hawkins (103 KB)
Cherokee Hawkins, daughter of Col. Benjamin Hawkins and Lavinia Downs, married Lewis Lawshe in Georgia. She died at Water Valley, Yalobusha, Mississippi, where she was buried. Daughter of the Queen of Tuckabatchie (See "True Women")
- 319 Lavina Downs' prayer shawl (72 KB)
Lavinia is thought by some to be Lower Muscogee Creek, and passed her prayer shawl down to her daugher, who continued the tradition. She may have been the "Queen of Tuckabatchie".
- Ft. Hawkins - near Macon, Georgia (51 KB)
The construction of this fort was supervised by Col. Benjamin Hawkins, who only resided there for a short time. Soldiers under the command of Andrew Jackson participated in the War of 1812 from this fort.
- 318 Benjamin Hawkins, Senator from North Carolina (17 KB)
Benjamin Hawkins, son of Philemon Hawkins and Delia Martin, born in Bute Co., North Carolina and served as one of the first senators from the state. Later Indian Agent for All Tribes South of the Ohio River, built the Creek Agency on Flint River, Georgia. Married Lavinia Downs, Lower Muscogee Creek Nation.
- 20 Joseph Walker Fauquier of New Orleans (36 KB)
Joseph Walker Fauquier, son of Restora Mealer Fauquier and Mary Ann Walker, was born in New Orleans. His mother died young, and he was raised by his maternal Aunt Sallie, who had married M. A. McClaugherty and had a home at Pecan Grove, just north of Mississippi City (in present-day Gulfport, Mississippi).
- 33 Kizziah Elizabeth McLemore of Perry Co., MS (137 KB)
Kizziah married John Thomas Freeman near Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Mississippi, where several children were born. Her paternal grandmother, Nancy Vinnie Baptiste is thought to be Native American. Her parents were John T. McLemore and Agnes Smith, daughter of Isaac Luther Smith.
- Fannie Boatner and cousin 17 Mary Ellett Lindsay (65 KB)
Mary Ellett Lindsay married Ephraim Hester Freeman, Sr. near Norwood, East Feliciana, Louisiana. She was the daugter of George Matthew Lindsay and Ann Eliza Graves, and granddaughter of Samuel "Jim" Graves and Althea Eugenia Poole.
- 318 Benjamin Hawkins gravesite (84 KB)
Benjamin Hawkins was buried at the Creek Agency, on the Flint River near Roberta, Crawford, Georgia.
- 82 Joseph Burch Walker and 83 Rebecca Ridley (74 KB)
Rev. Dr. J.B. Walker and wife Rebecca on the occasion of their 50th wedding anniversary. He was the son of Joseph Culbertson Walker of Pennsylvania and Bartella Powell of Loudoun Co., Virginia, and was born in Washington, DC. He left an autobiography covering almost fifty of his eighty years.
- 14 Norman L. Davis, 28 William Thomas Davis, Inez (68 KB)
William Thomas Davis with two of his children.
- 41 Mary Ann Walker of Madison County, Mississippi (56 KB)
Mary Ann Walker, from a tin-type photo. Born in Mississippi, she was married in New Orleans to Restora Mealer Fauquier. She had three children but died young. Her parents were Rev. Dr. Joseph Burch Walker and Rebecca Ridley.
- 28 William Thomas Davis (60 KB)
William Thomas Davis, son of Timothy Franklin Davis and Margaret Elizabeth Carlton.
- 120 Andreas Maier (later Mayer or Meyer) (114 KB)
Andreas was born in Petzerell, Gaden, Germany in 1826, and lived in Pennsylvania and Indiana before settling on Cottonwood Creek, just southeast of Seguin, Guadalupe, Texas. He married three times, and first wife Mary Flegin was the mother of Elias 'Eli' Mayer.
- 28 William Thomas Davis and 29 Harriet Mae Cudd (65 KB)
William Thomas Davis and wife, Harriet Mae Cudd or "Tiny Mae", daughter of John Andrew Cudd and Alice Emma Granberry.
- 60 Elias 'Eli' Mayer (100 KB)
Elias, born in Pennsylvania, was the son of Andreas Maier, and married Melvina Elvira McBride
- 61 Melvina Elvira McBride of Illinois and Texas (127 KB)
Melvina was the daughter of Thomas Anderson McBride and Dovie Lundie Conley, and was born in Illinois (her parents had migrated from Rogersville, Rutherford, Tennessee). She was married in Seguin, Guadalupe, Texas to Elias 'Eli' Mayer and had twelve children.
- 153 Virginia Hawkins m Capt. William Austin Carr (22 KB)
Virginia Hawkins, daughter of Col. Benjamin Hawkins and Lavinia Downs, was born in 1811 in Georgia and died in 1851 in Water Valley, MS.
- 29 Harriet Mae Cudd, ?, 59 Alice Granberry Cudd (40 KB)
Harriet and her mother Alice Emma, who born in 1867 and was married to John Andrew Cudd.
- 62 William Miller, 31 Lena , 15 Irene, and Karen (61 KB)
William Anderson "Bud" Miller (1869-1949), taken 1949, daughter Evelena Ione "Lena" (Miller) Meyers, her daughter Irene Elvira (Meyers) Davis, her daughter Karen.
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