Freeman H. Morgan was born on July 5, 1859, in Homer, GA, to John H. Morgan and Nancy C. He grew up in the small town of Berlin, GA, and
Nancy E. Keesee was born February 8, 1857, in Eubanks, GA, to George A. Keesee and Leah L. Prewit. She also grew up in Banks County, GA, and
Freeman and Nancy were married at 18 and had 6 children: Rosa (1884), Jocie Maybelle (1886), William (1889), John T. (1892), Edgar (1895), and Beulah (1898). He worked at the Cotton Mill in Winder, GA, through 1900, but the family had moved to Atlanta by 1910 and Freeman was working as a carpenter.
Nancy died on February 28, 1913. After her death, Freeman moved in with his daughter, Jocie, and her family in Winder. Freeman died on October 11, 1927, in Winder.
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Jones Family Crest
Behind the Name:
Derived from the given name Jon (English, Welsh)
Motto: Heb Dduw Heb Ddim, A Duw a Digon.
Translation: Without God, without anything.
Excerpt from the Jones Family History Scroll:
The Jones as an ancient Denbighshire family traces its ancestry as a family of Welsh origin before the year 1400 and first appears in the ancient records in Denbighshire located in Wales. From very early on the Jones family held their lands and estates and their Jones coat of arms with shield and crest appears on the earliest registrations for the family.