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Frances Harding (1813-1890)

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My knowledge of my Harding roots are very limited. There are some who think that our Frances Harding is somehow related to the famous or should I say infamous Warren G. Harding, former President of the United States, but until recently I had found no proof of that connection. DNA results helped me break down that brick wall. The common ancestor to researcher Bob Brother is William Harding. The link goes through Lewis Harding as he had suspected. My Great Aunt Eileen and Bob Brotherton are 4th cousins 1x removed. The great thing about this discovery is that Bob wrote the book on the Harding Family, "Ancestors and Descendants of Henry Wildy Harding, Sr." It is available on Amazon.com and is a very nicely written piece of family history.

Timeline

  • 1813 - Born Virginia
  • 12 April 1837 - Married Samuel Gordon Frierson, Perry County, Alabama (source: Alabama Marriage Collection ancestry.com)
  • 1838 - Daughter, Virginia Maria Frierson, born and died
  • 26 Sept 1839 - Daughter, Gordon Anna Frierson, born in Maury County, Tennessee
  • 21 April 1842 - Daughter, Sarah Frances Frierson, born in Maury County, Tennessee
  • 14 Jan 1845 - Daughter, Katherine Ogie Frierson, born in Maury County, Tennessee
  • 1852 - Son, Joseph Harding Frierson, born in Maury County, Tennessee (d. 1854)
  • 1853 - Son, Samuel Gordon Frierson, born in Maury County, Tennessee (d. 1872)
  • 1856 - Daughter, Jessaline Josie Frierson, born in Maury County, Tennessee
  • 5 April 1857 - Husband, Samuel Gordon Frierson, died in Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
  • 1860 - Enumerated in Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
  • 1863 - Daughter, Margaret Ella Frierson died in Maury County, Tennessee
  • 1866 - Residence Tuscaloosa, Alabama
  • 1870 - Enumerated Friesons, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
  • 1872 - Son, Samuel Gordon Frierson died
  • 1880 - Enumerated Carthage, Hale County, Alabama
  • 1890 - Died Maury County, Tennessee
  • Buried Moundville, Hale County, Alabama in Carthage Presbyterian Church Cemetery

Census Records

1830

I can not find either Frierson or Harding in Perry County, Alabama

1840 Tuscaloosa County, Alabama

Name: S G Faierson
Township: Tuscaloosa
COUNTY: Tuscaloosa
State: Alabama
Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 60 thru 69: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1
Slaves - Females - Under 10: 1
Slaves - Females - 10 thru 23: 1
Slaves - Females - 36 thru 54: 1
Total - All Persons (Free White, Free Colored, Slaves): 7
Free White Persons - Under 20: 1
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
Total Free White Persons: 4
Total Slaves: 3
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 7

1850 Tuscaloosa County, Alabama State Census

S. Gordon Frierson

White males under 21 - 3
White males over 21 - 2
White males between 18 and 45 - 1
White males over 45 - 2
White females under 21 - 7
White females over 21 - 8

Number of slaves - 16
Total inhabitants - 32

1860 Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Name: Francis Beebee, Age: 49
Birth Year: abt 1811, Gender: Female
Birth Place: Virginia
Home in 1860: Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Post Office: Tuscaloosa
Name/ Age
Francis Beebee 49
Catherine Frieran 15
Margerate Frieran 12
Samuel Frieran 6
Jeslin Frieran 3

1866 Alabama State Census

Frances Frierson is listed in Tuscaloosa

1870 Tuscaloosa County, Alabama

Name: W Francis Frierson
Age in 1870: 50
Birth Year: abt 1820
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1870: Friesons, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Female
Post Office: Tuscaloosa
Samuel G Frierson, age 16, son
Joselin J Frierson, age 12, daughter

1880 Hale County, Alabama Census

Name: Frances W. Frierson
Age: 66
Birth Year: abt 1814
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1880: Carthage, Hale, Alabama
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
Marital Status: Widowed
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's Birthplace: Maryland
 

Keeping a boarding house

Jeseline J. Frierson, age 22 (daughter)

Cemetery Information

Carthage Presbyterian Church Cemetery Moundville, Hale County, Alabama

Frances W Harding Frierson (1805-1857)

Sarah Frances Frierson Wiggins (1842-1907) daughter of Frances and Samuel

  • John William Wiggins (1840-1919) husband of Sarah Wiggins

Sidney Frierson (1820-1875) Unknown connection Confederate Soldier

Thomas Frierson (1828-1898) Unknown connection Confederate Soldier

Jane Emeline Witherspoon Frierson (1809-1830) born in Williamsburg, SC to Thomas Witherspoon and Janet Witherspoon

Mary Frierson Mitchell (unknown)

Concord Cemetery, Akron, Hale County, Alabama

Harriet N. Frierson (1829-1847) Unknown connection

James M. Frierson (1796-1832) Unknown connection, father of Harriet above

Greenwood Cemetery Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Joseph Harding Frierson (1852-1854) son of Frances and Samuel

Samuel Gordon Frierson (1805-1857) husband of Frances W. Harding Frierson
SamuelFrierson

source: Find a grave

 

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Martin Family
John and Harriet McGhee Martin

Frierson
Samuel Gordon Frierson
McCauley
Capt John McCauley
Documentation


DNA - Gedmatch
  • T722133 and A352350 (quilterpatray)
  • T356644 (KS)
  • T030500 (brother Mike)
  • T555095 (sister Brenda)
  • T619264 (brother David)
  • A588813 (sister Carol)
  • A823899 (Auntie E)
  • T224209 (Cousin Tom) also completed Y-DNA with familytreedna
  • A676128 (Cousin Sandra)
  • A327125 (Cousin Candy)
  • Coming soon: Barbara