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Sarah Allred Free
(1795 - ?)

(William, John, Sarah)

Sarah's son, Isaiah Free

Sarah Allred's birth, May 31, 1795, is carefully written on the 2nd line in the family section of the Free family Bible along with the names and birthdates of her husband, William Free, and their eleven children:

Mary (Woodward)
Sarah (Roy)
Isaiah
Branson
Daniel
Priscilla
Matilda
John
Susanna
Clayborne
William G.

Sarah was the daughter of John Allred and his wife, Sarah Spencer. She was born and raised on the family farm located on the banks of the Deep River near Cedar Falls (Randolph County, NC).

Sarah married William Free sometime around 1815. The Free (Feree/Ferree) family had been in Randolph County, NC since the late 1700's. French immigrants, this family had fled religious persecution in France and lived in Germany for about 75 years before coming to America in 1708. They first lived in New York, then moved to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Daniel Free, William's father, moved to Randolph County, NC sometime between 1775 - 1800, probably following the land grants that were opening up at that time.

Sarah's sister, Matilda (Matsey), married William's brother, Solomon Free, in 1819. Two sisters marrying two brothers.

Sarah and William moved to Keokuk, Iowa shortly after they married. Per estate document filed in Randolph County, NC after William's father, Daniel Free, died, William was still living in Randolph County in 1826. But, from these same court documents, we learn that Solomon and William apparently had a family feud, fighting over the land and money they inherited from their father. Click here to read a transcription of this document. Could this be the reason, or part of the reason, William and Sarah moved to Iowa?

When Sarah's sister, Aley, filed court documents in November 1849, Sarah was already a widow and "not an inhabitant of this state" (North Carolina). Taking these two documents into consideration, we know Sarah and William moved to Iowa sometime after 1826. As Sarah and William's youngest child was born January 18, 1838 (per the Free family Bible, see top of page), we know William was still alive at that time. But, sometime between then and August 10, 1849 when Sarah's father, John's auction sale was held, William had died. Sarah is listed as the widow of William Free on John's estate papers.

At this writing (August 2001) I do not know where William and Sarah are buried, and do not have much information on their children or descendants. If you have this information and would like to share it with us, please contact me. Thanks!

Linda

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