Eighth Generation

384. Malinda Caroline REED¹¹⁰ was born in 1853 in Missouri.¹⁸ She died after 1901 at the age of 48.¹¹⁰
19 Dec 1903 Charles Freeman and wife Caroline M. Freeman released all interest in the property of John Reed, her father, Signed in Madison Co, TX

Note from a descendant, September 2014, states that she was Melinda Carolina (or Caroline Melinda) and was first married to Robert Gregory, about 1870. They had three children, the youngest, Ida Bell - before Gregory's death. About 1877, she married C. W. Freeman. She should be in Arkansas census in 1880, but moved to Oklahoma about 1890. The Freemans moved on to Texas but Ida and her brother Willie stayed in Oklahoma. Caroline died 1912; buried Martin Cemetery, Nowata Co, OK.

Madison Co MO marriage records - digitized on Ancestry.
I, the undersigned Justice of the Peace within and for Madison County in the state of Missouri, Certify that I did on the 17th day of September 1871, solemnize the rites of matrimony between Robert Gregory and Caroline Sutton, both of Madison.
Given under my hand this 14th day of Oct 1871, John Shoemaker, Justice Peace

Then there appeared to be an earlier record for Matilda Caroline Reed to Nathaniel Sutton on Sep 1864, Madison Co - this one too light to read. Hard to believe this would be Caroline, daughter of John Reed and Elizabeth Jones who was born in 1853. No images are on FamilySearch, but the same marriage is. Caroline was not living with her father and stepmother in 1870.

In 1870, there was no Nathaniel or Caroline Sutton in Madison Co, but there was a Malinda Sutton, age 26, living in the following Inmond household:
Nathaniel Inmond, 63. Elizabeth 61. Sonia, 42. Lisander C. 22, John 19.
This would give her a birth year of about 1844 - not the 1850's and would be more consistent with the marriages. However in 1880, M. C. Freeman, wife of C. W. was 28, or born about 1852.

Another digital image: State of Missouri, County of Madison
I hereby certify that I united in Marriage Mr. Charles Freeman and Mrs. Caroline Gregory on the 13th of April 1877, in said county and State. William M. Mathins, JP

1880 Census. Matney Twp, Baxter Co, AR, Hh 82
C. W. Freeman, age 27, Minister, b. Ohio
M. C., 28, wife, b. MO
W. T., age 8, son (he would be a Gregory, but marked as Freeman), b. MO
Ida B., 5, dau (also a Gregory child), b. MO
Constant, age 1, daughter, b. Ark.

1900 Census. Justice Prec 6, Hood Co, TX, Hh 71
Charles W. Freeman, b. Aug 1853, age 46, married 23 years, b. Ohio, farmer
Malinda C., wife, b. Apr 1851, age 49, 10 children - 9 are living, b. MO
Earnest, son, b. Jul 1883, 16, b. MO
Fenton, son, b. Oct 1885, 14, b. MO
Frances V., dau, b. Nov 1887, 12, b. MO
Mary L, dau, b. Nov 1887, 12, b. MO
Even, son, b. May 1890, 10, b. IT

Cannot find in 1910
Fenton Freeman had moved to Watson, Nowata, OK by 1910
He and his wife Maggie say they have been married 8 months - they have a son, age 2, whose name seems to be Oleta. Maggie was born OK, her father born in Georgia, her mother in Missouri.
Maggie is listed as 1/4 Cherokee as her father was Cherokee, the son as 1/8. She received an allotment in 1905 but is not living on it. She lives in a civilized dwelling

She haas a marker in Martin Cemetery, Nowata Co, OK
"Malinda C. wife of C. W. Freeman died July Jul 28 1912, age 52 years"
Hers is the only Freeman grave, but her son William Gregory is buried there:
William T. Gregory, b. 13 Oct 1871, d. 24 Jul 1950.
His wife was Martha Thomas Coker, called "Mattie"
Also buried Martin Cemetery is William & Mattie's son Lee Victor, daughter Mary who died in 1950, and a son Roy who was born and died in 1913

1900 Census. Indian Territoy, Cherokee, Twp 25 N Range 16 E, Hh 15
William Gregory, b. Oct 1872, age 27, married 5 years, b. MO, parents b. AR, farmer
Mattie T., wife, b. May 1874, 21, 2 children, b. IT, parents b. AR
Lee V., son, b. Jun 1896, age 4, b. IT
Mary M., dau, b. Feb 1899, age 1, b. IT
Special Inquiries Relating to Indians
Mattie T. Gregory is Cherokee, her father Cherokke, 1/32. She is not living in polygamy and has received no allotment. She lives in a fixed dwelling.
Lee and Mary are listed as Cherokee, mother, 1/64

1910 Census. Snow Creek, Nowata Co, OK, Hh 43
William T. Gregory, 36, married 15 years, b. MO, father's birth place unknown, mother b. MO, Farmer
Mattie T., wife, Indian, age 30, 7 children - 5 living, b. OK, parents b. AR
Lee V., son, 14, Charles T., son, 9. Ida M., dau, 5. Lewis, son, 3. Kitherene, dau, 11 months
Under Special Inquiries for Indians:
Mattie and the eldest son, Lee, are marked as Cherokee. Her father was Cherokee and of course Lee's mother is the one that is Cherokee. She is marked as 1/32 Indian, Lee as 1/64. She received a land allotment in 1904 - she is living on the land in a "civilized" dwelling.
Note: if Mattie is 1/32 Indian, it would be her 3rd great grandparent that was full blood.

Malinda Caroline REED and William Robert GREGORY were married on 17 September 1871 in Madison County, Missouri. William Robert GREGORY was born in 1848 in Massac County, Illinois. He died in 1876 at the age of 28 in Missouri.

Malinda Caroline REED and William Robert GREGORY had the following children: