It was rather difficult locating our Ainsworth family in the 1850 census. As you will notice the names of the heads of household are missing from our Ainsworth households. However, a careful study of the children's names reveal that the bottom families on the census page belong to us (except the very last family).
Our J.A. or Joab Ainsworth was married to Evaline. It is not clear if she is the mother of all of the children, but possibly could have been. The next household after Joab is that of his son James Preston Ainsworth or Jimpa. Mary is his wife and the unnamed 1 year old is Joab Ainsworth, his son.
Joab Ainsworth is our earliest known Ainsworth ancestor. He was born about 1796 in South Carolina. There is some speculation that he is the son of Thomas Ainsworth and Sarah Finch, but the writer has not seen any definite proof. It is known however, that Joab had a brother named Nathaniel and a brother named Caswell. Both Joab and Caswell move westward to Texas later. However, as it can be seen, Joab is in Butler Co., AL in the 1840 census.
My Freels family heritage appears to begin with Thomas Freels (or Frields) as it is spelt in some records. He was born 1755-1760. It is the writer's belief that he was born in that part of North Carolina that later became Eastern Tennessee. Or it is quite possible that he was born in North Carolina and moved south to Georgia and then up to Eastern Tennessee. Whatever the case may be, he was most definitely in Knox Co., TN on May 25, 1798 when he married Polly Matlock.
