Limestone County got it's name from the abundance of limestone in the area. It is my understanding that when Freestone County was carved from Limestone county, the new county was "free" of the limestone formations, therefore it was called, "Freestone" County. Pjafreestone@qol.com wrote: > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AiB.2ACE/1139 > > Message Board Post: > > How did your county get its name? Was there a Freestone as a founding father or similar? > > ==== TXFREEST Mailing List ==== > Never post virus alerts to the list. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237