North Carolina Homes of
Cana Van Buren Freeman

and Freemans in NC and TX

Photos from Joe Sue (Freeman) Sweeney, Nellie (Freeman) Milligan and books.

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George R. Freeman about 1900. (92K)
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Freeman Log Cabin about 1872 (59K)
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Susanna (Carpenter Freeman 1936 (63K)

George Freeman - from Jo Sue Sweeney

Nov. 1, 1850 - Feb. 12, 1901

The Heritage of Rutherford County, North Carolina, Volume I, 1984
Published and ©1984 by the Genealogical Society of Old Tryon County, Inc.
Forest City, North Carolina
p. 208: Photo submitted by Nellie Milligan Freeman, who identified it as "Log Cabin built for Susanna Carpenter Freeman by husband George." George and Susanna were married Aug. 6, 1871.

Susanna Freeman - from Jo Sue Sweeney

Jan. 14, 1856 - Feb. 10, 1942

The even bigger image (132K) has been moved here, also.

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Freeman Home1890 (68K)
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Freeman Home 1895 (176K)
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Nellie's Chart (38K)

Freeman Home - from Jo Sue Sweeney

Photo taken 1916. Photo marked "Joe's first home." So the Freeman Family lived here in August 1890.

Freeman Home - from Nellie Milligan

Left to right as identified by Nellie:
Cortez, Zeb, Susanna (on porch), Bessie (on porch), Joe (on porch), Dee, George W., George R. (on stump), Reet (on porch), May (on porch), Etta (on porch), John (on porch) and Bob.

1895 Freeman Home - from Nellie Milligan

Chart with Nellie's identification of family members. Note that Nellie does not include Buren. It is, of course, possible that Buren took the photo. There also may be another person just to the right of the small tree on the front porch. Based on sizes, it seems that if the person to the right of the chimney is George W. (age 12) then the person to the left is too old to be Dee (age14) - perhaps the left person, apparently in white shirt and tie, is Buren (age 22).

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Higgins Home1915 (99K)

Higgins Home Fire 1915
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Higgins Home1916 (122K)

Higgins Home - from Jo Sue Sweeney

With Lou (Carpenter) Higgins and Dee Freeman. Photo marked "Joe was 2 years." So the Freemans built the home between August 1892 and July 1893.

Higgins Home Fire - from Jo Sue Sweeney

The former Freeman family home burned in December 1915, and was rebuilt the following year by the then owners, Andrew and Lou (Carpenter) Freeman. On the back of the photo was written, "Wreck of the Freeman's old home, N.C."

[Andrew Pinkney Higgns married Lourany 'Lou' Carpenter, sister of Susanna (Carpenter) Freeman]

The Historic Architecture of rutherford County
Photos and text by Kimberly I Merkel
Designed and produced by Diane McEnnerney
Published and ©1983 by Rutherford County Arts Council, Inc.
Forest City, North Carolina
page 95: 167 A. P. Higgins House ca.1916
In 1916, A. P. Higgins built his two story frame house on the foundations of the George Freeman house, which had previously burned. The structure incorporated the exisitng chimneys. Higgins owned a store and operated Bostic Post Office from 1893 to 1897.

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Ruth and Olema, daughters of Bob and Mattie Freeman - 1916 Four Generations - Susanna (Carpenter) Freeman, Bess (Freeman) Haden Sandlin, and Allene (Haden) Boatwright holding Carl Boatwright - 1939 Zebulon Baird Vance Freeman's surry and kin - 1916

From the collection of Stephen M. Lawson.
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