BRIDGES FREEMAN
CONSTABLE AND PLANTER
10-3-1996
(?WILLIAM? FREEMAN = ?ELIZABETH BRIDGES?)
BRIDGES FREEMAN = 1st ELIZABETH _?_
= 2nd ELIZABETH LOVE
THESE MAY BE SOME CHILDREN OF BRIDGES AND ELIZABETH _?_
1 HOWELL FREEMAN = 1st ELIZABETH _?_
= 2nd TABITHA MAY
= 3rd HANNAH DOTY
2 BRIDGES FREEMAN = 1820 LIMESTONE COUNTY, ALABAMA
1840 ITAWAMBA COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
3 FEMALE FREEMAN = JESSE ROWLAND IN CHATHAM COUNTY, NC
4 FEMALE FREEMAN = _?_ UNDERWOOD IN DICKSON COUNTY, TN
5 EDWARD FREEMAN = GILES COUNTY, TENNESSEE AND ALABAMA
6 WILLIAM FREEMAN = BUTE COUNTY, NC TAX
7 HENRY FREEMAN = BUTE COUNTY, NC TAX
8 ELIZABETH FREEMAN =
9 JOSEPH FREEMAN = BUTE COUNTY, NC TAX
10 JESSE FREEMAN = BUTE COUNTY, NC TAX
11 SUSANNA FREEMAN =
NOTE THERE IS CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE, IN THE CHRONOLOGY WHICH
FOLLOWS, THAT OUR HOWELL FREEMAN WAS A SON OF BRIDGES FREEMAN
AND HIS FIRST WIFE, ELIZABETH _?_ (LAST NAME UNKNOWN)
1652 VIRGINIA SURRY COUNTY FORMED FROM JAMES CITY COUNTY
1720 VIRGINIA BRUNSWICK COUNTY FORMED FROM SURRY, PRINCE GEORGE &
ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTIES
1730 VIRGINIA SURRY COUNTY
WILLIAM FREEMAN AND ELIZABETH BRIDGES OF SURRY COUNTY,
VIRGINIA AND THEN GRANVILLE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA MAY HAVE
BEEN THE PARENTS OF BRIDGES FREEMAN. NO PROOF YET
1733 VIRGINIA
BRIDGES FREEMAN WAS BORN NO LATER THAN 1733 BECAUSE HE WAS AT
LEAST 16 BY LAW WHEN HE WITNESSED THE DEEDS BELOW IN 1749
1746 NORTH CAROLINA GRANVILLE COUNTY FORMED FROM EDGECOMBE COUNTY
1749 NOVEMBER 4 VIRGINIA SURRY COUNTY COURT HOUSE
DEED BOOK VOLUME 6 PAGE 62
WILLIAM BRIDGES TO THOMAS FREEMAN--100 A. ON SS FLATT SWAMP ON
FRYING PAN BRANCH ADJ. JOHN MASON /S/ "WB" /W/ WILLIAM STUART,
BRIDGES FREEMAN, NICHS MASSENBURG
1749 NOVEMBER 11 VIRGINIA SURRY COUNTY COURT HOUSE
DEED BOOK VOLUME 6 PAGE 59
WILLIAM BRIDGES TO WILLIAM DANCY FOR EIGHTY POUNDS OF CURRANT
MONEY OF VIRGINIA 325 ACRES ON SOUTH SIDE OF NOTTOWAY RIVER IN
ALBEMARLE PARISH ADJ. THOMAS FREEMAN, THE MOUTH OF FRYING PAN
BRANCH, CROSSING THE FLAT SWAMP, WM. STUART, WILLIAM FREEMAN
& PETER POYTHRESS, /S/ "WB" /W/ NICH.S MASSENBURG, BRIDGES
FREEMAN, THOMAS FREEMAN
1749 NOVEMBER 11 VIRGINIA SURRY COUNTY (LATER SUSSEX COUNTY)
SINCE LAW REQUIRED BRIDGES FREEMAN TO BE AT LEAST 16 YEARS OF
AGE AS A WITNESS TO THE DEEDS ABOVE, THEN HE WAS BORN BY 1733
OR BEFORE
1751 DECEMBER 18 VIRGINIA SURRY COUNTY
BRIDGES FREEMAN BOUGHT GOODS FROM EXUM SCOTT ON A CHARGE
ACCOUNT. SEE 1756 ENTRY
1753-4 VIRGINIA SUSSEX COUNTY FORMED FROM SURRY COUNTY
THE PART OF SURRY THAT BECAME SUSSEX IS WHERE BRIDGES FREEMAN
WAS LOCATED IN 1749
1755 JANUARY 21 VIRGINIA SUSSEX COUNTY COURT HOUSE
LOOSE COURT PAPERS 1754-1870, # 1755-257 DAVIS v. FREEMAN
(ON BACK OF PAPER)
DAVIS }
vs }Cap.e?
FREEMAN }
TO FEB.RY 1755
EX.D AND
HENRY NIOLSON
BAIL
JA.S CHAPPELL
J.s S.S
FEB 1755
ABATES?
(ON FRONT OF PAPER)
GEORGE THE SECOND, BY THE GRACE OF GOD, OF GREAT BRITAIN,
FRANCE, AND IRELAND, KING, DEFENDER OF THE FAITH, &c.
TO THE SHERIFF OF SUSSEX COUNTY, GREETING. WE COMMAND YOU
THAT YOU TAKE BRIDGES FREEMAN IF HE BE FOUND WITHIN YOUR
BAILIWICK AND HIM SAFELY KEEP, SO THAT YOU HAVE HIS BODY
BEFORE OUR JUSTICES OF OUR SAID COUNTY COURT, AT THE COURT-
HOUSE OF THE SAID COUNTY, ON THE SECOND MONDAY IN FEBRUARY
NEXT TO ANSWER MATTHEW DAVIS OF PLEA OF DEBT DAMAGE TEN
POUNDS AND HAVE THEN THERE THIS WRIT. WITNESS AUG CLAIBORNE
CLERK OF SAID COURT, AT THE COURT-HOUSE AFORESAID, THE
XXI.st DAY OF JANUARY IN THE XXVIII.th YEAR OF OUR REIGN.
A CLAIBORNE
1756 FEBRUARY 12 VIRGINIA SUSSEX COUNTY COURT HOUSE LOOSE COURT
PAPERS 1754-1870, # 1755-29 _SCOTT'S EXECUTORS v. FREEMAN_
(ON BACK OF 1st SHEET)
SCOTT }
v } PET.D
FREEMAN }
PET.FEBRUARY 1756
Mch 1756
JUDG.T
(ON FRONT OF 1st SHEET)
TO THE WORSHIPFUL THE COURT OF SUSSEX COUNTY, WM. & JOSEPH
SCOTT EXCRS OF EXUM SCOTT DECED HUMBLY SHEWETH, THAT BRIDGES
FREEMAN STANDS INDEBTED TO THEM ONE POUND SEVEN SHILLINGS AND
A PENNY BY ACCOUNT AND REFUSETH PAYMENT: WHEREFORE YOUR
PETITIONERS PRAY JUDGMENT AGAINST HIM FOR THE SAME, WITH
COSTS, AND SHALL PRAY, &c.
(ON BACK SIDE OF 2nd SHEET)
SCOTT }
v } ACCT_
FREEMAN }
FREEMANS ACCT
TO THE ESTATE OF
EXUM SCOTT DEC.D
6
WM & JOSEPH SCOTT EXRS OF EXUM SCOTT DECD & BRIDGES
FREEMAN. PET Sc
(ON FRONT SIDE OF 2nd SHEET)
BRIDGERS FREMAN TO THE ESTATE OF EXUM SCOTT DEC.D DR.
1751 } TO 2 3/4 YD.S FRIZE . . @ 8/. / 1..2..0
DEC.R 18} TO 1 OZ COTT.O THREED . . . . . . . . .4
TO 2 DOZ. METTLE BUTT.S @.1/6 . 3 --
TO 1 STICK TWIST . . . . . . . . . . . 6
TO 7 YD. SHATT.S . . . . @ 2/6 . . .1: 3
/ 1--7--1
ONE OF HIS MARGESTES JUSTESES
JOSEPH SCOTT CAME BEFORE ME AND MADE SOLMN
AFFIRMATION THAT HE FOUND THE ABOVE ACC.T
STATED UPON EXUM SCOTT BOOKS AND NEVER RECV.D ANY
SATISFACTION AS FAR AS HE KNOWS. GIVEN UNDER
MY HAND THIS 12 DAY FEBRUARY 1756
JESSE BROWNLE
1756 FEBRUARY 18 VIRGINIA SUSSEX COUNTY COURT HOUSE LOOSE COURT
PAPERS 1754-1870, # 1755-29 SCOTT'S EXECUTORS v. FREEMAN
(ON BACK SIDE OF 3rd SHEET)
SCOTT }
v } PET.o
FREEMAN } &
} SUM.s
TO MARCH Ct. 1756
EXECUTED
THOS HUTON JC
(ON FRONT SIDE OF 3rd SHEET)
GEORGE THE SECOND, BY THE GRACE OF GOD, OF GREAT-BRITAIN,
FRANCE, AND IRELAND, KING, DEFENDER OF THE FAITH, &c.
TO THE SHERIFF OF SUSSEX COUNTY, GREETING.
WE COMMAND YOU, THAT YOU SUMMON BRIDGES FREEMAN---------
TO APPEAR BEFORE OUR JUSTICES OF OUR SAID COUNTY COURT, AT THE
COURT-HOUSE OF THE SAID COUNTY, ON THE SECOND MONDAY IN MARCH
IN MARCH NEXT--------THEN AND THERE TO ANSWER THE PETITION OF
EXUM SCOTTS EXCRS EXHIBITED AGAINST HIM AND HAVE THEN THERE
THIS WRIT. WITNESS AUGUSTINE CLAIBORNE CLERK OF OUR SAID
COURT, AT THE COURT-HOUSE, THE 18th DAY OF FEBRUARY IN THE
XXIX----YEAR OF OUR REIGN.
A CLAIBORNE
1756 MARCH 25 VIRGINIA SUSSEX COUNTY COURT HOUSE LOOSE COURT
PAPERS 1754-1870, # 1755-29 SCOTT'S EXECUTORS v. FREEMAN
(ON BACK SIDE OF 4th SHEET)
SCOTT EXUM
}
v } CAVA
}
FREEMAN
R
2/12/5 EXECUTED &
HIS BODY IN
GAOL
THOS HUTON JC
EX.D & REC.D
DEBT & COST
THOS HUTON JC
(ON FRONT SIDE OF 4th SHEET)
GEORGE THE SECOND, BY THE GRACE OF GOD, OF GREAT-BRITAIN,
FRANCE, AND IRELAND, KING, DEFENDER OF THE FAITH, &c. TO THE
SHERIFF OF SUSSEX COUNTY, GREETING. WE COMMAND YOU THAT YOU
TAKE BRIDGES FREEMAN IN HE BE FOUND WITHIN YOUR BAILIWICK, AND
HIM SAFELY KEEP, SO THAT YOU HAVE HIS BODY BEFORE THE JUSTICES
OF OUR SAID COUNTY COURT, AT THE COURT-HOUSE OF THE SAID
COUNTY, ON THE SECOND MONDAY IN APRIL NEXT TO SATISFY WILLIAM
& JOSEPH SCOTT EXCRS &c OF EXUM SCOTT DECED TWENTY SEVEN
SHILLINGS & A PENNY WCH THEY LATELY RECOVERED AGST HIM FOR
DEBT ALSO SEVENTY ONE POUNDS OF RED TOBACCO & SEVEN SHILLINGS
& SIX PENCE FOR THEIR COSTS BY THEM ABOUT THEIR SUIT IN THAT
BEHALF EXPENDED WHEREOF THE SAID BRIDGES IS CONVICT, AS
APPEARS TO US, ON RECORD. AND HAVE THEN THIS WRIT. WITNESS
AUGUSTINE CLAIBORNE CLERK OF OUR SAID COURT, AT THE SAID
COURT-HOUSE, THE XVth DAY OF MARCH IN THE XXIXth YEAR OF OUR
REIGN.
A CLAIBORNE
1756 VIRGINIA SUSSEX COUNTY COURT HOUSE LOOSE COURT PAPERS 1754-
1840, # 1756-48 INSOLVENT LIST RETURNED BY SHERIFF
(ON BACK SIDE OF SHEET)
MASON'S ACCT. AS COLLECTOR
IN SUSSEX COUNTY FOR THE
YERS 1755 & 1756
REF.D TO AC & TY
JOHN MASON
AS SHARIFF
HIS ACCT. OF INSOLVENTS
&c
REF.D TO AC & TY
48
(ON FRONT SIDE OF SHEET)
1755 SUSSIX COUNTY DR. FOR INSOLVENTS
(MY NOTE: THERE ARE THREE COLUMNS WITH NAME OF PERSON,
NUMBER OF POLES & AMOUNT OF TAXES TO BE DEBITED. BRIDGES
FREEMAN IS NOT IN THE 1755 LIST.)
1756 (NAME) POLE DR.
TAX.S
BRIDGES FREEMAN 1 9
1756-1762 VIRGINIA
DURING THESE YEARS, BRIDGES FREEMAN MAY HAVE BEEN IN BRUNSWICK
COUNTY, VIRGINIA AND CONSEQUENTLY, HOWELL FREEMAN, MAYBE A
SON, MAY HAVE BEEN BORN IN BRUNSWICK IN 1760
1760 VIRGINIA REVOLUTIONARY WAR PENSION STATEMENT
HOWELL FREEMAN SAID HE WAS BORN IN VIRGINIA IN 1760
HE MAY HAVE BEEN THE SON OF BRIDGES FREEMAN AND HIS FIRST WIFE
1762 MARCH 25 VIRGINIA BRUNSWICK COUNTY. SEE 1764 FEBRUARY ENTRY.
LAND GRANT BY PATENT DATED 25 MARCH 1762 OF 350 ACRES TO
BRIDGES FREEMAN WHO CONVEYED IT TO JOHN PHILIPS FOR 30 POUNDS
1762 MARCH 25 VIRGINIA BRUNSWICK COUNTY
VIRGINIA STATE LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES
LAND OFFICE PATENTS NO. 34, 1756-1762
1000 (PAGE NUMBER IN TOP LEFT HAND CORNER)
BRIDGES FREEMAN
350 ACRES
GEORGE THE THIRD &c. TO ALL &c. KNOW YE THAT FOR DIVERS GOODS
CAUSES AND CONSIDERATIONS BUT MORE ESPECIALLY FOR AND IN
CONSIDERATION OF THE SUM OF THIRTY FIVE SHILLINGS OF GOOD AND
LAWFUL MONEY FOR OUR USE PAID TO OUR RECEIVER GENERAL OF OUR
REVENUES IN THIS OUR COLONY AND DOMINION OF VIRGINIA WE
HAVE GIVEN GRANTED AND CONFIRMED AND BY THESE PRESENTS FOR
US OUR HEIRS AND SUCCESSORS DO GIVE GRANT AND CONFIRM UNTO
BRIDGES FREEMAN ONE CERTAIN TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND CONTAINING
THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY ACRES LYING AND BEING IN THE COUNTY
OF BRUNSWICK AND BOUNDED AS FOLLOWETH TO WIT BEGINNING
AT SIMS CORNER WHITE OAK ON WALTONS LINE THENCE BY WALTONS
LINE SOUTH SEVENTY ONE DEGREES EAST FORTY SIX POLES TO HIS
CORNER RED OAK THENCE NORTH FORTY TWO DEGREES EAST FIFTY ONE
POLES TO A PINE THENCE OFF SOUTH FORTY SEVEN DEGREES EAST ONE
HUNDRED AND FORTY TWO POLES TO A SHRUB WHITE OAK THENCE SOUTH
ELEVEN DEGREES EAST EIGHTY EIGHT POLES TO A PINE THENCE SOUTH
ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FOUR POLES TO A SMALL RED OAK ON
EDWARD FREEMANS LINE THENCE BY HIS LINE NORTH SIXTY FOUR
DEGREES WEST FOURTEEN POLES TO HIS CORNER RED OAK THENCE
SOUTH EIGHTY SIX DEGREES WEST SEVENTY SIX POLES TO HIS CORNER
WHITE OAK THENCE SOUTH FIFTY SEVEN DEGREES WEST SEVENTY
FOUR POLES TO HIS CORNER RED OAK CONTINUING THE SAME COURSE
EIGHTY SIX POLES TO ALLENS CORNER RED OAK THENCE BY HIS
LINE NORTH THIRTY SIX DEGREES WEST NINETY TWO POLES TO HIS
CORNER ON SIMS LINE THENCE BY HIS LINE NORTH THIRTY ONE
DEGREES
1001 (PAGE NUMBER IN TOP LEFT HAND CORNER)
EAST ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FOUR POLES TO HIS CORNER BLACK-
JACK THENCE NORTH ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY SIX POLES TO THE
BEGINNING WITH ALL &c TO HAVE HOLD &c TO BE HELD &c APELDING
AND PAYING &c PROVIDED &c IN WITNESS &c WITNESS OUR
TRUSTY AND WELBELOVED FRANCIS FAUQUIER ESQ.R OUR LIEUT.
GOVERNOR AND COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF OUR SAID COLONY AND
DOMINION AT WILLIAMSBURGH UNDER THE SEAL OF OUR SAID
COLONY THE TWENTY FIFTH DAY OF MARCH ONE THOUSAND SEVEN
HUNDRED AND SIXTY TWO, IN THE SECOND YEAR OF OUR REIGN
EXAMD. FRAN.S FAUQUIER
1762 APRIL 3 NORTH CAROLINA GRANVILLE COUNTY DEED BOOK E PAGE 387
& 388 APR. 3, 1762 JOHN MOONEY TO BRIDGES FREEMAN FOR 30
POUNDS, 200 ACRES ON ANDREWS BRANCH GRANTED TO MOONEY FOR 640
ACRES MAY 6, 1756. WITNESSES: WILLIAM JEFFREYS, OSBOURNE
JEFFREYS, YOUNG MALDESLY
1762 NORTH CAROLINA GRANVILLE COUNTY POPEÕS TAX LIST
(SHOWN SIDE BY SIDE) BRIDGES FREEMAN 1 TITHE, JOSEPH BRIDGES
1 TITHE, ELIZABETH FREEMAN 3 TITHES (HENRY FREEMAN, NEGROES
JEFFREY & BABB), AND A FEW NAMES LATER, WILLIAM FREEMAN.
CITED IN _JOHN FREEMAN OF NORFOLK COUNTY, VIRGINIA_, BY MERRILL
HILL MOSHER PAGE 147
1764 NORTH CAROLINA BUTE COUNTY FORMED FROM GRANVILLE COUNTY
BUTE DISCONTINUED 1779
1764 FEBRUARY VIRGINIA BRUNSWICK COUNTY DEED BOOK 7 PAGES 443-444
443 FREEMAN ET UX TO PHILIPS
THIS INDENTURE MADE THE DAY OF FEBRUARY IN THE YEAR OF
OUR LORD CHRIST ONE THOUSAND AND SIXTY FOUR BETWEEN BRIDGES
FREEMAN AND ELIZABETH HIS WIFE OF THE PROVINCE OF NORTH
CAROLINA OF THE ONE PART AND JOHN PHILIPS OF THE PROVINCE OF
VIRGINIA AND COUNTY OF BRUNSWICK OF THE OTHER PART WITNESSETH
THAT THE SAID BRIDGES FREEMAN & ELIZABETH HIS WIFE FOR & IN
CONSIDERATION OF THE SUM OF THIRTY POUNDS CURRENT MONEY OF
VIRGINIA TO HIM IN HAND PAID BY THE SAID JOHN PHILLIPS BEFORE
THE SIGNING & SEALING AND SEALING OF THESE PRESENTS THE
RECEIPT WHEREOF HE THE SAID BRIDGES FREEMAN DOTH HEREBY
CONFESS AND ACKNOWLEDGE AND THE SAID JOHN PHILLIPS HIS HEIRS
EXECUTORS AND ADMINISTRATORS OF AND FROM AND EVERY PART OF
SAID SUM DOTH HEREBY ACQUIT AND FOR EVER BY THESE PRESENTS
DISCHARGE HATH BARGAINED SOLD MADE OVER AND CONFIRMED AND DOTH
BY THESE PRESENTS BARGAIN AND SELL MAKE OVER AND CONFIRM UNTO
THE SAID JOHN PHILLIPS AND TO HIS HEIRS AND ASSIGNS FOREVER
ONE CERTAIN TRACT OF LAND WITH THE APPURTENANCES SITUATE LYING
AND BEING IN THE COUNTY OF BRUNSWICK CONTAINING THREE HUNDRED
AND FIFTY ACRES IT BEING GRANTED BY PATENT BEARING DATE THE
TWENTY FIFTH DAY OF MARCH ONE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED & SIXTY
TWO TO THE ABOVE NAMED BRIDGES FREEMAN WHO CONVEYED THE SAME
TO THE ABOVE SAID JOHN PHILLIPS THE SAID THREE HUNDRED AND
FIFTY ACRES OF LAND BEING BOUNDED AS FOLLOWETH TO WIT,
BEGINNING AT SIMSES CORNER WHITE OAK ON WALTONS LINE THENCE
BY WALTONS LINE SOUTH SEVENTY ONE DEGREES EAST FORTH SIX
POLES TO HIS CORNER RED OAK THENCE NORTH FORTH TWO DEGREES
EAST FIFTY ONE POLES TO A PINE THENCE OF SOUTH FORTY SEVEN
DEGREES EAST FORTY TWO POLES TO A SCHRUB WHITE OAK THENCE
SOUTH ELEAVIN DEGREES EAST EIGHTY EIGHT POLES TO A PINE THENCE
SOUTH ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FOUR POLES TO A SMALL RED OAK ON
EDWARD FREEMANS LINE THENCE BY HIS LINE NORTH SIXTY FORE
DEGREES WEST FOURTEEN POLES TO HIS CORNER RED OAK THENCE SOUTH
EIGHTY SIX DEGREES WEST SEVENTY SIX POLES TO HIS CORNER WHITE
OAK THENCE SOUTH FIFTY SEVEN DEGREES WEST SEVENTY FOUR POLES
TO HIS CORNER RED OAK CONTAINING THE SAME COURSE EIGHTY SIX
POLES TO ALLINS CORNER RED OAK THENCE BY HIS LINE NORTH THIRTY
SIX DEGREES WEST NINETY TWO POLES TO HIS CORNER ON SIMSES LINE
THENCE BY HIS LINE NORTH THIRTY ONE DEGREES EAST ONE HUNDRED
AND TWENTY FOUR POLES TO HIS CORNER BLACK JACK THENCE NORTH
ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY SIX POLES TO THE BEGINING TO HAVE & TO
HOLD THE SAID THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY ACRES OF LAND WITH ALL
AND SINGULAR THE RIGHTS PRIVILEDGES IMPROVEMENTS AND APPURTEN-
ANCES OF ALL AND EVERY KIND WHATSOEVER UNTO THE SAID JOHN
PHILLIPS AND TO HIS HEIRS AND ASSIGNS FOR EVER FREE FROM THE
SET HINDRANCES OR MOLESTATIONS OF HIM OR THEM THE SAID BRIDGES
FREEMAN & WIFE OR THEIR HEIRS OR ASSIGNS OR ANY OTHER PERSON
444 CLAIMING THE SAME BY FROM OR UNDER THEM THE SAID FREEMAN
& HIS WIFE OR THEIR HEIRS OR ASSIGNS UNTO THE ONLY PROPER USE
AND BEHOOF OF HIM THE SAID JOHN PHILLIPS OR HIS HEIRS OR
ASSIGNS FOR EVER AND THE SAID BRIDGES FREEMAN AND WIFE FOR
THEMSELVES AND THEIR HEIRS DOTH HEREBY COVENANT PROMISE AND
AGREE TO AND WITH THE SAID JOHN PHILLIPS HIS HEIRS AND ASSIGNS
THAT THE RIGHT AND TITLE OF THE SAID THREE HUNDRED & FIFTY
ACRES OF LAND AND PREMISSES AND EVERY PART THEREOF AGAINST ALL
AND EVERY PERSON OR PERSONS HEARD THEY WILL WARRANT AND FOR
EVER MAINTAIN UNTO THE SAID JOHN PHILLIPS AND HIS HEIRS OR
ASSIGNS OR EVER IN WITNESS WHEREOF THEY THE SAID FREEMAN &
WIFE HATH HEREUNTO SET THEIR HANDS AND SEALS THE DAY AND YEAR
FIRST ABOVE WRITTEN
SIGN'D SEAL'D & DELIVERD} I BRIDGES FREEMAN DOTH
IN PRESENCE OF US } ACKNOWLEDGE THIS (SS)
THOMAS ROSS SMITH } HER
HIS } ELIZABETH FREEMAN (SS)
EDWARD FREEMAN } MARK
MARK }
HIS }
THOMAS BURNETT } MEMORANDUM THAT ON THE DAY OF
MARK
IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD ONE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY
FOUR PEACEABLY POSSESSION AND SEISIN OF THE LAND AND PREMISSES
WITHIN MENTIONED WAS GIVIN & DELIVERD BY THE WITHIN NAMED
BRIDGES FREEMAN AND WIFE UNTO THE WITHIN MENTIONED JOHN
PHILLIPS ACCORDING TO THE INTENT AND MEANING OF THE WITHIN
DEED IN WITNESS WHEREOF THE SAID FREEMAN & WIFE HATH HEREUNTO
SET THEIR HAND THE DAY AND YEAR ABOVE WRITTEN
BRIDGES FREEMAN AND HIS
SIGN'D IN PRESENCE OF, ELIZABETH FREEMAN
(NOTE: THE ENDING OF THIS RECORD SEEMS UNFINISHED)
1764 OCTOBER 26 NORTH CAROLINA BUTE COUNTY "ABSTRACTS OF WARREN
COUNTY, N.C. DEED BOOK A" BUTE COUNTY DEEDS 1764-1766 DB-A
PAGE 345 JAMES ARRENDELL & HIS SON RICHARD ARRENDELL TO
WILLIAM FREEMAN 26 OCT. 1764. 65 PDS. VA. MONEY FOR 100 A.
BELOW JUMPING RUN, ON SS CROOKED CREEK. WIT: DAVID DODD,
BRIDGES FREEMAN, BENJAMIN ARRENDELL. PROVED BY BRIDGES
FREEMAN, BUTE OCT. COURT 1765, BEN MC CULLOCH, C.C.
REG: 3 SEPT. 1766, WILLM. JOHNSON, P.R.
1765 OCTOBER 15 NORTH CAROLINA BUTE COUNTY "ABSTRACTS OF WARREN
COUNTY, N.C. DEED BOOK 1" DB-1 PAGE 88
15 OCTOBER 1765. WILLIAM MOORE TO LODWICK ALFORD, BOTH OF BUTE
CO. 23 PDS: 6 SH: 8 D. VA. MONEY FOR 290 A. IN BUTE CO. ON NS
TARR RIVER & DOWN THE RIVER, GRANTED TO JAMES PACE BY AGENT OF
LORD GRANVILLE. WIT: JAMES ALFORD, BRIDGES FREEMAN. ACK: BY
WILLIAM MOORE, BUTE APRIL COURT 1766, BEN MCCULLOCH, C.C.
REG. 6 NOVEMBER 1766, BY WILLM. JOHNSON, P.R.
1766 OCTOBER 7 NORTH CAROLINA BUTE COUNTY
"A LIST OF THE MASTERS AND MISTRISSES OF EVERY FAMILY IN MY
DISTRICT THAT ARE SUMMONS TO GIVE IN THER LIST OF TAXABLES"
JOHN PERRY WILLIAM FREEMAN BRIDGES FREEMAN
ELIZABETH FREEMAN EDWARD FREEMAN
1770 NOVEMBER 13 NORTH CAROLINA BUTE COUNTY "MINUTES OF THE COURT
OF PLEAS AND QUARTER SESSIONS 1767-1779" PAGE 146
AT AN INFERIOR COURT OF PLEAS & QUARTER SESSIONS HELD FOR THE
COUNTY OF BUTE AT THE BUFFALOE ON THE SECOND TUESDAY IN
NOVEMBER 1770, BEING THE 13TH DAY THEREOF. PRESENT WILLIAM
JOHNSON, PHILEMON HAWKINS & WILLIAM PARK, ESQ'RS
JOHN WILLIAMS IS APPOINTED CONSTABLE IN THE ROOM & PRECINCT OF
BRIDGES FREEMAN, AND ORDERED THAT HE BE SWORN BEFORE SOME
JUSTICE OF THIS COUNTY BEFORE HE ENTER INTO THE EXECUTION OF
HIS SAID OFFICE
NOTE: THE PHRASE "IN THE ROOM & PRECINCT OF BRIDGES FREEMAN"
TELLS US THAT BRIDGES FREEMAN HELD THE OFFICE OF CONSTABLE
PRIOR TO JOHN WILLIAMS' APPOINTMENT
1770 NOVEMBER 13 NORTH CAROLINA BUTE COUNTY BRIDGES FREEMAN HAD
BEEN A CONSTABLE IN BUTE COUNTY UP UNTIL THIS TIME
1771 MARCH 12 NORTH CAROLINA WAKE COUNTY CREATED FROM JOHNSTON,
CUMBERLAND AND ORANGE COUNTIES.
1771 NORTH CAROLINA BUTE COUNTY TAX LIST "JOURNAL OF NORTH CAROLINA
GENEALOGY 7:899-907 AND 11:1499-1515" BRIDGES FREEMAN
LISTED IN _JOHN FREEMAN OF NORFOLK COUNTY, VIRGINIA_, BY
MERRILL HILL MOSHER PAGE 147 NOTE 18: WILLIAM PERRY JOHNSTON,
_JOURNAL OF NORTH CAROLINA GENEALOGY(FALL 1965) P.1500. TAX
LISTS IN ARCHIVES THOMAS M. PITTMAN COLLECTION (FOILE NO
123.15)_.
1776 OCTOBER 15 NORTH CAROLINA BUTE COUNTY BOOK 2A PAGE 188
WILL OF WILLIAM REEVES TO FAMILY. EXECUTORS: FREDERICK
REEVES AND HENRY FREEMAN WITNESSES: HOWELL FREEMAN AND
F. REEVES (HOWELL FREEMAN WAS 16 YEARS OLD)
1777 FEBRUARY 17 NORTH CAROLINA BUTE COUNTY "ABSTRACTS OF WARREN
COUNTY N.C. DEED BOOK 7" DB-7 PAGE 161. 17 FEBRUARY 1777.
BRIDGES FRE(E)MAN, PLANTER, TO JNO. COOLEY, BOTH OF BUTE CO.,
PRO. CAROLINA. 100 PDS.(60 PDS?) PROCL. MONEY FOR 200 A. IN
BUTE CO. IN UPPER FORK OF ANDREWS BRANCH, BOUGHT FROM JNO.
MOONEY 3 APR. 1762, PART OF AN EARL GRANVILLE GRANT TO HIM FOR
640 A. BY AGENTS FRANCIS CORBIN & BENJAMIN WHEATLEY 17 MAY
1756 & WHERE SD. MOONEY FORMERLY LIVED. WIT: JULIUS ALFORD,
WARREN ALFORD. PROVED BY JULIUS ALFORD, BUTE FEB. COURT 1779,
THOS. MACHEN, C.C. REG: 10 APRIL 1780, BY WILLIAM JOHNSON,
JR., P.R.
1777 NOVEMBER NORTH CAROLINA BUTE COUNTY "NOVR COURT"
PAGE 23 "A LIST OF THE ASSESSABLE PROPERTY IN CAPT BRYANT
FERRILLS COMPANY ON THE NORTH SIDE OF FERRILLS ROAD"
BRIDGES FREEMAN, HENRY FREEMAN
PAGE 24 EDWARD FREEMAN, WILLIAM FREEMAN JUNR, SUSANNA FREEMAN,
JOHN FREEMAN, ELIZABETH FREEMAN, WILLIAM FREEMAN
1778 NORTH CAROLINA BUTE COUNTY
PAGE 49 "ASSESSABLE PROPERTY IN CAPT FERRILLS DISTRICT"
JESSE FREEMAN, JOHN FREEMAN POLL TAX, BRIDGES FREEMAN
PAGE 50 WILLIAM FREEMAN JUNR POLL TAX, HENRY FREEMAN, WILLIAM
FREEMAN SENR, JOSEPH FREEMAN POLL TAX, EDWARD FREEMAN,
ELIZABETH FREEMAN
PAGE 58 "ASSESSMENT IN CAPT FERRILLS DISTRICT 1778"
JESSE FREEMAN, JOHN FREEMAN, BRIDGES FREEMAN, WILLIAM
FREEMAN JUNR
N.B. THIS ASSESSMENT TWICE RECORDED BY MISTAKE
PERSONS LISTED ABOVE WITH "POLL TAX" AFTER THEIR NAME WERE
NOT LISTED WITH ANY LAND (THEY WERE 21 OR AB0VE)
1778 FEBRUARY 7 NORTH CAROLINA BUTE COUNTY "ABSTRACTS OF WARREN
COUNTY, N.C. DEED BOOK 4"
DB-4 PAGE 311. 7 FEBRUARY 1778. KERBY (KIRBY) SANDERS TO
SAMUEL JONES, BOTH OF BUTE CO. 20 PDS. PROCL. MONEY (& QUIT
RENTS) FOR 100 A. IN BUTE CO. ON CROOKED CREEK, ADJ. WILLIAM
FREMAN, AT HEAD OF JIMS BRANCH. WIT: JACOB HEARTSFIELD,
HOWELL FREEMAN, FRANKEY BROOKS. PROVED BY JACOB HARTSFIELD,
BUTE FEBRUARY COURT 1778, THOS. MACHEN, C.C. "THE AFOREGOING
DEED FROM KERBY SANDERS TO SAML. JONES HAVING BEEN PROVED IN
BUTE INFERIOR COURT OF PLEASE & QUARTER"...(END OF PAGE 312)
1778 FEBRUARY 9 NORTH CAROLINA BUTE COUNTY "MINUTES OF THE COURT OF
PLEAS AND QUARTER SESSIONS 1767-1779" PAGE 67
THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF WILLIAM REEVES DECE'D WAS PRE-
SENTED IN COURT AND PROVED BY THE OATH OF HOWELL FREEMAN ONE
OF THE WITNESS'S THERETO AND ORDERED TO BE RECORDED, AND
LETTERS TESTAMENTARY WAS GRANTED TO FREDERICK REEVES AND HENRY
FREEMAN THE EXECUTORS WHO WAS QUALIFIED ACCORDINGLY
1778 SEPTEMBER 25 NORTH CAROLINA BUTE COUNTY "BUTE COUNTY LAND
ENTRIES" ENTRY #222. W(ARRANT) ISSUED 25 SEPT 78 BRIDGES
FREEMAN ENTERS 620 A ON ANDERS CREEK ADJ. LINES OF ALFORD,
JNO. MULLINS, WM. FREEMAN, SAML JONES, JNO COOLEY, HARTSFIELD,
WRIGHT, WOMMOCK.
15 JUNE 1778 BRIDGES FREEMAN
1778 NOVEMBER 2 NORTH CAROLINA BUTE COUNTY LAND GRANT PLATS AND
LAND ENTRIES
NAME ACRES GRANT FILE DATE ISSUED BOOK PAGE ENTRY
BRIDGES FREEMAN 620 21 23 20 SEP 1779 38 268 222
1778 NOVEMBER 2 NORTH CAROLINA BUTE COUNTY LAND GRANTS FILE #23
NOVEMBER 2 1778 THEN SURVEYED FOR BRIDGES FREEMAN 620 ACRES OF
LAND LYING IN BUTE COUNTY ON ANDREWS CREEK BEGINNING AT A RED
OAK HARTSFIELDS CORNER THENCE E52 POLES TO A PINE IN WOMMOCKS
LINE THENCE N354 Ps TO ALFORDS CORNER THENCE W235 Ps TO A PINE
THENCE N156 Ps TO A PINE THENCE W357 Ps BY HIS LINE TO A
SPANISH OAK JONES CORNER THENCE S194 Ps WITH HIS LINE TO A RED
OAK THENCE E210 Ps TO A WHITE OAK THENCE So 20 Ps TO WHITE OAK
THENCE E320 Ps TO A HICKORY THEN S320 Ps TO YE BEGINNING
HENRY FREEMAN} Vme JOHN DENT D.S.
CHANE CARRIERS
JOHN COOLLEY } FOR JOSEPH HAWKINS SUR
1779 FEBRUARY 11 NORTH CAROLINA BUTE COUNTY "MINUTES OF THE COURT
OF COMMON PLEAS & QUARTER SESSIONS 1767-1779" PAGE 162
A DEED FROM BRIDGES FREEMAN TO JOHN COOLEY WAS PROVED BY THE
OATH OF JULIUS ALFORD A WITNESS THERETO AND ON MOTION THE SAME
IS ORDERED TO BE REGISTERED
1779 NORTH CAROLINA FRANKLIN COUNTY AND WARREN COUNTY FORMED FROM
BUTE. BUTE COUNTY ABOLISHED.
1779 MARCH NORTH CAROLINA FRANKLIN COUNTY HOWELL FREEMAN ENLISTED
IN THE ARMY TO FIGHT IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR FOR 3 MONTHS AS
A SUBSTITUTE FOR JOHN PERRY (DID HE MARRY ABOUT THIS TIME?
SEE 1790 CENSUS AND CHILDRENS AGES)
1779 SEPTEMBER 20 NORTH CAROLINA BUTE COUNTY FRANKLIN COUNTY DEED
BOOK 2 #221 PAGE 56 STATE OF N.C. GRANT TO BRIDGES FREEMAN,
SEPT. 20, 1779, FOR 620 ACRES IN BUTE CO. LYING ON ANDREWS
CREEK ADJOINING HARTSFIELD, WOMMACK, ALFORD, AND JONES.
1780 MARCH 20 NORTH CAROLINA FRANKLIN COUNTY DEED BOOK 1
#99 PAGE 99 JOHN FREEMAN OF FRANKLIN COUNTY TO HENRY FREEMAN
OF SAME, MARCH 20, 1780, FOR 15 PDS. PROC. MONEY A TRACT OF 90
ACRES BEGINNING AT A RED OAK ON A BRANCH. WIT: BRIDGES FREEMAN
ELIZABETH FREEMAN.
1780 JULY 21 NORTH CAROLINA FRANKLIN COUNTY DEED BOOK 1 #121 PAGE
121: BRIDGES FREEMAN OF FRANKLIN COUNTY TO JACOB HARTSFIELD OF
SAME JULY 21, 1780, FOR 100 POUNDS A TRACT OF 188 ACRES BEGIN-
NING AT SAID HARTSFIELD'S OLD CORNER ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF AN-
DREWS CREEK AND RUNNING EAST ACROSS THE SAID CREEK, ADJOINING
WOMACK, HARTSFIELD, JULIUS ALFORD, AND JOHN COOLEY, IT BEING
PART OF A GRANT TO SAID BRIDGES FREEMAN FROM THE STATE OF N.C.
BEARING DATE SEPTEMBER 20, 1779. WITNESSES: HENRY FREEMAN,
SAMUEL WRIGHT.
1780 NORTH CAROLINA FRANKLIN COUNTY REVOLUTIONARY WAR PENSION
STATEMENT HOWELL FREEMAN VOLUNTEERED FOR SERVICE IN THE
CAVALRY FOR 3 MONTHS
1781 NORTH CAROLINA FRANKLIN COUNTY REVOLUTIONARY WAR PENSION
STATEMENT
HOWELL FREEMAN DRAFTED FOR 12 MONTHS
1781-82 NORTH CAROLINA OR SOUTH CAROLINA
BURRELL FREEMAN WAS BORN
THE SON OF HOWELL FREEMAN AND ELIZABETH _?_
1782-1783 SOUTH CAROLINA REVOLUTIONARY WAR PENSION STATEMENT
AFTER THE WAR, HOWELL FREEMAN MOVED FROM FRANKLIN COUNTY,
NORTH CAROLINA TO SOUTH CAROLINA AND LIVED THERE 2 YEARS
1784 FEBRUARY 20 NORTH CAROLINA JOHNSTON COUNTY FRANKLIN COUNTY
DEED BOOK 4 #604 PAGE 69 BRIDGES FREEMAN OF JOHNSTON CO., N.C.
TO HOWELL FREEMAN OF THE COUNTY AND STATE AFORESAID, FEB. 20,
1784, FOR 50 PDS. SPECIE A TRACT OF 125 ACRES IN FRANKLIN CO.
LYING ON THE WATERS OF ANDREWS CREEK AND ON COOLEY PATH &
JAKES PATH ADJOINING HARTSFIELD, MULLINS & HENRY FREEMAN.
WITNESSES: HENRY FREEMAN & CHUBY FREEMAN [FEMALE]
IN THE SEPTEMBER COURT OF 1784, THIS DEED WAS PROVED BY HENRY
FREEMAN AND REGISTERED.
1784 NORTH CAROLINA JOHNSON COUNTY PAGE 1106 "A LIST OF TAXABLE
PROPERTY &c WITHIN THE COUNTY OF JOHNSTON FOR THE YEAR 1784.
PAGE 1107 CAPTAIN JOHN MC CULLERS'S COMPANY
PERSONS NAMES QUANTITY OF LAND NUMBER OF TOWN LOTTS
FREEMAN, BRIDGERS 200 ---
FREEMAN, HOWELL 175 ---
VALUATION OF NUMBER OF FREE POLLS NUMBER OF BLACK POLLS
TOWN LOTTS
--- 1 ---
--- 1 ---
1785 MARCH 3 NORTH CAROLINA JOHNSON COUNTY COURT MINUTE BOOK 111
PAGE 285 JOHN BRYANS LIST OF INSOLVENTS:HOWELL FREEMAN ALLOWED
1785 AUGUST 9 NORTH CAROLINA FRANKLIN COUNTY DEED BOOK 5 #470 PAGE
124 HOWELL FREEMAN OF FRANKLIN COUNTY TO JACOB HARTSFIELD OF
SAME, AUGUST 9, 1785, FOR THREE PDS. SPECIE A TRACT OF 25
ACRES LYING ON THE NORTH SIDE OF JACOB HARTSFIELD'S MILL
CREEK, IT BEING PART OF A TRACT OF LAND GRANTED FROM THE STATE
OF N.C. TO BRIDGES FREEMAN & FROM BRIDGES FREEMAN TO HOWELL
FREEMAN. WITNESSES: KIRBY SANDERS, JESSE ROWLAND, ANDREW
HARTSFIELD [ WILLIAM H. ROWLAND AND FREDERICK ROWLAND ARE IN
MACON COUNTY, MISSOURI NEAR BURRELL FREEMAN, LATER ON ]
1785 OCTOBER 18 NORTH CAROLINA FRANKLIN COUNTY DEED BOOK 5 #477
PAGE 131 JOHN COOLEY (COOLY) OF FRANKLIN CO. TO JOHN SMITH OF
SAME, OCT. 18, 1785, FOR 150 PDS. SPECIE A TRACT OF 200 ACRES
ON ANDREWS CREEK ADJOINING HOWELL FREEMAN, ROLEN, AND
HARTSFIELD. WIT: JOHN NORWOOD, JUNR., CLARY NORWOOD.
1786 MARCH 25 NORTH CAROLINA FRANKLIN COUNTY
WILLIAM R. FREEMAN WAS BORN
THE SON OF HOWELL FREEMAN AND ELIZABETH _?_
1786 AUGUST 14 NORTH CAROLINA WAKE COUNTY DEED BOOK "H" PAGE 81
RICHARD NAWL OF WAKE COUNTY TO HIS SON, NATHAN NAWL, OF SAME
AUGUST 14, 1786 FOR LOVE AND AFFECTION A TRACT OF 250 ACRES
LYING ON BOTH SIDES OF MIDDLE CREEK AT THE MOUTH OF THE FIRST
BRANCH ABOVE THE MILL ADJOINING BLECHER, IT BEING ALL THAT
TRACT OF LAND BELONGING TO SAID RICHARD NAWL ABOVE THE SAID
BRANCH. WITNESSES: WILLIAM ETTOTT, JOHN ETTOTT, BRIDGERS
FREEMAN, WILLIAM FISH.
1787 FEBRUARY 16 NORTH CAROLINA FRANKLIN COUNTY DEED BOOK 6 #785
PAGE 94 HOWELL FREEMAN OF FRANKLIN CO., PLANTER, TO JOHN
MITCHELL OF CAROLINE CO. (VA.?), FEB. 16, 1787, FOR 50 PDS.
CURRENT MONEY A TRACT OF 200 ACRES BEGINNING AT HENRY
FREEMAN'S FORMER LINE AND ADJOINING JOHN COOLEY, JACOB
HARTSFIELD [FORMERLY CALLED MULLENS], NORWOOD & FREEMAN.
WIT: JESSE ROWLAND, JORDAN ROWLAND.
1787 MARCH 16 NORTH CAROLINA JOHNSTON COUNTY STATE CENSUS OF NORTH
CAROLINA 1784-1787 A LIST OF THE INHABITANTS OF CAPT. FISHES
DIST. IN JOHNSTON CO. FOR THE YEAR 1787. REC'D MARCH 16, 1787.
PAGE 2 HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD............BRIGIRS FREEMAN
WM 21-60 YRS.................1
WM UNDER 21 & ABOVE 60.......0
WF ALL AGES..................2
BLACKS 12-50.................0
BLACKS UNDER 12 & ABOVE 50...0
SIGNED BY WILLIAM TAYLOR
WHERE IS HOWELL FREEMAN FOR ABOVE CENSUS ?
1788 NORTH CAROLINA ?FRANKLIN COUNTY?
JEREMIAH FREEMAN WAS BORN
THE SON OF HOWELL FREEMAN AND ELIZABETH _?_
1788 SEPTEMBER 30 NORTH CAROLINA FRANKLIN COUNTY DEED BOOK 6 #899
PAGE 208 HOWELL FREEMAN OF FRANKLIN CO. TO VINSON SANDERS OF
SAME, SEPT. 30, 1788, FOR 120 PDS. SPECIE A TRACT OF 200 ACRES
LYING ON THE NORTH BANK OF HARTSFIELDS MILL CREEK ADJOINING
MITCHELL, WOOD, AND STEPHEN COOLEY. WIT: JACOB HARTSFIELD,
JOSEPH FREEMAN.
1790 AUGUST 13 NORTH CAROLINA CHATHAM COUNTY
ELIZABETH FREEMAN WAS BORN
THE DAUGHTER OF HOWELL FREEMAN AND ELIZABETH _?_
1790 NORTH CAROLINA HILLSBOROUGH DISTRICT CHATHAM COUNTY FEDERAL
CENSUS
NAME OF HEAD OF FAMILY..........................HOWELL FREEMAN
FREE WHITE MALES OF 16 YEARS AND UPWARD,
INCLUDING HEADS OF FAMILIES...................... ......1
FREE WHITE MALES UNDER 16 YEARS..............................4
FREE WHITE FEMALES INCLUDING HEADS OF FAMILIES...............3
ALL OTHER FREE PERSONS.......................................
SLAVES.......................................................
HOWELL FREEMAN AGE 30 IS FREE WHITE MALE OF 16 YEARS AND UP
BURRELL FREEMAN AGE 8 IS ONE OF FREE WHITE MALES UNDER 16
WILLIAM R. FREEMAN AGE 4 IS ONE OF FREE WHITE MALES UNDER 16
JEREMIAH FREEMAN AGE 2 IS ONE OF FREE WHITE MALES UNDER 16
UNKNOWN MALE IS ONE OF FREE WHITE MALES UNDER 16 YEARS
ELIZABETH FREEMAN AGE 28 IS ONE OF FREE WHITE FEMALES
ELIZABETH FREEMAN AGE UNDER 1 IS ONE OF FREE WHITE FEMALES
UNKNOWN FEMALE AGE UNKNOWN IS ONE OF FREE WHITE FEMALES
WHERE IS BRIDGES FREEMAN FOR THIS CENSUS ?
1791 NORTH CAROLINA JOHNSTON COUNTY COURT MINUTES 1787-1792
PAGE 176 JOHN ROSSER ONE OF THE TAXGEATHERERS FOR THE YEAR
1790, RETURNED ON OATH A LIST OF INSOLVENTS WHICH WAS ALLOWED
(TO WIT) BRIDGERS FREEMAN
1791 MARCH 10 NORTH CAR0LINA CHATHAM COUNTY
MARY ÒPOLLYÓ FREEMAN WAS BORN
THE DAUGHTER OF HOWELL FREEMAN AND ELIZABETH _?_
1791 AUGUST TERM NORTH CAROLINA JOHNSTON COUNTY "STATE OF NORTH
CAROLINA, JOHNSTON COUNTY. AUGUST TERM 1791. I HEREBY CERTIFIE
THAT THE FOLLOWING IS A TRUE ACCOUNT OF THE NAMES OF
INSOLVENTS AND THEIR TAXABLE PROPERTY WHICH WAS ALLOWED BY THE
COURT OF SAID COUNTY AT THE TERM AFORESAID, IN THE COLLECTION
OF PUBLIC TAXES &c FOR THE YEAR 1790 (TO WIT)
INSOLVENTS NAMES NO. ACRES LAND NO. POLLS
BRIDGERS FREEMAN 200 1
TEST: R. SANDERS, CCC
1797 AUGUST 24 NORTH CAROLINA CHATHAM COUNTY
MARTHA FREEMAN WAS BORN
THE DAUGHTER OF HOWELL FREEMAN AND ELIZABETH _?_
1799 MARCH 9 NORTH CAROLINA CHATHAM COUNTY GRANT OF 150 ACRES ON
CAPE FEAR TO HOWELL FREEMAN FROM GOVERNOR DAVIS CHATHAM
1800 NORTH CAROLINA FEDERAL CENSUS CHATHAM COUNTY PAGE 209
HOWELL FREEMAN 02110-21110-00
2M..10/16, 1M..16/26, 1M..26/45
2F..UND10, 1F..10/16, 1F..16/26, 1F..26/45
JEREMIAH FREEMAN IS 12 AND 1 OF MALES 10/16
WILLIAM R. FREEMAN IS 14 AND 1 OF MALES 10/16
MALE IN 1790 CENSUS IS MISSING
BURRELL FREEMAN IS ABOUT 18 AND THE 1 MALE 16/26
HOWELL FREEMAN IS 40 AND THE 1 MALE 26/45
MARTHA ÒPATSYÓ FREEMAN IS 3 AND 1 OF FEMALES UND10
MARY ÒPOLLYÓ FREEMAN IS 9 AND 1 OF FEMALES UND10
ELIZABETH FREEMAN IS 10 AND IS 1 FEMALE 10/16
UNKNOWN FEMALE IS 1 FEMALE 16/26
ELIZABETH FREEMAN IS 38 AND THE 1 FEMALE 26/45
WHERE IS BRIDGES FREEMAN FOR THIS CENSUS ?
1801/2 NORTH CAROLINA CHATHAM COUNTY DEED BOOK M PAGE 137 & 138
HOWELL FREEMAN SELLS LAND ON CAPE FEAR.
WIFE, ELIZABETH FREEMAN, SIGNS DEED WITH HIM
1803 JANUARY 21 NORTH CAROLINA WAKE COUNTY
BRIDGES FREEMAN MARRIED ELIZABETH LOVE.
SAMUEL MARCOM, BONDSMAN.
1803 JANUARY 21 NORTH CAROLINA WAKE COUNTY
SAMUEL MARCOM MARRIED AVE YOUNG. BRIDGES FREEMAN, BONDSMAN.
IS THIS A DOUBLE MARRIAGE OF RELATIVES OR FRIENDS ?
1804 FEBRUARY TERM NORTH CAROLINA, WAKE COUNTY COURT MINUTE BOOK VI
1804-1807 (COURT OF PLEAS AND QUARTER SESSIONS) PAGE:
[20]-312 ISSUED. ORDERED THAT HARDY WETHERSPOON BE OVERSEER
OF THE ROAD IN THE ROOM OF MICAJAH SORRELL AND THAT AARON
ROBERTS, AMBROSE ROBERTS, JOHN BURGESS, JOHN FADGET, SAMUEL
MARKUM, CLABORN TAULTON AND BRIDGES FREEMAN BE ADDED TO THE
USUAL HANDS TO WORK ON SAID ROAD.
1805 NOVEMBER 4 NORTH CAROLINA WAKE COUNTY REGISTERS OFFICE
REGISTERED DEED BOOK T PAGE 310 ON 7 OCTOBER 1806
THOMAS JOHNSON TO HOWELL FREEMAN 200 ACRES LYING ON THE SOUTH
SIDE OF KITS CREEK FOR 100 POUNDS ON 4 NOVEMBER 1805
TEST PLEASANT SCRIBNOR (JURAT) HIS
HIS THOMAS + JOHNSON
JESSE X ROLEN MARK
MARK
1806 AUGUST TERM NORTH CAROLINA WAKE COUNTY COURT MINUTE BOOK VI
1804-1807 (COURT OF PLEAS AND QUARTER SESSIONS) PAGE:
[290]-226 ISSUED. ORDERED THAT JACOB MANORD & COMPANY WITH
THE ADDITION OF HENRY MCGEHE, SMITH SCRIVNER, PLEASANT
SCRIVNER AND BRIDGES FREEMAN KEEP THE OLD ROAD IN REPAIR FROM
THE FORK BELOW COLO. JONESÕS ACROSS CRAB TREE TO JOHN RIGSBEYS
[291]-227 JESSE ROWLAND LIVED THERE.
[293]-229 JOHN MASSIE, ONE POLE.
A DEED FROM THOMAS JOHNSTON TO PLEASANT SCRIVNER
WAS DULY PROVEN BY THE OATH OF HOWELL FREEMAN.
A DEED FROM THOMAS JOHNSTON TO HOWELL FREEMAN
WAS DULY PROVEN BY THE OATH OF PLEASANT SCRIVNER.
NOVEMBER TERM
[332]-268 A DEED FROM HOWELL FREEMAN TO WILLIAM MAYNORD WAS
DULY PROVEN BY THE OATH OF GIBSON MAYNORD.
1806 SEPTEMBER 9 NORTH CAROLINA WAKE COUNTY BOOK T PAGES 425-426
INDENTURE IN WHICH HOWELL FREEMAN SELLS 150 ACRES LYING ON THE
SOUTH SIDE OF KITS CREEK TO WILLIAM MAINORD FOR 75 POUNDS
CURRENT MONEY. ALSO, ANOTHER TRACT OF 50 ACRES ADJOINING THE
FIRST PARCEL. HIS
WITNESS: EDMUND D. FORD HOWELL FREEMAN
GIBSON MAINORD MARK
1808 AUGUST 4 KENTUCKY LOGAN COUNTY "KENTUCKY TAX LIST---BOX 251--
LOGAN CO. 1792-1813"
PAGE 12 AUG 4, 1808 WHITES ABV 21 WHITES OVER 16 NOT 21
FREEMON HOWELL 6 ---
1809 SEPTEMBER 1 KENTUCKY LOGAN COUNTY "KENTUCKY TAX LIST-BOX 251-
LOGAN CO. 1792-1813"
PAGE 8 PRIOR TO SEPT. 1, 1809 W. MEN OVER 21 HORSES
FREEMON HOWEL 1 1
1809 TENNESSEE HUMPHREY COUNTY FORMED FROM STEWART COUNTY
IN 1839, A PETITION TO DETACH PART OF SOUTHERN STEWART COUNTY
TENNESSEE & ADD IT ON TO HUMPHREY COUNTY, TENNESSEE--PROBABLY
THE PART OF STEWART COUNTY WHERE MARK RUSHING WAS BORN AND
WHERE FATHER, WILLIAM RUSHING, HAD SETTLED. THIS AREA IS
PROBABLY MODERN DAY HOUSTON COUNTY, TENNESSEE, WHICH WAS
FORMED FROM STEWART, HUMPHREYS & DICKSON IN 1871
1809 TENNESSEE GILES COUNTY FORMED FROM MAURY COUNTY
MAURY COUNTY FORMED IN 1807 FROM WILLIAMSON COUNTY
1809 MAY 27 CHICKASAW LANDS (IN THE AREA OF MODERN DAY GILES
COUNTY, TENNESSEE AND LIMESTONE COUNTY, ALABAMA)
EXCERPT FROM ÒSIMS SETTLEMENT, OUR SQUATTER ANCESTORS 1806-
1818" BY RUTH DIXON AND BOB PRIEST, DALLAS LIBRARY:
PAGE 5
JAMES MADISON, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, TOOK OFFICE
ON 4 MARCH 1809 AND PROMPTLY SENT OFF URGENT ORDERS TO COL.
RETURN J. MEIGS, AN INDIAN AGENT AT HIWASSEE GARRISON (NOW
KINGSTON, ROANE COUNTY,TENNESSEE) TO EXPEL FROM THEIR POS-
SESSIONS THE SQUATTERS ON CHICKASAW LANDS. ON 13 APRIL 1809
MEIGS NOTIFIED THE WAR DEPARTMENT THAT HE AND 30 MEN WITH
ONE OR TWO OFFICERS WOULD LEAVE HIWASSEE ON SUNDAY 16 APRIL
TO EFFECT THE REMOVAL OF THE INTRUDERS. THEY TRAVELED 170
MILES TO SIMS SETTLEMENT ON THE ELK RIVER WHERE THEY REMOVED
93 SQUATTERS ON 27 MAY. FORTY-NINE OF THE 93 REMOVED, FIVE
OF THEM WIDOWS, SURVIVED THE REMOVAL AND RETURNED IN TIME TO
SIGN THE 1810 PETITION. SOME ACCOUNT CAN BE GIVEN OF A DOZEN
OF THEM...OTHER ORIGINAL SIMS SETTLERS WHO WERE REMOVED PER-
SERVERED AND ULTIMATELY OWNED LAND IN LIMESTONE COUNTY: BEN-
JAMIN MURREL, BRIDGES FREEMAN, SIMON FOY, AND THOMAS REDUS.
1809 CHICKASAW LANDS SIMS SETTLEMENT (NOW LIMESTONE COUNTY, AL)
EXCERPT FROM ÒSIMS SETTLEMENT, OUR SQUATTER ANCESTORS 1806-
1818" BY RUTH DIXON AND BOB PRIEST, DALLAS LIBRARY:
PAGE 20
NOTE: NAMES IN () ARE SUPPLIED BY EDITOR FROM 1810 PETITION
PETITIONERS REMOVED FROM SIMS SETTLEMENT, 1809:
...MR. (BRIDGES) FREEMAN...
1810 SEPTEMBER 5 CHICKASAW LANDS (IN THE AREA OF MODERN DAY GILES
COUNTY, TENNESSEE AND LIMESTONE COUNTY, ALABAMA)
EXCERPT FROM ÒSIMS SETTLEMENT, OUR SQUATTER ANCESTORS 1806-
1818" BY RUTH DIXON AND BOB PRIEST, DALLAS LIBRARY:
PAGE 29
ÒPETITION ADDRESSED TO JAMES MADISON, PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES BY 450 OF THE INTRUDERS UPON THE CHICKASAW
TERRITORYÓ, 5 SEPTEMBER 1810, LETTERS RECEIVED BY THE SECRE-
TARY OF WAR, UNREGISTERED SERIES, 1789-1860, RECORD GROUP
107, M222, #4.
PAGE 23
ALL 1810 PETITION SIGNERS
NAME SIMS NO.
FREEMAN, BRIDGES 172
PAGE 27
THIS ALPHABETICAL LIST WAS COMPILED USING NAMES AS THEY
APPEAR IN ÒTERRITORIAL PAPERS OF THE UNITED STATES,
TERRITORY OF MISSISSIPPI, 1809-1817", CLARENCE E. CARTER, ED.
(WASHINGTON, D.C.:GPO, 1937), VI, 106-113.
ÒSIMS NO.Ó REFERS TO THE NUMBER DESIGNATING THE ORDER OF THE
NAMES ON THE PETITION.
1810 SEPTEMBER 5 MISSISSIPPI TERRITORY ELK RIVER SIMSÕES SETTLEMENT
_THE TERRITORIAL PAPERS OF THE UNITED STATES_ BY CARTER 1938
VOLUME VI THE TERRITORY OF MISSISSIPPI 1809-1817 CONTINUED
PAGES 106-113 PETITION TO THE PRESIDENT AND CONGRESS BY
INTRUDERS ON CHICKASAW LANDS
PAGE 110 BRIDGES FREEMAN 172
1810-1812 TENNESSEE HUMPHREYS COUNTY
HOWELL WAS HERE DURING THESE YEARS
1812 TENNESSEE HUMPHREY COUNTY "INDEX TO EARLY TENNESSEE TAX LISTS"
HOWELL FREEMAN
1812 TENNESSEE GILES COUNTY TAX RECORD SOURCE:
TENNESSEE STATE LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES, COUNTY: GILES,
ROLL NO.: 3, BOOK: 1812, TYPE RECORD: TAX LIST (1812)
(PAGE) 1 (FOR GILES COUNTY) (PAGE) 99 (FOR 1812 RECORD)
AN ENUMERATION OF THE FREE TAXABLE INHABITANTS IN THE COUNTY
OF GILES AS RETURNED TO THE CLERK OF SAID COUNTY COURT BY THE
JUSTICES APP.D FOR THAT PURPOSE 1812
1 JACOB ALINSUD?
13 JOHN PERRY
15 JEREMIAH PERRY
(PAGE) 16 (FOR GILES COUNTY) (PAGE) 114 (FOR 1812 RECORD)
666 LEVI UNDERWOOD
(PAGE) 20 (FOR GILES COUNTY) (PAGE) 118 (FOR 1812 RECORD)
814 WILLIAM PULLIN
815 MOSES PULLIN
(PAGE) 21 (FOR GILES COUNTY) (PAGE) 119 (FOR 1812 RECORD)
848 JONATHAN MASSEY
863 BRIGES FREEMAN
(PAGE) 25 (FOR GILES COUNTY) (PAGE) 123 (FOR 1812 RECORD)
1022 JOSIAH LOVE
1056 JERE: KILLINGWORTH
A COPY
GORMAN LESTER
CLERK OF GILES CTY. CT.
SOMERSET MOORE PRES.D JUSTICE
WE CANNOT BE CERTAIN IF THE BRIDGES FREEMAN ABOVE IS THE ONE
BORN NO LATER THAN 1733 OR THE ONE BORN 1760-1770
1818 ALABAMA TERRITORY LIMESTONE COUNTY WAS FORMED FROM CHEROKEE
AND CHICKASAW CESSION OF 1816
1818 ALABAMA TERRITORY LIMESTONE COUNTY
EXCERPT FROM ÒSIMS SETTLEMENT, OUR SQUATTER ANCESTORS 1806-
1818" BY RUTH DIXON AND BOB PRIEST, DALLAS LIBRARY:
PAGE 16
BRIDGES FREEMAN, RICHARD LINVILLE, AND THOMAS POOL MUST HAVE
BEEN AMONG THE HEARTY SOULS WHO WITHSTOOD REPEATED REMOVALS
AFTER SIGNING THE 1810 PETITION. IN 1818 THEY LISTED THEM-
SELVES AS ELK COUNTY RESIDENTS (LIMESTONE COUNTY WAS
ORIGINALLY NAMED ELK COUNTY) AND BOUGHT LAND IN T1,R5W.
BRIDGES AND POOL ARE LISTED IN THE COUNTY CENSUS IN 1820.
1818 APRIL 23 ALABAMA TERRITORY LIMESTONE COUNTY
OLD HUNTSVILLE LAND OFFICE RECORDS & MILITARY WARRANTS 1810-
1854, DALLAS LIBRARY
PAGE 108 CHAPTER IV
HUNTSVILLE LAND OFFICE, REGISTER OF CERTIFICATES, 1818-1820,
LEDGER 127
DATE PURCHASER RESIDENCE SEC TSP RNG
PAGE 116
4/23/1818 BRIDGES FREEMAN LIMESTONE CO., AT 20 1 5W
NOTE BRIDGES PURCHASED A SECTION OF LAND IN LIMESTONE COUNTY,
ALABAMA TERRITORY. IT WAS SECTION 20 TOWNSHIP 1 RANGE 5W
1819 TENNESSEE GILES COUNTY GENERAL INDEX TO DEEDS BOOK A 1810-1859
FOUND IN TENNESSEE WPA RECORDS ROLL 22 DALLAS COUNTY LIBRARY
GRANTOR GRANTEE BK PG LAND
1819
PAGE 95 FREEMAN EDWARD PULLEN, SARAH S. E(?) 253 D.G.
THERE IS A BOOK "GILES CO., TN. CEMETERY RECORDS" WITH THIS:
FREEMAN CEMETERY
LOCATION: HIGHWAY 31S TO ELKTON; CROSS BRIDGE, THEN RIGHT TO
THURMAN SMITH PLACE. THIS CEMETERY IS ENDANGERED; THERE ARE
POSSIBLY MARKERS OTHER THAN THE ONES LISTED.
REUBEN FREEMAN JUDITH FREEMAN, WIFE THOMPSON H. FREEMAN
2 MARCH 1792 OF REUBEN FREEMAN 2 APRIL 1836
7 JUNE 1857 24 MAY 1799 3 NOVEMBER 1854
18 JANUARY 1874
DONNELL F. W., ONLY SON ONE OTHER STONE; BROKEN.
OF REV. JAMES & E. C. KIRKLAND NAME KIRKLAND IS ONLY
1 SEPTEMBER 1855 LEGIBLE INSCRIPTION.
AGE 1 YR., 7 MONTHS
1820 ALABAMA CENSUS RETURNS 1820 AND AN ABSTRACT OF FEDERAL CENSUS
OF ALABAMA 1830, ALABAMA STATE DEPARTMENT OF ARCHIVES AND
HISTORY, MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA DALLAS LIBRARY
PAGE 416
A LIST OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS OF LIMESTONE COUNTY, 1819
AND 1820.
NAMES OF THE HEADS OF FAMILIES.
(1)-WHITE MALES OVER 21.
(2)-WHITE MALES UNDER 21.
(3)-WHITE FEMALES OVER 21.
(4)-WHITE FEMALES UNDER 21.
(5)-TOTAL OF WHITES.
(6)-PEOPLE OF COLOR.
(7)-TOTAL OF SLAVES.
(8)-NO. OF ACRES CUL.
(9)-NO. OF HANDS.
(10)-NO. BALES COTTON.
(11)-AVERAGE WEIGHTS.
(12)-GINS.
(13)-SAWS.
(14)-MILLS.
REMARKS. LAST PAGE.
PAGE 442 BRIDGES FREEMAN
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14)
1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PAGE 461 BRIDGES FREEMAN
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14)
1 1 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NOTE THERE APPEARS TO BE TWO BRIDGES FREEMANS AND MAY BE
FATHER AND SON
LOOK FOR PROBATE MINUTES, LAND DEED, ESTATE SETTLEMENT FOR
BRIDGES FREEMAN IN WHICH HIS CHILDREN MAY BE NAMED
1830 CENSUS NO BRIDGES FREEMAN FOUND, YET !
1838 MARCH 24 MISSISSIPPI ITAWAMBA COUNTY PATENTS BOOK 1
PAGE CERTIFICATE # NAME DATE
351 7249 ROBERT FREEMAN, ASSIGNEE 24 MAR 1838
OF JAMES ASBURY BLANTON
OF ITAWAMBA CO., MS
NOTE THIS ENTRY IS IN ITAWAMBA SETTLERS VOLUME 1
DALLAS LIBRARY
1840 DECEMBER 21 MISSISSIPPI ITAWAMBA COUNTY FEDERAL CENSUS
PAGE NO. 10 PRINTED PAGE 144
BRIDGES FREEMAN 1M.70/U80 1F.80/U90
THE BRIDGES ABOVE WAS BORN BETWEEN 1760 AND 1770 AND IS OF
AN AGE RANGE TO BE A YOUNGER BROTHER OF HOWELL FREEMAN, BUT
NOT THE FATHER OF HOWELL FREEMAN. THIS BRIDGES FREEMAN MAY
BE A SON OF AN OLDER BRIDGES FREEMAN, WHO IS THE SUBJECT OF
THIS CHRONOLOGY.
1841 JANUARY MISSISSIPPI TERRITORIAL AND STATE CENSUS
ITAWAMBA COUNTY TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE, I COULD NOT
MAKE MY RETURN ANY SOONER ON ACCOUNT OF HIGH WATERS
CYRUS MITCHELL
NAMES OF HEADS SCHEDULE OF THE HOLD NUMBER OF FREE WHITE
OF FAMILIES PERSONS IN THE COUNTY ITAWAMBA FOR THE
YEAR 1841.
BIGGERS FREMAN 2
FIND THE ESTATE SETTLEMENT OF THIS BRIDGES FREEMAN IN ITAWAMBA
COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI AND FIND HIS LIVING CHILDREN'S NAMES
1845 MARCH 24 MISSISSIPPI ITAWAMBA COUNTY DEED BOOK 4
PAGE GRANTOR GRANTEE DATE
381 JAMES WHITFIELD, BOWLING C. BURNETT 24 MAR 1845
ADMINISTRATOR OF
EST OF ROBERT
FREEMAN, DEC'D
1845 MARCH 25 MISSISSIPPI ITAWAMBA COUNTY DEED BOOK 4
PAGE GRANTOR GRANTEE DATE
390 JAMES WHITFIELD, JEPTHA ROBINS AND 25 MAR 1845
ADM OF EST OF BOLING C. BURNETT
ROBERT FREEMAN,
DEC'D
NOTE THESE ENTRIES IN ITAWAMBA SETTLERS VOLUME 3 DALLAS LIB.
1996 SEPTEMBER 22
BOBBIE JO FREEMAN LANE PINSON,
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