HOWELL FREEMAN
REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIER
AND PLANTER
10-14-1996
(?BRIDGES FREEMAN = ELIZABETH?)
HOWELL FREEMAN = 1st ELIZABETH _?_
= 2nd TABITHA MAY
= 3rd HANNAH DOTY
CHILDREN OF HOWELL AND ELIZABETH
1 BURRELL FREEMAN = NANCY WILLIAMS
2 WILLIAM R. FREEMAN = MARY MASSIE
3 JEREMIAH FREEMAN = JANE CRAWFORD
4 ELIZABETH FREEMAN = JOHN C. MASSIE
5 MARY "POLLY" FREEMAN = AMBROSE W. HALLIBURTON
6 MARTHA "PATSY" FREEMAN = ABRAHAM SELF
1760 VIRGINIA
HOWELL FREEMAN WAS BORN
REVOLUTIONARY WAR PENSION STATEMENT (SEE ENTRY FOR 1834)
HOWELL FREEMAN SAID HE WAS BORN IN VIRGINIA IN 1760
HE MAY HAVE BEEN THE SON OF BRIDGES FREEMAN AND ELIZABETH _?_
AND HE MAY HAVE BEEN BORN IN SUSSEX COUNTY OR BRUNSWICK COUNTY
1764 NORTH CAROLINA BUTE COUNTY
FORMED FROM GRANVILLE COUNTY, BUTE WAS DISCONTINUED IN 1779
1776 OCTOBER 15 NORTH CAROLINA BUTE COUNTY RECORD BOOK 2A PAGE 188
THIS BUTE COUNTY RECORD NOW IN WARREN COUNTY COURT HOUSE
WILL OF WILLIAM REEVES DATED 15 OCTOBER 1776. RECORDED
FEBRUARY COURT 1778. LEGACY TO WIFE ELENDER REEVES & THEN TO
MY CHILDREN. TO FREDERICK RIEVES, RICHARD RIEVES, PEDLER (?)
REEVES & HAMBLETUN REEVES (RELATIONSHIP NOT STATED).EXECUTORS:
FREDERICK REEVES AND HENRY FREEMAN WITNESSES: HOWELL FREEMAN
AND FREDERICK REEVES (HOWELL FREEMAN WAS 16 YEARS OLD)
1778 FEBRUARY NORTH CAROLINA BUTE COUNTY COURT MINUTES
"BUTE COUNTY COMMITTEE OF SAFETY MINUTES 1775-1776"
PAGE 56 APPENDIX 11 THE OATH
I WILL BAIR FAITHFUL AND TRUE ALLIGANCE TO THE STATE OF
NORTH CAROLINA AND WILL TRULY ENDEVOUR TO SUPORT MAINTAIN AND
DEFEND THE INDEPENDANT GOVERM'T THEREOF AGAINST GEORGE THE
THIRD KING OF GRATE BRITTAIN AND HIS SUCESERS & THE ATTEMPTS
OF ANY OTHER PERSONS PRINCE POWER STATE OR POTINTATE WHO
BY SECRET ARTS THRASONS CONSPIRECOYS OR BY OPEN FORCE SHALL
ATTEMPT TO SUBJECT THE SAME AND I WILL DISCLOSE AND MAKE
KNOWN TO THE GOVERNOR SOM MEMBER OF THE COUNCILL OF STATE OR
SOM JUSTICE OF THE SUPERIOR COURTS OR OF THE PEASE ALL TREASON
CONSPIRECEYS AND ATTEMPTS COMMITTED OR ENTEDED AGAINST
THE STATE WHICH SHALL COME TO MY KNOWLEDGE
SOE HELP YOU GOD
PAGE 57 OATH OF ALLEGIANCE
IN THE BUTE COUNTY COURT MINUTES (FEBRUARY 1778) IT WAS
ORDERED THAT THE SEVERAL JUSTICES IN THE DIFFERENT DISTRICTS
IN THE COUNTY ADMINISTER THE STATE OATH TO THE PERSONS IN HIS
SAID DISTRICT TO QUALIFY THEM TO VOTE FOR THE MEMBERS IN THE
ELECTION. THE FOLLOWING LISTS WERE FOUND IN THE PITTMAN PAPERS
IN A FOLDER MARKED "MISCELLANEOUS COUNTY RECORDS (BUTE AND
WARREN), 1774-1804, N.D."
PAGE 60 CAPTAIN FERRELL'S DISTRICT
BRIDGES FREEMAN HENRY FREEMAN HOWEL FREEMAN WILLIAM FREEMAN
PAGE 61 MR. NORRIS DISTRICT
JESSE FREEMAN JOHN FREEMAN JOSEPH FREEMAN WILLIAM FREEMAN
1778 FEBRUARY 7 NORTH CAROLINA BUTE COUNTY DEED BOOK 4 PAGE 311
BUTE COUNTY DEED BOOKS NOW IN WARREN COUNTY COURT HOUSE
KIRBY SANDERS TO SAMUEL JONES BOTH OF BUTE COUNTY BY WILLIAM
FREEMAN ON CROOKED CREEK. WITNESSES: JACOB HEARTSFIELD AND
HOWELL FREEMAN. (HOWELL FREEMAN WAS 18 YEARS OLD)
1778 FEBRUARY 9 NORTH CAROLINA BUTE COUNTY COURT MINUTES (PAGE 67)
THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF WILLIAM REEVES DECE'D WAS
PRESENTED 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.
1779 NORTH CAROLINA FRANKLIN COUNTY AND WARREN COUNTY
BOTH WERE FORMED FROM BUTE COUNTY. BUTE COUNTY WAS ABOLISHED
1779 MARCH NORTH CAROLINA FRANKLIN COUNTY
HOWELL FREEMAN WAS 19 AND ENLISTED IN THE ARMY TO FIGHT IN THE
REVOLUTIONARY WAR FOR 3 MONTHS AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR JOHN PERRY
REVOLUTIONARY WAR PENSION STATEMENT
DID HOWELL FREEMAN MARRY ELIZABETH _?_ ABOUT THIS TIME ?
1780 NORTH CAROLINA FRANKLIN COUNTY
HOWELL FREEMAN WAS 20 AND VOLUNTEERED FOR SERVICE IN THE
CAVALRY FOR 3 MONTHS
REVOLUTIONARY WAR PENSION STATEMENT 1781-1782
NORTH CAROLINA OR SOUTH CAROLINA
BURRELL FREEMAN WAS BORN
THE SON OF HOWELL FREEMAN AND ELIZABETH _?_
THIS IS A GUESS BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE INFORMATION
1781 NORTH CAROLINA FRANKLIN COUNTY
HOWELL FREEMAN WAS 21 AND WAS DRAFTED FOR 12 MONTHS
REVOLUTIONARY WAR PENSION STATEMENT
1781 APRIL 25---1782 APRIL 25 NORTH CAROLINA FRANKLIN COUNTY
"ROSTER OF SOLDIERS FROM N.C. IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION"
PAGE 3: PIERCE'S REGISTER
FROM SEVENTEENTH REPORT OF THE NATIONAL SOCIETY
DAUGHTERS AMERICAN REVOLUTION
THE GENERAL INDEX OF THE REGISTER IS PRESERVED IN MSS.
IN THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
N.C. CERTIFICATES 89,501 TO 91,938
PAGE 9: NO. 90467. FREEMAN, HOWELL
PAGE 104: 10th REGIMENT---COL. ABRAHAM SHEPARD
PAGE 125:
NAME AND RANK COMPANY DATES OF ENLISTMENT
AND COMMISSION
FREEMAN,HOWELL,PT. CARTER'S 25 APRIL 1781
PERIOD OF SERVICE OCCURENCES
12 MO. TIME OUT 25 APRIL '82
1782-1783 SOUTH CAROLINA ?COUNTY?
AFTER THE WAR, HOWELL FREEMAN MOVED FROM FRANKLIN COUNTY,
NORTH CAROLINA TO SOUTH CAROLINA AND LIVED THERE 2 YEARS
REVOLUTIONARY WAR PENSION STATEMENT
1783 NORTH CAROLINA
THE STATE RECORDS OF NORTH CAROLINA, PUBLISHED UNDER THE
SUPERVISION OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARIES, BY
ORDER OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. COLLECTED AND EDITED BY
WALTER CLARK, ONE OF THE JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME COURT OF
N.C. VOL. XVI--1782-'83 GOLDSBORO, N.C., 1899.
ROSTER OF THE CONTINENTAL LINE FROM NORTH CAROLINA. 1783.
COPY OF A REGISTER SHOWING THE NAMES ALPHABETICALLY, RANK,
DATES OF COMMISSIONS AND ENLISTMENTS, PERIODS OF SERVICE
AND OCCURRENCES, TAKEN FROM THE ORIGINAL MUSTER AND PAY
ROLLS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA LINE OF THE LATE ARMY OF THE
UNITED STATES.
PAGE 1006 10th REGIMENT.---ABRAHAM SHEPARD, COLONEL.
PAGE 1060
NAME AND RANK. COMPANIES. DATES OF COMMISSIONS
AND ENLISTMENTS.
FREEMAN,HOWELL,PT. CARTER'S 25 APL., '81
PERIODS OF SERVICE OCCURENCES
12 MO. TIME OUT 25 APL., '82
1783 AUGUST 6 NORTH CAROLINA HALIFAX COUNTY HALIFAX
JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMISSIONERS APPOINTED BY
ACT OF ASSEMBLY PASSED IN MAY 1783 TO LIQUIDATE AND FINALLY
SETTLE THE ACCOUNTS OF THE OFFICERS & SOLDIERS OF THE CONTIN-
ENTAL LINE OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA.
MR. MONTFORT'S STORE ROOM 9:00 A.M.-2:00 P.M.
NORTH CAROLINA REVOLUTIONARY ARMY ACCOUNTS, VOL.II, BOOK 1
[432]-11 PAGE 7
EXAMINED THE CLAIM OF HOWELL FREEMAN & (SIC) COMMON SOLDIER
DUE HIM FOR PAY INCLUDING INTEREST TO THE FIRST DAY AUGUST
1783 23. 7. 1 (THIS IS 23 POUNDS, 7 SHILLINGS, 1 PENCE)
1783 NOVEMBER 15 NORTH CAROLINA
PIERCE'S REGISTER, 17th REPORT N.S.D.A.R. 1973 DALLAS
PAGE 9
NO. OF CERTIFICATE TO WHOM ISSUED
89501-91855 REGIMENT UNDER COL. THOMAS CLARKE,
NORTH CAROLINA, PAID TO NOVEMBER 15,
1783; R. FENNER, AGENT.
PAGE 188
NO. OF CERTIFICATE TO WHOM ISSUED AMOUNT
90467 FREEMAN, HOWELL $25.50
1784 FEBRUARY 20 NORTH CAROLINA JOHNSON COUNTY DEED BOOK 4
#604 PAGE 69 BRIDGES FREEMAN TO HOWELL FREEMAN BOTH OF SAME
20 FEBRUARY 1784 FOR 50 POUNDS, 125 ACRES IN FRANKLIN COUNTY
ON WATERS OF ANDREWS CREEK ON COOLEY & JAKES PATH BY
HARTSFIELD, MULLINS & HENRY FREEMAN. WITNESSES: HENRY FREEMAN
& CHUBY FREEMAN (FEMALE)
1784 NORTH CAROLINA
THERE SEEMS TO BE A SPACE OF 4 YEARS BETWEEN THE BIRTHS OF
BURRELL FREEMAN 1782 AND WILLIAM R. FREEMAN 1786. COULD THIS
BE ANOTHER CHILD BORN ABOUT 1784 ?
1784 NORTH CAROLINA JOHNSON COUNTY TAX LIST
HOWELL FREEMAN HAS 175 ACRES & 1 FREE POLL
1785 MARCH 3 NORTH CAROLINA JOHNSON COUNTY COURT MINUTE BOOK 111
PAGE 285 JOHN BRYAN, COLLECTOR IN THE DISTRICT OF CAPT.
BRYAN, CAPT. FISH AND CAPT. HOBBY COMPYS., RETURNED A LIST OF
INSOLVENTS: HOWELL FREEMAN ALLOWED.
1785 NORTH CAROLINA FRANKLIN COUNTY DEED BOOK 5 #470 PAGE 1244
HOWELL FREEMAN TO JACOB HARTSFIELD OF SAME..25 ACRES...PART OF
GRANT TO BRIDGES FREEMAN & FROM BRIDGES TO HOWELL FREEMAN.
WITNESSES: KIRBY SANDERS, JESSE ROWLAND, ANDREW HARTSFIELD
(WILLIAM H. ROWLAND AND FREDERICK ROWLAND IN MACON COUNTY,
MISSOURI NEAR SON, BURRELL FREEMAN, LATER ON)
1786 MARCH 25 NORTH CAROLINA FRANKLIN COUNTY
WILLIAM R. FREEMAN WAS BORN
THE SON OF HOWELL FREEMAN AND ELIZABETH _?_
FAMILY RECORDS WRITTEN DOWN ON PAPER IN PIKE COUNTY, ILLINOIS
AND NOW AVAILABLE IN REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIER FILE OF HOWELL
FREEMAN IN D.A.R. LIBRARY IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
1786 NORTH CAROLINA WARREN COUNTY WARRENTON
NORTH CAROLINA REVOLUTIONARY ARMY ACCOUNTS SECRETARY OF
STATE TREASURER'S & COMPTROLLER'S PAPERS PART III
NORTH CAROLINA, REVOLUTIONARY ARMY ACCOUNTS, VOL. III, (OLD
SERIES VOL. 3 JOURNAL OF COMMISSIONERS) "B"
[715]-1 STATEMENT OF THE ACCOUNTS OF THE NON COMMISSIONED
OFFICERS AND PRIVATES OF THE NORTH CAROLINA LINE, IN THE LATE
ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES, AS PASSED UPON BY THE COMMISSIONER
OF ARMY ACCOUNTS
[744]-30
NO. NAMES & RANK AMOUNT CHARGED AMOUNT CREDITED
BY EACH BY EACH
439 HOWEL FREEMAN P 58.35 (BLANK)
BALANCE PAID BALANCE ACTUALLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN REMARKS
& CHARGED BY FOUND DUE ACTUAL BAL. & WHAT
THE STATE WAS PD. BY THE STATE
58.35 53.30 (BLANK)
IN THIS VOLUME THE STATEMENTS OF ACCOUNTS ARE FOLLOWED BY
CORRESPONDING JOURNAL OF REMARKS. THE TWO PARTS NEED TO BE
CONSULTED IN ORDER TO OBTAIN A COMPLETE STATEMENT CONCERN-
ING THE PAY OF INDIVIDUAL SOLDIERS.
[791]-77 "B" JOURNAL OF REMARKS ON THE ACCOUNTS OF THE NON
COMMISSION'D OFFICERS AND PRIVATES OF THE NORTH CAROLINA LINE
IN THE LATE ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES AS PASSED UPON BY THE
COMMISSIONER OF ARMY ACCOUNTS.
[831]-117
439 DISALLOW'D INT. CHARGES FROM 1 MAY 81.
1787 FEBRUARY 16 NORTH CAROLINA FRANKLIN COUNTY DEED BOOK 6 #785
PAGE 16 HOWELL FREEMAN OF FRANKLIN COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA TO
JOHN MITCHELL OF CAROLINE COUNTY, VIRGINIA 50 POUNDS FOR 200
ACRES AT HENRY FREEMANS FORMER LINE & BY JOHN COOLEY, JACOB
HARTSFIELD (FORMERLY CALLED MULLENS), NORWOOD & FREEMAN
WITNESSES: JESSE ROWLAND, JORDAN ROWLAND
1787 DECEMBER NORTH CAROLINA REVOLUTIONARY ARMY ACCOUNTS
SECRETARY OF STATE TREASURER'S & COMPTROLLER'S PAPERS VOL. VI
NORTH CAROLINA, REVOLUTIONARY ARMY ACCOUNTS, VOL. VI, BOOK 24
"A LIST OF CERTIFICATES PAID INTO THE TREASURY FOR____OF THE
TAXES OF 1785 & 1786"
[2155]-289-BOOK 24 PAGE 53
1760 H. FREEMAN 4: 4: 8 1: 5: 4 (BLANK)
(NOTE: IN THE ABOVE ENTRY, THE SPACE ____ APPARENTLY WAS TO
HAVE THE WORD "PAYMENT" IN IT, BUT DOES NOT)
BOOK 2, HEADING (PAGE 20): "HILLSBOROUGH TREASURY OFFICE"
THIS BOOK CONTAINS AN ACCOUNT OF CERTIFICATES PAID INTO THE
STATE TREASURY OFFICE AT HILLSBOROUGH BY THE SHERIFFS AND
ENTRY TAKERS OF THE DIFFERENT COUNTIES. THE CERTIFICATES
ORIGINALLY WERE ISSUED BY THE DISTRICT BOARDS OF AUDITORS FOR
MILITIA PAY AND FOR SUPPLIES FURNISHED THE MILITIA AND
CONTINENTAL TROOPS, BY THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF SPECIFIC
TAXES FOR SUPPLIES FURNISHED CONTINENTAL TROOPS, AND BY THE
VARIOUS BOARDS OF COMMISSIONERS TO LIQUIDATE THE CLAIMS OF THE
CONTINENTAL OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS. THEY WERE REDEEMED BY THE
SHERIFFS, WHO ACCEPTED THEM FOR TAXES, AND BY THE ENTRY
TAKERS, WHO ACCEPTED THEM FOR LAND ENTRY FEES. THE SHERIFFS
AND ENTRY TAKERS, IN SETTLING THEIR ACCOUNTS WITH THE STATE,
PAID THE CERTIFICATES INTO THE OFFICE OF THE TREASURER. THESE
CERTIFICATES WERE LISTED BY THE TREASURER IN THIS AND OTHER
BOOKS, AND WERE THEN LODGED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COMPTROLLER
WHERE THEY WERE CANCELLED. THE CERTIFICATES ARE LISTED UNDER
THE HEADING OF THE OFFICIAL WHO PAID THEM INTO THE TREASURY
(EX. "JOHN CAINE SHERIFF OF BRUNSWICK COUNTY"). FOR EACH
CERTIFICATE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS GIVEN: THE NAME OF
THE PERSON TO WHOM THE CERTIFICATE WAS ISSUED, THE PRINCIPAL
STATED ON THE CERTIFICATE, AND THE AMOUNT OF INTEREST DUE.
1788 NORTH CAROLINA ?FRANKLIN COUNTY?
JEREMIAH FREEMAN WAS BORN
THE SON OF HOWELL FREEMAN AND ELIZABETH _?_
JEREMIAH FREEMAN IS LISTED AS 62 IN THE 1850 LAMAR COUNTY,
TEXAS FEDERAL CENSUS
1790 NORTH CAROLINA CHATHAM COUNTY FEDERAL CENSUS
HOWELL FREEMAN 4M.U/16 1M.16/UP 3F.
JEREMIAH FREEMAN ABOUT 2 IS 1 OF MALES U/16
WILLIAM R. FREEMAN ABOUT 4 IS 1 OF MALES U/16
UNKNOWN MALE UNDER 16 OF 1790 CENSUS IS NOT IN 1800 CENSUS
BURRELL FREEMAN ABOUT 8 IS 1 OF MALES U/16
HOWELL FREEMAN WHO WAS 30 IS 1M 16/UP
ELIZABETH FREEMAN UNDER 1 IS 1 OF 3F
UNKNOWN FEMALE OF 1790 CENSUS IS ALSO IN 1800 CENSUS
ELIZABETH FREEMAN 28 TO 30 IS ONE OF 3F
1791 MARCH 10 NORTH CAROLINA CHATHAM COUNTY
MARY "POLLY" FREEMAN WAS BORN
THE DAUGHTER OF HOWELL FREEMAN AND ELIZABETH _?_
_GENEALOGICAL HISTORY OF THE HALLIBURTON FAMILY_ COMPILED BY
WILLIAM KENNETH RUTHERFORD AND ANNA CLAY (ZIMMERMAN)
RUTHERFORD IN COLLABORATION WITH WESLEY HALLIBURTON 1959
PAGE 62. NICHOLSON MEMORIAL LIBRARY, GARLAND, TEXAS
1793 JUNE 23 NORTH CAROLINA CHATHAM COUNTY
ELIZABETH FREEMAN WAS BORN
THE DAUGHTER OF HOWELL FREEMAN AND ELIZABETH _?_
STATE OF ILLINOIS}ON THIS THE 17 DAY OF MAY (1855)...A TRUE
COUNTY OF PIKE }COPY OF JOHN C. MASSIES FAMILY RECORD AS
IT APPEARS TO US IN HIS FAMILY BIBLE...
THE BOOK AND PAGE NUMBER OF THIS COURTHOUSE RECORD HAS NOT
BEEN SENT FOR AT THIS TIME
1793 DECEMBER 19 NORTH CAROLINA CHATHAM COUNTY LAND GRANT RECORDS
OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE, RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA 27603
CHATHAM COUNTY, SCALE 100 POLE TO AN INCH. SURVEY'D THE 19th
DAY OF DEC.R 1793 ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY ACRES OF LAND FOR
HOWELL FREEMAN SD ASSIGNEE OF JOHN SINGLETON BY A WARRANT
NO. 103 ON THE WATERS OF CAPE FEAR RIVER BEGINNING AT A PINE
& POST OAK BENJAMIN HINESLEYS CORNER RUNING WEST ONE HUNDRED
AND THIRTY POLE TO A PINE ON BUTLERS LINE THEN NORTH FIFTY
POLE TO A POST OAK HIS CORNER THEN WEST SEVENTY POLE TO A
POST OAK ON OSBORNS LINE THEN NORTH EIGHTY EIGHT POLE ALONG
SAID LINE TO A PINE THEN EAST TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY EIGHT
POLE ALONG HINESLEYS LINE TO THE BEGINING.
JOHN SINGLETON } (UNREADABLE
BEN." HINESLEY } SCRAWL HERE)
1797 AUGUST 24 NORTH CAROLINA CHATHAM COUNTY
MARTHA "PATSY" FREEMAN WAS BORN
THE DAUGHTER OF HOWELL FREEMAN AND ELIZABETH _?_
SELF FAMILY BIBLE
1799 MARCH 9 NORTH CAROLINA CHATHAM COUNTY
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA BOOK NO. 100 PAGE 334 NO. 1433
LAND GRANT OF 150 ACRES ON CAPE FEAR RIVER TO HOWELL FREEMAN
ASSIGNEE OF JOHN SINGLETON
1800 NORTH CAROLINA FEDERAL CENSUS CHATHAM COUNTY PAGE 209
HOWELL FREEMAN 02110-21110-00
2M.10/16, 1M.16/26, 1M.26/45
2F.U/10, 1F.10/16, 1F.16/26, 1F.26/45
JEREMIAH FREEMAN IS 12 AND 1 OF 2M.10/16
WILLIAM R. FREEMAN IS 14 AND 1 OF 2M.10/16
UNKNOWN MALE OF 1790 CENSUS IS MISSING IN 1800 CENSUS
BURRELL FREEMAN IS ABOUT 18 AND THE 1M.16/26
HOWELL FREEMAN IS 40 AND THE 1M.26/45
MARTHA "PATSY" FREEMAN IS 3 AND 1 OF 2F.U/10
MARY "POLLY" FREEMAN IS 5 TO 8 AND 1 OF 2F.U/10
ELIZABETH FREEMAN IS 10 AND IS 1F.10/16
UNKNOWN FEMALE IS 1F.16/26 (?DAU=WILLIE UNDERWOOD?)
ELIZABETH FREEMAN IS 38 TO 40 AND THE 1F.26/45
THE UNKNOWN FEMALE ABOVE MAY HAVE MARRIED BETWEEN 1800-1808
IN EITHER CHATHAM OR WAKE COUNTIES. LOOK FOR A MARRIAGE.
BRIDGES FREEMAN IS NOT LISTED IN THIS CENSUS. WHY NOT ?
1801 JUNE 1 NORTH CAROLINA CHATHAM COUNTY DEED BOOK M PAGE 137-138
HOWELL FREEMAN, OF CHATHAM COUNTY, SELLS TO ALEXANDER SMITH,
OF SAME, FOR 75 POUNDS, 150 ACRES OF LAND ON THE WATERS OF
CAPE FEAR RIVER AND IN CHATHAM COUNTY HIS
WITNESSES HOWEL FREEMAN
JESSE ROWLAND SENR. MARK
HIS HER
ARTHUR HOWARD ELIZABETH FREEMAN
MARK MARK
TEST THOS RAGLAND CC
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 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
1807 JULY 12 KENTUCKY
WILLIAM R. FREEMAN AGE 21 MARRIED MARY "POLLY" MASSIE ABOUT
18, SISTER OF JOHN C. MASSIE
FAMILY RECORDS WRITTEN DOWN ON PAPER IN PIKE COUNTY, ILLINOIS
AND NOW AVAILABLE IN REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIER FILE OF HOWELL
FREEMAN IN D.A.R. LIBRARY IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
1807 AUGUST TERM NORTH CAROLINA WAKE COUNTY COURT MINUTES BOOK VI
(1804-1807) COLLECTOR, KIMBRO JONES D.S. LISTS:
HOWELL FREEMAN AS INSOLVENT AND 1 POLL
1808 MARCH 7 KENTUCKY LOGAN COUNTY
BURWELL FREEMAN ABOUT 26 MARRIED NANCY WILLIAMS ABOUT 17
IN RUSSELLVILLE, LOGAN COUNTY, KENTUCKY THE MARRIAGE LICENSES
FROM 1790 TO 1818 WERE COPIED BY THE RUSSELLVILLE D.A.R.
CHAPTER FROM RECORDS IN POSSESSION OF MR. EUGENE M. NOWSE
WHOSE FATHER MR. RICHARD NOWSE AND MR JOHN ORENDORFF COPIED
FROM THE ORIGINAL ONES BEFORE THEY BECAME TOO DIM WITH AGE.
AFTER THE ORIGINAL ONES BECAME ENTIRELY INDECIPHERABLE MANY
YEARS AGO THEY WERE DESTROYED. 1951.
COPIED BY MRS. J. WELLS VICK
1808 MARCH 7 KENTUCKY LOGAN COUNTY
GENERAL INDEX TO MARRIAGE LICENSES
GROOM TO BRIDE COLOR DATE
FREEMAN, HOWELL MAY, TABATHA W 1-13-09
FREEMAN, BURWELL WILLIAMS, NANCY W 3-7-08
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 JANUARY 13 KENTUCKY LOGAN COUNTY
HOWELL FREEMAN AGE 49 MARRIED TABITHA MAY
WIFE, ELIZABETH _?_, HAS PROBABLY DIED 1806-1808
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
1810-1811 TENNESSEE HUMPHREYS COUNTY
HOWELL FREEMAN MOVED FROM LOGAN COUNTY, KENTUCKY TO HUMPHREYS
COUNTY, TENNESSEE REVOLUTIONARY WAR PENSION STATEMENT
1811 TENNESSEE HUMPHREYS COUNTY
MARY "POLLY" FREEMAN ABOUT 20 MARRIED AMBROSE W. HALLIBURTON
ABOUT 21
THE YEAR OF MARRIAGE IS A GUESS BASED ON ALL RECORDS IN THE
MARY "POLLY" FREEMAN CHRONOLOGY
1812 TENNESSEE HUMPHREY COUNTY
"INDEX TO EARLY TENNESSEE TAX LISTS" HOWELL FREEMAN
1812 TENNESSEE GILES COUNTY "GILES COUNTY, TENNESSEE TAX LIST,
1812" AN ENUMERATION OF THE FREE TAXABLES IN GILES CO.
TENNESSEE AS RETURNED TO THE CLERK OF SAID COUNTY COURT BY THE
JUSTICES APPROVED FOR THAT PURPOSE 1812
BRIGES FREEMAN JONATHAN MASSEY JOSIAH LOVE
1812 DECEMBER 27 KENTUCKY WARREN COUNTY MARRIAGE REGISTER
PAGE DATE OF MARRIAGE NAME OF GROOM
163 DEC. 12" 1809 MELSORE JOHN
75 DEC. 27" 1812 FREEMAN JEREMIAH
133 JANY 20" 1814 JOHNSON LEVI
NAME OF BRIDE BY WHOM SOLEMNIZED
SIDNEY FREAMAN ATWOOD
JANE CRAWFORD GREATHOUSE
SALLY FREEMAN GREATHOUSE
(HE IS LISTED AS S. GREATHOUSE IN OTHER ENTRIES)
1813-1815 KENTUCKY
HOWELL FREEMAN MOVED BACK TO KENTUCKY
REVOLUTIONARY WAR PENSION STATEMENT
1815 JUNE 13 ?KENTUCKY?
ELIZABETH FREEMAN AGE 21 MARRIED JOHN C. MASSIE AGE 19
STATE OF ILLINOIS}ON THIS THE 17 DAY OF MAY (1855)...A TRUE
COUNTY OF PIKE }COPY OF JOHN C. MASSIES FAMILY RECORD AS
IT APPEARS TO US IN HIS FAMILY BIBLE...
THE BOOK AND PAGE NUMBER OF THIS COURTHOUSE RECORD IS NOT
KNOWN AT THIS TIME
1816 TENNESSEE DICKSON COUNTY
HOWELL FREEMAN MAY HAVE BOUGHT LAND ABOUT THIS TIME
1817 JANUARY TERM TENNESSEE DICKSON COUNTY COURT MINUTES
DEED OF CONVEYANCE FROM JOHN WOOD TO HOWELL FREEMAN FOR 50
ACRES.....PROVEN IN OPEN COURT BY OATH OF JAMES DICKSON & MARK
REYNOLDES & ORDERED TO BE CERTIFIED. L.D.S. FILM 0497187
1817 OCTOBER 9 THURSDAY TENNESSEE DICKSON COUNTY
"PIONEERS OF DICKSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE"
PAGE 184 "ORDERED THAT WILLIAM UNDERWOOD AND BETEY UNDERWOOD
MINOR CHILDREN BE BOUND TO AMBROSE H. BURTON WHICH IS DONE."
"ORDERED THAT JEREMIAH UNDERWOOD AND PATEY UNDERWOOD MINOR
CHILDREN BE BOUND TO HOWEL FREEMAN WHICH IS DONE."
1818 JANUARY TERM TENNESSEE DICKSON COUNTY COURT RECORDS
WITNESS DOCKET JANY TERM 1818
STATE VS JEREMIAH FREEMAN JAS YOUNG 1 DAY, ROBT MADDEN
1 DAY, DAVID DANIEL 1 DAY, SAML MORRISS 1 DAY, JOHN C. MASSY
1 DAY, MARK DRUMON 1 DAY, MILES P. SOTHERN 1 DAY
1818 JANUARY 7 WEDNESDAY MORNING TENNESSEE DICKSON COUNTY COURT
WEDNESDAY MORNING JANUARY 7th 1818. PRESENT: RICHD. C. NAPIER
DANIEL H. WILLIAMS. LARKIN DAWSON, ESQUIRES, JUSTICES.
GRAND JURY PRESENTED A BILL OF INDICTMENT AGAINST JEREMIAH
FREEMAN FOR PETTIT LARCENY. NOT A TRUE BILL: THEREFORE IT IS
CONSIDERED BY THE COURT AS MALICIOUS & THAT THE PROSECUTOR PAY
1818 JANUARY TENNESSEE DICKSON COUNTY COURT RECORDS
STATE VS JEREMIAH FREEMAN. BILL OF INDICTMENT NOT A TRUE BILL
WHEREUPON ON MOTION IT IS ORDERED BY THE COURT THAT SAMUEL
MORRISS THE PROSECUTOR PAY ALL THE COST.
1819 AUGUST TERM TENNESSEE DICKSON COUNTY COURT RECORDS
WILLIAM R. FREEMAN DEBT ON DEMURRER
VS.
STEPHEN HOWARD (NOTE: WILLIAM R. FREEMAN
NEHEMIAH SCOTT RECOVERED $610 DEBT PLUS
DANIEL H. WILLIAMS $18.25 DAMAGES)
NEHEMIAH SCOTT LATER TESTIFIED ON BEHALF OF HOWELL FREEMAN IN
HIS REVOLUTIONARY WAR PENSION APPLICATION AND IS FOUND IN THE
1850 LAMAR COUNTY, TEXAS CENSUS, WHERE HE HAD OBVIOUSLY GONE
TO FOLLOW BURRELL FREEMAN AND JEREMIAH FREEMAN
1820 JANUARY 13 TENNESSEE DICKSON COUNTY
MARTHA FREEMAN AGE 22 MARRIED ABRAHAM SELF AGE 20
SELF FAMILY BIBLE
1820 TENNESSEE FEDERAL CENSUS INDEX
HOWELL FREEMAN 100001-01101 14 DICKSON
WILLIAM R. FREEMAN 320010-20010 14 DICKSON
HARRIS FREEMAN 300001-21100 7 GILES
REUBEN FREEMAN 100120-00100 7 GILES
1820 TENNESSEE DICKSON COUNTY FEDERAL CENSUS PAGE 14
HOWELL FREEMAN 100001-01101
JEREMIAH UNDERWOOD AGE UNDER 10 IS 1 MALE UNDER 10
HOWELL FREEMAN AGE 60 IS 1 MALE 45 AND UP
PATEY UNDERWOOD AGE 10 TO 16 IS 1 FEMALE 10 TO 16
UNKNOWN FEMALE AGE 16 TO 18 IS 1 FEMALE 16 TO 18
TABITHA MAY AGE 26 TO 45 IS 1 FEMALE 26 TO 45
1826 JANUARY 3 TENNESSEE LAND GRANT NO. 4500
HOWELL FREEMAN PAID 1 CENT PER ACRE FOR A 50 ACRE LAND GRANT
BY THE STATE OF TENNESSEE AND SURVEYED ON 18 APRIL 1826 IN
DICKSON COUNTY LYING ON BEAR CREEK A WATER BRANCH OF YELLOW
CREEK AND ADJOINING THE 50 ACRES HE NOW LIVES ON
1826 JANUARY 3 TENNESSEE LAND GRANT NO. 4501
HOWELL FREEMAN PAID 1 CENT PER ACRE FOR A 150 ACRE LAND GRANT
BY THE STATE OF TENNESSEE AND SURVEYED ON 18 APRIL 1826 IN
DICKSON COUNTY LYING ON BEAR CREEK A WATER BRANCH OF YELLOW
CREEK AND ADJOINING THE 50 ACRES HE WAS GRANTED AND ALSO
ADJOINS THE 50 ACRES HE NOW LIVES ON
1826 NOVEMBER 18 TENNESSEE DICKSON COUNTY
"INDEX TO TENNESSEE LAND GRANTS 1775-1905, 1911." MICROFILM
ROLL 7 DALLAS LIBRARY:
COUNTY GRANTEE GRANT NO. ACRES DATE
DICKSON HOWELL FREEMAN 4500 50 NOV.18,1826
DICKSON HOWELL FREEMAN 4501 150 NOV.18,1826
DICKSON HOWELL FREEMAN 16066 50 NOV.19,1839
BOOK PAGE MIDDLE TENNESSEE
6 17 4489 TO 5536
6 18 4489 TO 5536
19 170 15865 TO 16938
1826-1830 TENNESSEE DICKSON COUNTY
TABITHA MAY FREEMAN MUST HAVE DIED BETWEEN 1826 AND 1830
MARTHA FREEMAN SELF NAMED ONE OF HER DAUGHTERS AFTER HER STEP-
MOTHER TABITHA MAY FREEMAN. MARTHA FREEMAN, THE YOUNGEST OF
HOWELL'S CHILDREN, WAS ONLY 12 WHEN TABITHA BECAME HER STEP-
MOTHER.
1830 MARCH 4 TENNESSEE DICKSON COUNTY
HOWELL FREEMAN AGE 70 MARRIED HANNAH DOTY AGE 43
HANNAH DOTY FREEMAN STATED THIS IN REVOLUTIONARY WAR PENSION
RECORD # 192906.
1830 MARCH 8 TENNESSEE DICKSON COUNTY
DEED BOOK D PAGE 673
HOWELL FREEMAN OF DICKSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE SELLS TO ABRAHAM
SELF OF DICKSON COUNTY TENNESSEE 140 ACRES ON BEAR CREEK A
BRANCH OF YELLOW CREEK FOR $100 HIS
TESTE MARK REYNOLDS HOWELL # FREEMAN
JOHN W. REYNOLDS MARK
1830 NOVEMBER 25 TENNESSEE WESTERN DISTRICT DICKSON COUNTY CENSUS
PAGE 332 HOWELL FREEMAN 1M.70/80, 1F.40/50
HOWELL FREEMAN IS 70 AND 1M.70/80 ABOVE
HANNAH DOTY FREEMAN IS 43 AND 1F.40/50 ABOVE
JEREMIAH UNDERWOOD AND PATEY UNDERWOOD ARE NO LONGER IN THE
HOUSEHOLD. All THE UNDERWOOD CHILDREN MAY NOW BE ON THEIR OWN
1832 FEBRUARY 18 TENNESSEE LAND GRANT NO. 16066
HOWELL FREEMAN MADE ENTRY FOR A 50 ACRE LAND GRANT BY THE
STATE OF TENNESSEE AND SURVEYED ON 23 AUGUST 1833 IN DICKSON
COUNTY LYING ON BEAR CREEK A WATER BRANCH OF YELLOW CREEK AND
ADJOINING THE 50 ACRES HE NOW LIVES ON
1832 MARCH TENNESSEE DICKSON COUNTY
DEED BOOK E PAGES 183-184
ABRAHAM SELF OF DICKSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE SELLS TO HOWELL
FREEMAN OF DICKSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE 50 ACRES ON THE SOUTH
SIDE OF BEAR CREEK FOR $25
(WITNESS) ISAAC HILL ABRAHAM SELF
NATHAN DILLAHAY
1833 OCTOBER 26 TENNESSEE DICKSON COUNTY
DEED BOOK E PAGES 305-306 REGISTERED 11 FEBRUARY 1834
HOWELL FREEMAN OF DICKSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE PAYS $100 TO
JOHN ADAMS OF DICKSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE FOR 140 ACRES ON THE
NORTH SIDE OF BEAR CREEK HIS
TESTE THOMAS H. HINSON JOHN A. ADAMS
SAMUEL ADAMS MARK
REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORD
STATEMENT OF
HOWELL FREEMAN
1834 OCTOBER 7 TENNESSEE DICKSON COUNTY S.S. COURT OF PLEAS
& QUARTER SESSIONS OCT TERM 1834
DECLARATION
IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THE BENEFIT OF THE ACT OF CONGRESS
PASSED JUNE THE 7TH 1832 -
STATE OF TENNESSEE S.S. COURT OF PLEAS & QUARTER
COUNTY OF DICKSON } SESSIONS OCT TERM 1834
ON THIS THE 7TH DAY OF OCTOBER 1834 PERSONALLY APPEARED
IN OPEN COURT, BEFORE THE COURT OF PLEAS & QUARTER SESSIONS
NOW SITTING HOWEL FREEMAN A RESIDENT OF SD.
COUNTY OF DICKSON AND STATE OF TENNESSEE SEVENTY FOUR
OF AGE
YEARS ^ WHO BEING FIRST DULY SWORN ACCORDING TO
LAW DOTH ON HIS OATH MAKE THE FOLLOWING
DECLARATION IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THE BENEFIT OF THE
ACT OF CONGRESS PASSED JUNE THE 7TH 1832.
THAT HE ENTERED THE SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES UNDER
THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS AND SERVED AS HEREIN
STATED - FIRST HE ENTERED THE SERVICE IN FRANKLIN
WHERE HE THEN RESIDED
COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA ^ ABOUT MARCH 1779 - AS A
SUBSTITUTE IN THE PLACE OF A MAN (HE THINKS BY) THE
NAME OF PERRY FOR A TOUR OF THREE MONTHS. HE
ENTERED THE SERVICE UNDER CAPT BRITTAIN HARRIS,
LIEUTENANT HAWKINS. THEY RENDESVOUSED AT WHAT
WAS THEN CALLED ALFORD CROSS ROADS UNDER THE COMMAND
OF COL EATON AND WERE MARCHED FROM THENCE TO TARBOR
OUGH WHERE THEY JOINED SOME MORE TROUPS. FROM
THENCE THEY MARCHED TO KINGSTOWN WHERE THEY JOINED
THE MAIN BODY OF THE MILITIA UNDER GENERAL ASH
THEY WERE THEN MARCHED UNDER THE COMMAND OF THE
AFORESAID OFFICER TO WHAT WAS CALLED THE WHITE HOUSE
ABOUT TEN MILES FROM CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA
FROM THENCE THEY MARCHED TO AUGUSTA UPON
THE SAVANAH RIVER WHERE THEY CROSSED THE RIVER AND MARCHED
TO THE MOUTH OF BRIAR CREEK IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA-THEY WERE
THEN IN PURSUIT OF THE BRITISH WHO WERE SUPPOSED TO
BE RETREATING FROM AUGUSTA. HE STATES THAT WHEN THEY
GOT TO THE BRIAR CREEK THE BRIDGE ACROSS THE CREEK HAD BEEN
DESTROYED IN CONSEQUENCE OF WHICH THEY WERE DETAINED
SEVERAL DAYS. WHILST WAITING AT THE MOUTH OF BRIAR
CREEK THEY WERE ATTACKED BY THE BRITISH WHO TOOK SOME FEW
PRISONERS AND KILLED A FEW. THEY THEN RETREATED BACK
TO THE WHITE HOUSE IN SOUTH CAROLINA WHERE THEY REMAIND
UNTIL THEY WERE DISCHARGED. HE TOOK A WRITTEN DISCHARGE
BUT THINKING IT OF NO SERVICE HE THEN LOST OR DESTROYED
IT LONG SINCE - HE THEN WENT BACK TO HIS HOME IN FRANKLIN
COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA HAVING SERVED OUT HIS TOUR
OF THREE MONTHS - SOMETIME IN THE YEAR 1781 HE
AGAIN ENTERED THE SEVICE AS A VOLUNTEER IN THE
CAVALRY IN FRANKLIN COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA UNDER
CAPTAIN ROBERTSON - LEUITENANT BAILY ROBERTSON
FOR A TOUR OF THREE MONTHS. HE MARCHED UNDER CAPT
ROBERTSON FROM LOUISBURG FRANKLIN COUNTY, N.CAROLINA
THROUGH WAKE COUNTY TO GUILFORD COUNTY. HE STATES
THAT THE COMPANY IN WHICH HE SERVED WAS EMPLOYED
IN FORAGING FOR THE ARMY AND THAT THEY HAD
NOT JOINED THE MAIN ARMY WHEN THE BATTLE WAS
FOUGHT AT GUILFORD COURT HOUSE. THOUGH THEY
WERE ON THE WAY TO JOIN THE ARMY AND
GOT IN HEARIN OF THE CANNON BEFORE THE
BATTLE WAS OVER. THEY MARCHED ON AND JOINED
THE MAIN ARMY AT RAMSAY'S MILL. THE
MAIN ARMY WAS THEN UNDER THE COMMAND OF
GENERAL GREEN - THEY WERE THEN MARCHED WITH
THE MAIN ARMY FROM RAMSAY'S MILL TO CAMDEN IN
SOUTH CAROLINA WHERE THEIR TERM OF SERVICE
EXPIRED AND THEY WERE DISCHARGED AND WENT HOME A FEW
DAYS BEFORE THE BATTLE AT CAMPDEN. IN THIS TOUR, HE SERVED
THREE MONTHS AS A PRIVATE UNDER THE ABOVE NAMED OFFICERS.
BEFORE HE GOT HOME HE WAS DRAFTED AGAIN AS A PRIVATE
FOR A TOUR OF TWELVE MONTHS, BUT WAS ALLOWED FORTY DAYS
TO STAY AT HOME. WHEN HIS FORTY DAYS WHICH HAD BEEN ALLOWED
FOR STAYING AT HOME HAD BEEN EXPIRED HE JOINED THE ARMY
ENTERED THE SERVICE UNDER A RECRUITING OFFICER BY
THE NAME OF CAPT ARMSTRONG AT HALIFAX IN NORTH
CAROLINA. THEY WERE THEN MARCHED MARCHED BY
CAPTAIN ARMSTRONG TO THE HIGH HILLS OF SANTEE WHERE
WE JOINED THE MAIN ARMY UNDER GENL GREEN
WHEN WE JOINED THE MAIN ARMY UNDER GENL GREEN HE
STATES THAT HE WAS HURT UNDER THE COMMAND OF ONE CAPT
SHARP - THE BATTLE OF THE EUTAW SPRINGS HAD BEEN FOUGHT
A SHORT TIME BEFORE HE JOINED THE ARMY AND LITTLE OR
NO FIGHTING OF ANY CONSEQUENCE TOOK PLACE
AFTERWARD HE STATES THEY WERE MARCHED
ABOUT TO DIFFERENT PLACES IN SOUTH CAROLINA BUT
NOTHING OF IMPORTANCE OCCURED. DURING THIS TIME
HE RECOLLECTS THAT HE WAS UNDER MAJ DONOHO
HE FURTHER STATES THAT A SHORT TIME AFTER THEY JOINED THE
ARMY HIS COMPANY WAS PLACED UNDER THE COMMAND
OF CAPT DEVARD OR BRAVARD - A SHORT TIME BEFORE
THEIR TIME EXPIRED THEY WERE UNDER CAPT BUSH
DURING THIS TOUR THE REGIMENT
TO WHICH HE BELONGED WAS UNDER THE COMMAND
OF COL LYTLE AND MAJ DONOHO. WHEN THE TERM
OF SERVICE HAD EXPIRED, HIS COMPANY WAS MARCH
ED TO CAMDEN AND DISCHARGED. IN THIS TOUR
HE SERVED TWELVE MONTHS AS A PRIVATE
WHICH ADDED TO HIS TWO FORMER TOURS OF
3 MONTHS EACH MAKING IN ALL EIGHTEEN
MONTHS HE SERVED AS A PRIVATE. HE RECEIVED
WRITTEN DISCHARGES BUT HAS LOST THEM. HE HAS NO
DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE AND THAT HE KNOWS OF NO
PERSON WHOSE TESTIMONY HE CAN PROCURE WHO CAN TESTIFY
ALL CLAIM
TO HIS SERVICE HE HEREBY RELINQUISHES ^ TO A PENSION OR
ANNUITY EXCEPT THE PRESENT AND DECLARES THAT HIS
NAME IS NOT ON THE PENSION ROLL OF THE AGENCY OF ANY STATE
OR TERRITORY.
SWORN TO AND SUBSCRIBED THE DAY AND YEAR AFORESAID
INTERROGATORIES - 1.ST WHERE AND IN WHAT YEAR WERE YOU BORN
ANS
1 I WAS BORN IN THE STATE OF VIRGINIA ACCORDING TO
INFORMATION - AND IN THE YEAR 1760
2 HAVE YOU ANY RECORD OF YOUR AGE
2
ANS MY FATHER HAD MY BIRTH RECORDED IN HIS FAMILY
BIBLE BUT THE SAME IS LOST OR DESTROYED. I HAVE
NO FURTHER RECORD OF MY AGE.
3RD WHERE WERE YOU LIVING WHEN CALLED INTO SERVICE
AND WHERE HAVE YOU LIVED SINCE THE REVOLUTIONARY
WAR AND WHERE DO YOU NOW LIVE
3 ANSER I WAS LIVING IN FRANKLIN COUNTY NORTH
CAROLINA AS ABOVE STATED IN MY DECLARATION
AFTER THE WAR I MOVED TO SOUTH CAROLINA LIVED
THERE 2 YEARS. I THEN MOVED BACK INTO NORTH
CAROLINA WHERE I LIVED TILL I MOVED TO THE
STATE OF KENTUCKY. FROM THENCE I MOVED INTO
THIS STATE AND SETTLED IN HUMPHREYS COUNTY FROM
THERE I MOVED BACK TO THE STATE OF KENTUCKY
WHERE I LIVED TILL I MOVED BACK TO THIS COUNTY
WHERE I HAVE LIVED EVER SINCE.
4 HOW WERE YOU CALLED INTO SERVICE, WERE YOU DRAFTED
DID YOU VOLUNTEER OR WERE YOU A SUBSTITUTE AND IF
SO, FOR WHOM
ANSWER I ENTERED THE SERVICE FIRST AS A SUBSTITUTE
FOR JNO PERRY MY 2ND TOUR I VOLUNTEERED - IN MY THIRD
TOUR I WAS DRAFTED.
5 STATE THE NAME OF SOME OF THE REGULAR OFFICERS &CO
WHO WERE WITH THE TROOPS WHERE YOU SERVED
5 ANS IN ADDITION TO THE OFFICERS WHOSE NAMES ARE SET
OUT IN THE ABOVE DECLARATION I CAN RECOLLECT
TO HAVE SEEN WITH GENL GREEN'S ARMY THE
FOLLOWING OFFICERS TO WIT - GENL MARION WHO
SEVERAL TIMES PASSED AND REPASSED BY US -
COL WASHINGTON OF THE HORSE - COL LEE OF THE
HORSE - FOR FURTHER PARTICULARS REFER TO MY
DECLARATION.
6 DID YOU EVER RECEIVE A DISCHARGE FROM THE SERVICE AND
IF SO, BY WHOM WAS IT GIVEN AND WHAT HAS BECOME
OF IT.
ANS I RECEIVED REGULAR DISCHARGES BUT HAVE
LOST THEM
7 STATE THE PERSONS TO WHOM YOU ARE KNOWN IN
YOUR PRESENT NEIGHBORHOOD AND WHO CAN TESTIFY
AS TO YOUR CHARACTER FOR VERACITY AND THEIR BELIEF
FOR YOUR SERVICES AS A SOLDIER OF THE REVOLUTION
ANS NEHEMIAH SCOTT HOWARD W TURNER
GUILFORD MILLS AND ALL OF MY NEIGHBORS TO
WHOM MY LIFE HAS BEEN KNOWN I FURTHER
STATE THAT THERE IS NO CLERGYMAN WHO CAN BE
PROCURED TO ATTEND AT THIS TERM OF THE COURT
SWORN TO AND SUBSCRIBED THE DAY AND YEAR AFORESAID
HIS
TEST HOWEL FREEMAN
FIELD FARRAR CLERK MARK
WE NEHEMIAH SCOTT HOWARD W TURNER AND GUILFORD MILLS RESIDING
IN COUNTY OF DICKSON AND STATE AFORESAID HEREBY...
(NOTE: THIS RECORD ABOVE ENDS IN MID-SENTENCE)
1835 MARCH 7 WEST TENNESSEE
LEDGERS OF PAYMENTS, 1818-72, TO U.S. PENSIONERS UNDER ACTS
OF 1818 THROUGH 1858 FROM THE RECORDS OF THE OFFICE OF THE
THIRD AUDITOR OF THE TREASURY. VOLUME D: REVOLUTIONARY WAR
PENSIONERS UNDER ACTS OF 1818 AND 1832. 1833-42. DALLAS
WEST TENNESSEE ACT OF 7th JUNE 1832
NAME RANK MONTHLY ALLOWANCE COMMENCEMENT.
HOWELL FREEMAN PR. OF INF & CAV 31.25 COM.G 7th MARCH 1835
1833 1834 1835 1836
MARCH SEPTEMBER MARCH SEPTEMBER MARCH SEPTEMBER MARCH SEPTEMBER
'35 " " " '36
1 1 1 1 1 1 3
DIED 4.th MAY 1836. PAID 3'D QUARTER 1836
LOIS POWELL MC CLURKIN CITES FOR HER DAR APPLICATION:
VOLUME 7, BOOK E-2 PAGE 90 WAR DEPARTMENT PENSIONER,
WEST TENNESSEE, NO. 29,583
1835 OCTOBER 15 TENNESSEE DICKSON COUNTY
HOWELL FREEMAN WROTE HIS LAST WILL
1836 MAY 4 TENNESSEE DICKSON COUNTY
HOWELL FREEMAN DIED
ABRAHAM SELF WAS EXECUTOR PROVEN JUNE 6TH.
1836 JUNE TERM TENNESSEE DICKSON COUNTY WILL BOOK 1 SOMETIMES
CALLED WILL BOOK A PAGE 126 & 127 NO.72 HOWELL FREEMAN'S LAST
WILL IS RECORDED. NAMES WIFE HANNAH AND STATES 6 CHILDREN:
BURRELL, WILLIAM, JEREMIAH, POLLY (MARY) BURTON (HALLIBURTON),
WIFE OF AMBROSE HALLIBURTON, MARTHA SELF, WIFE OF ABRAHAM SELF
AND ELIZABETH MASSIE, WIFE OF JOHN C. MASSIE. WITNESSES: STITH
RICHARDSON, JOHN HINSON AND JEREMIAH UNDERWOOD
LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT
OF HOWELL FREEMAN
WILL BOOK 1 (OR "A") PAGE 126:
HOWELL IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN. I HOWELL FREEMAN OF THE COUNTY
FREEMAN OF DICKSON AND STATE OF TENNESSEE FORESEEING THE CERTAINTY
NO. 72 OF DEATH AND BEING OF SOUND AND DISPOSING MIND
AND MEMORY DO PUBLISH MAKE AND ORDAIN THE FOL=
=LOWING AS MY LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT-THAT IS TO SAY
ITEM. IT IS MY WILL AND DESIRE THAT AFTER MY FUNERAL
EXPENSES ARE PAID THAT MY EXECUTOR HEREINAFTER NAMED
SHALL PAY ALL MY JUST DEBTS.
ITEM. I GIVE AND BEQUEATH TO MY BELOVED WIFE HANNAH
FREEMAN ONE BEDSTEAD BED AND FURNITURE ONE COW
AND CALF ONE DINNER POT, ONE OVEN, AND LID AND ONE
SKILLET ALL OF WHICH I GIVE TO HER AND HER HEIRS FOREVER
ITEM. IT IS MY WILL AND DISIRE THAT MY EXECUTOR HEREIN=
=AFTER NAMED SHALL SELL MY ESTATE REAL AND PERSONAL AT
PUBLIC SALE. AND THE PROCEEDS ARRISING FROM SAID SALE TO=
=GETHER WITH ALL MONEYS I MAY HAVE, EITHER IN CASH
OR DUE ME BY NOTE BOND OTHERWISE SHALL BE EQUALLY
DIVIDED AMONGST MY SAID WIFE HANNAH AND MY SIX
CHILDREN, VIZ. BURWELL, WILLIAM, JERAMIAH, FREEMAN
POLLY BURTON WIFE OF AMBROSE BURTON, MARTHA
SELF WIFE OF ABRAHAM SELF. AND ELIZABETH MASSIE
WIFE OF JOHN MASSIE ALL OF WHICH I GIVE TO THEM
AND THEIR HEIRS FOREVER.
ITEM. I HEREBY APPOINT MY SON-IN-LAW ABRAHAM
SELF SOLE EXECUTOR OF THIS MY LAST WILL
IN WITNESS WHEREOF I HEREBY MAKE PUBLISH AND DECLARE
THIS TO BE MY LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT HEREBY REVOKING
ALL FORMER WILLS BY ME MADE. THIS 15th DAY OF OCTOBER
1835. WITNESS MY HAND AND SEAL.
SIGNED, SEALED AND DECLARED AND HOWELL FREEMAN SEAL
PUBLISHED IN PRESENCE OF US
STITH RICHARDSON
JOHN HINSON . JERAMIAH UNDERWOOD.
WILL BOOK 1 (OR "A") PAGE 127:
HOWELL DICKSON COUNTY JUNE TERM 1836.
FREEMAN THEN WAS THE FOREGOING LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT
NO. 72 OF HOWELL FREEMAN DEC.D PRODUCED IN OPEN COURT
AND PROVEN TO BE SUCH BY OATHS OF STITH RICHARDSON
JOHN HINSON AND JERAMIAH UNDERWOOD SUBSCRIBING
WITNESSES THERETO WHICH WAS ORDERED BY THE COURT TO BE
RECORDED. TEST WM HIGHTOWER CLK
ESTATE SETTLEMENT PAPERS
OF
HOWELL FREEMAN
NOTE: THE FOLLOWING ESTATE SETTLEMENT PAPERS WERE LOOSE SHEETS
SUBMITTED TO AND RETAINED BY THE COURT. ALSO, THE COURT HAD
EACH OF THESE RECORDS COPIED INTO THE RECORD BOOKS NAMED.
1836 JUNE 6 TENNESSEE DICKSON COUNTY COURT HOUSE
ABRAHAM SELF, HARTWELL SLAYDEN AND ROBERT VANHOOK WERE
BONDED FOR $3,000. TO INVENTORY THE ESTATE OF HOWELL FREEMAN
AND TO SETTLE IT WITHIN 2 YEARS. ABRAHAM SELF WAS NAMED THE
EXECUTOR.
1836 JULY 2 TENNESSEE DICKSON COUNTY COURT HOUSE
(FRONT SIDE OF SHEET)
AT A SALE AT THE LATE DWELLING HOUSE
OF HOWEL FREEMAN DEC.D THE 2nd JULY 1836
PERSONS NAMES ARTICLES
THOS. H. HENSON_________|_1 BAY HORSE $80.62
M T ELLIS ______________| 1 BAY COLT _______ 21.56 1/4
BENJ ADAMS _____________| 1 COW & CALF __ 12.62 1/2
ABRAHAM SELF __________| 1 YEARLIN & 1 RAM 5.37
DO DO __________| 7 HEAD OF HOGS 20.06 1/4
THOS CUNNINGHAM_________| 1 LOT OF HOGS 21.25
ABRAHAM SELF ___________| 2 SHEEP _________ 3.00
J UNDERWOOD ____________| 1 SMALL KETTLE ___ .76
M T ELLIS ______________| SHOVEL & TONGS __ .50
WM UNDERWOOD ___________| 1 POT ___________ 1.81
WM ADAMS ______________| 1 KETTLE ________ 2.00
J G HENSON _____________| 1 SPIDER & LID .50
WM NORTHERN ___________| 1 POT ___________ .12 1/2
THOS H HENSON __________| 2 PAIR OF POT HOOKS .50
B HASLEY _______________| GRID IRON ____ .25
WM UNDERWOOD ___________| 1 OVEN ___________ .50
BENJ ADAMS _____________| 2 SMOOTHING IRONS 1.82
HANNAH FREEMAN _________| 1 FRIBIL __________ .06 1/4
Do Do ___________| SHOVEL & TONGS 1.62
WM UNDERWOOD ___________| 1 PR AND IRONS __ .25
H H BENETT _____________| 1 POT RACK _ 1.75
JOHN NORSWORTHY ________| Do Do _ .25
J G HENSON _____________| 1 AXE ______________ .50
Do Do _______________| 1 MATTOCK __________ .87 _
WM UNDERWOOD ___________| 1 PLOW _____________ .50
WILKONS TATOM __________| 1 Do ______________ .40
JOHN MITCHELL __________| 1 COTTER PLOW ___ .75
JOHN S SPENCER _________| 1 BOTTLE _______ .62 _
J G HENSON _____________| 1 BUCHER KNIFE ___ .18
HANAH FREEMAN __________| 1 PIGGEN ______ .25
Do Do _____________| 1 BUTTER STAND __ .25
GIPSON TAYLOR __________| 1 SUGAR STAND _ .26
HANNAH FREEMAN _________| 1 Do Do .37 _
------------
182.15 1/4
(BACK SIDE OF SHEET)
THOS. H. HENSON ________| 1 IRON WEDG $.5?
JOHN ADAMS _____________| 1 HOWEL ________ 2?
THOS. H HENSON _________| 1 FRO ____________ 50
SAML C ROBERTSON _______| CUPBOARD WARE 2.56
JAMES LEWIS ____________| 1 HONE & STRAP __ 50
WM. BAKER ______________| 1 CUPBOARD ________ 7.50
HANNAH FREEMAN _________| 1 BIBLE _________ 3.00
M COMER ________________| 3 PR. CARDS ______ 45
ABRAHAM SELF ___________| 1 BED & FURNITURE 16.31
HANNAH FREEMAN _________| 1 Do Do _____ 17.12
J NORMAN _______________| 1 Do Do 19.06
J UNDERWOOD ____________| 1 COVER LEAF _____ 3.81
A SELF _________________| 1 CHEST __________ 1.50
J COMER ________________| 2 CANDLE STICKS .31
B ADAMS ________________| 1 ARM CHAIR -- 1.01
ELISHA BURGESS _________| 2 CHAIRS ______ .68
S C ROBERTSON __________| 2 Do ______ .25
HANNAH FREEMAN _________| 1 Do ___________ 31
Do Do ___________| 1 SIDE SADDLE 12.50
|H FREEMAN DEC.D|
Do Do | 1 TABLE _____ .50
|INVENTORY (174)|
G TAYLOR _______________| 16 GEESE _______ 4.16
A SELF _________________| 9 C LEATHER 2 37 _
R MURPHEY ______________| 1 PLOW _________ 1.00
R VANHOOK ______________| 300 ACRES OF LAND 153.00
SAML ADAMS _____________| 1 PR HARNES & TRAY 87 _
BENJ ADAMS _____________| 1 HOE ___________ 27
HANNAH FREEMAN _________| 1 AXE ____________ 1.00
R VANHOOK ______________| 6 BARRELS 1.00
WM. UNDERWOOD __________| 1 MATTOCK __ 56 1/4
B ADAMS ________________| 1 PR. STREACHEY 56 1/4
R VANHOOK ______________| 1 LOT OF COON 16.06 1/4
HANNAH FREEMAN _________| 1 SPINNING WHEEL 25
WM. UNDERWOOD __________|
D. DUFF ________________| 1 TABLE _ 50
H M SLAYDEN ___________| 1 BAY MARE 18.00
| -----------
| 288.73 3/4
LEFT HALF OF SHEET)
THOS H HENSON __________| 1 CHEORS _________ $ 68 3/4
J UNDERWOOD ____________| 1 WASHING TUB ____ 50
HANNAH FREEMAN _________| 1 JAR ____________ 25
ELIZABETH RAGAN ________| 1 Do Do ___ 40
G TAYLOR _______________| 1 TIN BUCKETT _____ 35
WM. UNDERWOOD __________| 1 Do Do ____ 40
S HASLEY _______________| 1 PUTER SPOON ___ 12
JAMES LEWIS ____________| 1 FLAX WHEEL _____ 2.50
THOS. H HENSON _________| 1 BEE STAND ______ 3.00
M T ELLES ______________| 1 Do Do ___ 2.00
Do Do ______________| " Do Do __ 2.25
Do Do ______________| " Do Do __ 2.81 1/4
Do Do ______________| " Do Do _ 3.50
Wm NORMAN ______________| 1 LOT OF BACON 3.83
Wm UNDERWOOD _________| 28 LB BACON a/9 ___ 3.50
J. DURARD ______________| 32 Do a/9 _ 4.00
Wm UNDERWOOD _________| 25 Do 13 ct _ 3.25
H H BENETT _________| 28 Do 13 ct _ 3.68
HANNAH FREEMAN _________| 1 CLOCK ________ 7.50
Do Do____________| 1 REEL _________ 50
WITKENS TATOM _________| 1 CLVECE & SINGLETREE 50
RICHARD MURPHY _________| 1 SINGLETREE _____ 40
SAML C ROBERTSON _______| 1 IRON SQUARE _ 50
B HASLEY ______________| 1 JACK PLAIN __ 88
J G HENSON _________| 1 HAND AXE _________ 87 _
WILLIS FOSTER___________| 2 WHETSTONES ______ 50
JOHN NORSWORTHY_________| 2 AUGERS __________ 1.00
H H BENETT _________| 2 Do __ 75
B HASLEY ______________| 1 LOT OF TOOLS .25
H H BENETT _____________| 1 HAND SAW ___ 87 _
JOHN ADAMS _____________| 1 CESIL & RASP _ 37 _
M T ELLES ______________| 1 LOG CHAIN ___ 37 _
THOS. H HENSON _________| 1 WHETSTONE ___ 26
J S SPENCER _________| 1 Do ___ 6 1/4
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52.43 1/4
(RIGHT HALF OF SHEET)
G TAYLOR _______________| 1 LOT OF SHOE TOOLS $ 8?
J G HENSON _____________| NAILS ____________ 3?
THOS. G BATTHROP _______| 1 DRAWING KNIFE _ 2?
Wm NORTHERN ____________| HAF BUSHEL _________ 12
D LIGHT ________________| 1 BELL ___________ 12
G TAYLOR _______________| BRASS TAX ________ 18
J NORMAN _______________| 1 BOX LUMBER ____ 1.00
THOS. H HENSON _________| 1 BOX TOOLS ______ 1.12
S L HASLEY _____________| 1 OLD SAW _____ 25
J DURARD _______________| 1 LOT OF LEATHER ____ 2.00
JAMES GILMORE __________| 1 LOT OF PLUNDER .25
B HASLEY _______________| SINGLETREE _________ 12
J G HENSON _____________| 1 SHOVEL PLOW _____ 75
Do Do ______________| 1 HARROW ___________ 87 _
SAML. C ROBERTSON ______| 1 SYTHE & CRADLE __ 1.00
JAS: SMITH _____________| 1 LOT OF BLACKSMITH T 5.25
ABRAHAM SELF ___________| 1 PR. STEELYARDS ___ 50
THOS. H HENSON _________| 1 PR. HARNES ________ 75
D ROBERTSON ____________| 1 PR. CHAINS _________ 50
J UNDERWOOD ____________| 1 PR. Do ______ 1.50
D W MARTEN _____________| 1 OX YOKE __________ 12 _
J NORSWORTHY ___________| 1 BRIDLE ____________ 25
Wm UNDERWOOD ___________| 1 LOT OF PUTER ___ 1.25
ELIZABETH RAGAN ________| 1 BASON __________ 50
W BAKER ________________| CANDLE MOLES 40
J G HENSON _____________| GRIND STONE ___ 12 _
JOHN MITCHELL __________| 2 CHAIRS ___________ 31
M T ELLES ______________| 1 SPICE MORTER ___ 1.06 1/4
WELES UNDERWOOD ________| 1 PR. AND IRONS ____ 1.12 _
HANNAH FREEMAN ____| 1 COFFEE MILL _____ 1.75
Wm BAKER ______________| 3 RUPHOOKS 75
A SELF ______________| 1 PR. SHEEPSHARES 44
BENJ ADAMS _____________| 1 BUFFALO RUG __ 1.70
Wm. UNDERWOOD __________| 1 BUCHER KNIFE 12 _
H H BENETT _____________| 1 PR. STEELYARDS 2.55
GIPSON TAYLOR _____ | 1 HACKLE 25
Wm. GARRETT ____________| 1 SHOT GUN 4.06
------
34.49
1836 JULY 2 TENNESSEE DICKSON COUNTY "DICKSON COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
SETTLEMENTS, APRIL 1823 TO JUNE 1841"
PAGE 317 YEAR'S PROVISION MADE FOR HANNAH FREEMAN, WIDOW OF
HOWELL FREEMAN, ON 2 JULY 1836
PAGE 332-336 INVENTORY OF ESTATE OF HOWELL FREEMAN, DECEASED;
SALE HELD 6 OCT. 1835. ABRAHAM SELF, ADMINISTRATOR.
PAGE 380-383 SETTLEMENT WITH ADMINISTRATOR OF HOWELL FREEMAN,
DECEASED. 20 JAN. 1838 (NOTE: PAGES 381 AND 382 WERE
BLANK IN THIS BOOK.)
183? TENNESSEE DICKSON COUNTY COURT HOUSE
(ON THE FRONT OF LOOSE SHEET)
AMT OF MONEY & NOTES BELONGING
TO THE ESTATE OF HOWELL FREEMAN DCE'D
ONE NOTE OF _________________$12.75
DUE THE 6th OCT 1835
CASH ______________________ 94.00
------
AMT. OF THE SALE OF THE ESTATE 557.52
-------
TOTAL AMT. ------$664.27
ABRAHAM SELF EXECUTOR
1838 JANUARY 2O TENNESSEE DICKSON COUNTY COURT HOUSE
(ON THE BACK OF LOOSE SHEET)
174
SETLEMENT MADE
WITH THE ADMTR
OF HOWEL FREEMAN
DECD_ _ _
RECORDED
(ON THE FRONT OF LOOSE SHEET)
AGREABLE TO AN ORDER OF COURT TO US DERECTED TO SETTLE
WITH THE ADMINISTRATOR OF HOWELL FREEMAN DECET
FIND AS FOLLOWS TO WIT--
THE AMO. OF SAILS $664.27 $664.27
FIRST VOUCHER____ $11.75 115.85
------
2 DITTO_______ .25 $548.42
3 DITTO_______ 4.00
4 DITTO ___ 54.00
5 DITTO _____ 2.50
6 DITTO __ 2.87
7 DITTO ____ 10.73
8 DITTO __ 3.50
9 DITTO _______ .88
10 DITTO ______ 3.00
11 DITTO _____ 5.00
12 DITTO _____ 13.50
13 DITTO ____ 3.87
------
THE AMO. ___ $ 115.85
WE THE UNDERSIGN COMMISSONS FINDS IN THE HANDS OF
ABRAHAM SELF ADMINESTROR OF HOWELL FREEMAN
DECAD. FIVE HUNDRED AND FORTY EIGHT DOLLARS AND
4 FOURTY TWO CENTS--GIVEN UNDER OUR HANDS THIS
20th OF JAN.Y 1838 W NORSWORTHY
D H WILLIAMS
JAS: DANIEL
1840 TENNESSEE DICKSON COUNTY FEDERAL CENSUS
PRINTED PAGE 213 ABRAHAM SELF 1002001 - 1331001
PRINTED PAGE ? WILLIE UNDERWOOD 01100001 - 122001
CONSECUTIVE WITH JEREMIAH UNDERWOOD 21001 - 01001
1841 JULY 26 TENNESSEE DICKSON COUNTY COURT HOUSE
(ON BACK SIDE OF LOOSE SHEET)
174
CHAIRMAN COUNTY COURT
VS | SPA
ABRAHAM SELF ADMR
ISSD 26th JULY 1841
EXECUTED ON THE
28th DAY OF
AUGUST 1841
THOS MC MURRY SHF
(ON FRONT SIDE OF LOOSE SHEET)
STATE OF TENNESSEE
TO THE SHERIFF OF DICKSON COUNTY GREETING
YOU ARE HEREBY COMMANDED TO SUMMON ABRAHAM
SELF TO APPEAR BEFORE ME AT MY OFFICE IN CHARLOTTE
IN LESS THAN THIRTY DAYS AFTER THE SERVICE OF THIS
SUBPOENA THEN AND THERE TO SETTLE HIS ACCOUNT AS
EXECUTOR OF HOWELL FREEMAN DEC.D AND THIS
HE SHALL IN NO WISE OMIT UNDER THE PENALTY OF
THE LAW. HEREIN FAIL NOT AND HAVE THEN HERE
THIS WRIT. WITNESS WILLIAM HIGHTOWER CLERK OF
SAID COURT AT OFFICE THIS 26th DAY OF JULY 1841.
WM HIGHTOWER CLK
BY HIS DEPUTY THO J KELLY
1842 APRIL 18 TENNESSEE DICKSON COUNTY COURT HOUSE
(ON BACK SIDE OF LOOSE SHEET)
N 174
CHAIRMAN OF CO CO
VS | SPA
ABRAHAM SELF EXR.
ISSD 18 APRIL 1842.
EXECUTED ON
THE 27 OF APRIL
1842 BY
SUMMON
A SELF
THOS MC MURRY
SHFF
(ON FRONT SIDE OF LOOSE SHEET)
STATE OF TENNESSEE
TO THE SHERIFF OF DICKSON COUN COUNTY--GREETING.
YOU ARE HEREBY COMMANDED TO SUMMON ABRAHAM SELF
TO APPEAR BEFORE ME AT MY OFFICE, IN THE TOWN OF CHARLOTTE,
IN LESS THAN THIRTY DAYS AFTER THE SERVICE OF THIS SUBPOENA,
THEN AND THERE TO SETTLE HIS ACCOUNT, AS EXECUTOR OF THE
LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF HOWELL FREEMAN DEC.D
AND THIS HE SHALL IN NO WISE OMIT UNDER THE PENALTY OF THE
LAW. HEREIN FAIL NOT, AND HAVE THEN AND THERE THIS WRIT.
WITNESS WILLIAM HIGHTOWER CLERK OF SAID COUNTY COURT,
AT OFFICE, THIS 18th DAY OF APRIL 1842 WM HIGHTOWER CLERK
BY HIS DEPUTY THO. J. KELLY
174
1842 APRIL 28 TENNESSEE DICKSON COUNTY COURT HOUSE
(ON ONE HALF OF LOOSE SHEET)
174
SETTLEMENT WITH
ABRAHAM SELF EXECUTOR
OF HOWELL FREEMAN DEC'D
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
28 APRIL 1842
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
RECORDED IN BOOK B
PAGES 64-5.
1842
(ON OTHER HALF OF LOOSE SHEET)
ABRAHAM SELF EXECUTOR OF HOWELL FREEMAN DECD
(MISSING) WITH SAID ESTATE DR.
TO AMOUNT FOUND IN HIS HANDS AT LAST SETTLEMENT WITH
COMMISSIONERS ON THE 20th JANY 1838 $548.42
CREDITS
BY 5% ALLOWED EXR. FOR ADMINISTERING ON SAID ESTATE .}
SAY ON $664.27 $33.21}
BY AMT PAID JNO ADAMS FOR CRYING SALE 3.00
" do PAID A. SELF THE EXR. FOR THE SEASON OF ONE}
MARE TO HORSE EAGLE }4.00
" AMT PAID FOR 5 GALS. WHISKEY ON DAY OF SALE 5.00
" GEATHERING & SHUCKING CROP OF CORN 5.00 50.21
------ ------
" AMOUNT PAID BALANCE TO BE DISTRIBUTED AMONGST} $498.21
THE SEVEN LEGATEES TO WIT- BURWELL FREEMAN WM }
R FREEMAN, JERAMIAH FREEMAN, AMBROSE HAL= }
=LIBURTON, JOHN C. MASSIE, ABRAHAM SELF(THE }
EXR.) AND HANNAH FREEMAN (THE WIDOW) }
MAKING EACH SHOW ON THE 20. JANY 1838. $71.17
BY HANNAH FREEMANS RECEIPT DATED 4 JULY 1836. $18.00
" do. do. do. " 25.NOVR.1836. 5.00
" do. do. do. " 7 NOV. 1836. 50.18. 73.18
-----
AMOUNT OVERPAID TO THE WIDOW HANNAH FREEMAN. $2.01
IN FULL
BY WM R. FREEMANS RECEIPT^DATED 18 OCTR 1838. 71.89
AMOUNT OVERPAID TO WM R FREEMAN .72
IN FULL
BY AMBROSE HALLIBURTONS RECEIPT^DATED 29. OCTR 1839 71.89
AMOUNT OVERPAID TO A. HALLIBURTON .72
BY BURWELL FREEMANS RECEIPT DATED 29th OCTR 1838. 71.89
AMOUNT OVERPAID TO B. FREEMAN .72
TO AMT DUE AS ABOVE ON 20th JANY 1838. $498.21
CREDITS
BY FOUR DISTRIBUTIVE SHARES PAID OUT AS ABOVE, TO WIT,
CARRIED OVER.
(ON BACK SIDE OF LOOSE SHEET)
TO AMOUNT BROUGHT FORWARD $498.21
TO HANNAH FREEMAN, WM R FREEMAN, AMBROSE HALLI=}
=BURTON AND BURWELL FREEMAN $71.17 EACH $284.68}
BY A. SELF(THE EXR.) DISTRIBUTIVE SHARE OF SD. ESTATE
71.17 $355.85
EXR ------
BAL. IN HAND OF ADMR. DUE TO JOHN C. MASSE AND } $142.36
JERAMIAH FREEMAN WITH INTEREST FROM THE 20. OF }
JANUARY 1838. }
TO INTEREST ON THE SAME TILL 20th JANY. 1842 34.16
------
$176.52
CREDIT
BY CLERKS FEES FOR THIS SETTLEMENT & RECORDING SAME. 2.50
------
BAL IN HAND FO AD THE EXECUTOR DUE TO JOHN C.} $174.02
MASSIE AND JERAMIAH FREEMAN 20. JANY 1842. }
COUNTY COURT CLERKS OFFICE 28th APRIL 1842
WM HIGHTOWER CLK ABRAHAM SELF EXECUTOR
BY HIS DEPUTY THO J KELLY
1843 OCTOBER 18 TENNESSEE DICKSON COUNTY COURT HOUSE
(ON BACK SIDE OF LOOSE SHEET)
174
SETTLEMENT WITH ABRAM
SELF EXR. OF HOWLL
FREEMAN DED_
RECORDED IN BOOK
B PAGE 177
(ON FRONT SIDE OF LOOSE SHEET)
ABRAHAM SELF EXR OF HOWEL FREMAN DECEASED
IN ACCOUNT WITH SAID ESTATE DR
TO THIS AMOUNT IN HANDS OF EXR. ON LAST SETTLEMENT $ 174.02
" INTEREST ON SAME FROM 28th APRIL 1842 15.37
------- $ 189.39
CREDITS
BY CLERKS FEES FOR THIS SETTLEMENT AND RECORDING 2.50 2.50
------- $ 186.89
COUNTY COURT CLERKS OFFICE 18 OCT. 1843
THO MC NEILLY CLERK
1844 JANUARY 10 TENNESSEE DICKSON COUNTY COURT HOUSE
(ON BACK SIDE OF LOOSE SHEET)
CHAIRMAN OF CO CO
VRS | SPA
A SELF ADMR
ISSD. 10 JANY. 1844
I ACKNOWLEDGE THE SERV
ICE OF THE WITHIN SUBPOENA
THIS 10 JANY 1844
ABRAHAM SELF
(ON FRONT SIDE OF LOOSE SHEET)
STATE OF TENNESSEE
TO THE SHERRIFF OF DICKSON COUNTY GREETING
YOU ARE HERE BY COMMANDED TO SUMMON ABRAHAM SELF AD
AMR. OF THE ESTATE OF HOWEL FREMAN DECD TO APPEAR BEFORE
THE COUNTY COURT OF SAID COUNTY AT ITS FEBRUARY TERM 1844
THEN AND THERE TO GIVE NEW OR COUNTER SECURITY AS ADMR. OF SAID
ESTATE IN PLACE OF HARTWELL M SLAYDEN WHO HAS PETIOND
THIS COURT FOR THE ISSUANCE OF THIS SUBPOENA WHEREIN FAIL NOT
AND HAVE THEN AND THERE THIS WRIT. WITNESS THO. MC NEILLY CLEK
OF SAID COUNTY AT OFFICE THIS 10th DAY JANUARY 1844
THO MC NEILLY CLERK
1844 OCTOBER 18 TENNESSEE DICKSON COUNTY COURT HOUSE
(ON BACK SIDE OF LOOSE SHEET)
174
SETTLEMENT WITH A. SELF
EXCR. OF HOWEL FREMAN
DEC. 18 OCTR 1844
RECORDED IN BOOK
B PAGE 224
(ON FRONT SIDE OF LOOSE SHEET)
ABRAHAM SELF EXECUTOR OF HOWEL FREEMAN DECEASED
IN ACCOUNT WITH SAID ESTATE DR
TO AMOUNT IN THE HAND OF THE EXR. AT THE LAST SETTLEMENT $186.89
" INTEREST ON SAME ONE YEAR TILL 18th OCTOBER 1844 11.21
------ $198.10
CREDITS
BY CLERKS FEES FOR THIS SETTLEMENT & RECORDING SAME 2.50
BALANCE IN HANDS OF EXR. ON 18 OCTOBER 1844 ----- $195.60
THE EXR. STATES THAT THE HEIRS TO WHICH THE ABOVE BELONGS HAS NOT
APPLYED TO HIM FOR THE SAME AND CONSEQUENTLY HE IS NOT PREPAR
ED TO MAKE HIS FINAL SETTLEMENT COUNTY COURT CLERKS OFFICE
NOV 13 1844 THO MC NEILLY CLERK
1846 APRIL 22 TENNESSEE DICKSON COUNTY COURT HOUSE
(ON BACK SIDE OF LOOSE SHEET)
174
SETTLEMENT WITH A SELF
ADMR. OF H. FREEMAN
RECORDED IN BOOK B
PAGE 293
1846
(ON FRONT SIDE OF LOOSE SHEET)
ABRAHAM SELF ADMR. OF HOWEL FREMAN DEC.
IN ACCOUNT WITH SAID ESTATE DR
TO AMT IN HANDS OF ADMR. AT LAST SETTLEMENT $ 195.60
" INTEREST ON SAME ONE YEAR TILL 18th OCTR 1845 11.73
------ $ 207.30
CREDITS
BY CLERKS FEES FOR THIS SETTLEMENT &c 2.50
COUNTY COURT CLERKS OFFICE APL. 22d 1846 ----- $ 204.80
THO MC NEILLY CLERK
1850 TEXAS LAMAR COUNTY FEDERAL CENSUS PRINTED PAGE 294A
370-370 NEHEMIAH SCOTT 66 M FARMER 100 NO. C.
SARAH 33 F TENN
ESTER 16 F "
DANIEL 13 M "
SAMUEL 10 M "
ALFRED 10 M "
THOMAS 7 M "
BENJAMIN 4 M "
ROBERT 2 M "
TABITHA 6/12 F TEXAS
1850 TENNESSEE HUMPHREYS COUNTY FEDERAL CENSUS
839 ANDREW DOTTY 36 M TENNESSEE LABORER
MARTHA 30 F NORTH CAROLINA
JOHN 11 M TENNESSEE
THOMAS 7 M TENNESSEE
LUCY 5 F TENNESSEE
ANDREW G. 3 M TENNESSEE
MARY 1 F TENNESSEE
841 NELLY WALKER 61 F GEORGIA
SARAH 56 F GEORGIA
JERUSHA 31 F TENNESSEE
HANNAH FREEMAN 63 F SOUTH CAROLINA
SINCE HANNAH FREEMAN WAS HANNAH DOTY WHEN SHE MARRIED
HOWELL, THE ANDREW DOTTY ABOVE MAY BE HER KIN IN SOME WAY
1856 DECEMBER 3 TENNESSEE HUMPHREY COUNTY COURT HOUSE
PAGE 1
STATE OF TENNESSEE }S.S.
COUNTY OF HUMPHREYS}PERSONALLY APPEARED
BEFORE ME ROBERT SMITH, AN ACTING
JUSTICE FO THE PEACE IN AND FOR
THE COUNTY AND STATE AFORESAID HANNAH
FREEMAN, WIDOW OF HOWEL FREEMAN
DECEASED, AND AFTER BEING DULY SWORN ACCORDING
TO LAW, DECLARES THAT SHE WAS MARRIED TO
HOWEL FREEMAN A REVOLUTIONARY
PENSIONER OF THE UNITED STATES ON THE
4th DAY OF MARCH AD. 1830 BY ONE
HUEL PARISH, A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
SAID MARRIAGE WAS SOLEMNIZED IN
THE COUNTY OF DICKSON, STATE AFORESAID
AND THAT HER SAID HUSBAND HOWEL FREEMAN
DIED AT HIS RESIDENCE IN THE COUNTY OF
DICKSON, AND STATE AFORESAID ON THE
4th DAY OF MAY AD. 1836
AND THAT SHE HAS NOT SINCE BEEN MARRIED
TO ANY PERSON, BUT IS NOW A WIDOW. ---
SHE MAKES THIS DECLARATION FOR
THE PURPOSE OF OBTAINING THE PENSION TO
WHICH SHE MAY BE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE
PR. ACT. 3 DAY OF FEBRUARY A.D. 1853.
SWORN TO AND SUBSCRIBED} HER
BEFORE ME THIS 3rd DAY } HANNAH X FREEMAN
OF DECEMBER A.D. 1856 } MARK.
}
ROBERT SMITH
LOIS POWELL MC CLURKIN CITES FOR HER DAR APPLICATION:
VOLUME H, PAGE 253 WAR DEPARTMENT
WDw LAND WARRANT 51,885 PENSION W-19296
1860 AUGUST 18 TENNESSEE HUMPHREYS COUNTY FEDERAL CENSUS
POST OFFICE: WAVERLY PRINTED PAGE 124
937-937 SARAH WALKER 66 F GEORGIA
HANNAH FREEMAN 73 F SC
NELLY WALKER 71 F GEORGIA
1867 ?TENNESSEE HUMPHREYS COUNTY?
HANNAH DOTY FREEMAN WAS 80 YEARS OF AGE IN 1867
STATED IN PAPERS RELATED TO HER PENSION APPLICATION
1976 JULY 4 TENNESSEE DICKSON COUNTY CHARLOTTE COUNTY COURT HOUSE
REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIERS
A MARKER TO DICKSON COUNTY MEN, WHO SERVED IN THE AMERICAN
REVOLUTION, WAS DEDICATED 4 JULY 1976. THE MARKER IS ON THE
COURTHOUSE LAWN IN CHARLOTTE. THE INSCRIPTION READS:
IN MEMORY OF
SOLDIERS OF THE
AMERICAN REVOLUTION
BURIED IN DICKSON COUNTY
PAUL ABNEY, VA. ROBERT NESBITT, S.C.
GIDEON CARR, VA. DAVID PASSMORE, N.C.
GEORGE CLARK, N.C. GUSTAVUS RAPE, N.C.
BENJAMIN DARROW, CONN. JOHN REYNOLDS, N.C.
GEORGE DAVIDSON, S.C. WILLIAM REYNOLDS, N.C.
JOSEPH DICKSON, N.C. CHRISTOPHER STRONG, S.C.
SGT. RICHARD EPPES, VA. JOHN TATUM, N.C.
-> HOWELL FREEMAN, N.C. WILLIAM TATUM, N.C.
ABRAHAM HOGINS, N.C. CHARLES THOMPSON, VA.
MORGAN HOOD, N.C. EDMOND TIDWELL, S.C.
WILLIAM HUDSON, VA. GEORGE TUBB, S.C.
AARON JAMES, PA. JOHN TURNER, N.C.
JOHN LARKIN, N.C. ISAAC WALKER, N.C.
JOHN MABIN, N.C. BENJAMIN C. WATERS, VA.
JOHN MAYBOURN, S.C. LT. WILLIAM WILEY, N.C.
WILLIAM MORRISON, S.C. CAPT. DANIEL WILLIAMS, N.C.
CAPT. RICHARD NAPIER, VA. ELLIS TYCER
JOHN NESBITT, S.C. BARTHOLOMEW SMITH
ERECTED BY
GIDEON CARR CHAPTER DAR
1976
AMERICAN REVOLUTION BICENTENNIAL
1996 SEPTEMBER 22
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