Freemantown Research Guide

Information about and resources related to the Freemantown community in Floyd County, Georgia

Timeline: Nick Freeman

  • born abt Mar 1851
  • 1870 US Census residence: Texas Valley enumeration district, Floyd County, Georgia: Thomas Freeman 46; Henrietta Freeman 40; Essic [Essex] Freeman 22; Josephine Freeman 20; William Freeman 17; Nick Freeman 15; Mingo Freeman 13 Mollie Freeman 11; Lindsey Freeman 8; Fanny Freeman 6; Louisa Freeman 4; Henrietta Freeman 2
  • 17 Feb 1871: Nick Freeman & Susan Finley married, Floyd County, Georgia
  • 1892: Floyd County Tax Digest, District 1120
  • Aug 1893: received lot no.9 in the distribution of the estate of his father, Thomas Freeman
  • 1900 US Census residence: Flat Wood, Floyd County, Georgia: Nick Freeman 49, born Mar 1851, widowed, occupation charcoal burning
  • 26 Mar 1902: witnessed the mineral rights lease by Tom Freeman to B.F.A. Saylor
  • 3 Nov 1908: Sheriff's sale, Lindsey Freeman to Nick Freeman, tract 7, lot 21/22 (25 acres)
  • Nick Freeman died 18 Jul 1910

Known Family Members

  • Nick Freeman (Mar 1851-18 Jul 1910)
  • Susan Finley (dates unknown)

Children

  • Thomas Freeman (11 Mar 1879- )
  • Bessie Freeman (1880- ) married Major Bray (abt 1875-25 Mar 1927) on 26 Dec 1905

Documentation

  • 18 Feb 1871: Marriage license, Nick Freeman and Susan Finley
  • 1 Nov 1910: Thomas Freeman deeded to his Aunt Susan Cathey Freeman, "for natural love and affection", the part of lot no. 22 he inherited from his father: "My interest in said property being the interest of one of the three only heirs of my father Nick Freeman"
  • 17 Dec 1910: Bessie Freeman Bray deeded to her aunt Susan Cathey Freeman, "for natural love and affection", the part of lot no. 22 she inherited from her father Nick Freeman
  • 12 Sep 1918: Thomas Freeman registered for the draft - next of kin is sister Bessie Bray, Rome, Georgia