Dave,

My Freeman line comes from Rev. Moses FREEMAN through his son, William FREEMAN. William FREEMAN's daughter, Mary FREEMAN, married Richard Henry CORNWELL. Richard and Mary (FREEMAN)CORNWELL lived in Murphy, Cherokee Co., North Carolina. My dad's family lived in Murphy. As a child, I lived in both Cherokee Co. and Swain Co.

I'm delighted to help with Freeman information, because it might result in more information about my own FREEMAN line - you never know what will turn up!

Below is FREEMAN surname information extracted from Volume II. I hope it helps. By the way - do you subscribe to Ancestry.com? If you don't, I'll do a more energetic search in their database- otherwise, I'll leave it to you...

Jean
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White, Alice D. (Editor). The Heritage of Cherokee County North Carolina (Volume II). Roswell, Georgia: Cherokee County Historical Museum in Cooperation with W.J. Wolfe Associates, Inc. 1990.

Page 96: John J. REES married Talitha Ball FREEMAN.

Page 174: Robert B. FREEMAN, born March 20, 1905 in Topton, North Carolina. He was the son of Riley FREEMAN and Laura WHITE. He was the oldest of six children. His siblings were: Ollie FREEMAN, Eta FREEMAN, Lena FREEMAN, Ethel FREEMAN, and Claude FREEMAN.

Page 308: The John Jackson REES family was befriended by the Moses FREEMAN family, which lived nearby them in Buncombe Co., North Carolina. John Jackson REES married Talitha FREEMAN, daughter of Rev. Moses FREEMAN and Fanny BALL. Rev. FREEMAN is written of in Robert P. Hamby’s book, Brief Baptist Biographies 1707-1982.

Page 312: Jake ROGERS married Wila Mae FREEMAN.

Page 373: John Wesley WHITENER (1898-1946) married Nora Mae FREEMAN. Both are buried in Wilkes Co., Georgia.