Dave,

Thank you for sharing the lovely photograph of your grandfather's home. It's a great treasure to keep with your family history.

I finished extracting the FREEMAN surname references from the first volume in the Heritage series - the information is summarized below.

I believe that because of proximity and surname, our FREEMAN lines are connected back there somewhere, and hopefully future research will identify the ancestors we have in common.

Meanwhile, good luck with your search. Please let me know if you need additional look-ups.

Best regards,
Jean
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White, Alice D. (Editor). The Heritage of Cherokee County North Carolina (Volume I). Waynesville, N.C.: Cherokee County Historical Museum in Cooperation with County Heritage, Inc. 1987.

Page 130: Florence Breedlove COOK (1900-1982) was the daughter of Benjamin Allen BREEDLOVE and Charlotte P. FREEMAN BREEDLOVE (1872-1955). She married Ernest COOK.

Page 205: John Alexander GRAVES, born March 3, 1871, died October 1, 1947…he was the grandson of Richard CORNWELL (1810-?) born in England and Mary FREEMAN (1820-?).

Page 217: Cam HARDIN married first Alice FREEMAN of Graham Co.

Page 228: Joe HOWARD [son of Dorothy Marie “Dot” and Fred HOWARD] married Denise FREEMAN.

Page 259: Arminda C. JOHNSON (30 April 1892-4 August 1973) married Charles Gordon LOVINGOOD, a son of Winslow Elbert and Agnes Allie (FREEMAN) LOVINGOOD.

Page 317: Iona MCDONALD (Sept. 30, 1908-July 9, 1984) married Robert FREEMAN Oct. 23, 1926. They lived in Andrews and raised four girls and one boy.

Page 368: William Henry CORNWELL was the son of Richard CORNWELL (1816-1891). He (Richard) was born in London, England. He married Mary FREEMAN (1821-1897) who was the daughter of William FREEMAN and Nancy DOCKERY.

Page 405: Moses Freeman REES was born January 13, 1829, in the Big Ivy section of Buncombe County, North Carolina, which later became Madison County. Moses was the son of John Jackson REES and Talitha FREEMAN, and his grandfathers were Revolutionary War soldiers, Thomas REES, and Rev. Moses FREEMAN, a pioneer Baptist minister in Western North Carolina.