David Wesley Freeman (1836 - 1919)

Born 28 May 1836 in Screven County, Georgia, United States

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Biography

David Freeman served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: Jul 12, 1862
Mustered out: Apr 9, 1865
Side: CSA
Regiment(s): Company 'D' 48th Regiment Georgia Volunteer Infantry

David Freeman enlisted along with his brother into a Burke County unit on July 12, 1862. The unit was transferred to the Army of Northern Virginia and immediately saw action. David dutifully soldiered on through all the vicissitudes of war, until the surrender at Appomatox Courthouse on April 9, 1865. David returned to Screven County after the war and began farming. He never married. In his later years he lived in the home of his nephew William H. Odom. He died in 1919.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZM5-B15 : 30 December 2015), Thomas C Freeman in entry for Civility Freeman, 1860.

• http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/burke/military/civilwar/rosters/cod48reg.txt

• Georgia Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFH1-X97 : 24 December 2014), David Freeman, 1862; from "Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing military unit 48th Infantry, publication number M266 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 491.

• United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8GT-6Q5 : 21 December 2015), David Freeman, Militia District 260, Screven, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district ED 83, sheet 142B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0164; FHL microfilm 1,254,164.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLLD-BGD : 29 October 2015), David Freeman in household of William H Odum, Militia District 260, Screven, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 136, sheet 7B, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,224.