Cornelius Bartley Freeman (1847 - 1913)

Born 3 Jul 1847 in Franklin, North Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Susan V (Scarborough) Freeman — married 5 Jan 1870 in Pennington, Trinity, Texas, United States [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 26 Aug 1913 at age 66 in Durant, Bryan, Oklahoma, United States

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Biography

Cornelius Bartley Freeman was born on July 3, 1847 in Franklin, North Carolina to William Allen Freeman and Cornelia J. Dent.

At some point prior to 1850 the Freeman family moved to the Houston area of south Texas.

Cornelius returned to North Carolina where he enlisted into the Confederate Army in 1861. He served in Company F, 47th Regiment as a Sergeant for the North Carolina Confederate Infantry.

Cornelius married Susan V. Scarborough on January 5, 1870 in Pennington, Trinity County, Texas. The result of their union was nine children.

By 1900 the Cornelius Freeman family was living in the Chactaw Nation, Indian Territory (now Oklahoma) where they remained the rest of their lives.

Cornelius passed away on August 26, 1913 in Durant, Bryan County, Oklahoma. His final resting place is at Wade Cemetery.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXL2-HYX : 12 April 2016), C B Freeman in household of W A Freeman, Harrison county, part of, Harrison, Texas, United States; citing family 908, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXFN-LKB : 12 December 2017), Conelius Freeman in entry for Wm Freeman, 1860, Houston, Texas.

• "United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FSY8-4TP : 4 December 2014), Cornelius B. Freeman, Sergeant, Company F, 47th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry, Confederate; citing NARA microfilm publication M230 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 14; FHL microfilm 821,781.

• "North Carolina, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XK6V-76V : 7 December 2014), Cornelius B Freeman, 1862; from "Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of North Carolina," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing military unit Forty-seventh Infantry, NARA microfilm publication M270 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1960), roll 461.

• 1870 ?

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFNL-HKT : 14 July 2016), C B Freeman, Precinct 4, Houston, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 26, sheet 338C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1312; FHL microfilm 1,255,312.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSTM-WZY : 20 January 2015), Cornelius Freeman, Township 6 S. Range 8 E., Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, United States; citing sheet 22B, family 483, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,241,853.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLQT-NHZ : 29 October 2015), Cornelius Freeman, Township 8, Bryan, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 27, sheet 4B, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,375,257.

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVL8-K7VB : 13 December 2015), Cornelius Bartley Freeman, 1943; Burial, Wade, Bryan, Oklahoma, United States of America, Wade Cemetery; citing record ID 92964390.

• Find A Grave Memorial