John Freeman Jr. (abt. 1771 - 1815)

Ancestors

Died Oct 1815 at about age 44 in Screven County,Georgia

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Biography

John Freeman, Jr. was born about 1771 in North Carolina, shortly before the family moved to Georgia. John Freeman, Jr. obtained a 1788 headright warrant for 200 acres of pine land just north of his father's holdings, in what was still Burke County, Georgia. ^[1]

John, Jr. married a close neighbor, Mary Elizabeth Kemp. The two were married around 1791. Elizabeth died in 1815.

John Freeman, Jr. was a planter and a wheelright. He is thus described in a deed dated August 3, 1799 between himself and Edward Canady, $100 for 100 acres of land bounded in part by the land of John Freeman, Sr. situated along Brier Creek. John obtained additional land on 5 September 1808, which was adjacent to his own.^[2]

John,Jr. died in 1818. The administrators of the estate were brother Benjamin Freeman and brother-in-law Soloman Kemp. Notice of sheriff's sale to satisfy claims appeared in the Augusta Chronicle Sept 26, 1818.^[3]

Notice of Sheriff's Sale

Slaves

Cherry Freeman

Fortin Freeman

Sources

1. ↑ Georgia Virtual Vault, Headright and Bounty Plats, http://vault.georgiaarchives.org/cdm/landingpage/collection/looseplats
2. ↑ "Georgia, Headright and Bounty Land Records, 1783-1909," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YZY-WCQ?cc=1914217&wc=M617-T68%3A200609601 : 20 May 2014), Headright and bounty documents 1783-1909, Franks, Jacob-Fuller, Warren > image 282 of 573; State Archives, Morrow.
3. ↑ Georgia Historic Newspapers Augusta Chronicle September 26, 1818

• Screven County Georgia Deeds