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Sources consulted for the biography of:John Freeman ( –d. 1876)
Biographical Information
- Biographical information in Halifax Co. Chancery Cases:
- John Freeman v. Assignees of Robert Hill et al., 1875-067.
- John Freeman v. William Taylor & Son et al., 1875-069.
- Creditors of John Freeman v. John Freeman, 1883-098.
- Possibly the John Freeman recorded in United States Census Schedules, Richmond City, 1860 (age 50), Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
- Halifax Co. Deed Book 63:314, 315, 540, 663, 681.
- Halifax Co. Will Book 31:512–513 (with will misdated as May 17, 1877).
- Death Register, Halifax Co., Bureau of Vital Statistics, Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Health, Record Group 36, Library of Virginia.
Political Career
- Richmond Daily Dispatch, May 10, 1867 (one of the several men named John Freeman in Richmond); Sept. 23, 1870; Dec. 19, 1870; Dec. 23, 1870; Nov. 8, 1871; Nov. 9, 1871; Nov. 16, 1871; Apr. 5, 1872, Apr. 19, 1872.
- Richmond Whig and Advertiser, Sept. 2, 1870; Sept. 2, 1871 (hostile description of Freeman's speech); Oct. 27, 1871.
- Richmond Daily State Journal, Apr. 19, 1872; July 10, 1872; Mar. 21, 1873; July 29, 1873.
- Petersburg Daily Index, Dec. 14, 1872.
- Hostile character sketch of one of the politically active Richmond men named John Freeman in Richmond Southern Opinion, Aug. 17, 1867.
- Secretary of the Commonwealth, Election Records, 1776–1941, No. 4 (1871), Record Group 13, State Government Records Collection, Library of Virginia.
- Journal of the House of Delegates of the State of Virginia (1871–1872), 33, 43, 97, 104, 121, 179, 389.
- Journal of the House of Delegates of the State of Virginia (1872–1873), 22, 25, 30, 56, 84, 155, 169, 191, 262.
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