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Marker Is Erected
To Surry Pioneer
Last Saturday, September 25, at
Siloam, a marker was unveiled,
under auspices of the Daughters
of the American Revolution, to
the memory of Samuel Freeman,
a revolutionary soldier and pa
triot.
The ceremonies were very sim
ple, and those present consisted
almost entirely of the descendants
and relatives of this revolutionary
soldier. After the reading of this
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letter America was Sung, and
Robt. A. Freeman, a great-great
great grandson, read a paper on
the life of Samuel Freeman, stat
ing facts taken from the Court
records at Dobson and from the
Colonial records of North Caro
lina. After the .reading of this pa
per the marker was unveiled by
Mary Blanche Palmer, of Rock
ingham, North Carolina, and by
Elizabeth Freeman, of Dobson,
North Carolina, both great-great
great-great granddaughters of
Samuel Freeman. Then an appro
priate prayer was offered by Mrs.
J. R. Marion, the wife of a great
great-great grandson.
The marker is situated on a
knoll just South of the depot at
Siloam, overlooking the Yadkin
River, where Samuel Freeman
was buried, on the lawn at the old
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colonial dwelling, doubtless erect
ed by the said Samuel Freeman,
before the Revolutionary War.
The main part of the old dwell
ing is still standing, and shows
evidences of great age- It is sit
uated on what is now the farm of
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Hardy, on
the road leading down the Yad
kin River from the depot.
The paper which was read by
Mr. Freeman follows in full:
"We have met today to unveil a
marker to the memory of Samuel
Freeman, a revolutionary patriot,
soldier and statesman. He was
one of the first settlers in Surry
County after its formation in 1771.
jn that year we find a deed to him
recorded in Book A at page 5,
among the first deeds recorded in
the County, dated August 20, 1771,
conveying to him 459 acres on the
North bank of the Yadkin River,
above the mouth of Hogan's
Creek, and another deed dated
July 20, 1771, recorded in Book A
at page 6, granting to him 417
acres adjoining the first tract,
granted by the Righ Honorable
Earl of Granville, one of the
Lords Proprietors, who held his
part of the land by division with
the King, after North Carolina
became a royal province. From
time to time Samuel Freeman ac
quired other tracts along the Ara
rat River at its mouth, and on
Hogan's Creek, until we find that
he owned about 2000 acres of land
along the Yadkin River. The land
on which we stand is a part of
that land granted to him, and
this house near-by was doubtless
built by him before or during the
revolutionary period.
Samuel Freeman, along with
his brother, William, came from
Chowan County. Their father was
William Freeman, whose will is
recorded in that county, in which
he to each of his six sons a
large plantation. William Free
man, as our family tradition goes,
was the son of John Freeman, of
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whose father was Elder William
Brewster, one of the founders of
the Cape Cod Colony. This John,
the father of William, came from !
Devonshire, England, in about the }
year 1635 on the good ship Ane
gail. Perhaps he settled for a
while in Virginia and then came
Southward to either Beaufort or
to Chowan county. His son, Wil
liam, we know, died in 1736, as
his will was filed for registration
during that year.
At the time Samuel Freeman
moved to Surry County and set- i
tied here, he was 56 years old, and
had married Elizabeth Alexander
of Mecklenburg county. He served
his country during the period of t
the revolutionary war and died in,
1796. His will is recorded in that
year in Book 3. page 19, naming j
as his children: Joshua Freeman, i
his oldest son, who likewise be- j
came a large land owner on the
Yadkin River, and who moved to
Knoxville, Tennessee, in 1809 and
c ied there and his descendants are
j living there today; James Free
man, who also moved to Blount
county, Tennessee; Aaron Free
man, my great-great grandfath
er, who alone of the boys remain
ed in Surry county; Rachel Free
man, who married Jeremiah Ear- I
ly, who came from Virginia and j
who was a near relative of Gen- I
eral Jubal Early, and whose
daughter married Mica jah Reeves;
the father of Richard Reeves and |
Micajah Reeves, whom some of|
us knew and who lived in the j
dwelling house near; Nannie, who
married a Badgett and also mov
; ed to Tennessee; and Nancy, who
i married a Huett and moved back
, to Mecklenburg county, where her
mother, Elizabeth, came from.
Soon after Samuel came to
Surry county he was appointed,
i in 1774, by the General Assembly,
on a committee, along with Rich-
I ard Goode, Grey Bynum and oth
ers to build a Court House, a
■ prison and stocks for the said
I county. This court house was
built at old Richmond, in what is
J now Forsyth county. Colonial rec
i ords, volume 23 at page 973. In
1775 he was on the Committee of
• Safety for Surry County along
► with Benjamin Cleveland, Rich
• ard Goode, Joseph Winston, Mat
' thew Moore, Chas. Wardsell, John j
■ Armstrong and others. Colonial j
Records, volume TO at page 251.1
In 1776 he was appointed by Act
( of the General Assembly as one of
\ the justices for erecting county
courts and for putting into exe
cution the laws. Colonial Records,
volume 23 at page 994. These jus- j
tices were practically the same
men as those on the Committee of j
Safety, who served before the new;
government could be formed, and
who continued and served, after J
the formation of the new govern
ment, in charge of both civil and
military affairs, for the county.
In 1777, at the age of 62, Samuel
Freeman enlisted for service as a
soldier, in Dixon's Company, first
North Carolina Battalion, com
manded by Col. Thomas Clark.
Colonial Records, volume 15, at
page 732. After serving his enlist
ment, he was elected as member
of the General Assembly for Sur
ry county, held at Halifax. In
1781 he was appointed on a com
mittee to receive the captured
arms, taken at Kings Mountain.
He was also in the House of Com
mons in 1783. Colonial Records,
volume 17, at pages 715 and 648, ■
749 and 752. We thus see that!
Samuel Freeman was active in all i
of the affairs of the early govern- j
ment throughout the entire per-1
iod of the Revolutionary War, as (
ratriot on the first committee of
safety, as soldier during the
struggle, and as law-maker.
| CYCLE |
The revival meeting is in prog-!
ress at Mountain View this week.
The pastor is being assisted in the
services by Rev. Mr. Melton of
Concord.
N. S. Groce had the misfortune
to have a fine horse die Sunday. |
Farmers are about through
curing tobacco. Some crops are
just fine, both in quality and
quantity. Corn crops in our sec
tion are especially good and ev
ery family has plenty of pork fat
tening.
Nelson Casstevens has just,
built a large pack house on his |
farm to house the large crop of
fine tobacco grown on his farm
this year.
West Yadkin school is going
good. The added agricultural
training department will doubt
less be of great help to our com-'
munity.
We are sorry to note that Will:
Dobbins of Elkin is in the hospi-1
tal. Mr. and Mrs. Dobbins are
former residents of this commun
ity.
The young people gathered at
the tobacco barn of Bovard Col
lins Saturday night for a chicken
stew and welner roast.
Mrs. Paul Hawkins is quite
sick, we regret to learn.
Miss Alice Mae Tucker, who
I holds a position in Winston-Sa-J
lem, spent the week-end here
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Harrison Tucker.
Robert Groce of New Castle,
Ind., is spending some time here
the guest of relatives.
Some men have a good memory
for faces especially If it is a very
pretty face.
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Mason Lillard, President Paul (iwyn, Sscretary-Treasurer
premises, on Thursday, the 14th
day of October, 1937, at one
o'clock P. M. a part of the lot ly
ing in the town of Dobson, N. C.,
adjoining the lands of the Meth
odist Parsonage lot and W. L.
Reece, the part to be sold is the
South West corner adjoining the
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Thursday, September 30, 1937
Methodist Parsonage lot being 50
by 60 feet fronting the street
passing the school building. This
the 11th day of September, 1937.
COUNTY BOARD OP EDU
CATION OP SURRY COUN
TY.
j 10-7 By John W. Comer, Sec.