Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Freeman, Richard B., 1867 

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  MELANCHOLY DEATH.-We copy the follow- 
ing from the Christian (Va ) Sun of Friday: 
About one month ago this column announced 
the arrest, at the instigation of the military au- 
thorities, of Mr. Richard B. Freeman, a prom- 
inent and esteemed citizen of Nansemond coun- 
ty, charged with killing a negro woman during 
the war, with whom he had a fight. He al- 
ways protested that it was done in self defence, 
and the statement was so generally accepted, 
that no arrest was made, though the federal 
soldiers then held possession of this county.- 
But long after the war was over, about one 
month since, he was arrested and thrown into 
prison, where confinement caused his health to 
rapidly give way. Last Friday, with a premo- 
nition that he was soon to die, he managed to 
escape from the jail, and went directly home, 
about fifteen miles distant, where he was pros- 
trated and died on Monday last. An interest- 
ing family and many friends are thrown into 
deep sorrow. 


Richard B. FREEMAN, Nansemond Co. farmer, fugitive, 
NC native, d. 28 Oct 1867, at home, age circa 35, 
"Alexandria (VA) Gazette," Vol. 68, No. 256, Nov. 4, 1867, p. 2, col. 2 

He appears in the 1860 Census in the Upper Parish of Nansemond Co. (p. 49) 

Transcriptions of Freedmen's Bureau records on the case- considerably less 
   sympathetic - are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/court/f655r1fb.txt 


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