Ira FREEMAN^[1]

1872 - 1949  (77 years)

• Name	Ira FREEMAN
  Birth	17 Sep 1872	North Carolina   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  WWI	12 Sep 1918	Carthage, Moore Co, NC   [3]
  	Ira registered for the draft. Physical description: medium height and build, with brown eyes and black hair. Nearest relative listed was his son Lacy Freeman of Spies, Moore County.
  Occupation	1900-1920	Moore Co, NC   [2]
  	Ira was a farmer. He owned his house and farm.
  Death	24 Dec 1949
  Person ID	I65250	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	Enoch FREEMAN,   b. Nov 1822, North Carolina d. prior to 1 Jun 1920 (Age 97 years)
  Mother	Polly KENNEDY,   b. c. 1827, North Carolina d. Dec 1879 (Age 52 years)
  Family ID	F8088	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Sallie Ella HARE,   b. Feb 1876, North Carolina d. 2 Feb 1914, Sheffields, Moore Co, NC (Age 38 years)
  Marriage	c. 1895  [2]
  Notes	On 1900 census Ira's family house and family numbers were followed by his brother Kendrick Lacy's family suggesting they lived close by.
  Children	1. James Charles FREEMAN,   b. Aug 1896, North Carolina   2. Herbert Lendo FREEMAN, Sr.,   b. 13 Nov 1898, Moore Co, NC d. 2 Aug 1976, Hampton City, VA (Age 77 years)   3. Kindrick Lacy FREEMAN,   b. c. 1901, North Carolina   4. Bertie M. FREEMAN,   b. 20 Jul 1903, North Carolina d. 4 Dec 1993 (Age 90 years)   5. Enoch Leo FREEMAN,   b. 1905   d. 1908 (Age 3 years)   6. Ada Blanche FREEMAN,   b. 10 Feb 1908, Moore Co, NC d. 26 Sep 1973, Newport News, VA (Age 65 years)   7. Ira Ernest FREEMAN,   b. 1910   8. Numa Franklin FREEMAN,   b. 1913   d. 1990 (Age 77 years)
  Family ID	F8087	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Hattie MORGAN,   b. 4 Apr 1888   d. 5 Sep 1975, Greensboro, Guilford Co, NC (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	6 Jun 1920	Sheffield Township, Moore Co, NC   [4, 5]
  	Ira and Hattie were married by S. L. Brown, Justice of the Peace. Witnesses to the ceremony were B. B. Morgan, Albert Burns, and S. L. Brown, all of Moore County.
  Children	1. Clyde Woodrow FREEMAN   2. Edna Edith FREEMAN   3. Murray Clifford FREEMAN   4. Coy Lee FREEMAN
  Family ID	F8102	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		1880 US Census / Freeman, Enoch Sheffield's Township, Moore Co, NC
  		1900 US Census / Freeman, Ira Sheffield Township, Moore Co, NC
  		1910 US Census / Freeman, Ira Sheffields Township, Moore Co, NC
  		Ira Freeman. WWI draft registration card (1918). Spies, Moore Co, NC
  		1920 US Census / Freeman, Ira, p. 1. Troy Road, Sheffields, NC

  
  

• Notes

  Alternative spellings for the township are Sheffield's, Sheffields and Sheffield.

  
  

• Sources

  [S5726] 1880 US Census / Freeman, Enoch. [S5740] 1900 US Census / Freeman, Ira. [S5743] Ira Freeman. WWI draft registration card (1918). [S5744] Ira Freeman - Hattie Britt, North Carolina marriage register (1920). [S5750] Ira Freeman - Hattie Britt, North Carolina marriage certificate [unnumbered] (1920).