Caesar Freeman (1764-1844?) was 17 years old when he enlisted in the Continental Army. (Massachusetts Soldiers & Sailors of the Revolutionary War (Vol. 6, pp. 32 & 33). He was listed as serving from Hadley and described as being 5 feet tall, with a black complexion and black hair. Although his service in the Amercan Revolution is documented, details of his life or whereabouts after the conflict ended are less clear. He may have been the Caesar Freeman living in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, who married Peggy Hull in Great Barrington in 1783. Perhaps he is the same Caesar Freeman who appeared in the United States Federal census of 1790 as the head of a household of five free, non-White people in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Caesar A Freeman appears in the 1820 Federal census for Sheffield, where, the Town Clerk recorded Ceazar Freeman, "unmarried" died of "old age" in 1844, aged "supposed" 85.
Military Service
Sources Consulted
Stockbridge, Massachusetts 1790 federal census
Sheffield, Massachusetts 1800 federal census
| Entry | Source | Vol Name | Date | entry id |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| • Freeman, Ceasar Hadley | Daughters of the American Revolution, Minority Military Service, Massachusetts, 1775-1783 | 1775-1783 | 1775 | 1530 |