William Freeman

Ingraham and party encountered William Freeman, who guided them through a hammock near Lemon City. Freeman was an early settler on Little River, about a mile north of Lemon City, and he cultivated tomatoes. He probably settled in the area in 1887. In the book, The Seminole and Miccosukee Tribes of Southern Florida, author Patsy West describes how her great-grandfather, William Freeman, lived at Little River in 1888 when her grandmother, Ethel, was born. Freeman was an agent for the government relating to homesteads. Census and other records show him living in Lemon City in 1900 and 1910.

• Birth: May 2, 1842, Pennsylvania
• Death: April 23, 1921, Dade County, Florida

Credits:

• Photo, Freeman, Ralph M. Munroe Family Papers, University of Miami Libraries Special Collections

Sources:

• Lemon City: Pioneering on Biscayne Bay 1850-1925, Thelma Peters, 1976 (includes photo of Freeman on page 73)
• Findagrave.com
• Miami and Dade County, Florida: Its Settlement, Progress and Achievement, by E. V. Blackman, 1921
• "Homesteading In Florida During The 1890's," by Mary Douthit Conrad, Tequesta, No. 17, 1957
• Various census, marriage and other records

References in the Texts:

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• April 10, Sunday

For other topics referenced in the Expedition texts, please refer to the Index to Subjects and Names.
1892 Everglades Exploration Expedition : Three Digital Texts, 2015