Freeman, Franklin County, Maine Genealogy

Freeman is an extinct plantation and town, now an unorganized territory (township) in the East Central Franklin townships of Franklin County, Maine. Freeman was settled in 1797 and incorporated as a town in 1808 from the Little River Plantation. Freeman's incorporation was surrendered in 1937.

Other names: Township 3 R2 West of Kennebec River; Little River Plantation; Falmouth; Falmouth Township.

County. What is now Franklin County was set off from Lincoln to Kennebec County in 1799; to Somerset County in 1809; to Franklin County in 1838.

Boundary Changes. In 1823 some of Freeman was used to form North Salem (now Salem Township). In 1833 some of Freeman was used to form New Portland.

Records. Residents of Freeman were enumerated in West Portland in the 1800 federal census.

Freeman town and vital records, 1843-1877, are preserved in Strong, Maine. A microfilm copy of Freeman town and vital records is available from the FamilySearch Library on. See also George A. Thompson, and Janet Thompson, A genealogical history of Freeman, Maine, 1796-1938 : in three volumes (Bowie, Maryland : Heritage Books, 1996). ;.