Candice Freeman

Experience

My main experience includes:

Civil War Research 1861 – 1880’s (includes extension research on enslaved people who enlisted and their family's whereabouts during and after Reconstruction)

U.S., Missouri 1821 – present (includes first settlers, enslaved people, German settlers; counties with most research experience include Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Clay, Cole, Jackson, and St. Louis; surnames of research include Bass, Beasley, Bennett, Blackburn, Brandon, Branham, Burham, Clatterbuck, England, Hall, Hickman, Martin, May, Rollins, Ruffner, Sappington, Spencer, Van Ausdal, Vaughn, Wires, and Wiseman)

U.S., Kansas 1861 – present (includes first settlers, Exodusters; counties with most research experience include Douglas, Johnson, Leavenworth, Sedgwick, Shawnee, and Wabaunsee, and Wyandotte)

U.S., Illinois 1818 – present (includes first settlers, The Great Migration, German settlers; counties with most research include Clark, Cook, Cumberland, Hancock, McLean, Peoria, Pulaski, Rock Island, and Sangamon; surnames of research include Allen, Baumgartner, Caldwell, Freeman, Jackson, Johnson, Lepper, Mesecher/Metzger, and Reese )

U.S., Louisiana 1833 – present (includes first settlers, enslaved people; counties with most research include Bossier Parish, Caddo Parish, DeSoto Parish, and Ouachita Parish; surnames of research include Broadnax, Caldwell, Jameson/Jamieson, Williams)

U.S., Alabama 1819 – present (includes first settlers, enslaved people; counties with most research includes Clarke, Cullman, Dallas, Etowah, Jefferson, Macon, Madison, Marengo, Mobile, Monroe, and Montgomery; surnames of research include Gaines, Henderson, Lusk, Morrissette, )

U.S., Georgia 1788 – present (includes first settlers, enslaved people; counties with most research include Bartow, Chatham, Cherokee, Clarke, Cobb, DeKalb, Floyd, Fulton, Gwinnett, Liberty, and Paulding)

Some experience researching in the following States:
U.S., California 1848 – present (mainly researched The Schreek of Wagons & A Sketch of a Migrating Family To California in 1848 and the Oregon Wagon Trail and the families moving from Missouri to the west coast; some African American migration; counties with some research include Los Angeles, Sacramento, Santa Clara, and San Mateo)

U.S., Florida 1812 - present (includes some War of 1812 research, enslaved people, Native Americans; counties with some research include Franklin, St. Johns, Wakulla)

U.S. Kentucky 1800 – 1830 (includes families that migrated from Virginia to Kentucky, then to Missouri; counties of some research include Madison, Mason, and Nelson)

U.S. New York 1767 – 1833 (includes early settlers – primarily German immigrants who landed in Montgomery County (early Palatines in the Mohawk Valley); surnames with research include Schultz and Walrath)

U.S., North Carolina 1730 - (counties with some research include Camden and Mecklenburg; surnames of some research include Ford, Morrissette)

U.S., Oregon 1848 – 1890 (mainly researched The Schreek of Wagons & A Sketch of a Migrating Family To California in 1848 and the Oregon Wagon Trail and the families moving from Missouri to the West Coast; counties with some research include Marion, Polk)

U.S., Pennsylvania 1781 – 1880 (counties with some research include Alleghany and Philadelphia)

U.S., South Carolina 1783 – 1880 (counties with some research include Barnwell and Charleston)

U.S. Tennessee 1790 - 1900 (migrating families with their enslaved people; counties with some research include Davidson, Hawkins, and Shelby; surnames with some research include Morrissette, Price, and Whibby)

U.S., Texas 1900 - 1940 (counties with some research include Collin, Dallas, Denton, Fort Bend, Harris, and Montgomery)

U.S., Virginia 1790 - (migrating families with their enslaved people; counties with some research include Albemarle and Fairfax; surnames with some research include Blackburn, May, Morrissette, and Wiseman)

U.S., Washington 1900 - 1920 (county with the most research includes King)