This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ikJ.2ACIB/771.1 Message Board Post: Pamela, my ggggrandfather, Joseph Copeland was b 1796 in NC. I don't know what town or county. Anyway, he named his first born son Freeman. Do you think there might be a connection? You can contact me at [email protected]