In a message dated 99-04-16 05:25:50 EDT, [email protected] writes: << Can someone tell me what is or was a Freeholder? >> A freeholder, at least now, is a county commissioner -- or an elected official who watches after the county administration. Salem County is governed by freeholders. However, in the 1770s, it might simply have been a free person who 'held' land. In what context was the term mentioned? Maybe that would shed some light. Regards, Jeanne