From Junction of Highways 7 and 27 in Dover, Go north on Highway 7 for 23.2 miles. Cemetery on right abut 100 yards off the highway. Approximately 30 graves, wtih only four of them marked. Grown up. Burials mentioned here are from memories of various family member, so are only probable.

There is no sign for Old Freeman, it is just out in the woods...

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BRANCH, Columbus                No marker
    Born 1879 Pope County, Arkansas
    Died Pope County, Arkansas
    Son of Michael B. BRANCH and S. Margaret STANDRIDGE
 
BRANCH, Infant                  No marker
    Born and Died 1878, Pope County, Arkansas
    Child of Michael B. BRANCH and S. Margaret STANDRIDGE
  
BRANCH, Mikel                   No marker
    Born  1804    Virginia
    Died  1861    Freeman, Pope County, Arkansas
    Husband of Louisiana (HICE?)
    Children: Matthias, Mary Ann SMITH, James, Missouri C. WELLS,
               Martin, Nancy Jane WARE STANDRIDGE, John Abraham and William F.
BRANCH, Louisiana               No marker
    Born 1812 or 1816   Tennessee/Ohio
    Died Pope County, Arkansas           
    Wife of Mikel BRANCH
 
BRANCH, S. Margaret             No marker
    Born    1831    Arkansas
    Died    1891    Freeman, Pope County, Arkansas
    Daughter of Samuel Owen STANDRIDGEand Carolyn DEMPSEY
    Wife of Michael B. BRANCH
    Children: Elizabeth PAYNE, Infant, Columbus and George
 
BRANCH, Samuel Matthias         No marker
    Born      1831    Marion County, Alabama
    Died      1874    Freeman, Pope County, Arkansas
    Son of Mikel BRANCH and Louisiana (HICE?)
    Husband of Matilda STANDRIDGE  
    Married 20 OCt 1850 Book B, page 21...Pope County, Arkansas
    Children: Michael B., Louisiana CURTIS, James M. A. J., Alexander L., 
               Maryland Tennessee TATE, Mary J. Arkansas MENDENHALL and John Franklin
BRANCH, Matilda                 No marker
    Born 13 Apr 1833    Carroll County, Arkansas
    Died    1871    Freeman, Pope County, Arkansas
    Daughter of Martin STANDRIDGE, Sr. and Katherine
    Wife of Samuel Matthias BRANCH  
    Married 20 Oct 1850 Book B, page 21...Pope County, Arkansas
 
FREEMAN, Levi
    Born         1807    North Carolina
    Died  08 Oct 1873    Freeman, Pope County, Arkansas
    Son of Isaac FREEMAN and Spicy
    Children: Solomon, Spicy E., Elizabeth, Moses W., and Edmond
 
JOBE, Aaron
    Born   1822
    Died   1875
    View grave marker in album. (Item #1)
 
RICE, Elizabeth K.
    Born   1860
    Died   1878
    View grave marker in album. (Item #2)
 
ROSS, Henry                  No marker
    Born     1867     Arkansas
    Died  1891-92     Freeman, Pope County, Arkanss
    Son of Martin Clinton 'Tal' ROSS and Mary Susan FELKINS
    Husband of Martha J. CAGLE     
    Married 01 Sep 1889 Book F, page 415...Pope County, Arkansas
 
SAGE, Thomas Jefferson        No marker
    Born 07 Jun 1841  Little Black Ferry, Randolph County, Arkansas
    Died 23 Mar 1892  Freeman, Pope County, Arkansas
    Son of Henry SAGE and Elizabeth
    Husband of Nancy Jane REESE  
         She is buried at Annie's Chapel Cemetery in Johnson County, Arkansas
    Child: Veda GUNTER
    He served in Co. A, 12th MO. Cav. Union, Civil War
    Captured and sent to Andersonville Prison 
 
SHOPTAW, Hershel P.
    Born 18 Feb 1921
    Died 14 Oct 1987
    Son of Walter L. SHOPTAW and May TRAVIS
    Husband of Margaret
    Children: Robert 'Bobby', Annette   
    Hershel was cremated
    View grave marker in album. (Item #3)

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