William Hall was the first child born in Freedom. He was the oldest son of Joseph and Matilda Hall.
The Beaver Valley Dental Society was organized in Freedom.
There was an Indian burial ground on the top of Vicary Hill.
The Freedom Volunteer Fire Department was the first in the county to own a piece of motor fire equipment.
The school bell that now hangs in the Central 'School building first hung in the old boat yard and was used as a school bell, church bell, a fire alarm, and to call people to and from work. In the flood of 1884, the bell was washed away. The sound of the bell was not heard for a long time. A riverboat captain who had been familiar with its tone, discovered it on a West Virginia farm. He brought it back to Freedom where it was placed in the old city hall.
Ernest Caputo's orchestra played for Freedom's Centennial celebration in 1932.
Freedom has had four nickleodeons. Three were in operation at one time, one of them owned by Craigs, and another by Volharclts.
The Ohio River once froze over in the winter seasons to such an extent that the horses could draw large loads of coal across it, and the town people enjoyed ice skating day after day.
Cox's pump and a watering trough stood on the corner of Eighth Street and Third Avenue.
Third Avenue, formerly Main Street, was once lined with trees.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Station once was located at the foot of Fifth Street.
The old English Lutheran Church in Vicary was frequently struck by lightning.
A Chinese Laundry once stood where Frank Caputo's grocery Store was located.
In 1841, John W. Snead must have been financially one of the most important people in Freedom. He paid $11.33 in taxes, while another resident paid only six cents in taxes.
Albert L. Mitchell, secretary of Council, was the first secretary to submit typewritten minutes. This was in 1909.
Abner Lacock, the first justice of the peace in the county, first legislator from the county, and first associate judge on the county bench, at one time lived in Freedom.
One of Freedom's founders, Jonathon Betz, was about five feet ten inches tall, with grey eyes and brown hair. He enlisted in the service in 1814 when he was twenty-two years old and was stationed in Buffalo, New York. He died in 1866.
Fifth Avenue between 17th and 18th Streets was once known as Sheldon's Row.
Fourth Avenue on the fourteen hundred block was known as Yost Row.
Snead Row was located on Sixth Avenue above Sixth Street.
Two Freedom women served as nurses in World War 1. They were Fannie Conners and Gertrude Franz.
Miss Janet Shannon is the first woman to serve as borough secretary.
The first woman member of council is Mrs. Naomi Davis Strayer.