Berkshire family
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Berkshire family
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Barkshire family
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Burkshire family
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Slave Holding
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African American
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The Berkshires were a large, prosperous, and long standing Boone County family. Richard (Dickey) Berkshire and his wife, Nanney, are first of the family to be listed in the 1800 Boone County tax records. Dickey and Nanney had nine children including: Jeremiah; William; John; Joel; Betsy (Elizabeth); Sarah (Sally); Polly; Felix; and Garrett.
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1833--Samuel Buys His Freedom |
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1848--Freedom for Arthur Barkshire |
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1848--Freedom for Emily Barkshire |
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1848--Freedom for Frances Newman |
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1848--Freedom for Garrett Barkshire |
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1848--Freedom for Matilda Barkshire |
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1848--Freedom for Minerva Barkshire |
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1848--Freedom for Woodford Barkshire |
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1852--Two Women Escape From Farmer Lodge |
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1867--Lucy Bound into Indentured Servitude at Age 9 |
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1869--Samuel Graves Marries Mary Catherine Berkshire |
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1872--John Foster Marries Candice Berkshire |
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Berkshire House (Boone County, Ky.) |
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Burlington I.O.O.F. Cemetery (Burlington, Ky.) |
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Clinton Blankenbeker House (Florence, Ky.) |
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E.P. Berkshire House (Petersburg, Ky.) |
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Jenkins-Berkshire House (Petersburg, Ky.) |
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John W. Berkshire Farm (Boone County, Ky.) |
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John W. Berkshire House (Boone County, Ky.) |
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Old Belleview Cemetery (Belleview, Ky.) |
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Petersburg Cemetery (Petersburg, Ky.) |
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Richard Parker House (Petersburg, Ky.) |
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Willis Berkshire House (Walton, Ky.) |
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