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1838--Dearborn Co. (Ind.) Manumission of Harriet
Harriet was manumitted in Rising Sun in 1838 by Nancy Hawkins
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1848--Freedom for Woodford Barkshire
Son of Samuel Barkshire and Frances Harriet Newman. He was born in 1832 into slavery in Boone County (Ky.) and was owned by the Barkshire family before being transferred to the holding of Joseph and Nancy Hawkins in Rising Sun by 1836. He was manumitted in 1848. As an official free person of color, he was a conductor for the UGRR and helped freedom seekers find a path to Canada. He died in 1868.
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1848--Freedom for Arthur Barkshire
Son of Samuel Barkshire and Frances Harriet Newman. He was born in 1825 into slavery in Boone County (Ky.) and was owned by the Barkshire family before being transferred to the holding of Joseph and Nancy Hawkins in Rising Sun by 1836. He was manumitted in 1848. As an official free person of color, he was a conductor for the UGRR and helped freedom seekers find a path to Canada. He served in the Civil war and died in 1864.
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1838--Dearborn County (Ind.) Manumission of Sandy Hawkins
Sandy Hawkins is a man who was manumitted in Rising Sun in 1838 by Nancy Hawkins. Sandy moved to New Orleans and was arrested and charged with harboring a fugitive slave in 1851.
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1838--Dearborn Co.(Ind.), Manumission of Mariah
Mariah was manumitted in Rising Sun in 1838 by Nancy Hawkins.
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1838--Dearborn Co. (Ind.), Manumission of Catherine Edrington
Catherine Edrington was manumitted in Rising Sun in 1838 by Nancy Hawkins, and was the first wife of the Underground Railroad agent Joseph Edrington and dissappeared from records before 1850.
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1848--Boone Co., Freedom for Emily Barkshire
The daughter of Samuel Barkshire and Frances Newman, she was born into slavery in Boone County. She was held by the slaveholder Dickey Barkshire and was possibly transferred to Joseph and Nancy Hawkins. She was in Rising Sun by 1836, and was manumitted by Nancy Hawkins in 1848. She was named as heir in Nancy Hawkins' will and ultimately settled in Akron, Ohio.
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1848--Boone Co., Freedom for Minerva Barkshire
The daughter of Samuel Barkshire and Frances Newman, she was born into slavery in Boone County. She was held by the slaveholder Dickey Barkshire, possibly transferred to Joseph and Nancy Hawkins. In Rising Sun by 1836, manumitted by Nancy Hawkins in 1848. She was named as heir in Nancy Hawkins' will and ultimately settled in Muscatine, Iowa.
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1848--Boone Co., Freedom for Matilda Barkshire
The daughter of Samuel Barkshire and Frances Newman and was born into slavery in Boone County. She was held by the slaveholder Dickey Barkshire and was possibly transferred to Joseph and Nancy Hawkins. She was in Rising Sun by 1836, and was manumitted by Nancy Hawkins in 1848. She was named as an heir in Nancy Hawkins' will and ultimately settled in Terre Haute, In.
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1848--Boone Co., Freedom for Garrett Barkshire
The son of Samuel Barkshire and Frances Newman, he was an Underground Railroad conductor, he worked on riverboats which traveled south to New Orleans and brought freedom seekers back. He was born in Boone County, enslaved by the Barkshire family and was possibly transferred to Joseph and Nancy Hawkins. In Rising Sun by 1836, he was officially manumitted in 1848. He was married twice and died in Terre Haute, IN in 1894.
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1824--Boone Co., Stephen Freed in Indiana
On October 11,1824, Joseph Henderson of Decatur County, Indiana, manumitted Stephen, a man of color. First deed of emancipation filed in the county of record for both (Decatur, IN,) second filing was in Boone County, KY on October 12,1825.