1848--Freedom for Matilda Barkshire

Title: 1848--Freedom for Matilda Barkshire
Date: 1848
Formatted date: 1848-01-01
Event type: Manumission
Description: 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.
Participant: African American(s): Matilda Barkshire; Samuel Barkshire; Frances Newman; Barkshire, Matilda; Barkshire, Samuel; Newman, Frances Harriet; Slave holder(s): Hawins, Joseph; Hawkins, Nancy; Hawkins, Joseph; Hawkins, Nancy
Location: Boone County (Ky.)
Related resource: Berkshire family; Hawkins family; Newman family
Bibliographic citation: Ohio County Deed Book B, page 425; Ohio County Wills, V. 2, page 28
Source: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; Eighth Census of the United States, 1860; Ninth Census of the United States, 1870; Tenth Census of the United States, 1880; Indiana Deaths, 1882-1920; Indiana Marriage Index, 1800-1941; Ohio County Deed Books; Ohio, Wills and Probate Records, 1786-1998

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