Hawkins, Nancy

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Title: Hawkins, Nancy
Alias: George, Nancy
Wilson, Nancy
Gender: Female
Biography: Nancy came to Kentucky from Fauquier County, Virginia with her first husband, Reuben George. Reuben died in 1814 in Bourbon County. Nancy soon married Joseph Hawkins, Jr. several months after Reuben's death. Hawkins brought Nancy to Boone County, along with several enslaved people. It was her first husband's wish that all of those he enslaved be manumitted .; After Joseph died in 1836, Nancy moved to Rising Sun(Ind.) where she manumitted all of the people she had enslaved that were not already Free.; A letter, published in the Brooklyn Eagle in 1887 revealed that Nancy was assisting Samuel Barkshire, whom her second husband had manumitted before his death, in his Underground Railroad activities.
Member: Hawkins family
Life event(s): Marriage 1: 21 Nov 1795; Fauquier County (Va.)
Spouse(s): George, Reuben; Hawkins, Joseph Jr.
Participant in: 1832--Boone Co., Manumission of Violet; 1838--Dearborn Co. (Ind.), Manumission of Catherine Edrington; 1838--Dearborn Co.(Ind.), Manumission of Mariah; 1838--Dearborn County (Ind.) Manumission of Sandy Hawkins; 1838--Dearborn Co. (Ind.) Manumission of Harriet; 1848--Freedom for Arthur Barkshire; 1848--Boone Co., Freedom for Emily Barkshire; 1848--Boone Co., Freedom for Garrett Barkshire; 1848--Boone Co., Freedom for Matilda Barkshire; 1848--Boone Co., Freedom for Minerva Barkshire; 1848--Freedom for Woodford Barkshire
Relationship: Barkshire, Arthur; Barkshire, Emily; Barkshire, Garrett [1]; Barkshire, Matilda; Barkshire, Minerva Ann; Barkshire, Woodford; Edrington, Catherine; Hawkins, Sandy; George, Violet; Newman, Frances; Hawkins, Mariah; Barkshire, Harriet; unknown, Lucy [52]
Bibliographic citation(s): The Brooklyn Eagle, May 24, 1887; Bourbon County Will Book E, page 122
Source(s): Ancestry.com; Joseph Hawkins' Will; Nancy Hawkins Deed of Land to Samuel Anderson

Item sets: AA--Story--Barkshire--Slaveholders; AA--Slaveholders--Kentucky--Boone County