Edrington, Catherine

Title: Edrington, Catherine
Alias: Hawkins, Catherine; unknown, Catherine [4]
Gender: Female
Biography: Catherine was manumitted in Rising Sun in 1838 by Nancy Hawkins. She had been enslaved by Reuben George, Nancy's first husband, who expressed a desire to manumit all of the people he enslaved, before his widow's death, should she so choose.; Catherine was the first wife of UGRR agent Joseph Edrington, but Catherine disappeared from the historical record before 1850.
Member: Hawkins family; Edrington family
Mother: George, Violet
Sibling(s): Barkshire, Harriet
Life event(s): Marriage: 9 Oct 1837; Randolph Township, Ohio County (Ind.); Ohio County (Ind.)
Spouse(s): Edrington, Joseph
Child(ren): Edrington, David; Edrington, Harriet; Edrington, Gustavus
Death date: bef. 1846
Place of death: Rising Sun (Ind.)
Participant in: 1838--Dearborn Co. (Ind.), Manumission of Catherine Edrington
Relationship: Slaveholder(s): George, Reuben; Hawkins, Nancy; George, Reuben; Hawkins, Nancy
Bibliographic citation(s): Dearborn County Deed Book P, page 179
Bourbon County Will Book E, page 122
Source(s): Dearborn County Deed Books; Indiana Marriages, 1810-2001

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