1848--Freedom for Woodford Barkshire
Item
- Title
- 1848--Freedom for Woodford Barkshire
- Date
- 1848
- Event type
- Manumission
- Description
- 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.
- Participant
- African American(s): Woodford Barkshire; Samuel Barkshire; Frances Harriet Newman
- Barkshire, Woodford
- Barkshire, Samuel
- Newman, Frances Harriet
- Slave holder(s): Barkshire, Dickey; Hawkins, Joseph; Hawkins, Nancy
- Barkshire, Dickey
- Hawkins, Joseph
- Hawkins, Nancy
- Following Event
- between 1850-1860--Piatt Coachman Escapes to Indiana
- Bibliographic citation
- Ohio County, IN, Deed Book B, p. 425
- Ohio County Wills, V. 2, p. 28
- Seventh Census of the United States, 1850
- Eighth Census of the United States, 1860
- "Underground Railroad: More Western Memories. Piatt Coachman Escapes To Indiana," Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Brooklyn, NY, 24 May 1887
- Source
- Ohio County Deed Books
- Ohio, Wills and Probate Records, 1786-1998
- Seventh Census of the United States, 1850
- Eighth Census of the United States, 1860
- Underground Railroad: More Western Memories. Piatt Coachman Escapes To Indiana
- year
- 1848
- Item sets
- AA--Events--Manumissions--Indiana
Linked resources
Title | Class |
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between 1850-1860--Piatt Coachman Escapes to Indiana | Event |
Title | Class |
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Barkshire, Dickey | Person |
Barkshire, Samuel | Person |
Barkshire, Woodford | Person |
Hawkins, Joseph | Person |
Hawkins, Nancy | Person |
Newman, Frances Harriet | Person |