1848--Freedom for Emily Barkshire

Title: 1848--Freedom for Emily Barkshire
Date: 1848
Formatted date: 1848-01-01
Event type: Manumission
Description: 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.
Participant: African American(s): Emily Barkshire; Samuel Barkshire; Frances Newman; Barkshire, Emily; Barkshire, Samuel; Newman, Frances Harriet; Slave holder(s): Dickey, Barkshire; Hawkins, Joseph; Hawkins, Nancy; Barkshire, Dickey; Hawkins, Joseph; Hawkins, Nancy
Location: Boone County (Ky.); Rising Sun (Ind.)
Related resource: Berkshire family; Hawkins family; Newman family
Bibliographic citation: Ohio County Deed Book B, page 421; Ohio County Wills, volume 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; Summit County, Ohio, Death Records, 1866-1908; Ohio County Marriage Records 1774-1993; Boone County Deed Books; Boone County Will Books

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