African Americans of the Kentucky Borderlands

Newman, Frances Harriet

Item

Title

Newman, Frances Harriet

Gender

Female

Biography

Frances was born in Augusta, Georgia about 1807. She was the wife of UGRR conductor, Samuel Barkshire. Enslaved in Boone County, Kentucky first by Dickey Barkshire, and then later by Joseph and Nancy Hawkins.

Living in Rising Sun, Indiana, she was manumitted by Nancy Hawkins in 1838. (who freed her in Rising Sun in 1838). Frances, along with most of her family, was instrumental in UGRR activity in the Ohio Valley Region.

Member

Newman family

Birth date

circa 1807

Place of birth

Augusta (Ga.)

Life event(s)

Marriage: 28 Mar 1846

Hamilton County (Ohio)

Spouse(s)

Barkshire, Samuel

Child(ren)

Barkshire, Arthur

Barkshire, Garrett [1]

Barkshire, Matilda

Barkshire, Emily

Barkshire, Woodford

Barkshire, Minerva Ann

Barkshire, Harriet

Death date

29 Jul 1864

Place of death

Rising Sun (Ind.)

Death and burial information

Union Cemetery (Rising Sun, Ind.)

Participant in

1848--Freedom for Frances Newman

1848--Freedom for Arthur Barkshire

1848--Freedom for Emily Barkshire

1848--Freedom for Garrett Barkshire

1848--Freedom for Matilda Barkshire

1848--Freedom for Minerva Barkshire

1848--Freedom for Woodford Barkshire

Relationship

Slaveholder(s): Barkshire, Dickey; Hawkins, Joseph

Barkshire, Dickey

Hawkins, Joseph

Bibliographic citation(s)

Dearborn County Deed Book, Jun 1838-Feb 1839, page 180

Source(s)

Seventh Census of the United States, 1850

Eighth Census of the United States, 1860

Ohio County Marriage Records 1774-1993

Ohio County, Indiana Sexton's Records

Dearborn County Deed Books

Item sets

AA--Barkshire story--Enslaved

AA--Enslaved--Kentucky--Boone County--B

AA--Enslaved--Kentucky--Boone County--H