Barkshire, Garrett [1]
Item
- Title
- Barkshire, Garrett [1]
- Alias
- Barkshire, Garritt
- Berkshire, Garrett
- Berkshire, Garritt
- Gender
- Male
- Biography
- Born in Boone County, Kentucky, Garrett was the son of Samuel Barkshire and Frances Newman. He was first enslaved by Dickey Barkshire, before being transferred to Joseph and Nancy Hawkins. Living in Rising Sun, Indiana by 1836, Garrett was officially manumitted in 1848 by Nancy Hawkins. , A known UGRR conductor, he worked on riverboats and went south to New Orleans where he brought freedom seekers back to Indiana.
- Garrett Barkshire was married twice, and died in Terre Haute, Indiana in 1894.
- Member
- Berkshire family
- Birth date
- 31 Oct 1826
- Place of birth
- Boone County (Ky.)
- Father
- Barkshire, Samuel
- Mother
- Newman, Frances Harriet
- Life event(s)
- Marriage 1: 23 Apr 1857; Hamilton County (Ohio)
- Hamilton County (Ohio)
- Marriage 2: 18 Jul 1872; Vigo County (Ind.)
- Vigo County (Ind.)
- Child(ren)
- Berkshire, Cynthia
- Death date
- 11 May 1894
- Place of death
- Terre Haute (Ind.)
- Death and burial information
- Cause of death: Cirrhosis of liver
- Highland Lawn Cemetery (Terre Haute, Ind.)
- Participant in
- 1848--Freedom for Garrett Barkshire
- Bibliographic citation(s)
- "More Western Memories: How slaves were harbored and forwarded to canada before the war," Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Brooklyn, N.Y., 24 May 1887
- Ohio County Deed Book B, page 421
- FindAGrave.com, memorial #30790736
- Source(s)
- Seventh Census of the United States, 1850
- Eighth Census of the United States, 1860
- Ninth Census of the United States, 1870
- Tenth Census of the United States, 1880
- Indiana Marriage Index, 1800-1941
- Ohio County Marriage Records 1774-1993
- Ohio County Deed Books
- Indiana Deaths, 1882-1920
- Find A Grave.com
- More Western Memories: How slaves were harbored and forwarded to canada before the war
Linked resources
Title | Class |
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1848--Freedom for Garrett Barkshire | Event |
Title | Class |
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Barkshire, Dickey | Person |
Hawkins, Joseph | Person |
Hawkins, Nancy | Person |
Title | Class |
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Berkshire, Cynthia | Person |
Title | Class |
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Barkshire, Samuel | Person |
Newman, Frances Harriet | Person |
Title | Class |
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Ellis, Sarah | Person |
Kennedy, Frances | Person |