Barkshire, Woodford

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Title: Barkshire, Woodford
Gender: Male
Biography: Woodford was born in Boone County, Kentucky and was the son of Samuel Barkshire and Frances Newman. He was enslaved to the Barkshire family and transferred to Joseph and Nancy Hawkins.

Woodford was in Rising Sun, Indiana by 1836, where he was officially manumitted by Nancy Hawkins in 1848. He was a known UGRR conductor who helped others to freedom as far away as Canada. Woodford Barkshire died in 1868, and is buried in Rising Sun, Indiana.
Member: Berkshire family
Birth date: 1832
Place of birth: Boone County (Ky.)
Father: Barkshire, Samuel
Mother: Newman, Frances Harriet
Life event(s): Marriage: 16 Jun 1858; Ohio County (Ind.); Ohio County (Ind.)
Spouse(s): Sayers, Virginia J.
Child(ren): Barkshire, Emma; Barkshire, William [1]; Barkshire, Eleanor
Death date: 25 Aug 1868
Place of death: Rising Sun (Ind.)
Death and burial information: Union Cemetery (Rising Sun, Ind.)
Participant in: 1848--Freedom for Woodford Barkshire; between 1850-1860--Piatt Coachman Escapes to Indiana
Relationship: Slaveholder(s): Barkshire, Dickey; Hawkins, Joseph; Barkshire, Dickey; Hawkins, Joseph
Bibliographic citation(s): Ohio County Deed Book B, page 422.; "More Western Memories: How slaves were harbored and forwarded to canada before the war," Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Brooklyn, N.Y., 24 May 1887
Source(s): Ohio County Deed Books; Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; Eighth Census of the United States, 1860; Indiana Marriages, 1810-2001; Indiana Marriage Index, 1800-1941; Ohio County, Indiana Sexton's Records; More Western Memories: How slaves were harbored and forwarded to canada before the war

Item sets: AA--Barkshire story--Enslaved; AA--Enslaved--Kentucky--Boone County--B; AA--Enslaved--Kentucky--Boone County--H

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Items with "Participant: Barkshire, Woodford"
Title	Class
1848--Freedom for Woodford Barkshire	Event
between 1850-1860--Piatt Coachman Escapes to Indiana	Event

Items with "Relationship: Barkshire, Woodford"
Title	Class
Barkshire, Dickey	Person
Hawkins, Joseph	Person
Hawkins, Nancy	Person

Items with "Father: Barkshire, Woodford"
Title	Class
Barkshire, Eleanor	Person
Barkshire, Emma	Person
Barkshire, William [1]	Person

Items with "Child(ren): Barkshire, Woodford"
Title	Class
Barkshire, Samuel	Person
Newman, Frances Harriet	Person

Items with "Spouse(s): Barkshire, Woodford"
Title	Class
Sayers, Virginia J.	Person