1848--Freedom for Minerva Barkshire
Item
Title
1848--Freedom for Minerva 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, possibly transferred to Joseph and Nancy Hawkins. In Rising Sun by 1836, manumitted by Nancy Hawkins in 1848. She was named as heir in Nancy Hawkins' will and ultimately settled in Muscatine, Iowa.
Participant
African American(s): Minerva Barkshire; Samuel Barkshire; Frances Newman
Slave holder(s): Hawins, Joseph; Hawkins, Nancy
Location
Related resource
Bibliographic citation
Ohio County Deed Book B, page 424
Ohio County Wills, volume. 2, page 28
Source
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| Title | Alternate label | Class |
|---|---|---|
| Hawkins, Joseph | Participant in | Person |
| Newman, Frances Harriet | Participant in | Person |
| Barkshire, Minerva Ann | Participant in | Person |
| Barkshire, Samuel | Participant in | Person |
| Barkshire, Dickey | Participant in | Person |
| Hawkins, Nancy | Participant in | Person |