Barkshire, Minerva Ann
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Title
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Barkshire, Minerva Ann
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Alias
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Tutt, Minerva
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Gender
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Female
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Biography
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Minerva was the daughter of Samuel Barkshire and Frances Newman, and was born into slavery in Boone County, Kentucky. She was enslaved by Dickey Barkshire and possibly transferred to Joseph and Nancy Hawkins.
Minerva was living in Rising Sun, Indiana by 1836 and was manumitted by Nancy Hawkins in 1848. She was named as heir in Nancy Hawkins' will. Minerva eventually settled in Muscatine, Iowa.
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Birth date
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15 Sep 1836
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Death date
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11 Jan 1908
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Place of death
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Muscatine (Iowa)
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Death and burial information
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Greenwood Cemetery (Muscatine, Iowa)
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Bibliographic citation(s)
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Ohio County Deed Book B, page 424
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Ohio, Wills and Probate Records, volume 2, page 28
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Iowa, State Census Collection, 1836-1925
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