Barkshire, Minerva Ann

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Title: Barkshire, Minerva Ann
Alias: Tutt, Minerva
Gender: Female
Biography: 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.
Member: Berkshire family; Tutt family
Birth date: 15 Sep 1836
Place of birth: Boone County (Ky.)
Father: Barkshire, Samuel
Mother: Newman, Frances Harriet
Life event(s): Marriage: 1 Nov 1854; Summit County (Ohio); Summit County (Ohio)
Spouse(s): Tutt, Noah B.
Death date: 11 Jan 1908
Place of death: Muscatine (Iowa)
Death and burial information: Greenwood Cemetery (Muscatine, Iowa)
Participant in: 1848--Freedom for Minerva Barkshire
Relationship: Slaveholder(s): Barkshire, Dickey; Hawkins, Joseph; Barkshire, Dickey; Hawkins, Joseph
Bibliographic citation(s): Ohio County Deed Book B, page 424; Ohio, Wills and Probate Records, volume 2, page 28; Iowa, State Census Collection, 1836-1925
Source(s): Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; Eighth Census of the United States, 1860; Tenth Census of the United States, 1880; Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900; Iowa Deaths and Burials, 1850-1990; Ohio County Marriage Records 1774-1993; Ohio County Deed Books; Ohio, Wills and Probate Records, 1786-1998

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

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Tutt, Noah B.	Person