1848--Freedom for Arthur Barkshire
Item
- Title
- 1848--Freedom for Arthur Barkshire
- Date
- 1848
- Event type
- Manumission
- Description
- Son of Samuel Barkshire and Frances Harriet Newman. He was born in 1825 into slavery in Boone County (Ky.) and was owned by the Barkshire family before being transferred to the holding of Joseph and Nancy Hawkins in Rising Sun by 1836. He was manumitted in 1848. As an official free person of color, he was a conductor for the UGRR and helped freedom seekers find a path to Canada. He served in the Civil war and died in 1864.
- Participant
- African American(s): Arthur Barkshire; Samuel Barkshire; Frances Harriet Newman
- Barkshire, Arthur
- Barkshire, Samuel
- Newman, Frances Harriet
- Slave holder(s): Barkshire, Dickey; Hawkins, Joseph; Hawkins, Nancy
- Barkshire, Dickey
- Hawkins, Joseph
- Hawkins, Nancy
- Bibliographic citation
- Ohio County, IN, Deed Book B, page 425
- Ohio County Wills, V. 2, page 28
- Source
- Ohio County Deed Books
- Ohio, Wills and Probate Records, 1786-1998
- Seventh Census of the United States, 1850
- Eighth Census of the United States, 1860
- U.S., Colored Troops Military Service Records, 1863-1865
- year
- 1848
- Item sets
- AA--Events--Manumissions--Indiana
Linked resources
| Title | Class |
|---|---|
| Barkshire, Arthur | Person |
| Barkshire, Dickey | Person |
| Barkshire, Samuel | Person |
| Hawkins, Joseph | Person |
| Hawkins, Nancy | Person |
| Newman, Frances Harriet | Person |