John Barkuloo | Dearborn County, Indiana

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John Barkuloo had a name that nobody could spell. From Long Island, NY of Dutch descent, the record keepers of Indiana did their best to spell the unfamiliar surname. For consistency sake, I have settled on “Barkuloo” for when writing about the family. The records, though, and transcription of the records, will reveal much more variation.

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Arrival in Dearborn County | 1810s

The “History of Dearborn and Ohio Counties, Indiana” (1885) records John Barkalow purchasing land in Logan Township, Dearborn County, situated in southeastern Indiana, along the Ohio border in 1815 and 1818. Both of these land entries were patented by an assignee, rather than Barkuloo himself in the BLM database. (Sec 12, T6N, R1W in 1815, and Sec 8, T7N, R1W in 1818, portions are not specified).

Remarrying in Dearborn County | 1820s

In 1820, John “Barculoo” is recorded in the census for Logan Township, Dearborn County, Indiana. He is listed with his seven children and no wife. Catherine L., wife of John “Barkalow”, is buried in Bond Road Cemetery, located immediately north of Section 12 where John originally purchased land in 1815. While his wife is buried closer to the 1815 land, the neighbors on the census page suggest that Barkuloo was living nearer to the 1818 land. In 1820, he also had a letter waiting for him at the post office, which was advertised in the Indiana Oracle (15 Apr 1820)

John Barkuloo remarried in 1829 to Ruth Mayall. Robert Mayall is a neighbor in the 1820 census, he died in 1826. Robert Mayall was a wool carding manufacture.

On 18 and 25 November 1826, Ruth Mayall runs a notice as administratrix of his estate. (Indiana Palladium, p. 3; newspapers.library.in.gov) On 2 Aug 1834, the newspaper runs a notice of case before Probate Court regarding the settlement of debts in Robert Mayall’s estate. It names Ruth and John “Barricklow” and additional heirs, suggesting that Barkuloo married Robert’s widow.

The spelling was most likely influenced by a family of Barricklows that lived near Rising Sun, Ohio County, Indiana (directly south of Dearborn’s current borders). These Barricklows were involved in politics and owned a stoneware pottery factory and store, and even engaged in wool carding, like the Mayalls.

1830 & 1840 Census Records

1830 Census

In the 1830 Census, the enumerator for Logan Township roughly alphabetized the names, reducing our ability to glean information from neighbors. Both John “Barricklow” and Harmanus “Barricklow” are listed.

John has 3 children between the age of 5-9 in his household, suggesting that he married between the death of Catherine Lott in 1817 and his marriage to Ruth Mayall in 1829 and that all of his older children have left the household. The Dearborn County Courthouse burned in 1826, and it is likely records of the marriage burned in the fire. Some researchers have named “Sarah Angevine” as the second wife of John Barkuloo, prior to his third marriage to Ruth. Ruth is listed in his household (unnamed) as a woman between the age of 30-39.

The Angevine Family can be found in the 1820 census living in the Manchester Township of Dearborn County, which is southwest of Logan Township. James Angevine bought the entire section 5 of Township 6N and Region 2W (in a time when most men bought a quarter). In the Angevine Family Cemetery (located in the NW 1/4 of Section 2 (also purchased by Angevine) is the memorial for Sarah “Bartlow”. This supports the theory that that Sarah Angevine is the second wife of James Barkuloo. The Angevine family was also from the New York City area.

1840 Census

By 1840, John was living in Miller Township, which was located near his original acreage and near the Bond Road Cemetery. He was no longer married to Ruth Mayall, yet had two small children in his household.

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Barkuloo’s Children with Catherine Lott

John Barkuloo traveled to Indiana with his first wife, Catherine and the following identified children from Long Island, New York. Their baptisms are recorded in the Dutch Reformed Church records: Eliza Ann(b. 1800), Rachel (b. 1802), Harmanus (b. 1804), Henry, (b. 1806) Sarah (b 1808), and John (b. 1810)

Eliza Ann Barkuloo

Eliza Ann is not listed in her father’s census record of 1820, suggesting that she married prior to 1820. Unfortunately, in 1826 the courthouse in Dearborn burned down, destroying marriage records.

She married Silas Garrison (based on marriage records of a son); he is the grandson of Levi Garrison, who came to Ohio prior to 1800, settling in the Symmes Purchase between the Miamis before moving into Indiana. Levi Garrison had six children, including a Silas Garrison who is the uncle of Eliza’s husband. In 1820, the younger Silas is listed in the census for Dearborn County, with his wife and one male child.

She and her family ultimately moved to Wapello County, Iowa.

Rachel Catherine Barkuloo

Rachel isn’t listed in her father’s census record of 1820 either. She married David Miller (based on marriage records of a son).

David Miller, while listed in Logan TWP for 1830 and 1840, is not listed in the 1820 census, suggesting David and Rachel still lived at his family’s home. However, with 20 Miller families in Dearborn County and 5+ with a male and female between 16-25 years, it is difficult to ascertain which household exactly.

She and her family ultimately moved to Jackson County, Iowa.

Harmanus Barkuloo

Harmanus’s birth year of 1804 suggests he is recorded as the male child 10-15 years old in the 1820 census; he marries Rebecca Thorn in 1828, which makes it likely he was still in his father’s household in 1820. By 1830, he has moved out and set up his household, near his father’s home. He stays in Dearborn County until he moves to Minnesota during the Civil War.

Sarah Doryea Barkuloo

Like Harmanus, Sarah was likely listed in the 1820 census as the female between 10 -15. There is a marriage record for Sarah Barkuloo to William Garrison in Rush County, Indiana in 1831. William was the cousin of Silas Garrison, Sarah’s brother-in-law.

The Garrison family had originally purchased several lots in Dearborn County in the early 1810s. By the late 1820s, two of the Levi’s sons, Aaron and Samuel, had moved into Rush County, as well as Levi’s grandson and Silas’s brother, John B Garrison.

In the 1830 census, Silas Garrison has two adult women living in his household. The older one, age 30-39, is likely his wife who was 30. The other adult, was 20-29, which fits Sarah and suggests, that as she was living with her sister, she had occasion to meet with the Garrisons and their extended family in Rush County.

William and Sarah move to Wabash County, with several of William’s brothers and where William owns a tavern.

John Barkuloo, Jr.

It is unclear what happened to John Barkuloo, Jr. Born in 1810, he appears to be listed in the 1820 census as a male under 10. A John Barkuloo married Catherine Foster in Rush County, Indiana in 1834. The timing is consistent with his age. They had a son, James T. Barkuloo who died in Monroe County, Missouri; their names are listed on his death certificate and name Rush County as his county of birth. This suggests that John Barkuloo lived in Rush County. He has not been located in census records

Charles and Sophia Barkuloo

Unlike the first group of children born in New York, Charles and Sophia Barkuloo were born in the Northwest Territory.

Charles helps to put into sharper focus when the Barkuloo’s arrived in the Northwest Territory. The 1850 and 1860 census records put his birth year is around 1812 and he cites both Ohio and Indiana as his birth place, suggesting that his family arrived around his birth. He married Amanda Cox in Rush County in 1835 and then Clarissa Cox in Dearborn County in 1839.

Sophia’s census returns suggests a birth year around 1816 and again, both Ohio and Indiana are cited, confirming the information from the land purchase records. Sophia married Thomas King in Rush County in 1837 and is living in Wabash County, the same county as Sarah Garrison, her sister.

Summary of 1820 Census of John Barkuloo’s household

In the 1820 Census, he had seven children living with him: 4 boys and 3 girls:

Age Range in Census	Est. Birth Years	Likely Child	Notes
1 male under 10	1810-1820	Charles*	Born in Northwest Territory
1 male under 10	1810-1820	John	Born in New York
1 male 10-15 years old	1805-1810	Harmanus	Born in New York
1 male 10-15	1805-1810	Henry	Researchers name a “Henry Barkuloo”, 1806-1827; no records regarding death have been located by me
1 female under 10	1810-1820	Unknown
1 female under 10	1810-1820	Sophia*	Born in Northwest Territory
1 female 10-15	1805-1820	Sarah	Born in New York

1840 Census and the Barkuloo Children

Logan County Residents

In 1840, three of the children appear to still be living near the 1818 purchase.

1. Harmanus married Rebecca Thorn in 1828; she may be related to Stephen Thorn, who patented land in the same section as Barkuloo. Her gravestone states that she is the daughter of S & H Thorn.
2. Listed above Harmanus, is Charles Bartlow, possibly a mis-rendering of a Barkuloo, as he married Clarissa Cox in 1839, and he is listed immediately under Daniel Cox, and other Coxes live nearby.
3. Likewise, on the second page, is David Miller living next to William Chappelow, who with Miller, were assignees of land patented by the Judds, who were neighbors of Barkuloo in 1820. David married Rachel.

summary of Levi Garrison’s Family with connections to Barkuloo Family

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