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Note: ensus of Arkansas Co., and the other in the census of Clark Co. for the years 1830 and 1840. Our Jacob Barkman was not the colorful and notorious pioneer from Clark Co., but an ordinary farmer who lived in Arkansas Co. The family farm was located near Bayou Meto, five miles from Arkansas Post. The family's surname is also given as "Bockman" by one source. Barkman, Jacob and Barkman, John appear on the 1814 and 1816 tax lists for Arkansas Co., Missouri Territory. Kepler (Madam), Jacob's second wife, appears on the 1816 list. http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ar/state/history/terr/1814.txt http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ar/state/history/terr/1816.txt Barkman, Jacob also appears in the 1823 Sheriff's Census for Arkansas County, Arkansas Township, Missouri Territory. Arkansas Gazette, 4 Aug 1821. Died ---- Suddenly, about 5 miles from this place, on Thursday night last, Mrs. Betsey Barkman, wife of Mr. Jacob Barkman. The evening preceding her death, she prepared supper as usual, and retired to rest at the usual hour, apparently in good health. Some time in the night her husband was awoke by an unusual noise, when he discovered that she was in the agonies of death. She expired in a few minutes, leaving a husband and four small children to mourn the untimely death of an affectionate wife and tender mother. 1830 Census, Arkansas Co., AR Jacob Barkman 1 male 15<20 1 male 40<50 1 fem <5 2 fem 5<10 1 fem 10<15 1 fem 20<30 1840 Census, Velmont Twp., Arkansas Co., AR Jacob Barkman 1 Male 50<60 1 Females <5 1 Female 5<10 2 Females 10<15 I suspect that Jean-Baptiste Corbin Bachemin, born Abt. 1700, and Marie-Julie Hardy, born Abt. 1710, may have been Jacob's grandparents, and that Jacob's father was their fourth child, Jacob Corbin Bachemin or Baschemin. "Marriage Contract dated January 12, 1764 between Jacob Corbin Baschemin and Demoiselle Cecille Francoise Jousset de Laloire stating...''Mr. Jacob Corbin Baschemin, Officer of the Infantry, a native of St. Servan Diocese of St. Malo, son of the deceased Jean Baptiste Corbin Bachemin merchant and resident, and of Dame Marie Hardy, his father and mother...'' See the following website: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/r/o/b/Suzanne-Robinhooks/GENE1-0024.html Interestingly enough, my mother possessed a pair of antique gold cufflinks which she said had belonged to her "many-greats-grandfather," who was an officer in the French army stationed in what is now Arkansas. At that time, of course, the territory was part of Nouvelle-France. There is a lot of information in the following website devoted to the history of Arkansas Post, also known as Ft. Desha: www.deltaarchaeology.us/ftdesha.htm That is where I found the following tidbit: "1757 Capt. J. F. Gouyon (or Guyon) Gamont de la Rochette . . . arrived to take command of Ft. Desha . . . Other officers present at the initiation of the new fort were . . . Second Ensign Bachemin."
Note: It is clear there were two Jacob Barkmans in AR in the early 1800s. One is recorded in the c
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