Disappearance of Barney Burke · Memorializing the Enslaved in Arlington

event name: Disappearance of Barney Burke
location: Residence of George Washington Parke Custis
Identifier: EV_2800
first name: Barney
last name: Burke
age: Adult
age description: 19
physical description: Mulatto, middle size, thin, scar under eye and on his hand
event type: Disappearance
event date: 1839-06-04
notes: Thought to have gone to New York by boat; reward offered for his return and information about ship captain who carried him
source: "Runaway Advertisement for Edward Burke." Daily National Intelligencer, 1 August 1839. Washington, DC. As found on GenealogyBank (accessed 12 September 2024).
place: Arlington Farm
place type: Plantation
runaway: Edward Bingham
enslaver: George Washington Parke Custis; Richard Rice