The Barksdale surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 10,294 people carried this name — #3,472 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 28,700 people counted. That is up 8% from 9,565 in 2000.

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In the first U.S. census, 1790

29 families named Barksdale, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 133 people lived in those households, 4.6 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 4 other spellings. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Virginia 15
South Carolina 10
North Carolina 3
Maryland 1

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 228 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Barksdale in American newspapers,
1884–1886.

Newspaper page from The Weekly Visitor carrying the name Barksdale
The Weekly Visitor 1886-10-08
Newspaper page from The Indianapolis Journal carrying the name Barksdale
The Indianapolis Journal 1884-01-11
Newspaper page from Shepherdstown Register carrying the name Barksdale
Shepherdstown Register 1884-05-31

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 57,884 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Barksdale in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1950s.

47 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Barksdale. The most, 16, date from the 1880s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 16
Victoria 9
Queensland 8
South Australia 8
Tasmania 6

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Barksdale.

Who carried it

People named Barksdale,
with a public archive behind them.

  • William Barksdale
    William Barksdale 1821–1863 · politician
  • Ethelbert Barksdale
    Ethelbert Barksdale 1824–1893 · lawyer
  • Ethel du Pont Barksdale
    Ethel du Pont Barksdale 1857–1934
  • Alfred D. Barksdale
    Alfred D. Barksdale 1892–1972 · judge
  • Eugene Hoy Barksdale
    Eugene Hoy Barksdale 1896–1926
  • William B. Barksdale d. 2016

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Barksdale,
in the records of the United States.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States581 records

581 records of the Barksdale name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 339
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 157
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 41
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 30
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 5
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 1
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Thomas J. Barksdale

    Born 1929; from Bibb County, Georgia. U.S. Army, field artillery cannoneer; declared dead 1950 in North Korea. Buried at Georgia Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Milledgeville, Georgia.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Catherine F. Barksdale

    Born 1906 in New York. Enlisted 1943 in the Women's Army Corps at New York City; hospital attendant. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1993, buried at Calverton National Cemetery, New York.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Dallon F. Barksdale

    Arrived at New York in 1881 aboard the Gallia from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 27; tobacconist.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 581 records for Barksdale in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

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