Virginia Emigrants to Liberia

Data

Individual Type
Emigration Origin	Shepherdstown, Jefferson Co., Virginia
Emigration Destination	Jefferson Co., Virginia Liberia Liberia
Sex	male
Legal Status	Enslaved

Individuals

Gilbert Russel

Recorded Names

Gilbert Russel 2

Recorded Ages

about 28

Associated Individuals

child of Fanny ___ (potential ACS emigrant) 3

half sibling of ___ [Hays] (emigrant) 6

enslaved by Rev. John Matthews (slaveholder, life member of the ACS) 2

Events

	Jefferson Co., Virginia (Destination) Liberia (Destination)	circa 1831 1	View Event Details	Enslaved
	Shepherdstown, Jefferson Co., Virginia (Origin) Liberia (Destination)	circa 1831 1 2	View Event Details	Enslaved
ship's passage	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Origin)	18 Oct 1831 to 14 Dec 1831 1	View Event Details	Enslaved

Citations

[1] "Departure of the Colonial Schooner Margaret Mercer." African Repository and Colonial Journal, Vol. 7, No. 9 (Nov 1831): 284.
[2] John Matthews (Shepherdstown, Virginia) to R. R. Gurley (Georgetown, DC), letter, 10 May 1830; "Incoming Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 8; (https://www.fold3.com/image/29595008: accessed 1 Sep 2021).
[3] John Matthews (Shepherdstown, Virginia) to R. R. Gurley (Georgetown, DC), letter, 10 May 1830; "Incoming Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 8; (https://www.fold3.com/image/29595008: accessed 1 Sep 2021).
[4] John T. Cookus (Shepherdstown, Virginia) to R. R. Gurley (Washington City, D.C.), letter, 23 Aug 1831; "Incoming Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 12; (https://www.fold3.com/image/29598493: accessed 1 Sep 2021).
[5] John T. Cookus (Shepherdstown, Virginia) to R. R. Gurley (Washington City, D.C.), letter, 7 Sep 1861; "Incoming Correspondence, Domestic Letters", digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 12; (https://www.fold3.com/image/29601360: accessed 1 Sep 2021).
[6] William C. Matthews (Martinsburg, Virginia) to R. R. Gurley (Washington City, D.C.), letter, 27 Jun 1832; "Incoming Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 14; (https://www.fold3.com/image/29601819: accessed 3 Sep 2021).
[7] William C. Matthews (Martinsburg, Virginia) to R. R. Gurley (Washington City, D.C.), letter, 13 Jul 1832; "Incoming Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 14; (https://www.fold3.com/image/29604756: accessed 5 Sep 2021).
[8] William C. Matthews (Martinsburg, Virginia) to R. R. Gurley (Washington, D.C.), letter, 16 Oct 1832; "Incoming Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 16; (https://www.fold3.com/image/29607317: accessed 5 Sep 2021).
[9] William C. Matthews (Martinsburg, Virginia) to R. R. Gurley (Washington, D.C.), letter, 13 Aug 1833; "Incoming Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 18; (https://www.fold3.com/image/29602175: accessed 6 Sep 2021).