Virginia Emigrants to Liberia

Data

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

Individuals

___ [Hays]

Recorded Names

[Hays] 6

Recorded Ages

about 25 a

Associated Individuals

spouse of Abraham Hays (emigrant) 6

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

___ Hays (emigrant) (child of ___ [Hays])

___ Hays (emigrant) (child of ___ [Hays]) 6

Gilbert Russel (emigrant) (half sibling of ___ [Hays]) 8

Events

	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

Notes

[a]
about 25 years old when Rev Matthews wrote his letter on 10 May 1830.

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] B. Tapscott (Shepherdstown, Virginia) to R. R. Gurley (Washington City, D.C.), letter, 13 Sep 1830; "Incoming Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 9; (https://www.fold3.com/image/27463950: accessed 1 Sep 2021).
[4] William C. Matthews (Martinsburg, Virginia) to R. R. Gurley (Washington City), letter, 20 Jul 1831; "Incoming Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 11; (https://www.fold3.com/image/29602196: accessed 1 Sep 2021).
[5] 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).
[6] 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).
[7] "[untitled]" Virginia Free Press and Farmers' Repository, (16 Feb 1832): 3, column 1, digital image, Chronicling America, Library of Congress (https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84024746/1832-02-16/ed-1/seq-3/ : accessed ).
[8] 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).
[9] 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).