Virginia Emigrants to Liberia

Data

Individual Type
Age at Emigration	45.0 specified
Emigration Origin	Shepherdstown, Jefferson Co., Virginia
Emigration Destination	Liberia
Sex	male
Occupation	labourer
Religious Affiliation	Methodist

Individuals

Archer Ransom

Recorded Names

Archer Ransom 1

Associated Individuals

enslaved by Levi Moler (slaveholder) 1

Ellen Ransey/Ransom (emigrant) (spouse of Archer Ransom) 3

Ann Rebecca Ransey/Ransom (emigrant) (child of Archer Ransom)

Samuel J. Ransom (born in Liberia) (child of Archer Ransom) 4

Events

	Maryland In Liberia (primary location)	4	View Event Details
	Shepherdstown, Jefferson Co., Virginia (Origin) Liberia (Destination)	circa 1848 1	View Event Details
ship's passage	Baltimore, Maryland (Origin)	5 Feb 1848 to unknown 1 2	View Event Details

Citations

[1] "Brig Amazon, 5 Feb 1848, Baltimore, Maryland", Subject File, 1792-1964, American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress; digital image, Fold3.com. Microfilm Reel 314 (https://www.fold3.com/image/46669800 : accessed 15 Mar 2021).
[2] "Brig Amazon, 5 Feb 1848, Baltimore, Maryland", Manumissions and Emigrants, Emigration, Record of Emigrants, Maryland State Colonization Society Papers, Maryland Historical Society; digital image, Maryland State Archives. Microfilm Reel 27 (http://mdhistory.msa.maryland.gov/msa_sc5977/scm013250/html/msa_sc5977_scm13250-0354.html : accessed 30 Mar 2021).
[3] J. T. Hargrave (Shepherdstown, Jefferson Co., Virginia) to William McLain (Washington City, D. C.), letter, 18 Jan 1848; "Incoming Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 54; (https://www.fold3.com/image/30899591: accessed 5 Oct 2022).
[4] "Census taken 1849", IX. Census Records & Vital Statistics of Maryland in Liberia, Maryland State Colonization Society Papers, Maryland Historical Society; digital image, Maryland State Archives. Microfilm Reel 24 (http://mdhistory.msa.maryland.gov/msa_sc5977/scm013247/html/msa_sc5977_scm13247-0867.html : accessed 10 May 2023).
[5] "Census taken 1852", IX. Census Records & Vital Statistics of Maryland in Liberia, Maryland State Colonization Society Papers, Maryland Historical Society; digital image, Maryland State Archives. Microfilm Reel 24 (http://mdhistory.msa.maryland.gov/msa_sc5977/scm013247/html/msa_sc5977_scm13247-0879.html : accessed 10 May 2023).