Virginia Emigrants to Liberia

Data

Individual Type
Age at Emigration	7.0 specified
Emigration Origin	Martinsburg, Berkeley Co., Virginia
Emigration Destination	Liberia
Sex	male
Legal Status	Free

Individuals

John James Brown

Recorded Names

John J. Brown 1
John James Brown 2 4

Recorded Ages

4

Associated Individuals

child of George R. Brown (emigrant) 1

facilitated by James N. Riddle (facilitator, supporter of colonization) 8 9

Events

	Martinsburg, Berkeley Co., Virginia (Origin) Liberia (Destination)	circa 1854 1 2	View Event Details	Free
ship's passage	Norfolk, Norfolk Co., Virginia (Origin)	18 May 1854 to unknown 1 2 3 4 5	View Event Details	Free

Citations

[1] "Ship Sophia Walker, 18 May 1854, Norfolk, Virginia, 27 May 1854, Savannah, Georgia", 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/46670039 : accessed 19 Mar 2021).
[2] "Ship Sophia Walker, 18 May 1854, Norfolk, Virginia, 27 May 1854, Savannah, Georgia", Outgoing Correspondence, 1839-1912, Letters from Liberia, 1843-1874, American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress; digital image, Fold3.com. Microfilm Reel 239 (https://www.fold3.com/image/31540744 : accessed 19 Mar 2021).
[3] "Ship Sophia Walker, 18 May 1854, Norfolk, Virginia, 27 May 1854, Savannah, Georgia", Outgoing Correspondence, 1839-1912, Letters from Liberia, 1843-1874, American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress; digital image, Fold3.com. Microfilm Reel 239 (https://www.fold3.com/image/31540624 : accessed 19 Mar 2021).
[4] "Ship Sophia Walker, 18 May 1854, Norfolk, Virginia, 27 May 1854, Savannah, Georgia", Outgoing Correspondence, 1839-1912, Letters from Liberia, 1843-1874, American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress; digital image, Fold3.com. Microfilm Reel 239 (https://www.fold3.com/image/31540334 : accessed 19 Mar 2021).
[5] "Later From Liberia." African Repository, Vol. 31, No. 6 (Jun 1855): 185.
[6] 1850 U.S. Census, Berkeley Co., Virginia, population schedule, 9th District, enumeration district (ED) , stamped page 311 A, dwelling no. 28, household of George Brown; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/8054/images/4191113-00010) : accessed 17 Jun 2022
[7] George R. Brown (Martinsburg, Berkeley Co., Virginia) to William McLain (n. p.), letter, 27 Feb 1854; "Incoming Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 72; (https://www.fold3.com/image/30898719: accessed 20 Jun 2022).
[8] James N. Riddle (Martinsburg, Berkeley Co., Virginia) to William McLain (n. p. ), letter, 10 Mar 1854; "Incoming Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 72; (https://www.fold3.com/image/30899744: accessed 20 Jun 2022).
[9] James N. Riddle (Martinsburg, Berkeley Co., Virginia) to William McLain (n. p.), letter, 7 Apr 1854; "Incoming Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 72; (https://www.fold3.com/image/30903049: accessed 20 Jun 2022).
[10] William McLain (Baltimore, Maryland) to E. G. Alburtis (Martinsburg, Berkeley Co., Virginia), letter, 20 Apr 1854; "Outgoing Correspondence, Letters to Liberia"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 239; (https://www.fold3.com/image/31540036: accessed 20 Jun 2022).