Virginia Emigrants to Liberia

Data

Individual Type
Age at Emigration	10.0 specified
Emigration Origin	Jefferson Co., Virginia
Emigration Destination	Liberia
Sex	male
Legal Status	Free

Individuals

John James Harris

Recorded Names

John J. Harris 1
John James Harris 2 4

Associated Individuals

child of Frances (Moore) Harris (emigrant) 2

facilitated by John A. Thomson (facilitator) 6

Events

	Jefferson Co., Virginia (Origin) Liberia (Destination)	circa 1854 1	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] John A. Thomson (Summit Point, Jefferson Co., Virginia) to William McLain (Washington, D.C.), letter, 5 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/30902904: accessed 30 Nov 2022).
[7] John A. Thomson (Summit Point, Jefferson Co., Virginia) to William McLain (Washington City), letter, 18 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/30904121: accessed 1 Dec 2022).