Virginia Emigrants to Liberia

Data

Individual Type
Age at Emigration	5.0 specified
Emigration Origin	Romney, Hampshire Co., Virginia
Emigration Destination	Liberia
Sex	male
Legal Status	Free

Individuals

John Bell

Recorded Names

John Bell 1

Associated Individuals

facilitated by Edward M. Armstrong (facilitator)

child of Hannah Bell (emigrant) 1

facilitated by Forman Inskeep (facilitator, slaveholder)

emancipated by William Inskeep (emancipator, slaveholder) 2 6 a

enslaved by William Inskeep (emancipator, slaveholder) 2 6

facilitated by William A. Kuykendall (facilitator)

Events

	Romney, Hampshire 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

Notes

[a] Ship list https://www.fold3.com/image/31540744 notes that Hannah Bell and her two children registered in Hampshire Co.

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] Will of William Inskeep, digital image, Hampshire Co., West Virginia Loose Wills, Will Boxes: will no. 321, signed 1 Oct 1851, recorded 8 Oct 1851 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89VR-JSZT?i=318&cat=655973 : accessed 7 Jul 2022).
[7] Will of Sarah Inskeep, digital image, Hampshire Co., West Virginia Loose Wills, Will Boxes: will no. 319, signed 7 May 1853, recorded 23 May 1853 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89VR-JS8D?i=311&cat=655973 : accessed 7 Jul 2022).
[8] Forman Inskeep (Romney, Hampshire Co., Virginia) to (n. p.), letter, 3 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/30902727: accessed 7 Jul 2022).
[9] William McLain Rev. (Washington City) to Forman Inskeep (Romney, Hampshire Co., Virginia), letter, 5 Apr 1854; "Outgoing Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 196; (https://www.fold3.com/image/31476927: accessed 8 Jul 2022).
[10] William A. Kuykendall (Romney, Hampshire Co., Virginia) to James Hall (n.p.), letter, 24 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/30904707: accessed 8 Jul 2022).
[11] William A. Kuykendall (Romney, Hampshire Co., Virginia) to McLain (n. p.), letter, 24 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/30904726: accessed 8 Jul 2022).
[12] William McLain Rev. (Baltimore) to E. M. Armstrong (n.p.), letter, 29 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/31540190: accessed 8 Jul 2022).
[13] "Emigrants for Liberia." Wheeling Daily Intelligencer, (5 May 1854): 2.
[14] William McLain Rev. (Washington) to E. M. Armstrong (Romney, Hampshire Co., Virginia), letter, 21 Feb 1855; "Outgoing Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 198; (https://www.fold3.com/image/31761515: accessed 8 Jul 2022).
[15] William McLain (Washington City) to Forman Inskeep (Romney, Hampshire Co., Virginia), letter, 3 Jan 1854; "Outgoing Correspondence, 1839-1912, Domestic Letters, 1839-1912, William McLain and Others, Box II: 12"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress.