Virginia Emigrants to Liberia

Data

Individual Type	a
Sex	male
Religious Affiliation	Presbyterian

Individuals

Samuel R. Houston

Recorded Names

S. R. Houston 1 2
Samuel R. Houston Rev. 3 8

Associated Individuals

John Anthony Houston (emigrant) (enslaved by Samuel R. Houston) 1 2

Events

	Union, Monroe Co., Virginia (primary location)	3	View Event Details

Notes

[a]
of Monroe Co., Virginia

Citations

[1] "Ship Mary Caroline Stevens, 26 Nov 1856, Baltimore, Maryland, 6 Dec 1856, Norfolk, Virginia", 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/46670160 : accessed 21 Mar 2021).
[2] "List of Emigrants by the Ship Mary Caroline Stevens, From Baltimore Nov. 29th, and Norfolk Dec. 6, 1856." African Repository, Vol. 33, No. 1 (Jan 1857): 21.
[3] Samuel R. Houston (Union, Monroe Co., Virginia) to William McLain (n.p.), letter, 14 Jul 1856; "Incoming Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 80; (https://www.fold3.com/image/30215956: accessed 2 Jan 2023).
[4] Samuel R. Houston (Union, Monroe Co., Virginia) to William McLain (n.p.), letter, 11 Sep 1856; "Incoming Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 80; (https://www.fold3.com/image/30216657: accessed 2 Jan 2023).
[5] Samuel R. Houston (Union, Monroe Co., Virginia) to William McLain (Washington), letter, 26 May 1857; "Incoming Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 82; (https://www.fold3.com/image/30211845: accessed 2 Jan 2023).
[6] Samuel R. Houston (Union, Monroe Co., Virginia) to William McLain (n.p.), letter, 4 Jun 1857; "Incoming Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 82; (https://www.fold3.com/image/30211888: accessed 2 Jan 2023).
[7] Samuel R. Houston (Union, Monroe Co., Virginia) to William McLain (n.p.), letter, 29 Jun 1857; "Incoming Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 82; (https://www.fold3.com/image/30212013: accessed 2 Jan 2023).
[8] Samuel R. Houston (Union, Monroe Co., Virginia) to [unspecified] (n.p.), letter, 20 Oct 1857; "Incoming Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 83; (https://www.fold3.com/image/32820258: accessed 2 Jan 2023).
[9] William McLain (Norfolk, Virginia) to John Anthony Houston (Monrovia, Liberia), letter, 6 Nov 1857; "Outgoing Correspondence, Letters to Liberia"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 240; (https://www.fold3.com/image/31878280: accessed 2 Jan 2023).
[10] Samuel R. Houston (Union, Monroe Co., Virginia) to William McLain (n.p.), letter, 22 Dec 1860; "Incoming Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 90; (https://www.fold3.com/image/30932216: accessed 2 Jan 2023).
[11] William McLain (Washington City) to Samuel R. Houston (Union, Monroe Co., Virginia), letter, 26 Oct 1857; "Outgoing Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 201; (https://www.fold3.com/image/31471762: accessed 2 Jan 2023).