Virginia Emigrants to Liberia

Data

Individual Type
Age at Emigration	16.0 specified
Emigration Origin	Prince Edward Co., Virginia
Emigration Destination	Liberia
Sex	male
Legal Status

Individuals

Tom Watson

Recorded Names

Tom Watson 10 11 12

Associated Individuals

facilitated by Joseph Dupuy (facilitator) 11 13

grandchild of Claracy Watson (emigrant) 11

enslaved by John Watson (slaveholder) 11 12

sibling of Maria Watson (emigrant) 11

Drusilla Watson (emigrant) (sibling of Tom Watson) 11

Albert Watson Jr. (emigrant) (sibling of Tom Watson) 11

Bob Watson (emigrant) (sibling of Tom Watson) 11

Events

	Prince Edward Co., Virginia (Origin) Liberia (Destination)	circa 1856 11 12 13	View Event Details
ship's passage	Baltimore, Maryland (Origin) Monrovia (Destination)	26 Nov 1856 to 21 Jan 1857 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9	View Event Details

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/46670100 : accessed 20 Mar 2021).
[2] "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).
[3] "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/46670113 : accessed 21 Mar 2021).
[4] "Ship Mary Caroline Stevens, 26 Nov 1856, Baltimore, Maryland, 6 Dec 1856, Norfolk, Virginia", Outgoing Correspondence, 1839-1912, Letters from Liberia, 1843-1874, American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress; digital image, Fold3.com. Microfilm Reel 240 (https://www.fold3.com/image/31877737 : accessed 21 Mar 2021).
[5] "Ship Mary Caroline Stevens, 26 Nov 1856, Baltimore, Maryland, 6 Dec 1856, Norfolk, Virginia", Outgoing Correspondence, 1839-1912, Letters from Liberia, 1843-1874, American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress; digital image, Fold3.com. Microfilm Reel 240 (https://www.fold3.com/image/31877843 : accessed 21 Mar 2021).
[6] "Ship Mary Caroline Stevens, 26 Nov 1856, Baltimore, Maryland, 6 Dec 1856, Norfolk, Virginia", 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_scm13250-0362.html : accessed 30 Mar 2021).
[7] "Voyages of the Ship M. C. Stevens." Maryland Colonization Journal, New Series, Vol. 9, No. 6 (Nov 1857): 81.
[8] "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.
[9] "Annual Report of the American Colonization Society" African Repository, Vol. 34, No. 3 (Mar 1858): 73.
[10] "Ship Mary Caroline Stevens, 4 Nov 1857, Baltimore, Maryland, 12 Nov 1857, Norfolk, Virginia", Outgoing Correspondence, 1839-1912, Letters from Liberia, 1843-1874, American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress; digital image, Fold3.com. Microfilm Reel 240 (https://www.fold3.com/image/31878273 : accessed 21 Mar 2021).
[11] "Ship Mary Caroline Stevens, 4 Nov 1857, Baltimore, Maryland, 12 Nov 1857, Norfolk, Virginia", Outgoing Correspondence, 1839-1912, Letters from Liberia, 1843-1874, American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress; digital image, Fold3.com. Microfilm Reel 240 (https://www.fold3.com/image/31878293 : accessed 21 Mar 2021).
[12] "List of Emigrants by the Mary Caroline Stevens, 3d voyage, From Baltimore 2d November, and Norfolk the 12th of same month." African Repository, Vol. 33, No. 12 (Dec 1857): 355.
[13] Joseph Dupuy (Moores Ordinary, Prince Edward Co., Virginia) to General Agent, American Colonization Society (n.p.), letter, 30 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/30216936: accessed 23 Mar 2022).