Virginia Emigrants to Liberia

Data

Individual Type
Age at Emigration	4.0 specified
Emigration Origin	Brownsburg, Rockbridge Co., Virginia
Emigration Destination	Liberia
Sex	female
Legal Status

Individuals

Jenny Lind Porterfield

Recorded Names

Jenny Lind Porterfield 1 2

Recorded Ages

9

Associated Individuals

enslaved by Hugh Adams (slaveholder) 1

Events

	Rockbridge Co., Virginia (primary location)	14 Sep 1857 5	View Event Details
	Brownsburg, Rockbridge Co., Virginia (Origin) Liberia (Destination)	circa 1860 1 2	View Event Details
ship's passage	Baltimore, Maryland (Origin)	21 Apr 1860 to unknown 1 2 3 4	View Event Details

Citations

[1] "List of Emigrants, Per Ship M. C. Stevens, From Baltimore, April 21, and Savannah, May 2, 1860." African Repository, Vol. 36, No. 5 (May 1860): 140.
[2] "Ship Mary Caroline Stevens, 21 Apr 1860, Baltimore, Maryland, 2 May 1860, 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 240 (https://www.fold3.com/image/31879168 : accessed 25 Mar 2021).
[3] "Ship Mary Caroline Stevens, 21 Apr 1860, Baltimore, Maryland, 2 May 1860, 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 240 (https://www.fold3.com/image/31879240 : accessed 25 Mar 2021).
[4] "Ship Mary Caroline Stevens, 21 Apr 1860, Baltimore, Maryland, 2 May 1860, Savannah, Georgia", 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_scm13250-0363.html : accessed 31 Mar 2021).
[5] Will of Hugh Adams, Rockbridge Co., Virginia Circuit Court Will Book 1: 136, signed 24 Aug 1857, recorded 14 Sep 1857.