Virginia Emigrants to Liberia

Data

Individual Type
Emigration Origin	Circleville, Pickaway Co., Ohio
Emigration Destination	Liberia
Sex	male
Legal Status	Free

Individuals

Washington Copeland

Recorded Names

Washington Copeland

Recorded Ages

56

Events

	Lynchburg, Virginia (Origin) Circleville, Pickaway Co., Ohio (Destination)	13 Oct 1859 3 5	View Event Details	Free
	Circleville, Pickaway Co., Ohio (Origin) Liberia (Destination)	circa 1860 1 a	View Event Details	Free
ship's passage	Baltimore, Maryland (Origin)	1 Nov 1860 to unknown 1 2	View Event Details	Free
	Liberia (Origin) Circleville, Pickaway Co., Ohio (Destination)	1861 9 10	View Event Details	Free

Notes

[a]
Washington Copeland is on the AR 36: 363 ship list, but noted in error as from Georgia. See his letters to show that he emigrated from Circleville, Pickaway Co., Ohio

Citations

[1] "List of Emigrants by the M. C. Stevens, Nov. 1, 1860." African Repository, Vol. 36, No. 12 (Dec 1860): 363.
[2] "Ship Mary Caroline Stevens, 1 Nov 1860, Baltimore, Maryland", 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/31879596 : accessed 25 Mar 2021).
[3] William McLain (Washington, D.C.) to Washington Copeland (Lynchburg, Virginia), letter, 1 Oct 1859; "Outgoing Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 202; (https://www.fold3.com/image/31474544: accessed 4 May 2022).
[4] Mitchell (Lynchburg, Virginia) to William McLain (Washington, D.C.), letter, 8 Oct 1859; "Incoming Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 87; (https://www.fold3.com/image/30215206: accessed 6 May 2022).
[5] Washington Copeland (Circleville, Ohio) to William McLain (Washington, D.C.), letter, 17 Feb 1860; "Incoming Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 68; (https://www.fold3.com/image/30217979: accessed 6 May 2022).
[6] William McLain (Washington, D.C.) to Washington Copeland (Circleville, Ohio), letter, 21 Feb 1860; "Outgoing Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 202; (https://www.fold3.com/image/31475091: accessed 6 May 2022).
[7] Washington Copeland (Circleville, Ohio) to William McLain (Washington, D.C.), letter, 18 Apr 1860; "Incoming Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 89; (https://www.fold3.com/image/30289319: accessed 6 May 2022).
[8] Washington Copeland (Circleville, Ohio) to William McLain (Washington, D.C.), letter, 14 Oct 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/30926579: accessed 6 May 2022).
[9] Washington Copeland (Circleville, Ohio) to James Hall (Baltimore, Maryland), letter, 3 Sep 1861; "Incoming Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 92; (https://www.fold3.com/image/31127457: accessed 6 May 2022).
[10] Washington Copeland (Circleville, Ohio) to William McLain (Washington, D.C.), letter, 3 Sep 1861; "Incoming Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 92; (https://www.fold3.com/image/31127459: accessed 6 May 2022).
[11] William McLain (Baltimore, Maryland) to Washington Copeland (Circleville, Ohio), letter, 21 Oct 1860; "Outgoing Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 202; (https://www.fold3.com/image/31475820: accessed 6 May 2022).
[12] Washington Copeland (Circleville, Ohio) to William McLain (Washington, D.C.), letter, 17 Aug 1862; "Incoming Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 93; (https://www.fold3.com/image/30235866: accessed 6 May 2022).
[13] 1860 U.S. Census, Pickaway Co., Ohio, population schedule, Circleville City, 2nd Ward, enumeration district (ED) , stamped page 165 A, dwelling no. 361, Household of Martha Copland; digital image, Ancestry.com () : accessed 6 May 2022