Virginia Emigrants to Liberia

Data

Individual Type	a
Sex	female

Individuals

Margaret Muse

Recorded Names

Margaret Muse 1

Associated Individuals

Lucy ___ (potential ACS emigrant) (enslaved by Margaret Muse) 1 5

Richard ___ (potential ACS emigrant) (enslaved by Margaret Muse) 5

William C. Walton (emancipator, slaveholder) (son-in-law of Margaret Muse)

Events

	Charlestown, Jefferson Co., Virginia (primary location)	1827 1	View Event Details

Notes

[a]
of Charles Town, Jefferson Co., Virginia

Citations

[1] Margaret Muse (Charlestown, Jefferson Co., Virginia) to R. Gurley (Washington City, D. C.), letter, 15 Oct 1827; "Incoming Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 2; (https://www.fold3.com/image/30897954: accessed 4 Aug 2022).
[2] Christian Blackburn (Clay Mont, Jefferson Co., Virginia) to R. R. Gurley (George Town), letter, 23 Jul 1831; "Incoming Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 11; (https://www.fold3.com/image/29602523: accessed 8 Aug 2022).
[3] "Letters From Colonists." African Repository and Colonial Journal, Vol. 13, No. 9 (Nov 1832): 280.
[4] Joseph T. Daugherty (Charlestown, Jefferson Co., Virginia) to (Washington, D. C.), letter, 18 Dec 1832; "Incoming Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 16; (https://www.fold3.com/image/29609264: accessed 16 Aug 2022).
[5] Will of Margaret Muse, Jefferson Co., West Virginia Will Book 6: 311, signed 17 Feb 1830, recorded 18 Aug 1830.
[6] Joseph T. Daugherty (Charlestown, Jefferson Co., Virginia) to R. R. Gurley (Washington, D. C.), letter, 20 May 1833; "Incoming Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 17; (https://www.fold3.com/image/30907400: accessed 16 Aug 2022).
[7] Joseph T. Daugherty (Charlestown, Jefferson Co., Virginia) to (Washington, D. C.), letter, 21 Sep 1833; "Incoming Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 18; (https://www.fold3.com/image/29605481: accessed 16 Aug 2022).