Virginia Emigrants to Liberia

Data

Individual Type
Sex	female
Religious Affiliation	Methodist
Legal Status	Enslaved Free

Individuals

Lucy ___

Recorded Names

___ ___ 1
Lucy 3
Lucy Galloway 6

Associated Individuals

facilitated by Joseph T. Daugherty (facilitator) 5

enslaved by Margaret Muse (slaveholder) 1 3

___ ___ (potential ACS emigrant) (spouse of Lucy ___) 2 a

Events

	Charlestown, Jefferson Co., Virginia (primary location)	1827 1	View Event Details	Enslaved
	Jefferson Co., Virginia (primary location)	18 Aug 1830 3 b	View Event Details	Free

Notes

[a] Purchased by Joseph T. Daugherty so he could go to Liberia with his wife.
[b] Margaret Muse's will also freed Lucy's children, but does not say how many children.

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] 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).
[3] Will of Margaret Muse, Jefferson Co., West Virginia Will Book 6: 311, signed 17 Feb 1830, recorded 18 Aug 1830.
[4] 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).
[5] 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).
[6] Account settlement, Margaret Muse, deceased, Jefferson Co., West Virginia Will Book 7: 81, signed 24 Dec 1830, recorded 15 Sep 1834.