Virginia Emigrants to Liberia

Data

Individual Type
Age at Emigration	25.0 specified
Emigration Origin	Rappahannock Co., Virginia
Emigration Destination	Liberia
Sex	male
Occupation	smith & farmer
Legal Status	Free

Individuals

John R. Gordon

Recorded Names

John R. Gordon 10 14

Associated Individuals

enslaved by Dr. Aylett Hawes (emancipator, slaveholder) 14

emancipated by Dr. Aylett Hawes (emancipator, slaveholder) 9

facilitated by Howard F. Thornton (facilitator, slaveholder) 6

Events

		1833 9	View Event Details	Free
	Rappahannock Co., Virginia (Origin) Liberia (Destination)	circa 1834 1	View Event Details	Free
ship's passage	Norfolk, Norfolk Co., Virginia (Origin) Bassa Cove (Destination)	26 Oct 1834 to unknown 1 2 14	View Event Details	Free

Citations

[1] "Intelligence.: Emigrants to Africa." African Repository and Colonial Journal, Vol. 10, No. 9 (Nov 1834): 286.
[2] Eli Seifman, "The United Colonization Societies of New-York and Pennsylvania and the Establishment of the African Colony of Bassa Cove" Pennsylvania History, Vol. 35, No. 1 (Jan 1968): 23-44, digital images (https://journals.psu.edu/phj/article/view/23277 : accessed 28 Aug 2023).
[3] R. R. Gurley Rev. (Berryville, Frederick Co., Virginia) to Joseph Gales (Washington, DC), letter, 1 Sep 1834; "Incoming Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 21; (https://www.fold3.com/image/27402664: accessed 21 Dec 2021).
[4] Walker Hawes (Ayletts, King William Co., Virginia) to R. R. Gurley (Washington City), letter, 16 Dec 1833; "Incoming Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 19; (https://www.fold3.com/image/27406438: accessed 21 Dec 2021).
[5] Walker Hawes (Ayletts, King William Co., Virginia) to R. R. Gurley (Washington City), letter, 4 Apr 1834; "Incoming Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 20; (https://www.fold3.com/image/27454783: accessed 21 Dec 2021).
[6] Howard F. Thornton (Haw Thorn, Virginia) to Philip R. Fendall (Washington, DC), letter, 13 May 1834; "Incoming Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 22B; (https://www.fold3.com/image/27424596: accessed 21 Dec 2021).
[7] Howard F. Thornton (Haw Thorn, Virginia) to Philip R. Fendall (Washington, DC), letter, 10 Sep 1834; "Incoming Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 22B; (: accessed 21 Dec 2021).
[8] Howard F. Thornton (Haw Thorn, Woodville, Rappahannock Co., Virginia) to R. R. Gurley (Washington, DC), letter, 1 Apr 1834; "Incoming Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 22B; (https://www.fold3.com/image/27457012: accessed 21 Dec 2021).
[9] Will of Dr. Aylette Hawes, digital image, Rappahannock Co., Virginia Will Book A: 16, signed 9 Aug 1832, recorded 8 Oct 1833 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9PF-C9RK-L?i=28&cat=366719 : accessed 21 Dec 2021).
[10] [untitled], digital image, Rappahannock Co., Virginia Will Book A: 48, recorded 12 May 1834 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9PF-C9RY-D?i=44&cat=366719 : accessed 21 Dec 2021).
[11] [untitled], digital image, Rappahannock Co., Virginia Will Book A: 58, signed 11 Dec 1833, recorded 8 Sep 1834 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9PF-C9RY-9?i=49&cat=366719 : accessed 21 Dec 2021).
[12] [untitled], digital image, Rappahannock Co., Virginia Will Book A: 113, recorded 14 Sep 1835 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9PF-C9RC-V?i=76&cat=366719 : accessed 21 Dec 2021).
[13] [untitled], digital image, Rappahannock Co., Virginia Will Book A: 132, recorded 11 Jan 1836 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9PF-C9RD-F?i=86&cat=366719 : accessed 21 Dec 2021).
[14] "Young Men's Colonization Society of Pennsylvania Minute Book, 1834-1841", Lincoln University, Pennsylvania, Colonization Society; digital image, Lincoln.edu (https://www.lincoln.edu/langston-hughes-memorial-library/special-collections-and-archives/digital-collections/library-colonization-society.html : accessed 8 Dec 2023).