Virginia Emigrants to Liberia

Data

Group Type	potential ACS emigrants
Count of Members	20

Groups

about 20 enslaved persons purchased by executor for John J. H. Gunnell deceased

Recorded Names

about 20 enslaved persons purchased by executor for John J. H. Gunnell deceased 1

Associated Individuals

James G. Hurst (slaveholder) 7	enslaved by
John J. H. Gunnell (emancipator, slaveholder) 1 2 4	purchased by

Events

	Jefferson Co., Virginia (primary location)	1850 1 2 3 4	View Event Details
	Chambersburg, Pennsylvania (Destination) Jefferson Co., Virginia (Origin)	1854 5 6	View Event Details
	Chambersburg, Pennsylvania (Origin) Jefferson Co., Virginia (Destination)	1854 5 6	View Event Details

Citations

[1] Thomas Hite (Kearneysville, Jefferson Co., Virginia) to William McLain (n.p.), letter, 16 May 1854; "Incoming Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 73; (https://www.fold3.com/image/30258820: accessed 1 Dec 2022).
[2] Will of John J. H. Gunnell, Jefferson Co., West Virginia Will Book 12: 435, signed 12 Feb 1850, recorded 16 Sep 1850.
[3] [untitled], Jefferson Co., West Virginia Will Book 12: 499, signed 5 Nov 1850, recorded 20 Jan 1851.
[4] [untitled], Jefferson Co., West Virginia Will Book 13: 295, recorded 22 Jun 1852.
[5] "The Martinsburg Gazette says:-", Port Tobacco Times, and Charles County Advertiser (Port Tobacco, Maryland), 22 Jun 1854, p. 2, col. 6.
[6] "Got Enough Of It.", Herald of Freedom & Torch Light (Hagerstown, Maryland), digital image, Western Maryland Regional Library, wilbr.org (http://www.whilbr.org/itemdetail.aspx?idEntry=7793&dtPointer=3 : accessed 8 Dec 2022).
[7] James G. Hurst & wife to Thomas Hite, executor of J.J.H. Gunnell deceased, Jefferson Co., West Virginia Deed Book 34: 21, signed 1 Sep 1851, recorded 3 May 1852.