Virginia Emigrants to Liberia

Data

Location Type	county
Located In	Virginia

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Locations

Clarke Co., Virginia

Formed from Frederick Co., Virginia in 1836

Events

	Eveline Gordon (emigrant) John Gordon (emigrant)	2	View Event Details
	Mary Elizabeth Wormeley (facilitator)	1 2 3 4	View Event Details
	Eveline Gordon (emigrant) Hannah Gordon (emigrant) John Gordon (emigrant) Lily Gordon (emigrant) Lydia Gordon (emigrant) Ralph W. Gordon (emigrant) William Gordon (emigrant)	circa 1853 1	View Event Details

Citations

[1] "Ship Banshee, 9 Nov 1853, Baltimore, Maryland, 11 Nov 1853, Norfolk, Virginia", Subject File, 1792-1964, American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress; digital image, Fold3.com. Microfilm Reel 314 (https://www.fold3.com/image/46670005 : accessed 19 Mar 2021).
[2] "An Appeal Not Sectional: A Sectional Appeal" The National Era, (11 Aug 1853): 128.
[3] "no title" The National Era, (18 Aug 1853): 131.
[4] Elizabeth Wormeley (Newport, Rhode Island) to William McLain (Washington, D.C.), letter, 23 Apr 1854; "Incoming Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 72; (https://www.fold3.com/image/30904675: accessed 6 Jul 2023).