Virginia Emigrants to Liberia

Data

Location Type	town
Located In	Berkeley Co., Virginia

Locations

Martinsburg, Berkeley Co., Virginia

Became Berkeley Co., West Virginia in 1863

Events

William C. Matthews (facilitator)	3	View Event Details
Peyton Harrison (supporter of colonization)	6	View Event Details
D. H. Conrad (supporter of colonization)	5	View Event Details
Thomas Davis (supporter of colonization)	4	View Event Details
James M. Brown (supporter of colonization)	4	View Event Details
Francis M. Brown (emigrant) George R. Brown (emigrant) George Rasel Brown (emigrant) Isaac Newton Brown (emigrant) John James Brown (emigrant) Larinda /LucindaJane Brown (emigrant) Mary Ann Brown (emigrant) Winefred Brown (emigrant)	circa 1854 1 2	View Event Details

Citations

[1] "Ship Sophia Walker, 18 May 1854, Norfolk, Virginia, 27 May 1854, Savannah, Georgia", 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/46670039 : accessed 19 Mar 2021).
[2] "Ship Sophia Walker, 18 May 1854, Norfolk, Virginia, 27 May 1854, Savannah, Georgia", Outgoing Correspondence, 1839-1912, Letters from Liberia, 1843-1874, American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress; digital image, Fold3.com. Microfilm Reel 239 (https://www.fold3.com/image/31540744 : accessed 19 Mar 2021).
[3] William C. Matthews (Martinsburg, Virginia) to R. R. Gurley (Washington City), letter, 20 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/29602196: accessed 1 Sep 2021).
[4] Thomas Davis (Martinsburg, Berkeley Co., Virginia) to R. R. Gurley (City of Washington), letter, 21 Mar 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/30893144: accessed 8 May 2022).
[5] D. H. Conrad (Martinsburg, Berkeley Co., Virginia) to Wilkeson (Washington City), letter, 9 Jul 1840; "Incoming Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 35; (https://www.fold3.com/image/29607589: accessed 10 May 2022).
[6] Peyton Harrison (Martinsburg, Berkeley Co., Virginia) to James C. Dunn (Washington City, D. C.), letter, 24 Dec 1839; "Incoming Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 33 A; (https://www.fold3.com/image/29605721: accessed 10 May 2022).