Virginia Emigrants to Liberia

Data

Location Type	town
Located In	Fairfax Co., Virginia

Locations

Mount Vernon, Fairfax Co., Virginia

former home of George Washington

Events

	Christian Blackburn (slaveholder) Judith B. Blackburn (facilitator, supporter of colonization)	1 2	View Event Details
birth	Lewis Wiggins (emigrant)	1 Jan 1824 3	View Event Details

Citations

[1] Benjamin M. Miller (Winchester, Virginia) to R. R. Gurley (Washington, D.C.), letter, 27 Sep 1826; "Incoming Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 1; (https://www.fold3.com/image/27400606: accessed 4 Aug 2022).
[2] Judith B. Blackburn (Mount Vernon, Fairfax Co., Virginia) to Gurley (Washington), letter, 29 Mar 1831; "Incoming Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 10; (https://www.fold3.com/image/29604720: accessed 8 Aug 2022).
[3] Jane C. Washington (Blakeley, Charlestown, Jefferson Co., Virginia) to William McLain (Baltimore, Maryland), letter, 15 Feb 1849; "Incoming Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 58; (https://www.fold3.com/image/30923131: accessed 18 Oct 2022).