Virginia Emigrants to Liberia

Data

Location Type	town
Located In	Virginia

View a Chart of Emigrations by Year

Locations

Lynchburg, Virginia

Formed as independent city in 1786

Events

Samuel Miller (slaveholder)		View Event Details
Rev. Atkinson (slaveholder)	3	View Event Details
E. H. Murrell, MD (slaveholder)		View Event Details
Gen. Cocke (slaveholder) S. Miller (slaveholder)		View Event Details
Mrs. Teas (slaveholder)		View Event Details
William Helms (slaveholder)		View Event Details
Mrs. Falconer (slaveholder)	3	View Event Details
William B. Lynch (slaveholder)	4	View Event Details
Moses Anderson (emigrant) Sarah Cole (emigrant) Sihon Harris (emigrant) James Holcombe (emigrant) Shadrack Holcombe (emigrant) Fanny Reed (emigrant) Plymouth Reed (emigrant) Hannah Victor (emigrant)	circa 1830 1	View Event Details
Lucinda Cole (emigrant) Moses Cole (emigrant) John Cuff (emigrant) Lucy Holcombe (emigrant) Powhatan Holcombe (emigrant) Robert Holcombe (emigrant) Thomas Holcombe (emigrant) Aaron Mars (emigrant) Abraham Mars (emigrant) Andrew Mars (emigrant) Ann Mars (emigrant) Eliza Ann Mars (emigrant) George Mars (emigrant) Hercules Mars (emigrant) Jane Mars (emigrant) Lewis Mars (emigrant) Nancy Mars (emigrant) Peggy Mars (emigrant)	circa 1830 2	View Event Details
Henry Walker (emigrant)	circa 1842 3	View Event Details
___ ___ (emigrant) ___ ___ (emigrant) ___ ___ (emigrant) ___ ___ (emigrant) ___ ___ (emigrant) Charles ___ (emigrant) Elisa ___ (emigrant) Francis ___ (emigrant) Henry ___ (emigrant) James ___ (emigrant) James ___ (emigrant) Lucy ___ (emigrant) Martha ___ (emigrant) Nancy ___ (emigrant) Peter ___ (emigrant) Sarah ___ (emigrant) William ___ (emigrant)	circa 1842 4	View Event Details
Cabell Murrell (emigrant) Jack Murrell (emigrant) Patience Murrell (emigrant)	circa 1847 5	View Event Details
Lucy Davis (emigrant) Nisa Davis (emigrant) Prista Davis (emigrant) Washington Davis (emigrant) Billy Helms (emigrant) Caroline Helms (emigrant) Esther Helms (emigrant) Octavia Helms (emigrant) John B. Phillips (emigrant)	circa 1849 6	View Event Details
Louisa Miller (emigrant) Samuel Miller (emigrant)	circa 1850 7	View Event Details
Anaca Miller (emigrant) Betsey Miller (emigrant)	circa 1851 8	View Event Details
Harriet Miller (emigrant)	circa 1856 9	View Event Details
Washington Copeland (emigrant)	13 Oct 1859 12 13	View Event Details
Samuel Watkins (emigrant) Amanda Abbott (emigrant) Lucy Abbott (emigrant) Phoebe Abbott (emigrant) Edward Averett (emigrant) Elias Averett (emigrant) Joseph Averett (emigrant) Lucy Ann Averett (emigrant) William Averett (emigrant) Addison Banks Jr. (emigrant) Addison Banks (emigrant) Amelia Banks (emigrant) Eugenia Banks (emigrant) Lelia Banks (emigrant) Maria Louisa Banks (emigrant) Nelly Ann Banks (emigrant) Osbourn Banks (emigrant) William Banks (emigrant) Alice Jane Bourne (emigrant) Edward Bourne (emigrant) Isam Bourne (emigrant) John William Bourne (emigrant) Lucy Ann Bourne (emigrant) Mary Eliza Bourne (emigrant) Nancy Bourne (emigrant) Edward Bradley (emigrant) Susan Bradley (emigrant) Adeline Braxton (emigrant) Carter Braxton (emigrant) James E. Braxton (emigrant) Joseph Braxton (emigrant) Henry Cabell (emigrant) William H. Cabell (emigrant) James Campbell (emigrant) Sarah Campbell (emigrant) Mary Carter (emigrant) Coleman Christian (emigrant) Ida Christian (emigrant) John Christian (emigrant) Matilda Christian (emigrant) Paden Christian (emigrant) Paden Christian Jr. (emigrant) Bucyrus Copeland (emigrant) Alexander Crawford (emigrant) Alexander Crawford Jr. (emigrant) Charlotte Crawford (emigrant) Earnest Crawford (emigrant) Ellen Crawford (emigrant) Henry Crawford (emigrant) Sarah Crawford (emigrant) Charles Lewis Dudley (emigrant) Fanny Bell Dudley (emigrant) Gilbert Dudley (emigrant) James Henry Dudley (emigrant) Mary Elizabeth Dudley (emigrant) Maurice Dudley (emigrant) Thomas Royal Dudley (emigrant) Virginia Dudley (emigrant) John W. Dunnington (emigrant) Martha Dunnington (emigrant) Frederick Dyson (emigrant) James Edwards (emigrant) ___ Highbanks/Eubanks (emigrant) Judy/Julia Eubanks/Highbanks (emigrant) Judy/Julia Highbanks/Eubanks Jr. (emigrant) Sarah Highbanks/Eubanks (emigrant) William Highbanks/Eubanks (emigrant) John J. G.... (emigrant) Thomas H. Gannaway (emigrant) Pleasant Goggin (emigrant) Rachel Goggin (emigrant) Mary Proffitt/Hafland (emigrant) Ann Smith/Highbanks (emigrant) Charles Jones (emigrant) Samuel Jones (emigrant) Eliza Lee (emigrant) John Lee (emigrant) Marshal Lee Proffitt/McCraw (emigrant) Nancy Lee (emigrant) Rachel Lee (emigrant) Rebecca Lee (emigrant) David Leftwich (emigrant) Charles Lewis (emigrant) Elizabeth Lewis (emigrant) Haram Lewis (emigrant) Henry Lewis (emigrant) John Wesley Lewis (emigrant) Lucinda Lewis (emigrant) Mary Lewis (emigrant) Millie Lewis (emigrant) Segis Ann Lewis (emigrant) Squire Lewis (emigrant) Charles R. Loving (emigrant) Lucinda Loving (emigrant) James Lowry (emigrant) Whitfield Lowry (emigrant) Albert Lynch (emigrant) Fanny Lynch (emigrant) Jane Lynch (emigrant) Robert Lynch (emigrant) Stephen Lynch (emigrant) Robert Mayes (emigrant) Virginia Proffitt/McCraw (emigrant) Mary McNuckles (emigrant) David McNuckles (emigrant) James McNuckles (emigrant) John McNuckles (emigrant) Mack McNuckles (emigrant) Rachel McNuckles (emigrant) Rachel McNuckles (emigrant) Sarah McNuckles (emigrant) Woodsen McNuckles (emigrant) Cornelia A. Moore (emigrant) Henry C. Moore (emigrant) Mary Jane Moore (emigrant) Susan Moore (emigrant) Nelson Mormon/Noorman (emigrant) William Morton (emigrant) Charles Noel (emigrant) Alexander Norvell (emigrant) Caroline Norvell (emigrant) John C. Norvell (emigrant) Levi M. Norvell (emigrant) Nancy Norvell (emigrant) Sucky Norvell (emigrant) William W. Norvell (emigrant) Ann Palmer (emigrant) Francis Palmer (emigrant) Nellie Palmer (emigrant) Sallie Palmer (emigrant) Fanny Proffitt (emigrant) Jacob Proffitt (emigrant) Sophia Randall (emigrant) Frances Robertson (emigrant) Osbourn Robertson (emigrant) Milton Robinson (emigrant) Eliza Ann Rose (emigrant) George W. Rose (emigrant) Julia Rose (emigrant) Julia Rose (emigrant) Louisa Rose (emigrant) Octavis Rose (emigrant) Richard Ross (emigrant) Henry Rucker (emigrant) Daniel Scott (emigrant) James Sherman (emigrant) Armitta/Arminta Shoemaker (emigrant) Elizabeth Shoemaker (emigrant) Julia Ann Shoemaker (emigrant) Laura Shoemaker (emigrant) Lindsay Shoemaker (emigrant) Major Shoemaker (emigrant) Major Shoemaker (emigrant) Nancy Shoemaker (emigrant) Rose Shoemaker (emigrant) Royal Shoemaker (emigrant) Susan Shoemaker (emigrant) William Shoemaker (emigrant) Joseph Smith (emigrant) Sally Smith (emigrant) Fanny Tate (emigrant) Alexander Thompson (emigrant) Willie Tompkins (emigrant) Caroline Waller (emigrant) Geoge Waller (emigrant) Josephine Waller (emigrant) Julia Waller (emigrant) Ann Maria Warren (emigrant) Burwell Warren (emigrant) Edith Warren (emigrant) Mary Louisa Warren (emigrant) Nelson Warwick (emigrant) George Wheaton (emigrant) George H. Wheaton (emigrant) Gertrude Wheaton (emigrant) Louisa Wheaton (emigrant) Sidney J. Wheaton (emigrant) Francis Williams (emigrant)	circa 1865 10 11	View Event Details

Citations

[1] "Ship Harriet, Jan 1829", 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/46670279 : accessed 27 Jan 2021).
[2] "Brig Montgomery, 30 Apr 1830", 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/46670292 : accessed 30 Jan 2021).
[3] "Ship Mariposas, 7 Jun 1842, 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/46669732 : accessed 7 Mar 2021).
[4] "Barque Globe, 15 Dec 1842, Baltimore, Maryland", 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/46669747 : accessed 7 Mar 2021).
[5] "Liberia Packet, 3 Sep 1847, Baltimore, Maryland", 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/46669793 : accessed 15 Mar 2021).
[6] "Liberia Packet, 24 Feb 1849, Baltimore, Maryland", 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/46669833 : accessed 15 Mar 2021).
[7] "Liberia Packet, 26 Jan 1850, 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/46669851 : accessed 15 Mar 2021).
[8] "Liberia Packet, 20 Jul 1851, Baltimore, Maryland", 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/46669907 : accessed 19 Mar 2021).
[9] "List of Emigrants by the Mary Caroline Stevens, 3d voyage, From Baltimore 2d November, and Norfolk the 12th of same month." African Repository, Vol. 33, No. 12 (Dec 1857): 355.
[10] "Schooner H.P. Russell, 31 Oct 1865, Baltimore, Maryland", Outgoing Correspondence, 1839-1912, Letters from Liberia, 1843-1874, American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress; digital image, Fold3.com. Microfilm Reel 241 (https://www.fold3.com/image/31810482 : accessed 25 Mar 2021).
[11] "List of Emigrants By The H. P. Russell For Liberia, From Baltimore, Md., November 4, 1865" African Repository, Vol. 41, No. 12 (Dec 1865): 362.
[12] William McLain (Washington, D.C.) to Washington Copeland (Lynchburg, Virginia), letter, 1 Oct 1859; "Outgoing Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 202; (https://www.fold3.com/image/31474544: accessed 4 May 2022).
[13] Washington Copeland (Circleville, Ohio) to William McLain (Washington, D.C.), letter, 17 Feb 1860; "Incoming Correspondence, Domestic Letters"; American Colonization Society Records, Manuscript Div., Library of Congress, digital image, Fold3.com, Microfilm Reel 68; (https://www.fold3.com/image/30217979: accessed 6 May 2022).