Virginia Emigrants to Liberia

Data

Location Type	town
Located In	Norfolk Co., Virginia

Locations

Portsmouth, Norfolk Co., Virginia

Formed as independent city in 1858 from Norfolk Co.

Events

Lydia H. Pinkham (slaveholder)		View Event Details
Dr. Thomas S. King (slaveholder)	2	View Event Details
___ Hunter (slaveholder)		View Event Details
William Harrison (slaveholder)		View Event Details
David Griffith (slaveholder)		View Event Details
E. Herbert (slaveholder)		View Event Details
Charles Harrison (emigrant) Penney Harrison (emigrant)	circa 1829 1	View Event Details
David King (emigrant) Joseph King (emigrant) Moses King (emigrant) Nancy King (emigrant) Sarah King (emigrant) Susan King (emigrant) Thomas King (emigrant)	circa 1836 2	View Event Details
George Keyser (emigrant)	circa 1850 3	View Event Details
Alexander Amboy (emigrant) Lydia Amboy (emigrant) Moses Amboy (emigrant) Thomas Amboy (emigrant)	circa 1851 4	View Event Details
Hezekiah Corpsen (emigrant) Hezekiah Corpsen (emigrant) Jerry Corpsen (emigrant) John H. Corpsen (emigrant) Mary Corpsen (emigrant) Maria Goodson (emigrant) Robert Merchant (emigrant)	circa 1852 5	View Event Details
Aaron Anderson (emigrant) Elizabeth Anderson (emigrant) Mary Anderson (emigrant) Susan Anderson (emigrant) Caroline J. Jones (emigrant) Mary Jones (emigrant) Samuel Jones (emigrant) Ann A. Rix (emigrant) Lucas L. Rix (emigrant) Martha A. Rix (emigrant) Missouri Rix (emigrant) Moses Rix (emigrant) Sarah J. Rix (emigrant) Abraham T. Ruffin (emigrant)	circa 1852 6	View Event Details
Serena Johnson (emigrant) Henry Rix (emigrant) J. Buchanan Rix (emigrant) Lydia Rix (emigrant) Matilda Rix (emigrant) William H. Rix (emigrant)	circa 1853 8	View Event Details
Eliza Rix (emigrant) Isaac Rix (emigrant) John Rix (emigrant) Josephine Rix (emigrant) Martha Rix (emigrant) Missouri Rix (emigrant) Olivia Rix (emigrant)	circa 1853 9	View Event Details
Jesse H. Boswell (emigrant) Mary E. Boswell (emigrant) Rachel Boswell (emigrant) Sarah F. Boswell (emigrant) William Boswell (emigrant) William B. Boswell (emigrant) Celia A. Cooper (emigrant) Eliza Cooper (emigrant) Henry Cooper (emigrant) Jesse R. Cooper (emigrant) Nancy Faulk (emigrant) Isaac Truss (emigrant) David Wiles (emigrant) Martha Wiles (emigrant)	circa 1853 7	View Event Details
Ann L. Ash (emigrant) Henry Ash (emigrant) James Ash (emigrant) Jane Ash (emigrant) Joseph Ash (emigrant) Margaret Ash (emigrant) Martha A. Ash (emigrant) Nancy Ash Sr. (emigrant) Nancy Ash (emigrant) Rachel Ash (emigrant) Rebecca Ash (emigrant) Samuel Ash (emigrant) Samuel Ash (emigrant) William Ash (emigrant) John Elliott (emigrant) Eliza Hudley (emigrant) Jane Hudley (emigrant) Mary Hudley (emigrant) Solomon Hudley (emigrant)	circa 1854 10 11	View Event Details
Rose Corpen (emigrant) John Powell (emigrant)	circa 1855 12	View Event Details
Isaac Moore (emigrant)	circa 1856 15 16	View Event Details
Ann Eliza Cooper (emigrant) Charles Cooper (emigrant) Charlotte Cooper (emigrant) James Cooper (emigrant) John Cooper (emigrant) Mary Cooper (emigrant) William Cooper (emigrant)	circa 1856 13 14	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 Luna, 3 Mar 1836, 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/46669700 : accessed 6 Mar 2021).
[3] "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).
[4] "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).
[5] "Barque Ralph Cross, 1 May 1852, 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/46669939 : accessed 19 Mar 2021).
[6] "Barque Linda Stewart, 27 Nov 1852, 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/46669962 : accessed 19 Mar 2021).
[7] "Ship Banshee, 25 Apr 1853, Baltimore, Maryland, 30 Apr 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/46669980 : accessed 19 Mar 2021).
[8] "List of Emigrants by the Barque Shirley, from Baltimore, June, 1853." African Repository, Vol. 29, No. 7 (Jul 1853): 220.
[9] "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).
[10] "Ship Euphrasia, 3 Nov 1854, Baltimore, Maryland, 6 Nov 1854, 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/46670059 : accessed 20 Mar 2021).
[11] "Ship Euphrasia, 3 Nov 1854, Baltimore, Maryland, 6 Nov 1854, Norfolk, Virginia", 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/31542888 : accessed 20 Mar 2021).
[12] "Barque Cora, 2 May 1855, Baltimore, Maryland, 5 May 1855, 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/46670068 : accessed 20 Mar 2021).
[13] "Ship Elvira Owen, 13 May 1856, Baltimore, Maryland, 20 May 1856, 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/46670140 : accessed 20 Mar 2021).
[14] "List of Emigrants by the Ship Elvira Owen, From Norfolk May 13th, and Savannah May 20th, 1856" African Repository, Vol. 32, No. 8 (Aug 1856): 248.
[15] "Ship Mary Caroline Stevens, 26 Nov 1856, Baltimore, Maryland, 6 Dec 1856, 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/46670160 : accessed 21 Mar 2021).
[16] "List of Emigrants by the Ship Mary Caroline Stevens, From Baltimore Nov. 29th, and Norfolk Dec. 6, 1856." African Repository, Vol. 33, No. 1 (Jan 1857): 21.