Virginia Emigrants to Liberia

Data

Location Type	county
Located In	Virginia

View a Chart of Emigrations by Year

Locations

Rockbridge Co., Virginia

Sub-Locations

Events

Hugh Adams (slaveholder)		View Event Details
___ Limas (potential ACS emigrant)	3	View Event Details
J. Hamilton (slaveholder)		View Event Details
J. A. Cummings (slaveholder)		View Event Details
Elizabeth Allen (emigrant) Robert Allen (emigrant) Robert Allen (emigrant)	circa 1831	View Event Details
Brown Colbert (emigrant) Burwell Colbert (emigrant) Edward Colbert (emigrant) Mary Colbert (emigrant) Mary Colbert (emigrant) Thaena Colbert (emigrant) Ranson Jones (emigrant) Isaac Leggins (emigrant) Isaac Leggins (emigrant) Mildred Leggins (emigrant) Diana Skanks (emigrant) Moses Skanks (emigrant) Amby Watts (emigrant) Angela Watts (emigrant) Reuben Watts (emigrant)	circa 1833 1	View Event Details
Joe Adams (emigrant)	circa 1849 2	View Event Details
Elizabeth Alexander (emigrant) Hannah Alexander (emigrant) Henry Alexander (emigrant)	circa 1851 4	View Event Details
Dianna Brown (emigrant) Edmund Brown (emigrant) Elijah Brown (emigrant) Fanny Brown (emigrant) Harriet Brown (emigrant) Martha Brown (emigrant) Melissa Brown (emigrant) Narcissa Brown (emigrant) Rosanna Brown (emigrant)	circa 1854 5 6	View Event Details
Martha A. Brown (emigrant) Moses Brown (emigrant)	circa 1855 7	View Event Details
Joshua Johnston (potential ACS emigrant) Edmonia Lewis (emigrant) Esther Lewis (emigrant) Henry Lewis (emigrant) Isabella Lewis (emigrant) Lavina/Serena Lewis (emigrant) Mary Lewis (emigrant) Rosa Lewis (emigrant) Rosa Lewis (emigrant) Sarah Lewis (emigrant) Susannah Lewis (emigrant) Andrew Miles (emigrant) Cilla Jane Porterfield (emigrant) Elsey/Eley Porterfield (emigrant) Fanny Porterfield (emigrant) Howard Porterfield (emigrant) Jenny Lind Porterfield (emigrant) John Porterfield (emigrant) George Washington Scott (emigrant)	14 Sep 1857 9	View Event Details
Joshua Johnston (potential ACS emigrant)	1862 8	View Event Details
Joshua Johnston (potential ACS emigrant)	1862 8	View Event Details
Robert Hutcheson (slaveholder)	1862 8	View Event Details

Citations

[1] "Brig Roanoke, 4 Jan 1832, 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/46670402 : accessed 17 Feb 2021).
[2] "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).
[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] "Barque Morgan Dix, 1 Nov 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/46669914 : accessed 19 Mar 2021).
[5] "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).
[6] "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).
[7] "Barque Cora, 1 Nov 1855, 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/46670086 : accessed 20 Mar 2021).
[8] "Johnston, Joshua: Petition for Re-enslavement", Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, Rockbridge County (Va.) Free Negro and Slave Records, 1836-1864; digital image, Virginia Untold: The African American Narrative (http://rosetta.virginiamemory.com:1801/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE113136 : accessed 25 Jan 2023).
[9] Will of Hugh Adams, Rockbridge Co., Virginia Circuit Court Will Book 1: 136, signed 24 Aug 1857, recorded 14 Sep 1857.