Emigrants to Liberia - Oswego's Company, arrived at Monrovia May 24, 1823 | Christine's African American Genealogy Website

ROLL OF EMIGRANTS THAT HAVE BEEN SENT TO THE COLONY OF LIBERIA, WESTERN AFRICA, BY THE AMERICAN COLONIZATION SOCIETY AND ITS AUXILIARIES, TO SEPTEMBER, 1843, &c

Transcribed from “Information relative to the operations of the United States squadron on the west coast of Africa, the condition of the American colonies there, and the commerce of the United States therewith,” 28th Congress, 2d. Session, S. Doc. 150, serial 458.

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Oswego’s Company, arrived at Monrovia May 24, 1823.

Names	Age	State or place from which they emigrated	Free born or otherwise	Where located on their arrial in the colony	Extent of education	Profession	Date of death	Cause of death	Removed to what place	Removal date	Removal Cause
Juliet Alter	16	Maryland	Free born	Monrovia	Reads	–	–	–	C. Palmas	1835
James Bantam	47	Philadelphia	do	do	None	Carpenter	1842	Decline
Nancy Bantam	35	do	do	do	do	–	1838	Unknown
John Boggs	40	do	do	do	Reads	–	–	–	U. S.	1823	Dissatisfaction
Charlotte Brown	60	Philadelphia	do	Monrovia	None	–	1825	Fever
Jeffry Brown	12	do	do	do	Spells	–	1829	Unknown
Charles Butler	45	do	do	do	Reads	Carpenter	1837	Diseased Lungs
Mary Butler	40	do	do	do	do.
—Butler	1	do	do	do
Augustus Curtis	21	Virginia	do	do	Writes, &c.	Blacksmith	–		G. C. Mt.	1834
Minerva Curtis	19	do	do	do	Reads	–	–		Brit. Accra.
Francis Devany	25	Philadelphia	do	do	do	Sailmaker	1833	Consumption
Mrs. Devany	25	do	do	do	do	–	1823	Unknown
Francis Devany, jr.	5	do	do	do	–	–	1823	Unknown
—Devany	3	do	do	do	–	–	1823	Unknown
Sarah Draper	35	do	do	do	–	–	1841	Ansarca
Sarah Draper	8	do	do	do	–	–	1823	Unknown
Charles Dutton	12	do	do	do	do	–	1837	Drowning
James Farley	16	Virginia	do	do	do	Barber	1823	Fever
James Fuller*	24	Maryland	–	–	None	Wheelwright
Daniel James	24	Philadelphia	do	do	Writes	–	1839	Pleurisy
Benjamin Johnson	45	Maryland	do	do	do	–	–		C. Palmas	1837
Cassandra Johnson	42	do	do	do	Reads	Laundress	1831	Unknown
Julian Johnson	16	do	do	do	do	–	1841	Diseased Brain
Elizabeth Johnson	8	do	do	do	Spells	–	–		S. Leone	1837
—Johnson	1	do	do	do	–	–	1823	Fever
George Mason ±	26	Virginia	–	–	–	Sawyer	1832	Pleurisy
Simon W. Parker	21	Philadelphia	do	do	Writes	–	–	–	U. S.	1824	Dismission
Ann Poulson	30	do	do	do	Reads	Laundress	1833	Diseased Brain
Louisa Poulson	12	do	do	do	Spells
J. D. Preston	45	Maryland	do	do	Writes	–	1835	Unknown
Candace Preston	40	do	do	do	Reads	do
Isaiah Preston	20	do	do	do	Writes , &c.	–	1823	Fever
Rebecca Preston	19	do	do	do	do	–	1834	Diseased lungs
Margaret Preston	17	do	do	do	do
Mary A. Preston	14	do	do	do	Writes
Jacob Preston	12	do	do	do	do	–	1834	Pleurisy
Candace Preston	8	do	do	do	Spells
Lewis Smith	35	Virginia	do	do	–	–	1823	Casualty
Thomas Stewart	35	do	do	do
Mary A. Stewart	20	do	do	do	Reads	–	1823	Fever
Oswego Stewart, infant	–	–	–	–	–	–	1823	Fever
Frances Stewart	1	do	do	do
Martha Thompson	36	do	do	do	–	–	1842	Consumption
James Thompson	18	do	do	do	Spells	Blacksmith	1832	Shot in war.
Tabitha Thompson	16	do	do	do	–	–	1829	Unknown
Colston M. Waring	30	do	do	do	Writes, &c.	–	1834	Unknown
Jacob Warner	45	Maryland	do	do	–	Farmer	1836	Pleurisy
Susan Warner	43	do	do	do	–	–	1831	Unknown
John Warner	20	do	do	do	–	do	1823	Drowning
Abraham Warner	15	do	do	do	–	do	1829	Casualty
Mary Warner	13	do	do	do	–	–	1840	Consumption
Susan Warner	11	do	do	do
Daniel Warner	9	do	do	do
Matilda Warner	6	do	do	do
—Warner	4	do	do	do		–	1823	Fever
Richard White (twin)	21	Virginia	do	do	Reads	Shoemaker
David White (twin)	21	do	do	do	do	Carpenter	1841	Pleurisy
A. D. Williams	24	do	do	do	Writes, &c.	Shoemaker		–	C. Palmas	1841
Matthew Clinton	28	do	do	do	–	do	1830	Unknown

*Emancipated by Daniel Murray, Esq. ± Emancipated, by whom unknown.