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.

Emigrants to Liberia Home


Brig Ajax’s Company, arrived at Monrovia July 11, 1833

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Names Age State or place from which they emigrated Free born or otherwise Emancipated in view of emigrating to Liberia and by whom Where located on their arrival in the colony Extent of education Profession Date of death Cause of death Removed to what place Removal date
Hannah Adams 11 Kentucky Free born Caldwell 1838 Consumption
George Adams, 2d 9 do do do 1837 Anasarca
Rachel Adams 7 do do do 1837 Consumption
Patience Bibb 21 do R. Bibb, sr. Esq. do
Lavina Bibb 15 do do do C. Palmas 1837
Lucretia Bibb 12 do do do
Lydia Bibb 10 do do do
Anderson Bibb 8 do do do 1834 Unknown
Charity Bibb 6 do do do 1836 Unknown
Thomas Bibb 2 do do do 1835 Unknown
Phillis Bibb 28 do do do C. Palmas 1837
Jane Bibb 7 do do do
George Bibb 5 do do do 1839 Pleurisy
Adam Bibb 3 do do do 1836 Pleurisy
Elizabeth Bibb 24 do do do 1838 Diseased brain
Eleanor Bibb 5 do do
James H. Bibb 3 do do Before arrival in colony
Hannah Bibb 28 do do
Richard Morton do Dr. Boanerges do
James Morton 12 do Rich’d Bibb, sr. Esq. do Farmer
Lorinda Morton 8 do do do 1837 Diseased brain
Lewis Morton 6 do do do
Harriet Morton 4 do do do
S. Jane Morton 2 do do do 1840 Unknown
Lucinda Morton 1 do do do Whoop’g cough
Mary Bibb 31 do do do Whoop’g cough
John Bibb 13 do do do Farmer
Wesley Bibb 8 do do do 1838 Pleurisy
Arthur Granville 4 do do do Worms
William Greenfield 1 do do do Worms
Catharine Bibb 25 do do do
William Bibb 8 do do do Before arrival in colony
Amanda Bibb 6 do do do Before arrival in colony
Oscar Bibb 1 do do do 1833 Fever
Andrew Bibb 38 do do do Farmer 1838 Diseased brain
William Bibb 24 do do do do 1837 Diseased brain
Basley Edwards Tennessee C. Edwards, Esq. do Cholera
Peter McFarland* 54 do do Cholera
Phillis McFarland* 55 do do 1838 Unknown
Phillis Millet* 1 do do 1838 Unknown
Matilda Mitchell* 18 do do 1834 Drowning
Jefferson Mitchell* 1 do do 1834 Unknown
Samuel Jones 35 Kentucky do Farmer U. S. 1833
Cato Wilson 36 do do do 1835 Decline
Joshua Wilson 9 do do Diarrhea; before arrival in colony
Henry Wilson 7 do do 1833 Fever
Alfred Wilson 5 do do 1833 Fever
Francis Wilson 4 do do 1833 Fever
Jane Wilson 3 do do
Allen Bates 57 do do Farmer 1833 Fever
Martha Bates 47 do do 1833 Fever
Jane Bates 25 do do
Andrew J. Bates 14 do do 1833 Fever
Marshall Bates 12 do do Consumption
James Bates 6 do do 1833 Fever
Clarinda Bates 5 do do Whoop’g cough at sea
Charles Carroll 5 do do 1833 Fever
Evander Bates 2 do do 1833 Fever
Edith Harden 26 do do Cholera
Martha Harden 3 do do 1837 Unknown
Amelia Harden 1 do do Worms
Sarah Nelson 56 Kentucky Free born Millsburg 1842 Decline
Cyrus Nelson 39 do do do
Rachel Nelson 37 do do do 1843 Decline
Lucinda Nelson 13 do do do
Sarah Nelson 11 do do do 1842 Childbirth
Mary Nelson 10 do do do
Nancy Nelson 7 do do do
Joseph Nelson 5 do do do
Robert Nelson 1 do do do
Sarah McEwin 50 Ohio do Cholera before arrival in colony
Handy McGie 34 do do 1833 Fever
Dorothy McGie 34 do do 1835 Unknown
Claborn McGie 15 do do
Devorix McGie 13 do do S. Leone 1837
Sarah McGie 11 do do 1837 Anasarca
Timothy McGie 9 do do 1839 Anasarca
Mary A. McGie 7 do do 1836 Pleurisy
Hannah McGie 5 do do 1833 Fever
Margaret McGie 3 do do 1833 Fever
Jane R. McGie 1 do do 1837 Unknown
Jane E. McGie 16 do do
Louisa Chinn 17 do do
Isaac Caldwell New Orleans do U. S. 1833
Elijah Warren do do 1837 Anasarca

* Manumitted by different persons in Jonesborough, Tennessee