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


Ship Ninus’s Company, arrived at Monrovia December 9, 1834


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 arrial in the colony Extent of education Profession Date of death Cause of death Removed to what place Removal date
A. P. Davis 31 Virginia Doctor Hawes Bassa Cove Reads Blacksmith
Malinda Davis 29 do do do Spinster and weaver 1834 Fever
Charles Gray 42 do do do Reads Shoe maker
Jane Gray 29 do do do Reads Seamstress
Emily Gray 12 do do do Spells 1842 Anas. exantha.
James Gray 15 do do do Spells England 1835
Robert Given 45 do do do Carpenter and mason
Jane Given 42 do do do Spinster
Mildred Given 6 do do do
Richard Davis 55 do do do Shoe maker
Phoebe Davis 54 do do do Cook
Lucretia Brant 36 do do do Spinster 1834 Massacred by Joe Harris’s people
Rosanna Jones 18 do do do
Milbro Jones 60 do do do 1834 Fever
Lucretia Jones 20 do do do S. Leone 1836
Lucy A. Jones 2 do do do 1834 Massacred
Richard Jones 16 do do do 1837 Unknown
Henrietta Jones 14 do do do 1834 Massacred
Lilly Jones 12 do do do 1834 Massacred
Charlotte Jones 10 do do do 1834 Massacred
Malony Jones 7 do do do 1834 Massacred
Austin Jones 6 do do do 1834 Massacred
Warrenton Brent 2 do do do 1834 Massacred
Lewis Jones 41 do do do 1834 Massacred
Martha Buckner 26 do do do Spinster and weaver 1834 Massacred
Evelina Jones 45 do do do Seamstress and weaver 1834 Massacred by Joe Harris
Charlotte Jones 30 do do do 1839 Decline
Malinda Jones 7 do do do 1834 Massacred by Joe Harris
Jane Jones 3 do do do 1834 Massacred by Joe Harris
Thomas Talifairro 45 Virginia Doctor Hawes Bassa Cove Farmer 1834 Fever
Reuben Mason 46 do do do 1834 Drowning
Daniel Madison 33 do do do 1834 Drowning
Winney Campbell 21 do do do 1837 Decline
Butler Campbell, inf. do do do 1840 Unknown
Rachel Madison 17 do do do 1834 Fever
Walter Brumskin 12 do do do
Lewis Richardson 44 do do do 1836 Killed in war
John R. Grodan 25 do do do U. S. 1838
Prudence Gordan 23 do do do
Marshall Gordan 5 do do do 1834 Massacred
Nathaniel Gordan 3 do do do 1834 Massacred
Dorothy Gordan, inf. do do do 1834 Massacred
Smith Young 18 do Unknown do 1834 Massacred
Joseph Gordan 48 do Doctor Hawes do 1834 Fever
Isaac Walker 47 do do do
Sarah Walker 36 do do do 1834 Fever
Isaac Walker 26 do do do U. S. 1835
Hannah Walker 23 do do do 1834 Massacred
Eliza Walker 4 do do do 1834 Massacred
Nancy Walker 17 do do do
Esther Talifairro 50 do do do
Francis Talifairro 26 do do do
Samuel Talifairro 17 do do do 1835 Consumption
Archilaus Talifairro 15 do do do
Matilda Talifairro 13 do do do
Henry Talifairro 10 do do do
Charles Williams 22 do do do U. S. 1835
Maria Talifairro 7 do do do
George Talifairro 2 do do do 1834 Fever
Zinda Butler do do do Unknown 1835
Judith Johnson 16 do do do
Eveline Johnson 12 do do do
Susan Page 18 do Widow Page Monrovia 1840 Decline
Daniel Page 5 do do
Francis Horace 39 do Unknown Bassa Cove Farmer
Charles Horace 15 do do do
Milton Horace 12 do do do
Nancy Horace 9 do do do 1838 Unknown
Elizabeth Horace 7 do do do 1837 Decline
Moses Horace 5 do do do
Jeffry Horace 3 do do do 1840 Drowning
Philip Horace 1 do do do 1834 Massacred
Ellen Bings 15 do do do 1838 Diseased lungs
Nancy Willis 4 do do do 1834 Massacred
George Willis 8 do do do 1834 Fever
William Willis 5 do do do 1834 Fever
Charles Willis 3 do do do 1836 Unknown
David Madison 19 do do do
Judith Madison 13 do do do 1834 Massacred
Rachel Madison 9 do do do 1836 Unknown
Ann Madison 3 do do do 1836 Pleurisy
Robert Dawson 9 do do do 1837 Anasarca
Jane Dawson 5 do do do 1838 Anasarca
John Williams 26 do do do
Jane Williams 9 do do do 1838 Diseased lungs
Mary Williams 10 do do do 1839 Diseased lungs
Rosina Watkins 19 do do do
Sarah Watkins 8 do do do 1837 Unknown
Dublin Gray 41 do do do
Edy Gray 40 do do do
Richard Gray 17 do do do
Jacob Gray 12 do do do 1838 Anasarca
Elias Gray 7 do do do
Jane Gray 5 do do do 1836 Pleurisy
Mary Gray 1 do do do 1834 Fever
Robert Page 31 do Widow Page, of Va. do
Matilda Page 20 do do do
John Page 3 Virginia do Bassa Cove
William Page 2 do do do 1837 Unknown
Nancy Caruthers 18 do Unknown do
Cyrus Brown 1 do do do
Charlotte Davis 7 do do do
Martha Davis 5 do do do 1834 Fever
Sarah Davis 3 do do do 1834 Fever
Emily Davis 2 do do do 1839 Unknown
George Stout 33 do do do S. Leone 1836
Mary Stout 28 do do do S. Leone 1836
Eliza Stout 8 do do do S. Leone 1836
William Smith 42 do do do C. Palmas 1839
Matthew Jones 19 do do do To sea 1836
Israel Jones 15 do do do Gambia 1840
Alexander Young 65 do do do 1840 Consumption
James Wright 48 do do do 1840 Consumption
Walker Wright 6 do do do
George Wright 4 do do do
Emily Wright 3 do do do 1837 Anasarca
Harvey Lilly 68 do do do C. Palmas 1839
Sarah Lilly 53 do do do 1837 Unknown
Brown Smith 18 do do do S. Leone 1840
Andrew Toliver 28 do do do
Matilda Toliver 18 do do do
Francis Toliver 5 do do do 1834 Fever
Ceily Toliver 18 do do do S. Leone 1835
Charles Toliver 9 do do do
Mary Toliver 7 do do do
William Adams 19 do do do 1837 Diseased lungs
Lewis Young 12 do do do R. Pongas 1842