Emigrants to Liberia - Ship Hercules's company, arrived at Monrovia January 16, 1833. | 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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Ship Hercules’s company, arrived at Monrovia January 16, 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 arrial in the colony	Extent of education	Profession	Date of death	Cause of death	Removed to what place	Removal date
Daniel Johnston	38	South Carolina	Freeborn		Monrovia	Writes	Blacksmith	1841	Diseased lungs
Mary L. Johnston	23	do	do			Reads	Mantuamaker.
Angeline Johnston	4	do	do.
Georgianna Johnston	2	do	do.
Johnston, inf.		do	do	—	—			1831	Fever.
Edward Johnston	45	do	do	—			Carpenter
Harry Johnston	37	do	do	—	do.
Maria Johnston	40	do	do.
Ceasar Johnston	14	do	do	—	—			1839	Drowning.
Daniel Johnston	15	do	do	—	—	—	—			S. Leone	1838
Peter Ward	31	do	do			Writes	Cabinet maker	1833	Fever.
Sarah Ward	23	do	do	do			Mantuamaker.
William Ward	7	do	do	do		Reads.
Henrietta Ward	5	do	do	—	do	Spells		1842	Anas. exantha.
BenWard	3	do	—	do	—	—		1842	Anas. exantha.
Peter Ward, jr.	1	do		do	—	do.
J. B. Gripon	24	do	do	—	do	Writes	Carpenter.
Thomas C. Brown, jr.	32	do	do	—	do	do	Carpenter	—	—	U. S.	1835
Mary Brown	22	do	do	—	do	do	Mantuamaker	—		U. S.	1835
Samuel Brown	4	do	do	—	do	—	—		—	U. S.	1835
Thomas C. Brown	2	do	do		do			1831	Fever.
Susan Vesey	41	do	do	—	do	—	Laundress	—	—	U. S.	1835
Diana Vesey	14	do	do	—	do	Writes		—	—	U. S.	1841
John Anthony	24	do	do	—	do	do	Carpenter	1833	Fever.
Eliza Anthony	22	do	.	do	—	do	do	1833	Fever.
James Huger	23	do	do	—	do	do	Tailor	1833	Sun stroke.
Charles Henry	38	do	do	—	do	do	—	1833	Fever.
Frances A. Henry	38	do	.	do	—	do	Reads	1833	Fever.
Charles Henry	12	do	do	—	do	do.
Mary Henry	8	do	do	—	do	Spells	— —			S. Leone	1839
Abraham Rogers	54	do	do	—	do	Writes	Shoe maker	1833	Fever.
Sibby Rogers	55	do	do	—	do	Reads	Laundress	1836	Diseased lungs.
Mary Rogers	24	do	do	—	do	Writes	Seamstress.
Sarah Rogers	33	do	do	—	do	do	Laundress	1833	Fever.
John Jamison	36	do	do	—	do	—	Farmer.
Henry Jamison	14	do	do	—	do	Reads	Wheelwright	1832	Anasarca.
Zenah Jainison	10	do	do	—	do	do	—	1831	Anasarca.
Pharoah Moses	61	do	do	—	do	—	Stone mason	—		S. Leone	1836
Sylvia Moses	50	do	do		do	—	Laundress	—	—	S. Leone	1836
Rachel Moses	11	do	do	—	do	—	Mantuamaker	—		S. Leone	1836
Anthony Moses	11	do	do	—	do	—	—	—	—	S. Leone	1836
Carolos Smith	40	do	do	—	do	Writes	Farmer	1833	Fever.
Catharine Smith	36	do	do	—	do	do	Mantuamaker	1833	Fever.
Mary Smith	15	do	do	—	do	do	Mantuamaker	1843	Consumption.
Robert McKinley	14	do	do	—	do	Spells	—	—		S. Leone	1839
Margaret Smith	13	do	.	do	—	do	do	1833	Fever
Ann Smith	10	.do	do	do	do.
James Smith	8	do	do	do	do.
Dorothy Smith	6	do	do	—	do	do.
Catharine Smith	4	do	do	—	do.
Carolos Smith	2	do	do	—	do.
George Baxter	35	do	do	—	do	Reads	Millwright.