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 Indian Chief’s company, arrived at Monrovia March 22, 1826
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 |
Isaac Alenson |
19 |
North Carolina |
Free born |
Caldwell |
– |
– |
1826 |
Fever |
|
|
|
Joseph Albert |
48 |
do |
do |
do |
– |
Farmer |
1830 |
Anasarca |
|
|
|
Margaret Albert |
27 |
do |
do |
do |
– |
– |
1835 |
Unknown |
|
|
|
Richard Albert |
9 |
do |
do |
do |
– |
– |
1828 |
Unknown |
|
|
|
Jane Albert |
3 |
do |
do |
do |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
William Baley |
45 |
do |
do |
do |
– |
– |
1833 |
Decay or decline |
|
|
|
Catharine Baley |
41 |
do |
do |
do |
– |
– |
1836 |
Decline |
|
|
|
Mathias Bowe |
26 |
do |
do |
do |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tamar Bowe |
24 |
do |
do |
do |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mary Bowe |
3 |
do |
do |
do |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Henry Bowe |
1 |
do |
do |
do |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
John Brown |
19 |
do |
do |
do |
– |
– |
1827 |
Anasarca |
|
|
|
Bennet Demery |
36 |
do |
do |
do |
Writes |
Sailmaker |
– |
– |
The Country |
1841 |
Unknown |
Miles White |
7 |
do |
do |
do |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sarah Demery |
30 |
do |
do |
do |
Reads |
– |
1832 |
Consumption |
|
|
|
Ann E. Demery |
12 |
do |
do |
do |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Warren Demery |
10 |
do |
do |
do |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Jacob Cole* |
25 |
Maryland |
– |
do |
Writes |
– |
1828 |
Consumption |
|
|
|
Charlotte Collins |
19 |
North Carolina |
do |
Monrovia |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Moses Freeman |
43 |
Maryland |
do |
Monrovia |
do |
– |
1826 |
Fever |
|
|
|
Rachel Freeman |
40 |
do |
do |
do |
Reads |
– |
1835 |
Decline |
|
|
|
James F. Paxton+ |
5 |
Virginia |
do |
do |
– |
– |
1826 |
Fever |
|
|
|
Ann Freeman |
17 |
Maryland |
do |
do |
do |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mary Freeman |
13 |
Maryland |
do |
do |
Reads |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Susanna Freeman |
11 |
do |
do |
do |
Spells |
– |
1838 |
Anasarca |
|
|
|
Rachel Freeman |
6 |
do |
do |
do |
do |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Moses Freeman, jr. |
4 |
do |
do |
do |
– |
– |
1826 |
Fever |
|
|
|
Oney Hamilton |
25 |
North Carolina |
do |
do |
do |
– |
1841 |
Decline |
|
|
|
Jonathan James |
40 |
do |
do |
Caldwell |
Writes, ciphers |
– |
1832 |
Decline |
|
|
|
Amey James |
40 |
do |
do |
do |
Spells |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Keziah James |
11 |
do |
do |
do |
do |
– |
1838 |
Decline |
|
|
|
Frederick James |
8 |
do |
do |
do |
do |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Moore James |
6 |
do |
do |
do |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Diza James |
47 |
do |
do |
do |
Reads |
– |
1835 |
Decline |
|
|
|
Nancy James |
6 |
do |
do |
do |
– |
– |
1838 |
Consumption |
|
|
|
Levi James |
3 |
do |
do |
do |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
—James, infant born at sea |
– |
do |
do |
do |
|
|
– |
– |
|
|
|
Mathias Jordan |
25 |
do |
do |
do |
– |
– |
1829 |
Decline |
|
|
|
Britannia Jordan |
24 |
do |
do |
do |
do |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mary Jordan |
23 |
do |
do |
do |
– |
– |
1829 |
Consumption |
|
|
|
Lemuel Winslow |
36 |
do |
do |
do |
– |
– |
1828 |
Consumption |
|
|
|
James Kerby |
50 |
do |
do |
do |
do |
Farmer |
1828 |
Decline |
|
|
|
Tamar Kerby |
50 |
do |
do |
do |
|
– |
1829 |
Decline |
|
|
|
Mary A. Kerby |
5 |
do |
do |
do |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
George Kenney |
12 |
do |
do |
do |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tacy Lansdale |
20 |
Maryland |
do |
Monrovia |
do |
– |
– |
– |
S. Leone |
1835 |
Her husband |
Minny Mitchel, sr. |
64 |
North Carolina |
do |
Caldwell |
– |
Cooper |
1829 |
Decline |
|
|
|
Ann Mitchel |
45 |
do |
do |
do |
– |
– |
1829 |
Decline |
|
|
|
Minny Mitchel, jr. |
16 |
do |
do |
do |
– |
– |
1830 |
Diseased brain |
|
|
|
Ann Mitchel |
14 |
do |
do |
do |
– |
– |
1842 |
Consumption |
|
|
|
John Mitchel |
13 |
do |
do |
do |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amelia Morris |
28 |
do |
do |
do |
– |
– |
1829 |
Anas. exantha. |
|
|
|
Abner Morris |
12 |
do |
do |
do |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Robert Morris |
14 |
do |
do |
do |
– |
– |
1828 |
By powder |
|
|
|
George Morris |
9 |
do |
do |
do |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amelia Morris |
7 |
do |
do |
do |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Thomas Morris |
4 |
do |
do |
do |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mary Mulberry |
25 |
do |
do |
do |
– |
– |
1828 |
Fever |
|
|
|
Jeremiah Nixon |
26 |
do |
do |
do |
do |
– |
1838 |
Diseased lungs |
|
|
|
Rachel Nixon |
16 |
do |
do |
do |
Spells |
– |
1837 |
Diseased brain |
|
|
|
Lydia Nixon |
26 |
do |
do |
do |
do |
– |
1842 |
Diseased lungs |
|
|
|
Judith Nixon |
12 |
do |
do |
do |
– |
– |
1838 |
Anas. exantha. |
|
|
|
Davis Palen |
40 |
do |
do |
do |
– |
Farmer |
1828 |
Consumption |
|
|
|
Mary Palen |
38 |
do |
do |
do |
– |
– |
1840 |
Consumption |
|
|
|
Urias Palen |
25 |
do |
do |
do |
do |
do |
1836 |
Consumption |
|
|
|
Jesse Palen |
22 |
do |
do |
do |
do |
do |
1838 |
Unknown |
|
|
|
Sarah Palen |
20 |
do |
do |
do |
– |
– |
1836 |
Diseased brain |
|
|
|
Willis Whitfield |
58 |
do |
do |
Monrovia |
– |
– |
1829 |
Decline |
|
|
|
Obadiah Palen |
4 |
do |
do |
Caldwell |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Frances Paxton |
48 |
Virginia |
do |
Monrovia |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Hulda Paxton |
28 |
do |
do |
do |
– |
– |
1835 |
Anas. exantha. |
|
|
|
Fountain Paxton |
21 |
do |
do |
do |
– |
– |
1826 |
Fever |
|
|
|
Jordan Paxton |
7 |
do |
do |
do |
– |
– |
1828 |
Blown up by powder |
|
|
|
Willis Paxton |
13 |
do |
do |
do |
– |
– |
1826 |
Casualty |
|
|
|
Shelton Paxton |
11 |
do |
do |
do |
– |
– |
1826 |
Fever |
|
|
|
Virginia Paxton |
8 |
do |
do |
do |
– |
– |
1826 |
Fever |
|
|
|
James F. Paxton |
5 |
do |
– |
do |
– |
– |
1826 |
Fever |
|
|
|
Richard Paxton |
7 |
do |
do |
do |
– |
– |
1826 |
Fever |
|
|
|
Henry Paxton |
2 |
do |
do |
do |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
–Paxton, infant |
– |
do |
do |
do |
– |
– |
1826 |
Fever |
|
|
|
Titus Pierce |
45 |
Maryland |
do |
Caldwell |
Reads |
– |
1828 |
Consumption |
|
|
|
Jacob W. Pronk |
22 |
do |
do |
Monrovia |
Writes, &c. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
London Poppleton |
60 |
North Carolina |
do |
do |
Reads |
do |
1826 |
Fever |
|
|
|
Grace Poppleton |
50 |
do |
do |
|
– |
– |
– |
– |
U. S. |
1827 |
|
Timothy Pritchard |
29 |
do |
do |
Caldwell |
– |
do |
|
|
|
|
|
Rachel Pritchard |
29 |
do |
do |
do |
– |
– |
1838 |
Female disease |
|
|
|
Penina Pritchard |
5 |
do |
do |
do |
– |
– |
1837 |
Diseased lungs |
|
|
|
Overton Pritchard, inf. |
– |
do |
do |
do |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Philip Pritchard |
26 |
do |
do |
do |
– |
do |
|
|
|
|
|
Levy Pritchard |
23 |
do |
do |
Caldwell |
– |
|
1826 |
Fever |
|
|
|
Priscilla Pritchard |
24 |
do |
do |
do |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Agnes Sandling |
42 |
do |
do |
Monrovia |
– |
|
1830 |
Consumption |
|
|
|
Maria Sandling |
15 |
do |
do |
do |
– |
|
1833 |
Diseased lungs |
|
|
|
Charles Sandling |
13 |
do |
do |
do |
– |
|
1842 |
Drowning |
|
|
|
Humphrey Sandling |
12 |
do |
do |
do |
– |
|
1843 |
Unknown |
|
|
|
Dawson Sandling |
10 |
do |
do |
do |
– |
|
1832 |
Drowning |
|
|
|
Starkey Sandling, infant |
– |
do |
do |
do |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Caroline Sandling |
8 |
do |
do |
do |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
William Sandling |
4 |
do |
do |
do |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Patsy Simons |
35 |
do |
do |
Caldwell |
– |
|
1837 |
Unknown |
|
|
|
Treacy Simons |
21 |
do |
do |
do |
– |
|
1830 |
Female disease |
|
|
|
Keziah Simons |
18 |
do |
do |
do |
– |
|
1835 |
Unknown |
|
|
|
William Simons |
10 |
do |
do |
do |
– |
|
– |
– |
Sea |
1833 |
|
Lovey Simons |
2 |
do |
do |
do |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
James Spellman |
22 |
do |
do |
do |
– |
Sawyer |
1838 |
Anas. exantha |
|
|
|
Elizabeth Spellman |
21 |
do |
do |
do |
– |
– |
1837 |
Unknown |
|
|
|
Lewis Spellman |
3 |
do |
do |
do |
– |
– |
1826 |
Fever |
|
|
|
Sampson Taylor |
60 |
do |
– |
do |
– |
Farmer |
1828 |
Decline |
|
|
|
Amelia Taylor |
50 |
do |
do |
do |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dempy Taylor |
34 |
do |
do |
do |
Reads |
do |
|
|
|
|
|
Mary Taylor |
25 |
do |
do |
do |
do |
– |
1840 |
Consumption |
|
|
|
Mary Taylor, twin |
25 |
do |
do |
do |
do |
– |
1826 |
Fever |
|
|
|
Aaron Taylor, twin |
25 |
do |
do |
do |
do |
– |
1830 |
Consumption |
|
|
|
Priscilla Taylor |
15 |
do |
do |
do |
do |
– |
1842 |
Female disease |
|
|
|
Wilson Taylor |
14 |
do |
do |
do |
Spells |
|
1830 |
Supposed to have been murdered by a Spanish slaver |
|
|
|
Harrison Taylor |
8 |
do |
do |
do |
do |
– |
1830 |
Diseased brain |
|
|
|
Susanna Taylor |
37 |
do |
do |
do |
do |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Caleb Taylor |
12 |
do |
do |
do |
do |
– |
1838 |
Diseased brain |
|
|
|
Darius Taylor |
6 |
do |
do |
do |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amelia Taylor |
5 |
do |
do |
do |
– |
– |
1826 |
Fever |
|
|
|
Ann E. Taylor |
1 |
do |
do |
do |
– |
– |
1826 |
Fever |
|
|
|
Ann Delila Gilbert |
3 |
do |
do |
do |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Hester Taylor, infant |
|
do |
do |
do |
– |
– |
1826 |
Fever |
|
|
|
Sarah Thomas |
46 |
do |
do |
do |
– |
– |
1838 |
Decline |
|
|
|
Levi Thomas |
22 |
do |
do |
do |
Spells |
– |
– |
– |
U. S. |
1828 |
Unknown |
Abraham Thomas |
15 |
do |
do |
do |
do |
|
1842 |
Female disease |
|
|
|
Elizabeth Thomas |
10 |
do |
do |
do |
do |
– |
1835 |
Diseased lungs |
|
|
|
James Thomas |
12 |
do |
do |
do |
do |
– |
1835 |
Anasarca |
|
|
|
Harriet Thomas |
8 |
do |
do |
do |
– |
– |
1826 |
Fever |
|
|
|
Winney Thomas |
7 |
do |
do |
do |
– |
– |
1826 |
Fever |
|
|
|
Mary A. Thomas |
4 |
do |
do |
do |
– |
– |
1826 |
Fever |
|
|
|
Sarah Thomas, twin |
3 |
do |
do |
do |
– |
– |
1826 |
Fever |
|
|
|
Pris. Thomas, twin |
3 |
do |
do |
do |
– |
– |
1826 |
Fever |
|
|
|
John Trublood |
26 |
do |
do |
do |
– |
– |
1837 |
Diseased brain |
|
|
|
Sarah Trublood |
18 |
do |
do |
do |
– |
– |
1842 |
Decline |
|
|
|
Mary Trublood |
25 |
do |
do |
do |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amey Webb |
40 |
do |
do |
Monrovia |
do |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Elizabeth White |
55 |
do |
do |
Caldwell |
– |
– |
1828 |
Decline |
|
|
|
Elizabeth White |
14 |
do |
do |
do |
do |
– |
1830 |
Decline |
|
|
|
Samuel Wheeler |
25 |
Maryland |
do |
do |
Writes |
– |
– |
– |
C. Palmas |
1834 |
|
Priscilla White |
60 |
North Carolina |
do |
do |
– |
– |
1828 |
Decline |
|
|
|
Miles White |
35 |
do |
do |
do |
– |
Farmer |
1833 |
Decline |
|
|
|
Rachel White |
40 |
do |
do |
do |
– |
– |
1832 |
Consumption |
|
|
|
George White |
9 |
do |
do |
do |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
John White |
8 |
do |
do |
do |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Caleb White |
5 |
do |
do |
do |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mary White |
3 |
do |
do |
do |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Rachel White |
19 |
do |
do |
do |
Spells |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Winney Wiggins |
47 |
do |
do |
do |
– |
– |
1829 |
Consumption |
|
|
|
Mary Wiggins |
18 |
do |
do |
do |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|