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 Lafayette’s Company, arrived at Monrovia January 20, 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 Death Date Cause of Death Removed to what place Removal Date
Stepney Harper 50 Maryland Free born Caldwell Reads Blacksmith 1838 Anasarca
Ann Harper 45 do do do 1842 Consumption
Lafayette Harper 8 do do do Spells
Julian Harper, inf. do do do 1833 Fever
Jane Sharp 16 do do do Spells
Willoughby White 46 do do do C. Palmas 1834
Sarah White 37 do do do Spells C. Palmas 1834
Maria White 14 do Free born do do C. Palmas 1834
Mary White 12 do do do Spells C. Palmas 1834
Amey White 10 do do do do C. Palmas 1834
Hester White 8 do do do do C. Palmas 1834
Catharine White 6 do do do 1833 Fever
Eleanor White 4 do do do C. Palmas 1834
Stephen Tippit 19 do Miss Tippit do Reads Farmer 1837 Unknown
Edward Pembleton 27 do Mrs. Gordon do do do U. S. 1833
Isaac Welsh 33 do G. W. Ford, Esq. do do do C. Palmas 1834
Martha Welsh 36 do do do C. Palmas 1834
Nathaniel Lee 32 do J. Sewell, Esq. do Reads Farmer C. Palmas 1834
Della Lee 29 do do do do 1833 Fever
James Lee 13 do do do Spells C. Palmas 1834
Sylvia Lee 11 do do do do C. Palmas 1834
Charles Lee 9 do do do do C. Palmas 1834
William J. Lee 5 do do do 1833 Fever
William Middleton 24 do Free born do Reads Farmer 1834 Unknown
Rachel Middleton 18 do do do do 1838 Decline
Calvert Barker 25 do J. L. Potts, Esq. do Writes 1840 Diseased Lungs
Lydia Barker 23 do Dr. J. W. Johnson do Reads Seamsteres 1835 Diseased Lungs
Lucy Bowen 17 do Miss M. Graham do do C. Palmas 1835
John Hays 22 do Free born do do Farmer Unknown
Thomas Jackson 40 do W. N. Ritchie, Esq. do do Brick maker C. Palmas 1835
Amelia Jackson 37 do J. P. Thompson, Esq. do do Seamstress 1834 Unknown
James Kiah 26 do Free born do do 1837 Drowning
Charlotte Kiah 19 do do do do S. Leone* 1836
James Price do do do do Farmer U. S. 1833
Dover Nutter 62 do Samuel Parker, Esq. do do Carpenter 1836 Decline
Sarah Nutter 45 do Matt. Cosden, Esq. do do 1837 Decline
Charlotte Nutter 17 do Free born do do 1840 Pleurisy
Noah Nutter 14 do do do Spells 1835 Unknown
Margaret Nutter 12 do do do do 1839 Pleurisy
Handy Nutter 6 do do do Farmer
Isiah Shockley 27 do do do do 1836 Drowning
Goerge Gains 25 do do do Reads do 1836 Diseased lungs
Ralph Buley 48 do do do 1837 Unknown
Ellen Buley 40 do do do 1840 Decline
Charlotte Buley 22 do do do Reads
Ann Buley 14 do do do Spells 1833 Fever
Ellen Buley 10 do do do do Acra 1838
Isaac Buley 6 do do do 1835 Unknown
J. T. Buley 1 do do do C. Palmas 1835
Mary Dixon 22 do do do C. Palmas 1835
Margaret Dixon 8 do do do 1833 Pleurisy
Unire Dixon 6 do do do 1833 Fever
Maria Dixon 3 do do do 1836 Drowning
Spencer Game 25 do do do Reads
Emanuel Nutter 34 do do do do Shoe maker 1838 Unknown
Leah Nutter 30 do do do do
Rody Nutter 13 do do do Spells
Ann Nutter 8 do do do
Zedekiah Nutter 5 do do do
Mary Nutter 2 do do do
William C. Burrows 29 do Arthur Dennis, Esq. do Carpenter
Amelia Burrows 29 do Free born do
Henry Burrows 10 do do do
Rody Burrows 8 do do do Spells
Elizabeth Burrows 6 do do do
George C. Burrows 4 do do do
Rufus Burrows 2 do do do
N. G. Harman 40 do do do Reads Farmer C. Palmas 1834
Elizabeth Harman 60 do do do do 1833 Old age
Comfort Harman 35 do do do do C. Palmas 1834
Joshua Harman 13 do do do do C. Palmas 1834
George T. Harman 12 do do do do C. Palmas 1834
Henry Harman 11 do do do do C. Palmas 1834
John F. Harman 10 do do do Spells C. Palmas 1834

* Cause of removal, marriage