Emigrants to Liberia – Persons that have removed to the colony at their own charge, and those that have obtained their discharge from trading vessels, desiring to reside in the colony | 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, &cTranscribed 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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Persons that have removed to the colony at their own charge, and those that have obtained their discharge from trading vessels, desiring to reside in the colony.

Names	Age	Names of vessels in which they arrived, or from which they were discharged.	Date	Where from	Where located	Extent of education	Profession	Date of Death	Cause of Death	Place of Removal	Date of Removal
Lewis Farnandez*	30	Ship Cyrus	1824	Port au Prince	Monrovia	None	Seaman
Alexander De Bross*	30	Brig Doris	1827	Maryland	do	Reads	do	–	–	U. States	1831
Thomas Wilson	32	Unknown	1829	New York	do	do	do	–	–	do	1829
J. B. Russwurm	35	Brig Susan	1830	do	do	Liberal	Editor	–	–	C. Palmas	1834
P. M. Brook*	30	Brig J. Ashmun	1830	Philadelphia	do	Reads	Seaman	1834	Anasarca
C. Miggins*	35	Brig Liberia	1830	do	do	None	do	–	–	S. Leone	1830
Robert Barnaby*	28	Brig J. Ashmun	1830	do	–	Reads	do	–	–	U. States	1830
Thomas Steamboat*	40	Steamer Quana	1832	London, Eng.	N. Georgia	None	Farmer
Francis Burns	30	Brig S. Elizabeth	1834	New York	Monrovia	Liberal	School Teacher
John Smith*	33	Schooner Caroline	1836	Philadelphia	do	Reads	Seaman
George S. Brown	36	Schooner Portia	1837	New York	Caldwell	Writes and ciphers	School teacher
William Atkins*	28	Brig Mary Jane	1838	do	Monrovia	Liberal	Seaman
Alexander Hudson*	34	Ship Emperor	1839	do	do	Reads	do
Edward Morris*	32	Steamer Royal Albert	1841	London, Eng.	do	do	do
William Johnson*	25	Sch. Edw. Burley	1842	Boston	do	Writes and ciphers	do
William Smith*	27	Brig Herald	1842	Salem	do	Unknown	do

*Obtained their discharge