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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
Oswego's Company, arrived
at Monrovia May 24, 1823.
| 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 |
| Juliet
Alter |
16
|
Maryland
|
Free born
|
Monrovia
|
Reads
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
C. Palmas
|
1835
|
|
| James
Bantam |
47
|
Philadelphia
|
do
|
do
|
None
|
Carpenter
|
1842
|
Decline
|
|
|
|
| Nancy
Bantam |
35
|
do
|
do
|
do
|
do
|
-
|
1838
|
Unknown
|
|
|
|
| John
Boggs |
40
|
do
|
do
|
do
|
Reads
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
U. S.
|
1823
|
Dissatisfaction
|
| Charlotte
Brown |
60
|
Philadelphia
|
do
|
Monrovia
|
None
|
-
|
1825
|
Fever
|
|
|
|
| Jeffry
Brown |
12
|
do
|
do
|
do
|
Spells
|
-
|
1829
|
Unknown
|
|
|
|
| Charles
Butler |
45
|
do
|
do
|
do
|
Reads
|
Carpenter
|
1837
|
Diseased
Lungs |
|
|
|
| Mary
Butler |
40
|
do
|
do
|
do
|
do.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ---Butler
|
1
|
do
|
do
|
do
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Augustus
Curtis |
21
|
Virginia
|
do
|
do
|
Writes,
&c. |
Blacksmith
|
-
|
|
G. C.
Mt. |
1834
|
|
| Minerva
Curtis |
19
|
do
|
do
|
do
|
Reads
|
-
|
-
|
|
Brit.
Accra. |
|
|
| Francis
Devany |
25
|
Philadelphia
|
do
|
do
|
do
|
Sailmaker
|
1833
|
Consumption
|
|
|
|
| Mrs.
Devany |
25
|
do
|
do
|
do
|
do
|
-
|
1823
|
Unknown
|
|
|
|
| Francis
Devany, jr. |
5
|
do
|
do
|
do
|
-
|
-
|
1823
|
Unknown
|
|
|
|
| ---Devany
|
3
|
do
|
do
|
do
|
-
|
-
|
1823
|
Unknown
|
|
|
|
| Sarah
Draper |
35
|
do
|
do
|
do
|
-
|
-
|
1841
|
Ansarca
|
|
|
|
| Sarah
Draper |
8
|
do
|
do
|
do
|
-
|
-
|
1823
|
Unknown
|
|
|
|
| Charles
Dutton |
12
|
do
|
do
|
do
|
do
|
-
|
1837
|
Drowning
|
|
|
|
| James
Farley |
16
|
Virginia
|
do
|
do
|
do
|
Barber
|
1823
|
Fever
|
|
|
|
| James
Fuller* |
24
|
Maryland
|
-
|
-
|
None
|
Wheelwright
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Daniel
James |
24
|
Philadelphia
|
do
|
do
|
Writes
|
-
|
1839
|
Pleurisy
|
|
|
|
| Benjamin
Johnson |
45
|
Maryland
|
do
|
do
|
do
|
-
|
-
|
|
C. Palmas
|
1837
|
|
| Cassandra
Johnson |
42
|
do
|
do
|
do
|
Reads
|
Laundress
|
1831
|
Unknown
|
|
|
|
| Julian
Johnson |
16
|
do
|
do
|
do
|
do
|
-
|
1841
|
Diseased
Brain |
|
|
|
| Elizabeth
Johnson |
8
|
do
|
do
|
do
|
Spells
|
-
|
-
|
|
S. Leone
|
1837
|
|
| ---Johnson
|
1
|
do
|
do
|
do
|
-
|
-
|
1823
|
Fever
|
|
|
|
| George
Mason ± |
26
|
Virginia
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
Sawyer
|
1832
|
Pleurisy
|
|
|
|
| Simon
W. Parker |
21
|
Philadelphia
|
do
|
do
|
Writes
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
U. S.
|
1824
|
Dismission
|
| Ann Poulson
|
30
|
do
|
do
|
do
|
Reads
|
Laundress
|
1833
|
Diseased
Brain |
|
|
|
| Louisa
Poulson |
12
|
do
|
do
|
do
|
Spells
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| J. D.
Preston |
45
|
Maryland
|
do
|
do
|
Writes
|
-
|
1835
|
Unknown
|
|
|
|
| Candace
Preston |
40
|
do
|
do
|
do
|
Reads
|
do
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Isaiah
Preston |
20
|
do
|
do
|
do
|
Writes
, &c. |
-
|
1823
|
Fever
|
|
|
|
| Rebecca
Preston |
19
|
do
|
do
|
do
|
do
|
-
|
1834
|
Diseased
lungs |
|
|
|
| Margaret
Preston |
17
|
do
|
do
|
do
|
do
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Mary
A. Preston |
14
|
do
|
do
|
do
|
Writes
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Jacob
Preston |
12
|
do
|
do
|
do
|
do
|
-
|
1834
|
Pleurisy
|
|
|
|
| Candace
Preston |
8
|
do
|
do
|
do
|
Spells
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Lewis
Smith |
35
|
Virginia
|
do
|
do
|
-
|
-
|
1823
|
Casualty
|
|
|
|
| Thomas
Stewart |
35
|
do
|
do
|
do
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Mary
A. Stewart |
20
|
do
|
do
|
do
|
Reads
|
-
|
1823
|
Fever
|
|
|
|
| Oswego
Stewart, infant |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1823
|
Fever
|
|
|
|
| Frances
Stewart |
1
|
do
|
do
|
do
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Martha
Thompson |
36
|
do
|
do
|
do
|
-
|
-
|
1842
|
Consumption
|
|
|
|
| James
Thompson |
18
|
do
|
do
|
do
|
Spells
|
Blacksmith
|
1832
|
Shot
in war. |
|
|
|
| Tabitha
Thompson |
16
|
do
|
do
|
do
|
-
|
-
|
1829
|
Unknown
|
|
|
|
| Colston
M. Waring |
30
|
do
|
do
|
do
|
Writes,
&c. |
-
|
1834
|
Unknown
|
|
|
|
| Jacob
Warner |
45
|
Maryland
|
do
|
do
|
-
|
Farmer
|
1836
|
Pleurisy
|
|
|
|
| Susan
Warner |
43
|
do
|
do
|
do
|
-
|
-
|
1831
|
Unknown
|
|
|
|
| John
Warner |
20
|
do
|
do
|
do
|
-
|
do
|
1823
|
Drowning
|
|
|
|
| Abraham
Warner |
15
|
do
|
do
|
do
|
-
|
do
|
1829
|
Casualty
|
|
|
|
| Mary
Warner |
13
|
do
|
do
|
do
|
-
|
-
|
1840
|
Consumption
|
|
|
|
| Susan
Warner |
11
|
do
|
do
|
do
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Daniel
Warner |
9
|
do
|
do
|
do
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Matilda
Warner |
6
|
do
|
do
|
do
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ---Warner
|
4
|
do
|
do
|
do
|
|
-
|
1823
|
Fever
|
|
|
|
| Richard
White (twin) |
21
|
Virginia
|
do
|
do
|
Reads
|
Shoemaker
|
|
|
|
|
|
| David
White (twin) |
21
|
do
|
do
|
do
|
do
|
Carpenter
|
1841
|
Pleurisy
|
|
|
|
| A. D.
Williams |
24
|
do
|
do
|
do
|
Writes,
&c. |
Shoemaker
|
|
-
|
C. Palmas
|
1841
|
|
| Matthew
Clinton |
28
|
do
|
do
|
do
|
-
|
do
|
1830
|
Unknown
|
|
|
|
*Emancipated by Daniel Murray, Esq.
± Emancipated, by whom unknown.
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