|
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 Maripose's Company, arrived
at Monrovia August 21, 1842 Page
2 Page 3
| 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
|
Date
of death |
Cause
of death |
Removed
to what place |
Removal
date |
| Samuel
Dickson* |
32 |
East
Tennessee |
- |
-
|
Caldwell |
- |
Farmer
|
1843 |
Fever
|
|
|
| Amanda
Dickson* |
31 |
do
|
- |
-
|
do |
Spells
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Martha
Dickson* |
12 |
do
|
- |
-
|
do |
do
|
- |
-
|
- |
C.
Palmas |
1843 |
| Nathan
Dickson* |
10 |
do
|
- |
-
|
do |
do
|
|
|
|
|
|
| George
Dickson* |
8 |
do
|
- |
-
|
do |
do
|
- |
-
|
- |
C.
Palmas |
1843 |
| Ramsay
Dickson* |
4 |
do
|
- |
-
|
do |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| James
Dickson* |
6 |
do
|
- |
-
|
do |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Henry
Dickson* |
2 |
do
|
- |
-
|
do |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Edekiah
Inman* |
56 |
do
|
- |
-
|
do |
Reads
|
Farmer |
1843 |
Fever
|
|
|
| Flora
Inman* |
50 |
do
|
- |
-
|
do |
-
|
- |
1843
|
Fever |
|
|
| Narcissa
Inman* |
3 |
do
|
- |
-
|
do |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Vina
Dorothy* |
40 |
do
|
- |
-
|
do |
-
|
- |
1843
|
Childbirth
|
|
|
| Rhody
Dorothy* |
12 |
do
|
- |
-
|
do |
-
|
- |
-
|
- |
C.
Palmas |
1843 |
| William
C. Dorothy* |
10 |
do
|
- |
-
|
do |
-
|
- |
-
|
- |
C.
Palmas |
1843 |
| Houston
Dorothy* |
8 |
do
|
- |
-
|
do |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Eagleton
Dorothy* |
4 |
do
|
- |
-
|
do |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Wash.
Stevenson |
35 |
do
|
- |
Mr.
Stevenson |
do |
-
|
Farmer |
1843 |
Diseased
lungs |
|
|
| Alexander
Stevenson |
- |
do
|
- |
do
|
do |
-
|
do |
1843
|
Fever |
|
|
| Calvin
Stevenson |
26 |
do
|
- |
do
|
do |
-
|
do |
|
|
|
|
| Maria
Stevenson |
22 |
do
|
- |
do
|
do |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Robert
Stevenson |
1 |
do
|
- |
do
|
do |
-
|
- |
1843
|
Fever |
|
|
| Richard
Lucky |
55 |
do
|
- |
S.
Lucky, Esq. |
Monrovia |
- |
Carpenter
|
1842 |
Fever
|
|
|
| Mary
Lucky |
45 |
do
|
- |
Widow
Anderson |
do |
-
|
- |
1842
|
Fever |
|
|
| Ruth
Lucky |
19 |
do
|
- |
S.
Lucky, Esq. |
do |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Bacchus
Ray |
49 |
do
|
- |
S.
Ray, Esq. |
do |
-
|
- |
1842
|
Fever |
|
|
| Maria
Ray |
49 |
do
|
- |
do
|
do |
-
|
- |
1842
|
Fever |
|
|
| Edmund
Ray |
10 |
do
|
- |
do
|
do |
-
|
- |
1843
|
Fever |
|
|
| William
Ray |
8 |
do
|
- |
do
|
do |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Nancy
Ray |
7 |
do
|
- |
do
|
do |
-
|
- |
1843
|
Fever |
|
|
| Christopher
Campbell |
21 |
do
|
- |
Free
born |
do |
-
|
Carpenter |
|
|
|
|
| Martha
Campbell |
20 |
do
|
- |
do
|
do |
-
|
- |
1843
|
Fever |
|
|
| Louisa
Campbell |
2 |
do
|
- |
do
|
do |
-
|
- |
1842
|
Fever |
|
|
| James
Johnson |
32 |
do
|
- |
do
|
Caldwell |
- |
Carpenter
|
|
|
|
|
| Abigail
Johnson |
23 |
do
|
- |
do
|
do |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Mary
Johnson |
4 |
do
|
- |
do
|
do |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| George
Johnson |
2 |
do
|
- |
do
|
do |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Alfred
Thomson |
24 |
do
|
- |
do
|
Monrovia |
Writes |
Tailor
|
|
|
|
|
| Susanna
Thomson |
20 |
do
|
- |
do
|
do |
-
|
Seamstress
|
|
|
|
|
| Elbert
Thomson |
12 |
do
|
- |
do
|
do |
Spells
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Edward
Anderson |
- |
do
|
- |
Judge
Anderson |
Caldwell |
Reads |
Farmer
|
|
|
|
|
| Rachel
Anderson |
- |
do
|
- |
-
|
do |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Peter
Pray* |
55 |
do
|
- |
-
|
do |
do
|
do |
1842
|
Fever |
|
|
| Elizabeth
Pray* |
40 |
do
|
- |
-
|
do |
do
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Lucinda
Pray* |
11 |
do
|
- |
-
|
do |
Spells
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Edward
Pray* |
8 |
do
|
- |
-
|
do |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Polly
Thomas |
20 |
do
|
Free
born |
- |
Monrovia
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| James
Thomas |
3 |
do
|
do |
-
|
do |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Jesse
Gillaspy |
37 |
do
|
- |
Mr.
Ferguson |
Caldwell |
- |
Shoe
maker |
|
|
|
|
| Joseph
Clenin |
19 |
do
|
Free
born |
- |
do
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Thomas
Seviere |
25 |
do
|
- |
-
|
do |
-
|
Farmer |
|
|
|
|
| Joshua
Bell |
28 |
do
|
Free
born |
- |
do
|
Reads |
Shoe
maker |
1842 |
Fever
|
|
|
| Hannah
Bell |
27 |
do
|
- |
R.
Seviere, Esq. |
do |
do
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Jacob
Bell |
12 |
do
|
Free
born |
- |
do
|
do |
-
|
1843 |
Fever
|
|
|
| Nazel
Bell |
6 |
do
|
do |
-
|
do |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Charles
Bell |
5 |
do
|
do |
-
|
do |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Allen
Bell |
27 |
do
|
do |
-
|
do |
do
|
Farmer |
1842 |
Fever
|
|
|
| Sarah
Bell |
18 |
do
|
do |
-
|
do |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Narcissa
Bell |
5 |
do
|
do |
-
|
do |
-
|
- |
1842
|
Fever |
|
|
| Malinda
Bell |
4 |
do
|
do |
-
|
do |
-
|
- |
1843
|
Fever |
|
|
| Susanna
Bell |
2 |
do
|
do |
-
|
do |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Henry
Wade* |
46 |
do
|
do |
-
|
do |
Reads
|
Carpenter |
|
|
|
|
| Caroline
Wade |
12 |
do
|
Free
born |
- |
do
|
Spells |
|
|
|
|
|
| Yansey
Valentine |
24 |
do
|
do |
-
|
do |
-
|
- |
-
|
- |
Goree
|
1843 |
| Sarah
Valentine |
21 |
do
|
do |
-
|
do |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| William
Ripley |
45 |
do
|
do |
-
|
do |
-
|
- |
-
|
- |
S.
Leone |
1843 |
| William
Dedrick* |
60 |
do
|
- |
-
|
Monrovia |
- |
Blacksmith
|
|
|
|
|
| Frances
Dedrick* |
48 |
do
|
- |
-
|
do |
-
|
- |
1842
|
Fever |
|
|
| Ellen
Dedrick* |
19 |
do
|
- |
-
|
do |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| George
Dedrick* |
17 |
do
|
- |
-
|
do |
-
|
Blacksmith
|
- |
-
|
Country |
1843 |
| Martha
Dedrick* |
12 |
do
|
- |
-
|
do |
-
|
- |
1842
|
Fever |
|
|
| Eleanor
Dedrick* |
15 |
do
|
- |
-
|
do |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Henry
Dedrick* |
80 |
do
|
- |
-
|
do |
-
|
Farmer |
1842 |
Fever
and age |
|
|
| Julian
Harris |
19 |
do
|
Free
born |
- |
Caldwell
|
Reads |
|
|
|
|
|
| Mary
Kennedy |
16 |
do
|
do |
-
|
do |
do
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Robert
Kennedy |
12 |
do
|
do |
-
|
do |
do
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Lucinda
Preston |
55 |
Virginia
|
- |
General
Preston |
do |
-
|
- |
1843
|
Fever
and age |
|
|
| Mary
Preston |
35 |
do
|
- |
do
|
do |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Henry
Preston |
18 |
do
|
- |
do
|
do |
Spells
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Abraham
Blackledge |
33 |
South
Carolina |
- |
Dr.
Thos. Blackledge |
do |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Ellen
Blackledge |
31 |
do
|
- |
do
|
do |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Maria
Blackledge |
12 |
do
|
- |
do
|
do |
do
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Tobias
Blackledge |
5 |
do
|
- |
do
|
do |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Dink
Blackledge |
2 |
do
|
- |
do
|
do |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Mary
Blackledge |
3 |
do
|
- |
do
|
do |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Willis
Houston |
27 |
Iowa
|
Free
born |
- |
do
|
- |
Barber
|
|
|
|
|
| Marinda
Houston |
20 |
do
|
do |
-
|
do |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Comey
Houston |
2 |
do
|
do |
-
|
do |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Marville
H. Smith |
33 |
Illinois
|
do |
-
|
do |
Writes
|
Farmer |
|
|
|
|
| Delila
Smith |
29 |
do
|
do |
-
|
do |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Emeline
Smith |
8 |
do
|
do |
-
|
do |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Elvira
Smith |
6 |
do
|
do |
-
|
do |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| William
B. Smith |
4 |
do
|
do |
-
|
do |
-
|
- |
1842
|
Fever |
|
|
| Orleans
Smith |
2 |
do
|
do |
-
|
do |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Jonah
Smith |
1 |
do
|
do |
-
|
do |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Caesar
Leaper |
57 |
do
|
do |
-
|
do |
-
|
- |
1842
|
Fever |
|
|
| Mary
Leaper |
30 |
do
|
do |
-
|
do |
-
|
- |
1843
|
Fever |
|
|
| Nancy
Leaper |
10 |
do
|
do |
-
|
do |
-
|
- |
1842
|
Fever |
|
|
| Manda
Leaper |
8 |
do
|
do |
-
|
do |
-
|
- |
1842
|
Feaver |
|
|
| James
Leaper |
6 |
do
|
do |
-
|
do |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Allen
Leaper |
2 |
do
|
do |
-
|
do |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Edward
Leaper, inf. |
- |
do
|
do |
-
|
do |
-
|
- |
1842
|
Unknown |
|
|
*Purchased their freedom
|