Brig Roanoke’s Company, arrived at Monrovia February 17, 1833

Date: Dec 1832 to Feb 1833
Location: [unknown]
Surnames/tags: Black_Heritage American_Colonization_Society Liberia

American Colonization Society

Emigrants to Liberia

Introduction

This table is taken from the "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" and 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.^[1]

This table only represents the 127 passengers (98 from Virginia and 20 from N. Carolina) .

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 arrial in the colony	Extent of education	Profession	Date of death	Cause of death	Removed to what place	Removal date
Thomas Hollister	45	North Carolina	Free born	–	Monrovia	Reads	Fisherman	1833	Fever
Loretta Hollister	35	do	do	–	do	do		1833	Anas. exantha
Francis Jane Hollister	9	do	do	–	do	Spells		1833	Fever
Josiah Hollister	7	do	do	–	do	do
Loretta Hollister	5	do	do	–	do
Sarah A. Hollister	3	do	do	–	do	–		1834	Unknown
Sarah Ogon	60	do	do	–	do	Reads
Prudence Brown	80	do	do	–	do	–		1835	Old age
Delitha Williams	60	do	do	–	do	Reads		1836	Consumption
Feribe Thomas	26	do	do	–	do	Spells
Nancy Thomas	9	do	do	–	do	do
Mary A. Thomas	6	do	do	–	do	do
Frances Thomas	3	do	do	–	do
Rosena Jones	28	Virginia	do	–	Caldwell
William Artis	39	do	do	–	do	Reads	Shoe maker
Henry Artis	16	do	do	–	do	–		1839	Consumption
Jordan Artis	11	do	do	–	do	–
Edward Artis	13	do	do	–	do	–		1837	Consumption
James Artis	8	do	do	–	do	–		1833	Fever
Brown Colbert	48	do	–	Unknown	Monrovia	Reads	Blacksmith	1833	Fever
Mary Colbert	45	do	–	do	do	do		1833	Fever
Burwell Colbert	8	do	–	do	do
Edwin Colbert	6	do	–	do	do			1833	Fever
Mary Colbert	29	do	–	do	do	Writes		1843	Diseased lungs
Isaac Legins	33	do	–	do	do	do		1833	Diseased liver
Mildred Legins	27	do	–	do	do	Reads		1833	Diseased liver
Isaac Legins	2	do	–	do	do	–		1833	Diseased liver
Thena Colbert	13	do	–	do	do	Reads		1840	Female disease
Diana Shanks	55	do	–	do	do			1833	Fever
Moses Shanks	13	do	–	do	do
Angelina Watts	30	do	–	do	do			1833	Fever
Amby Watts	8	do	–	do	do
Reuben Watts	5	do	–	do	do
John Burns	22	do	–	do	–	Reads	Oil Miller	1835	Blowing rock
Daniel Tyrrel	45	do	–	do	Caldwell		Farmer	1840	Consumption
Adam Cuffy	70	do	–	do	do		do	1835	Decline
Cornelia Tyrrel	14	do	–	do	do
John Tyrrel	12	do	–	do	do
Keziah Cuffy	60	do	–	do	Monrovia			1834	Decline
Rhody Cuffy	12	do	–	do	do
Edmund Curtis	33	do	–	do	do
Mary Curtis	35	do	–	do	do
Rebecca Curtis	17	do	–	do	do			1833	Fever
Amos Herring	39	do	–	do	Caldwell	Writes	Turner
Elizabeth Herring	28	do	–	do	do	–		1833	Fever
Samuel Herring	12	do	–	do	do	Spells
Margaret Herring	10	do	–	do	do	do
Mary Herring	8	do	–	do	do
Wesley Herring	3	do	–	do	do	–		1833	Fever
Oscar Herring	1	do	–	do	do	–		1833	Fever
Jacob Moffat	60	do	–	do	Monrovia	–		1833	Fever
Margaret Moffat	47	do	–	do	Caldwell	–		1833	Fever
George H. Moffat	16	do	–	do	do	–		1836	Pleurisy
Young C. Moffat	13	do	–	do	do	–		1834	Anas. exantha
Henry Moffat	11	do	–	do	do	–		1834	Anas. exantha

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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 arrial in the colony	Extent of education	Profession	Date of death	Cause of death	Removed to what place	Removal date
Elijah Blair	7	Virginia	-	Unknown	Caldwell			1835	Pleurisy
James Y. Blair	4	do	-	do	do			1837	Pleurisy
Lydia Horney	50	do	-	do	Monrovia			1833	Fever
Joseph Horney	21	do	-	do	do			1837	Anas. exantha
Eliza Horney	18	do	-	do	do			-	-	S. Leone	1836
Marianna Horney	16	do	-	do	do			1833	Fever
Peter Horney	14	do	-	do	do			1837	Anasarca
George Horney	10	do	-	do	do			-	-	S. Leone	1836
Green Horney	2	do	-	do	do			1833	Fever
William Reynolds	43	New York	Free born	-	Caldwell	Writes		-	-	C. Palmas	1834
Maria Reynolds	29	do	do	-	do	do		-	-	C. Palmas	1834
Milton L. Reynolds	10	do	do	-	do	Reads		1833	Fever
Willam Reynolds	8	do	do	-	do	Spells		-	-	C. Palmas	1834
James H. Reynolds	5	do	do	-	do			1833	Fever
Charlotte Reynolds	2	do	do	-	do					C. Palmas	1834
Sarah Taylor	50	Virginia	-	Unknown	do
Lewis Taylor	21	do	-	do	do
Matilda Lucas	25	do	-	do	do
Winney Lucas	16	do	-	do	do
George Lucas	12	do	-	do	do
William Lucas	5	do	-	do	do
Edward Lucas	2	do	-	do	do
William Taylor	11	do	-	do	do
Michie Robinson	39	do	-	T. M. Ambler, Esq.	do	Reads	Farmer	-	-	S. Leone	1837
Hannah Robinson	33	do	-	do	do	-	-	1839	Consumption
Charles Robinson	16	do	-	do	do	Reads	Stone mason	1839	Consumption
Eveline Robinson	14	do	-	do	do	Spells
Grace Robinson	12	do	-	do	do	do
Alexander Robinson	10	do	-	do	do	do		1833	Fever
Margaret Robinson	4	do	-	do	do			1833	Fever
Jonas Robinson, inf.	-	do	-	do	do			1833	Fever
Elizabeth Nelson	25	do	-	do	do
Nimrod Nelson	10	do	-	do	do
Lewis Nelson	8	do	-	do	do			1833	Fever
Robert Nelson	3	do	-	do	do			1833	Fever
Martha Nelson	2	do	-	do	do			1833	Fever
Thomas Robinson	29	do	-	do	Monrovia	Reads	Blacksmith
Mary Robinson	18	do	-	do	do
Ann M. Robinson	17	do	-	do	do
Jane Robinson, infant	-	do	-	do	do
Daniel Ware	39	do	-	do	Caldwell		Shoe maker
Esther Ware	35	do	-	do	do			1838	Consumption
Harriet Ware	11	do	-	do	do			1838	Consumption
Catherine Blair	50	do	-	do	do			1835	Pleurisy
Reuben Moss	-	do	-	do	Monrovia	Writes	Stone mason	1833	Sun stroke
Sidney Moss	-	do	-	do	do	Reads
Susan Moss	-	do	-	do	do	do		1837	Maltreatment of self by medicine when sick
Benjamin Moss	-	do	-	do	do	do		1838	Anas. exantha.
Martha Moss	-	do	-	do	do	do		-	-	S. Leone	1837
Simon Moss	-	do	-	do	do	do		-	-	S. Leone	1837
John C. Moss	-	do	-	do	do	Spells		1833	Fever
Reubon Moss jr.	-	do	-	do	do			-	-	S. Leone	1837
James Moss	-	do	-	do	do			1833	Fever
John H. Moss	-	do	-	do	do			-	-	S. Leone	1837
Lucy Moss	-	do	-	do	do			-	-	S. Leone	1837
Joseph Leftwick	28	do	Unknown	do	do
Charles Leftwick	28	do	-	do	do			1839	Consumption
Granville Leftwick	20	do	-	do	do			1837	Consumption
Benjamin Leftwick	18	do	-	do	do			-	-	U. S.	1836
Phoebe Leftwick	26	do	-	do	do
Jefferson Leftwick	6	do	-	do	do			1833	Fever
Ann Rieves	4	do	-	do	do
Henry Rieves	18	do	-	do	do			1833	Fever
Maria Rieves	17	do	-	do	do
Armstead Rieves	17	do	-	do	do			1837	Anasarca
Wiat Rieves	8	do	-	do	do
John Rieves	6	do	-	Unknown	Monrovia			1838	Murdered by natives
Charles Rieves	7	do	-	do	do
Aaron Utridge	28	do	-	do	do			1837	Diseased lungs
Joseph Ross	64	do	-	do	do		Cooper	-	-	S. Leone	1840
Delila Ross	56	do	-	do	do			-	-	S. Leone	1839
Susan Scott	17	do	-	do	do			1837	Consumption

Sources

1. ↑ Christine's African American Genealogy Website: https://ccharity.com/contents/roll-emigrants-have-been-sent-colony-liberia-western-africa/emigrants-to-liberia-ship-lists/brigroanoke/