Ship Banshee arrived Monrovia January 1854

Date: Nov 1853 [unknown]
Location: [unknown]
Surnames/tags: American_Colonization_Society Black_Heritage

Emigrants to Liberia

Introduction

The following African Americans boarded the Ship Banshee from two locations. The first was from Baltimore, Maryland on 9 Nov 1853. The second was from Norfolk, Virginia on 11 Nov 1853. On board this ship were 5 members of the Burke family emancipated by Robert E. Lee. This sailing was organized by members of the American Colonization Society. Captain Wingate was Ship Master.

No.	Names	Age	Born Free/Slave	Remarks
	Baltimore, MD
1	Charles Williamson	67	Free	Brickmaker
2	Amelia Williamson, wife	39	"
3	Samuel Williamson, son	15	"
4	Sarah Jane Williamson, dau	11	"
5	Alexina Williamson, dau	9	"
6	Robert T Williamson, son	7	"
7	Rachel Williamson, dau	3	"
8	Amelia Williamson, dau	3 mos	"
9	Moses Smith	42	Free	Painter
10	Rachel Smith, wife	29	"
11	Moses Smith, Jr., son	20	"
12	Joshua Smith, son	15	"
13	Rachel Smith, dau	14	"
14	Israel Smith, son	11	"
15	Henrietta Smith, dau	9	"
16	John Smith, son	6	"
17	Catherine Smith, dau	1.5	"
18	Harrison Oliver	31	Free	Return to Liberia
19	Hezekiah Wood	20	"	Return to Liberia
	Frederick, MD
20	Israel Smith	37	Free
21	Elizabeth Smith, wife	38	"
22	Mary E. Smith, dau	5	"
23	Ariana Smith, dau	2	"
24	Isaac Jackson	28	"
	King George Co., VA
25	Henry Stepner	22	Slave	Em. by will of Lewis Cross
26	Alfred Stepner	13	"	"
27	William Stepner	25	"	"
28	Thornton Yates	40	"	"
29	James Bayley	13	"	"
30	Cornelius Bayley	11	"	"
31	Sydney Bayley	9	"	"
32	Addison Bayley	7	"	"
33	Tulip Stepner	18	"	"
34	Kitty Stepner	46	"	"
35	Ellis Stepner	11	"	"
36	Maria Bayley	33	"	"
37	Mary Stepner	20	"	"
38	Barbara Stepner	16	"	"
39	Margaret Cross	30	"	Emancipated by Elizabeth Cross
40	Austin Bayley	1	Free
	Clarke County, VA
41	John Gordon	45	Slave	Em. by Dr. Hawes
42	Eveline Gordon, wife	40	"	Pur. by subscriptions raised by
43	Hannah Gordon, dau	16	"	Miss Elizabeth Wormeley
44	William Gordon, son	7	"	"
45	Lydia Gordon, dau	4	"	"
46	Lily Gordon, dau	2	"	"
47	Ralph W. Gordon, son	7 mos	"	"
	Sussex county, VA
48	Dennis Barker	60	Slave	Em. by will of John Barker
49	Wyatt Barker	28	"	"
50	Daniel Barker	30	"	"
51	George Barker	22	"	"
52	Moses Barker	39	"	"
53	Edward Barker	49	"	"
54	Stephen W. Barker	20	"	"
55	Allen Barker	19	"	"
56	Joseph Barker	27	"	"
57	Humphrey Barker	44	"	"
58	Stephen B. Barker	43	"	"
59	Peter Barker	59	"	"
60	Louisa Barker	50	"	"
61	Mary Barker	21	"	"
62	Faithy Barker	26	"	"
63	Jane Barker	26	"	"
64	Lydia Barker	1	"	"
65	Collin Barker	14	"	"
66	Eliza Barker	12	"	"
67	Charles Barker	10	"	"
68	Rachel Barker	9	"	"
69	Lilly Barker	6	"	"
70	Fanny Barker	5	"	"
71	Nancy Barker	4	"	"
72	Margaret Barker	8	"	"
73	Ann Barker	2	"	"
74	Davy Barker	2	"	"
75	Lewis Barker	8	"	"
76	Raleigh Barker	6	"	"
77	Jack Barker	3	"	"
78	Simon Eldridge	65	"	Purchased by his children
	Washington County, VA
79	William Willoughby	76	Slave	Em. by Mrs Keywood
80	Ann Willoughby	22	Free	"
81	Thomas Willoughby	25	"	"
82	Catherine Willoughby	24	"	"
83	William F. Willoughby	2	"	"
84	Mary Willoughby	12	"	"
85	David Willoughby	11	"	"
86	Charles Willoughby	6	"	"
87	Elizabeth Willoughby	17	"	"
88	Elsey Willoughby	10	"	"
89	Eliza Jane Dotton	25	Free	"
90	William Dotton	38	"	"
91	Jane Dotton	25	"	"
92	Susan C. Dotton	7	"	"
93	John W. Dotton	5	"	"
94	David H. Dotton	2	"	"
95	Andrew Dotton	36	"	"
96	Sarah Ann Dotton	20	"	"
97	Elsey Ann Dotton	2	"	"
98	Sarah B. Dotton	4 mos	"	"
99	James Dunston	66	Free	"
100	Sally Dunston	41	"	"
101	Auston Dunston	18	"	"
102	Jane A. Dunston	14	"	"
103	Earl B. Dunston	7	"	"
104	Bottetout Boyer	58	Slave	Purchased by his wife
105	Thomas Walton	49	Free
106	Susan Walton	30	"
107	Nancy Walton	11	"
108	Abram B. Walton	9	"
109	Esther Walton	7	"
110	Sally E. Walton	6	"
111	Thomas Walton	4	"
112	Susan Walton	2	"
113	Margaret Ann Walton	7 mos	"
114	Sarah Louisa Walton	13	"
115	Viney Walton	25	"
116	William Walton	2	"
117	Dabney Fields	24	"
	Bedford County, VA
118	Abby Cheatwood	80	Slave	Em. by will of John Cheatwood d.1828
119	Dolly Cheatwood	48	"	"
120	America Cheatwood	28	"	"
121	Patra Cheatwood	4	"	"
122	Virginia Cheatwood	2 mos	"	"
123	Caroline Cheatwood	22	"	"
124	Dilcy Cheatwood	20	"	"
125	Edward Cheatwood	5	"	"
126	Maria Cheatwood	40	"	"
127	Charlotte Cheatwood	13	"	"
128	Isabella Cheatwood	11	"	"
129	Julia Cheatwood	9	"	"
130	Pocahontas Cheatwood	38	"	"
131	Thomas Cheatwood	18	"	"
132	Ramsey Cheatwood	12	"	"
133	Peyton Cheatwood	10	"	"
134	Wesley Cheatwood	6	"	"
135	Miranda Cheatwood	30	"	"
136	Jerry B Cheatwood	1	"	"
137	Richmond Cheatwood	42	"	"
138	Eliza Cheatwood	7	"	"
139	Eliza Cheatwood	4 mos	"	"
	Henry County, VA
140	Nancy Mills	54	Slave	Em. by William F. Mills, Sr
141	James Mills, son	26	"	"
142	John Q. Mills, son	23	"	"
143	Cynthia Mills, dau	30	"	"
144	Sallie Mills, dau	16	"	"
145	Greenville Mills, son	17	"	"
146	Nathaniel H. Mills, son	14	"	"
147	Marshall Spencer	24	Free
	Fairfax County, VA
148	William Burke	36	Slave	Em. by Col. Robert E. Lee
149	Rosabella Burke, wife	34	"	"
150	Cornelia Burke, dau	7	"	"
151	Grandison Burke, son	5	"	"
152	Alexander Burke, son	3	"	"
153	William Burke, son	4 mos	"	"
	Hanover County, VA
154	Horace Coleman	42	Slave	Em. by Benjamin C. Coghill
155	Charlotte Coleman	43	"	"
156	Edward Johnson	24	"	"
157	Lucinda Coleman	22	"	"
158	Millicent Coleman	13	"	"
159	Mariah Coleman	7	"	"
160	Sarah Coleman	8	"	"
161	Betty Jane Coleman	1	"	"
162	Charlotte Jackson	16	"	"
163	Richard Morris	22	"	Em. by will of Judith King
164	Dabney Morris	24	"	"
165	Lucy Morris	20	"	"
166	Rosabella Morris	1	"	"
167	Gilbert Austin	21	"	Em. by Nathaniel C. Crenshaw
	Nottoway Co., VA
168	Edmund Jones	21	Slave	Em. by Mrs. C Jones
169	Richard Jones	19	"	"
	Richmond, VA
170	Philip Woodson	21	Slave	Em. by Frederick Bransford
	Norfolk, VA
171	Daniel Brown	45	Slave	Em. by his wife
	Portsmouth, VA
172	Isaac Rix	38	Free
173	Eliza Rix, wife	30	"
174	Martha Rix, dau	10	"
175	John Rix, son	8	"
176	Missouri Rix, dau	6	"
177	Olivia Rix, dau	4	"
178	Josephine Rix, dau	2	"
	Orange County, NC
179	Gilbert Kelly	55	Slave	Em. by will of John Kelly
180	Martha Kelly	42	"	"
181	Guilford Kelly	17	"	"
182	Jarrat Kelly	32	"	"
	Attica, Indiana
183	Joseph Ladd	28	Free
184	Susan Ladd	17	"
185	George W. Ladd	2 mos	"
186	William Brown	45	"
187	Susan Brown	28	"
188	John Brown	4	"
189	Isabella Brown	4 mos	"
	Vincennes, Indiana
190	Cornelius Simms	49	Slave	Em. by Indiana becoming a Free State
191	Elizabeth Simms	33	Free
192	Charles Simms	18	"
193	William Simms	14	"
194	Sarah Simms	12	"
195	George W. Simms	10	"
196	Charlotte Simms	6	"
197	Thomas Simms	4	"
	Princeton, Indiana
198	Jacob Stephenson	56	Slave	Em. by Mrs. Stephenson of South Carolina
199	Harrison Stephenson	14	"	Em. by D. R. Stephenson of S.C
200	Robert Stephenson	12	"	"
201	Charles Stephenson	10	"	"
202	James W. Stephenson	8	"	"
	Madison, Indiana
203	Rev. John McKey	39	Slave	Purchased himself
	Wayne County, Indiana
204	David Matthews	37	Free
205	Alley Matthews	28	"
206	William H. Matthews	12	"
207	Frederick Matthews	7	"
208	David Matthews	2	"
	Fayette County, Kentucky
209	William Banks	49	Slave	Em. by will of James Wardlaw
210	Charlotte Washington	47	"	"
211	Jefferson Tilford	40	"	"
212	Jordon Tilford	36	"	"
213	Presley Coleman	38	"	"
214	Ellen Coleman	30	"	"
215	David Coleman	15	"	"
216	Stephen Postlewait	36	"	"
217	Lucy Postlewait	34	"	"
218	Harvey Postlewait	14	"	"
219	Farral Postlewait	12	"	"
220	Caroline Postlewait	10	"	"
221	Martha Postlewait	8	"	"
222	Sally Postlewait	5	"	"
223	Henry Clay Postlewait	3	"	"
224	Daniel Webster Postlewait	1	"	"
225	Jane Lomax	28	"	"
226	Hannah C. Lomax	6	"	"
227	Thomas Lomax	4	"	"
228	Infant Lomax	4 mos	"	"
229	John Bell	42	Free
230	Mary Bell	35	"
231	John Bell	5	"
232	Louisa Bell	1	"
	Logan County, Kentucky
233	Harriet Freeman	43	Slave	Em. by will of John P. Freeman
234	Presley Freeman	21	"	"
235	Preston Freeman	21	"	"
236	Henry Freeman	19	"	"
237	Henrietta Freeman	19	"	"
238	Charlotte Freeman	18	"	"
239	George Freeman	16	"	"
240	Benjamin Freeman	14	"	"
241	Jacob Freeman	12	"	"
242	Henson Freeman	41	"	"
243	James Freeman	30	"	"
244	Scott Freeman	28	"	"
	Shelby county, Kentucky
245	Joseph Thomas	50	Slave	Em. by will of Oswald Thomas
246	Derry Thomas	43	"	"
247	George Thomas	41	"	"
248	Milly Thomas	16	"	"
249	Henry Waters	26	"	Em. by will of William Waters
250	William Brown	40	"	Em. by Henry Offielte
251	Lindsley Perry	22	"	Em. by will of Jackson Perry
252	Edmond Allen	50	Free
	Barron County, Kentucky
253	Lee Payne	40	Free
254	Susan Payne	34	"
255	Mary J. Payne	7	"
256	Sarah Field	55	"
257	Peter Field	22	"
258	Betsey Field	20	"
259	Martha Field	18	"
260	William H. Field	8	"
261	Adam Garnett	9	Slave	Em. by W. Garnett of Louisville, KY
262	David Garnett	7	"
	Woodford County, Kentucky
263	Mahala Redd	27	Slave	Em. by will of Thomas Bullock
264	Anna Maria Redd	1	"	"
265	John McAffee	25	"	"
	Jessamine County, Kentucky
266	Gabriel Baker	22	Slave	Em. by will of Richard R. Daniel
267	Thomas Brown	21	"	"
	Nicholas County, Kentucky
268	Leander Gazaree	61	Slave	Em. by D.P. Bedinger
269	Susan Gazaree	27	"	Em. by will of Mrs. Elizabeth Bedinger
	Mechlenburg Co, Kentucky
270	Silas Elliot	36	Slave	Em. by __Elliot of Jacksonville, Illinois
271	Dinah Elliot	31	"	"
272	Sally Ann Elliot	9	"	"
273	Agnes Elliot	6	"	"
274	Mary Elliot	3	"	"
	Christian County, Kentucky
275	Alexander Cross	43	Slave	Purchased by friends in Christian Co., KY
276	Matha Cross	36	Free
277	James Cross	7	"

NOTE: These 261, (omitting 16 in the foregoing list sent to Cape Palmas by the Maryland Colonization Society), added to the number previously sent, including 53 by the Isla de Cuba from New York, make 8,041 emigrants sent to Liberia by th American Colonization Society and its auxiliaries. [The African Repository, Vol. 30 - 1854 Published Monthly by the American Colonization Society]

Sources

• List of Emigrants: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hwrchs&view=1up&seq=41&skin=2021&q1=Banshee