1867 Passengers from
Dover on the Ship Golconda for Grand
Cape Mount, Liberia
The following 49 people left Dover around November 1867, bound for Charleston and passage aboard the Golconda, a ship that made multiple trips to Liberia in the late 1860s and early 1870s, taking passengers to Liberia who wished to establish a new life there. The Golconda was an ocean-going vessel which boarded its passengers at Charleston, SC. It is unknown at this time how the people listed below made their way from Dover to Charleston to board the ship, which sailed on 17 November 1867. One contemporary newspaper account suggests that they first traveled to Knoxville, where free transportation to Charleston was provided to them.
This list was found in the African Repository and Colonial Journal, the journal of the American Colonization Society. This book was accessed for free via Google Books (http://books.google.com), a great research tool for any genealogical or historical researcher.
In addition to Google Books, supplemental information about the Golconda and the activities of the American Colonization Society can also be found by searching contemporary newspapers on the Library of Congress’ Chronicling America free website.
The November 1867 passage of the Golconda included 312 passengers, all of whom are listed in this PDF file. Transcribed below are the 49 passengers said to be from Dover, Tennessee.
It is likely that not all of the people listed below had been Stewart County residents, but that some had traveled from adjoining counties in order to catch a boat in Dover that would eventually get them to Charleston to catch the Golconda.
The list of Dover passengers states that they were bound for Grand Cape Mount, Liberia.
|
Passenger No. |
Name |
Age |
Occupation |
Education |
Religion |
|
264 |
Fleming Crump |
56 |
Minister |
R & W |
Baptist |
|
265 |
Harriet Crump |
45 |
|
|
Baptist |
|
266 |
Webster Crump |
25 |
Farmer |
Read |
|
|
267 |
Mary Crump |
19 |
|
Read |
|
|
268 |
Elizabeth Crump |
1 |
|
|
|
|
269 |
George Crump |
15 |
|
R & W |
|
|
270 |
Henry Crump |
14 |
|
R & W |
|
|
271 |
Louisa Crump |
11 |
|
R & W |
|
|
272 |
Susan Crump |
8 |
|
|
|
|
273 |
Emma Crump |
7 |
|
|
|
|
274 |
Mary Jane Woods |
40 |
|
Read |
Baptist |
|
275 |
Alexander Woods |
15 |
|
Read |
|
|
276 |
Florence Woods |
13 |
|
Read |
|
|
277 |
Andrew Woods |
12 |
|
Read |
|
|
278 |
James Woods |
10 |
|
|
|
|
279 |
Armistead Woods |
8 |
|
|
|
|
280 |
Alice Woods |
5 |
|
|
|
|
281 |
Cora Woods |
3 |
|
|
|
|
282 |
Harrison Outlaw |
35 |
Farmer |
|
|
|
283 |
Charlotte Outlaw |
34 |
|
|
Methodist |
|
284 |
James Outlaw |
11 |
|
|
|
|
285 |
Simon Outlaw |
5 |
|
|
|
|
286 |
Parsaid Outlaw |
18 mos. |
|
|
|
|
287 |
Henry Smith |
36 |
Farmer |
|
|
|
288 |
Luoma Smith |
28 |
|
|
Baptist |
|
289 |
Samuel A. Smith |
11 |
|
Read |
|
|
290 |
John T. D. Smith |
8 |
|
|
|
|
291 |
George R. Smith |
6 |
|
|
|
|
292 |
Gerard Smith |
5 |
|
|
|
|
293 |
Flemings Smith |
3 |
|
|
|
|
294 |
John Wesley Smith |
1 mo. |
|
|
|
|
295 |
Henrietta Hall |
70 |
|
|
Presbyterian |
|
296 |
James Bogart [Bogard] |
33 |
Blacksmith |
Read |
|
|
297 |
Jane Bogart [Bogard] |
30 |
|
Read |
Presbyterian |
|
298 |
John Marshall |
21 |
Farmer |
Read |
|
|
299 |
Nica Marshall |
18 |
|
|
|
|
300 |
Emanuel Blaine |
34 |
Farmer |
|
|
|
301 |
Caroline Blaine |
30 |
|
|
|
|
302 |
Phoebe West |
18 |
|
|
|
|
303 |
David Lewis |
40 |
Farmer |
|
|
|
304 |
William Blaine |
38 |
Farmer |
|
|
|
305 |
Jane Blaine |
30 |
|
|
|
|
306 |
Richard Blaine |
7 |
|
|
|
|
307 |
Henry Blaine |
5 |
|
|
|
|
308 |
Monroe Camper |
22 |
Farmer |
|
Presbyterian |
|
309 |
Josephine Cheatham |
21 |
|
Read |
|
|
310 |
Henry Stacker |
18 |
|
R & W |
|
|
311 |
William W. Hammond |
35 |
Farmer |
Read |
|
|
312 |
James Sharp |
25 |
Farmer |
Read |
|
Additional Research Notes on the Persons listed above:
Rev. Fleming Crump – from Kentucky; said to have been the leader of the 1867 group of emigrants from Dover. He writes from Liberia in 1870 (The African Repository, Volume 46) that his family is all well and that none has died. He stated that he expected to come back to the U. S. to accompany relations and friends left behind in the move to Liberia.
Rev. Crump solemnized 40 recorded marriages in Stewart County from September 1865 to October 1867.
Harrison Outlaw – Stewart Co. marriage records show Harrison Outlaw married to Harriet Outlaw, license issued 30 Sep 1865 and solemnized the same day by Fleming Crump, MG
John and Nica Marshall – Stewart Co. marriage records show John Marshall married to Nice Carter, license issued 2 Oct 1867 and solemnized 4 Oct 1867 by Fleming Crump, MG
Emanuel and Caroline Blaine – Stewart Co. marriage records show Emanuel Blaine married to Caroline West, license issued 11 Sep 1865 and solemnized 17 Sep 1865 by William W. Outlaw, JP.
An Emanuel Blaine appears in Stewart Circuit Court records around 1880, and this couple appears in the 1900 Stewart Co. census.