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  INFORMATION
 

For more information on this project please contact the following individuals.

Project Director:
Cassandra Newby Alexander
757.823.8828

Web Director:
Jeffrey L. Littlejohn
936.294.4438

You may find more information on the Underground Railroad at the National Park Service website:
National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom.

 

 

  
  Conductors and Agents  
 

Based on William Still's book, The Underground Rail Road (1872), we have collected the names of more than two dozen UGRR agents and conductors. We are currently researching these individuals in an attempt to discover the depth and breadth of their involvement with the UGRR.

Below, we have sorted the escapee narratives from Virginia by Agent and Conductor.

You may click on the page number under the Still column to read the narrative presented his book, The Underground Rail Road.

Conductor Location Fugitives Assisted Mode of Transportation
Year
 Still
Minkins Richmond James Mercer Pennsylvania steamship   54
Minkins Richmond William Gilliam Pennsylvania steamship   54
Minkins Richmond John Clayton Pennsylvania steamship   54
William Bagnall Norfolk Clarissa Davis City of Richmond 1854 60
Minkins Norfolk Anthony Blow City of Richmond   ??
Minkins & William Bagnall Norfolk Isaac Foreman City of Richmond   ??
Minkins & William Bagnall Norfolk William Davis, Willis Redick City of Richmond   ??
William Bayliss Richmond Mary Epps Schooner 1855 74
William Bayliss Richmond Joseph Robinson Schooner 1855 74
William Bayliss Richmond Robert Robinson Schooner 1855 74
John Dade Washington George Solomon unknown 1856 80
James & Samuel Smith Richmond Henry “Box” Brown Adams' Express & train   82
James Carter Petersburg Jack Scott skiff 1857 105
James Carter Petersburg Wife of Jack Scott skiff 1859 105
Cap. Robert Lee Portsmouth 28 fugitives skiff 1857 111
Mr. J. Brown Petersburg Jackson, Isaac vessel (?) 1857 42
Mr. J. Brown Petersburg Edmondson Turner vessel (?) 1860 119
Frank Wanzer Toronto Robert Stewart unknown   128
Frank Wanzer Toronto Vincent &Betsey Smith unknown   128
Captain Lambson Wilmington numerous vessel 1855 131
Mr. Minhett Norfolk Solomon Brown City of Richmond   163
Captain Fountain Norfolk 21 fugitives schooner 1855 165
Henry Lovey Norfolk William H. Atkins City of Richmond   213
John Thomas Hampton Charles Gilbert secreted him until escape   235
William Bayliss Richmond John Hall schooner 1855 250
William Bagnall Norfolk Sam Nixon schooner 1855 254
Sam Nixon Norfolk unknown vessels   254
Captain Fountain Norfolk Maria Joiner schooner 1855 265
Henry Lewy Petersburg John Atkinson steward aboard steamer 1855 300
           
Agent Location   Assisted Year Still
J. Bigelow Washington, DC   unknown 1854 41
William Wright Sulphur Springs, PA   unknown 1854 41
Ham & Eggs (slave) Petersburg   unknown 1860 41
Prof. C.D. Cleveland Philadelphia   unknown 1854 41
Rev. Hiram Wilson St. Catharines, ON   unknown 1855 42
Rev. Hiram Wilson St. Catharines ON   unknown 1856 80
G. S. Nelson Reading   unknown 1857 43
Joseph C. Bustill Harrisburg, PA   Reading Road 1856 42
E.F. Pennypacker Philadelphia   Phil. & Reading Railroad 1857 43
J. Jones Elmira, PA   unknown 1857 43
William Penn (lawyer) Washington, DC   Wrote to John Thompson 1856 43
J. M. McKim Philadelphia   unknown 1856 82
E.M. Davis Philadelphia   unknown 1856 82
Prof. C.D. Cleveland Philadelphia   unknown 1856 83
Lewis Thompson Philadelphia   unknown 1856 83
Miss G. Lewis Sunnyside, PA   From Ercildown 1857 111
Mrs. Agnes Willis Toronto   unknown 1856 127
Rev. J.W. Loguen Syracuse, NY   The Grigbys & Wanzers 1854 127
Thomas Garrett Wilmington, DE   unknown 1855 131
Rev. J.W. Loguen Syracuse, NY   Emanuel White 1857 154
Rev. Hiram Wilson St. Catharines ON   Solomon Brown 1851 163
J. W. C. Pennington New York   Norfolk woman & others 1854 173
Richmond Bohm Philadelphia (?)   William Actkins 1854 213
William C. Mayo Richmond   John Hall 1855 250
Abigail Goodwin Salem, NJ   Sam Nixon & others 1855 254
Rev. Hiram Wilson St. Catharines ON   Henry Washington 1855 259
Joseph G. Selden Norfolk   Henry Washington 1855 261
Hiram Nelson St. Catharines ON   W. Nelson & family 1855 262
John Brown Philadelphia   George Walker 1855 312
J. B. Smith Philadelphia   George Walker 1855 312
Elijah Pennypacker Philadelphia   Charles Thompson 1855 316
Elijah Pennypacker Philadelphia   Charity Thompson 1855 316
Elijah Pennypacker Philadelphia   Nathaniel Bowser 1855 316
Elijah Pennypacker Philadelphia   Thomas Cooper 1855 316