The McGill family of Monrovia, Liberia, was a free African-American family from Baltimore, Maryland, who emigrated to Monrovia in the 19th century. Among the early American settlers in Liberia, the McGills became established as one of the most prominent early Americo-Liberian families. Daguerreotypes of the McGill family can be found in the Library of Congress. Members occupied colonial offices, and they are mentioned in the African Repository magazine published by the American Colonization Society.
George R. and Angelina McGill emigrated to Liberia aboard the Reaper with several members of their family and arrived in Monrovia in February 1831. Shortly after, Angelina died. Some of the McGill family settled at Cape Palmas, south of Monrovia. George McGill, however, remained in Monrovia, where he became a wealthy merchant and Methodist preacher; two of his four sons followed suit.
George McGill also served as the acting colonial agent of the American Colonization Society from September 24, 1833, to January 1, 1834. Brothers Urias and James McGill partnered in 1854 to establish the Urias A. McGill & Brother trading company. Later on the name was changed to McGill Brothers when their two other brothers, Samuel and R. S. McGill, joined them in the trading business. The McGill Brothers company established many warehouses and numerous stores. They were among the first successful Americo-Liberian trading families.
They were members of the largely mixed-race Americo-Liberian community, as they had visibly light skin and European ancestry.
Se mostraron dos retratos de miembros de la familia McGill en un segmento de African American Lives presentado por Henry Louis Gates ; Uno de los miembros de la familia mostrados era Urias McGill, conocido como el "Comerciante de Monrovia". Los daguerrotipos de la familia McGill se conservan en la Biblioteca del Congreso como lo estaban entre los colonizadores de Liberia de principios del siglo XIX.