14th Mar 1836 | 116 Enslaved | £2628 5s 6d
Parliamentary Papers p. 296.
T71/864: claim by George Wright, as attorney to W.P. Litt. Counterclaim from William Harrison, as assignee of a mortgage for £15025 10s with interest from 30/04/1825. Jonathan Harrison and William Harrison had been partners of W. P. Litt.
Jamaica Almanac (1833): Mt Charles and Bryan's Hill estates registered to John Wiles.
Jamaica Almanac (1826): Mt Charles estate registered to C. Pownall.
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
Port Royal
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Claim No.
47
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Estate
Mount Charles
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Contested
Yes
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Awardee
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1761 - ????
"Free quadroon woman" and mother of eleven children; independently wealthy, perhaps through legacies left her by her partners James Tierney (died 1784) and Ebenezer Robertson (died 1825).
Document comprises 4 parts, written recto and verso across 5 folios: 1. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 2. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Williamsfield settlement, St Elisabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 3. An inventory of animals at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 4. A cover note outlining the contents of the document.
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CITING THIS RECORD:
'Jamaica Port Royal 47 (Mount Charles)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/14400 [accessed 21st November 2024].
