16th Nov 1835 | 26 Enslaved | £565 9s 11d
Parliamentary Papers p. 71.
T71/873: claim from William Murray, of London, as owner-in-fee.
Times 01/07/1815 p. 2: sale by order of Chancery in Bruce vs Kinloch of an annuity of £100 per annum granted in 1775 by Wm. and Walter Murray, both deceased, secured on Latium and Garland Grove, payable on the lives of Francis Newton (deceased) and Elizabeth Young, a spinster (now Bruce, a widow). 'Mrs Bruce, the surviving life, is a widow lady residing at Edinburgh (Scotland), of the age of 61 years, and in good health'.
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
St James
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Claim No.
191
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Estate
Garland Grove Pen
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Collected by
Murray, Wm.
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Uncontested
Yes
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Awardee (Owner-in-fee)
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1774 - 1832
Head driver on Great Valley estate in Hanover, Jamaica. Executed by hanging following Sam Sharpe's War.
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 St James 191 (Garland Grove Pen)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/15107 [accessed 26th November 2024].
