18th Jun 1836 | 187 Enslaved | £3799 8s 0d
Parliamentary Papers p. 69.
T71/915 p. 120: original claim filed by Neil McCallum, of Hanover, as executor of Alexander McCallum. Neil McCallum died in early 1836; William Gordon was his executor.
B.W. Higman, Plantation Jamaica 1750-1850: capital and control in a colonial economy (Mona, Jamaica, University of West Indies Press, 2005), Table 3.2 pp. 66-7: William Gordon, of Hanover, is shown as attorney to Sir Simon Haughton Clarke's estates.
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
Hanover
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Claim No.
569
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Estate
Cousin's Cove
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Collected by
Grant, D
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Awardee (Executor or executrix)
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1791 - 1862
Free woman of colour; left Demerara in 1812 as a young woman and settled in Starthforth, Yorkshire, where she died in 1862.
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 Hanover 569 (Cousin's Cove)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/15928 [accessed 23rd April 2024].
