30th Nov 1835 | 197 Enslaved | £10725 19s 5d
Parliamentary Papers p. 121.
T71/885: claim from Sir William Baillie, Colin Campbell etc., as executors and trustees of Farquhar Campbell. Appears to be a Glasgow nexus.
D&E Royal Gazette 18/11/1815 'Transports & mortgages': Farquhar Campbell bought Melville estate in 1815 from John Barnwell.
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Colony
British Guiana
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Claim No.
591
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Estate
Melville Ormsary and Strath Campbell
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Collected by
Milne, AG
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Beneficiary deceased
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Awardee
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Awardee
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Awardee (Executor or executrix)
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Awardee (Executor or executrix)
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1787 - 1835
Daughter of "free Mulatto" lodging-house-keeper Jane Charlotte Beckford (c. 1759-1825); possibly the daughter of George Ffrench, Clerk to the Jamaica Assembly. Spinster; independently wealthy slave-owner.
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:
'British Guiana 591 (Melville Ormsary and Strath Campbell)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/8025 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
