23rd Oct 1837 | 65 Enslaved | £3194 3s 10d
Parliamentary Papers p. 317.
T71/885: Lewis Cameron and Baillie Chisholm were sequestrators of plantation Belair, the property of the deceased Thos. Lighton. Counterclaims inter alios from Campbell Faloon, as the attorney of Thomas and William Earle, of Liverpool, merchants, mortgagee for £1216 10s 8d., 06/11/1826; John Crosthwaite, of Liverpool, by his attorney Wm. Campbell, as judgement creditor. All the counterclaims were withdrawn.
T/71/445 p. 601 (Slave Registers, 1834): Lewis Cameron made a return of enslaved persons.
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Colony
British Guiana
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Claim No.
17
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Estate
Belair
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Contested
Yes
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Previous owner (not making a claim)
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Unsuccessful claimant (consensual) (Judgement creditor)
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Awardee (Sequestrator)
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Awardee (Sequestrator)
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1781 - 14th Jun 1863
Member of the Baillie of Dochfour family. London and Bristol merchant and banker (Baillie, Ames & Baillie), major recipient of slave compensation across the Caribbean.
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 17 (Belair)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/8221 [accessed 23rd November 2024].
