23rd Nov 1835 | 331 Enslaved | £17204 19s 0d
Parliamentary Papers p. 117.
Times 23/02/1829 p. 3: Lord Reay died in 1847; the Scottish estates were sold (the Reay estate was sold to the Marquis of Stafford in 1829 - Stafford had lent Reay £100,000 in 1825).
Times 25/10/1831 p. 2: 'We understand' that the Marquis of Stafford has purchased the Estate of Reay for £300,000. Lord Reay and 4 other noble pensioners gave up pensions amounting to £2609 4s 6d per annum.
Times 14/6/1842 p. 7: Lord Reay was a trustee for Robert Home Gordon in Jamaica.
Times 20/2/1863 p. 1: reference to the death, in Plymouth (Devon), of Rt. Hon. Lord Reay (his son?).
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Colony
British Guiana
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Claim No.
195
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Estate
Goldstone Hall
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Collected by
Davidson, Henry
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Uncontested
Yes
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Previous owner (not making a claim)
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Previous owner (not making a claim)
In 1819 the 314 enslaved people on Goldstone Hall were registered by William Fraser, the property of Richard Clarke Downer and William Fraser.
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Awardee
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1787 - 1861
Enslaved boy on Unity Valley Pen, Jamaica. Manumitted in 1795 by David Barclay and removed to Philadelphia, with 29 other freed persons from the estate, where he was placed under the care of Society for Improving the Condition of Free Blacks.
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 195 (Goldstone Hall)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/8383 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
