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Gatton

Dominica

Estate Details

Associated People (3)

The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:

  • SD - Association Start Date
  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
1820 [EA] - 1820 [LA] → Other
James Potter Lockhart

James Potter Lockhart purchased with Charles Bertrand 01/03/1820 the 118 enslaved people on Gatton and moved them to his Geneva estate.

1820 [EA] - 1820 [LA] → Attorney
Charles Court
1820 [EA] - 1820 [LA] → Previous owner
William Pagan of Linburn

Shown as 'Formerly in possession of' Gatton in 1820, when the enslaved people had been sold to James Potter Lockhart and Charles Bertrand.

Estate Information (2)

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1817
[Number of enslaved people] 126(Tot) 73(F) 53(M)  
[Name] Gatton Estate  
 

Returned by Jos. Burton, 'superintending' for an unnamed owner. This entry records mother's of some of the enslaved children. St. Patrick.

 
T71/345 537-541
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 146(Tot) 83(F) 63(M)  
[Name] Gatton  
 

Returned by Charles Court, attorney of William Pagan, who was formerly in possession of the estate; 118 enslaved people were 'sold to the Honble J P Lockhart and Charles Bertand [on the] 1st of March 1820 for Geneva Estate'. St. Patrick.

 
T71/355 348 - 352