Camp Savanna

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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
1762 [EA] - 1765 [LA] → Executor
1762 [EA] - 1765 [LA] → Owner
1767 [EA] - 1786 [LA] → Previous owner
1768 [EA] - 1774 [EY] → Joint owner

Joint owner in right of his wife, probably Ann the widow of Charles Mitchell.

1795 [EA] - 1799 [LA] → Owner
1800 [EA] - 1807 [LA] → Joint owner
1800 [EA] - 1807 [LA] → Joint owner
1810 [EA] - 1815 [LA] → Owner
1817 [EA] - 1823 [LA] → Administrator
1817 [EA] - 1823 [LA] → Previous owner
1820 [EA] - → Administratrix
1823 [EA] - → Other
1825 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Receiver
1825 [EA] - 1826 [LA] → Receiver
1828 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Previous owner

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£2,756 3S 7D

Estate Information (52)

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1762
[Name] Camp Savanna  
[Crop] sugar, rum and mahogany  
 

Belonging to Charles Mitchell. Account filed by John Kinlock as one of the executors.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/4 38
1763
[Name] Camp Savanna  
[Crop] sugar, rum and mahogany  
 

Belonging to Charles Mitchell. Account filed by John Kinlock as one of the executors.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/4 91
1763
[Name] Camp Savannah  
[Crop] Sugar  
 

Plotted in Westmoreland in Thomas Craskell's 1763 map of Jamaica as a sugar estate with a cattle mill.

 
Thomas Craskell's Map of the County of Surry in the Island of Jamaica (1763)
1765
[Name] Camp Savanna  
[Crop] sugar, rum and mahogany  
 

Belonging to Charles Mitchell. Account filed by John Kinlock as one of the executors.This entry does not name the estates but the parish and produce remains the same as does the attorney so it is assumed that these are the same estates. Entry for p.161 notes a profit of �20 for "value of a negroe executed for felony."

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/4 130 and 161
1767
[Name] Camp Savanna  
[Crop] sugar, rum and mahogany  
 

Belonging to Charles Mitchell deceased. Account filed by Gilbert Mathison of Kingston.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/5 71
1768
[Name] Camp Savanna  
[Crop] sugar, rum and mahogany  
 

Belonging to the heirs of Charles Mitchell deceased and to Gilbert Mathison in right of his wife.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/5 139
1769
[Name] Camp Savanna  
[Crop] sugar, rum and mahogany  
 

Belonging to Charles Mitchell deceased. Account filed by Gilbert Mathison planter.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/5 190
1770
[Name] Camp Savanna  
[Crop] sugar, rum and mahogany  
 

Belonging to Charles Mitchell deceased and to Gilbert Mathison in right of his wife. Account filed by Gilbert Mathison planter.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/6 29
1771
[Name] Camp Savanna  
[Crop] sugar, rum and mahogany  
 

Belonging to the heirs of Charles Mitchell deceased. Account filed by Gilbert Mathison.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/6 168
1772
[Name] Camp Savanna  
[Crop] sugar, rum and mahogany  
 

Late the estate of Charles Mitchell deceased. Account filed by Gilbert Mathison.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/7 20
1773
[Name] Camp Savanna  
[Crop] sugar, rum and mahogany  
 

Late the property of Charles Mitchell deceased. Account filed by Gilbert Mathison.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/7 177
1774
[Name] Camp Savanna  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to the heirs of Charles Mitchell deceased and come into the hands and knowledge of Ann Mathison as acting executrix.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/7 263
1775
[Name] Camp Savanna  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

The property of Charles Mitchell deceased and come into the hands and knowledge of Simon Taylor acting executor and trustee. Account filed by Homer Blair as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/8 44-5
1776
[Name] Camp Savanna  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

The property of Charles Mitchell deceased and come into the hands and knowledge of Simon Taylor acting executor.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/8 102-3
1778
[Name] Camp Savanna  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

The property of Charles Mitchell deceased. Account filed by Homer Blair as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/9 48
1779
[Name] Camp Savanna  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

The property of Charles Mitchell deceased. Account filed by Homer Blair as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/9 164
1780
[Name] Camp Savanna Plantation  
[Crop] sugar, rum, brass, cattle  
 

Belonging to the Estate of Charles Mitchell deceased. Account filed by Homer Blair overseer on Camp Savanna and Andrew Craig overseer on Mount Spring. Camp Savanna & Mountain Spring Plantations filed together.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/10 9-10
1781
[Name] Camp Savanna Plantation  
[Crop] sugar, rum, cattle  
 

Belonging to the Estate of Charles Mitchell deceased. Account filed by Homer Blair, late overseer on Camp Savanna and Andrew Craig, late overseer on Mount Spring. Camp Savanna & Mountain Spring Plantations filed together.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/10 78-79
1782
[Name] Camp Savanna  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

The property of Charles Mitchell deceased. Account filed by William Fyffe as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/11 55
1782
[Name] Campsavanna Plantation  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Belinging to the heirs of Charles Mitchell Esquire deceased. Account filed by Andrew Craig as overseer. Campsavanna and Mountains Spring Plantations filed together.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/16 186-187
1783
[Name] Camp Savanna  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

The property of Charles Mitchell deceased. Account filed by William Fyffe as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/11 55
1786
[Name] Camp Savannah Plantation  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Belonging to the heirs of Charles Mitchell Esq. deceased; account filed by William Fyffe, overseer. Camp Savannah/Mountain Spring Plantations filed together.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/12 144
1786
[Name] Camp Savanna plantation  
[Crop] sugar, rum, land rents, cattle, herring, beans, old copper and brass  
 

Belonging to the heirs of Charles Mitchell Esq deceased and in their possession; account filed by William Fyffe as overseer on both plantations. Camp Savanna and Mount Spring plantations filed together.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/13 132-133
1795
[Name] Campsavanna Plantation  
[Crop] sugar, rum, old iron and copper  
 

Belonging to George Hanbury Mitchell under the care and direction of Charles Mitchell his attorney. Account filed by said Charles Mitchell for the year ending 31/12/1795.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/21 190-191
1796
[Name] Camp Savanah Plantation  
[Crop] sugar, rum, steers  
 

Belonging to William [sic] H Mitchell. Account given by Charles Mitchell, attorney. Account filed by William MacFarlane, overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/23
1799
[Name] Camp Savanna  
[Crop] sugar, rum, staves, labour hire, cattle  
 

Property of George Hanbury Mitchell in the possession of Charles Mitchell his attorney. Account filed by said Charles Mitchell for the year ending 31/12/1799.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/27 22
1799
[Name] Camp Savanna  
[Crop] Sugar  
 

Plotted in Westmoreland as a sugar estate with two cattlemills in James Robertson's 1804 map of Jamaica.

 
To the King's most excellent Majesty, this map of the island of Jamaica, constructed from actual surveys. . . (London, J. Robertson, 1804), based on Robertson's survey of the county of Cornwall which he compeleted in 1799.
1800
[Name] Camp Savanna Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum and cattle  
 

In the possession of Charles Mitchell in his own right and as attorney to George Hanbury Mitchell Esq for an undivided moiety of said property. Account filed by John Soldie (?) as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/28 88
1801
[Name] Camp Savanna Plantation  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

In the possession of Charles Mitchell in his own right and as Attorney of George Hanbury Mitchell of London. Account filed by John Goldie as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/29 185
1803
[Name] Campsavanna  
[Crop] sugar, rum, some cattle  
 

In the possession of Charles Mitchell Esq in his own right and as attorney of George Hanbury Mitchell. Account filed by John Goldin as overseer for the year ending 31/12/1803.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/31 210
1807
[Name] Campsavanna  
[Crop] sugar, rum and cattle  
 

In the possession of Charles Mitchell in his own right and as attorney of George Hambury Mitchell. Account filed by Robert Walker as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/38 85
1810
[Number of enslaved people] 221(Tot)  
[Name] Camp Savanna  
[Stock] 156  
 

Registered to George H. Mitchell.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1811) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL11Westmd.htm. The 1811 almanac was based on the givings-in of the March Quarter for 1810, hence the earlier evolution date.
1811
[Number of enslaved people] 221(Tot)  
[Name] Camp Savanna  
[Stock] 31  
 

Registered to George H. Mitchell.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1812) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1812co1.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1815
[Number of enslaved people] 195(Tot)  
[Name] Camp-Savanna  
[Stock] 183  
 

Registered to George Hanbury Mitchell.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1816) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL15west.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 177(Tot) 107(F) 70(M)  
[Name] Camp Savanna Sugar Estate  
 

In the possession of Taylor Cathcart as administrator of G.H. Mitchell Esquire deceased.

 
T71/178 208-210
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 175(Tot)  
[Name] Camp Savanna  
[Stock] 167  
 

Registered to George Hanbury Mitchell.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1818) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1818al14.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1819
[Number of enslaved people] 176(Tot)  
[Name] Camp Savanna  
[Stock] 159  
 

Registered to George H. Mitchell, administrator.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1820) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al20p14.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 173(Tot) 103(F) 70(M)  
[Name] Camp Savanna  
 

In the possession of Taylor Cathcart as administrator of George H. Mitchell deceased.

 
T71/179 Book 4 1
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 176(Tot)  
[Name] Camp Savanna  
[Stock] 132  
 

Registered to Margaret Clarke, administrator of G. H. Mitchell.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1821) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al1821_10.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1821
[Number of enslaved people] 164(Tot)  
[Name] Camp Savanna  
[Stock] 143  
 

Registered to Taylor Cathcart, administrator.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1822) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al22p14.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 158(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Taylor Cathcart as administrator of George Hanbury Mitchell Esquire deceased.

 
T71/180 Book 7 42-43
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 159(Tot)  
[Name] Camp Savanna  
[Stock] 16  
 

Registered to Taylor Cathcart, administrator.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1824) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL24west.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1825
[Number of enslaved people] 155(Tot)  
[Name] Camp Savanna  
[Stock] 102  
 

Registered to Edward Smith and George Kirlew, receivers.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1826) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1826al16.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 160(Tot) 97(F) 63(M)  
[Name] Camp Savanna  
 

In the possession of George Kirlew and Edward Smith as receivers for Camp Savanna estate.

 
T71/181 81-82
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 155(Tot)  
[Name] Camp Savanna  
[Stock] 34  
 

Registered to Edward Smith and George Kirlew.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1827) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1827al10.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1827
[Number of enslaved people] 158(Tot)  
[Name] Camp Savanna  
[Stock] 30  
 

Registered to Kirlew and Smith.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1828) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1828al16.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1828
[Number of enslaved people] 153(Tot)  
[Name] Camp Savanna  
[Stock] 31  
 

Registered to heirs of George H. Mitchell.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1829) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al29west.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1829
[Number of enslaved people] 145(Tot) 91(F) 54(M)  
[Name] Camp Savanna Estate  
 

In the possession of George Kirlew as receiver for Camp Savanna Estate.

 
T71/184 [unpaginated]
1830
[Number of enslaved people] 143(Tot)  
[Name] Camp Savanna  
[Stock] 31  
 

Registered to George H. Mitchell.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1831) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1831west.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1831
[Number of enslaved people] 145(Tot)  
[Name] Camp Savanna  
[Stock] 26  
 

Registered to George H. Mitchell.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1832) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al32west.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 157(Tot) 94(F) 53(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of George Kirlew as receiver of Camp Savanna Estate.

 
T71/189 316
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 152(Tot)  
[Name] Camp Savanna  
[Stock] 27  
 

Registered to George H. Mitchell.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1833) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL33Westmd.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.