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Lot 24, St David

Grenada | St David

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Associated People (2)

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
1780 [EA] - → Joint owner
William Alexander
1780 [EA] - → Joint owner
Alexander John Alexander

Notes

An estate in Grenada in the quartier du Megrin and the parish of St. David, identified as lot 24 in Daniel Paterson's Topographical Description of the Island of Grenada (1780). Not yet identified in the slave registers or compensation records.

Estate Information (2)

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1763
[Name] [no name given]  
[Size] 418  
[Crop] sugar  
 

In 1763, the estate was 418.25 acres, of which 250 was under cultivation. The estate was growing sugarcane. Proprietor given as Casenave.

 
'A topographical description of the Island of Grenada; surveyed by Monsieur Pinel in 1763... with the addition of English names, alterations of property, and other improvements to the present time' (1780), British Library Maps K. Top.123.112.b-e
1782
[Name] [no name given]  
[Size] 1338  
[Crop] sugar  
 

In 1780-1782, the estate comprised 1338 acres, cultivating sugarcane with a watermill. Proprietor given as William and Al. Alexander, Esqrs.

 
'A topographical description of the Island of Grenada; surveyed by Monsieur Pinel in 1763... with the addition of English names, alterations of property, and other improvements to the present time' (1780), British Library Maps K. Top.123.112.b-e