Plumb and Reading

Estate Details


Associated People (7)

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
1833 [SY] - 1839 [LA] → Joint owner
1833 [SY] - 1839 [LA] → Joint owner
1771 [EA] - 1775 [LA] → Previous owner
1800 [EA] - 1800 [LA] → Owner
1809 [EA] - 1833 [EY] → Owner
1817 [EA] - → Attorney
1823 [EA] - → Attorney

Associated Claims (1)

£3,421 9S 6D

Estate Information (31)

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1771
[Name] Reading  
[Crop] sugar, rum , molasses  
 

Belonging to the heirs of William Sharp [=Tharp] Esq. deceased. Account filed by George Christie as overseer on the instruction of Adam Scott Esq.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/7 294
1772
[Name] Reading  
[Crop] sugar, rum , molasses  
 

Belonging to the heirs of William Sharp [=Tharp] Esq. deceased. Account filed by George Christie as overseer on the instruction of Adam Scott Esq.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/7 295
1773
[Name] Reading  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to the heirs of William Tharp Esq. deceased. Account filed George Christie as overseer on the order of Adam Scott Esq.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/8 32
1774
[Number of enslaved people] 39(Tot)  
[Name] Reading  
[Crop] Sugar  
[Stock] 17  
 

Listed as belonging to Heirs of William Sharp [=Tharp] with 2 men bearing arms and 0 women or children; the same source gives the estate producing 56 hogsheads of sugar.

 
Edward Long, 'A List of Sugar Estates and other Properties in the Parish of Saint James as they were in the Month of September 1774 shewing the number of white People residing in said Parish particularising those able to bear Arms, the number of Slaves & Stock & the number of hogsheads of Sugar made on the several Estates in the Crop of the year 1774' transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/StJames1774.htm
1774
[Name] Reading  
[Crop] sugar, rum , molasses  
 

Belonging to the heirs of William Sharp [=Tharp] Esq. deceased. Account filed by George Christie as overseer on the instruction of Adam Scott Esq.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/7 295
1775
[Name] Reading  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to the heirs of William Tharp Esq. deceased. Account filed George Christie as overseer on the order of Adam Scott Esq.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/8 13
1800
[Number of enslaved people] 87(Tot)  
[Name] Reading  
 

Listed in St James in the Earl of Balcarres's letter to the Duke of Portland, dated 22/03/1800, with William Haughton Tharp as the proprietor.

 
Papers Presented to the House of Commons of the 7th May 1804, Respecting the Slave Trade (Houses of Parliament, 1804) section G p. 27. The number of enslaved people was recorded on 01/10/1799.
1809
[Number of enslaved people] 213(Tot)  
[Name] Plumb and Reading  
[Stock] 51  
 

Registered to Walter Scott.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1811) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL11James.htm. The 1811 almanac was based on the givings-in of the March Quarter for 1809, hence the earlier evolution date.
1811
[Number of enslaved people] 206(Tot)  
[Name] Plumb etc.  
[Stock] 34  
 

Registered to Walter Scott.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1812) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1812co2.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1815
[Number of enslaved people] 93(Tot)  
[Name] Plumb  
 

Registered to Walter Scott.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1816) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL15jame.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1815
[Number of enslaved people] 99(Tot)  
[Name] Reading  
[Stock] 85  
 

Registered to Walter Scott.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1816) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL15jame.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 189(Tot)  
[Name] Reading and Plumb  
[Stock] 99  
 

Registered to Walter Scott.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1818) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1818al16.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 192(Tot) 100(F) 92(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of George Fletcher Coward, attorney to Walter Scott, owner.

 
T71/201 100-107
1819
[Number of enslaved people] 190(Tot)  
[Name] Reading and Plumb  
[Stock] 114  
 

Registered to Walter Scott.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1820) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al20p16.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 188(Tot)  
[Name] Reading and Plumb  
[Stock] 141  
 

Registered to Walter Scott.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1821) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al1821_12.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 186(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Walter Scott as owner, formerly enrolled by George F Coward Esq my attorney.

 
T71/205 282
1821
[Number of enslaved people] 187(Tot)  
[Name] Reading and Plumb  
[Stock] 140  
 

Registered to Walter Scott.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1822) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al22p16.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 184(Tot)  
[Name] Reading and Plumb  
[Stock] 157  
 

Registered to Walter Scott.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1824) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL24jame.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 184(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of William Allen as Attorney to Walter Scott, the owner.

 
T71/211 226
1825
[Number of enslaved people] 182(Tot)  
[Name] Reading and Plumb  
[Stock] 143  
 

Registered to Walter Scott.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1826) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1826al19.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 202(Tot)  
[Name] Reading and Plumb  
[Stock] 116  
 

Registered to Walter Scott.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1827) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1827al11.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 180(Tot) 91(F) 89(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Walter Scott Esq as Proprietor.

 
T71/213 279
1827
[Number of enslaved people] 182(Tot)  
[Name] Reading and Plumb  
[Stock] 103  
 

Registered to Walter Scott.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1828) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1828al18.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1828
[Number of enslaved people] 179(Tot)  
[Name] Reading and Plumb  
 

Registered to Walter Scott. Number of stock unclear (page torn).

 
Jamaica Almanac (1829) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al29jame.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1829
[Number of enslaved people] 177(Tot) 89(F) 88(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Walter Scott Esq as Proprietor.

 
T71/220 [unpaginated]
1830
[Number of enslaved people] 178(Tot)  
[Name] Reading and Plumb  
[Stock] 210  
 

Registered to Walter Scott.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1831) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1831jame.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1831
[Number of enslaved people] 174(Tot)  
[Name] Reading and Plumb Pen  
[Stock] 180  
 

Registered to Walter Scott.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1832) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al32jame.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 166(Tot)  
[Name] Reading and Plumb Pens  
[Stock] 128  
 

Registered to Walter Scott. Number of enslaved people unclear.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1833) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL33James.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 167(Tot) 91(F) 76(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Walter Scott Esq as Proprietor.

 
T71/223 224
1839
[Name] Plumb  
[Size] 1103  
 

Registered to Walter J. Coward.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1840) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Samples/AL40James.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1839
[Name] Reading  
[Size] 420  
 

Registered to R. M. Buchanan.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1840) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Samples/AL40James.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.