Running Gut

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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
1783 [SY] - 1798 [EY] → Owner
1740 [EA] - 1740 [LA] → Previous owner
1740 [EA] - 1740 [LA] → Joint owner
1774 [EA] - 1783 [EY] → Owner
1783 [EA] - 1796 [LA] → Previous owner
1798 [EA] - 1839 [LA] → Owner

Shown as "A minor' 1798-1807.

1799 [EA] - 1807 [LA] → Guardian

In the hands of John Taylor as guardian of George Whitehorne Lawrence [II].

1809 [EA] - 1815 [LA] → Previous owner

Almost certainly an error for G[eorge] W[hitehorne] Lawrence [I]

1817 [EA] - 1823 [LA] → Attorney
1826 [EA] - → Attorney
1829 [EA] - 1832 [LA] → Attorney

Associated Claims (1)

£2,314 0S 3D

Estate Information (53)

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1740
[Name] Running Gutt  
[Crop] sugar, rum, peas and molasses  
 

For 1st Jan to 25th June 1740. Belonging to Richard and Ezekiel Lawrence. Account filed by James Lawrence Senior Esq. one of the executors of John Lawrence deceased.?

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives, IB/11/4/1 54
1740
[Name] Running Gutt  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Account filed by Richard Lawrence as copartner in the estate.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives, IB/11/4/1 59-63
1774
[Number of enslaved people] 182(Tot)  
[Name] Running Gutt  
[Crop] Sugar  
[Stock] 113  
 

Listed as belonging to George White Lawrence with 5 men bearing arms and 2 women or children; the same source gives the estate producing 116 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
1776
[Name] Running Gutt  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

The property of George Whitehorn Lawrence. Account filed by Jrobert Minto as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/8 80-1
1779
[Name] Running Gutt  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Account filed by Andrew Dunkin as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/7 91
1780
[Name] Running Gutt  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to George Whitehorne Lawrence Esq. Account filed by Robert Scarlett as attorney.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/7 92
1781
[Name] Running Gutt  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Account filed by John Carmichael Walcott as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/7 124
1782
[Name] Running Gutt  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to George Whitehorne Lawrence Esq. Account filed by John Carmichael Walcott as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/7 167
1783
[Name] Running Gutt  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to the heirs of George Whitehorn Lawrence. Account filed by John Carmichael Walcott as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/9 24
1784
[Name] Running Gutt  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to the heirs of George Whitehorn Lawrence Esq. deceased. Account filed by John Carmichael Walcott as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/9 128
1785
[Name] Running Gutt  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to the heirs of George Whitehorn Lawrence Esq. deceased. Account filed by John Carmichael Walcott as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/11 123
1786
[Name] Running Gutt Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Belonging to the heirs of George Whitehorn Lawrence Esq deceased; account filed by John Carmichael Walcot as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/13 158
1787
[Name] Running Gate Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

The property of George Whitehorne Lawrence Esq deceased; account filed by John Carmchael as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/14 147
1788
[Name] Running Gutt Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

The property of the heirs of George Whitehorne Laurence Esquire deceased. Account filed by John Carmichael Walcott as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/17 99
1789
[Name] Running Gutt Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Account filed by John Davis as book keeper.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/16 264-265
1790
[Name] Running Gutt Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Account filed by Robert Dixon as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/18 87 [f.38]
1791
[Name] Running Gutt Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

The property of the heirs of George Whitehorn Laurence Esquire deceased. Account filed by Robert Dixon as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/18 230-231
1792
[Name] Running Gutt Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Account filed by Robert Scarlett.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/19 302-303 [f.152]
1793
[Name] Running Gutt Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Account filed byWilliam Earl as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/19 425 [f.213]
1794
[Name] Running Gutt Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Account filed by William East as overseer for the period 01/01/1794 to 31/12/1794.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/21 5
1795
[Name] Running Gutt Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Account filed by William Earl [or East ?] as overseer for the period 01/01/1795 to 31/12/1795.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/21 172
1796
[Name] Running Gull Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Belonging to George Whitehorn? Lawrence, Esq, dec. Account filed by William, overseer Thomson.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/23
1797
[Name] Running Gutt Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Account filed by W.m Thomson as overseer for the period 01/01/1797 to 31/12/1797.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/24 31
1798
[Name] Running Gutt Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Property of George Whitehorn Lawrence a minor in the hands of John Taylor Esq of the parish of St Ann, his guardian. Account filed by John Carmichael Walcott as overseer for the period 09/08/1798 to 31/12/1798.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/24 185
1799
[Name] Running Gutt Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Property of George Whitehorn Lawrence a minor in the hands of John Taylor Esq of the parish of St Ann, his guardian. Account filed by William Thomson as overseer for the period 31/12/1798 to 31/12/1799. Running Gutt and Spring Gutt estates filed together. Crops not differentiated by estate.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/26 163
1799
[Name] Running-Gut  
[Crop] Sugar  
 

Plotted in St James as a sugar estate with a cattle mill 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] Running Gut Estate  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to George Whitehorn Lawrence a minor, in the hands of John Taylor Esq the Guardian. Account filed by Lauchlan McLaine as overseer. Accounts filed for 1799-1800. Running Gut and Spring Gut Estates filed together.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/28 36-37
1800
[Number of enslaved people] 122(Tot)  
[Name] Running Gutt  
 

Listed in St James in the Earl of Balcarres's letter to the Duke of Portland, dated 22/03/1800, with the heirs of Geo. W. Laurence 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.
1801
[Name] Running Gut Estate  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

The property of George Whitehorne Lawrence, a minor, in the hands of John Taylor Esq of the Parish of St Ann, his Guardian. Account filed by Lauchlan McLaine as overseer. Running Gut Estate and Spring Gut filed together. Accounts filed for 1800-1801.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/29 137
1803
[Name] Running Gut Estate  
 

Running Gut and Spring Gut filed together.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archvies 1B/11/4/32 30
1807
[Name] Running Gut  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Belonging to George Whitehorne Lawrence (a minor) and in the hands of John Taylor his guardian. Account filed by James Hill as overseer. The estates of Running Gut and Spring Gut were filed together.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/38 129-130
1809
[Number of enslaved people] 119(Tot)  
[Name] Running Gut  
[Stock] 7  
 

Registered to W. G. Lawrence deceased.

 
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] 133(Tot)  
[Name] Running Gut  
[Stock] 12  
 

Registered to W. G. Lawrence deceased.

 
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] 164(Tot)  
[Name] Running-Gut  
[Stock] 113  
 

Registered to heirs of W. G. Lawrence.

 
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] 157(Tot)  
[Name] Running Gut  
[Stock] 17  
 

Registered to G. W. Lawrence.

 
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] 155(Tot) 67(F) 88(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of William Allen as attorney to George Whitehorne Lawrence the owner. Error with the total number of enslaved people - given as 157 but should be 155.

 
T71/202 302-306
1819
[Number of enslaved people] 156(Tot)  
[Name] Running Gut  
[Stock] 91  
 

Registered to G. W. Lawrence.

 
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] 150(Tot)  
[Name] Running Gut  
[Stock] 83  
 

Registered to G. W. Lawrence.

 
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] 152(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of William Allen as Attorney to George Whitehorne Lawrence, the owner.

 
T71/207 51
1821
[Number of enslaved people] 184(Tot)  
[Name] Running Gut  
[Stock] 86  
 

Registered to George W. Lawrence.

 
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] 155(Tot)  
[Name] Running Gut  
[Stock] 64  
 

Registered to George W. Lawrence.

 
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] 153(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of William Allen as Attorney to George Whitehorn Lawrence, the owner.

 
T71/211 201-202
1825
[Number of enslaved people] 135(Tot)  
[Name] Running Gut  
[Stock] 71  
 

Registered to George W. Lawrence.

 
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] 134(Tot)  
[Name] Running Gut  
[Stock] 80  
 

Registered to George W. Lawrence.

 
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] 133(Tot) 62(F) 71(M)  
[Name] Running Gut Estate  
 

In the possession of John Rose Palmer as Attorney for G.W. Lawrence, Proprietor of Running Gut Estate.

 
T71/214 31-32
1827
[Number of enslaved people] 129(Tot)  
[Name] Running Gut  
[Stock] 22  
 

Registered to George W. Lawrence.

 
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] 126(Tot)  
[Name] Running Gut  
[Stock] 30  
 

Registered to George W. Lawrence.

 
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] 127(Tot)  
[Name] Running Gut Estate  
 

In the possession of Robert Cron as Attorney for George Whitehorne Lawrence.

 
T71/219 unpaginated
1830
[Number of enslaved people] 135(Tot)  
[Name] Running Gut  
[Stock] 32  
 

Registered to George W. Lawrence.

 
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] 132(Tot)  
[Name] Running Gut  
[Stock] 104  
 

Registered to George W. Lawrence.

 
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] 127(Tot)  
[Name] Running Gut  
[Stock] 31  
 

Registered to George W. Lawrence.

 
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] 122(Tot)  
[Name] Running Gut Estate  
 

In the possession of Robert Cron as Attorney for George W Lawrence.

 
T71/222 68
1839
[Name] Running Gut  
[Size] 861  
 

Registered to George W. Lawrence.

 
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.