Covey Estate

[Name] Covey  
[Crop] Sugar  

Plotted in Trelawny as a sugar estate with a watermill, a cattle mill and a windmill 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.

[Name] Covey Estate  

The inventory of John Tharp (1805) gives his personal property on Covey Estate as having a value of £47,327 5s 0d.

Email from Anthony Gambrill sourced to John Tharp Details of Inventory Volume 104 Folio33 April24 1805.

[Number of enslaved people] 44(Tot)  
[Name] Covey  
[Stock] 147  

Registered to heirs of John Tharp.

Jamaica Almanac (1816) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL15trel.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.

[Number of enslaved people] 449(Tot)  
[Name] Covey  
[Stock] 171  

Registered to heirs of John Tharp.

Jamaica Almanac (1818) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1818al17.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.

[Number of enslaved people] 451(Tot) 237(F) 214(M)  
[Name] Covey Estate  

In the possession of William Fairclough and William Shand as the resident attornies & agents to the surviving Trustees of the Will of John Tharp Esquire dexeased as owner.

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[Number of enslaved people] 455(Tot)  
[Name] Covey  
[Stock] 185  

Registered to heirs of John Tharp.

Jamaica Almanac (1820) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al20p17.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.

[Number of enslaved people] 467(Tot)  
[Name] Covey Estate  

In the possession of William Shand and William Fairclough Esquires as Resident Attorneys or Agents in this Island of the surviving trustees of the will of John Tharp Esquire as Owner deceased.

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[Number of enslaved people] 465(Tot)  
[Name] Covey  

Registered to heirs of John Tharp.

Jamaica Almanac (1821) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al1821_13.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.

[Number of enslaved people] 471(Tot)  
[Name] Covey  
[Stock] 191  

Registered to heirs of John Tharp.

Jamaica Almanac (1822) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al22p17.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.

[Number of enslaved people] 468(Tot)  
[Name] Covey  
[Stock] 182  

Registered to heirs of John Tharp.

Jamaica Almanac (1824) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL24trel.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.

[Number of enslaved people] 472(Tot)  
[Name] Covey Estate  

In the possession of William Mitchell Kerr as attorney to the Trustees of John Tharp Esquire deceased. Registered in 1820 by William Fairclough and William Shand.

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[Number of enslaved people] 484(Tot)  
[Name] Covey  
[Stock] 161  

Registered to heirs of John Tharp.

Jamaica Almanac (1826) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1826al20.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.

[Number of enslaved people] 487(Tot)  
[Name] Covey  
[Stock] 165  

Registered to heirs of John Tharp.

Jamaica Almanac (1827) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1827al13.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.

[Number of enslaved people] 482(Tot)  
[Name] Covey Estate  

In the possession of William M. Kerr & James Philips as Attornies to the Trustees of John Tharp Esquire deceased.

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[Number of enslaved people] 481(Tot)  
[Name] Covey  
[Stock] 161  

Registered to heirs of John Tharp.

Jamaica Almanac (1828) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1828al19.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.

[Number of enslaved people] 464(Tot)  
[Name] Covey  
[Stock] 145?  

Registered to heirs of John Tharp.

Jamaica Almanac (1829) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al29trel.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.

[Number of enslaved people] 466(Tot)  
[Name] Covey Estate  

In the possession of William M. Kerr & William Tharp as Attornies to the trustees of John Tharp Esquire deceased.

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[Number of enslaved people] 460(Tot)  
[Name] Covey  
[Stock] 2  

Registered to heirs of John Tharp.

Jamaica Almanac (1831) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1831trel.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.

[Number of enslaved people] 454(Tot)  
[Name] Covey  
[Stock] 149  

Registered to heirs of John Tharp.

Jamaica Almanac (1832) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al32trel.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.

[Number of enslaved people] 439(Tot) 222(F) 217(M)  
[Name] Covey Estate  

In the possession of William Tharp as Attorney of the Trustees of John Tharp deceased.

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