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Galloway Hill

Jamaica | Port Royal

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Associated People (1)

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
1810 [EA] - 1839 [LA] → Owner
James McGowan

Associated Claims (1)

Jamaica Port Royal 21 (Galloway Hill)
£837 0S 2D

Notes

The slave register entries for this estate appear to include enslaved people settled on Clifton in St David, which had been sold to Sewell, Patey and Marshall by 1832.

Estate Information (19)

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1804
[Name] McGowan's  
 

Assumed to be the estate plotted as McGowan's on James Robertson's 1804 map of Jamaica.

 
James Robertson's 1804 map of Jamaica
1816
[Name] Galloway Hill  
 

Registered to James McGowan. Numbers of enslaved people and stock unclear, page torn.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1817) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1817_04.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 96(Tot)  
[Name] Galloway Hill  
[Stock] 7  
 

Registered to James McGowan.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1818) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1818al07.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 95(Tot) 48(F) 47(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of James McGowan as owner.

 
T71/119 189-191
1819
[Number of enslaved people] 93(Tot)  
[Name] Galloway Hill  
[Stock] 29  
 

Registered to James McGowan.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1820) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al20p08.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 93(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of James McGowan as owner.

 
T71/120 156
1821
[Number of enslaved people] 93(Tot)  
[Name] Galloway Hill  
[Stock] 1  
 

Registered to James McGowan.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1822) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al22p08.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 94(Tot) 48(F) 46(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of James McGowan as owner.

 
T71/121 67-68
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 92(Tot)  
[Name] Galloway Hill  
[Stock] 10  
 

Registered to James McGowan.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1824) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL24royl.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1825
[Number of enslaved people] 50(Tot)  
[Name] Galloway Hill  
[Stock] 7  
 

Registered to James McGowan.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1826) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1826al10.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 99(Tot) 49(F) 50(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of James McGowan as owner.

 
T71/122 90
1827
[Number of enslaved people] 50(Tot)  
[Name] Galloway Hill  
[Stock] 2  
 

Registered to James McGowan.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1828) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1828al09.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1828
[Number of enslaved people] 48(Tot)  
[Name] Galloway Hill  
[Stock] 4  
 

Registered to James McGowan.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1829) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al29royldav.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1829
[Number of enslaved people] 106(Tot) 51(F) 55(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of James McGowan as owner and [blank].

 
T71/123 154
1830
[Number of enslaved people] 51(Tot)  
[Name] Galloway Hill  
[Stock] 1  
 

Registered to James McGowan.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1831) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1831royl.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1831
[Number of enslaved people] 47(Tot)  
[Name] Galloway Hill  
 

Registered to James McGowan.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1832) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al32royl.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 35(Tot)  
[Name] Galloway Hill  
[Stock] 1  
 

Registered to James McGowan.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1833) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL33PtRoyl.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 40(Tot) 14(F) 26(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of James McGowan as owner. Many sold to Messrs Patey Servell & Co.

 
T71/124 143
1839
[Name] Galloway Hill  
[Size] 135  
 

Registered to James McGowan.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1840) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Samples/AL40PtRoyal.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.