UCL

Pln Dochfour

British Guiana | Demerara

Estate Details

Associated People (4)

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
1798 [EA] - 1803 [LA] → Owner
James Fraser younger of Belladrum
1817 [EA] - 1831 [LA] → Owner
George Reed

Given as George Reid in the 1817 Slave Register index for Dochfour T71/397 D4.

1823 [EA] - 1823 [LA] → Attorney
John Groscort Reed
1832 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Executor
John Groscort Reed

Shown as executor but also known to have been the main legatee as tenant-for-life under the will of his father George Reed.

Associated Claims (1)

British Guiana 575 (Pln Dochfour)
£17,674 6S 8D

Estate Information (5)

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1798
[Name] Dochfour  
[Crop] Cotton  
 

'Doch Four', shown as plantation no. 10 under the heading 'De Mahaica a Demerarie', proprietaire J. Fraser jun., 500 carreaux, C[oton]

 
Carte Generale...Demerarie 'Liste des habitations...' [1798] University of Amsterdam Library 'Suriname 1599-1975' http://dpc.uba.uva.nl
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 292(Tot) 217(M)  
[Name] Dochfour  
 

Registered by Joshua Ogle atty of George Reid [sic].

 
T71/397 D4 2190
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 491(Tot) 208(F) 283(M)  
[Name] Dochfour  
 

J. G. Reed attorney.

 
T71/413 D1
1826
[Name] Dochfour  
 

Shown under 'Dochfour & Lowlands' in 1826, see under Lowlands for a combined total.

1832
[Number of enslaved people] 353(Tot) 157(F) 196(M)  
[Name] Dochfour  
 

Belonging to Pln Dochfour in lawful possession of Jno G. Reed by himself.

 
T71/429 61-69