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John Stewart of Garth Perthshire and Garth Trinidad, died c. 1830. Brother of Major-General David Stewart (1772-1829), Governor of St Lucia, who has an entry in the ODNB as 'army officer and writer on the Scottish highlanders.'
E. M. Lloyd, ‘Stewart, David, of Garth (1772–1829)’, rev. Roger T. Stearn, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/26469, accessed 18 Sept 2016]
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Absentee?
Transatlantic
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1822 [EA] - 1830 [LA] → Owner
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1831 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Previous owner
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Testator → Executor
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1761 - ????
"Free quadroon woman" and mother of eleven children; independently wealthy, perhaps through legacies left her by her partners James Tierney (died 1784) and Ebenezer Robertson (died 1825).
Document comprises 4 parts, written recto and verso across 5 folios: 1. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 2. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Williamsfield settlement, St Elisabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 3. An inventory of animals at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 4. A cover note outlining the contents of the document.
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CITING THIS RECORD:
'John Stewart of Garth', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146649939 [accessed 23rd November 2024].
