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Resident slave-owner, husband of Rebecca Crouch Gallimore Virgo (nee Wisdom), dead by 1791. Under the will of his father William Virgo (q.v.) he and his brother Montague Wisdom Virgo inherited Water Valley, which by 1781 they assigned to Robert Minto with the approval of Neill Malcolm, who held a debt of £20,000 secured on the estate.
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Spouse
Rebecca Gallimore
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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:
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1791 [EA] - 1791 [LA] → Previous owner
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1762 [EA] - 1767 [LA] → Owner
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1775 [EA] - 1781 [LA] → Joint owner
Co-heir with his brother Montague Wisdom Virgo of their father William Virgo |
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Deceased Husband → Widow
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Uncle → Nephew
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Uncle → Nephew
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Father → Son
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Son → Father
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Father-in-law → Son-in-law
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1781 - 1830
Member of the Baillie of Dochfour family who had numerous mercantile connections in the West Indies. The compensation for Baillie's Bacolet in Grenada was awarded to the trustees of her marriage settlement. Grand-daughter of Colin Roy Campbell of Glenmure. Apparently a victim of the quack doctor John St John Lang of Harley Street in 1830.
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:
'James Virgo', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146650191 [accessed 22nd November 2024].
