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This man has not been definitively traced. In 1773, John Walker, John Strachan and James Geddes of Edinburgh conveyed to Robert Scott Moncrieffe 1/4 of the 3/4 of a plantation formerly known as Lot No. 10 then as Providence in Courland Bay Division (formerly belonging to Alexander Brown). This estate is identifiable as the estate owned c. 1773 by John Walker & Co., and conveyed to John Anderson (q.v.) in 1804 by a group of devisees of John Walker, several of Edinburgh.
Lyons & Turnbull, Sale Number LT 476 Auction Catalogue of 31/08/2016, Item 227.
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1773 [EA] - → Joint owner
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9th Oct 1760 - 1801
Prominent Liverpool merchant and slave-trader
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 Walker of Edinburgh', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146660877 [accessed 26th November 2024].
