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Chief Justice of Jamaica, returning to Scotland and dying there in 1793. LBS has not to date traced any 'slave-property' to John Grant. He bought the Georgia estate but gave Charles Gordon of Buthlaw the option to take it, which the latter apparently did.
Douglas Hamilton, Scotland, the Caribbean and the Atlantic world, 1750–1820.
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Margaret Quarles
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1779 [EA] - 1779 [LA] → Other
John Grant bought the Georgia estate for £26,000 currency in 1779 and told Charles Gordon of Buthlaw that it 'will become yours or mine at your option.' Charles Gordon must have exercised this option. |
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Kilgraston, Bridge of Earn (near), Perthshire, North-east Scotland , Scotland
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