Jamaica Trelawney 31 (Sportsmans Estate)

19th Dec 1836 | 116 Enslaved | £2347 0s 2d

Claim Details

Claim Notes

Parliamentary Papers p. 307.

The award was split: £1173 10s 2d went to Dawson and his wife; £1173 10s 2d went to Helen Brown.  

T71/874: claim by John Brown, executor of Wm. H. Brown, as tenant in possession and in right of his wife (Helen Brown presumably?). The Dawsons counterclaimed as devisees through their attorney John R. MacDonald.  

T71/1608: letter, dated 03/12/1836, from Qharles Harris, referring to a counterclaim from Sir John Gordon Bart.; earlier, unnumbered letter from Qharles Harris referring to 'our relative (cousin), Captain Dawson RN'.

Jamaica Almanac (1832 & 1833): Sportman's Hall registered to the heirs of John S. Brown.


Further Information

Colony
Jamaica
Parish
Trelawney
Claim No.
31
Estate
Sportsmans Estate
Contested
Yes

Associated Individuals (3)

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Awardee
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Associated Estates (1)