2nd Nov 1835 | 83 Enslaved | £1580 4s 8d
Parliamentary Papers p. 43.
T71/865: claim from James Wiles, of St Andrew, as owner-in-fee.
T71/138 p. 237: James Wiles registered 80 enslaved persons in 1832, as owner.
T71/138 p. 236: shows James Wiles acting as attorney.
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
St Andrew
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Claim No.
166
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Estate
Monmouth Mount
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Collected by
Horsfall, Charles
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Uncontested
Yes
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Awardee (Owner-in-fee)
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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:
'Jamaica St Andrew 166 (Monmouth Mount)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/16562 [accessed 25th April 2024].
