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Absentee slave-owner, of Cheraw District, South Carolina, owner of Cascade in St George Jamaica. Deceased by 1790 from the Accounts Produce, but an earlier death-date of 17/11/1781 'late of Cheraw' is given in antiquarian material.
Mabel L. Webber, 'Death Notices from the South Carolina and American General Gazette, and Its Continuation the Royal Gazette: May 1766-June 1782 (Continued)' The South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine Vol. 17, No. 4 (Oct., 1916), pp. 147-166.
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Absentee?
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1786 [EA] - 1804 [LA] → Previous owner
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Testator → Executor
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1761 - ????
"Free quadroon woman" and mother of eleven children; independently wealthy, perhaps through legacies left her by her partners James Tierney (died 1784) and Ebenezer Robertson (died 1825).
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 Balfour of South Carolina', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146653369/ [accessed 19th April 2024].
