23rd Jan 1837 | 60 Enslaved | £1042 3s 6d
Parliamentary Papers p. 285.
T71/852: awarded to Charles MackGlashan, trustee and assignee (vs Usher family).
T71/1606: letter dated 19/12/1835 from Andrew Usher of Edinburgh, brother of the late Thomas Usher (Col in 1st Reg Kingston militia), asserting claims of the Usher family versus 'some person or persons having no right or title whatever to interfere with it.'
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
St Catherine
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Claim No.
612
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Estate
Cedar Valley
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Contested
Yes
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Unsuccessful claimant
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Awardee
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Beneficiary unsuccessful
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1787 - 8th Apr 1844
Yorkshire landowner.
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 Catherine 612 (Cedar Valley)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/18263 [accessed 19th April 2024].
