30th Nov 1835 | 41 Enslaved | £732 8s 2d
Parliamentary Papers p. 54.
T71/869: claim from John Myers, of St George, as owner-in-fee.
T71/163 p. 247: 46 enslaved persons registered by John Myers in 1832.
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Colony
Jamaica
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Parish
St George
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Claim No.
234
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Estate
Pleasant Mount Plantation
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Collected by
Beckford, Wm and Ranken, J.
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Uncontested
Yes
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Awardee (Owner-in-fee)
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1787 - 1835
Daughter of "free Mulatto" lodging-house-keeper Jane Charlotte Beckford (c. 1759-1825); possibly the daughter of George Ffrench, Clerk to the Jamaica Assembly. Spinster; independently wealthy slave-owner.
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 George 234 (Pleasant Mount Plantation)', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/claim/view/21472 [accessed 19th April 2024].
