Cog Hall

Estate Details


Associated People (6)

The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:

  • SD - Association Start Date
  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
1810 [EA] - 1820 [LA] → Owner
1823 [EA] - → Previous owner
1823 [EA] - → Executor
1826 [EA] - → Owner
1826 [EA] - → Attorney
1829 [EA] - 1829 [LA] → Attorney

Shown as B.J. Williams, but clearly Bartholomew Ibbott Williams.


Estate Information (18)

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1810
[Number of enslaved people] 90(Tot)  
[Name] Coghall  
[Stock] 19  
 

Registered to Charles Steedman.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1811) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL11STIE.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for 1810.
1811
[Number of enslaved people] 93(Tot)  
[Name] Coghall  
[Stock] 3  
 

Registered to Charles Stedman.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1812) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1812por.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1811.
1815
[Number of enslaved people] 95(Tot)  
[Name] Cog-Hall  
[Stock] 26  
 

Registered to Charles Steedman.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1816) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL15stie.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1815.
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 97(Tot)  
[Name] Cog Hall  
[Stock] 12  
 

Registered to Charles Steedman.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1818) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1818al09.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1817.
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 96(Tot) 39(F) 57(M)  
[Name] Cog Hall Plantation  
 

In the possession of Charles Steedman as owner of Cog Hall Plantation.

 
T71/145 720-722
1819
[Number of enslaved people] 97(Tot)  
[Name] Cog Hall  
[Stock] 18  
 

Registered to Charles Steedman.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1820) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al20p10.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1819.
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 102(Tot)  
[Name] Cog Hall  
[Stock] 17  
 

Registered to Charles Steedman.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1821) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al1821_07.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1820.
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 103(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of Charles Steedman as owner.

 
T71/146 419-420
1821
[Number of enslaved people] 101(Tot)  
[Name] Cog Hall  
[Stock] 14  
 

Registered to Charles Steedman.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1822) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al22p10.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1821.
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 94(Tot)  
[Name] Cog Hall  
[Stock] 14  
 

Registered to estate of Charles Steedman.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1824) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL24stie.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1823.
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 96(Tot) 37(F) 59(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of William Price as Acting Exor of the late Charles Steedman decd.

 
T71/147 337-338
1825
[Number of enslaved people] 93(Tot)  
[Name] Cog Hall  
 

Registered to heirs of Charles Steedman.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1826) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1826al12.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1825.
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 98(Tot)  
[Name] Cog Hall  
[Stock] 5  
 

Registered to Christian Thomson.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1827) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1827al06.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1826.
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 95(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of James Gilchrist as attorney to Mrs Christian Simson [=Thomson?]; increase owing to bequest of 86 enslaved people from Charles Steedman decd and 9 births.

 
T71/148 314-317
1827
[Number of enslaved people] 94(Tot)  
[Name] Cog Hall  
[Stock] 1  
 

Registered to Christian Thomson.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1828) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1828al11.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1827.
1828
[Number of enslaved people] 20(Tot)  
[Name] Cog Hall  
[Stock] 1  
 

Registered to Christian Thomson.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1829) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al29stie.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1828.
1829
[Number of enslaved people] 2(Tot) 2(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of B.J. Williams as attorney to Mrs Christian Simson. Decrease by sale 10/09/1829 but no details of purchaser. However, it appears that these were the enslaved people shown in 1829 on Mount Pleasant estate as an increase having been registered for Mrs Christian Simson in 1826, many of them with the surname Steedman ascribed in captivity.

 
T71/149 [unpaginated]
1830
[Number of enslaved people] 94(Tot)  
[Name] Cog Hall  
[Stock] 1  
 

Registered to Christian Thomson.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1831) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1831stie.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in for the March Quarter, 1830