Ballard's Valley Estate

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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
1812 [SY] - 1831 [EY] → Owner
1774 [EA] - 1787 [EY] → Owner
1787 [EA] - 1788 [LA] → Previous owner
1789 [EA] - 1812 [LA] → Joint owner
1789 [EA] - 1812 [LA] → Joint owner
1817 [EA] - 1823 [LA] → Attorney
1826 [EA] - → Attorney
1829 [EA] - → Attorney
1832 [EA] - → Attorney

Associated Claims (1)

£5,215 7S 1D

Estate Information (36)

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1774
[Name] Ballards Valley  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

The property of John Cruikshank Esq. Account filed by John Smail.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/7 255
1775
[Name] Ballards Valley  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

The property of John Cruikshank Esq. Account filed by John Smail, planter.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/8 104
1775
[Name] Ballards Valley  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

The property of John Cruikshank Esq. Account filed by George Gordon Esq. as one of the attorneys.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/8 42
1776
[Name] Ballards Valley  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

The property of John Cruikshank Esq. Account filed by John Smail, planter.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/8 109
1778
[Name] Ballards Valley  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

The property of John Cruikshank Esq. Account filed by William Smith as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/9 58
1779
[Name] Ballards Valley  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

The property of John Cruikshank Esq. Account filed by Lewis Grant.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/9 172-3
1780
[Name] Ballards Valley  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

The property of John Cruikshank Esq. Account filed by Lewis Grant.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/9 199
1781
[Name] Ballards Valley Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, some cattle  
 

The property of John Cruickshank Esquire. Account filed by Alexander Hinshelwood of St Mary's. Ballards Valley Estate and Berry Hill Penn filed together.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/16 176
1782
[Name] Ballards Valley Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

The property of John Cruickshank Esquire. Account filed by Alexander Hinshelwood as overseer on Ballards Valley Estate.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/16 162
1784
[Name] Ballards Valley  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

The property of John Cruikshank Esq. Account filed by Lewis Grant. Berry Hill Pen and Ballards Valley listed together.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/11 32
1785
[Name] Ballards Valley Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, cattle  
 

Property of John Cruickshank Esq; account filed by John McLaren, attorney to John Cruickshank. Ballands Valley Estate and Berry Hill Penn filed together.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/12 81
1786
[Name] Ballands Valley Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, cattle  
 

Property of John Cruickshank Esq; account filed by James Thompson, overseer. Ballando Valley Estate and Berry Hill Penn filed together.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/12 174
1786
[Name] Ballards Valley Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Belonging to John Cruickshank Esq; account filed by James Barton as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/13 159
1787
[Name] Ballards Valley  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

The property of the heirs of John Cruickshank Esq deceased; account filed by James Barton as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/14 143
1788
[Name] Ballard Valley Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

The property of the heirs of John Cruickshank Esquire deceased. Account filed by James Barton planter as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/15 312
1789
[Name] Ballards Valley Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, old copper, some cattle  
 

The property of John and James Cruickshanks Esquires. Account filed by James Barton planter.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/16 445 f.220
1790
[Name] Ballards Valley Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, coffee  
 

The property of the John and James Cruickshanks Esquires. Account filed by James Barton planter.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/17 303 [f.151]
1791
[Name] Ballards Valley Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

The property of John James Cruickshank Esquire. Account filed by James Banton as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/18 386
1792
[Name] Ballards Valley Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Belonging to John and James Cruickshank Esquires. Account filed by James Barton, planter.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/19 184
1793
[Name] Ballards Valley  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Property of John James Cruickshank Esq. Account filed by James Barton planter.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/20 55
1794
[Name] Ballards Valley  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Property of John and James Cruickshank Esq.s. Account filed by James Barton as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/21 32
1795
[Name] Ballards Valley  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Property of John and James Cruickshank Esq.s. Account filed by James Barton as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/21 251-252
1796
[Name] Ballards Valley Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum, steers, cows, mule and horse  
 

Belonging to John and James Cruickshank, Esqs. Account given and filed by William Ross, attorney. Ballards Valley Estate and Berry Hill Penn filed together.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/22 72
1797
[Name] Ballards Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Belonging to John and James Cruickshank, Esqs. Account given and filed by James Barton, attorney and overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/22 215
1798
[Name] Ballards Valley  
[Crop] Sugar  
 

Plotted in St Mary as a sugar estate with a cattle mill and a watermill in James Robertson's 1804 map of Jamaica.

 
To the King's most excellent Majesty, this map of the island of Jamaica, constructed from actual surveys. . . (London, J. Robertson, 1804), based on Robertson's survey of the county of Middlesex which he compeleted in 1798.
1798
[Name] Ballard's Valley  
[Crop] sugar, rum, logwood, coffee  
 

Account filed by John Barton. The property of John James Cruikshank Esq.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/25 32
1799
[Name] Ballard Valley Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Property of John and James Cruickshanks Esq.s. Account filed by James Barton as attorney and overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/26 17
1800
[Name] Ballards Valley Estate  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Account filed by Robert Johnston for the period 03/04/1800 to 31/12/1800.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/27 88-89
1801
[Name] Ballards Valley Estate  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

Under the care and direction of Robert Johnston Accounts filed for 1800-1801.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/29 141
1807
[Name] Ballards Valley  
[Crop] sugar, rum, livestock and payment for transportation of an enslaved person  
 

Belonging to John and James Cruickshanks Esqs. Account filed by Nath Greenwood as overseer. Payment of ?25 for transportation of 1 enslaved man.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/37 89-90
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 384(Tot) 191(F) 193(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

Joseph Green, attorney for James Cruikshank, owner.

 
T 71/33 595-606
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 359(Tot) 182(F) 177(M)  
[Name] Ballards Valley  
 

Joseph Green, attorney for James Cruikshank, owner [decrease by death].

 
T 71/34 111-112v
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 327(Tot) 170(F) 157(M)  
[Name] Ballards Valley  
 

Joseph Green, attorney of James Cruickshank, owner [decrease by death].

 
T 71/35 174-177
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 318(Tot) 172(F) 146(M)  
[Name] Ballards Valley  
 

Robert Fairweather, attorney of James Cruikshank [decrease by death].

 
T 71/36 414-416
1829
[Number of enslaved people] 307(Tot) 168(F) 139(M)  
[Name] Ballards Valley  
 

Joseph Gordon, attorney of James Cruikshank [decrease by death].

 
T 71/37 [unpaginated]
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 307(Tot) 169(F) 138(M)  
[Name] Ballards Valley  
 

Robert Fairweather, attorney to the heirs of the late James Cruikshank, deceased.

 
T 71/41 148