Mountain Spring

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
1762 [EA] - 1765 [LA] → Owner
1767 [EA] - 1786 [LA] → Previous owner
1817 [EA] - 1829 [LA] → Owner
1832 [EA] - → Attorney
1834 [EA] - → Joint owner
1834 [EA] - → Joint owner

Associated Claims (1)

£817 5S 6D

Estate Information (32)

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1762
[Name] Mountain Spring  
[Crop] sugar, rum and mahogany  
 

Belonging to Charles Mitchell. Account filed by John Kinlock as one of the executors.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/4 38
1763
[Name] Mountain Spring  
[Crop] sugar, rum and mahogany  
 

Belonging to Charles Mitchell. Account filed by John Kinlock as one of the executors.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/4 91
1765
[Name] Mountain Spring  
[Crop] sugar, rum and mahogany  
 

Belonging to Charles Mitchell. Account filed by John Kinlock as one of the executors. This entry does not name the estates but the parish and produce remains the same as does the attorney so it is assumed that these are the same estates. Entry for p.161 notes a profit of �20 for "value of a negroe executed for felony."

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/4 130 and 161
1767
[Name] Mountain Spring  
[Crop] sugar, rum and mahogany  
 

Belonging to Charles Mitchell deceased. Account filed by Gilbert Mathison of Kingston.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/5 71
1768
[Name] Mountain Spring  
[Crop] sugar, rum and mahogany  
 

Belonging to Charles Mitchell deceased. Account filed by Gilbert Mathison of Kingston.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/5 139
1771
[Name] Mountain Spring  
[Crop] sugar, rum and mahogany  
 

Belonging to the heirs of Charles Mitchell deceased. Account filed by Gilbert Mathison.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/6 168
1772
[Name] Mountain Spring  
[Crop] sugar, rum and mahogany  
 

Late the estate of Charles Mitchell deceased. Account filed by Gilbert Mathison.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/7 20
1773
[Name] Mountain Spring  
[Crop] sugar, rum and mahogany  
 

Late the property of Charles Mitchell deceased. Account filed by Gilbert Mathison.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/7 177
1778
[Name] Mountain Spring  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

The property of Charles Mitchell deceased. Account filed by Homer Blair as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/9 48
1779
[Name] Mountain Spring  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

The property of Charles Mitchell deceased. Account filed by Homer Blair as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/9 164
1780
[Name] Mountain Spring Plantation  
[Crop] sugar, rum, brass, cattle  
 

Belonging to the Estate of Charles Mitchell deceased. Account filed by Homer Blair overseer on Camp Savanna and Andrew Craig overseer on Mount Spring. Camp Savanna & Mountain Spring Plantations filed together.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/10 9-10
1781
[Name] Mountain Spring Plantation  
[Crop] sugar, rum, cattle  
 

Belonging to the Estate of Charles Mitchell deceased. Account filed by Homer Blair, late overseer on Camp Savanna and Andrew Craig, late overseer on Mount Spring. Camp Savanna & Mountain Spring Plantations filed together.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/10 78-79
1782
[Name] Mountain Spring  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

The property of Charles Mitchell deceased. Account filed by William Fyffe as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/11 55
1782
[Name] Mountains Spring Plantation  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Belinging to the heirs of Charles Mitchell Esquire deceased. Account filed by Andrew Craig as overseer. Campsavanna and Mountains Spring Plantations filed together.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/16 186-187
1783
[Name] Mountain Spring  
[Crop] sugar and rum  
 

The property of Charles Mitchell deceased. Account filed by William Fyffe as overseer.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/11 55
1784
[Name] Mountain Spring Plantation  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Belonging to the heirs of Charles Mitchell Esq. deceased.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/12 18
1786
[Name] Mount Spring plantation  
[Crop] sugar, rum, land rents, cattle, herring, beans, old copper and brass  
 

Belonging to the heirs of Charles Mitchell Esq deceased and in their possession; account filed by William Fyffe as overseer on both plantations. Camp Savanna and Mount Spring plantations filed together.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/13 132-133
1786
[Name] Mountain Spring Plantation  
[Crop] sugar, rum  
 

Belonging to the heirs of Charles Mitchell Esq. deceased; account filed by William Fyffe, overseer. Camp Savannah/Mountain Spring Plantations filed together.

 
Accounts Produce, Jamaica Archives 1B/11/4/12 144
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 29(Tot)  
[Name] Mountain Spring  
 

Registered to John Hilton.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1818) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1818al14.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 30(Tot) 6(F) 24(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of John Hilton as owner.

 
T71/178 152
1819
[Number of enslaved people] 36(Tot)  
[Name] Mountain Spring  
 

Registered to John Hilton.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1820) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al20p14.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 34(Tot)  
[Name] Mountain Spring  
 

Registered to John Hilton.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1821) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/al1821_10.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1820
[Number of enslaved people] 30(Tot) 8(F) 22(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of John Hilton as owner.

 
T71/179 Book 14 21
1821
[Number of enslaved people] 34(Tot)  
[Name] Mountain Spring  
 

Registered to John Hilton.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1822) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Al22p14.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 34(Tot)  
[Name] Mountain Spring  
 

Registered to John Hilton.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1824) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/AL24west.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1823
[Number of enslaved people] 31(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of John Hilton as owner.

 
T71/180 Book 1 2
1825
[Number of enslaved people] 38(Tot)  
[Name] Mountain Spring  
 

Registered to John Hilton.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1826) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1826al16.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 38(Tot)  
[Name] Mountain Spring  
 

Registered to John Hilton.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1827) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/a1827al10.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 34(Tot) 8(F) 26(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of John Hilton as owner.

 
T71/181 268-269
1827
[Number of enslaved people] 39(Tot)  
[Name] Mountain Spring  
 

Registered to John Hilton.

 
Jamaica Almanac (1828) transcribed at http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/1828al16.htm. The almanac was based on the givings-in of the previous March Quarter, hence the earlier evolution date.
1829
[Number of enslaved people] 33(Tot)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of John Hilton as owner.

 
T71/184 [unpaginated]
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 42(Tot) 20(F) 22(M)  
[Name] [no name given]  
 

In the possession of John Rimell as attorney to the heirs of John Hylton deceased.

 
T71/189 287